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Prince referencing movies? It always stuck with me when Prince mentioned, or in some way, referenced, a movie.
Let's make a list.
I'll start:
The Matrix Godfather III Scarface Chasing Nemo The Way We Were Star Wars Barbarella The Wizard of Oz Skyfall
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Good Hair | |
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Wall Street | |
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"And God Created Woman" . Prince was obviously on a Roger Vadim kick. Renamed his keyboardist Tommy Barbarella, entitled a song "And God Created Woman," thanked Vadim in the album liner notes. | |
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Oops, should have responded on other post. [Edited 5/8/16 13:12pm] [Edited 5/8/16 13:12pm] |
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Billy Jack!! | |
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"Come on, baby. Don't make me sleep on the couch. Love Jones is on the TV again, baby." [Edited 5/8/16 14:28pm] Dig if U will the picture of U and Marvin Gaye and the kids. | |
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Did Prince ever mention Charlie Chaplin? Idk, but I thought he seemed really inspired by him, and his silent movies. Maybe just imagination, though. | |
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Well, Batman, obviously. Clara Bow, the actress. Can't believe I never caught the Vadim connection. | |
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Striptease-the main character to "If I Was Your Girlfriend" during a scene. Pretty Woman - Vivian is listening to "kiss" on her walkman while in the bathtub. Scary Movie - There is a prince impersonator tied to a chair in the opening scene of the film. Those are just the ones that I have seen but there must be more. | |
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Willy Wonka! | |
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"Last Tango In Paris".."Car Wash"..."Which Way Is Up?"..."Woodstock" | |
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Someone posted that at one of the last shows in Atlanta he brought up the movie "The way we were". Mentioned the scene where she (Striesands character) and Hubble have broken up, and she needed to call someone for comfort, but he was always her best friend so who does she call now? Sounded so sweet and poignant for P to be thinking of that scene. Very telling. | |
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removed [Edited 5/12/16 14:36pm] | |
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The Lover | |
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The Shining (in that long ass Billy's Sunglasses boot). He starts doing the "Wendy give me the bat" line to Wendy Melvoin. My art book: http://www.lulu.com/spotl...ecomicskid
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"Black Muse" references my favorite movie of all time 1977's "Close Encounters of the Third kind"
"The reason why I wrote this song
Like a UFO sighting
From my heart I am writing
The next close encounter"
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"La Dolce Vita" - The Good Life
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I realize it was a play long before it was a movie, but I suppose it should be noted that "Under the Cherry Moon" was often described before its release as "Pymalion in reverse." Dig if U will the picture of U and Marvin Gaye and the kids. | |
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Chocolat | |
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I could be wrong here, but didn't he reference the film PURPLE RAIN with his song "Purple Rain" and his album "Purple Rain" and later his "Purple Rain" tour? | |
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The wizard of Oz No matter the ©️, Paisley Park "official can never ™️  . He gave that to us verbally on Oprah in 1996. You can't take away from us, corporate. I mean O ( + > | |
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"Pygmalion" ("My Fair Lady" is based on the play, I believe) if we're referencing the Kristen Scott Thomas character. | |
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Cloreen said: I could be wrong here, but didn't he reference the film PURPLE RAIN with his song "Purple Rain" and his album "Purple Rain" and later his "Purple Rain" tour? Is that the one with the motorcycle on the front?  |
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. Yeah, that's it. There was this low budget poorly acted movie called PURPLE RAIN about a performer named The Kid and then Prince suddenly had a "Purple Rain" album, a "Purple Rain" song, a Purple Rain tour! He must have really liked the movie. | |
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Alive. | |
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Like Water for Chocolate - from Another Boy on Bria's Elixer. In fact i didn't know that was a film until it came up once while browsing Netflix!
Also in Eye Hate U (extended version) he references 'Nine and a half weeks'. That's a great version of the song btw! [Edited 5/9/16 11:54am] | |
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This is a really small one and not even sure a direct reference, but in Uptown the line "we don't care, it's all about being there" always seemed a little random to me, then I heard about a movie called Being There from 1979 (I think he may have seen the movie being advertised and the title ended up in a song lyric).
I also remember him referencing Forest Gump in the 90s but can't remember the song, and Marcello Mastroianni movies referenced in "Good Life". [Edited 5/9/16 10:44am] ¡The Future Is Ours, If You Can Count! https://www.youtube.com/w...A_zTY0qWWk | |
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