{"id":1658,"date":"2009-06-06T09:56:53","date_gmt":"2009-06-06T16:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/2009\/06\/darling-nikki-now-25yo\/"},"modified":"2009-06-07T10:02:04","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T17:02:04","slug":"darling-nikki-now-25yo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2009\/06\/06\/darling-nikki-now-25yo\/","title":{"rendered":"Darling Nikki Now 25y.o."},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let\u2019s Go Crazy: Celebrating 25 Years of Purple Rain<\/h1>\n

By PopMatters Staff<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>Edited by Evan Sawdey and Produced by Sarah Zupko<\/span><\/p>\n

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Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

*cue church organ*<\/p>\n

\u201dDearly beloved, we are gathered here today 2 get through this thing called life …<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

… and thus begins one of the greatest pop culture phenomena of our time.<\/p>\n

Back in the summer of 1984,Purple Rain<\/em>\u00a0was more than just a movie: it was a genuineexperience<\/em>, a transcendent multi-media event that celebrated commercialism and creativity in equal measure, turning a mid-level R&B singer into an overnight superstar and international sex symbol.\u00a0 At one point during that year, Prince had not only the Number One movie in America, but also the Number One album and the Number One single.\u00a0 In fact, when\u00a0Purple Rain<\/em>\u00a0entered the album chart at peak position on August 4th of 1984 (displacing Bruce Springsteen\u2019s\u00a0Born in the U.S.A.<\/em>, of all things), it wouldn\u2019t vacate that spot until January 19th of the following year.<\/p>\n

Yet all these accomplishments wind up leading us to one very simple question: why?<\/p>\n

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