Prince (The Purple One) - BBC4 From 21:00 hrs Tonight

[Beach Hut]

Looks like an excellent documentary on the purple one followed by the film Purple Rain.

I have always rated Prince as an amazingly talented artist and have seen him live twice and it was top quality.

If memory serves me correct the actual film Purple Rain was rushed out, filmed in 6 weeks so vaguely remember watching it once and that was it so looking forward to seeing it again.

Still off out for a meal in Worthing so all digi-boxed for Saturday night.

Enjoy..........

 

[thisistips]

nice one, went to the first o2 gig a few years back and it was incredible

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

You can't beat a slice of the purple ponce of pop. Shame I'll miss it, hope it's repeated.

 

[Norman Potting]

Appolonia is in it as well, nice.

 

[tedebear]

Thanks BH - we'll watch that!

 

[Long Saulty Seagull]

Funnily enough he's playing at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto tonight and tomorrow, not that I'll be going.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

It was a reasonably peachy (if not purple) show. What a talented bloke - played bass, lead, drums, keyboards, wrote and produced his own music and could give Wacko Jacko a run for his money in the dancing department. Fascinating opening footage of him going mute on American Bandstand.

 

[tedebear]

I fell asleep! :-(

 

[Beach Hut]

Just watching the first part and not the film, he is a tremendous artist to say the least.

 

[Ernest]

About AS interesting as WATCHING paint dry

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

About AS interesting as WATCHING paint dry

Peach and black paint or just regular check?

 

[Beach Hut]

Just found 6 Prince CDs to put the iPod, anyone got a copy of Purple Rain I could borrow, pretty please

 

[NMH]

I saw him in 1981 and he got canned off the stage. Quite right too - silly person playing to a crowd of baying rednecks wearing almost-mankini underwear and make-up and poseing like a fairy. Borat might have been impressed, for the comedy value perhaps.

Sadly, I was too far from the stage to lob anything, and I accidentally felt a bit of sympathy for him.

 

[Beach Hut]

Forgotten what a great film this was - Purple Rain.

Big up to Prince as well supported and stayed in his home city of Minneapolis all his life.

 

[Lord Bamber]

Forgotten what a great film this was - Purple Rain.

Big up to Prince as well supported and stayed in his home city of Minneapolis all his life.

Very much this. The purple one = Unbelievable talent.

 

[Beach Hut]

Very much this. The purple one = Unbelievable talent.

Very few current pop musicians can play every instrument in their band like he could

 

[Lord Bamber]

Very few current pop musicians can play every instrument in their band like he could

Exactly. Quality.

 

[Beach Hut]

Jesus that Appolonia has a healthy set of bangers

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

The first five and the last 27 albums he released were all a bit shit - essentially tedious funk dirge - but 1999 and Sign of the Times were decent.

 

[Ernest]

I saw Ernest in 1981 and he got canned off the stage. Quite right too - silly person playing to a crowd of baying rednecks wearing almost-mankini underwear and make-up and poseing like a fairy. Borat might have been impressed, for the comedy value perhaps.

Sadly, I was too far from the stage to lob anything, and I accidentally felt a bit of sympathy for him.

Just corrected that for you