Let's Go Crazy!

[catscradle]

What totally sucks is that I still feel completely smashed. It's not a hangover. I've not reached that stage yet. I'm just still totally smashed. This makes work interesting, if not totally unbearable.

So I watched Purple Rain last night with a friend and a bottle of Southern Comfort. I never recommend watching this movie sober. I don't believe it can be appreciated this way.

The premise of the movie is that Apollonia moves from New Orleans to Detroit to make her fortune on the club scene. There she meets The Kid (aka Prince) and must choose between a life of battered wife syndrome or signing her soul over to satan.

The fact that Apollonia moves from New Orleans to Detroit has always been a great mystery to me. You can't even call this a latteral move, she's definitly going down a few rungs. Christ, if you can't find a club in New Orleans to sing and dance all sleazy in, then you really aren't going to make it anywhere. Well, maybe Detroit. Shit. That's where hoods from Cleveland go to get rid of the bodies. It's my bet that after the movie, Prince and Appolonia decide to open thier own club in Flint.

There's a particularly wonderful scene with Prince writhing on the stage singing Darlin' Nikki. He's then told by management that everyone hates his music and he's the only one that "gets" it. Prince if you're performing Darlin' Nikki and the house hates it, you're in the wrong club. Go talk to Apollonia and see if she has a return ticket to New Orleans you can barter for.

As my friend stated, the movie is a vehicle for Prince's music and his music is a vehicle for his wardrobe. It's a fun flashback movie with great tunes and imagery, but don't watch it sober. The colors are so pretty with a little help.

Comments

[versailles-rose.livejournal.com]

So I watched Purple Rain last night with a friend

oooo. purple. oooo. Lace. OOooo000oo000.

and a bottle of Southern Comfort

Yeah. You need a shot of novocaine to the brain with that movie.

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Psychodelics. You have to do something with all the fun glittery colors.

[almostnever.livejournal.com]

Mehehe, that movie. I love how it's frontloaded with all the awesome, catchy songs, and all the characters keep telling Prince that no one likes his stuff.

Then for the big ending, he goes to the club and plays the boringest fucking song and everyone responds to it and finally 'gets' it! Man, if the club audience turns up their nose at "Little Red Corvette" and glomps onto "Purple Rain", you gotta wonder if the bar is spiking the drinks with lead.

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I was dying when they were mimicing Let's Go Crazy like THAT song will ever make it in the mainstream. Fool. And when the chicks are practicing their music and they see Prince so they switch to a really cool funk sound and say "Is that better?" Uh. YEAH!

I love this movie though. It's one of those truly horrid scripts that you fall in love with for the cheese. And the high hair and glitter make up. There were a few times when I was sure the blonde bimbo waitress was a regular in Ed Wood movies, but I guess she'd be too young for that...

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, I must have got lead poisoning b/c Purple Rain certainly isn't boring in my mind. Glorious! Little Red Corvette? For me, it's a big whatever.

'Course all his outfits rule!

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

I think what's funny about it is that Prince is rocking like it's 1999 every damn night and the only thing the people respond to is the slow song. Purple Rain is the introspective, intelligent song, yet it's songs like Little Red Corvette and Let's Go Crazy that are too confusing for the masses? Hmmm....

[wiebke.livejournal.com]

OK, in that case agreed.

Is it Darlin' Nikki they don't get? Because THAT makes NO sense... I mean, that they don't like it ;) That song is one of the catchiest things ever.

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Darling Nikki is one of the songs they don't get. Just about everything goes over their heads though.

I remember when I was a kid it was the #1 song to hide from the parents, which of course only helped it's popularity. But the club people were having no part of it. Too freaky for them. Maybe it's a Detroit thing. Which would account for all the lead in the drinks.

[babaca.livejournal.com]

I love Purple Rain. It's one of those guilty pleasure movies. Now if you want SUCK try the sequel Graffitti Bridge (and yes, there was a sequel).

[catscradle.livejournal.com]

Ya know, I have not seen Graffitti Bridge. I totally forgot about it till just now. For some reason I though Under the Cherry Moon was the sequel (not seen it either) - now I'm curious *g*

[babaca.livejournal.com]

Nope. Under the Cherry Moon was a black & white disaster where you're not sure of the time period. They try to make it look like the 20s jazz age I believe. It also sucked. In fact it's hard to choose which one sucked more. ^__^