Iconic Music Videos That Defined The Past Few Decades

“When Doves Cry” by Prince (1984)

“When Doves Cry” was one of the first videos to incite controversy after it was deemed too sexually explicit for television. A purple room filled with doves, flowers, and Prince in a smoking bathtub... no one could do it better. He beckoned us forth to join him in the most authentically Prince way possible—soaking wet, wearing only a cross necklace. Who could resist?

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The More You Know

  • When Pixie’s drummer David Lovering wasn’t drumming, he performed as a professional magician.
  • Creedence Clearwater Revival has the most No. 2 Billboard hits—without ever hitting No. 1.
  • Stevie Ray Vaughan was the guitarist on David Bowie‘s Let’s Dance album
  • Dave Grohl was so intimidated by Kurt Cobain that he hid a lot of the music he made while on tour with Nirvana. After Cobain's death, the tucked away music would become Foo Fighters' first album.
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