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The Beautiful Ones Always Smash The Picture a Tribute to Prince

The Beautiful Ones Always Smash The Picture a Tribute to Prince

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 Executive Producer: Jerry FlanaganMy freshman year of high school was spent at East Valley High in Washington state. Prince’s “1999” was playing when we attended our first high school dance, which was in the school gym. We all went wild dancing during this song, as if we were adults in the future year of 1999. Every high school student dreams of adulthood and independence. We were just like Prince and the Revolution. Prince's album "1999," released in October 1982, had a significant impact on high school kids across America. The album's unique blend of funk, synth-pop, and rock resonated with the youth, making it a defining soundtrack of the era. Songs like "1999", "Little Red Corvette" and "Purple Rain" became anthems, with their catchy melodies and rebellious themes capturing the spirit of the 1980s. The success of two albums, Prince 1999 and Purple Rain, marked Prince's transition from an underground artist to a mainstream superstar. His bold fashion choices, provocative lyrics, and innovative sound influenced the music and culture of the 1980s, inspiring many young people to embrace individuality and creativity. Overall, "1999" played a crucial role in shaping the musical landscape of the early '80s and left a lasting impression on high school kids who were eager to explore new sounds and express themselves in unique ways.Purple RainThe 40th Anniversary of ‘Purple Rain’ : It established Prince as a music icon, changing the industry and culture. Prince’s innovative approach to music, romance, and drama resulted in a unique 6th studio album. Both the album and film were hugely successful; the album topped the charts for 24 weeks and the film earned over $68 million. By blending genres, Prince created a diverse and unpredictable sound, rejecting genre limitations. The film “Purple Rain” highlighted women in music, showcasing Apollonia, Wendy Melvoin, Lisa Coleman, engineers Susan Rogers, and Peggy McCreary. Prince made history as the first Black artist to win a GRAMMY for Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal, and achieved the rare feat of having a No. 1 album, film, and song simultaneously. By challenging norms around masculinity, gender, and sexuality, the album inspired modern artists to embrace fluidity in their creative expression. The powerful ballads and innovative sound of ‘Purple Rain’ continue to resonate with fans, solidifying its lasting influence. On this podcast, we cover many great artists, and Prince, like so many others, created timeless music and a lasting legacy of powerful and emotional songs.Prince Rogers Nelson, known to most as Prince, was a highly successful American singer, songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor. Across five decades, genre-bending Minneapolis artist Prince produced chart-topping hits, including “Diamonds and Pearls” and “Little Red Corvette”. As one of the first to accept online pre-orders, he was a trailblazer in the music industry. Purple Rain, Prince’s iconic 1984 album, includes the deeply emotional and passionate song, “The Beautiful Ones.” The line “The Beautiful Ones always smash the picture” can be interpreted in several ways. This could mean that attractive people often disappoint. The “picture” represents an unrealistic ideal that reality destroys. Within the song’s narrative, a heartbroken Prince implores Apollonia to pick him, not Morris Day. The line implies that even the most outwardly perfect people can cause great emotional pain and devastation. Prince’s music frequently incorporates multifaceted meanings, weaving together personal accounts with universal themes of love, longing, and emotional openness. People say that his relationships with Susannah Melvoin and Vanity inspired this song. A close working relationship existed between Susannah Melvoin and Prince during the mid-1980s. She was a singer in his band, The Family, and a collaborator on his songs. There was a short-lived engagement between Melvoin and Prince. According to Melvoin, Prince penned numerous songs about her, such as “If I Was Your Girlfriend”, “Empty Room”, and “Crystal Ball”. In the mid-1980s, Melvoin began her career with Prince while her sister Wendy was a member of The Revolution. In this period, Melvoin became a co-lead vocalist in one of Prince’s bands, The Family. The 1985 Family song “Nothing Compares 2 U”, written by Prince, was about Melvoin. Melvoin and Doyle Bramhall II had two children together. The pair split up in 2010. Tabloids described Bramhall and his wife’s divorce as “messy,” partly because of his 2012 relationship with Renée Zellweger, which began before the divorce was finalized.The Minneapolis soundNow, let’s talk about the Minneapolis sound. Blending funk rock with new wave and synth-pop influences, it’s a subgenre of its own. The musical style, which began in the late 1970s at Sound 80 with tracks like “Funkytown” by Lipps, Inc was influenced by ...
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