Una pe zi - 28 noiembrie 2012

Prince – Purple Rain (live with Beyonce at Grammy Awards 2004) 

Purple Rain is regularly ranked among the best albums in music history. 

Time magazine ranked it the 15th greatest album of all time in 1993, and it placed 18th on VH1's Greatest Rock and Roll Albums of All Time countdown. 

Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the second-best album of the 1980s and 76th on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. 

Zounds magazine ranked it the 18th greatest album of all time. Furthermore, the album placed 4th in Plásticos y Decibelios' list of The Greatest Albums of All Time. 

Finally, in 2007, the editors of Vanity Fair labeled it the best soundtrack of all time and Tempo magazine named it the greatest album of the 1980s. 

In 2012, Slant Magazine listed the album at #2 on its list of "Best Albums of the 1980s" behind only Michael Jackson's Thriller. 

This year the album was added to the Library of Congress's National Recording Registry list of sound recordings that "are culturally, historically, or aesthetically important, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States." 

Prince won two Grammy Awards in 1985 for Purple Rain, for Best Rock Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Album of Original Score Written for a Motion Picture or TV Special, and the album was nominated for Album of the Year. Purple Rain also won an Oscar for Best Original Song Score in 1985.

The lyrics are:

I never meant to cause you any sorrow.

I never meant to cause you any pain.

I only wanted to one time see you laughing.

I only wanted to see you laughing in the purple rain.

Purple rain, purple rain.

Purple rain, purple rain.

Purple rain, purple rain.

I only wanted to see you bathing in the purple rain.

I never wanted to be your weekend lover.

I only wanted to be some kind of friend.

Baby I could never steal you from another.

It's such a shame our friendship had to end.

Purple rain, purple rain.

Purple rain, purple rain.

Purple rain, purple rain.

I only wanted to see you underneath the purple rain.

Honey I know, I know, I know times are changing.

It's time we all reach out for something new,

That means you too.

You say you want a leader,

But you can't seem to make up your mind.

I think you better close it,

And let me guide you to the purple rain.

Purple rain, purple rain.

Purple rain, purple rain.

If you know what I'm singing about up here.

C'mon raise your hand.

Purple rain, purple rain.

I only want to see you, only want to see you.