Well, there were a lot of possible songs I could choose, but really only one winner. Prince’s “Purple Rain”. For fun, here’s the rare video of him debuting the song with his then-new band, The Revolution, at the First Avenue in Minneapolis in 1983.
Here’s the challenge, if anyone wants to do it themselves:
Rob Wynne
The video, since it didn’t embed.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x464x97
Daniel Reitman
Amelia Edwards
One of the more cheerful breakup songs.
Rob Wynne
Written by Paul Simon, no less!
Laura Gallagher
Ooh, I hadn’t heard that in a long time.
Linda Walsh
https://youtu.be/V4PneT6aeytU Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band-“Pink Cadillac”
Jennifer Diamond
https://youtu.be/T1Ond-OwgU8
Manny Jacobowitz
Jim Poltrone
These guys were from Oxford, OH, home of Miami University. (Not to be confused with the University of Miami. That’s in Florida.)
Daniel Reitman
I love this clip because it’s clear they absolutely hated this song
Daniel Reitman
The guitarist went on to form another one hit wonder act that qualified. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_2D8Eo15wE
Laura Gallagher
oh man this is tough -- I keep thinking of more examples. Perhaps I should make a colors playlist. Here’s one currently in my favorites list. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmDUEv939A
Rob Wynne
I *love* KT Tunstall!
Dave Hogg
I love that song so much.
Dave Hogg
One of the underrated cool moments of my job was getting to (very briefly) meet KT when she performed at halftime of a Pistons game.
Jim Poltrone
Gotta go back to the vaults for this one.
Rob Wynne
I love that song. 🙂
Claudia Mellenthin
me, too
Elizabeth Barber
Heather Munn
Black Velvet. One of my favorite songs to shoot pool to.
https://youtu.be/tT4d1LQy4es
Rob Wynne
Love this song.
Eric Coleman
You know how to whistle, don’t you?
https://youtu.be/9C1vJ2Z8aI0
Bruce Adelsohn
Not sure if I want to take up the whole challenge. Here’s one for Day 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iVZUXec2_I
T J Burnside Clapp
Do I get extra points for the band having a color in their title as well? 🙂
David Weingart
https://youtu.be/7xdX0rCYkTw
Annette Spirit Davis
Annette Spirit Davis
I miss Grunge….
Jason Thomas