Comments on: Update: Is This the Best Song From the Movie ‘Purple Rain?’

By: PCL

PCL — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 01:56:32 +0000

Oh yeah…..Jungle Love…..great song. Hehehehehe!! And yes, very danceable!!

By: Cube

Cube — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 13:22:21 +0000

It’s Morris Day And The Mutherfuckin’ Time.

By: Ike Pigott

Ike Pigott — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:52:57 +0000

Sorry, whatrickythinks —

While Purple Rain is an amazing album, as a soundtrack it ranks behind “Streets of Fire.”

Mainly because “Purple Rain, the motion picture” was nothing more than a long-form music video anyway, thus making it an album first, and a soundtrack only in the loosest of fashion.

And because “Streets of Fire”, as over the top and cartoony as it is, has a hot Diane Lane who was 25 years from her prime peak hotness, a badass Willem Dafoe, a Michael Pare who is not singing B-grade Springsteen karaoke (Eddie and the Cruisers), and a Rick Moranis who isn’t singing Bertold Brecht — and songs that flat out rock.

By: The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker

The Hedonistic Pleasureseeker — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 23:28:14 +0000

I was living in Minneapolis while all that was going down. Fun times. I love the track, but you’re right, theres just something about “Jungle Love,” probably because it’s so danceable.

By: NR Davis

NR Davis — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:17:28 +0000

That’s the reason it hits so hard for me. The Prince songs are fierce, but The Time… funky and fun. I just hear a couple of notes and suddenly, I’m looking around for Jerome and wanting to get up and do the dance. Nothing in the film moved me like that song, and that’s saying a lot, because the title track and “Beautiful Ones” were soooo moving.

By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:12:19 +0000

You make excellent points, Ricky. I agree with everything you say, but Jungle Love stands out for some reason. Maybe it’s because it’s the most fun anyone has in the flick.

By: whatrickythinks

whatrickythinks — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:36:39 +0000

This is great song, but you gotta remember you’re elevating it above all the songs of the greatest movie soundtrack of heterosexual men, (apologies to Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and The Bodyguard)the #2 pop record of the 80s.( MJ will get the same exaggerated critical praise in death that Tupac, Biggie, and Cobain get.) and the most revered work of a musical icon. I personally would rank “Purple Rain,” “The Beautiful Ones,” and “When Doves Cry” light years ahead of Jungle Love on lyrics alone. But that’s just me.

By: dianawink

dianawink — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:11:25 +0000

"When Doves Cry" would be my choice.

By: NR Davis

NR Davis — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:01:55 +0000

Actually, a lot of us have known this since the film’s premiere. After the screening, we all agreed that The Time amde the film and the “Jungle Love” rocked, oh we oh we oh. Nothing against his Purple Badness.