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|Introduction = '''When Doves Cry''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: When Doves Cry|single]]. | |Introduction = '''When Doves Cry''' is a [[Prince and the Revolution]] video released for broadcast and to promote the [[Single: When Doves Cry|single]]. | ||
− | It is [[Prince]]’s first video that was not just a simple performance of the song but a fully produced and staged video with its own (although vague) storyline and different backdrops. Photographer Larry Williams, who also worked on other projects for [[Prince]] that year including the covers for [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]], [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] and [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] was hired as director for the video. Before the first shots, [[Prince]] let [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] (producer) know that Williams’ presence was not needed: ''"[[Prince]] said to me "He (Larry) doesn’t have to be here." So I gave Larry some magazines and he sat outside and did some reading."'' [[Prince]] handled the directing and the choreography. | + | It is [[Prince]]’s first video that was not just a simple performance of the song but a fully produced and staged video with its own (although vague) storyline and different backdrops. The video was shot at the [https://www.onamrecords.com/labels/a-m-studios/146503/soundstage A & M Records soundstage] in Los Angeles. Photographer Larry Williams, who also worked on other projects for [[Prince]] that year including the covers for [[Album: The Glamorous Life|The Glamorous Life]], [[Album: Ice Cream Castle|Ice Cream Castle]] and [[Album: Apollonia 6|Apollonia 6]] was hired as director for the video. Before the first shots, [[Prince]] let [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Fields Simon Fields] (producer) know that Williams’ presence was not needed: ''"[[Prince]] said to me "He (Larry) doesn’t have to be here." So I gave Larry some magazines and he sat outside and did some reading."'' [[Prince]] handled the directing and the choreography. |
Of note, this is the first video to feature the [[The Revolution]] with [[Wendy Melvoin]]. '''When Doves Cry''' also incorporates scenes from the [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] movie two months before its theatrical release in the USA. | Of note, this is the first video to feature the [[The Revolution]] with [[Wendy Melvoin]]. '''When Doves Cry''' also incorporates scenes from the [[Film:_Purple_Rain|Purple Rain]] movie two months before its theatrical release in the USA. | ||
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* ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Purple-Rain-Studio-Sessions/dp/1538114623/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8 Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions 1983 and 1984 (Expanded Edition, paperback), Duane Tudahl (2018)]'' | ||
* ''[https://www.amazon.fr/Want-My-MTV-Uncensored-Revolution/dp/0452298563 I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution (Expanded Edition, paperback), Rob Tannenbaum & Craig Marks (2012)]'' | * ''[https://www.amazon.fr/Want-My-MTV-Uncensored-Revolution/dp/0452298563 I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution (Expanded Edition, paperback), Rob Tannenbaum & Craig Marks (2012)]'' | ||
+ | * ''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFjhHEanuX0 Laura LiPuma interview with Michael Dean on Prince Podcast.'Podcast Juice': 'Stories behind the classic PRINCE Album covers' (2023)]'' | ||
* <b>Awards</b>: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MTV_Video_Music_Awards MTV Video Music Awards (1985)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_1985 American Music Awards (1985)] | * <b>Awards</b>: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MTV_Video_Music_Awards MTV Video Music Awards (1985)], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Music_Awards_of_1985 American Music Awards (1985)] | ||
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|Categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category: Videos (Prince)]][[Category: Recorded 1984]] | |Categories = [[Category:1984]][[Category: Videos (Prince)]][[Category: Recorded 1984]] | ||
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