Coleman and Fink, the latter decked in his staple scrubs, hid behind keyboards, stabbing a euphoric “1999” and slinky “Controversy.” Mark’s fingertips zigzagged like jumping spiders across the fretboard, while Bobby Z thumped dive bomb beats reminiscent of an Eighties drum machine.įor her part, Melvoin grooved through funk shuffles and weeping solos that would’ve made the Purple One proud. Mirroring the First Avenue stage in the 1985 film Purple Rain, the musicians settled into their respective roles. After the X-rated exchange between Melvoin and Coleman on “Computer Blue,” purple lights shimmered and then gave way to a lone spotlight center stage where their leader once stood. That no one in the band dared play obvious bandleader made the feat all the more remarkable. As such, the full house followed every twist and turn with joy and awe. Mowing down 23 tunes in 90 minutes, the Revolution demonstrated the opposite, rather. (Matt) Fink and Lisa Coleman, drummer Bobby Z., bassist Brown Mark, and guitarist Melvoin reunited only a year after Prince’s death, so the danger of appearing exploitative felt very real. You expect humility from most headliners, but Melvoin proved self-deprecation incarnate given the group she helped lead over the weekend: Prince’s band behind magnum opus Purple Rain, Around the World in a Day, and Parade. It feels good to be a part of something so important.Fink and Mark (r) (Photo by Jana Birchum) Thirty years later, Purple Rain is still a very highly influential piece of work. I like what he said about Purple Rain in his recent Vibe interview: “We really did make history. I recently had Bobby Z onstage to play drums with me again, and who knows, I might reach out to Dr. He even pulls off the crazy solos in “The Beautiful Ones” and “When Doves Cry”-after I taught him, of course. Fink is still doing his funky thing with the Purple Xperience, in his scrubs and everything, to make sure U don’t lose Ur mind over not seeing all that sweet, sticky, funky, nasty music performed live. I know we’ve all purified ourselves in the waters of Lake Minnetonka, but it can’t hurt to do it again. Fink helped write some of those songs, like “Computer Blue,” and it was his idea to do the weird piano banging in “Let’s Go Crazy,” which is so much fun to do live. And the movie made it so much bigger nobody expected it 2 be as big as it was-except me, of course.ĭr. Rock, funk, a little country, even, all wrapped up on the dance floor. (U know I stopped aging just before that album came out.) It was a big deal for the music world, because nobody had done music like this before. It was born on June 25, 1984, making it just old enough to look older than me. Speaking of Purple Rain, the album turned 30 years old last month. Just look at what insights he has in my movie Purple Rain, when diagnosing my band members Wendy and Lisa. And as a doctor, he knows all about women’s health. Even though I don’t still perform with everyone I’ve played with, Dr. The keyboard player in the Revolution didn’t stop when I changed the band. I need U 2 hear what I’m about 2 say about my best physician friend, Dr. You may also know me as the leader of the Revolution and that symbol that’s not on a keyboard. Hey all, this is the Purple One writing to U under one of my many pseudonyms.
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