![]() ![]() Graffiti Bridge was just a big giant mess of half-baked ideas and hotch-potch projects from the previous 4 years all stitched together into one garish patchwork. It may work in the context of the film and the story of Graffiti Bridge but as a song alone it's hard to fathom out. Or certainly it was obviously about those things. It wasn't about sex, it wasn't about spirituality, it wasn't about relationships, social issues. It seems a far cry from anything that had come before it. The main hook line is "Thieves in the temple, tonight" I remember the first time I heard Thieves In The Temple and I thought what a great pop tune but how icredibly bland. Graffiti Bridge and Diamonds and Pearls seemed to heighten Prince's image of living in his own makebelieve world which was becoming harder and harder to relate to. The 80's were over and new bands were coming onto the scene and Prince was starting to sound less cutting edge and more dated.īands like Nirvana and The Red Hot Chili Peppers were now main stream and they were a lot edgier and a lot more real than Prince. E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderatorįor me this is Prince's most confused period.Īlso it comes at a time when music in general seemed to be taking a dramatic change. "Graffiti Bridge" was necessary to put to rest Prince's inner proselytizer, which was doing serious mischief to his career. So now that the "Spirit Child" was dead, he could go and make a wholly commercial record: "Diamonds and Pearls." An album not named after an idyllic place, nor a feeling you get when you fall in love with the heavens above. In order for Prince to make peace with Morris and regain his business instincts he had to sacrifice his spiritual inspiration (Aura). Aura is Prince's connection to the spiritual realm. The Morris/Kid battle is pure psychodrama, a confrontation between Prince's commercial instincts and his spiritual urges. Here's my breakdown: The movie plays out like a celluloid exorcism of Prince's pious streak, which was unleashed back in Lovesexy. Morris is actually the main character who undergoes a transformation-the main requirement for a protagonist, aside from likeability, which he also has. The story hinges on whether he's gonna let this little punk Kid off the hook for not pulling his weight financially. Or something like that.Īnyway, "Graffiti Bridge" is interesting for this: It's mostly about Morris Day. And then Wendy and Lisa show up and together they form Graffiti-Bot and battle the dastardly WarnerBeast. This being the sequel to "Purple Rain," I was expecting Morris to put together a girl group called "Aura 6" which of course would pisse off the Kid, causing him to smack her up real good, even though she gives him a guitar, a drum set, and a brand new motorcycle. Aura is an angel who lives under a bridge. The Kid pouts a lot and looks like a metrosexual Jesus. Morris Day is a greedy badass who likes eating Jalapeno peppers. Bitch would rather walk in front of a charging Chevy than hang around their sorry asses. Which doesn't speak too well of their mack daddy skills. ![]() So she flirts with Morris, makes out with Prince, and then kills herself. There's this angel, see, and she really cares what happens to the Kid's nightclub. The movie is actually a fascinating piece of Prince history. I know many of you gag at the mere mention of "Graffiti Bridge," but bear with me. ![]()
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