Let's Go Crazy (35 page)

on Prince's performance in
Purple Rain
,
121
,
122
,
186
,
187
–88

Prince's performances with,
141
,
255
,
256

Prince's relationship with,
61
–62,
65
–66,
77
,
93
–94,
95
,
125
,
128
,
141
,
227
,
238
,
240
,
256
,
261

on Prince's relationship with his father,
87

promotional interviews for
Purple Rain
album with,
210

on “Purple Rain,”
79
–80,
81
,
82

Purple Rain
album and,
163
,
210

Purple Rain
movie release and,
172
,
182

Purple Rain
role of,
86
,
93
,
112
,
125
,
127
–28,
129
,
179
,
180
,
187

Purple Rain tour and,
216
,
238

reactions to joining Revolution,
61
–66,
90
–91

as replacement for Dickerson,
3
,
63
,
64
–65

as Revolution band member,
1
–2,
3
,
4
–6,
50
,
77
,
112
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141
,
187
,
211
,
238
,
240
,
242
,
261

Revolution reunion and,
261

on teamwork behind Prince's success,
257

on treatment of women in
Purple Rain
,
126
–27

on “We Are the World,”
229
,
230
–31

on “When Doves Cry” and,
149

Merlis, Bob,
34
,
43
,
57
,
165
,
172
,
181
–82,
201
,
217
,
254

Michael, George,
49
,
188

Midnight Special, The
(television show),
33

Minneapolis, Minnesota

club scene of, as setting for
Purple Rain
,
112
–13,
142

filming
Purple Rain
and weather of,
20
,
113
–14,
138
–39,
143
,
144

First Avenue club expansion and,
137
–38

local music scene in,
260
,
261
–62

Prince's community in,
14
,
37
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63
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75
,
76
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94
,
250
,
255
,
277

Prince's cult following in,
38
,
46
,
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Prince's family background in,
23
–24,
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–28,
277

racial composition of,
24
–25,
138

“Minneapolis Sound,”
49
,
51

Minneapolis Star Tribune
,
81
,
258

Mitchell, Joni,
4
,
64
,
242

Moby,
151

“Modernaire,”
143

Modernaires,
61

Mojo, Electrifying,
135
,
222

Molanphy, Chris,
200
,
202

Moody, Rick,
191
,
204

Moon, Chris,
28

Moonsie, Susan,
91
,
148

Morris Day and the Time,
258
–59

“Most Beautiful Girl in the World, The,”
266

Motown Records,
46
,
194
,
202
,
274

MTV,
167

airtime for black artists and,
48
,
195

influence of,
45
,
48
,
192
–94,
200

Jackson's use of,
194
,
195

“Little Red Corvette” video on,
48

popularity of music videos and,
204

Prince's interviews with,
24
–25,
101
,
127
,
213
,
231
–32,
250

Prince's use of,
116
,
193
–94

Purple Rain
album and,
171
,
209
–10

Purple Rain
movie and,
172
,
182
,
209
–10

“When Doves Cry” video on,
163

Murphy, Eddie,
51
,
172
,
173
,
199

Musicology
,
266

music videos

early use of, in 1980s,
11
,
21
,
202

Jackson's use of,
45
,
195

for “Let's Go Crazy,”
171

for “Little Red Corvette,”
48

MTV and,
48
,
192
,
195

for “1999,”
50
,
275

for
Parade
,
255

Prince's approach to,
48
,
50
,
71
,
87
,
115
,
193
,
263

for
Purple Rain
album,
33
,
182
,
219

for
Purple Rain
movie,
164
–65,
171
,
175

resistance to airtime for black artists with,
48
,
195

Rogers on editing of,
220

Springsteen's use of,
192
–93,
202
–03

for “Take Me with U,”
220

unauthorized use of,
17
–18,
275

for “We Are the World” in
Saturday Night Live
sketch,
234

for “When Doves Cry,” 133,
145
,
150
,
163
,
164
–65,
215
,
237

N

Nelson, John L. (“Prince Rogers”; father),
174

Around the World in a Day
album and,
222
,
243

divorce of,
174

filming
Purple Rain
and,
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–88,
222

musical background of,
23
–24,
25
,
26

music in
Purple Rain
by,
77
,
120
,
151

naming of Prince by,
24

Prince on,
67
,
88

Prince's childhood and,
23
–26,
67
,
75

on Prince's love of purple,
82

Prince's relationship with,
38
,
72
,
75
,
87
,
91
,
120
,
147
,
220
,
241

racial background of,
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Nelson, Mattie Shaw (mother),
24
–26,
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,
147
,
174
,
220

Nelson, Tyka,
174

Nelson, Willie,
82
,
234

New Power Generation,
23

Newsweek
magazine,
26
,
160

New Yorker
magazine,
176
,
267

New York Times
,
168
,
175
,
253

Nicks, Stevie,
81

Nineteen Eighty-Four
(Orwell),
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–91,
208
–09

“1999,”
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45
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48
,
49
,
50
,
82
,
99
,
182
,
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1999
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9
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15
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–45,
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50
–51,
57
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64
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78
,
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1999 tour (Triple Threat tour),
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59
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74
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77
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79
,
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,
249

O

O'Neal, Alexander,
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Orwell, George,
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–91,
208

Ovitz, Mike,
104
,
145

Oscars (Academy Awards),
7
,
62
,
226

Ostin, Mo,
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–30,
74
,
104
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145
,
160
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181
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P

“Paisley Park,”
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Paisley Park label,
221
,
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,
260
,
261

Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota,
221
,
262

Palmer, Amanda,
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Palmer, Robert,
168
–69,
253

Parents Music Resource Center,
78
,
186

Pareles, Jon,
253

Parliament-Funkadelic,
143

Parsons, Lindsley,
114

“Partyup,”
39

Patschull, Guy,
109

People
magazine,
24
,
87
,
109
,
185
,
233

Perpich, Rudy,
220

Peters, Dan,
185
–86

Peterson, Paul “St. Paul,”
213

“Pop Life,”
222
,
231
,
243
,
253

Presley, Elvis,
186
,
247
,
251

Prince
(album),
33
,
34
,
39

Pryor, Richard,
103
,
176
,
245
,
259

Public Enemy,
97

“Purple Music,”
82

“Purple Rain” (song)

continuing use of by later artists,
271
–75

early versions of,
1
–2,
82

final cut of,
147
,
152

genesis of,
79
–80

imagery in title of,
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initial motivation for,
79

karaoke's use of,
273
–74

Nicks on,
81

Prince's playing of,
95
,
229

Purple Rain tour with,
214
,
237
,
242

reactions to,
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–82,
181

release of,
188
–89

writing music for,
79
–80

writing lyrics for,
80
–81,
99

Purple Rain
(album),
238

Around the World in a Day
album contrasted with,
253
–54

Around the World
release and sales of,
249
–50

awards for,
225
–26

battle between Springsteen's
Born in the USA
and,
11
,
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,
169
,
171
,
189
,
202
–04,
248

critics on,
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–71,
189

cultural context of 1984 and,
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–45,
190
–91,
201
,
258
–59

final version of,
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–52

lyrical content of songs in,
99
–102

MTV and,
171
,
209
–10

promotional interviews with Prince not used for,
164
–65,
211

Prince's later work and impact of success of,
251
–52,
254
–55,
256
–57,
267
–68

public response to,
171

release of,
160
–61,
166
–67

Rolling Stone
on,
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sequencing songs for,
152

success of,
181
,
182
,
188
–89,
221
,
242
,
251
,
254

timing of
release of, and
Purple Rain
movie release,
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,
168
,
171
,
175
,
178
–79,
181

university class on,
274
–75

“When Doves Cry” release and,
161
–64,
166
–67

Purple Rain
(movie),
2

acting classes before filming of,
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–86

black community's reaction to,
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–84

box office success of,
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,
182
,
188
,
189

brief story summary for,
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–12,
144

critics and,
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,
174
–80,
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,
189

cultural context of 1984 and release of,
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–91,
201

Dumpster scene in,
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,
160
,
179
,
180
,
185

editing of,
145
,
147
,
152
–53 156,
164