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Dig if U will the picture
Of U and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can U my darling
Can U picture this?

Dream if U can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat
The heat between me and U

How can U just leave me standing
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)

When Doves Cry -- this is my all time fave #1 Prince song.

Definately the greatest Prince song ever,


incredible to know he created every note in this song.

PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS

Tuesday, July 31, 1984
Section: FEATURES
Page: 43

THE FLAMBOYANT PRINCE OF POP

By JONATHAN TAKIFF, Daily News Pop Music Writer

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And now, with his debut in "Purple Rain," Prince proves his commanding presence and artistic vision can cut it in feature-length films, as well.

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Inspired by the MTV music video revolution, the music and dramatic plot are treated as equal partners in this cinematic saga - a semi-autobiographical show-biz yarn. Powerful performance footage both opens and closes the film. Prince's original score - second-best-selling album in the nation this week, which contains the number one single, "When Doves Cry" - effectively comments on every dramatic turn of events.

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The shot-from-the-hip camera angles, smoky atmospheric lighting and rapid- fire, cut-to-the-beat editing employed by directing newcomer Albert Magnoli are likewise drawn from music video motifs.

Fantastic post! One of the best songs ever recorded...

wot is ur favourite live performance of when doves cry ??

OldFriends4Sale said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

History

According to the Purple Rain DVD, Prince was asked by the director to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film – one which involved intermingled parental difficulties and a love affair. The next morning, Prince had reportedly composed two songs, one of which was "When Doves Cry". According to Per Nilsen, Prince's biographer, the song was inspired by his relationship with Vanity 6 member, Susan Moonsie.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Wasn't she like 16 years old or younger, at the time?

I would like a small avatar size square of just part of the road from this gif... as an avatar... can we have such things here?

Beautifulstarr123 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

History

According to the Purple Rain DVD, Prince was asked by the director to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film – one which involved intermingled parental difficulties and a love affair. The next morning, Prince had reportedly composed two songs, one of which was "When Doves Cry". According to Per Nilsen, Prince's biographer, the song was inspired by his relationship with Vanity 6 member, Susan Moonsie.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Wasn't she like 16 years old or younger, at the time?

naww she is about prince's age. if she was said to be that young it was marketing.

yeah,I remember when the Vanity 6 album came out.There were rumors that Susan was only 16 I thought to myself "her parents approved of her wearing lingerie and singing those songs at THAT age??" LOL

Looks like it was a (strange) marketing gimmick....similiar to what he did with Mayte for the 'Love Symbol' album

SoulAlive said:

yeah,I remember when the Vanity 6 album came out.There were rumors that Susan was only 16 I thought to myself "her parents approved of her wearing lingerie and singing those songs at THAT age??" LOL

Looks like it was a (strange) marketing gimmick....similiar to what he did with Mayte for the 'Love Symbol' album

i was young enough at the time that I heard such stories I did not care.

and Mayte was pretty young 18 or 19 or so when it came out... right?

Beautifulstarr123 said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

History

According to the Purple Rain DVD, Prince was asked by the director to write a song to match the theme of a particular segment of the film – one which involved intermingled parental difficulties and a love affair. The next morning, Prince had reportedly composed two songs, one of which was "When Doves Cry". According to Per Nilsen, Prince's biographer, the song was inspired by his relationship with Vanity 6 member, Susan Moonsie.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

Wasn't she like 16 years old or younger, at the time?

lol he was marketing 'fantasies' and that 'Edge of 17' fantasy is what she was portraying, with the teddy bears and such.

OnlyNDaUsa said:

SoulAlive said:

yeah,I remember when the Vanity 6 album came out.There were rumors that Susan was only 16 I thought to myself "her parents approved of her wearing lingerie and singing those songs at THAT age??" LOL

Looks like it was a (strange) marketing gimmick....similiar to what he did with Mayte for the 'Love Symbol' album

i was young enough at the time that I heard such stories I did not care.

and Mayte was pretty young 18 or 19 or so when it came out... right?

Touch if U will my stomach
Feel how it trembles inside
U've got the butterflies all tied up
Don't make me chase U
Even doves have pride

How could U just leave me standing
Alone in a world so cold? (World so cold)

Maybe I'm just 2 demanding
Maybe I'm just like my father - 2 bold
Maybe U're just like my mother
She's never satisfied (She's never satisfied)
Why do we scream at each other?
This is what it sounds like when doves cry

OldFriends4Sale said:

One of my favorite videos of all time!!! And the dancing segment is SUPREME!

tHANK YOU oldfriends4sale. im loving all the imagery.

OldFriends4Sale said:

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Dig if U will the picture
Of U and I engaged in a kiss
The sweat of your body covers me
Can U my darling
Can U picture this?

Dream if U can a courtyard
An ocean of violets in bloom
Animals strike curious poses
They feel the heat
The heat between me and U

How can U just leave me standing
Alone in a world that's so cold? (So cold)

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MIAMI HERALD

PRINCE PACKS A PUNCH

Prince and the Revolution
Music from the Motion Picture "Purple Rain"
(Warner Bros.)

While his previous albums established Prince's musical creativity, driving sense of syncopation and passion for sexual lyrics, Purple Rain serves as an affirmation of his versatility and substance as a performer and composer. This finely produced album, which doubles as a soundtrack for the film Purple Rain, pulses with rhythm and sizzles with steamy sensuousness.

From the hot licks and throbbing rhythms of the erotic When Doves Cry and the compelling rockers Let's Go Crazy and I Would Die, to the heartrending beauty of the dreamy, soulful The Beautiful Ones and the title cut Purple Rain, this album delves beneath Prince's flashy sex-symbol image and shows us the heart and soul underneath.

Purple Rain is much more than just a dance album or a soundtrack, though it does possess the best of both styles. There's no fluffy filler here; every song stands strongly on its own as another majestic offering from the Prince. PICK

-- LINDA R. THORNTON

[Edited 10/10/13 13:17pm]

artist76 said:

GiggityGoo said:You know, OldFriends4Sale, I love it when you post these retrospectives, and don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining at YOU... It's just that, when you put up screengrabs of all these classic, old school, so fondly remembered videos, it makes me apopleptic that our favorite Purple Munchkin is so anti-streaming-video. . Here's a guy who could program his very own YouTube/VEVO channel filled with videos that I (and most Orgers) would watch over and over and over. He would get MILLIONS of hits... but he'd rather slink around in his Jehovah's Witness-fueled zombie state. . Sigh. I guess it is what it is. Just don't let my ramblings keep you from putting up all this excellent stuff, though! I know what you mean. I had a hankering for seeing that little dance sideways across the stage that he does in the LRC video - it was a difficult endeavor to find it. I did find it somewhere, but it'd be so much nicer to have it in a user-friendly place. And wouldn't he want it in a place that he controls, and not in some random chinese site or something?

I totally understand what you mean.

Prince could easily have a website, that features all his videos, some concert clips, award show performances.

Almost like he's affraid of his legacy.

Prince @ the 1985 American Music Awards 1.28.1985

undertheesea said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

One of my favorite videos of all time!!! And the dancing segment is SUPREME!

tHANK YOU oldfriends4sale. im loving all the imagery.

Not just hearing the song 4 the 1st time, but seeing this video I knew this album 1984 year was going to be exciting

OldFriends4Sale said:

undertheesea said:

One of my favorite videos of all time!!! And the dancing segment is SUPREME!

tHANK YOU oldfriends4sale. im loving all the imagery.

Not just hearing the song 4 the 1st time, but seeing this video I knew this album 1984 year was going to be exciting

Yes! Truly ground breaking! Nothing since can even touch or come close to the force coming out of that year!

Lord have mercy! Your vid snippets.....he's just so damn HOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i was a bit annoyed with this album! he became too successful.

When doves cry

When doves cry

When doves cry

Don't cry

Don't cry

NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
August 04, 1984

4-Star Dirt

The problem with major league soul is nog a lack of 'good' music. What has been lost is the ability, possibly the desire, to make records that relate to the aspirations and needs of community. In the past Mayfiels, Wonder and JB fulfilled a purpose by communicating on a social as wel as an emotional level. Nowadays Michael Jackson and Prince set themselves in a select firmament and nurture the cult of celebrity for its own sake, lighting our lives with a blessed gift to entertain.

That's not to say their entertainment is not often brilliant and enthralling, to these ears 'When Doves Cry' is One Of The Greatest Records Ever Made...

That said I can't help but be washed away by the bulk of the goods on display on this the fifth LP by the boy. The beauteous mix of guitar snarls, synth stabs and melodic elegy that make up "When Doves Cry" could have come from no-one but him and this uncanny knack for mix matching dynamic raunch and epic balladry is brone out elsewhere on the record. Compared to the inferior tracks from "1999", too many small ideas stretched into brittle dirges, these songs are full bodied and deep enough to show off the Prince's treasures to best advantage.

-- Gavin Martin