Let's Go Crazy (37 page)

Scorsese, Martin,
107

Second Coming, The
(film project),
54
,
249

Seger, Bob,
79

Semel, Terry,
105
,
145
,
155
,
158
–59

“777-9311” (the Time),
59

“17 Days,”
163
,
174

sexual behavior and sexuality

audience reactions and attitudes toward,
39

black men and,
43
,
122
,
176

Prince's desire to change attitudes toward,
11
,
26
–27

Prince's identity and,
67
,
185
,
186
,
224

Prince's songs alluding to,
35
,
36
,
40
,
47
,
152
,
168
,
171
,
176
,
186
,
188
,
241

Purple Rain
scenes and,
122
,
132
–33,
177
,
178
,
187

treatment of women in
Purple Rain
and attitudes toward,
26
,
125
–27,
176
,
179
–80,
185

“Sexuality,”
40

Shaw, Mattie (mother),
24
–26,
56
,
147
,
174
,
220

Sheffield, Rob,
273

Sheila E.,
146
–47,
174
,
184
,
212
,
219
–20,
227
,
228
,
237
,
240
,
249
,
256
,
257

“She's Always in My Hair,”
143

Siegel, Cliff,
29

Sign o' the Times
(album),
255
–56

Sign o' the Times
(concert film),
16
,
18
,
256
,
263

Simon, Paul,
9
,
56
,
234

Siskel, Gene,
174
–75

“Sister,”
35

Sly and the Family Stone,
51
,
65

Smiley, Tavis,
261

Smith, Charles,
27

Smith, Liz,
165

Smith, Patti,
16
,
271

“Soft and Wet,”
31

Sparks, Billy,
132
,
179

Springsteen, Bruce,
242

battle between Prince's
Purple Rain
and,
11
,
167
,
169
,
171
,
189
,
202
–04,
248

cultural context of 1984 and,
144

impact of,
205
–06

music videos used by,
192
–93,
202
–03

popularity of,
166
,
224
,
254
,
271

“We Are the World” and,
228
,
234

“Stand Back” (Nicks),
81

Staples, Mavis,
23

Staples Singers,
23

Starr, Jamie (Prince pseudonym),
40

Statler, Chuck,
54

Stone, Sly,
23
,
31
,
167

Sunset Sound studio, Los Angeles,
77
,
147
–48

Super Bowl (2007) show,
16
,
266
–67

Syracuse show (1985) video,
18
,
218
–19

T

“Take Me with U,”
14
,
145
,
146
,
169
,
220
,
227

Talking Heads,
172
,
192
,
194

“Tamborine,”
222
,
243

Tate, Greg,
18
,
171
,
176
–77,
189
,
199
–200

Teena Marie,
34
,
41
,
54

“Temptation,”
243

3rdEyeGirl,
17
,
262

“This Could Be Us,”
262

Thomas, Kristin Scott,
254

Thompson, Ahmir “Questlove,”
18
–19,
76
,
125
,
149
–50,
223
,
256
,
274
–75

Thorin, Donald E.,
140

Thriller
(Jackson),
45
,
48
,
145
,
162
,
169
,
194
–96,
197
,
200
,
254

Time, the (band)

award nominations for,
227

breakup of,
212
–13

Controversy tour with,
39
–40,
43

filming
Purple Rain
and,
83
,
90
,
92
,
112
,
118
,
132
,
134
,
139
,
143
,
144
,
150
,
178
,
184

Morris Day's work with,
258
–59

music videos and,
54

performances with Prince,
4
,
14

Prince on his admiration for,
212
–13

Prince's control over,
49
–50,
63
,
91
,
110
,
130
,
180

Prince's founding of,
39

Prince's music and,
274
,
275

Prince's production of songs for,
40
,
59

songs in
Purple Rain
performed by,
16
,
70

success of
Purple Rain
and,
245

Triple Threat tour with,
47

Time, The
(album by the Time),
40

Time
magazine,
7
,
185
,
231

Touré,
76
,
82
,
122
,
169
,
238

Tracks
magazine,
13
,
280

Triple Threat tour,
47
,
54
,
78
,
259

Turner, Tina,
201

U

Under the Cherry Moon
(film),
16
,
250
,
254
–55

“Uptown,”
37
,
55
,
63

USA for Africa,
230
,
232
,
233
,
234

U2,
138
,
201

V

Van Halen (group),
109
,
200

Van Halen, Eddie,
48

Vanity

as lead in
Purple Rain
,
106
–07,
108
,
125
,
123

Prince's naming of,
44

Prince's projects with,
110
,
148
,
180

Vanity 6,
41
,
91
,
106
,
107
,
110
,
275

filming
Purple Rain
and,
83
,
90
,
95

Triple Threat tour with,
47

VH1,
7
,
99
,
162

Vibe
magazine,
22
,
280

Village Voice, The
,
18
,
31
,
171
,
176
–77,
199

W

Warner Bros. Pictures,
5

Dumpster scene in
Purple Rain
and,
125
,
160

filming
Purple Rain
and,
5

final cut of
Purple Rain
screening for,
154
–56,
157

funding for
Purple Rain
from,
74
,
104
–05,
181

income of,
201

marketing and release decisions and,
161
,
164
,
165
,
181

prerelease trial screenings and,
158
–61

Prince's film work after
Purple Rain
and,
244
–45

Purple Rain
filming schedule and,
139

rough cut of
Purple Rain
screening for,
145

success of
Purple Rain
and,
181
–82

Warner Bros. Records,
5
,
56

Around the World in a Day
album and,
242
–44

first contract between Prince and,
29
–30,
32
,
34
,
43
,
44

genesis of
Purple Rain
and,
57
,
59
,
104

income of,
201

Prince's feud with,
264
,
276

Prince's projects after
Purple Rain
and,
255
,
276

release of previously unheard Prince material by,
19
–20

reservations about material of,
34

struggle between Prince and,
244

success of
Purple Rain
and,
181
–82,
244

Wax Poetics
magazine,
39
,
85

“We Are the World” (USA for Africa),
228
–34

“Wednesday,” 132,
133
,
150

Weinger, Harry,
274
–75

“When Doves Cry,” 7,
8
,
10
,
133
,
143
,
145
,
147
–50,
151
,
161
–64,
166
–67,
171
,
174
,
194
,
215
,
237
,
273

“When You Were Mine,”
35

White, Maurice,
30

white audiences.
See
racial attitudes

Whitfield, Bill,
197

“Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?,”
33

Williams, Clarence III,
119
–20,
121
,
179

Winfrey, Oprah,
26
,
198

Wonder, Stevie,
34
,
228
,
265

Y

Yankovic, “Weird Al,”
172
,
173

Yes,
202

Z

Z, Bobby,
4
,
29
,
33
,
50
,
54
,
63
–64,
77
,
138
,
167
,
215
,
260
,
261
,
262

Z, David,
5
,
6
,
29

ZZ Top,
201

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