No-one did it quite like Prince. The Purple One was an unrelenting force of nature and to be in his crew, you had to try and hoist yourself up to his skyscraper-y high standards. There is a strong case that his OG band The Revolution – keyboardists Matt Fink and Lisa Coleman, drummer Bobby Z., bassist Brown Mark and guitarist Wendy Melvoin – got closer than anyone else. One jaw-dropping example of the group’s colossal alchemy is the thrilling opening to their Purple Rain tour, which bursted into action with a scintillating version of Let’s Go Crazy.
It's 40 years this week since Let’s Go Crazy was released as a single, becoming Prince’s second US Number One. A few years ago, Bobby Z. and Brown told this writer about what it was like opening the show with it.
