PRINCE - PURPLE RAIN | REACTION | Rere Reacts

[@GuillermoQuezada]

Real Music... There will never be another one like Prince. RIP.

[@SonyStudioPro]

One of the best guitar player that ever lived….! And ONE HELL OF A WRITER 🙏🏾

[@Pepelaz911]

Songwriter - 👍 Guitarist - generator of random notes, like Kirk)

[@Drewnah]

Princes’ masterpiece. He performed this song during the Super Bowl in 2007 while it was raining. 😊

[@YnotNomis]

Love it when the younger generation discover the genius of Prince. I can't express to you how exciting, cutting edge and amazing it was for those of us who grew up with his music through the years (I've been a fan since his first song, 'Soft and Wet', came out in 1978). I would encourage you to check out his earlier works before Purple Rain such as " I Wanna a be Your Lover', 'Dirty Mind', 'Controversy' , '1999' and 'Little Red Corvette'.

[@jasonhughes3152]

The emotion was from the Movie, watch it, phenomenal.

[@drummerboy2834]

Probably the best original movie music/score ever created

[@gordonchow9359]

One of the best singers, artist, and performer of his time. Sometimes, I think, very underestimated. He was a genius in the music business and much more! Complicate, complex, work alcoholic. His genius took him away from us. A great loss. It's amazing that your reaction is similar to what all great artists can do .....they take you on a journey; It's like an out-of-body experience. Thanks, I have almost forgotten his contribution to music

[@robinbeerman4726]

No autotune. Prince, the purple genius. Played 37 instruments, self taught, wrote, danced and produced music.

[@grandad.reacts]

What you think he's singing this live? Prince was a talented genius, but this has been auto tuned and processed,

[@robinbeerman4726]

@@grandad.reacts I heard him live and he was even better. But back in the day. Live music was not autotuned like today's junk. There are a couple of groups and people today that have same amount of talent, james blunt, the group home free. What you don't understand is when people went to concerts until maybe mid nineties, they sounded just as good as studio version. That's what I mean by no autotune. There is no comparison to the artist in the past century to today's lack of talented artist. That people accept rap as actual music. When all it is is talking to a beat with a bunch of foul-mouthed language and scenarios. My opinion, Bern around a long GG time.

[@farmhome904]

Not autotuned... Though the reverb is obviously cranked way up.

[@robinbeerman4726]

@@farmhome904 yep, on this version.

[@DDD11239]

​@@grandad.reacts Well, it's a movie with controlled audio. He's still singing live.

[@victorclemente-mt4to]

The 80’a were incredible, so lucky to have grown up in that decade.

[@DDD11239]

If it makes you feel better, I'm 26 but have seen 21 Hitchcock films, thousands of horror films spanning a century, have read hundreds of books predating the 20th Century, and have seen almost 7 decades of WWE wrestling.

[@loveloochay]

ReRe .. you NEED to watch the entire movie PURPLE RAIN ..... then , you will understand 💜

[@carriepybus8929]

Yes

[@diveplane05]

Definitely!!!!

[@markwilliams847]

I remember when this came to my small local theater. My brother and I went all 7 nights. The tickets were $1.

[@RodneyButler-f6d]

Exactly

[@MrCholo35]

They way you felt after that is the way we felt watching that movie in the theater.. Prince had the #1 movie , single and album that year.. 🍺🍺

[@Gary-q8q]

RIP, another great loss. Could you imagine the music we never got.

[@shinjusmith5293]

Damn... we had so much great music and wonderful times in the 80's!

[@sasapetroski981]

Tons good music... I don't know 3 bad songs from 80s and today don't know 3 good songs... That's totally crazy

[@loveloochay]

Woooooo-Hoooooo 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜🎸🎸🎼🎸🎸 .. here we go , here we go !! Prince is so multi talented. There are so many great songs by Prince. ,💜

[@danielcowan8673]

Let's get this straight. Prince was THE WAY for popular music in the 80s. He led, and all the other musicians followed.

[@cryptozoomauler5505]

Even into the 2000s with songs like "Uptown Funk", the Minneapolis sound is still going.

[@DDD11239]

True. Although Michael Jackson was already the biggest star in the world, Prince was a true musician and composor.

[@marcimarie1473]

Wait til you see him live! I started following you because of your Pink Floyd reactions. PF is my all time favorite band. But Prince, Prince is considered to be the best musician in the world. He was a multi instrumentalist. And a master at them all, to my knowledge. His live shows are epic. He can break dance while singing perfectly. Everyone in the band puts on a show. It’s a beautiful spectacle. I don’t know that we will ever have another talent like Prince again, ever.

[@andreagagne2377]

I had the pleasure of seeing Prince during his Purple Rain tour and the man is magnetic, talented, enchanting, everything I hoped he would be. 40 years ago and still my number 1 concert.

[@oskarobit]

Prince was one in a few artists that put all of his heart, soul and intention when he sung or play. He can play guitar, bass, piano, synths and drums as as a pro. His first albums were completely done by him alone in the studio.

[@rayezzo8889]

I really enjoy your reactions. You should seriously consider watching the movie. Prince won an Oscar for the soundtrack. You would enjoy it

[@richardvarnish8506]

He did this song live at a halftime show for the Super Bowl, unbelievably while it was pouring down rain. It's a video you can search for to view, it's almost better than this 'studio' version which is taken straight from his movie, yes, called Purple Rain.

[@Davidhjrick]

Purple Rain feeds the soul

[@jubayeagabe561]

What most people miss is that the opening lyrics of "never meant to cause you trouble" was referring to his relationship with his father, "weekend lover" was referring to at the time his relationship with his girlfriend and "say you need a leader" was referring to his band planning on going their separate ways.

[@MooreCEJr]

“Purple Rain” was initially conceived as a country-inflected duet with Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, who turned it down, claiming Prince’s vision for the song was “too much” for her. All that’s left of its country origins is its evocative title - which Prince lifted from the song “Ventura Highway” by the folk-rock group America, of anonymous-horse riding fame (A Horse with No Name). The transition from country to atmospheric stadium rock wasn’t instigated by Prince himself, but by Wendy Melvoin, the 19-year-old guitarist in his backing band, The Revolution. During rehearsals, she hit upon the indelible opening chords, inspiring Prince to take the song in a completely different direction. After six hours of non-stop practice and experimentation, “Purple Rain” was all but written.

[@Panda_man..]

And then the version we hear on the album was pulled from a live performance they did at First Avenue!

[@GiovanniMorenghi]

I greatly appreciate that you never stopped the video, like so many others do. Heartfelt congratulations! LOVE YOU! ❤

[@rolandratz1]

Do you still have time? A lifetime? There is still soooo much good music, artists, songs in many genres to discover. And the stories behind them... The world of rock, the world of "black music" - soul, funk, groove, RnB, but also the variety of county music, romantic music, love songs, protest songs and - last but not least - classical music. FanFact: This song is taken from a film about Prince - legendary. Prince, a somewhat shy man - at first, and MJ were the gods of music, both particularly talented in singing, performance, dance. Prince has fantastic songs - Diamond and Pearls, Kiss, 1999, Raspberry Barret and many, many others...

[@StephenWestrip]

This is a scene from the Purple Rain film and this is the climax of the film. The stage and the audience were in a club that is part of this film. I love Prince. His music changed so much as he reinvented himself a hundred times over.

[@seandobson6221]

This movie is a must see for ANYONE who loves Prince. The 80s were a great time for music. This song was written by Wendy and Lisa who are actually part of his band and honestly the first openly LGBTQ. At this point in the movie he was broken and finally gave Wendy and Lisa their flowers for writing a great song.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Interestingly enough, Wendy and Lisa didn't write this song in real life.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Infact, a lot of Purple Rain's storyline between Morris and the Kid / the Kid and the Revolution was entirely fictional

[@seandobson6221]

@@neilpatrickhairless yeah I know it was fictional but I was referring to that his band and morris were using their actual bands for the performance potions of the movie.

[@13terapyn]

Every 🎵 on the album is a banger! Literally

[@boshie2000]

If you watch the Purple Rain movie, as well as the Prince directed Sign O’ The Times pseudo concert film and the Prince and the Revolution Live in Syracuse show, it’s all you’ll need to understand his peerless talent during his prime and heyday. Even in his fifties though he remained the definitive live performer from the rock and roll era.

[@jotacebrian1705]

Singer, songwriter, excellent dancer and guitar god. He was absolutely amazing. May he rest in peace.

[@chrisstone5868]

Oh, I just saw why I subscribed!! Your reaction to “I Don’t Want To Miss A Thing”. And Yes, growing up with artists like “Prince”, “AeroSmith”, “ACDC”, on and on… was BEAUTIFUL! Van Halen, Motley Crue, (give it a name). I truly loved this reaction ReRe. I’ve watched this movie 20-30 times. Seen this song reacted to over 100 times. Again, watching you “feeling” his music, gave me chills. That’s what I love. Thank you!! Chris.

[@neilpatrickhairless]

Praise to the Purple One 🙏🏼💜🙏🏼

[@MauricioDelaRosa-db7rr]

Rere got it! 🫶🏼

[@RichardAkin-qj6xt]

Seen this in the movie theater when I was a teenager, this part of the movie with this awesome song was really a powerful feeling to have experienced! OMG what a moment!!😮

[@jubayeagabe561]

One of the iconic scenes everybody waits for is the wave your hands 😊

[@ChrisTorris]

this is always a great one, but I you truly want to experience this song at its best, you need to see one of the many epic LIVE performances.. My favorite is Syracuse, March, 1985.. absolutely amazing!! Song was 16 min long!

[@the-wordplay-dojo]

There's a very elite class of people, who knew exactly what they wanted to do as a career, at a very early age; then had the support and motivation to do it methodically. Prince was one of those people, with music. Taylor Swift is another with music. Bruce Lee is another, with martial arts. These are the lifers, who are CONSTANTLY evolving, and improving. Prince had MANY bands over his career. The Revolution was just his first. Many consider his best era to be the Revolution and the New Power Generation, which covers pretty much the 80's and 90's. He had guest vocalists on his tunes all the time too; artists on his label (I think) like The Time. He's done 3 feature length movies too, where he plays a fictitious version of himself. They're damn good too. Each one had a MAJOR soundtrack album, PACKED with bangers. This is the title track. This video is taken from the movie of the same name. In 1992, my brother-in-law was doing temporary work setting up stages, then tearing them down at various venues around Scotland. They'd usually get free tickets. One band he did, was Prince, at Parkhead Stadium in Glasgow, then home of Celtic FC. His crew were the exception, because Prince was a well known perfectionist. HIS crew took over the venue for the time Prince would be there. I knew OF him before this concert. I knew some of his tunes, but he never grabbed me. This concert BLEW my mind. This guy is a musical GENIUS. He's a master of EVERYTHING. Check out the uncensored Sexy MF. THIS was his current single at the time. The full length (7mins) uncensored music video was blasting over the big screen in the stadium as we were heading in. This was the start of the New Power Generation era. Prince set the bar VERY high. He was famous for his after-party performances, where he goes from one HUGE stadium gig, like the one I went to, straight onto a small, local club for another 45mins or so set.

[@Ezekielepharcelis]

Very beautiful Song. Prince was authentic.

[@martinanaya6145]

Lived thru this time, grew up on this music. YES, it WAS AWESOME! Still is! See the movie!

[@gregleblanc9357]

Brilliant Artist. You will never be forgotten my man. One of the very few real legends.

[@miamithug1]

Purple rain. Also means the purple people eaters. Aka the Minnesota vikings. His favorite football team.

[@pbell44]

If you see the movie that scene will make more sense. RIP Prince 💜 You are missed

[@sasapetroski981]

I think this song is from 1984...me only 4 years old 😊😊😊so listen this song later during 90s.....beautiful song

[@SIXX2772]

One hell of a movie and we love you for loving Prince...Its as if they hide our good music.

[@louv9431]

It still makes me wonder how Prince basically an unknown artist came out with a movie and Album in 1984 it is just unheard of. But what a talent he was singer guitarist and a musician. A great singer and guitar player as well. This was a great year for music actually they 70's and 80's glad I got to live it. I was 23 when Prince released this. Your reaction is great...priceless young lady. Let's get crazy by Prince check it out!!😊

[@phunkidruma]

ummm Prince was very known in 1984 in the black community. Purple rain made him a global rock star.

[@cheriwinn3852]

Prince was not an unknown artist in 84. Most of us were very aware of who he was and his music in the late 70s

[@YnotNomis]

Is this a joke? Prince was already a musical star BEFORE Purple Rain. Purple Rain made him a SUPERSTAR, but he was a star before.

[@RomOakhill]

You should definitely see (and maby react) the two films Purple Rain and Sign of the Time: The Concert Movie. I saw Sign of the Time live back then and this concert was the best I have ever seen. I also think you will like his ballads and please don't stop listening to Prince.

[@lawrencefitzgerald]

bro was iconic...vocalist, guitarist

[@musicfan9291]

The movie is incredible. So glad I was able to see him live once. On the tour I went to he had my favorite female bass player Tal Wilkenfeld. I play bass as well so it was a special show.

[@brandonwilliams957]

You should check out Prince at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame playing, “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”.

[@anybodyseenriche]

He has 100s of great songs like this.

[@douglashayes3167]

We miss our Prince... Growing up in the 80's on Minnesota we know we had something special, we are glad the world got to love him, but I can speak for myself where I did not appreciate him enough... Had friends in that crowd and they said they never experienced anything like it... what a talent!!

[@ARD51306]

You MUST watch his live performances!

[@GeneGeterTV]

Nice. I am glad to see you back with another purple one.

[@87Wayne]

Got to see him play this at a concert in Atlanta! Best I have EVER seen.

[@EricPoteete]

She is just the rhythm

[@TakezoMusashi]

Prince is so ethereal

[@jubayeagabe561]

I grew up in the 80's and 90's music and artists back then had substance, character, authenticy and originality. If you haven't already check out some of his other ones like If I was your girlfriend, Kiss, Do me baby, Little Red Corvette, When doves cry and Controversy.

[@ravondal1958]

Thank you for allowing me to enjoy the song with you! Excellent ! Thumbs up !!

[@Power_Fantastic]

Prince is my all, thank you for your sweet reaction. O(+> 4ever

[@billallen1307]

Now watch Prince do the Superbowl halftime show in Miami in the Purple Rain. Real heavy rain in purple lights.

[@jamescrane2156]

Prince & The Revolution - When Doves Cry (Official Music Video)

[@charlesfitzgerald9631]

The video is cool but it cuts out the guitar outro….

[@jamescrane2156]

There’s an extended version available if the young lady is interested.

[@Panda_man..]

@@jamescrane2156 would be better for her to listen to the extended version as that's technically the full version (the same version you hear when listening to the album)

[@danaberman6929]

I feel so fortunate knowing that when this came out I was in high school. He can SHRED a guitar... His vocals are crazy good.

[@Mikeymoo-x3p]

If Mozart was reincarnated into a pop star, it would be Prince. Pure genius.

[@gaefferson1]

Masterpiece of a song ….I love your reactions 🤘

[@chrisstone5868]

This one was special Re! I’ve seen this over 100 times. Just watching you close your eyes and sway.. that’s special. 🌹

[@chrisstone5868]

Hey there ReRe? I hope I got that right. If I did not please forgive me. I’m a very new subscriber to your channel, and I’m very big on “respect”, and being a “gentleman”. I subscribed to your channel, after watching you “feel” the music you were hearing. That to me is a beautiful thing to see. Especially this song. You closed your eyes, and your head swayed, and you were in that crowd. I’m a huge ACDC fan A tic. But cannot wait to catch up on more of your songs!!! 🙏💙🫶🎸

[@isaacs9022]

Purple Rain- one of the greatest songs ever written and performed! period.

[@ronjoanne5980]

Stunning and magical performance. Great reaction. I get emotional every time I watch it knowing we lost this genius wayyyyyy to soon.

[@Bubbaj5683]

Prince is the only man who could steal your woman while wearing high heels.

[@jamesdalton8539]

Hard to believe this song is already 40 years old (1984)!!! Very first commercial album released on CD, first only to radio stations!! It was hard making the transition from cassettes to cd's!! Took me years ;-) You should see the movie!!!

[@toddfarrow9541]

This song and the part of the movie is way more heavy if you watch it from beginning to end. Released in 1984, hit 40 yrs this year.

[@danhkom9703]

Great choice!!! Next watch and listen 1999 and it's more up beat oh also Kiss..

[@tomiwilliams4273]

Love you Prince, now and always !

[@boshie2000]

This was actually live and he just added the strings and overlays after in the studio. And this was the first time an audience ever heard it.

[@rgwyther8157]

Truly enjoy your reactions, a must see for sure is Stevie ray Vaughan " life without you "at the capital theater, I know you'll love it ❤ thanks

[@AgenteusaRR]

the Prince that was a King :)

[@billmurphy1833]

Yeah watch the movie for context and really grasp the meaning. Saw the PR concert in Toronto in the 80s. Best ever

[@EliasCruz-p5t]

Greatness ❤❤❤ one off my favorite song 🎵

[@miltonfury]

That was great!

[@vodou61]

Try watching his Super Bowl half time performance to see him in all his glory.

[@DarthVader-xz6vu]

Prince is a genius

[@Hippiemetalhead-h9k]

Yes ma'am. It kicks my butt everything. You should watch the movie. Its about his dad who had just hanged himself. God bless you.

[@mikehamme514]

I’m from Minnesota,this is Princes home state where he’s considered a god!

[@Brian_S_1971]

You should check out the live version of this from Syracuse, NY from 1985.

[@stonebringer1]

I have always wanted that song to go on and on.

[@kiddmobb4759]

Great reaction!...u really must watch the movie the performance he put on after that song was truly EPIC!

[@stevetanner3019]

This was a scene from the movie of the same name.

[@newnotefinder8972]

This is a scene from the movie Purple Rain

[@PeterOConnell-pq6io]

The performer formally known as "Prince" must have been quite a guy. Amazing!

[@MichaelWiggan-o9y]

I think we have a PRINCE 💜 Fan ... There is so much music, Hits, albums & music videos!! When I 1st saw "1999" music video that's when I took notice of him & he had so many different stages of him in his long career!!! He did a concert movie for his Sign "☮" the Times Album in 1987 (Best concert movie ever) .. I recommend you react to this segment of the movie "It’s Gonna Be A Beautiful Night" kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4iohIZjrc-bitUsi=GTIl93ZWzyMfAt95 ...

[@ednicholson7839]

Check out some songs from Dirty Mind and Sign o the Times. I like Purple Rain, but on those albums Prince gives you his full range. He's got other really good stuff of course but someone else will have to give you recommendations on those. After Prince died I saw a jazz guitarist here in LA named Julian Coryell performed all of Purple Rain just as an instrumental about a week or so later. It was a great tribute.

[@cspringer333]

Love your reactions! You really should check out 77 year old Dolly Parton doing a cover of Purple Rain...Incredible!

[@marshastapleton1148]

Dwight Yoakam also does one

[@danevans5823]

The ultimate version of this is Live in Syracuse 85'.

[@mg751]

You need to react to his Super Bowl performance. It was done live and in the rain!

[@evarene07]

Have to “fact-check” someone’s comments🙏🏽💜…I’ve followed and researched Prince since 1978. Purple Rain was inspired by his parents strained/abusive relationship and Prince’s tumultuous relationship with one of the few women Prince genuinely fell in love with - Denise Matthews, a gorgeous woman from Niagara Falls, CN who was biracial, German and Nigerian ethnicity. She was a muse and lover during the mid eighties. Prince designed an entire group around her and renamed Denise “Vanity,” with groups name “Vanity 6.” Their music can also be found on YT. The actual opening lyrics - “I never meant to cause you any sorrow, never meant to cause you any pain,” … refers to his both parents as they both were abusive to each other and Prince and Denise’s relationship which was also fraught with turmoil, distrust, confusion due to Prince’s inability to “commit” and his “harem” of women he openly flaunted and expected to cater to him and accept each other’s hierarchy within the situation. Denise of course was disappointed/distraught/disillusioned. She quit the movie and left Prince’s camp during the early casting and rehearsals. This is where her replacement, #apolloniakotero enters. The stanza: “Honey, I know, I know times are changing…It's time we all reach out for something new, that means you too…You say you want a leader, but can't seem to make up your mind, think you better close it and let me guide you to the purple rain;” - does not refer to “the group.” It refers to we as people, being confused about our faith, our religious beliefs…turning to different idols/false prophets/ to sooth our spiritual emptiness. Prince alludes to(in the lyrics;) to let one’s faith bring you back to the true creator/ GOD … at the end of the world, so that your soul can rest in heaven - the “purple rain” of “spiritual peace and tranquility.”

[@anthonypanepinto9685]

Re, the Load Out/Stay live request I sent u.was at the BBC

[@MARCOSIDJUNE]

🔥🔥 1980s 🔥🔥

[@abjectt5440]

The man was a monster talent.

[@ws3764]

THE ONE AND ONLY. HE HAS NO EQUAL!

[@robinbeerman4726]

Great reaction, you get it.

[@martycech5844]

Perfection ❤