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Old 03-02-2010, 03:18 PM
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Default Was Purple Rain written about Stevie?

So this is just a thought, but I was listening to Purple Rain today and I suddenly remembered an interview Stevie did in which she said: "Prince and I became really good friends, and he actually gave me a cassette, and said, 'There's a song on it, and I would like you to write.' I take it home and put it on, and I'm listening to this like amazing song ... and it's 'Purple Rain'! And I'm like, I can't write a song to this! It wasn't 'Purple Rain' yet, but it was the track that became 'Purple Rain.' "


I know a lot of people think Purple Rain is written about Denise Matthews, but nobody is really sure. A few weeks back we were talking about Stevie's song Thousand Days and how it was probably written about Prince and how they had this strange relationship that no one understands. He wasn't her lover and he wasn't her friend, but it seems like there was definitely more going on than the fact that he helped her on Stand Back. And these lyrics just really made me think it could be about Stevie.

I never wanted to be your weekend lover
I only wanted to be some kind of friend, hey
Baby, I could never steal you from another
It's such a shame our friendship had to end

Honey, I know, I know, I know times are changin'
It's time we all reach out for something new, that means you too
You say you want a leader, but you can't seem to make up your mind
And I think you better close it and let me guide you to the purple rain

Stevie was married at the time, so it seems like by not wanting to be her "weekend lover", he didn't want to have some secret affair with her and he didn't want to steal her from Kim, but he wanted to be "some kind of friend", he wanted to be there when she needed him and if she did decide to leave Kim, but their friendship ended and he wasn't there for that time in her life. He also talks about the times are changing and Stevie was very old fashioned, both romantically and musically. Stevie was very much the 70s druggy rock star and Prince was very much in the 80s and he stayed away from drugs. And Stevie is always sorta looking for someone to lead her, be it Lindsey, Jimmy, Tom, Don, or whoever she was working with, but they were all 70s druggy rockstars too with the exception of Jimmy, and I think Prince is saying, "Why dont you look up to me as a leader and let me guide you, because time are changing and I'm part of the new whereas are the guys you look up to now are part of the old??"
Like I said, it is just all speculation and a random thought that crossed my mind today, but I thought I'd share it.
What do you guys think??
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