'They'll Hurt You Every Time:' Prince Tried To Help Us Heal 40 Years Ago With His Film 'Purple Rain'

"Ladies and Gentleman: The Revolution."

Those are the first words spoken in Prince's 1984 film Purple Rain, released two days after his multi-generational defining studio album of the same name. Thirty years before Beyoncé gave us her masterful film-album, Lemonade, in 2016, the Artist Who Reclaimed His Name Prince set the bar not yet otherwise reached by anyone else by bringing his album to the screen, walking us into not only the realm where his spirit lived, but the visuals that resided alongside it.... Read more


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