Morris Day on Doing 'Purple Rain' Movie, Prince Sleeping with Apollonia & Vanity (Part 6) 

I heard about the tension... Maybe it's in the book. But i heard about the tension from Vlad

@Dante Carroll who knows right? You never know especially with Prince.

@@jsolethedj naw naw naw prince is dead

J. Sole Music Absolutely right, you can’t be mad at him. It’s all behind the scenes

Dante Carroll No, white people killed him

Tech Unboxing Videos facts I got to see him live when I worked at BMW in SC he came for family day. They put on a good show.

@@Naeem_El Yes!!!

My father in law use to always tell me about The Time and Prince shows. Even Rick James. My first concert was Kool and the Gang.

Yup he's pretty good

Yeah real cool brother I like how he's never put prince down like some of these other low life artist do when a great one passes

He doesn't hsve to do any new music for me. The old joints still hold up well.

Morris day and The Time they are legends in the game they don't have to go in a recording studio and record new music ... even prince could stop making music too he had enough material to release a hundred more albums for the next couple of More decades

Tulsa? Yuck

I was at that show too. He turned it out as always.

Nice

Apollonia is killin Vanity.....she had titties mane Vanity FINE but too boney

Rich Harrow mannn I wanted to be Laura Charles so bad lol

Both were bad, but I gotta go Apollonia over Vanity. They were equally beautiful, but Appollonia had a better body.

@@kclo5283 "I would like to meet her "

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Oh yeah

They had the only funny scenes in the movie

Due to the comic impact of their scenes in PR, Morris & Jerome actually filmed a TV pilot for their own show called "Hotel Dicks" -- It never got picked up

The password is what? I thought that was a fun scene😊.

their scenes were really the only funny scenes in the movie, other than the lake minnetonka scene -- comic relief. rest of the flick is pretty serious & somber

@@behavioristbusiness7372 speaking the truth is not the same as bashing someone.

@@behavioristbusiness7372 I know they had their differences and were very young, but Morris has a bit of an ego & attitude problem in those days. He let is slip out when he said that Prince was having them do stupid stuff like acting & dancing lessons. This movie was a risky move for Prince, it could have sunk his whole career if the movie bombed. He wasn't a huge star yet when this movie was made. Morris didn't even show up during filming because he was partying all night, Alan Leeds was sent out to find him. How much money does it cost to have a film crew sitting around because the co-star can't bother to show up? That said, I do love Morris - the Time is a great band. However, I don't think Morris would have a career in music if it wasn't for Prince's guidance and songwriing abilities.

He ain't wanna get sued 😂

@@29larron you can't get sued for free speech

@@dannyh5937 relax I was joking off the fact they said Prince would sue for anything and u can get sued for slander free speech/not

"I got a brasssss water bed. I got an Italian cook, his name is Gino Siscatagracchi or something..."

Stinger Morris had so many iconic lines! He was definitely a scene stealer

That Black Chick Iove the “What is the password scene”

Dude wasn't acting....

“Hey Jerome bring me my change” lol 😂 🤣

No fuccn lie

Absolutely

In the 80s, he dressed like a bitch in heat. He looks a lot better now, than he did 30 yrs ago

@@kurthanke5788 bro that was the style back then. If you were a celeb during that time, you would have been dressing like that too

@@MrGrace bro.....are we brutha's from a different mutha?? lol Ya, I loved the 80s...that was my junior and high school years. And yes, Morris Day was usually eccentric lol

Prince would have people he worked with sign NDA’s, so if they revealed anything he didn’t like then he would sue them. Some of the Revolution members talked about this like wendy and lisa. So that’s why they were carful about what they said about him.

Yeah, bc at the 6:57 mark when Morris is talking about the 2 songs that Prince didn't put on the soundtrack album he says "This ni%@a" but he laughs and cleans it up real quick. 😂

@@Chokolatepeach Yea I Peeped That Too..🤣

AGREED!!!

@@marvinhunt117 no doubt.

Yea!! That's what I'm saying...sheesh

Facts

They're actually cousins

MJ played instruments as well as all of his brothers. Michael could also verbalize music to musicians...

@@BobbyWashingtonvlog I was only referring to their live performances. MJ was a genius on musicianship too. No doubt.

jacob bey they were both great but James Brown was the best and was the original before both of them.

@@philipjames751 I saw James in concert too. I promoted the very last song James recorded. He was a genius but it's a personal assessment based on what I witnessed.

Maybe, but there's plenty performances see of Prince that suggest otherwise

Extra Ernie Tv These are facts. With heels on lol

An make up lol💜

Two Cents 🤣 man he had a salon 💇 in his house the ultimate cheat code

Ms huneygirl 🤣

If the dude had no money he'd have no game at all wearin a blouse like yo girl

Sorry but prince play a major intrical part in his life and helped him get into the music business and produced the first album. He also gave him the image. So without prince there would be no morris day...

Chell He did, but Morris had his own along with Prince. These guys had been doing music since they were in high school. They were in two different bands before they got together. Matter of fact he didn’t initially know Prince for music, it was for basketball.

Once again morris was working at a car rental place and still would of been had prince not help him get on. So prince is a major part of his story in the music business and they did know each other they live right down the block when they were kids and then later on when they were in their early teens they were in the same band. He’s not telling everything to vlad cause he’s trying to sell his book...

Chell Grand Central and Flight Time existed before Prince even got a record deal. Jimmy Jam and most of the band are from Minneapolis, so these bands already existed before he moved to LA. This is what he said way before Prince died and the book was written.

@@mechelle230 He did say they lived around the corner from each other in VLADS other interview segments, but he didn't actually get to "know" him until they started playing in a band together.

yeaaaaaaaas - Morris Day voice

Gabriel The Grimey Gremlin Godoy right on

Ooooh--Weeee---oooh--weeee-oh... yasss!

@@ggremlin 😂😂😂😂 Damn You My Spirit animal!!!

Only one reason why I wouldn't get excited... They played jungle Love instead of The Bird 😉

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Vanity was tired of not getting the money she deserved ...just like Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis...Motown Records scooped her up and Berry Gordy made sure she had a juicy role in " The Last Dragon" movie !

She was doing coke also,,,so those mourning filming sessions wasn't gonna cut it.

Totally agree.

I agree ...Purple Rain is a good movie in fact it's a classic but I think it would've been even better if Vanity had been in it .

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@@spicyhot2552 I love vanity but Apollonia did a great job.

Not much script for her to work with. They look very similar however Vanity has more sex appeal.

Peggy McCreary spent 18 hours a day in the studio with Prince: www.ilikeyouroldstuff.com/news/inside-the-recording-of-prince-originals-album-peggy-mccreary “When you spend 18 hours a day with someone you’d think there would be a little conversation, but there wasn’t that much with Prince. It wasn’t like working with a band, because I’ve worked with tonnes of bands and you get to know them, socialise a bit and go out with them for lunch every now and then. There was none of that with Prince, it was just work. There was no ‘Good morning’, there was no ‘How was your day?’, there was no ‘Good night, I’ll see you tomorrow’. He’d never want to eat, but one time I said I was going to order some food. He said, ‘You just want me to eat so I’ll get sleepy and go home!’. I said, ‘No, actually I’m just hungry!’. He’d exist on coffee and Vicks cough drops, but sometimes I’d feed him. There was one really great soul food place I could send somebody out for and once in a while he’d eat from there, but he didn’t like to eat.”

Prince sucks.

Soulmates / Twin Flames

She was the Little Red Corvette.

What?

What?

Exactly

What?

I got it?

facts

@Hey Mister DJstop trolling f boy

@NYC Exactly!! She was.....and she even said in an '80s interview that the two of them were never romantically involved. But, who really knows?!!

It was a movie they were just friends

@Hey Mister DJ hey Mr Dj Why don't you slow this party down Slow it down ..ooops my bad This ain't no R.. KELLY post

Thinking same thing

That's my shit

Nobody give a shit

Black pantihose!

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Lol Riiiight, guess I gotta buy his book in order to find out about him. Learning more about Prince tho'!

Or , “Vlad asks Morris Day about Prince”

That's actually what Morris book was pretty much called. Unfortunately he doesn't tell Prince's actual story. David Z does a better job of speaking about the demo that got him signed to Warner Bros. because he recorded it personally. He speaks about it here, including how Prince played all the instruments. David Z (from 11:20) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-_7FVYX7tgy8.html Prince can't speak anymore, but fortunately some care about his legacy, genius, and decades of music supporting people in their lives. Chris Moon hired Prince at Moonsound after working with Champagne, he speaks at length about Prince here, including teaching him studio craft, how to make his own demos, contacting Owen Husney who helped Prince get his record deal. Chris Moon (from 14:20) - soundcloud.com/funkatopia/chris-moon-interview-7-20-2018

Prince created this Morris Day character

YAH! OWEN AND THAT FINE PRINT PRINCE LEARNED OF THE HARD WAY. I THINK OWEN KNEW THE GAME, PRINCE DIDN'T, AND WAS JUST THRISTY FOR A REAL DEAL. " DON 'T MAKE ME BLACK MR. OR MAN"

Me too! I’ve always said that.

I think just about everybody preferred Vanity. It was what was originally intended. Apollonia didn't do bad at it though.

In terms of appearance, I think Vanity and Apollonia run and neck and neck. I thought Apollonia do a great job and I happen to like her better. I didn't like Vanity.

@@lwmson I agree with just about everything that you’ve said. Apollonia absolutely crushed it as far the movie roll. Both women are absolutely astonishing as far as looks are concerned. I think it boils down to the look that a guy is more attracted to. I’m just more attracted to Vanity, but I do rate them as equal in the looks department. In closing, I think Apollonia would make the better wife. A young Vanity was Wild And Loose. Thanks for the conversation.

@@barnyard4068 Yeah, if I had to pick one of two to marry, I would go w/Apollonia. I'll never forget that scene in PR where she stripped down to her underwear before she jumped into that lake. God ... you couldn't have dreamed of a hotter woman! Thank you for the convo too!

Prince was official, man. He was an absolute icon. During his hey day it was Prince, Michael, and Madonna (not necessarily in that order). But those three ruled that era of pop culture.

I agree.

Really sad when you put it that way!

Well, your wrong. Prince need it to keep going with the movie, people leave movies, happen all the time, he got another actress, that's all. No deeper meaning.

On everything vanity was my first girl crush ever on the strength of the last dragon

@@aldeniro1983 That's a fact, I was still a kid when I first seen Last Dragon, so my corny ass was more interested in the fight scenes, but when 93 hit and I rewatched it for the 20th time, I was like "Damn, Vanity could get the business..."

Most definitely my nigga it's fucked up and a coincidence that they both died in the same year tho but if anyone knows anything about prince is that he stayed wit a bad bitch

I think I can speak for everyone when saying we all wanted to pipe down Apollonia when we saw Purple Rain

They both were bad but Vanity was the truth

I have seen the movie many times and that scene only clicked with me a year ago, good catch Edit: Also explains why Morris was so eager to dance to Prince’s Baby I’m a Star following his Purple Rain performance

@@freedamerican5243 how do you watch a movie that many times and never get that part? geez, he's the antagonist you see cheering and celebrating at the end.

Meh. They were just light skinned.

Jill Jones gets underrated

Well, actually it went to another production company, their own, Purple Rain was financed independently with Prince's money, Then after the first footage, a Studio gave it green light, that was Warner Bro, that basically owned the project.

When you listen to the time you’re listening to prince

Byron Kennedy, right! We did the same thing. Was in theater all day watching Purple Rain like it was a Blu-ray on repeat. ...lol

You're so right. Denise had a beautiful soul too. I was blessed to befriend her several years before her passing.

@J Dolo Vanity Mariah Carey

Black folks love praising the “exotic” look smh sad

VANITY WAS A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

@@lakinkey5858 what does vanity being darker have to do with anything? But besides that I agree 1000 percent apples was beautiful but vanity was gorgeous

Timeless flows 🔥

My exact thoughts too. Thank you for saying it.

See now your just haten Morris Day made Purple Rain the movie would have been a Flop without him

There’s a very short clip of it in the movie trailer. In it you see a guy grabbing Prince and Prince turning around and punching him in the face.

@@freedamerican5243 yes, that's what I'm talking about. I heard they whooped his ass in the scene.

slofever512 I could definitely see that

Prince patterned himself after Rick James. There a good documentary on that look up Prince Vs Rick James. It looks like a cartoon but its not

SirKeith Vincent What was the audience reaction

@Keishia Fells.... The biggest hits on Purple Rain were written by Wendy and Lisa.

Jeffrey Phillips purple rain was written by prince with the exception to computer blue

Plus remember the time was princes group legally, they came with his contract plus i think 2 other groups, .....much lov for morris day but i don't think him and prince had a partnership ,it was more like boss to worker who happen 2 be friends ....if it wasn't that I'm sure morris would have sued him.

You're right. That Minneapolis sound took over for a minute. Between Prince, The Time, Alexander O'Neal, Andre Cymone they were killin' the game for a minute.

Absolutely ! Back in my day, if you played in James Browns band, you got paid VERY little. ( I knew one of the trumpet players) James Brown took all the risks, so he deserved the lions' share of money. However, when you left the band and could put " James Brown Band " on your resume', doors would open. …...Bootsy Collins will testify to that. He didn't like James Brown, but without being in that band, nobody would ever had heard of him and Funkadelic would have never picked him up. Morris Day swallowed his pride and is STILL getting paid for that sacrifice. Even to this day. He's smart.

In hindsight jt makes total sense. I just watched it yesterday and honestly forgot how bad the kisses were.

@@JLynnEchelon If the the love scenes were Vanity , it woulda been a whole different story

@@JLynnEchelon Rewatching on Netflix, the lack of any genuine chemistry or substance for that matter is really noticeable. I guess this explains it.

@2conscious Morris wouldn't show up to the set on time or at all. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZuxEYzHk62c.html He would have been fired on any other set, or not hired due to his zero training or experience. Stupid indeed.

@2conscious First of all Sir. I have a lot of reverence for both Morris and Prince. I don't have to know them to interject my thought. I I myself as an artist who grew up with their music in the 80's was inspired by these men to do what I do. I know what it's like to prepare for something.

@2conscious That' the reason why I didn't like the way he said that. Because everything could only be an asset to the process. He can say what he want. This is a comment section . I called him out for that. Because ,kids should know it's about the process.

@2conscious That's the first time I heard Morris described it as stupid shxx. Nobody else ever did. They were confounded,but they respected it. I didn't enjoy hearing that,because I train young people for this business as well. He should've known better, That movie was very auspicious.

It was stupid to Morris at the time. Relax.

If Ice Tea could make a career as an actor Morriss Day could possibly have done it too.

NahMeanSlime ? He had a few rolez after PURPLE RAIN. He wuz n MOVING, wit Richard Pryor & a TV show, dat I know of. I think his drug addiction, drailed any acting prospectz.

Ron Beck He also did Graffiti Bridge with Prince which was a sequel to Putple Rain. It came out in 1990. Of course there was Under The Cherry Moon, which came out in 1986 with Prince and Jerome starring but Morris wasn’t in there.

SoulOfTheSouth ...Wreka Stow! 😂🤣

@@greatray6262 ur grammar need to make a career ice t and Morris day mane.

That barn scene has been on my mind since 84, and I was 9 years old then.

@@odysseuselysium3368 Wow

@Anthony Clark - Pretty much the way I read it, the studio did not think the movie was going to do well, so all the things like archiving deleted scenes pretty much went into the trash once the final cut was completed. Yes, later (for film editing) studios changed that practice, because they began to realize that maybe a reissue of a movie might cause a failed movie or one that grossed below expectations, to get a second chance. But for Purple Rain, what we see is all that's left.

yes

@Anthony Clark I hate to say this but I don't think it's ever gonna happen I have every anniversary edition of Purple Rain and none of em is on there

AMADEUS360 THE BEAT KING why is that?

AMADEUS360 THE BEAT KING bitch please you don’t know shit about me. Trust that

@npgSymboL I completely agree, but I guess it depends on how much he was ripped of.

Morris didn't want to do the movie because of no jam or Lewis he never liked the replacements I heard Jessie say that he wouldn't even talk to them.. this is just my opinion I'm not basing it on anything other than that

Dwayne Beamon That’s right. That’s why he didn’t wanna do it. He did it though and he accepted the money. Nobody knew that it would make so much. Prince could have gotten only $50,000 too.

Me too. She had the best chemistry with Prince.

I agree. Both ladies were smashable.

PRINCE did a lot of maturing since that time. I dont agree with a lot of things Prince did back then. I have a feeling that it had a lot to do with his age. Afer all, Prince was only 22 when he formed the TIME. Seeing how successful Jimmy and Terry turned out, The band would still eventually break up, even if Prince allowed them to work with other artist.

Probably? In recent years his royal badness wouldn’t let the Time go out and earn some $ as ‘’the Time’’. He owned the name and wouldn’t let them use it!

True statement.

@@jonathanhanser5914 They were allowed to perform as the TIME, but not record with the name. Also, Prince himself had to lease the name. And when it became available to purchase, that was the TIMES opportunity to own the name........Always blaming Prince for something.

@@chelsearogers1289 exactly they could’ve purchase the name but instead it’s throw the blame on prince game

M Im U r on point. Vanity meant da world 2 Prince. Neither of em knew it, n life. SMH

@@Einnor084 well he with her now

notsogood just watched it yesterday

notsogood I’m only 13 and I really wanna see it

Her actual name was Denise Matthews, not Dana lol

@@underthemoonandoverthesky My bad

@@robbybrown2313 No problem. Her beauty would make someone forget a name.

@@underthemoonandoverthesky yessss lawd!!

@@robbybrown2313 🤣

Me too 👏🏾💯

Morris Whitaker gtfoh

Fame is cool, but I'd still be pissed about the money. Given that the other acts that Prince worked with pointed to his shady ways with the money, it's not unreasonable for Morris Day to have some concerns.

@@calvinndallas3289 I hear you, but Morris didn't have to sign with Prince or be in the movie. It was his choice, he should have negotiated a better deal for himself. He knew his career would take off which it did, most of the guys around Prince are still eating because of assosiation.

@@morriswhitaker236 "Morris is a household name because of Prince", to lamea that don't know music... 😒

@@michaelangelotaylor8th Morris was working at a car rental desk with a music career going nowhere. He called Prince for a job when he heard his music on the radio, and Prince gave him one. Created a band for him, wrote the music, played the instruments, produced, promoted, gave Morris an opportunity in his film, but Morris wouldn't show up to set... Prince had to send Alan Leeds to fetch him. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZuxEYzHk62c.html

You should see me in concert!

Vanity was a dream. One of the most beautiful faces I've ever seen.

No argument there. 100% Agree. Flawless. May she R.I.P.

I've always told people that if they ever wanted to see a woman with the perfect eyes, eyebrows, cheekbones, perfect lips, perfect nose, perfect smile and perfect skin tone, look no further than Vanity. Hell, even a friend of mine that strictly loves blondes and Asians, said that Vanity is the only exception.

I also remember that music vedios was in its early years ,no youtube no www.(not like 2day) , just some cable & ur local tv stations & radio played a very big part & we were already familiar with lets go crazy doves cry. & some other hits before the movie hit the screens.

That's a good argument

Couldn't go wrong with either one of them. Both were fine ass hell.

B Gill yup

lol this has been a life long argument, but I will say I feel appolonia was a very beautiful women however Vanity was stunning. There is a difference.

B Gill I agree 100% Appollonia was Baddd but Vanity was a whole different level of FINE! Vanity was probably one of theeeee FINEST women that ever lived 🤷🏿‍♂️🤣😆😂

Lmao... I don't see it

Lol.. You're right.. Might be his long lost brother

😂 Righhht!

man

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She rode on the back of prince bike when take me with you playing just a lil close-up n her face

King Sports yelp and the other scene is when they were fighting after the show.