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• [1] Rob from The Bronx June 05, 2009 - 01:33PM

  Prince rules, thank goodness he got emancipated!

  
  
• [2] JT from Long Island June 05, 2009 - 02:14PM

  I also remember that it was a huge crossover hit playing on urban stations as well as pop and rock stations.

  
  
• [3] Brandon from Brooklyn June 05, 2009 - 02:14PM

  I love Purple Rain, but your guest needs to learn 2 very important words to explain Prince's Glam success : ZIGGY STARDUST. The two albums are almost mirrors of one another.

  
  
• [4] al oof from brooklyn June 05, 2009 - 02:16PM

  i'm a little confused. wasn't billie jean also promiscuous? wasn't that the whole point? michael jackson is basically saying "she's a slut, that's not my baby!"

  
  
• [5] Joseph from NY June 05, 2009 - 02:21PM

  I enjoy Prince, but not your guest. Most uncool guest ever on Soundcheck, perhaps. And ditto to the glam rock comment, how could there be no mention of Ziggy!?

  
  
• [6] Arlene from New Brunswick, NJ June 05, 2009 - 02:21PM

  ::Buries head in hands::

  I can't believe Purple Rain is 25 years old...Where did time go???

  Still one of the greatest of all time!

  
  
• [7] AR June 05, 2009 - 02:50PM

  After reading the Popmatters essays, I'be been watching a ton of Prince videos. Sorry folks. Prince owes more to Little Richard, James Brown and Hendrix than he does to Bowie.

  
  
• [8] Joseph from NY June 05, 2009 - 03:18PM

  A Purple Rain cover album from Swedish artists?

  Purple Pain- http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6728412/a/Purple+Pain.htm

  
  
• [9] Edward Morillon from Chicago June 05, 2009 - 03:38PM

  Eventhough Purple Rain was a huge commercial success for Prince it is by far not his best music. They must be 50 other songs that can replace every song on that album. His talent is far superior to anyone on this planet. If you think that the last great music he has put out was Purple Rain then you must be stuck in the 80's.