Purple Rain ... It's been 20 years.


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THAMES

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It just doesn't seem that long ago . Purple Rain was one of my favorite all-time movies. Prince's performance at the Essence festivel marked the 20th anniversey of the movie. Prince, Morris Day and the time, Jerome and that mirror, and of course Apollonia.

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Prince
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Morris Day ... "What Time Is It"

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The Time

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Apollonia Kotero

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Sunday, July 4, 2004 Posted: 4:19 PM EDT (2019 GMT)

Prince performs at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans.


NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- Anniversaries often bring reunions.

And to mark the 20th anniversary of "Purple Rain," Prince reunited with some of the players in his musical past -- Morris Day and The Time, guitarist Wendy Melvoin and former protege Sheila E.

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Read the story ...
http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Music/07/04/prince.ap/index.html
 

I remember going to that movie. We all know that there were few movies that appealed particularly to blacks around that time. The theatre was full and folk had a good time....,

I loved Prince but everybody knew the Time was the bomb. :dude: I wished Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis could have been in the movie but anyways...,
 
BulldogM.Ed.23 said:
I remember going to that movie. We all know that there were few movies that appealed particularly to blacks around that time. The theatre was full and folk had a good time....,
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Breakin' and Beat Street came out the same summer.

That movie (Purple Rain) had a line around the corner half a block long 4-6 six deep. Those were the days of going to the show.
 
The audience sounded like the Prince Mass Choir when they did back up for "Purple Rain"....Those were the days......
 
I scooped this up the other day. Twenty Years....man, I feel old.

Prince gotta love him. :tup:
 
Noooo!!!! I just purchased the regular Purple Rain. When does the 20th Anniversary comes out???
 
It will be released August 24th. While I was in Best Buy I also saw the 20th Anniversay edition of The Color Purple. I'll go pick that up this weekend.
 
Thanks for the info Thames. Man 84 was a great year:

I was 12...

Went to California to spend 2 weeks with family in Sacramento and Palo Alto,

Purple Rain, Breakin were the movies to go see!!!

Olympics were held in LA(we drove thru LA and man the traffic)!!!



PS...as u can see, I love the 80's!!!
 
docmump said:
Noooo!!!! I just purchased the regular Purple Rain. When does the 20th Anniversary comes out???
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I did too. :smh: I guess I will give that copy to my sister and I buy the new one. :devil2:
 
I was in Jacksonville, Fla that year. Man that movie bring back a whole lot of memories. "Why Doves Cry" really rev up the memory banks. Man those days on the beaches. :bowdown:
 
Dayum 20 years. I remember seeing it at the Baldwin Hills movie theatre, we went about 6-7 deep. I was 15 yrs. old at the time, had a little job dealing with the Olympics and didn't have to beg Moms to pay for the ticket. Well, that is a dayum good movie and I had or may still have the soundtrack on vinyl.
 

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