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| |introduction = '''Purple And Gold''' was first available as an audio stream on [http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Princes-Vikings-Song---Purple-and-Gold/e48c43f8-27e8-4ff4-a367-1d36975dd042 www.vikings.com], the website of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League National Football League] team the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings Minnesota Vikings] (a clip of the song was played earlier that day on Fox News in Minneapolis, Minnesota). | | |introduction = '''Purple And Gold''' was first available as an audio stream on [http://www.vikings.com/media-vault/videos/Princes-Vikings-Song---Purple-and-Gold/e48c43f8-27e8-4ff4-a367-1d36975dd042 www.vikings.com], the website of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League National Football League] team the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Vikings Minnesota Vikings] (a clip of the song was played earlier that day on Fox News in Minneapolis, Minnesota). |
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− | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 17|17 January 2010]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during the evening after [[Prince]] attended the Minnesota Vikings [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_playoffs NFC Divisional Playoff] game, where the Vikings beat the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys Dallas Cowboys] 34-3. [[Purple And Gold]] was recorded during the set of sessions that produced most of song of the [[Album: 20Ten|20Ten]] album but was not considered for this project. | + | Basic tracking took place on [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/January 17|17 January 2010]] at [[Paisley Park Studios]] in Chanhassen, Minnesota, during the evening after [[Prince]] attended the Minnesota Vikings [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_playoffs NFC Divisional Playoff] game, where the Vikings beat the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Cowboys Dallas Cowboys] 34-3. [[Purple And Gold]] was recorded during sessions that yielded material for the [[Album: 20Ten|20Ten]] album but was not considered for this project. |
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| The song is a traditional football fight song, with a slow beat and chanted lyrics. According to engineer [[James "Fluff" Harley]], [[Prince]] wanted to do a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) Queen]-like stadium anthem (much like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_Champions We Are The Champions]). Lines like ''The veil of the sky draws open. The roar of the chariots touch down'' and ''We come in the name of the purple and gold. All of the odds r in r favor'' demonstrate its team-supporting nature. | | The song is a traditional football fight song, with a slow beat and chanted lyrics. According to engineer [[James "Fluff" Harley]], [[Prince]] wanted to do a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) Queen]-like stadium anthem (much like [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Are_the_Champions We Are The Champions]). Lines like ''The veil of the sky draws open. The roar of the chariots touch down'' and ''We come in the name of the purple and gold. All of the odds r in r favor'' demonstrate its team-supporting nature. |