Thanks to the bottomless treasure trove that is basic cable television, we got to relive the magic of Purple Rain recently. Sure, we could have dusted off our old VHS copy, but our VCR went to sleep with the fishes sometime during the Clinton era.
If you haven’t seen Prince‘s tour de force, stop reading now and take a few moments to question what you’ve done with your life. Seriously, did you really have to spend all that time backintheday updating your Friendster profile? You could have been filling your brain with the magic that is Purple Rain.
“But that movie came out in 1984, dude. That was 30 years ago,” you may be screaming back to your screen at this very moment. True, and we probably owe a little “what has Prince done for me lately?” to this discussion.
So, behold! Below are some things about Prince that made the news in just the last year, all of which prove he’s still one of the most interesting pop stars in the world. We call this “motivation” for you to turn down the lights, watch Purple Rain and add “How’s the family?” to your toolbox of shade.
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