Purple Rain – Prince and the Revolution
You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians
Peter Martin
4.8 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Adam and Peter break down Prince and the Revolution's Purple Rain, the 1984 soundtrack that turned him into a global superstar. They go track by track, from "Let's Go Crazy" to the title song. With keyboards in hand, they break down the sophisticated music theory underneath this pop hit to reveal the hidden qualities that make this album great. You'll never hear Purple Rain the same way again.
Stay tuned to the end of the episode for a bonus track: A jazzy live performance of Purple Rain by Open Studio and St. Louis soul singer Brian Owens. For more tracks from Open Studio's band, check out @openstudiomusic on YouTube.
00:00 Purple Rain - Prince
01:27 Prince, the Revolution & the Biggest Album of 1984
04:25 🎧 "Let's Go Crazy"
07:54 Making the Movie and the Album at Once
12:58 🎧 "Take Me With U"
19:59 Wendy Joins the Revolution
23:38 🎧 "The Beautiful Ones"
30:24 🎧 "Computer Blue"
35:16 🎧 "Darling Nikki"
41:50 🎧 "When Doves Cry"
45:41 🎧 "I Would Die 4 U"
48:58 🎧 "Baby I'm a Star"
52:21 🎧 "Purple Rain"
58:41 Best Moments On Purple Rain
1:01:33 Quibble Bits
1:04:56 Snobometer
1:06:23 Open Studio Performs "Purple Rain"
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Adam Maness |
| 0:22.1 | And I'm Peter Martin |
| 0:23.0 | And you're listening to the you'll hear at podcast |
| 0:24.9 | Music Explored |
| 0:26.6 | Explored with Purple Fringe, Peter |
| 0:29.2 | Brought you today by Open Studio. |
| 0:31.2 | Go to Open StudioJazz.com |
| 0:33.1 | That's openstudiojazz.com for all your jazz listen |
| 0:35.8 | needs Peter over at Open Studio. |
| 0:37.5 | There's big stuff happening. We got our summer sale going on right now. That won't last very long as you're listening to this. And if you're listening to this later and it's not the summer, you already missed it, but our biggest savings of the year, go check that out. We've also got a new course from you and I called Jazz Piano for the Bandstand. Talk about how to play with other people, give you some real concrete examples of how to play the piano with bass and drums. Most of my contribution to that course, to be honest, it's just this is how you play with other people. Follow me. Jump on my back. And then Peter rips it. Go to Open StudioJazz.com for all your jazz lesson needs. Peter, this has been a long time coming. |
| 1:12.1 | It has been. You said purple fringe. And I thought you was saying purple friend. I was like, |
| 1:17.4 | oh, I'm your purple friend for the day because we're doing purple rain. Like Barney the Dyson. |
| 1:21.2 | What are you talking about? Love that dude. That dude's good. That dude's a good dude, man. |
| 1:26.1 | Shout out, Selena Gomez. You know who else was a good dude? |
| 1:29.2 | A great talent. |
| 1:31.2 | Generational talent, perhaps? |
| 1:32.6 | Oh, not even perhaps. |
| 1:33.3 | Prince Rogers Nelson. |
| 1:34.8 | 100%. |
| 1:35.4 | Right? |
| 1:36.3 | Maybe the greatest dude. |
| 1:37.9 | Maybe, whoa, whoa. |
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