JAKARTA History today, 40 years ago, June 25, 1984, the whole world welcomed Prince Rogers Nelson's famous Burple Rainary music album. The album was greeted with great fanfare. The songs are popular and Purple Rainjadi is one of the best-selling music albums of all time.
Previously, Prince was known as a genius musician. He was already interested in music from childhood. The result was amazing. He was not only able to play all kinds of musical instruments, he also understood the intricacies of the entertainment industry.
Prince has been familiar with music since childhood. Music and radio became his friends. The man who was born in Minneapolis, United States, June 7, 1958, became fond of finding out about music. He began to learn various musical instruments from guitar to piano.
His existence in music was even stronger when his parents divorced. The sad event was the way to 'run away' to music. He began to explore the existing music. However, his exploration developed far away. Prince tried to fight popular music standards.
He is like defining the philosophy of playing Prince-style music. Prince tries to make his own music. Sometimes Prince tries to combine hard rock, psychedelic, and electronic elements in his song. This genius makes it difficult for Prince to refuse in the music scene. Warner Bros. record label Kepincut invites Prince to work together.
Prince was also given the opportunity to explore his musical talent. That freedom made Prince serious in completing his first album. In fact, Prince even played 23 musical instruments himself on the album. He was involved in almost the entire recording process.
He even became the editor who perfected his songs. As a result, the world also welcomed Prince's first music album, For You (1978). His collaboration with Warner Bros. continues. Other Prince albums appeared.Prince (1979), Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981),1999 (1982).
Prince's music album is usually able to reach many of its fans. The recipe for songs with love, freedom, and taboo themes is his mainstay. Prince was even more crazy. Calls to take a music tour emerged from everywhere. Prince was then famous as a figure who looked eccentric.
'The process of compiling song material like he did was a genius. He was an amazing editor, and this happened at a time when we were coupling the adhesive tape. Because Prince is a great musician, he can find pieces of music in his head.'
'Prince then tried to bring his ideas together into something completely different' there were some very bold moves at the time. He had a vision in his head for everything from fashion, voice, to catering trucks. He knows everything,' said the musician who once worked with Prince, Bobby Z, quoted by Michael Hann in his writing on The Guardian page entitled How We Made Prince's Purple Rain (2017).
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Instead of being satisfied with his achievements, Prince continued to feel lacking. The desire to appear and entertain is better. The result of the reflection made him start writing a lot of song material.
Prince began to soften up and tried to present collaborations with other musicians and formed the band: Prince & The Revolution. The mixture of creativity brought about songs like When Doves Cry, The Beautiful Ones, Darling Nikki, I Would Die 4 U.
A series of songs became the latest material from his new album Purple Rain. The album was released simultaneously on June 25, 1984. Prince's music album was immediately greeted with a commotion. The material for the song on the album was also flooded with praise.
Slowly the album Purple Rain won award after award. An award that made Prince's musicality a proven genius musician. Purple Rain later became one of the best-selling albums of all time.
For the first time, Prince stepped beyond the picture he made himself obsessively in previous recordings. The results are very encouraging. What are the opinion of film critics about all of this is still to be seen. However, the album 'Purple Rain is the winner, creatively and commercially.'
This album may not have Michael Jackson's multiformat sophistication and Bruce Springsteen's single vision of American hopes and failures. Jackson and Springsteen's hits may soon be forgotten. The difference with the 'Purple Rain' will remain remembered and played as the eternal classic rock song," said Robert Palmer in his article in The New York Times entitled Prince Creates A Winner with Purple Rain (1984).
Prince died at his home in Chanhassen, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA on April 21, 2016 at the age of 57. The cause of death was due to an overdose of pain reliever drugs, which he had consumed for years.
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