Video: Violet The Organ Grinder

1991: Gett Off (Houstyle) ◄

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Violet The Organ Grinder

Music Video details

First aired:	1991
Producer(s):	Robert Borm
Director:	Randee St. Nicholas
Related home video/DVD:	Gett Off (home video)
First (Commercially) Released:	10 September 1991

Awards
Date	Institution, Country	Award
This music video has not received any awards in the USA

Violet The Organ Grinder is a Prince and the New Power Generation video. Unlike previous videos, this one was commercially available (on the Gett Off home video) before broadcast.

Shooting took place in late July - early August 1991 at Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, Minnesota. Prince appears for the first time with his chain-hat which would be featured prominently in the My Name Is Prince video. He dances with four women in a jail cell or dungeon. The women are all wearing black bikinis and their skin is painted gold (reminiscent of the 1964 James Bond movie Goldfinger).

Shooting Information

Shooting Sessions
Date	Location	Additional info
July/August 1991	Paisley Park Studios, Chanhassen, MN, USA
Cast
Prince Bisi Adeshina - cage guest Leah Marie - cage guest Kimberly Arland (as Kim Deane) - cage guest Jennifer De Flores - cage guest
Crew
Robert Borm - producer (Point Of View Films) Randee St. Nicholas - director Sotera Tschetter - art director Domus Design Studios - art direction Scott McCullough - cinematography Kathi Scovel - production manager Skip Davis - editor Marie Thomas - editor

Versions

Released Versions

Title	Length	Released	Version	Additional info
Violet The Organ Grinder	5:01	Gett Off (home video) Prince streaming video platforms (2017) Released for sale as separate track on iTunes (2017)

Additional Information

	See Also	Quotation & triva

	Violet The Organ Grinder Gett Off (single) Gett Off video maxi-single	Randee St. Nicholas has directed or co-directed the following videos for Prince: Gett Off, Violet The Organ Grinder, Clockin’ The Jizz, Insatiable, 2 Whom It May Concern, My Name Is Prince, Damn U, The Morning Papers, The Continental and Sweet Baby. Footage of Violet The Organ Grinder was later included in the Pink Cashmere video.

	References
	The Vault: The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince (2004) Cast: www.imdb.com