Purple Rain, by Prince.
There is nothing I can write about Prince or this song that will do it justice.
Suffice it to say I did not “get” Prince as a kid — although when Cream and Get Off came out in my teenage years, I, uh, got Prince.
Everything I have read about Purple Rain, including its recording, is jaw dropping — then again, everything I’ve ever read about Prince recording anything is jaw dropping.
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I am not worthy.
Trying to play a Prince song is an exercise in humility, like on every track, every sound says “I am making an effort but obviously doing this wrong.”
So there aren’t enough voices on the chorus, which might’ve been nice, and the organ is a little over the top. I tried to make the drums a little gated-reverby, but I think they just came out reverby. The closing solo is just not enough (and like three minutes short of outro “whooooooo-hoooo-hooooo-oooos” and strings and whatnot), but I made some attempt to play a few of the same notes, a couple times.
This song was on the list from the start, so I’m glad to have it in the can. 151 days is starting to feel like something!
Oh, and I added tags for all the original artists in the project and put them on the index. Johnny Cash and Wilco are tied for the living-in-my-head-rent-free lead with four songs each.
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