Difference between revisions of "Video: America"
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|Current video name = America | |Current video name = America | ||
|Video Image = America-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = America-vid5in1.png | ||
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|producer(s) = [[Prince]] | |producer(s) = [[Prince]] | ||
| − | |Director = [[Prince]] | + | |Director = [[Prince]] (assumed) |
| − | |Related = | + | |Related = |
| − | |ReleaseDate = | + | |ReleaseDate = 28 July 2017 |
<!------ VIDEO CHRONOLOGY --------> | <!------ VIDEO CHRONOLOGY --------> | ||
|Previous year = 1985 | |Previous year = 1985 | ||
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|Previous video link = [[Video: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]] | |Previous video link = [[Video: Paisley Park|Paisley Park]] | ||
|Next Video link = [[Video: Kiss| Kiss]] | |Next Video link = [[Video: Kiss| Kiss]] | ||
| − | |Introduction = '''America''' is | + | |Introduction = '''America''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: America|single]]. It is the fourth live recording used for a [[Prince]] video, but the first live performance video shot at a show staged especially for the project. There were no audio-only release of this performance. |
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| + | On a day off of filming [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] ([[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1985]]), [[Prince]] hired off the Théâtre de Verdure in Nice, France and had it announced on local radio that 2,000 free tickets would be available for the shoot. | ||
Members of [[The Revolution]], including [[Eric Leeds]] who was a Revolution regular by now, augmented by [[Eddie M.]] from [[Sheila E.]]’s band, were flown in for the shoot. The performance shows [[Prince]] wearing black pants with white buttons down the legs and a long overcoat. On his head he wears a red bandanna. By the end of the video [[Prince]] takes this coat of and is shown to be bare-chested. | Members of [[The Revolution]], including [[Eric Leeds]] who was a Revolution regular by now, augmented by [[Eddie M.]] from [[Sheila E.]]’s band, were flown in for the shoot. The performance shows [[Prince]] wearing black pants with white buttons down the legs and a long overcoat. On his head he wears a red bandanna. By the end of the video [[Prince]] takes this coat of and is shown to be bare-chested. | ||
From the outset [[Prince]] is playing the blue floral airbrushed Fender Telecaster guitar. Prince leads the band through the song as he would normally do with a live performance. By the end of the song he takes over the drums from [[Bobby Z.]]. | From the outset [[Prince]] is playing the blue floral airbrushed Fender Telecaster guitar. Prince leads the band through the song as he would normally do with a live performance. By the end of the song he takes over the drums from [[Bobby Z.]]. | ||
| − | The music of the video is that of the actual live performance, rather than overdubbed with a studio recording of the song. The only graphic element of the song is a forerunner of the [[Prince]] symbol, the amalgam of the male and female symbol, projected diagonally reading 'peace' underneath that is projected on screen with Prince cueing 'Peace' for he song to begin. | + | The music of the video is that of the actual live performance, rather than overdubbed with a studio recording of the song. The only graphic element of the song is a forerunner of the [[Prince]] symbol, the amalgam of the male and female symbol, projected diagonally reading 'peace' underneath that is projected on screen with Prince cueing 'Peace' for he song to begin. |
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
{{RecordingLine| | {{RecordingLine| | ||
| − | |date = [[27 October 1985]] | + | |date = [[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1985]] |
| − | |studio = Théâtre de Verdure, Nice, France | + | |studio = [[27 October 1985|Théâtre de Verdure, Nice, France]] |
| − | |additional info = | + | |additional info = Live performance |
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| − | |cast | + | |cast = * [[Prince]] |
| − | * [[Prince]] | + | |
* [[Wendy Melvoin]] | * [[Wendy Melvoin]] | ||
* [[Lisa Coleman]] | * [[Lisa Coleman]] | ||
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* [[Eddie M.]] | * [[Eddie M.]] | ||
* 2,000 ''audience'' | * 2,000 ''audience'' | ||
| − | |crew = * ''More information needed'' | + | |crew = * [[Prince]] - director (assumed) |
| + | * ''More information needed'' | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{SongReleased| | {{SongReleased| | ||
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[[Image:America single.jpg|100px]] | [[Image:America single.jpg|100px]] | ||
|Quotations & trivia = Two takes of [[America]] were shot that day as well as a rendition of [[Paisley Park]] that remains unreleased. | |Quotations & trivia = Two takes of [[America]] were shot that day as well as a rendition of [[Paisley Park]] that remains unreleased. | ||
| + | * This is one of the rare videos released by [[Prince]] shot outside of the United States, the others being : [[Video: Girls & Boys|Girls & Boys]], [[Video: Mountains|Mountains]], [[Video: U Got The Look|U Got The Look]] (also in France), [[Video: The Continental|The Continental]] (Japan),[[Video: Chelsea Rodgers|Chelsea Rodgers]] and [[The NPG]]’s [[Video: Come On|Come On]] (UK), [[Video: Te Amo Corazón|Te Amo Corazón]] (Morroco) and [[Video: Somewhere Here On Earth|Somewhere Here On Earth]] (Czech Republic). | ||
* The performance of America was the first song of a mini concert. See [[27 October 1985|here]] for details. | * The performance of America was the first song of a mini concert. See [[27 October 1985|here]] for details. | ||
* An interview with [[Prince]], surrounded by some of the audience from the video shoot as well as Emmanuelle Sallet from [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] cast was also recorded on this day. | * An interview with [[Prince]], surrounded by some of the audience from the video shoot as well as Emmanuelle Sallet from [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] cast was also recorded on this day. | ||
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