Chris Rock Looks Back at ‘Purple Rain’: ’30 Years Later, There’s Nothing Remotely Close’

IS HE FUCKING CRAZY WITH HIS COMMENT ABOUT BABY BE MINE  THOUGH ?

“When Purple Rain came out, I was a DJ with guys on my block, playing block parties. That summer, the big thing was Run-D.M.C. — Born in the USA, blah blah blah, the streets were playing “Sucker MCs” and “It’s Like That.” I remember “When Doves Cry” mixed into “It’s Like That” perfectly, and even at a block party, when all we wanted to hear was hip-hop, “When Doves Cry” was so hardcore, such an amazing record. “Take Me With U” is probably my favorite on the album, it’s just a beautiful song. But those drums on “When Doves Cry?” With no bass? And the lyric was not corny at all. It makes all the sense in the world, and it makes no sense. You can’t write a song like that now — music today has no metaphors, it’s all literal. Now they would make you say, “When love dies” or something.

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There’s not a bad record on Purple RainThriller is allegedly the best album of all time, and that has at least two bad songs on it. There’s no “Baby Be Mine” on Purple Rain.

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I remember seeing the movie two or three times the first day it came out. It was mind-boggling. Prince was funny. He was really cool — he’s one of the last guys with a real mystique. We were all like, “Where the fuck is Minneapolis? Who are these guys?” I saw the Purple Rain tour from the last row of the arena. It was one of my first concerts. We all wore purple. I forget which girl I went with, but I didn’t get laid. Anyway, I’ve been lucky to sit in the last row and to sit on stage with the guy. He’s the best there is. Thirty years later, there’s nothing remotely close.” – As told to Alan Light

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  1. Personally, I always thought Off The Wall was better than Thriller. Thriller was a time and place. The beginning of the music video age. MJ approach to music videos took him from a music star to superstar. At the time the biggest star in the world regardless or category, sports, movies, tv, music. I think that made the album bigger than it would have been People forget though Off The Wall has sold 20 million copies worldwide,

  2. There is not a bad song on Thriller. It’s the album I keep listening to year after year. I was 20 years old and working in a record store when Thriller came out, and I still remember everyone buying it — black, white, young, old, female, male, poor, middle class, and wealthy . . . you have to go back to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to find a single work of music that has united so many people from different walks of life.

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