"Purple Rain" The Complete Origin & Aftermath with Dr. Fink on Sunset Sound Roundtable

Prince keyboardist Dr. Fink spent 12 years with the artist.
Matthew Fink details hearing Purple Rain for the first time on an acoustic guitar in a Prince rehearsal session, to it then growing into the massive household name it is today, Dr. Fink was a part of the song, the film and the aftermath. Here is his story.
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[@Roundtablewithdrew]

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[@deloresnorswether7474]

You ALL are very talented individuals and as a group! Gonna miss you guys together.

[@garyprater8139]

They were a great inspiration in my own music.

[@barryallenflash1]

So, Dr. Fink was and still is my fav band member. Why? My friends and I had planned to be a part of the annual "air band" contest at my H.S. in '85. I was the "Dr." We watched "Purple Rain" a 100 times, well maybe 50. Anyway, we had costumes made, I painted a "Prince" sign for the front of my faux keyboard...we did it all. I even got a perm to match Drs. hair style. Yep and then realized I hadn't taken my senior pic yet, so yep, you guessed it, my perm is my senior pic. My hair was normally a spiky "Billy Idol" look, but I digress. Anyway, the contest was cancelled the week of and we were ALL disappointed.....that's my story and I'm sticking to it!

[@ROCKNROLLFAN]

I'm glad that the success of Purple Rain blew EVERYTHING out of the water at the time because I ALWAYS thought that 1999 double album should have been his international success. The 1999 double album was his breakthrough album with so much hard work, mechanics, and power put behind by just Prince himself. Purple Rain is the GREATEST Rock N Roll film of ALL TIMES. They have ran it on public television for nearly 40 YEARS NOW and it's registered under the US National film Registry along with the album in the library of Congress which is NOT to be considered cheesy.

[@ameliabedelia7018]

He was way ahead of his time.

[@wisdomseeker3362]

​@@ameliabedelia7018 Waay ahead of his time. You know , Prince writing the movie based on mostly his life , friends ~his bandmates and he also placed his father in the movie with some switched up subject matter. Genius move on Princes part and a lot of the big wigs laughed it off . If I'm remembering right...didn't Richard Pryor finance the rest of the movie budget money Prince needed? Amazing.

[@deloresnorswether7474]

Thanks for making this video. You're beautiful!!❤

[@Roundtablewithdrew]

Awe…💜💜

[@renemarrero6523]

Big fan of Prince, good interview

[@wisdomseeker3362]

4:33 I heard something drop but I _did not_ hear the _growl_ until I checked my timestamp. Unbelievable !!

[@dc1741]

Remember when Purple Rain came out. Saw it with band mates (I was in a band at the time). Was blown away, maybe even moreso since we weren't expecting much from it. But once he hit that breakdown in Let's Go Crazy, I thought, this might be good.

[@dkg218]

Travolta in Purple Rain would have been horrendous lol what are people thinking

[@American_King]

Obviously Dr Fink never heard Larry Graham where Prince got the For You vocals from Graham always did acapella vocals like that and Prince was a student of LG

[@alvinfowlkes9383]

You gotta give us a reference to what you're thinking of. 🤔

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

“We’ve been waiting” song from his band GCS I got all GCS albums and Prince played some of his songs in his concerts. The Jam or release yourself very often.

[@avace917]

Never knew that. I'll have to study him and Sly more carefully.

[@thegood9]

EVERYBODY listened to Sly and everything his band did, I promise you.

[@paisleyprincess7996]

Larry wasn’t involved with Prince in 1978

[@johnmoore4714]

Prince genius should be studied for decades

[@garyprater8139]

Dr. Fink is the man

[@jeromejamies3641]

Although 1999 album is my biggest love, I think Purple&Rain and Sign o the times are two of the best and most influentiall albums ever in music history

[@paisleyprincess7996]

They’re classics!

[@mongoslade277]

I think Sign O The Times, Purple Rain & 1999 are his best and in that order. 1999 was on something different though!! He did that album after Rick James stole his synthesizer

[@kamelhamlaoui9983]

@@mongoslade277 I agree. But “ don’t forget “ Dirty Mind , Parade, Lovesexy 1 first decade is all my love.78/88.😎☔️☔️☔️💕

[@mongoslade277]

@@kamelhamlaoui9983 Right. Dirty Mind has to be the best demo ever. Warner Bros wouldn't have him finish it bc it was so good. A whole album that was 29 minutes long. The first "Prince" album. A masterpiece

[@kamelhamlaoui9983]

@@mongoslade277 so raw, so real, straight from his heart.definitely love the raw, simple sound of it. Text, sexual image. Definitely one of my favorite. With parade.Love also for you , Prince… like I said the first decade is 💕💕💕☔️☔️☔️ . I listing him mostly everyday since 86. Worked at the first Ave, lived in Minneapolis. Saw him 14 times. ( last time at the first Ave)He changed my life forever

[@DanFreeman723]

I'd pay whatever to hear the entire version of PR just one time.

[@markcrisp4867]

Prince was just a genius & only certain musicians were on his level Stevie Wonder is another too 💯🎼🥁🎹🎤❤️

[@jotiggerledene4325]

☮️💜I am called Purple Rain and I leave something with everyone I meet . Iam know in other country's as Purple Rain and all whos path I cross or whom ever cross my path leave with something from me . And not one person gets the same thing . ☮️💜🎶🎵🎷🎸🎺🎹🎻🎶

[@GLeon-ov9yu]

Prince is a genius / no one will ever compare to him.

[@garyprater8139]

God always can make someone greater. But I hear you.

[@symartin7534]

If I remember correctly.. Dr. Fink’s line was … “What difference does it make.. we’re still a band, right?”

[@darrylvanhorne1563]

That was Bobby Z. Dr. Fink talked about Wendy’s disposition

[@symartin7534]

@@darrylvanhorne1563 uh oh.. right line.. wrong band member. Thanks for the clarification.😊

[@mongoslade277]

To paraphrase, "every 30 days she'd start acting nice. lasts about a weekend"

[@darrylvanhorne1563]

@@mongoslade277😂

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

A group he said

[@DA_AAA]

Arent people able to watch an almost 40 years old movie without placating the latest noble and trendy ideas ?

[@p-jaywade1333]

Would it surprise you if they tried to do a reboot of Purple Rain in an attempt to 'rewrite history' just to make it a more modern day politically correct film? Hollywood does retarded shit like that.

[@jegca]

You’re acting like this is a new concept. We’ve always viewed art based on current societal acceptance. Ever seen all those old movies portraying blacks as clowns and using blackface?

[@williamwilson6499]

Can’t people discuss an old movie without some snowflake getting triggered?

[@Devious480]

Unfortunately no.....thats why public opinion means very little to me.....I still love the movie and music

[@PunkLocks]

​@@williamwilson6499yeah, conservatives always crying about women and trans people in movies and inclusion and their white rights etc etc ... Exhausting

[@joshmos]

First I never got to do that before...lol sorry

[@Einnor084]

Sumbody once told me, I'd git nternet cookiez, nstead of giving them. I never received my cookiez, 4 being 1st! I think itz kool, u were 1st.... SHOWZ UR ON TOP O THANGZ!

[@0U812FU]

Great interview but who cares about the the wokeness of you can't do that today and it was misogynistic yada yada yada.... Plain and simple. It was a great movie during a great time when political correctness didn't ruin everything...

[@michaelone9475]

So true

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

And the dumpster scene was hilarious. She deserved it.

[@paisleyprincess7996]

Then again, Prince nor Morris didn’t treat his women well. Big Chick threw Vanity in a pool at Prince’s command

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

@@paisleyprincess7996 They could always leave or sue prince But they were getting gold out of p 😂

[@paisleyprincess7996]

@@Cormac-jd2kx Really? I think Vanity got less than 250 a week, which is why she left

[@swordmonkey6635]

I think Morris Day's character in the movie gets a pass because he was portrayed as an insecure person who put on a huge front to hide his fear of not being accepted for himself. His hurtful taunts and barbs toward Prince was due to latent jealousy and immaturity. I think most characters in the movie would probably roll their eyes after Morris walked away, knowing that he was a child for the most part.

[@DanFreeman723]

I think Prince intentionally set it up that way so he could be the underdog. They say Morris was acting like how Prince was in real life...

[@MagnumMuscle1000]

So now no one can portray a bad guy that does bad things to women because of misogyny? The dumpster scene fit Morris' bad guy character. It's not misogyny to tell a story. Stupid take.

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

Exactly. Now they should criticise Robert DeNiro mafia movies because theyr so violent and also treat women badly 😂

[@terryprentice9657]

The scene isn't played to portray Morris as bad, it's just for a cheap gag laugh. On the other hand, the violent scenes with Prince and his family advance the story by showing the Kid's struggle to not become his father.

[@Cormac-jd2kx]

@@terryprentice9657true Morris bad move was to continue the character in real life interviews. He overdid it. Watch him in the purple rain premier or with letterman. Not cool. He could have just acted as a professional serious musician and not the Morris purple rain guy and people would have paid more attention to his career. He wasn’t really saying anything interesting and just joking about being sexy and the ladies etc

[@mongoslade277]

Not a stupid take. You don't understand the premise of the movie. The Morris Day character IS Prince in real life at that time. That's how Prince treated The Time, The Revolution & Vanity/ Apollonia 6