Difference between revisions of "Video: Little Red Corvette"
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|Current video name = Little Red Corvette | |Current video name = Little Red Corvette | ||
|Video Image = LittleRedCorvette-vid5in1.png | |Video Image = LittleRedCorvette-vid5in1.png | ||
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|producer(s) = Beth Broday | |producer(s) = Beth Broday | ||
|Director = Bryan Greenberg | |Director = Bryan Greenberg | ||
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|Next Video link = [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]] | |Next Video link = [[Video: Automatic|Automatic]] | ||
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| − | |Introduction = '''Little Red Corvette''' is | + | |Introduction = '''Little Red Corvette''' is a [[Prince]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: Little Red Corvette|single]]. |
| − | + | Directed by Brian Greenberg, this video was shot during the final week of rehearsals for the 1983 leg of the [[1999 Tour]] at the Civic Center, Lakeland, Florida. | |
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| + | '''Little Red Corvette''' is one of the first videos by African-American artists to be played regularly on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MTV MTV] (with Michael Jackson’s [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie_Jean Billie Jean]). This exposure of the song helped [[Prince]] to reach the Billboard’s Top Ten for the first time. It also expanded his audience enormously and crossed him over to a large white audience. During the [[1999 Tour]], [[The Time]]’s [[Monte Moir]] noted that audiences were ''"90 per cent black until [[Single: Little Red Corvette|Little Red Corvette]] came out. All of a sudden it shifted, drastically. It got to be half and half, if not 60-40 white."'' | ||
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| + | The video was included on [[Home_Video: The Hits Collection|The Hits Collection]] in 1993. | ||
|recording info = | |recording info = | ||
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* [[Matt Fink]] | * [[Matt Fink]] | ||
* [[Lisa Coleman]] | * [[Lisa Coleman]] | ||
| − | |crew = * ''More information needed'' | + | |crew = * Beth Broday - producer |
| + | * Bryan Greenberg - director | ||
| + | * ''More information needed'' | ||
|released versions = | |released versions = | ||
{{SongReleased| | {{SongReleased| | ||
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|see also = [[Little Red Corvette]] | |see also = [[Little Red Corvette]] | ||
| − | *[[Single: Little Red Corvette|Little Red Corvette]] (single)<br> | + | * [[Single: Little Red Corvette|Little Red Corvette]] (single)<br> |
[[Image:Littleredcorvette single.jpg|100px]] | [[Image:Littleredcorvette single.jpg|100px]] | ||
| − | |Quotations & trivia = A Video for [[Vanity 6]]’s [[Drive Me Wild]] was also shot the same week. | + | |Quotations & trivia = A [[Video: Drive Me Wild|video]] for [[Vanity 6]]’s [[Drive Me Wild]] was also shot the same week. |
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|References = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | |References = ''[[Book:_The_Vault|The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004)]]'' | ||
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