(DVD) 1987Originally released in November 1987, Prince's 85 minute concert film is an energetic romp through the album of the same name. In my neck of North Carolina, the film only played for a few weekends in a midnight-only showing. Obviously, the film did not find a wide audience. I was a senior in high school and went to see it twice with another friend from school.
Both of us were Prince fans. As for me, I was a true fanatic. I had all of his albums, 45s and 12-inch singles. I had seen him live on the Purple Rain Tour in 1984 and was hungry to see him live again. Since the release of the concert film, I have seen Prince live many times: the LoveSexy tour, Emancipation tour and the Hit N Run tour of the early 2000s. Besides the live performances in Purple Rain, this is one of the rare times you will see Prince command a large stage in front of thousands of fans.
The sound quality is fantastic, yet, sadly, the video quality is not quite up to today's high-definition standard. I watched the disc on a SONY 3D blu-ray player and a 42" 1080P and it still seemed to lack a lot of the sharpness. Also, there are no bonus features included.
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Featured songs:
1. "Sign o' the Times"This is a great DVD to add to your collection if you are a Prince fan. I was reminded how powerful and amazing Prince was--as a songwriter and performer.
2. "Play In the Sunshine"
3. "Little Red Corvette"/"Housequake"
4. "Slow Love"
5. "I Could Never Take the Place of Your Man"
6. "Hot Thing"
7. "Now's the Time" (Charlie Parker cover by the band excluding Prince)
8. Drum solo by Sheila E.
9. "U Got the Look"
10. "If I Was Your Girlfriend"
11. "Forever in My Life"/"It"
12. "It's Gonna Be a Beautiful Night"
13. "The Cross"
all the time. My wife picked up the Dr. Horrible graphic novel for me for Christmas, knowing that I love comics and anything by the Whedons. My major complaints are that it wasn't long enough and there is no accompanying soundtrack!