Backspin: The Revolution talk Prince's 'Around the World in a Day'

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I LOVED Around the world in a day album so much as a little boy that I would just gaze and serenade over the both the album cover and cassette before bedtime.

[@tamarastone141]

Omg...i thought I was the only one! I loved the album cover so much i used to get lost in a fantasy.

[@JP-ve7or]

That cover was 🔥 I feel like this generation is missing out on record covers. Images in your phone just aren't the same.

[@Funksgroove1]

Five awesome history makers sitting together.

[@tesswonderful4194]

Bobby Z said thr most important thing in this interview - Prince didnt like looking back. That is the whole part of his life story.

[@winecrimesfoodandtime7119]

Well I think towards the end of his life when he died he was definitely looking back and maybe overwhelmed him because he didn't look back enough.

[@Kabkabmbujimayi]

And that's what saved him. Always looking forward

[@tesswonderful4194]

@@Kabkabmbujimayi Agreed. I love his 80s music but what a shame if his music was the same in the 90s and 2000s. He had to follow his destiny. It must have been hard to leave folks behind but it had to happen. People say he was lost, but I see it as listeners being unwilling to move forward with him. Glad I wasn't one of those!

[@coachwane]

@@markpalmer9844 Please explain your point of view ?

[@coachwane]

@@markpalmer9844 Fair point

[@LaCheleWallace]

_Pop Life_ ended up being my favorite from this album.

[@plugged1]

I liked Pop Life and Tamborine

[@producedbykaeph]

Seeing them in Indy a year after Prince passed is easily one of my most amazing experiences!! Can’t wait to hopefully see them again

[@donricha1]

The revolution was a pinnacle part of the magic that was prince. The creations and sheer talent of you all is unmatched. Thank you for leaving such an amazing legacy of musical genius.

[@dewaynewhite2928]

donricha1 I agree with you 200 % on that, I feel the same way

[@starrcompany3275]

Alot of peeps hate on the revolution when it comes to stateing that it was because of them his music was made brighter the colors and more seasoned.No doubt it was under Prince's direction but dammit those others kids in the band just help us notice his genius and his presence!

[@betsymabry7953]

Thank you for sharing these intimate glimpses into your time and life experience with Prince. Your love for him is shining brightly in these interviews! Shine On and On and On ...

[@bOmBAsTiK]

Man, I enjoy that whole block of albums from 1999-Parade, dude was on fire. "Tambourine" is still in heavy rotation for me to this day...

[@Facts.About.Everything.YouTube]

The first time I heard Tambourine, I heard it like 12 times in a row it was unlike anything I'd ever heard, not just from him, but ever.

[@Michael-bl4no]

I loved Around the World in a Day. Fantastic album! Paisley Park is a great tune.

[@marcosberenstein4558]

"Around the world in a day" is one of the best albums of the 1980's along with U2's " Joshua Tree ".

[@johnobrien1528]

I love the man’s music but I know how wrong you are.

[@coachwane]

@@johnobrien1528 It was very awesome. Very different. You can listen and get lost in your childhood listening to that music.

[@bybassman1842]

I dislike Condition Of The Heart, but the rest of the album is spectacular.

[@johnobrien1528]

@@coachwane ok it was awesome. Ok so it brings on nostalgia. But it isn’t even Prince’s best, let alone the best of the 80’s. Music brings out feelings, but how can you deny facts?

[@coachwane]

@@johnobrien1528 🎶 is so subjective, and you cannot go wrong with stating any of prince 80s albums are his best.

[@crazyleg2006]

I love this album so much. I love hearing their insight on Prince.

[@sherrierios2207]

These interviews make me miss him more.

[@denniswood7503]

My favorite Prince & the Revolution album...

[@niqulusviii987]

This was when The Revolution kicked into fucking overdrive!!! Such a dynamic creative machine, 85-87 was an amazing period. Wish they would've done more performances during that time

[@swede7160]

A masterpiece!My fav Prince album!Very spiritual album!

[@mitchellbanks34]

Around The World In A Day had some of my favorite cuts I mean... Paisley Park, Raspberry Beret, The Ladder, Condition of the Heart, and my favorite from the album Pop Life. C'mon Now

[@launiz]

All classics

[@sonjabethay2277]

Paisley Park is in your heart

[@ehrichweiss]

@Bombproofbutter Temptation about got me in a whole lot of trouble when I was a teen. I had just gotten ATWIAD and let a friend/coworker listen to it while I was working and she was in the office. I didn't think anything of it but that night my dad asked me if ATWIAD had any curse words in it. I told him no, not a one and he said that the aunt of the coworker had heard something vulgar. I reiterated that there were no curse words that I was aware of and told him he could listen. He trusted me(thankfully) and I never heard anything else about it again. Thirty years later I was listening to Temptation and "I can almost taste the wetness between your..." was spoken and I realized that was what her aunt had heard. Oh well, I didn't lie, it wasn't a curse word..

[@williamotey6707]

ehrichweiss good stuff!😂

[@donyellmcgee9836]

My top 10: #9 Temptation #8 Tamborine #7 Around the World In a Day #6 Condition of the Heart #5 The Ladder #4 Paisley Park #3 America #2 Raspberry Beret #1 Pop Life

[@derrickg5838]

one of my favorite albums.Paisley Park , Tamborine , Poplife, The Ladder,Raspberry Beret and Temptation. Some of my favorite Prince songs are on that album'

[@mariegraves5342]

Parade and Around the world in a day are my favorite albums of all times

[@jupitermadcat]

I remember buying it on cassette when it first came out I love that album!

[@tritone11]

‘Condition of the heart’ is on that album - thats why it’s my third favorite album after Sign o the times and Parade:)

[@DutchMcVeigh]

Yes gawd!

[@anthonyashley7108]

Yesss! I love that song!

[@michaelcrescenz708]

best prince album in my opinion . flawless

[@starrcompany3275]

Omg this is history that everyone in the world wants to see! Thank u Wendy&Lisa for the autograph!Tell Sofia I said hello she took my dad shopping!

[@kemetfirst315]

Prince was smart enough to know that he wasn't going to repeat the success of Purple Rhe wanted the Around the World album to be low key while Warner Bros. most likely wanted Purple Rain 2.

[@wendileona]

AND PRINCE GAVE IT TO THEM! If you can't hear it, you're not listening closely and you're just one of those 'surface-fans'. .::Modernaire

[@lazarushernandez5827]

@ijcn0jir3nvjn3fjcifn I wouldn't be surprised if we found out that some of those songs where originally dropped from Purple Rain.

[@HumbleAstronaut]

Prince did make a sequel to Purple Rain

[@jtsmith1817]

It wasn’t just Warner Bros. I think a lot of people at the time wanted the same thing!

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I remember hearing radio scope doing coverage on Around the world in a day album on the way to church one Sunday as a little boy and it was extremely well received in our neighborhood.

[@terrenceyoung3458]

Doctor(Matt) still the same💯The Revolution will always be my favorite,❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@sargonsrobot2552]

Around was played so many times on my walkman on the way to & from work, it is part of my mind forever =Blessings to you guys=you made my life better.

[@mystapaul]

Pop stars chase the success of their biggest album but musician creates new success.....

[@MISTERMOODYHYADD]

Music Fact: Wendy's brother passed away from a drug overdose when he was touring keyboard player for the band, Smashing Pumpkins in 1996 I believe. The music industry takes a toll...

[@j.payneenyapproductions7131]

ONLY if you LET IT take its toll...like Dave Chappelle you ALWAYS have the ability to WALK AWAY if you are strong enough

[@perrymathis4557]

Loved Around the world in a day

[@veerchasm1]

1st transparent cassette tape I remember buying (they had been that dull gray plastic before that). “Condition of the Heart” and “Paisley Park” are still the greatest tracks!

[@DocJones2020]

One of my favorites.

[@debonaire_nerd]

Pat Smeer was also in a little band called "The Foo Fighters". It's ok, Wendy, we won't think you're a commoner for knowing that.

[@TheMugwort]

and the Germs

[@veerchasm1]

My sentimental favorite album. First cassette I remember being see-through with artwork (flowers? I forget)

[@Facts.About.Everything.YouTube]

I love how all 5 of them are squished together on a three-seater 😄

[@PabloGarcia-sf7bn]

We’re still not done with Purple Rain. Say words! You guys ruled! And we Love you all. Greetings from New Mexico!

[@paulsheppard2294]

Just thank you she's always in my hair and 17 days were on there. And I really love the extended version of Raspberry Beret how he saw instrument by instrument constructs that song and at the end instrument by instrument he deconstruct that song.

[@ronaldwilliams3182]

She's always in my hair was not on that album bro that was put out has a b side to Raspberry Beret 12 in at that time

[@weednsteak]

Also 17days wasnt on the album

[@sydneydarts5911]

amazing!!! clearly didn't care about being #1 he released that album COS HE WANTED TO..brilliant. love it or not, he was amazing

[@mrfrogbutt1]

ATWAD is a classic Prince And The Revolution album

[@veerchasm1]

Really an influential album for me, it coincided with my fascination of all things 60’s and LA’s Paisley Underground

[@Mrconsigliere444]

Around The World In A Day was a great album. Unfortunately, it had the misfortune to be the follow up to a culture explosion known as Purple Rain... I think if Purple Rain had just been an album, it wouldn’t have been as massive.When you added the visual of the movie with his stage presence, it blew everyone away. Even by 1985 when ATWIAD came out, people were still intoxicating by Purple Rain...

[@YankeeWoodcraft]

"Around the World in a Day"...Prince and The Revolution's most underrated album ever.

[@notsoinvisiblelibra]

1999, Purple Rain and Parade were my top three fav albums

[@scorpichella]

I didn’t know that Prince hated his hair in the Raspberry Beret video. Lol. Thanks Wendy 💜

[@modifiedcontent]

I think the story was that he tried to dye his hair blond like the Prince figure on the ATWIAD album cover and it didn't work so he had to get a rescue doo.

[@marcgordon3239]

Around The World In A Day Is The Best Revolution Record ... I Keep Paisley Park & Tambourine In Constant Rotation In My Playlists On All My Devices ...

[@stefonwilliams9790]

The revolution is always the revolution with Prince the best in the 80's

[@Venoza]

Around the world in a day is like Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band... a masterpiece

[@ronaldwilliams3182]

It's a good album but it's nowhere near Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band that particular album by The Beatles is a masterpiece within itself that nobody can come close to

[@j.payneenyapproductions7131]

That's right Bobby Z you said it; "He WASNT INTERESTED IN LOOKING BACK"....hint hint

[@modifiedcontent]

Around The World In A Day was Prince's best album

[@LegacyBridge]

Still amazing work! I bought this cassette really young. Lyrics, instrumentation and tone stuck.

[@JPWillson]

Don't know at all why, I mean, I've listened to most of Prince discography, but still one of my favorites from him is Paisley Park, which kinda pass unnoticed most of the time

[@dasandman6981]

Prince and the Revolution was my shit- when he abandoned the Revolution I abandoned him. He should've done 10 more albums with The Revolution- no debate-

[@modifiedcontent]

Post-Revolution band with Sheila E on drums and Eric Leeds + Atlanta Bliss was his best band.

[@JaeWhite140]

The Revolution should have gone on as a band and put out some albums with Mark,Wendy and Lisa on vocals. Hell they can do it now. 👍

[@powderedtoastfacekillah734]

Pop life and raspberry beret...my two favorite songs of his Take me with u and dirty mind are up there too

[@corywilliams458]

Thank You Revolution!!!.....Bobby Z!....Dr!!...Wendy Lisa!!!...First Waterfalls song!!!

[@corywilliams458]

Nice quote Smash!...Classic!

[@rnorfor2002]

love these guys

[@jeffwelsh205]

Awesome album

[@RastaSaiyaman]

I don't know if I'm the only one who notices it but Dr. Fink is wearing his NPG era Scrubs, perhaps as a nod to the fact that he was a member of both bands.

[@wendileona]

NPG era scrubs? Dr. Fink as a member of the actual 'New Power Generation' was only in 1990 and at that time he wore very cool custom scrubs that were NOT off the rack of a medical uniform rack, but came in alternative colors to typical scrub colors and wore BLACK custom scrubs as an NPG member in the Nude Tour as you can see him in with Rosie Gaines on the cover of Keyboard Magazine in 1990 and on any live video of the tour, if you can make Dr. Fink out. And yes, I'm a total NERD about Prince outfit design! .::Moderniare

[@mmmax2g]

That was a GREAT album... it was one of the things me and my mom agreed on...we didn't agree on much but we has similar taste in music and when she brought prince albums on we STUDIED it together...:)

[@RastaSaiyaman]

Come to think of it, "Around the world in a day" DID have it's share of songs that became staples and not just "Raspberry beret" Because "Pop Life" also was from that album And then there's "America" which when performed the right way is one of Prince's most devastating live songs, look up the live in Paris version to see that song it all its glory. So I was saddened to see the current live performances of "America" and have the Band play it true to the album version instead of giving it that fire that the Paris version had.

[@otakurocklee]

This is really cool, but I wish they talked more about the album itself. I think ATWIAD is Prince's best album.

[@beeboy6967]

Hey otakurocklee, I respect your choice of Prince's best album, but my favourite has to be "Sign of the times" The mixture of songs & styles & the messages of the tittle track.......Timeless :=)

[@MarkAntney]

I think ATWIAD is his most gutsy (at the time) and some good songs on it of course but his 1999 Album to me is unequaled.

[@otakurocklee]

Well, that's the great thing about Prince. He did so much music in so many styles. Everyone has a different favorite.

[@MarkAntney]

Yes, not to mention how many other great songs he wrote for others and the groups he developed.

[@LyricalMasterMind1]

I sure was one of his most underrated albums, that's for sure.

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

I have a fascination with Wendy. She is still really pretty

[@photographerjonathan]

Prince's genious was also his down fall. he didnt even realize how special the style and sound of Purple Rain was. and he moved on from it way to fast. and he wouldnt listen to anyone. and even though i enjoyed some of his work after Purple Rain like Around the world in a day and Parade. Love Sexy. i was always hoping he would go back to the older style and sound. but instead he put out a bunch of albums i couldnt get into. and i eventually just stopped caring. and lost interest with Prince. but i will always love the revolution days.

[@roguenation]

_Purple Rain_ was deliberately crafted by Prince to make him a superstar, but he was caught off guard when that is exactly what happened. The enormous mainstream popularity and the fact that it was widely regarded as his "masterpiece" left him disillusioned, frustrated and disconcerted.

[@wendileona]

Prince achieved longevity because he changed his style, sound and created themes for eras, fast. If he's gotten stuck in Purple Rain style, he would of gotten dated fast. But if you listen carefully, Prince did keep a lot of his early 80s style in his music through the Gold Experience, but just with updated instrumentation, and so on. .::modernaire

[@shonnieperson7649]

wendileona Absolutely

[@reginaldwalker6027]

photographerjonathan My thoughts exactly!..Even tho I did like tha COME album..💯

[@djmylesmatisse]

Prince NOT looking back while at the same time looking forward damaged his career and legacy. He fought Warners off and on until he wrote SLAVE on his face, EVEN THOUGH HE SIGNED THE CONTRACTS so I promise you that PRINCE WAS HIS OWN WORST ENEMY.

[@JP-ve7or]

He learned at a young age not to trust the industry and I don't blame him, but you're right. I also cringe a bit at rich people who call themselves slaves. It's an insult to anyone who is or has been forced into unpaid labor.

[@skylerboyce2597]

first of all it definitely did not damage his legacy he's still one of the most highly regarded artists ever and it did not damage his career this still did sell a lot and so did his next one and just because someone's not as mainstream does not mean their career is damaged there are people who just prefer it that way and prince did later in his career.

[@sheldoncooper8199]

Raspberry Beret is my Favorite Prince Song and video and Mountains

[@JP-ve7or]

Funny, I watched the Raspberry Beret video recently for the first time in years and his hair did stand out as a little . . . middle aged 1980s lady? to me. It wasn't unusual, though. Ian McCullough of Echo and the Bunnymen had something very similar at the time. It cracks me up that Prince hated it even then. That sky suit was f'n amazing though.

[@corywilliams458]

....of course Brown Mark!...imma get dat solo Album...i jus saw it!✌

[@nemocollagreen4577]

"Say Papa,I think I wanna dance......OWW!!"

[@DutchMcVeigh]

My favorite part of that song!

[@alfredmartinez537]

Around the world should of came out in the 90s. It was ahead of its time.

[@blakkat4126]

Well, after looking back on some of The Hulk clips, Prince was right. He DID have the same hair. But back then, I never realized it when the video came out. I couldn’t figure out Dr. Fink’s grey hair, though. Thought that was an interesting direction.

[@loelphillips2109]

I was so angry with Prince (RIP), when he broke up the Revolution. They were ultimate band in America!

[@meermittenz8620]

I want to hear David’s version

[@cheboy]

R&R Greatest

[@grouchyblackman]

I look like Lou Ferrigno.....I'm dead....

[@contactlisa1]

he hated the bangs!

[@pinkpanther5200]

Pop Life & The Ladder are the best songs on ATWIAD

[@mudbone84]

Prince Ibrahim I have the extended version of the ATWIAD album on CD.

[@pinkpanther5200]

Krazy K there's a extended version?!!!

[@mudbone84]

Prince Ibrahim Yessir. But, it's EXTREMELY rare.

[@bert3163]

It’s all relative...Raspberry Beret seemed to do...okay. 😂

[@gregwhitenerel7846]

They enlightened prince on...the beatles....?

[@cheboy]

Prince

[@solo5373]

I what to know the last song Prince was working on.

[@TS.W]

+Edward Adams A jazz album according to visitors of the very first Paisley Park tour. They said it was playing throughout the tour and they were told it was his final recording.

[@solo5373]

T. S. Woods Cool thanks.

[@zmardot]

"Black is the New Black” is the title of the last album he was working on

[@solo5373]

Anthony Todd Thanks bro.

[@vegitausa]

A record company complaing about an artist putting to much music out...HA!

[@cellmate1]

He had Bruce Lee hair

[@lawtondavis8888]

Seems like employees out live their bosses. They out live Prince.

[@foryoureyesonly100]

It’s so interesting to hear other band members speak more besides Wendy.. no shade..

[@garfieldharrison510]

Bobby was right. He didn't look back. People were never done with Purple Rain. Prince probably was a bit with drawn when it came to his masterpiece. He wasn't trying to top it like Michael Jackson tried to with Thriller. He was only looking into creating great work. Purple Rain was infectious.

[@gfanarakos]

of course thats why Sinead o Connor was into so that classic ...depression came with the song...Prince was smart to move on...as the rest of the world wonders still purple rain masterpiece....prince went into sign o the times topping more

[@raymondsolisjr.1262]

Lisa looks totally different

[@Haterzarefans]

WHERE THE HELL IS DEZ?

[@216Numbskull]

Dez left the band due to religious reasons which was partialy why Prince actually committed to labeling the band "The Revolution". Even though the name can be seen on the 1999 LP cover. And not just Dez, half of this lineup was different when he played in the band. Dez Dickerson,Andre Cymone,Gayle Chapman, and Bobby Z. & Matt are the only 2 that remained.

[@travismclaurin9419]

Yes, Thank you! and Andre Cymone!

[@gfanarakos]

WHY the FUCK THE REVOLUTION is NOT ON RRHF ?

[@corywilliams458]

...Da Irony!!

[@brianinglis3805]

there were no singles released from sgt. pepper either. coinkidink?

[@OutlawPlay_]

There were four singles released from ATWIAD: Raspberry Beret, Paisley Park, Pop Life and America.

[@brianinglis3805]

yes i know I have them all in my record collection. I was referring to the fact that Prince didn't want warner to release any singles from the album as was the case with sgt. pepper which influenced around the world in a day.

[@wendileona]

Intersting to point that out. Prince once said he felt he was born in the wrong time, he should of been popular in the 60s and 70s, something like that. So yes, back in '85 that was part of the hype and feel, that it was psychedelic and was influenced by Sgt Pepper due to it's cover artwork, which is compelling today... but Prince drew inspiration as noted by Wendy & Lisa from Daud and Wendy's brother, where those guys were into the Los Angeles Paisley Underground scene. .::Modernaire

[@djmylesmatisse]

Prince seriously dropped the ball with ATWIAD! There absolutely should've been a music video for POP LIFE and a PROPER one for PAISLEY PARK. The ones for RASPBERRY BERET and AMERICA were great. If he had fired on all cylinders, he should've made a VIDEO ALBUM for the entire album, including videos for bsides GIRL and HELLO

[@robertperkins1420]

I thought pat smear was in that video

[@PrettyBoyKii]

"The bangs. It was the worst mistake ever." - every woman who thought bangs were a good idea.

[@JP-ve7or]

Oof. 2008 flashbacks 😂

[@tysongames2750]

Wendy reminds me of Carrie Fisher.

[@drewkidd5731]

I remember when it came out it was a buzz kill to the Purple Rain energy. With Purple Rain you were introduced to the different groups and it felt like a new funkier Motown, a family of sorts. Then blam! Everyone's gone, the edgy rock sound was gone, the iconic look he cultivated since 1999 was gone. It killed the momentum then. I liked the album but felt it should've come after Parade and before S.O.T.T.

[@keithmorgan742]

Love this group. That being said.... Retire the "scrubs" costume. Put on some clothes.

[@wendileona]

You read this from me... FIRST, forget 'the org' or other 'Euro-elite-purple-illuminati-fans'... I've always thought since I literally studied the album when it came out in 1985, that ATWIAD, if you really listen to it, is Purple Rain II. Almost every song, is a sister song to song on Purple Rain. The Ladder is Purple Rain's sister song. Same tempo, same kind of vibe. Tambourine is Darling Nikki, where Prince actually gives the PMRC yet another song, right under their noses! That's a hilarious song. America, one of Prince's most right-wing patriotic songs is a sister song to Baby I'm A Star, at least in LM-1 drum machine beat and tempo. Lots of alternative songs. Condition is the yang of Beautiful Ones. In my view also that the album came out awkward is because it was kind of something new to what Prince had done in 1999 through Purple Rain, the public and new fans wanted another Purple Rain but only those that saw the light got it. But I do remember it was rather too soon, Dr. Fink in another interview a whiles back says he wished that Prince would of toured Purple Rain in Europe but moved on. Also of note is that Prince started having problems with WB as early as this album. AND, the video for future SOTT wasn't a Prince production either! Prince drew inspiration for ATWIAD as noted by Wendy & Lisa from Daud and Wendy's brother, where those guys were into the Los Angeles Paisley Underground scene. Thus, later Prince giving a song to The Bangles and the Three O Clock signed to Paisley Park label. And as The Revolution mentions here, Prince by the time Manic Monday's LA Paisley Underground Sound was a hit, Prince was filming Under The Cherry Moon in totally classic Hollywood 30s style already! And by that UTCM time, he was already entering the Camille/Dream Factory/Crystal Ball/Madhouse/Flesh phase! Insane prolific pace! Back to ATWIAD, there WAS buzz though for Around The World, MTV hyped the Raspberry Beret video like crazy AND even the VJs analyzed every bit of it after it was premiered, calling Prince's new hair style the 'Liza Minelli'! I'm serious! And it's interesting to note yet again that Prince adopted that kind of short style in the Gold Experience era of 1995, but with longer bangs. The Hulk hair purple factoid is a hilarious! Aside from that, and again you read this from ME; there's something about the cover NOW, that is truly amazing. But I'll leave it for when I actually run into a Revolution member to discuss it with them. But if I made you realize something, it was me, HERE right after you read this comment. .::Modernaire

[@kamaboko1]

Dr. Fink was on a sedative.

[@charltonmcmillen7422]

Around the World in a Day came and went. It just didn't have a spark and Purple Rain was like Quiet Riot's Metal Health. Both albums needed room to breathe and it's hard to comeback with something that defeats the beast that they created and shot both into stardom..Here's the difference; where Quiet Riot kept trying to re-create another Metal Health and it came off cheap and just thoughtless; Prince however did let Purple Rain have it's day but, the around the world in a day album cover confused and turned off a lot of fans and since the biggest single was a super sugar-coated song that paled to anything off his previous two records, it was a bad step-back,,then Parade came and even more people especially his male audience mostly jumped ship,,Then, thank the good Lord, '87 rolled around and he gave us what he shoulda in '85, Sign o' the times,,,remarkable and it put him on the map til the day he died...without the strength of that album, i'm afraid he may not have recovered his foul ball as easily as he did...Culture Club sank, as did Duran Duran and Cyndi Lauper was considered an annoying whiney joke by '87. Pop was on its last leg,,hell even Michael's album, Bad wasn't nothing compared to his previous though Bad had hit after hit,,he had made himself a mockery and he lost any cool appeal,,he was just radio's lil bitch boy that nobody really cared about...All of Prince's contender's and peers had either died out by '87 or just broke up and became a joke; like WHAM! and Twisted Sister..Prince gave us our first true reality check in the 80's,,it wasn't a party album like 1999, or a golden pop production like PR, it was totally uncharted and new to sing about AIDS and children with no parents on count of drugs..He was the conscience of the 80's,,without Prince all we would have would be fucking Material Girl and Girls just wanna have fun and the over-hyped Thriller,,which does not stand as tall and has fallen while PR is still hailed and appreciated.

[@wendileona]

Very good assessment, YOU, like I, were their and you have a great accurate view of pop culture at the time. I agree, and to an extent that may have been why he disbanded the Revolution, one of many reasons, but that he needed to be in the studio ALONE again. Thus, the whole Fairlight LM-1 sampled dark brooding, urban future yet retro Funk of SOTT/Crystal Ball/Camille, not in that order, set him in a different course, one that would include the Funk Bible AND Lovesexy as the 'redeemer' album. That's a whole other subject that is amazing. But almost any and every album that has a dramatic change either set Prince to launch himself and set the motion for something else and sometimes he'd leave it in one album like on Parade, then expand on it like SOTT until it got boring and then a whole new Rave came along. But that was the Prince of the 80s, totally different than the Prince of the mid to late 90s and 00s. .::Modernaire.

[@johnsonmark65]

Thriller is still considered the greatest and most important album of the 80s though.

[@skylerboyce2597]

Duran Duran were still big in the late 1980s and Cyndi Lauper had a big single I drove all night and a night to remember still sold good it sold gold in the United states and platinum in Australia UK and Japan and that was in 1989.

[@mudbone84]

I used to have the exact same hairstyle like Brown Mark back in high school. But then, age caught up with me. LOL😁