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Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, by Alan Light

Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, by Alan Light

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Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, by Alan Light

Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, by Alan Light



Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, by Alan Light

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From the former senior editor of Rolling Stone and author of The Holy or the Broken, called "thoughtful and illuminating" by The New York Times, a new book on the unlikely coming to be of Prince's now legendary album.

Purple Rain is a song, an album, and a film - each one a commercial success and cultural milestone. How did this semiautobiographical musical masterpiece that blurred R&B, pop, dance, and rock sounds come to alter the recording landscape and become an enduring touchstone for successive generations of fans?

Purple Rain is widely considered to be among the most important albums in music history and is often named the best soundtrack of all time. It sold over a million copies in its first week and blasted to number one on the charts, where it would remain for a full six months and eventually sell over 20 million copies worldwide. It spun off three huge hit singles, won Grammys and an Oscar, and took Prince from pop star to legend.

Coinciding with the 30th anniversary year of Purple Rain's release, acclaimed music journalist Alan Light takes a timely look at the making and incredible popularizing of this once seemingly impossible project. With impeccable research and in-depth interviews with people who witnessed Prince's audacious vision becoming a reality, Light reveals how a rising but not yet established artist from the Midwest was able not only to get Purple Rain made but deliver on his promise to conquer the world.

Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, by Alan Light

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #21447 in Audible
  • Published on: 2015-06-09
  • Format: Unabridged
  • Original language: English
  • Running time: 431 minutes
Let's Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain, by Alan Light


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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful. Very enjoyable By Duane Tudahl There are a lot of books out there about Prince: some good, most average and some not worth your time. This book is worth your time. Unlike many other books about Prince, this one actually did research the topic. Alan interviewed members of The Revolution as well as many others in Prince's inner circle (as well as Prince himself for other projects) and it shows. There are new perspectives and it is great to read what others remember about something that occurred 30 years ago, without getting too Roshamon on us. Purple Rain is one of the greatest albums in my lifetime and deserves to be examined properly. This book does that. Well worth your time if you are a fan of the music, the movie and of the era. I would rank this up there with Per Nilsen's DMSR, Alex Hahn's POSSESSED and UPTOWN Magazine's THE VAULT.

14 of 15 people found the following review helpful. Finally a book for the die hard fans. By BAT71 Excellent book. Any die hard will appreciate. A lot of behind the scenes information not before known. Most interesting the description of the tension that existed between the band and Prince as he encouraged them to be part of his grand vision only to simultaneously distance himself as he became a superstar. Former manager Bob Cavallo provides some of the most interesting insights as does production coordinator Alan Leeds. These guys were able to assess the dynamics of what was going on with intelligence and detachment even while admitting that Prince ultimately, when it came to the vision of the movie, knew better than everyone. However, it's also interesting to see, as a lifelong Prince fan, that Prince clearly was never able (or willing) to again put that much focus into any other subsequent project. He was obviously frustrated with the among of time and energy it took to bring the entire plan to fruition, including the subsequent touring, which he cut short after 6 months, never taking the obvious step of taking the tour to Europe, which would have extended the whole Purple Rain period for another 6-12 months. Light does a great job of illustrating the awe and frustration of everyone in the camp at that time and it makes for a fast, engaging read. Highly recommended.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful. The Prince book I've been waiting for! By Amazon Customer "Purple Rain" is practically synonymous with the man who is Prince and this book offers excellent insight into the inner workings of what would become one of the most popular and simply one of the best things to happen in the history of music. Unlike Toure's "I Would Die 4 U", which made for a relatively un-insightful disappointing amateur read, Alan Light's book takes you right into the heart of the 1984 phenomenon. For those who remember when Purple slowly built up momentum to reign over the 1980s, I imagine this book will create a wonderful sense of nostalgia, as well as allows you to be a fly on the wall to history in the making. For those of us born too late to witness the release of "Purple Rain", Alan Light effortlessly provides the vicarious experience of a lifetime with his imagery and storytelling, not to mention fantastic insights from those who were actually there--like Wendy, Lisa, and Dr. Fink to name a few.With an entertainer like Prince, whose lack of Internet presence on sites like Youtube makes him increasingly inaccessible to the younger generation of 20-somethings and under, this book offers great insight to one of the world’s most popular and elusive musical geniuses. Until Prince is ready to tell his own story, this is the next best thing. Highly recommended for Prince fans everywhere!

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