I remember when "Purple Rain" came out. We were in 8th grade and we had a half-day in school. My buddy Carlo and I wanted to see the flick badly. I knew my mom would not let me because it was rated 'R' and it was rock n' roll ( my mom thought rock n roll was the devil at the time )
So, we lied to our parents and said we were doing something else that afternoon. We got a ride to the theater and snuck in to watch it.
It was worth the risk of getting caught. And, to be 14...seeing Appollonia's apples... 'nuff said.
Later that school year, they announced the "Purple Rain" tour. Carlo and I had never been to a concert, at this point. We begged our parents, but neither would take us. So, we bribed our music teacher...yes...our junior-high music teacher, to take us (to the Spectrum) if we bought her a ticket. And that was my first music rock-concert experience. Everything, from that point on, got compared to Prince live.
How could it not???
I still have the program downstairs sitting on my piano....
Bryen
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