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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Enjoyable read as a Prince/Purple Rain fan....Lots of behind the scenes details about Prince's early days and subsequent career and the success of a film that initially had little backing. It speaks to Prince's tenacity and vision. ( ) I’ve loved “Purple Rain” the album and the film since I first heard/watched them circa 1988 but knew hardly anything about the making of either. Therefore, this proved an insightful and enjoyable read. The only aspect I didn’t like were the occasions where the author spends time comparing the album, film, and Prince with their 1984 contemporaries. Otherwise, this is an excellent read. As a long-time Prince fan (starting in 1980), this book's subject had a strong appeal to me. Focusing specifically on the Purple Rain album, movie and tour, it covers what some feel was the high point of his career. Hearing from his band and others involved filled in some interesting details. Recommended for those that have more than just a passing interest in his music. I'm biased, because I consider Prince a complex, unknowable genius. But he deserved better than this Variety article in book form. The last image, the last scene of this book, captures its suspicious lack of depth and its utter inability to capture any of Prince's nuances, the technical genius of the members of the Revolution, and the intriguing machinations of the making of Purple Rain: the author recounts a moment in a club with Prince, in 1994, in which the superstar orders both of them "a glass of port" and makes a toast. I'm sure this is possible, but most fans know that Prince never touched alcohol. He even forbid it from his tour buses, from Paisley Park, from any club where he'd tour. Perhaps he hadn't gotten quite so "dry" in 1994, but still: The Sinatra feel to this last, summary image of Prince only underscores how Light misapprehends Prince and the making of Purple Rain. There's so little detail on the actual making of the film that I found it maddening to read. Do I really need Adam Levine and Darius Rucker's hot takes on Prince? Does he really think Chanhassen is "rural"? I imagine Toure's book on Prince may offer more insight. Flew through it because the prose was undemanding. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
"From the former senior editor of Rolling Stone and author of The Holy or the Broken, called 'thoughtful and illuminating' by The New York Times, a new book on the unlikely coming-to-be of Prince's now legendary album. Purple Rain is a song, an album, and a film--each one a commercial success and cultural milestone. How did this semi-autobiographical musical masterpiece that blurred R&B, pop, dance, and rock sounds come to alter the recording landscape and become an enduring touchstone for successive generations of fans? Purple Rain is widely considered to be among the most important albums in music history and often named the best soundtrack of all time. It sold over a million copies in its first week and blasted to #1 on the charts, where it would remain for a full six months and eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide. It spun off three huge hit singles, won Grammys and an Oscar, and took Prince from pop star to legend. Coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary year of Purple Rain's release, acclaimed music journalist Alan Light takes a timely look at the making and incredible popularizing of this once seemingly impossible project. With impeccable research and in-depth interviews with people who witnessed Prince's audacious vision becoming a reality, Light reveals how a rising but not yet established artist from the Midwest was able not only to get Purple Rain made, but deliver on his promise to conquer the world"-- No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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