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|Introduction = '''Love Sign''' is a [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) video released for broadcast. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] did not authorize a commercial release of the song as a single (as such, the single was only available as a [[Single: Love Sign|promotional item]]) . | |Introduction = '''Love Sign''' is a [[Prince]] (as [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]]) video released for broadcast. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Bros._Records Warner Bros.] did not authorize a commercial release of the song as a single (as such, the single was only available as a [[Single: Love Sign|promotional item]]) . | ||
− | Shooting took place in Spring 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. The video was directed by rapper, actor, and filmmaker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube], whose lyrics on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A’s] 1988 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton Straight Outta Compton] contributed to gangsta rap’s widespread popularity. '''Love Sign''' was his first work as a director | + | Shooting took place in Spring 1994 at [[Paisley Park Studios]], Chanhassen, Minnesota. The video was directed by rapper, actor, and filmmaker [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube], whose lyrics on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.W.A N.W.A’s] 1988 album [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straight_Outta_Compton Straight Outta Compton] contributed to gangsta rap’s widespread popularity. '''Love Sign''' was his first work as a director. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Cube] makes an Alfred Hitchcock-like cameo on a cover of a magazine read by [[Prince]]. |
In line with the song, the video has a strong anti-gun message. It features [[Nona Gaye]] as a hit woman, sent to kill [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] (who portrays a local DJ at the fictitious WNPG Radio), but he seduces her instead. | In line with the song, the video has a strong anti-gun message. It features [[Nona Gaye]] as a hit woman, sent to kill [[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] (who portrays a local DJ at the fictitious WNPG Radio), but he seduces her instead. | ||
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* [[Single: Love Sign|Love Sign]] (single) | * [[Single: Love Sign|Love Sign]] (single) | ||
[[file:Lovesign single.jpg|100px]] | [[file:Lovesign single.jpg|100px]] | ||
− | + | |Quotations & trivia = Around that time, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Cube Ice Cube] released a video for his song "What Can I Do?" which features a [[Prince]] lookalike to match with the line "Bought a house next to Prince, so now I can kick it" (later sampled by [[Prince]]/[[File: SymbolSmallerBlue.png|link=Alias: Symbol]] on numerous songs). | |
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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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