― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:33 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:34 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:36 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:38 (twenty-one years ago) link
― stevem (blueski), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:39 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 17 February 2003 15:50 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Jay Vee (Manon_70), Monday, 17 February 2003 16:13 (twenty-one years ago) link
― s.r.w. (s.r.w.), Monday, 17 February 2003 16:45 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 17 February 2003 17:00 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:06 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:07 (twenty-one years ago) link
― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:16 (twenty-one years ago) link
― jess (dubplatestyle), Monday, 17 February 2003 19:19 (twenty-one years ago) link
also agreed about "Partyman". take it (okay, and maybe "Vikki Waiting" too) out and this album is nigh on perfect.
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:47 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link
it's still fucking absurd.
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam. (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:52 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Shakey Mo Collier, Friday, 15 October 2004 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link
fucking absurdly great, you mean.
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link
it wasn't as bad as i remembered it to be, but as i mentioned above, it sure as fuck sounds way too much like "daddy pop".
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link
"Hey Ducky, let me stick the 7-inchIn the computerHA, HA, HAHey, we got the powerOh, we got the soulHey, we got to sho'nuff get off2 make the devil go, go
"This town needs an enema!"
"I'm gonna kill U"POWER"I'm not gonna kill U"SOUL"I'm gonna kill U"POWER"I'm not gonna kill U"SOULLet's do it"I'm BATMAN"BATMANDon't stop dancin'"I'm BATMAN"BATMANDon't stop dancin'Do it, do it, do it, do itBATMAN, BATMAN, BATMANDon't stop, don't stopLet's do itDon't stop dancin'Let's do it, BATMANLet's do it, BATMANDon't stop dancin'Don't stop dancin'No, damn it! Turn the music back up!You son of a bitch!
"Have you ever heard of the healing power of laughter?"
Who's gonna stop 200 balloons?Nobody!BatmanStop!"
― Taxi Dancing in the Soft Prison (Ben Boyer), Friday, 15 October 2004 21:59 (nineteen years ago) link
same difference
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― frankE (frankE), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Anyway, classic, if only for "Lemon Crush" -- a sublime example of the tossed-off insta-funk that your boy could seemingly do in his sleep back then. Lotsa other good ones, too.
― briania (briania), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:18 (nineteen years ago) link
it was the best movie
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam. (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:31 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sonny, Ah!!1 (Sonny A.), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:32 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam. (nordicskilla), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 15 October 2004 23:41 (nineteen years ago) link
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 15 October 2004 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 16 October 2004 00:09 (nineteen years ago) link
Ridiculousness.
― frankE (frankE), Saturday, 16 October 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Naive Teen Idol (Naive Teen Idol), Saturday, 16 October 2004 03:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― Forksclovetofu (Forksclovetofu), Saturday, 16 October 2004 03:11 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ruling Strum (Ruling Strum), Saturday, 16 October 2004 07:29 (nineteen years ago) link
&
"This town needs an enema"
When was the last top 5 hit with the word enema in it?Such a rush
― Queen Got the sho'nuff get up, Saturday, 16 October 2004 09:48 (nineteen years ago) link
The amount of self-steals on Batman are large (the ending of 'Forever In My Life'='Vicki Waiting', the best song, mind), but that's almost an advantage. Recently, I could finally listen to the entire thing and I still believe it's classic. Awesomely, ridiculously classic.
― B.A.R.M.S. (Barima), Saturday, 16 October 2004 12:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 October 2004 13:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 16 October 2004 13:07 (nineteen years ago) link
― tricky (disco stu), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:27 (nineteen years ago) link
You wanna get nuts?!?!?! COME ON!!! LET'S GET NUTS!!!!
― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 16 October 2004 14:41 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, but then you have that 7 minute instrumental with that god-awful title which does very little and doesn't go anywhere during its entire runtime!
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Thursday, 26 October 2017 18:12 (six years ago) link
Keep bustin'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ulOLYnOthIw
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Saturday, 28 October 2017 16:45 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY8HvpNu6o
― Gholdfish Killah (Turrican), Saturday, 28 October 2017 16:47 (six years ago) link
This came up in the Graffiti Bridge thread the other day. I just put this on after listening to For You, and it really is a far more enjoyable album, so much that I have to say it's underrated. For You has so little of what made Prince PRINCE that if you remove the title track and "Soft and Wet," what's left is a competent R&B record that's so conventional it's kind of dull. Switched over to Batman and even as a cranked-out job-for-hire, it's loaded with Prince's personality. It may lack ambition, but it feels effortless in the best way.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 22:18 (three years ago) link
(I should add that "The Arms of Orion" is a gaping hole of crap. Skip that shit or slot in "200 Balloons" instead.)
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 22:20 (three years ago) link
"The Future" slaps.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 22:21 (three years ago) link
Not only ambition, it lacks craft. It sounds like he bashes it out in a few days. But yeah its enjoyable. Batdance is fun :) I'd prob have preferred it if Tim burton used 1999 and baby I'm a star like he planned before prince jumped on board. Dont imagine burton or Nicholson thought they got prince on his best day when they heard the soundtrack.
― candyman, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 22:28 (three years ago) link
But yeah, it's a quickie throwaway like the black album. Which is cool, but dont pretend like it isn't :p I mean, half of love sexy sounds throwaway too!
― candyman, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 22:31 (three years ago) link
I've seen posted elsewhere, but it's been said that The Black Album (and its replacement, Lovesexy) marked a shift where Prince became less interested in crafting tight, polished songs. So you definitely hear that continue with Batman. Anyway, it's never going to be a major work but it's on par with the Magical Mystery Tour double EP - a highly enjoyable trifle that's more fun than the movie it was made for.
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:07 (three years ago) link
Batman >> Lovesexy >>> Black Album
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:09 (three years ago) link
All of which >>> Diamonds and Pearls
― On average, this critic grades 8.3 points lower than other critics (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:13 (three years ago) link
Lemon crush is underrated.
― candyman, Tuesday, 29 December 2020 23:29 (three years ago) link
xxpost Batman >> Lovesexy? Yikes!
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 12:04 (three years ago) link
id buy a super deluxe edition of the batman soundtrack.
― candyman, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 13:14 (three years ago) link
I simply like more songs on Batman: "The Future," "Electric Chair," "Scandalous," for starters. And "Batdance" remains a glorius wtf moment, at once part of and adjacent to his catalog.
― Patriotic Goiter (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 13:16 (three years ago) link
hey Jackielet me put my 7 inch in the computer
― Looking for Cape Penis house (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 13:28 (three years ago) link
id buy a longer version of the batdance vicki vale remix.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5l4MW-yg_c
― candyman, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 13:37 (three years ago) link
supposedly a remix with big daddy kane was comissioned too, but never released
Alfred - fair enough. I just think his songwriting and arranging struck some sort of weird, baroque vein on Lovesexy and it was dullsville, for the most part, from there.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 14:22 (three years ago) link
Dullsville “afterwards”, I meant to write.
― SQUIRREL MEAT!! (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 30 December 2020 14:23 (three years ago) link
All his albums after SOTT until D&P were tossed off quickies. I'll take alphabet st, glam slam, Anna stesia and I wish u heaven over the best of batman though.
― candyman, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 15:49 (three years ago) link
I love "Vicky Waiting" and "Electric Chair" is a great heavy funky track.
― AlXTC from Paris, Wednesday, 30 December 2020 15:53 (three years ago) link
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 10:34 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlBQxQkE-wE
200 balloons is a total, deliriously hammered out throwaway but fun.
― candyman, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 10:52 (three years ago) link
Back in the day, I hated "Partyman" a lot. Today it sounds completely awesome. I think I just needed to get past the drums.
― Totino's Fortnite Training Room (DJP), Wednesday, 6 January 2021 14:51 (three years ago) link
Ain't nothing but a muffin
― candyman, Wednesday, 6 January 2021 17:26 (three years ago) link