“Strange Situation” was a hit
single for Voyage, an ‘80s-era
funk band in Bloomington Indiana. Here they are performing it at the Bluebird.
https://www.youtube.
com/watch?v=VFMp0tws
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You spoke with Michele Norris
about the parallels you felt about
your own experience, and seeing that played out on the screen
with “The Kid” and “The Revolution”. What was it like watching
Purple Rain when that feeling
kicked in for you?
As I remember, I went to see the
film with some friends from IU at
a theater near my hometown of
Gary, Indiana. I would later see it
several more times, and liked the
way life in a band was depicted. I
was also a huge Prince fan, so see-
ing him reveal a little bit of himself
in a storyline which seemed somewhat autobiographical was also a
treat. There were several bands in
Bloomington which competed for
prime weekend slots at the two
big local clubs in town, along with
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