Remember 1984? Big hair, bright makeup, and costume jewelry were inescapable. Kids walked around yelling, "Where's the beef?" Tetris, the CD, and Apple Macintosh made their debut. Amadeus won the Oscar but Ghostbusters won the day. Michael Jackson swept the first MTV Music Awards and Madonna swept the stage with her not-so-virginal wedding dress. And Prince released Purple Rain, which, 30 years later, still ranks as one of the greatest albums of all time by anyone with a libido. (Thank the gods of grinding, Stevie Nicks turned down a chance to write lyrics for "Purple Rain.") To celebrate the birth of this enormous recording, The Purple Ones, a 10-piece Prince tribute founded by Morty Orkin (Foreverland, Superdiamond) and Roger Rocha (4 Non Blondes) and led by the supernatural voice of Kazam Ali, performs the album in its entirety. If it pulls off the final verse beneath the rain at the end of "Darling Nikki," buy the whole band a beer. It was originally backmasked through a vinyl player.
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