The album spent 24 consecutive weeks atop on the Billboard 200 and was present on the chart for a total of 167 weeks. Purple Rain became Prince's first album to reach number one on the Billboard 200. The risqué lyrics of " Darling Nikki" raised complaints from Tipper Gore and the Parents Music Resource Center and contributed to the implementation of Parental Advisory stickers and imprints on album covers. The music video for the album's lead single " When Doves Cry" sparked controversy among network executives, who thought its sexual nature was too explicit for television. The music on Purple Rain is generally regarded as the most pop-oriented of Prince's career, though a number of elements point towards the more experimental records Prince would release after Purple Rain. Much of the album had a grandiose, synthesized, and psychedelic sheen to the production and performances. Purple Rain was musically denser than Prince's previous albums, emphasizing full band performances, and multiple layers of guitars, keyboards, electronic synthesizer effects, drum machines, and other instruments. Records, as the soundtrack album to the 1984 film of the same name. It was released on June 25, 1984, by Warner Bros. I think you better close it and let me guide you to the purple rain” (the place which is in his mind, a beautiful place, where they can be together but which he knows deep down isn’t real).Purple Rain is the sixth studio album by American singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Prince. You say you want a leader but you can't seem to make up your mind. In the end he lets his heart rule his head (“Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changing and it's time we all reach out for something new, that means you too. She’s clearly in a relationship with someone else (“Baby, I could never steal you from another”) and he’s already tried to finish it for that reason (“It's such a shame our friendship had to end”). He tries to convince himself that he just “wanted to be some kind of friend” but deep down he always knew that he wanted more. ![]() He doesn’t just want sex with her (“I never wanted to be your weekend lover”). It’s a beautiful place but it isn’t real. When he first met her he knew that he would fall in love with her but he persuaded himself that he just wanted to enjoy spending a bit of time with her (“I only wanted to one time to see you laughing”) and Purple Rain is the place where he sees them enjoying their time together (“Bathing in the purple rain”). The relationship has problems (“I never meant to cause you any sorrow, I never meant to cause you any pain”) but is intense. In Purple Rain Prince is involved in an intense relationship (clearly shown by the way he sings it). 'I only want 2 see U in the purple rain' means something like 'I wanna see U in a world after the war/ judgement day'.īASICALLY, PRINCE WANTS TO BE WITH THIS GIRL FOREVER.īASICALLY, PRINCE WANTS TO BE WITH THIS GIRL FOREVER. The sky in '1999' is purple becuz of the bombs, and the bombing is what makes the rain purple afterwards, the rain is 'cleaning' all the pain and suffering the bombing caused. The sky was all purple, there were people runnin' everywhere. "when I woke up this mornin', could've sworn it was Judgment Day. 'Purple Rain' is a continuation to the judgement day theme from '1999': So if your soul reaches the 6th level (the highest a human can go) then you will be "laughing/bathing" in purple rain. Purple is supposedly the corresponding color of the seventh and highest level, where God sits. When each level blends into the other, the color is so bright, it looks like it's raining that color onto the level below. I read some description years ago (can't remember where) that said Heaven has 7 levels, and each level has a corresponding color. It is said if you surround yourself with purple you will have peace of mind. It is the color of people seeking spiritual fulfillment. If you know what I'm singing about up here It's time we all reach out for something new, that means you too ![]() I only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain ![]() It's such a shame our friendship had to end I only wanted to see you, bathing in the purple rainīaby, I could never steal you from another ![]() I only want to see you laughing in the purple rain I only wanted to one time to see you laughing
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