Pantheon - Home for Music Lovers
Music:Music History
Coming off the success of his 1999 album, Prince took everything to another level with 1984's Purple Rain. The album featured 5 singles that would get major airplay on different radio formats (pop, rock, r&b, dance) and MTV. The album would sell over 25 million copies worldwide but it was also the soundtrack to the movie of the same name which grossed over $70 million. Prince not only won Grammys for the album but also earned an oscar for the title track. Prince's unabashed sexuality oozed from every aspect of his performance in the movie and the videos and was reinforced by his band, The Revolution.
From pop greats (I Would Die 4 U), rockin dance tracks (Let's Go Crazy), personal epics (Purple Rain) and emotional hits (When The Doves Cry), Prince saw his tunes go up the charts of different musical genres. But his overt sexuality, especially in songs like Darling Nikki, irked parents including Tipper Gore who included him among the Filthy 15 during her PMRC (Parents Music Resource Center) hearings before Congress. However, the extraordinary talent of Prince as a songwriter, instrumentalist, singer and performer won out in the end and this is the album that sent him to heights from which he never came down. It may not be the hard/prog/classic/heavy rock we normally cover but Purple Rain was hugely important in the development of our generation's understanding of what music was and we're happy to celebrate it's 40th!
Ugly American Werewolf in London Website
Ugly American Werewolf in London Store - Get your Wolf merch and use code 10OFF2023 to save 10%!
Visit our sponsor RareVinyl.com and use the code UGLY to save 10%!
Threads
YouTube
LInkTree
www.pantheonpodcasts.com
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What Difference Does It Make: Pop Songs 1984 vs. 2017
Set Lusting Bruce - Rich Glass - Dad, Husband, Philly Sports team and Bruce fan!
Perfectly Good Podcast - I Can't Wait
Ugly Things: Greg Prevost: After the Wars
What Is Jazz? Unraveling the Legacy, Myths, and Magic of This Iconic Genre
Performance Anxiety - John Ford Coley
History in Five Songs 270: LP Band to CD Band Starkly
First Concert Memories #14: Scott Holiday of Rival Sons on Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
The History of the Digital Music Format | BONUS MxTRA PATREON EXCLUSIVE
My Rock Moment: Skip Taylor - Music Producer & Manager of Canned Heat
ImmaLetYouFinish... Episode One Hundred Ninety-Nine: Hello It’s Us!
Shout It Out Loudcast: Dorm Damage With Tom & Zeus "Greg Kihn & Jack Russell"
The Struts Life 13: Barns Courtney Spills All on The Struts’ Pretty Vicious Tour
Perfectly Good Podcast - Wrapping up the H's
EP 327: Feldman Olympics
The Metallica Report 57: Kirk Hammett; James Hetfield; Metallica’s Tour Manager, Eric Johnson
My Weekly Mixtape: The Ultimate Musical Trios Playlist (w/ Jason Whissell & Sean Faust)
Only Three Lads: Top 5 Replacements Songs with Peter Jesperson
Imbalanced History: Johnny Dee Returns To Grill The Imbalanced Brothers Like Salmon!
Set Lusting Bruce - David Wild - writer, editor, critic, podcast host and music fan
Create your
podcast in
minutes
It is Free
Irish Songs with Ken Murray
The Nightingale of Iran
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia
No Dogs in Space
Accelerated Culture