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

  • 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.
  • Gwen Stefani, Celine Dion, and Mark Wahlberg are all distant relatives of Madonna.
  • After Kurt Cobain passed away, Dave Grohl almost joined Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers after they played together on Saturday Night Live.
  • When Prince was a kid, his father put him on stage at a James Brown concert where he danced with the singer until security took him off the stage.
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