so... what is the Purple Rain?

From there, it all makes perfect sense.

Purple piss?

-- Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, May 30, 2003 4:21 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Link

"MOUNTAINS" EXTENDED REMIX

http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/spin-mag-goes-crazy-with-free-purple-rain-1003983658.story

a punk-mariachi version of "I Would Die 4 U"

DNW

crap, i was really hoping someone would actually somehow answer the question somewhere in this thread.

though on reflection i suppose it's what falls from clouds of purple haze

"Oh, I know I know, God is a triffid"

I like the apocalypse angle, there's not a lot to back it up in the lyrics but who doesn't love a ballad of mixed feelings and the balance of friendship/lovership set against the end of the world? There's definitely a great feeling of finality and beautiful anguish to the whole affair.

don't forget 1999's "the sky was all purple there were people running every where" and his obsession with living til you see the Dawn. Lot of apocalypse-minded shit in this period.

Chewing on a piece of grass
Walking down the road
Tell me, how long you gonna stay here, Joe?
Some people say this town don't look good in snow
You don't care, I know

Ventura Highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
You're gonna go I know

'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

Did di di di dit ...

Wishin' on a falling star
Waitin' for the early train
Sorry boy, but I've been hit by purple rain
Aw, come on, Joe, you can always
Change your name
Thanks a lot, son, just the same

Ventura Highway in the sunshine
Where the days are longer
The nights are stronger than moonshine
You're gonna go I know

'Cause the free wind is blowin' through your hair
And the days surround your daylight there
Seasons crying no despair
Alligator lizards in the air, in the air

Did di di di dit ...

Isn't this about his breakup with tammy faye bakker?

i love that he got the phrase from America's Ventura Highway, I can see him digging that song

it's kinda weird to think that the reason he picked purple was just because of the vikings probably

he was still locking down the local fan base right before Purple Rain?

Well did you not see the movie?

They're fighting over a NIGHTCLUB

or maybe tits

iago: no, not that point, but i think ppl from minnesota just think about purple a lot more than other ppl because of the vikings.....plus prince did that vikings rouser song a few years ago so he's a fan.

oh ok, gotcha--thanks Jandek

"all of my purple life,
I've been looking for a dame
that would want to be my wife..."

"Jamie Starr's a thief
It's time 2 fix your clock
Vanity 6 is so sweet
Now U can all take a bite of my purple rock"

It's no cobalt blue, but purple is cool.

the third verse of purple rain has always seemed like it doesnt belong there. like its from some 60s revolution song but has somehow found its way into a song about regrets at the end of a relationship.

yeah for a song that's been universally embraced as anthem it's actually kind of cryptic and obscure

It's about Ribena.

about peeing after eating borscht

perhaps Tay Zonday could help

Always assumed it referred to stage pyrotechnics.

Oh, so that's what James Hetfield was doing!

Purple Reigndance (Rejected DJP screenname)

btw Toure wrote last week that the rain is redemption, and it's purple cuz it comes from Prince.

Purple Rain (album) Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by American recording artist Prince, the first to feature his backing band The Revolution, and is the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. It was released on June 25, 1984

^^^election year

http://img.timeinc.net/time/magazine/archive/covers/1984/1101840618_400.jpg

^^ MINNESOTA / 1984

my favourite version of this, apart from the 20 min version he was doing on the PR tour, is the version on a rehearsal or soundcheck (i had it on a neon rendezvous bootleg). its made up on the spot, just him repeating 'gotta shake this feeling' over and over, with a few lines from another lonely xmas (which are a bit WTF), but something about that one line, and how its about looking for an escape, or release, just fits the music so well, maybe better than the proper version (though obv it could benefit from some actual verses!)

I did wonder if there was any likelihood to that reign pun. Him being Prince and all. Was he looking forward to be king.
Or just a bad punster.

Purple, Reign o'er Me