Hear Amanda Palmer’s Cover of “Purple Rain,” a Gorgeous Stringfelt Send-Off to Prince — openculture.com

Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to get through this thing called life… It must have crossed Prince’s mind that the day would surely come when fans would mine his eternally memorable opener to 1984’s “Let’s Go Crazy” to eulogize him. But could he have anticipated the heights to which fellow singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer would take this most understandable of impulses? Brace yourself for the above, the most mournfully emotional cover of “Purple Rain” you’re ever likely to hear. Yes, it shares an intro with “Let’s Go Crazy,” but this is no ordinary medley.

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