Wendy & Lisa Wrote "Purple Rain"
William
"Purple Rain"..I just read their interview posted at the Prince Family
website..they admit they wrote it! They wrote Prince's most popular song!
Prince is a jerk
Willpower
Wes Bellwood
No thats wrong.
infact, i wrote it.
and yes prince is a jerk
i wanna be number one at the bank tooooooo :(
GReneg8844
>"Purple Rain"..I just read their interview posted at the Prince Family
>website..they admit they wrote it! They wrote Prince's most popular song!
>Prince is a jerk
Shaddap. They co-wrote the song and arranged the strings at the end. Just
because they were a positive influence of some of his most popular music
doesn't necessarilly mean they wrote it. Does James Brown deserve co-writing
credit for the arrangement of "Possessed" that Prince did during the PR
tour?!?! Fuck no.
my $0.02.
IMPACT7771
Prince is a jerk>>>
Well, even if the girls did...they wrote my by far least favorite "PRINCE
SONG".
Sonuvfunk
>SONG".
Do you really not like it or is it just because it's so worn out? I mean, you
can't really prefer Jughead can you? :)
Snow2iger
It's not his most popular.
IMPACT7771
dislike Jughead on its merit....where Purple Rain just doesn't do anything 4
me.
TheMusic1
>Prince is a jerk
>
I doubt they did more than contribute strings to it.
Purple Rain existed without the strings as early as '78.
A song can be written with just chords and lyrics.
PAndrews21
Purple Rain existed without the strings as early as '78.
A song can be written with just chords and lyrics.<<<<
Wendy & Lisa said about "Purple Rain", "We came to rehearsal with the melody
and the idea". Prince only credits himself for writing the song. I am so glad
that Wendy & Lisa are finally starting to talk about their experience with
Prince.
"Piano Man"
Paul
RudeDog
>They wrote Prince's most popular song!
No, that would be When Doves Cry not Purple Rain(as the most popular)
Rudedog
Aaron
>
it is the only oldie he consistently plays, though, during every tour, every
show. this is his signature song, maybe even moreso than "When Doves Cry"
or "1999"
Sahar Sahar
Prince & the Revolution? do they want a new credit saying Prince, Wendy &
Lisa, & the Revolution? does it matter if they arranged & had some ideas 2
the song or not? I'm sure the majority of songs done under the P&
Revolution albums were originally brought 2 the table by him & he still
includes them in the credits except when he plays everything..............
this sounds REALLY ungrateful.......... he gave them nuff credit & nuff
props during those days.......... I'm sure Brown Mark came up with a few
bass riffs on his own without princes input ........ does he want an
individual credit as well?????? if the credits are Composed, Arranged,
Performed, Produced by Prince and the Revolution, that (to me) sounds like
including wendy & lisa..........don't get me wrong, I love those 2 but
everyone is so on their jock lately & so anti-prince that they wait for any
negative comment about P without hearing his side & they take it as the word
of God or something when someone else knocks him............ chill
ya'll...........as Bobby Z. said in Purple Rain, "we're still a band,
right?"
Snow2iger wrote in message <19981029221601...@ng-fc1.aol.com>...
>It doesn't matter.
Dale L. Williamson
>
> >They wrote Prince's most popular song!
>
>
> Rudedog
Technically, if u wanna go by the charts that P disregards so blatantly
isn't Batdance his biggest hit?? Didn't it get to #1 in the US and #2 in
the UK??? Maybe When Doves cry passed it everywhere else and I'm totally
wrong but didn't Doves only make it to #4 in the UK??? correct me if I'm
wrong as I'm sure u will... :-)
Todd
Aaron
what doesn't matter to whom or to what?
Sahar Sahar
RudeDog wrote in message <71d6g7$r8j$1...@hades.csu.net>...
>Hmmmm, good points :)
>
>Rudedog
>
>
>Frank J. wrote in message <3639f...@news1.ibm.net>...
>>This is probably bullshit for a few reasons.
>>1) Wendy and Lisa have been bitter at Prince since the split. But years
>>have tempered that anger just a bit. We would have heard this claim long
>>ago.
>>2) The song was originally called "I can't shake this feeling," so if
>>anything the song was totally reworked.
>>3) The guitar coda at the end is pure prince.
>>4) Wendy and Lisa have an album to promote. A little controversy can't
>>hurt.
>
>
ELLECTRIKA
by how many people like it and no one can define those kind of figures.
HOWEVER, Purple Rain is TAFKAP's most remembered and well known
song/album/film.
The Purple flame has been embrazened on his career ever since.
As for popular songs, he has too many! U cant define it as 1 song.
Are u dismissing Diamonds & Pearls, Lovesexy, Batman, Sign O' The Times etc
etc????????
However I do find that when I mention Purple Rain more people know it and
relate to it even if they are not big fans
Elle (Sign Yo Name On Da Dotted Line! - Got a ruler then?)
Snow2iger
Snow2iger
Snow2iger
weeks in America. And I think it took only four weeks to reach #1. That's what
you call "rocketing up the charts". I don't know what it did in the UK.
PAndrews21
Well, in my "Purple Rain" sheet music, Prince is the only person credited as
the writer.
"Piano Man"
Paul
WndrBoy17
>Purple Rain existed without the strings as early as '78.
>A song can be written with just chords and lyrics.
I asked O(+> this very question in that Interview that L4OA did via our
questions awhile back and his response was that it's purely fiction. In other
words, he did NOT write it in 1978.
-WB
Em Llik
>I doubt they did more than contribute strings to it.
>Purple Rain existed without the strings as early as '78.
1978 ?
No it didn't.
Frank J.
1) Wendy and Lisa have been bitter at Prince since the split. But years
have tempered that anger just a bit. We would have heard this claim long
ago.
2) The song was originally called "I can't shake this feeling," so if
anything the song was totally reworked.
3) The guitar coda at the end is pure prince.
4) Wendy and Lisa have an album to promote. A little controversy can't
hurt.
William wrote in message <718uff$so1$1...@excalibur.flash.net>...
>Just like "Do Me Baby", Prince didn't give Wendy & Lisa writing credit for
>"Purple Rain"..I just read their interview posted at the Prince Family
Mark Jones
> please forgive me if I'm wrong but isn't the track Purple Rain credited 2
> Prince & the Revolution?
You're right and wrong. W&L are not talking about perfromance credit, they're
talking about songwriting credit. "Purple Rain" is credited at ASCAP as having
been written solely by Prince.
RudeDog
TheMusic1
credit...
wouldn't there have been a lawsuit when it rocketed to worldwide fame in '83!?!
If not '83 wouldn't they have sued in '86 when P canned them?
PR royalties have to be worth a ton of cash.
I'm betting that they contributed heavily to many Prince songs under a
work-for-hire
type deal. In which case all royalties and songwriting credit would go to
Prince.
T
Exactly.. They get paid PER SESSION and NOT for their input. And
they get paid quite generously too. :)
Zyzzybalubah
>>If Wendy and Lisa wrote Purple Rain... and Prince screwed them out of
their
>>credit...
>>wouldn't there have been a lawsuit when it rocketed to worldwide fame in
'83!?!
>>If not '83 wouldn't they have sued in '86 when P canned them?
>>PR royalties have to be worth a ton of cash.
>>
not everybody is about the money (w&L) :)
RudeDog
melody
>and the idea". Prince only credits himself for writing the song. I am so
glad
>that Wendy & Lisa are finally starting to talk about their experience with
>Prince.
>>"Piano Man"
> Paul
Too them long enough if you ask me! What sprung their mouths to open now?
Hmmmm...I wonder.....
Rudedog
Aaron
RudeDog
mouths up now?? Fishy...like their pookies :)
>Somebody asked.
>
>
Aaron
first time i ever saw anyone bring up specific song credits like that,
though
John T. Folden
>Hmmmm...I wonder.....
Hmmm, maybe that "speak no evil" contract finally expired.
Rhastus69
>When Doves Cry is his biggest, technically. It stayed at #1 for 5 straight
>weeks in America. And I think it took only four weeks to reach #1. That's
>what
>you call "rocketing up the charts". I don't know what it did in the UK.
>
It also won the tournament on AMP so evidently its the favorite of his
"hardcore" fans too
Rhastus- screw you guys. I'm going home
HaSSaSSiN
becuz Prince was blabbin about a reunion with the revolution... before he even
asked..... Its obvious...that wendy n lisa..didnt deserve the
treatment prince gave them and if u think Differently then ask Sonny
T.......ask Michael B...ask Tommy ........ They all know.......
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>RudeDog wrote in message <71geot$5l0$1...@hades.csu.net>...
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>>Too them long enough if you ask me! What sprung their mouths to open now?
>>Hmmmm...I wonder.....
>
>
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Morris Jerome
Prince concert & he starts playing it, I go out in the lobby, do a
couple hits & look at the NPG merchandise.
John T. Folden
HiRizeBear wrote in message <19981103062155...@ng116.aol.com>...
>I love the music of Purple Rain, but them lyrics are pretty lame. Face it.
THANK YOU!!! I've thought that for years. I always felt that the lyrics of
PR were quite sub-standard compared to most of his output during that time.
(Of course, come to think of it that same idea applies to much of Wendy
& Lisa's first album. Great muzac, stoopid lyrics.)
T
that THEY came up with the melody and then P liked it and ran with it
yet didn't give them any credit for concieving the idea, which would
be considered writing it if the somgh was NOT changed dramatically.
John T. Folden
T wrote in message <36446b01...@news.mindspring.com>...
That's about what it sounds like to me... and they were clueless later
as to why they were then given credit for Computer Blue, as they
only, apparently, contributed keyboards to the track.
Katrina Alliasan
(with Liz Jones) was November of 1996. Seems like that was
a ten year contract.
John T. Folden wrote:
> RudeDog wrote in message <71geot$5l0$1...@hades.csu.net>...
> >Too them long enough if you ask me! What sprung their mouths to open now?
> >Hmmmm...I wonder.....
>
Katrina Alliasan
saying, quietly, yeah. This isn't the first time its come up. (No,
please don't ask me the reference; I don't have it anymore. Sorry.)
Katrina Alliasan
in which W&L were concerned primarily with the music being the
best it could be, and mentions that they were able to contribute more
than anyone else *precisely* because they were willing to let him have
all the credit. And, being women, they figured they intimidated him less.
I personally think the latter comes out of a very 80s mentality, but
that doesn't mean it wasn't true in the mechanics of it . . .
--k
Katrina Alliasan
Richard W. Haines
PiePie1976
>
No. I've heard that they originate from the island of Lesbos.
Michael Gray
John T. Folden
Michael Gray wrote in message <36422090...@mailhost1.csusm.edu>...
>Is this really true? I thought it was just "part" of the act. -MG
I believe so... let us not forget that Prince met her jammin in Lisa's
bedroom. hehe