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|Current video name = America | |Current video name = America | ||
− | |Video Image = America- | + | |Video Image = America-vid12in1.png |
− | |Date = | + | |Date = Week of 11 November 1985 |
− | |producer(s) = [[ | + | |producer(s) = [[Steve Fargnoli]] |
− | |Director = [[Prince]] | + | |Director = [[Prince]] |
− | |Related = | + | |Related = |
− | |ReleaseDate = | + | |ReleaseDate = 28 July 2017 |
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|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 have been no audio-only releases of this performance. |
− | On a day off | + | On a day off from filming [[Film: Under The Cherry Moon|Under The Cherry Moon]] ([[Prince_Vault:Selected_anniversaries/October 27|27 October 1985]]), [[Prince]] hired 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 off and is shown to be bare-chested. Band members are dressed predominantly in black and white. | ||
− | + | 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.]], playing a beat that's somewhat reminiscnent of [[Tamborine]]. | |
− | + | 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 incorporating the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_symbols peace sign], presented diagonally beneath the word, 'PEACE', and projected on screen with Prince cueing 'Peace' for the song to begin. The stage is minimally dressed with two small face images in front of the drum kit. Above the stage is a red background with an arrangement of 8 white 5-pointed stars. | |
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− | 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, | + | |
|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 |
}} | }} | ||
− | |cast | + | |cast = * [[Prince]] |
− | * [[Prince]] | + | |
* [[Wendy Melvoin]] | * [[Wendy Melvoin]] | ||
* [[Lisa Coleman]] | * [[Lisa Coleman]] | ||
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* [[Eric Leeds]] | * [[Eric Leeds]] | ||
* [[Eddie M.]] | * [[Eddie M.]] | ||
+ | * 200 ''extras'' | ||
* 2,000 ''audience'' | * 2,000 ''audience'' | ||
− | |crew = * ' | + | |crew = * [[Prince]] - director |
+ | * [[Steve Fargnoli]] - producer | ||
+ | * Karen Krattinger - road manager | ||
+ | * [[Alan Leeds]] - road manager | ||
+ | * [[Roy Bennett]] - lighting designer | ||
+ | * [[Susan Rogers]] - sound supervisor | ||
+ | * [[Rob Colby]] - sound engineer | ||
+ | * [[Brad Marsh]] - sound engineer | ||
+ | * Steve Fortney - sound engineer | ||
+ | * Daniel Brisseau - sound consultant | ||
+ | * Marc Sanfilippo - sound chief | ||
+ | * Max Haas - sound designer | ||
+ | * Daniel Beaudenuit - sound assistant | ||
+ | * Pascal Harribay - sound assistant | ||
+ | * Gary Stewart - mobile unit | ||
+ | * Barry Sage - mobile unit | ||
+ | * Larry Olden - mobile unit | ||
+ | * Damien Lanfranchi - art director | ||
+ | * Alain Choux - assistant art director | ||
+ | * Bernard Harvey Langton - art department assistant | ||
+ | * Peter Jacovich - art department assistant | ||
+ | * Marie France Bernstein - costume desinger | ||
+ | * Beth Sidla - costume coordinator | ||
+ | * Robin Lynch - make-up | ||
+ | * Michelle Buhler - make-up | ||
+ | * [[Earl Jones]] - hair | ||
+ | * Thierry Zemour - hair | ||
+ | * Ray Bush - editor | ||
+ | * Graham Cottle - production supervisor | ||
+ | * Bernard Mazauric - production supervisor | ||
+ | * Thierry Verrier - unit manager | ||
+ | * Antoine Sabarros - location manager | ||
+ | * Jean Yves Asselin - location manager | ||
+ | * Frederic Bovis - location manager | ||
+ | * Caroline Mazauric - casting coordinator | ||
+ | * Patricia Starke - casting assistant | ||
+ | * Barbara Allen - production coordinator | ||
+ | * Francine Tailor - producer's assistant | ||
+ | * Patricia Reid - production secretary | ||
+ | * Chantal Cohen - accounting | ||
+ | * Mark Allday - floor runner | ||
+ | * [[Gilbert Davison]] - security (as per A. Maqueda) | ||
+ | * Michel Cheyko - assistant director | ||
+ | * Marc Jeny - 2nd assistant director | ||
+ | * Michael Ferry - 2nd assistant director | ||
+ | * Michael Ballhaus - director photography | ||
+ | * Florian Ballhaus - assistant camera 1 | ||
+ | * David Dunlap - operator camera 2 | ||
+ | * Duncan Humphrey - assistant camera 2 | ||
+ | * Jack Steyn - operator camera 3 | ||
+ | * Anette Haellmeck - assistant camera 3 | ||
+ | * David Slama - operator camera 4 | ||
+ | * Reiner Kocher - assistant camera 4 | ||
+ | * Rachel Griffith - script supervisor | ||
+ | * Jeff Katz - stills photographer | ||
+ | * Sebastian Ballhaus - video operator (b/w) | ||
+ | * Clive Lonsdale - video operator (col) | ||
+ | * Morris Flam - gaffer | ||
+ | * Jean Marie Lopez - best boy | ||
+ | * Francois Delot - electrician | ||
+ | * Gerard Adoux - electrician | ||
+ | * Gerard Martin - electrician | ||
+ | * Heinz Sottung - key grip | ||
+ | * Heinz Pusl - grip | ||
+ | * Anton Bratulic - grip | ||
+ | * Jean Louis Di Vietri - grip | ||
+ | * Joanna Campling - publicity | ||
+ | * Nathalie Varallo - secretary | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{SongReleased| | {{SongReleased| | ||
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|1= <b> America</b> | |1= <b> America</b> | ||
|2= 9:56 | |2= 9:56 | ||
− | |3= [[ | + | |3= [[Prince Streaming Video Channels |Prince streaming video platforms]] (2017)<br> |
Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017) | Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017) | ||
|4= full length version | |4= full length version | ||
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|1= <b> America</b> | |1= <b> America</b> | ||
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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. | ||
+ | * The peace symbol incorporated in the male/female symbol shown early in the video was later adopted in the stylizing of Sign O’ The Times as '''Sign “☮︎” The Times'''. | ||
* 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. | ||
* The shooting was announced on local radio "Radio de la Côte", and a contest was organized for locals to win invitations for the shooting. | * The shooting was announced on local radio "Radio de la Côte", and a contest was organized for locals to win invitations for the shooting. |
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