Been watching this a lot more than I would have imagined in the last few days. Is this "Vicki" Dr. Fink?
https://youtu.be/YRP7rwvy6k4?t=4m20s
― how's life, Thursday, 28 April 2016 17:26 (eight years ago) link
xp I think "Trust" would have to be included since it's featured prominently in the movie.
Also it's interesting that three B-sides from Batman made it onto the "Hits / B-Sides" but none of the A-Sides.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 April 2016 18:32 (eight years ago) link
Actually now that I'm looking closer, nine of the B-Sides on that set were from singles whose A-Sides were not included.
― billstevejim, Thursday, 28 April 2016 18:34 (eight years ago) link
Was reading up on this ... Prince had a deal with WB that gave them the rights to all the music. Thus, no Batdance on Hits/B-Sides.
― Naive Teen Idol, Thursday, 28 April 2016 21:15 (eight years ago) link
That kind of thing is very common for anything having to do with movie music
― scarcity festival (Jon not Jon), Thursday, 28 April 2016 21:35 (eight years ago) link
first time hearing this - this is really good! "ARms of Orion" is awesome, as is "Electric Chair".
― Neanderthal, Friday, 29 April 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
oh man, you just named one of the most universally derided prince songs of all time! (the former)
― wizzz! (amateurist), Friday, 29 April 2016 22:33 (eight years ago) link
i figured it probably was, I like cheezmo duets tho
― Neanderthal, Friday, 29 April 2016 22:36 (eight years ago) link
also I like "Partyman"
omg LEMON CRUSH
― Neanderthal, Friday, 29 April 2016 22:50 (eight years ago) link
"Arms of Orion" is tres pretty. Fuck the haters!
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 29 April 2016 23:15 (eight years ago) link
"Lemon Crush" has always been my favorite
― i like to trump and i am crazy (DJP), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 14:08 (eight years ago) link
This album is in no way an enormous climb down from previous fare (and Lovesexy certainly wasn't either)
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 10 May 2016 14:21 (eight years ago) link
kind of surprised how many of these songs he's done live, even in recent years. only ones he didn't do live were "lemon crush" and "trust".
― diana krallice (rushomancy), Tuesday, 10 May 2016 15:01 (eight years ago) link
the osmosis jones soundtrack apparently is ridiculously good !?
1. Summer In The City - St. Lunatics 2. Big Ball - Drama 3. Solo Star - Solange 4. Open - Brandy 5. Fill Me In (Part 2) - Craig David 6. I Believe - R. Kelly 7. Cool, Daddy Cool - Kid Rock 8. Turn It Out - De La Soul 9. Take It To Da House - Trick Daddy 10. Just In Case - Nivea 11. Why Did You Have To Be - Debelah Morgan 12. Don't Be Mad - Sunshine Anderson 13. Here We Go Again - Nappy Roots 14. Love Me Or Leave Me - Ms. Toi 15. Rider Like Me - Ezekiel Lewis 16. Break U Off - Uncle Kracker
― rip my mensches (s.clover), Saturday, 3 September 2016 22:17 (seven years ago) link
the osmosis jones soundtrack apparently is ridiculously good !?. . . 7. Cool, Daddy Cool - Kid Rock. . . 16. Break U Off - Uncle Kracker
. . .
7. Cool, Daddy Cool - Kid Rock. . .
16. Break U Off - Uncle Kracker
Does not follow.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Saturday, 3 September 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
Sure, but also
1. Summer In The City - St. Lunatics2. Big Ball - Drama (love this!)3. Solo Star - Solange4. Open - Brandy5. Fill Me In (Part 2) - Craig David6. I Believe - R. Kelly8. Turn It Out - De La Soul9. Take It To Da House - Trick Daddy10. Just In Case - Nivea13. Here We Go Again - Nappy Roots14. Love Me Or Leave Me - Ms. Toi
― rip my mensches (s.clover), Saturday, 3 September 2016 22:27 (seven years ago) link
(whoops this really belonged on the crow soundtrack thread i guess?)
― rip my mensches (s.clover), Saturday, 3 September 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
Bumped because I found myself re-watching the '89 Batman movie today, which I hadn't seen for years.
Anyway, 'Scandalous' fucking rules... as good a song as anything Prince did in the '80s... 'Partyman' isn't a favourite, but it works far better for me outside of the movie... that whole scene made me cringe a fair bit.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 03:51 (seven years ago) link
gentlemen, let's broaden our minds
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 04:11 (seven years ago) link
This is a great album with only a few duds imo
― i believe that (s)he is sincere (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 04:15 (seven years ago) link
Howard Stern last April: "I believe Prince made the best motion picture soundtrack of all time, and I know that might be a controversial statement, because not a lot of people like the Batman soundtrack." He wasn't kidding. It's his favorite Prince album.
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 04:29 (seven years ago) link
It's not a soundtrack album,tho.
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 05:49 (seven years ago) link
The majority of the songs were "inspired by the motion picture Batman" iirc, the idea of which seemed funny at the time, Prince finding the idea of a Batman Movie so cool he writes a whole album. Doesn't seem so unlikely now tho it wasn't really the case.
― albvivertine, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 07:46 (seven years ago) link
It was marketed as a soundtrack album to the movie (as opposed to Elfman's contribution, which was released as "the original motion picture score"), and the songs (tho not all of them) were used in the movie, so I don't see why it wouldn't qualify as a soundtrack?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 09:29 (seven years ago) link
Anyway, 'Scandalous' fucking rules... as good a song as anything Prince did in the '80s...
I don't agree with this, in fact I think "Scandalous" is the only dud on the album, but if you like it so much, you should check out the Scandalous Sex Suite EP, which extends the song to a 20 minute suite, complete with orgastic moans by Kim Basinger (whom Prince was dating a the time). It also has a B-side called "Sex (The '80s Are Over and the Time Has Come 4 Monogamy and Trust)", which has gotta be the most stereotypical Prince song title ever!
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 09:34 (seven years ago) link
Lol, looks like I posted pretty much the exact same thing about the EP in this thread in 2015.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 09:39 (seven years ago) link
"The Arms of Orion" is blah.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 10:23 (seven years ago) link
What, you're not searching for a lover in the Sea of Tranquility?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:17 (seven years ago) link
"The Arms of Orion" is tres pretty.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:36 (seven years ago) link
I put it in the same boring ballad category as the R&B hit "Insatiable" two years later. In 1996 he released a cousin of "Orion" called "Soul Sanctuary" that's far prettier.
Back to the album! I love "The Future."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 13:39 (seven years ago) link
"The Future" and "Electric Chair" are the fucking bomb; overall I rate the album pretty highly and prefer to tag it as the end of the hot streak rather than beginning of the hit-or-miss imperium
― twink peas it is happening again (Jon not Jon), Wednesday, 24 May 2017 14:53 (seven years ago) link
Okay, so I previously had Lovesexy down as being the last LP in Prince's fabulous run, but after spending more time with Batman over the last month, I'm willing to admit I was wrong about this record for years - it fucking rules.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:31 (seven years ago) link
In other words, Jon not Jon OTM - this was the end of the hot streak rather than the beginning of the hit and miss records.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:33 (seven years ago) link
'The Arms of Orion' is a lovely song.
I wouldn't say it's at the beginning or end of any streak. It's about on par with Lovesexy and the three albums after it (Graffiti Bridge, Diamonds and Pearls, Love Symbol), in terms of hits and misses.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:37 (seven years ago) link
I think both Lovesexy and Batman are def. superior to the three LP's that came after!
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:42 (seven years ago) link
All are uneven, all have moments of all-time greatness.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:43 (seven years ago) link
Graffiti Bridge alone has "Joy in Repetition" and "The Question of U" and "Round and Round" and "We Can Funk."
Turrican otm it was downhill from here and there was a p distinct change in sound - less cluttered, New Jack Swing drums, etc.
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:44 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sordWByWM-M
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 18:45 (seven years ago) link
Graffiti Bridge is half of a worthy successor to batman and lovesexy and half... not
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:02 (seven years ago) link
yeah that's really the first time you can tell he just sort of gave up/didn't know what to do and was just like "well, here's a bunch of random stuff"
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:04 (seven years ago) link
also his first terrible haircut
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
guhhhh otm
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:05 (seven years ago) link
so ugly
movie is legit fascinating in a shitshow way, but having to look at that hairdo for 90 minutes oy
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:06 (seven years ago) link
haha yeah we watched it shortly after his death and it's just one design monstrosity after another, we found ourselves marveling at, like, the shitty lighting and his weird facial hair and the totally fake "outdoor" sets etc
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:08 (seven years ago) link
Graffiti Bridge is technically half of a worthy successor to Purple Rain and half not even remotely in the same ballpark.
― insidious assymetrical weapons (Eric H.), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:10 (seven years ago) link
i actually love the aggressively false outdoor environments in GP a lot
― or at night (Jon not Jon), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 19:31 (seven years ago) link