Is that Rhonda Smith on bass?

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-jeff-beck-steven-tylers-scorching-purple-rain-cover-w434067

I'd say .

Pass, thanks.

Genesia said:

Pass, thanks.

I didn't make it past the first half of the first verse. I will always hold that "Purple Rain" should simply not be covered - ever. These guys are talented on their own, but damn it - pick another song to pay tribute with. It's so cliché to me to pick that one anyway. I sorta dug that the Dixie Chicks chose "Nothing Compares 2 U" as theirs, and Carlos Santana chose a random one no one expected.

TrivialPursuit said:

I'm going to see Jeff Beck next week but I hope he doesn't play Purple Rain. I agree that Santana was smart to do a tribute song that was unexpected and not over done.

TrivialPursuit said:

rogifan said:

I didn't like the Dixie Chicks cover because they used Sinead O'Connor's lyrics, not Prince's. I didn't like Springsteen's cover of Purple Rain either, I'm guessing most people likes it just because it was Springsteen and he was paying respect to Prince. But the cover itself was just average.

I'm not really a Bruce fan, but his cover was the one I enjoyed. At this point with all the horrid covers, "average" sounds pretty decent. I liked the way they approached it, and the level of respect throughout.

TrivialPursuit said:

rogifan said:

I didn't like the Dixie Chicks cover because they used Sinead O'Connor's lyrics, not Prince's. I didn't like Springsteen's cover of Purple Rain either, I'm guessing most people likes it just because it was Springsteen and he was paying respect to Prince. But the cover itself was just average.

I'm not really a Bruce fan, but his cover was the one I enjoyed. At this point with all the horrid covers, "average" sounds pretty decent. I liked the way they approached it, and the level of respect throughout.

Yup, my fave out of all the Purple Rain covers.

purplethunder3121 said:

rogifan said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Yup, my fave out of all the Purple Rain covers.

Ok well the bar must be pretty low.

To each his own.

TrivialPursuit said:

Genesia said:

Pass, thanks.

I will always hold that "Purple Rain" should simply not be covered - ever.

Why don't people understand this??? No one has the chops. No one.

purplethunder3121 said:

MarcelS67 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

I'm going to see Jeff Beck next week but I hope he doesn't play Purple Rain. I agree that Santana was smart to do a tribute song that was unexpected and not over done.

Like I said, not so unexpected.

I think Jeff Beck is a great guitar player, and deserves the accolades he gets and has historically. However, watching this just makes me even more sad. It just reminds me - again - how great Prince actually was and how we spoiled we'd become. Prince's state prescence was out of this world. He sang that anthem, wrote it, played the incredible guitar solo....all one man! I felt the same when I watched Bilal's amazing performance of The Beautiful Ones...i was thrilled with Bilal sang it and how much he put into it...but it reminded me - again - that one man sang that song, wrote it, and did that guitar solo that Kirk (Roots guitarist) was doing in the background....amazing.

It is amazing how big a loss this is and how bad it still feels after nearly 4 months.

To me there's something... patronizing? disingenuous? about the Purple Rain covers. As though either a: the artist thinks it's the only Prince song their fans will know, or b: it is the only Prince song the artist knows. And while I agree Prince owns Purple Rain, it is, relatively, an easy song to cover (not to nail, vocally or solo-wise). And I don't think the deluge of covers are doing Prince's legacy any favours at this point. A week after his passing? Sure. Now it justs looks like bandwagon jumping, and I'm betting all the young people who don't know Prince are sick of the tributes to the Purple Rain guy, the way I'd roll my eyes when I saw people selling Princess Diana merch after she died. Pick another song. Don't make a big deal out of it, just say, "this is a Prince song."

jayseajay said:

TrivialPursuit said:

I will always hold that "Purple Rain" should simply not be covered - ever.

Why don't people understand this??? No one has the chops. No one.

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JoeyCococo said:

MarcelS67 said:

mtlfan said:

BillieBalloon said:

purplethunder3121 said:

rogifan said:

purplethunder3121 said: Ok well the bar must be pretty low.

To each his own.

I do agree about Purple Rain being overdone. Much to my surprise, I thought Adam Levine's was the best version done to date.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8w2lNpixqOc

Purple Rain? Again ??? Come on...

I wonder if they are aware that Prince did 'a few' more songs than Purple Rain and Kiss...

Telecaster5 said:

Purple Rain? Again ??? Come on...

I wonder if they are aware that Prince did 'a few' more songs than Purple Rain and Kiss...

My thoughts exactly...cover something other than "Purple Rain." I wonder if one of the reasons that so many people are covering "Purple Rain" is because vocally, it's a pretty easy song to cover.

[Edited 8/13/16 20:20pm]

206Michelle said:

Telecaster5 said:

Purple Rain? Again ??? Come on...

I wonder if they are aware that Prince did 'a few' more songs than Purple Rain and Kiss...

My thoughts exactly...cover something other than "Purple Rain." I wonder if one of the reasons that so many people are covering "Purple Rain" is because vocally, it's a pretty easy song to cover.

[Edited 8/13/16 20:20pm]

No it's not! Because it's vocally...that it's being butchered all to fucking hell. Leave it alone, people! Just stop it!

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

206Michelle said:

My thoughts exactly...cover something other than "Purple Rain." I wonder if one of the reasons that so many people are covering "Purple Rain" is because vocally, it's a pretty easy song to cover.

[Edited 8/13/16 20:20pm]

No it's not! Because it's vocally...that it's being butchered all to fucking hell. Leave it alone, people! Just stop it!

I should have said it's an easier song to cover by Prince standards. In my opinion, based on just singing along to Prince, PR is easier to sing than hits like Let's Go Crazy, LRC, and 1999.

HatrinaHaterwitz said:

206Michelle said:

My thoughts exactly...cover something other than "Purple Rain." I wonder if one of the reasons that so many people are covering "Purple Rain" is because vocally, it's a pretty easy song to cover.

[Edited 8/13/16 20:20pm]

No it's not! Because it's vocally...that it's being butchered all to fucking hell. Leave it alone, people! Just stop it!

I think you're both right. It's quite a simple melody, which means other people *can* sing it....but it's a really simple melody, and so it shouldn't be overdone, which many people do (stop it with all the trills people)...and so, you need to have a really beautiful and complex voice just in its pure quality to sing such a simple melody and make it sound incredible, and a voice which carries an enormous amount of emotion without sounding like it's overwrought...ergo, only Prince should sing it...and that's before we've even got to the matter of the guitar.

[Edited 8/14/16 9:40am]

its played out doing this cover...

the ONLY one worth hearing is David Gilmours cover..

ThePez said:

Is that Rhonda Smith on bass?

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-jeff-beck-steven-tylers-scorching-purple-rain-cover-w434067

I agree with most of the comments, I haven't been fond of most of the covers so far. However, the one thing I can say is that just the fact that so many musicians have felt the need to pay their personal tribute to Prince has been quite a symbol of respect. Obviously, I feel it's well deserved and it's also nice to see as a fan.