Prince Celebrated 30 Years Of ‘Purple Rain’ With A Surprise Concert

On a day not unlike this one, except more glam, the increasingly self-aware Prince looked at his Pancake of the Month calender and for the first time all year noticed it was 2014, for time means nothing to a time-traveling purple alien. “Why,” Prince said out loud to no one and everyone, “that means it’s been three decades since I last purified myself in Lake Minnetonka.” His maid, dressed like Vicki Vale, translated for the mortals that line Prince’s home: Purple Rain came out 30 years ago.

So he decided to throw a surprise concert at his Paisley Park estate near Minnesota on Saturday. His Purple Rain co-star Apollonia Kotero was there, and she wrote about her experience.

4:42 A.M. in Minneapolis , just had a private concert by Prince and 3rdEyeGirl at Paisley Park….Ida on Bass , Donna on Guitar and Hannah on Drums. They play loud and HARD. Heard new music that was dope! He had a cool chair for me on the stage at his side and I sat there transfixed on every note, every move, every vocal. After every song I yelled and clapped my ass off. It was so amazing it made me sweat. These ladies are so talented and beautiful. I was charmed. And Prince….my heart still skip’s a beat. Paisley Park is a fun place. He showed me all my images painted on the walls. “Hey thats me!!!” I said , he just laughed in that cool way he that does. The biggest room will be The Purple Rain room….he will have us painted there, huge murals. “My big head gonna be up there?” He just laughed and laughed.

And once the eight-song set was finished, Prince was escorted back to his incubation egg, where he can sleep until Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic turns 20.

Via CoS

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