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|Introduction = '''MPLS''' is a video by [[Minneapolis]] released for broadcast. The [[Single: MPLS|single]] received only a limited release through the [[1-800 New Funk]] telephone service and [[The New Power Generation Store]]s in Minneapolis and London. The accompanying music video received only minimal airplay. | |Introduction = '''MPLS''' is a video by [[Minneapolis]] released for broadcast. The [[Single: MPLS|single]] received only a limited release through the [[1-800 New Funk]] telephone service and [[The New Power Generation Store]]s in Minneapolis and London. The accompanying music video received only minimal airplay. | ||
− | '''MPLS''' is the first video related to [[Prince]] to be treated as a cartoon, with character designs by Philip J. Felix. The video | + | '''MPLS''' is the first video release related to [[Prince]] to be treated as a cartoon, with character designs by [https://m.imdb.com/name/nm0271339/?language=pt-br Philip J. Felix]. (The video release for [[Video:_Raspberry_Beret|Raspberry Beret]] included scenes from an animation video that Prince had separately commissioned). |
− | The video cuts to a Mount Rushmore-like mounntain that features the faces of a four-piece band. The mountain crumbles as the characters ([[Sonny T.]], [[Jana Anderson]], a DJ and [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] wearing a love symbol shirt) come to life and travel to Minneapolis. The story | + | The video starts with a character called 'Jade' emerging from the letters MPLS, with another character called 'Funky Jake' sitting on top of the letter L. 'Jade' says 'All right, stop the music, stop the music', a sample from [[Carmen Electra]]’s unreleased song [[Powerline]], after which a group of anthropomorphic dogs called 'Homeboyz' emerges from the same letters and starts dancing. |
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+ | The video cuts to a Mount Rushmore-like mounntain that features the faces of a four-piece band. The mountain crumbles as the characters ([[Sonny T.]] (also referred to as 'Sergeant Momma'), [[Jana Anderson]] (referring to herself as 'Cutie Pie'), a DJ ('Master G') and [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] wearing a love symbol shirt) come to life and travel to Minneapolis. The story line is rather confusing, with 'Jade' proving to be a devil woman, 'Funky Jake' a money-driven record executive and the band dancing into the fire of what looks like the apocalypse. | ||
The video contains brief footage from [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV-special, courtesy of Paisley Park Enterprises, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz Lenny Kravitz]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Gonna_Go_My_Way_(song) Are You Gonna Go My Way] video, courtesy of Virgin Records America. Fish Films provided stock footage of riot police, Bill and Hillary Clinton, a mouth and an ear and dancing people from the 1950s to the early 1990s. | The video contains brief footage from [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] TV-special, courtesy of Paisley Park Enterprises, and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenny_Kravitz Lenny Kravitz]’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Are_You_Gonna_Go_My_Way_(song) Are You Gonna Go My Way] video, courtesy of Virgin Records America. Fish Films provided stock footage of riot police, Bill and Hillary Clinton, a mouth and an ear and dancing people from the 1950s to the early 1990s. | ||
− | The video was created, developed and directed by Frank Saperstein in July and August 1994, with Philip J. Felix responsible for characters design and storyboards. The video is animated by Philippine Animation Studio, Inc. and produced by Frank Saperstein Productions. | + | The video was created, developed and directed by [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0764547/ Frank Saperstein] in July and August 1994, with Philip J. Felix responsible for characters design and storyboards. The video is animated by Philippine Animation Studio, Inc. and produced by Frank Saperstein Productions. |
The audio uses a different mix of the song [[MPLS]] with more samples, including an intro taken from [[Carmen Electra]]’s unreleased song [[Powerline]]. | The audio uses a different mix of the song [[MPLS]] with more samples, including an intro taken from [[Carmen Electra]]’s unreleased song [[Powerline]]. | ||
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* [[Single: MPLS|MPLS]] single <br> | * [[Single: MPLS|MPLS]] single <br> | ||
|Quotations & trivia = Around the 03:20 mark in the video there is the 'hey you’re not supposed to be on this record' segment that is also on the single version of the song. At this point a live video of [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] taken from [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] is inserted into the cartoon. This is most likely a nod to his fight with Warner and the inability to be on a non-Warner project under his own name. | |Quotations & trivia = Around the 03:20 mark in the video there is the 'hey you’re not supposed to be on this record' segment that is also on the single version of the song. At this point a live video of [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] taken from [[TV Film: The Beautiful Experience|The Beautiful Experience]] is inserted into the cartoon. This is most likely a nod to his fight with Warner and the inability to be on a non-Warner project under his own name. | ||
+ | * Midway through the video, when a dog is shown urinating, grafitti written on the kerbside reads 'BAWAL UMIHI', words frequently seen painted in urban areas of the Philippines. It translates as 'Do Not Urinate' in Tagalog, a language commonly spoken by Filipinos and presumably well-known to the animators, the Philippine Animation Studio, Inc.. | ||
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