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By BRIAN SHELTON
Staff Writer
Well, Guns N'Roses released
their new albums Use Your Illusions
I and II yesterday, and I'm
sure many of you are planning to
go out and purchase them, or you
may already have. That's cool and
if that's how you want to spend
your money, more power to you.
Personally, I'd rather shell out my
hard-earned dough on an artist
who actually has a little talent I'd
rather listen to someone who does
not sing like he's being embalmed
alive and who doesn't have a guitar
player in his band that looks
like Cousin It from the Addams
Family. Fortunately, an artist
named Prince meets that
description.
That competition might be close,
but Prince is already beating Guns
N' Roses in one Field. To date,
he's released four movies to Guns
N' Roses' none, and even though
most of them bombed, they still
merit a viewing from fan and nonfan
alike. In fact, since I brought il
. up, I might as well review them
for you now in this week's "Video
Vault".
On October 1, Prince is releasing
a new album called Diamonds
and Pearls, which will return him
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back to the popularity he had when
he came out with Purple Rain. His
latest creation not only promises to
be the best collection "his royal
badness" has put on vinyl but also
the most commercial, so I
wouldn't be surprised to see a
"battle royale" at the top of the
charts between Prince and Guns N'
Roses in the next couple of weeks.
Purple Rain (1984): So what if
this is just a whole bunch of music
videos strung together with a little
dialogue thrown in? It's still a
great movie and virtually has
something for everyone. If you
like music, it's got tons of electrifying
stage performances from
Prince and the Revolution and also
some from the Time. If you like
women, it's got that hot babe Appolonia
who, after this movie,
went on to release 6 or 7 albums
that currently reside in the "$3.99
bin" of record stores all over the
country. If you like good acting,
go see something with Jeremy Irons
in it and leave this puppy on
the shelf.(B+)
Under the Cherry Moon (1986):
Okay, so the title is goofy and the
music in this sucks, but I liked this
movie. Unfortunately, every critic
i in the solar system felt differently
[ and carved it up like a Thanksgiving
turkey, making the picture disappear
from theaters faster than
you can say "has-been." It's really
a shame there was such an adverse
reaction to this, because the film is
really just lighthearted fluff that 1
desperately tries to entertain and :
sometimes succeeds.
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can gigolo who's hanging out in
Nice, France with his pal Tricky ^
(played amusingly by Jerome Benton
who also starred in Purple
Rain). The two have no problems ^
getting chicks (and, subsequently ^
their money) but Prince has a special
place in his heart for Mary, a an
rich heiress who's arranged to j
marry someone else. Prince and "
Mary must overcome the forces
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Mary's father who's a cross between
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ler), but the film never gets too
mushy or maudlin and in some ^
parts is quite funny. Don't believe
the hype, y'all. This ain't that
bad.(B-) 2
Sign O' the Times (1987): Sign mi
0' the Times is, to date, the best
album Prince has released and this
concert film, which showcases
most of the songs on the album, is
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the Netherlands, the movie focuses 01
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hen he made this.
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tin, Graffiti Bridge has Prince raising
his role as the enigmatic
id who, this time, battles the evil
orris Day for control of a night
jb. Along the way, he encounters
chick who's really an angel-(I
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Is him to embrace his spiritual
le and not to give in to temptam.
He does give in, of course,
til the end when the angel is
uashed by a jeep and turns into a
ither (again, I'm not making this
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Like his albums over the past
w years, Prince's cinematic floras
have been a mixed bag. They
tve not been as bad as many cri:s
would like you to believe, but
lly one has had any mainstream
lccess, showing that sometimes
rince is just too deep for the mas;s
to grasp. Once you're figured
it (like Guns N' Roses will be
>on) people lose interest and go
n to the next big thing. Enigmas
ke Prince, however, people who
onstantly keep you guessing and
lake music that sounds like noting
else you've ever heard before
till be around longer and will
ontinue to thrive when Guns N'
toses is just a memory. Peace.
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