During his 1992 “The Right Time” tour, singer Sir Tom Jones performed an absolutely beautiful version of the iconic Prince song “Purple Rain“. Jones was accompanied by David Gilmour, who played a gorgeously lush guitar solo that remained true to the song, but was distinctly his own. The iconic song…
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Sand Artist Recreates the Iconic Photo of Prince Playing ‘Purple Rain’ in the Rain at Super Bowl XLI
Upon hearing the news of the tragic death of Prince, sand artist Joe Mangrum took to his favorite medium and in the middle of Washington Square Park in New York City, recreated the incredible Theo Wargo photo of the musician playing “Purple Rain” during the rainy Super Bowl XLI Half-Time…
16 Year Old Guitar Virtuoso Plays a Beautiful Cover of Tears for Fears’ ‘Everybody Wants to Rule the World’
Kent Nishimura, a 16 year old guitar virtuoso performed a beautiful, acoustic, fingerstyle cover of the incredibly prescient 1985 Tears for Fears song “Everybody Wants to Rule the World”. Nishimura has covered other songs in a similar manner including “Purple Rain” by Prince, “Careless Whisper” by George Michael, ,”I Don’t…
Pantone Color Institute Partners With Prince’s Estate to Create ‘Love Symbol #2’, A Custom Purple Hue
Pantone Color Institute in collaboration with the Prince Estate introduced a beautiful custom color purple hue entitled “Love Symbol #2”, in memory of the late, great musician who was widely known for his love of all things purple. Prince’s association with the color purple was galvanized in 1984 with the…
Michigan High School Seniors Dress Up As Their Favorite Characters For Their School ID Photos
Vote for senior year to be over #NFID20 @hederjon pic.twitter.com/r3n7m2FTHj — Dean Alekman (@deanalekman2) September 12, 2019 As they did with seniors in 2017 and 2018, the administrators at North Farmington High School in Farmington Hills, Michigan allowed the members of the graduating class of 2020 to dress up like…
Amazing Handcrafted Sweaters Featuring Photorealistic Knit Portraits of Iconic Music Legends
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Amimono Horinouchi (@amimono_horinouchi) on Jul 3, 2018 at 10:42pm PDT Japanese yarn artist Amimono Horinouchi creates absolutely incredible handcrafted sweaters that feature a photorealistic knit reproductions of iconic music legends. Among some of his notable creations are a purple Prince sweater,…
The Pantone Color Institute Declares Ultra Violet as the 2018 Color of the Year
A post shared by PANTONE (@pantone) on Dec 18, 2017 at 7:03am PST The Pantone Color Institute has declared Ultra Violet (Pantone 18-3838) to be the 2017 Color of the Year. While the name might bring to mind electromagnetic radiation, a 2006 science fiction film and a women’s advocacy group…
A Silly Compilation of Weather Correspondents Using Prince Song Titles to Describe the Forecast
In memory of the tragic passing of Prince, a number of weather correspondents across the United States turned their maps all sorts of lovely shades of violet and employed a number of the performer’s most popular songs in order to describe what was going one with the climate (“Purple Rain“)…
