The Codfather, Apr 22, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvnYmWpD_T8&list=RDTvnYmWpD_T8&start_radio=1
Prince - Purple Rain (Official Video)
@QuantumYOUtopia, 2024 "This Prince masterpiece never gets old. Still listening in 2024"
@melissathompson4473, october 6, 2025 "October 2025. Anyone still coming back here to listen to this masterpiece ❤❤❤"
**** Edited by Azizi PowellThis is Part III of a four part pancocojams series on the newly conceptualized (October 2025) Purple Revolution movement in the United States.*
This post showcases the official YouTube video of American singer/musician Prince and his band the Revolution performing their 1984 hit record "Purple Rain". That post also presents comments from the previously showcased TabithaSpeaksPolitics discussion thread that reference the musician/singer Prince and his band the Revolution and the newly conceptualized Purple Revolution movement in the United States.
This post also includes my editorial note about the importance of the connection of Prince and his band Revolution with the newly conceptualized United States "Purple Revolution" unity movement
Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/black-american-commenters-in-tabitha.html for Part I of this pancocojams series. That post showcases the video that is the source of all of he comments that are presented in this pancocojams series. That video presents some comments from Black Americans and from a few Brown Americans (Latinos/Latinas) that are published on the discussion thread of this showcased TabithaSpeaks Politics' video.
The majority of the comments in that discussion thread and therefore in this pancocojams compilation document that those Black Americans and Brown Americans are highly critical of this newly conceptualized Purple Revolution.
This pancocojams post purposely doesn't include any comments from this TabithaSpeaksPolitics discussion thread who reference the musician/singer Prince and his band the Revolution. Those comments are presented separately in Part III of this pancocojams series.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/comments-from-white-people-from-two.html for Part II of this pancocojams series. That post presents some comments who identify themselves as White from the October 6, 2025 TabithaSpeaksPolitics video entitled "Have You Heard of The Purple Revolution?" and from the October 7, 2025 Cult College video entitled "Agenda Of Purple Revolution 6 Pts"
Most of these commenters are from the United States, but a few commenters are from other nations throughout the world.
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/the-purple-revolution-in-united-states.html for Part IV of this pancocojams series. That post focuses on the themes of accountability and racism as various people (and I) believe that they relate to the Purple Revolution movement in the United States. This pancocojams post showcases an October 7, 2025 YouTube of TabithaSpeaksPolitics video and an excerpt of the auto-generated transcript of that video. This post also showcases an October 7, 2025 video of Brian Murphy, founder of the Purple Revolution (United States). Selected comments from that video's discussion thread are also included in that post.
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Also, click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2025/10/comments-about-purple-revolution-after.html for very closely related pancocojams post "Comments About The Purple Revolution After Its Ex-MAGA Founder Reportedly Returned To MAGA (October 2025)".
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The content of this post is presented for historical, political, and socio-cultural purposes.
All copyrights remain with their owners.
Thanks to Tabitha Speaks Politics for her YouTube channel, Thanks to Cult College for her YouTube channel and thanks to all those who are quoted in this post.
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* Here's the AI-generated video summary that is included under that October 6, 2025 Tabitha Speaks Politics video:
"This video analyzes the "Purple Revolution," a movement urging unity between left and right. The commentator observes videos featuring former Trump supporters reflecting on their past actions and advocating for human rights. They question the movement's practicality and long-term goals"...
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SINGER/MUSICIAN/COMPOSER PRINCE
From
"Prince Rogers Nelson (June 7, 1958 – April 21, 2016) was an
American singer, musician, songwriter, and actor. Called "the greatest
musical talent of his generation" by Billboard magazine,[8] Prince was
known for his flamboyant, androgynous persona,[9][10] wide vocal range—which
included a far-reaching falsetto—and high-pitched screams, as well as his skill
as a multi-instrumentalist, often preferring to play all or most of the
instruments on his recordings.[11] His music incorporated a wide variety of
styles, including funk, disco, R&B, rock, new wave, soul, synth-pop, pop,
jazz, blues, and hip hop. Prince produced his albums himself, pioneering the
Minneapolis sound.
Born and raised in Minneapolis, Prince signed a record deal
with Warner Bros. Records at the age of 18, soon releasing the studio albums
For You (1978) and Prince (1979). He went on to achieve critical success with
the influential albums Dirty Mind (1980), Controversy (1981), and 1999 (1982).
In 1984, Prince became the first singer to simultaneously have a number-one
film, album and single in the US, with the film Purple Rain, its soundtrack,
and his first Billboard Hot 100 chart-topping single "When Doves Cry",
which later ranked as the biggest hit of the year. The album, recorded with his
new backing band the Revolution, spent six consecutive months atop the US
Billboard 200 chart[12] and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song Score.
The movie grossed $70.3 million worldwide and it has been regarded as one of
the greatest musical films.[13][14] After disbanding the Revolution, Prince
released the album Sign o' the Times (1987), widely hailed by critics as the
greatest work of his career.”…
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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG AND THE MOVIE "PURPLE RAIN"
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_Rain_(song)
" "Purple Rain" is a song by the American musician
Prince and his backing band the Revolution. It is the title track from the 1984
album of the same name, which in turn is the soundtrack album for the 1984 film
Purple Rain starring Prince, and was released as the third single from the
album.
"Purple Rain" reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks, being kept off number one by "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" by Wham! It hit number one on the US Cash Box Top 100, where it stayed for two weeks. It is certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and is considered to be one of Prince's signature songs. Following Prince's death in 2016, "Purple Rain" re-entered the Billboard Hot 100, where it reached number four.[2] It also re-entered the UK Singles Chart at number six, placing two spaces higher than its original peak. In France, where it originally peaked at number twelve, "Purple Rain" reached number one a week after Prince's death.
"Purple Rain" was ranked number 18 on
Rolling Stone's 2021 list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and is included
in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.[3]
During Prince's performance at the Super Bowl XLI halftime show in 2007,
"Purple Rain" was the last song of his set; the event became
especially notable when actual rain fell during the performance while the stage
and stadium were lit up with purple lights.[4] The Super Bowl XLI halftime show
featuring Prince has topped lists of the best Super Bowl halftime shows of all
time.[5][6][7] Prince performed the song as the opening of a medley of his hits
with Beyoncé at the 2004 Grammy Awards. It was also the final song he performed
at his last concert, which took place on April 14, 2016, a week before his
death."...
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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN SINGER/MUSICIAN PRINCE AND THE COLOR PURPLE
Source #1
https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/prince-purple-favorite-color-sharon-nelson-7949892/ "Prince’s Other Sister: Purple Was His Favorite Color, Not
Orange" by Associated Press, 8/31/2017
..."Prince, who died last year, regularly wore purple, was known
as The Purple One and had massive success with “Purple Rain” — the song,
soundtrack and film."
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Source #2
From https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/national_entertainment/article_19398521-c323-58a9-95a9-61e14fc81399.html "Prince’s Other Sister: Purple Was His Favorite Color, Not Orange by Mesfin Fekadu The Associated Press, Aug 31, 2017
..."Sharon
Nelson, Prince’s eldest sibling, says though the late icon “was fond of many
colors in the rainbow, he especially loved the color purple because it
represented royalty.” She also said “the color purple always made him feel
Princely.”
[...]
A shade of purple named for Prince was announced earlier this month. The “Purple Rain” hue created by the Pantone Color Institute was dubbed “Love Symbol #2,” paying tribute to Prince’s custom Yamaha piano and the squiggly graphic the singer began using as his name in 1993 in a testy battle with Warner Bros. Records over ownership of some of his biggest hits."...
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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THE DISCUSSION THREAD
From https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoxFG5Wn7lo "Have You Heard of The Purple Revolution", posted by Tabitha Speaks Politics, October 6, 2025
(These comments are numbered for referencing purposes only.)
October 6, 2025 and October 7, 2025
1. @mimojimo
"The Purple Revolution? Oh, I thought it was about the singer
Prince. He called his group The Revolution."
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2. @morharmar
"Purple Rain, Purple Rain🎶🎶🎶🎶"
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3.@kiw4462
"Prince is the only purple revolution I'm interested in. 🎶"
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4. @robbiegrant1449
"Yeah Purple Rain was a monster hit. I'm not arguing with the marketing but I wouldn't sacrifice my principles for this new political group."
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5. @Leira6267
"They will always use something from black people, so we pay
attention."
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6. @wendygregory1720
"That's what I thought about too.😃"
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7. @marcusgray2799
"Oh I thought 🤔 it was prince too. Let
me put my cd down"
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8. @strangedays2come
"If it's not Prince and the Revolution, It's none of my
business."
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A number of other commenters wrote the same comment in this discussion thread and in other video discussion threads on the Purple Revolution movement -especially those discussion threads for vlogs published by Black Americans.
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9. @TabithaSpeaksPolitics
"😂"
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10. @EviantheTAURUS
"👏🏽👏🏽🤣🤣😂"
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11. @TMB62
"Facts!! 🌠"
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12. @shircah
"Same !"
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13. @JBakes-c4b
"👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾I’m
with you on that!"
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14. @yolandamott7931
"Purple Rain ☔️ revolution 😂🤣😆"
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15. @YourMusicDivaIsHere
"I know that’s right! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣"
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16. @tntaylor101
"Chiiiiiile 😆 What Would Prince
Do?, that’s exactly what I thought. 😝😂"
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17. @georgettewilliams115
"You got that right"
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18. @obsidiana07
"I saw the title and was like man they
need to leave Prince out of this! 😂😂😂😂"
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19. @lwc82
"Too late. The only reason why they are
coming to their senses and want to come together is because its affecting them now. The only purple revolution I know
and recognize is Prince and the Revolution."
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20. @kutliks
"Omg i am glad to know I am not alone in thinking..purple
revolution..was a tribute to prince..and not the republicans want to join the
democrats after we have been warning them about Trump since his campaign for his first term. 🤪🤪"
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21. @Stephanie-ce1yu
"Oh! I thought it was a tribute to Prince, Purple Revolution"
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22. @SamiAdams-f1i
"@TabithaSpeaksPolitics I thought it was about Prince.🤣🤣🤣🤣"
You are so right, black people for decades have been
fighting in the voting booths, and protesting, preaching on the pulpit, etc for
human rights, equality, Justice..........
We need to sit back and watch what they are going to do to accomplish them for everyone.
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23. @stellastai7101
"🎯🎯🎯🎯"
24.
"If i ain't watching Purple Rain, I'm like Bennett, I ain't
in it."
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25. @ndcoach29
"THIS! 😂"
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26. @ladilondon1213
"Or Jimmy Hendricks and the PURPLE HAZE😉"
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27. @DustbunnyMama
"Literally came here for this. 😂 I was like a Prince
memorial concert?😅"
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28. @MsLadyLil
"I know right ✅️"
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29. @joyinthemuck
"Do you think prince would want y'all
being like this or would he want better? He stood up to the status quo, changed
his name to fight corporate greed and was a revolution. I truly believe he
would be helping not mocking. Let their guilt be a front line. Use it
constructively. There is no reason to sit out if you want to have change."
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30. @themanifestorsmind
"Swear I thought this was gonna be about
Prince😂😂😂"
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31. @lesliephillips7021
"LOL!! AMEN!!"
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32. @billyfish6004
"I was LITERALLY about to post the EXACT
SAME thing!! Lmao RIP King!"
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33. @SilenceIsGolden64
"Right On✊🏾✊🏾💯💯"
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34. @FromTheBridge504
"I know that’s right! All my purple life
I ain’t down with this mess. Consequences must be paid. 💜💜💜💜"
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35. @fazsicle
"Exactly 💜 The moment I heard the
phrase I was 😒... That's *taken*!"
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36. @blackwriteread
"The only Purple Revolution I care about better be the
resurrection of Prince. 💜 😂
💜"
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PANCOCOJAMS EDITOR'S NOTE
I wrote this section on October 8, 2025:
I wonder if Brian Murphy or any other person or persons who were involved in choosing a name for this United States "Purple Revolution" * movement were familiar with the probable immediate connections that people-and especially Black Americans- would have with the color "purple" and the word "revolution" and the artist known as Prince.
Choosing the name "Purple Revolution" for that movement suggests to me that Brian Murphy and any other person or people involved in naming this movement didn’t know and/or didn't understand the reverence and love that a lot of African Americans still have for the artistry of the musician/composer Prince and his band “Revolution”, even though Prince dead in 2016.
I believe that Brian Murphy (and any other person or people who worked with him to conceptualize this Purple Revolution movement in the United States) didn’t realize that Prince was closely associated with the color purple primarily but not only because of his mega hit song “Purple Rain". And that was a BIG mistake and a BIG reveal about his or their paucity of knowledge of and understanding about Black American culture. That just adds to the likely difficulties that new movement will have getting Black American participation, if indeed they really want meaningful participation from this population.
Update: October 9, 2025
Here's part of the AI results from my October 7, 2025 Google search for the term "Purple Revolution":
"Purple Revolution" has multiple meanings, including the cultivation of lavender in India (2016) the end of Saddam Hussein's rule in Iraq and the establishment of elections in that country (mid 2000s. "Purple Revolution" is also be associated with "Revolution" the name of singer, musician, composer Prince's band. "Purple" was also Prince's favorite color and suggested by his 1984 hit song "Purple Rain".
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Update- October 8, 2025
Here's an excerpt of the results on October 8, 2025 for an AI Overview writeup for the words "Purple Revolution against Trump's regime"
There is no record of a widespread "purple revolution" against the Trump administration. The phrase has been used in other contexts, though, and recent online discussions indicate some people are using the term to refer to a hypothetical political movement in the United States.
[...]
Recent online discussion in the U.S.
Online forums and social media show recent discussions of a "purple revolution" in the context of U.S. politics. In this usage, purple represents a blend of the "red" Republican and "blue" Democratic parties. The idea appears to be a grassroots call for unity or a bipartisan movement to address issues related to Donald Trump."...
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Click https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMiM4diIZ_U "And Just Like That, The Purple Revolution Is A Bust!!" by TabithaSpeaksPolitics, October 9, 2025. In that post Tabitha Speaks Politics shows a clip of Brian Murply, the founder of Purple Revolution in the United States, lambasting people for posting comments "demanding" that the Purple Revolution follow "their policies". As Tabitha noted, the policies he is speaking of should be non-negotiable expectations that people recognize every person's basic humanity i.e. be non-racist etc.
Some of those commenters' wrote that they believe that Brian Murphy either wanted White people only to unite together for certain reasons, and never wanted that movement to include Black people or he wanted Black people to do White peoples' bidding while those White people retain their old "policies" about race and other things.
*For more information about Brian Murphy's "Purple Revolution" movement read the other posts in this pancocojams series. Read some discussion thread comments from TabithaSpeaksPolitics' October 9, 2025 post in the comment section of Post IV of this pancocojams series.
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