Purple Reign

Now this is an anniversary worth remembering. It was 25 years ago that Purple Rain was released, in fact this month the movie was released. Without going in to a movie review, well, the movie was good and still holds up.
The album was a monster, it's Prince's Thriller. He may have topped it artistically with Sign 'O The Times (I still prefer Purple Rain), but never reached the mass public again. And his other 2 movies sucked.
But, while I liked Prince before the movie, I loved him more afterward. Now, he was a major artist. And like other major artists you couldn't wait for what he was going to do next, because you always knew it would be different.
When one thinks of Prince today, it's Purple Rain that first comes to mind. The imagery, the music, a phenomenon.