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Musical February : Day 11
I’m a big music fan so thought it might be nice to take part in Bee’s ” Love is in Da Blog” Challenge for the month of February.
Today’s prompt comes courtesy of Mel, Caramel ~ Learner at Love, and is about forgiveness. My pick is Prince‘s Purple Rain, the title track from the 1984 album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film of the same name starring Prince, and was released as the third single from the album.
Prince explained the meaning of the song as follows:
When there’s blood in the sky… red and blue = purple. Purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/God guide you through the purple rain.
The title track of Prince’s preceding album, 1999, included similar references to a doomed ending under a purple sky (“…could have sworn it was Judgment Day, the sky was all purple…”). The name for the song originates from the 1972 song “Ventura Highway” by the band America.
The song was a staple of Prince’s live performances. He played it on nearly every tour after 1984, except for a period after his name change when he avoided his older hits for a few years.
At the Super Bowl XLI halftime show, in which he was the featured performer, Purple Rain was featured as the last song of Prince’s set and was, appropriately, played during a downpour at the stadium; when combined with the purple stage lighting, this created the song’s signature image. It was also the final track Prince performed live during his last ever concert in Atlanta, Georgia in April 2016.
“Love Is In Da Blog” Rules/suggestions
- Join in! No matter where, when and with what. You missed the first day or week? Don’t worry. Just jump in when it suits you.
- Send us the link! My blog is public again, so ping-backs work. A ping-back is a link from one WP blog to another. If you blog on another platform, please leave your link in the comments.
- Tag your post either with “Love Is In Da Blog” or “LoIsInDaBl” or “Love Is In Da Blog 23” or #LoIsInDaBl23. You can also use these as hashtags for Twitter and other Social Networks to give your post more exposure.
- No matter which music the prompt favours, you create with it whatever you please and whatever length you please (no pun intended 😉 ) as long as it is about “LOVE.”
- I post the prompt post the day before, so you have some time to make up your mind and create your post. There won’t be two different posts, and I hope it’s not too confusing.
- If you like, use this picture for your readers to find the posts.
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oh this is a favourite of mine! ❤ Great choice!
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I almost put this one on. It took a lot of looking for this prompt☺️
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Ah, it was auch a great song. Well, still is 🤗
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Absolutely
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Love this one! Good choice Sheree!
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Thanks Marie
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Love this song, although every time I listen to it, it gets stuck in my head for a long time. Adam Levine from Maroon 5 did a cover of this that I thought was very good.
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I’ll have to check that out, thanks
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