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Music Video details
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| First aired:
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Week of 11 July 1988
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| Producer(s):
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Tim Clawson (Limelight Productions)
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| Director:
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Steve Purcell
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| Related home video/DVD:
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Nothing Compares 2 Him
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| First (Commercially) Released:
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18 August 2017
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Awards
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| Date
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Institution, Country
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Award
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| This music video has not received any awards in the USA
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Glam Slam is a Prince video released for broadcast and to promote the single.
It is a fairly straightforward performance on the Lovesexy stage, filmed during the Lovesexy Tour rehearsals at Paisley Park Studios on 7 May 1988. Prince wears a polka-dotted blindfold (matching his polka dot outfit) and has an acoustic guitar throughout the performance. Cat dances around and with him, while the rest of the band mimic their parts on the stage.
Interestingly Eric Leeds and Atlanta Bliss are shown to play violins, rather than horns, as the (studio version of the) song does not feature prominent horns, but has (synthesizer) strings. A seven-person string section is also on stage. The video furthermore shows three dancers, who are in fact The Game Boyz. They had also appeared in Purple Rain and would later (in 1990) join the band for live performances.
A Love God stop sign insignia appears in the video, as does the text 'Glam Slam' painted on the stage floor. With the closing strains of the song Prince removes the mask.
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Additional Information
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Quotation & triva
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- Rehearsals for the video started on 1st May 1988.
- Following the shoot Prince and the band treated the 400 extras that made it to Paisley Park for the shoot A 90-minute set of songs that would be performed on the upcoming Lovesexy Tour. A party for the band and crew was thrown afterwards.
- Footage of Glam Slam was later included in the Pink Cashmere video.
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