My brother Brendan, among his many talents and being a great dad, is also a fantastic writer.
He is writing a series of essays on his blog now about great albums. It has been so so fun to watch what he picks, and what he has to say about it.
His latest is on Prince’s Purple Rain and his writing gave me chills. It also made me want to put on Purple Rain immediately to listen to it again. (That was one of those albums which I pretty much listened to DEATH back then. I rarely listen to it now. Perhaps it’s time for a resurgence).
People can, of course, get very personal about the music they love – and Brendan is one of the most passionate music fans I know. I had him write an essay about the first time he heard “Smells Like Teen Spirit” in France – he had told me that story so many times, and it’s just so exciting to me.
Anyway – please go read Bren’s essay on Purple Rain ! It brought back SO many memories!!
While I loved the Purple Rain soundtrack as much any 19-year-old did in 1984, burning through TWO cassettes of it, I was always irritated that Prince didn’t include Morris Day and The Time’s songs.
/can still do The Bird
Bawk!
What a great write-up. I moved to the ‘Cities as Purplemania was still in full swing, and it was just an incredible time to be here. He hit it on the head…
…and, ironically, I’m gonna hit HIM on the head after reading his review of Nebraska.
Rhetorically speaking, of course.
But that’s tomorrow…