Prince would be sick to see PR being used in such a trash.

Seems like I have to remind TTC what Prince wrote in 'One Song':
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"Very few of mankind's creations are designed to make you feel good

Unless you get pleasure from seeing the human body

Desecrated by guns, explosions, fights

And any other things these so-called "artists" create

In the name of freedom, many have used art as a means to destroy the human mind

As an excuse to continue we hear "Art reflects society"

How many times has this lie been repeated: "creations are not real"

They say and yet any one of these people can call to mind

Images and complete scenes of horror in graphic detail

They will carry these so-called "unreal" creations around with them for the rest of their lives

These images are now a part of their being

In the name of recreation these people in fact are recreating themselves in their own images

Society then reflects art"

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Let alone the fact that they butchered the song too. Editing something is ok, of course, as long as it's done with respect to the music, but this was butchering, not editing.

It was so well done, too. And even how they used the record to set off a time to destroy the upside down was clever.

The editing of "Purple Rain" and the lyrics they used were well utilized. It actually made me emotional because it just fit what was going on.

We don't know if Prince would've let the team use the songs or not. Not like his music hasn't been in TV shows or movies before. (black-ish, Pretty Woman anyone?)

I'm not surprised Prince fans scoffed at it instead of celebrating it. It tracks. Kate Bush, Journey, and Tiffany got huge download and streaming numbers after their songs were featured in the show. Why Prince fans wouldn't be happy to have his music hit a new (and arguably younger) demographic is beyond me.

I like the show, and thought they used the songs and album well. There's been loads of great 80s music featured throughout the 5 seasons so it made sense to include Prince's work also, alongside all the Kate Bush and David Bowie and whatever else.

Using side 2 of 'Purple Rain' to detonate an atomic bomb is...

nayroo2002 said:

Using side 2 of 'Purple Rain' to detonate an atomic bomb is...

Highly explosive!

nxx said:

I like the show, and thought they used the songs and album well. There's been loads of great 80s music featured throughout the 5 seasons so it made sense to include Prince's work also, alongside all the Kate Bush and David Bowie and whatever else.

"Heroes" was so good for the credit roll.

TrivialPursuit said:

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nayroo2002 said:

Using side 2 of 'Purple Rain' to detonate an atomic bomb is...

Highly explosive!

knew U would finish it!

peedub said:

Woo. Hoo. So glad prince might now experience a 10 day spike in streaming numbers. Meanwhile, you can't throw a nickel across the room without hitting any number of prince's contemporaries or other legacy acts releasing package after package of archival material. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a prince themed taco bell commercial next. I'm sure mountain dew can come up with some purple bullshit.

Typical negative Prince fan.

TrivialPursuit said:

It was so well done, too. And even how they used the record to set off a time to destroy the upside down was clever.

The editing of "Purple Rain" and the lyrics they used were well utilized. It actually made me emotional because it just fit what was going on.

We don't know if Prince would've let the team use the songs or not. Not like his music hasn't been in TV shows or movies before. (black-ish, Pretty Woman anyone?)

I'm not surprised Prince fans scoffed at it instead of celebrating it. It tracks. Kate Bush, Journey, and Tiffany got huge download and streaming numbers after their songs were featured in the show. Why Prince fans wouldn't be happy to have his music hit a new (and arguably younger) demographic is beyond me.

I thought it was so cleverly done - to actually use the track sequence of side 2 of Purple Rain as both the soundtrack and the actual device to conclude one of the biggest shows on the planet in the last decade can only possibly be a great thing for Prince's legacy.

nayroo2002 said:

Using side 2 of 'Purple Rain' to detonate an atomic bomb is...

Bloody brilliant!

peedub said:

Woo. Hoo. So glad prince might now experience a 10 day spike in streaming numbers. Meanwhile, you can't throw a nickel across the room without hitting any number of prince's contemporaries or other legacy acts releasing package after package of archival material. Maybe we'll get lucky and get a prince themed taco bell commercial next. I'm sure mountain dew can come up with some purple bullshit.

That's just churlish. This is incredibly good exposure. It's not just Prince music being used in the finale of one of the biggest shows in the world. It's not just 2 songs of his being played back-to-back in the finale of one of the biggest shows in the world. It's the actual record being a crucial plot device, being played on screen, associating his music, picked by the characters, as the crescendo to defeating evil. Outside of a song being repeated over and over again as the saviour for one of the characters (i.e. Kate Bush) I can't think of a better way his music could be used to expose it to so many people, and so many young people.

A smart estate would capitalize on all of this attention before it dies out, but this estate isn't smart.

leecaldon said:

I may have missed this, but apparently there was a Prince poster in a shot as well.

The cool thing about this, and the music, is the Duffer brothers love of all things 80s. The easter eggs in the first season alone were immense and so fun to try and spot. Their song choices throughout all five seasons were spot on, too. The fact that Prince was in the mix, and in such a significant want to the story, in that final episode was just perfect.

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AvocadosMax said:

Prince is getting a Spotify streaming boost after the Stranger Things finale. - “Purple Rain” has seen a 243% increase in global streams and a 577% surge in global Gen-Z streams. - “When Doves Cry” saw a 200% boost in global streams, as well as a 128% increase in Gen Z streams. -Overall streams of Prince‘s catalog have climbed 190% with an 88% uptick in Gen Z streams.

I love this.