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Thread started 10/07/10 11:48am

LayzieKiddZ

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200 Balloons or Batdance?

Which one and why. Im having a hard time choosing. Only time I like more about 200 balloons is that it doesnt have any of those distracting voices.

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Reply #1 posted 10/07/10 11:55am

Spinlight

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"200 Balloons" hands down.

"Batdance" is lame as fuck.

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Reply #2 posted 10/07/10 12:00pm

BEAUGARDE

Batdance fo sho!

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Reply #3 posted 10/07/10 12:08pm

kenkamken

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Batdance, ultra cool
"So fierce U look 2night, the brightest star pales 2 Ur sex..."
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Reply #4 posted 10/07/10 12:11pm

Cerebus

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Batdance, marginally. It would be so much better if it didn't include the movie samples.

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Reply #5 posted 10/07/10 12:12pm

Fenwick

Spinlight said:

"200 Balloons" hands down.

"Batdance" is lame as fuck.

highfive

I think you and I are two of about 14 Orgers who thinks Batdance is just out and out embarrassing.

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Reply #6 posted 10/07/10 12:14pm

Cerebus

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Fenwick said:

Spinlight said:

"200 Balloons" hands down.

"Batdance" is lame as fuck.

highfive

I think you and I are two of about 14 Orgers who thinks Batdance is just out and out embarrassing.

I think the movie samples and "Batdaaaa-aaaance" chorus are lame (always have). But I dig the music, the different sections and tempos used. And there's certainly nothing wrong with the guitar work in that song. Imagine he was singing "Glaaaam Slaaaaaam" in place of "Batdaaa-aaaaaance" and it becomes a much better song. lol

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Reply #7 posted 10/07/10 12:14pm

Spinlight

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Fenwick said:

Spinlight said:

"200 Balloons" hands down.

"Batdance" is lame as fuck.

highfive

I think you and I are two of about 14 Orgers who thinks Batdance is just out and out embarrassing.

I have never, ever understood its appeal. It doesn't even sound like Prince.

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Reply #8 posted 10/07/10 12:15pm

Marrk

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Spinlight said:

"200 Balloons" hands down.

"Batdance" is lame as fuck.

lol

I agree. I only listen to the guitar solo on 'Batdance', the rest is wack.

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Reply #9 posted 10/07/10 12:16pm

eireboy34

Neither

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Reply #10 posted 10/07/10 12:24pm

Cerebus

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eireboy34 said:

Neither

lol I almost said that. This is definitely NOT my favorite Prince album.

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Reply #11 posted 10/07/10 12:38pm

Fenwick

Cerebus said:

Fenwick said:

highfive

I think you and I are two of about 14 Orgers who thinks Batdance is just out and out embarrassing.

I think the movie samples and "Batdaaaa-aaaance" chorus are lame (always have). But I dig the music, the different sections and tempos used. And there's certainly nothing wrong with the guitar work in that song. Imagine he was singing "Glaaaam Slaaaaaam" in place of "Batdaaa-aaaaaance" and it becomes a much better song. lol

Honestly, the whole thing is just a cornball circus to me. Like Spinilght said, I don't get the appeal at all.

Regarding the album itself, I think The Future, Electric Chair and Vicki Waiting are brilliant.

The rest meander between listenable and whatever level of hell you want to place the title track.

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Reply #12 posted 10/07/10 12:42pm

Cerebus

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Fenwick said:

Cerebus said:

I think the movie samples and "Batdaaaa-aaaance" chorus are lame (always have). But I dig the music, the different sections and tempos used. And there's certainly nothing wrong with the guitar work in that song. Imagine he was singing "Glaaaam Slaaaaaam" in place of "Batdaaa-aaaaaance" and it becomes a much better song. lol

Honestly, the whole thing is just a cornball circus to me. Like Spinilght said, I don't get the appeal at all.

Regarding the album itself, I think The Future, Electric Chair and Vicki Waiting are brilliant.

The rest meander between listenable and whatever level of hell you want to place the title track.

I can't put the title track any further in than the foyer, but I've heard Arms of Orion is the theme song for the 7th level. nod

I'd like Vicki Waiting more if I it was a different name. It is a great track, though.

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Reply #13 posted 10/07/10 12:43pm

Fenwick

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I can't put the title track any further in than the foyer, but I've heard Arms of Orion is the theme song for the 7th level. nod

I'd like Vicki Waiting more if I it was a different name. It is a great track, though.

Greatness

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Reply #14 posted 10/07/10 1:26pm

ernestsewell

Both, they're as similar as they are different.

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Reply #15 posted 10/07/10 1:40pm

NouveauDance

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Probably Batdance, I like the suite-like nature of it, very cool and totally Prince to release something like this as a single and for it to go #1 (even on the back of movie) - More than a novelty song. nod

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Reply #16 posted 10/07/10 2:02pm

Dave1992

200 Balloons.

Batdance is a fun track, but nowhere near as brilliant as people claim it to be. It's simply a lot of cut and paste work without much creative cohesion.

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Reply #17 posted 10/07/10 2:08pm

nursev

Batdance cool folks can say what they want, but the summer of Batman along with this video was smoking. I still think it is one of Prince's best videos-he did the two-sided thing well wink

[img:$uid]http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr337/val34prince/batdance-1.jpg[/img:$uid]

[img:$uid]http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr337/val34prince/vlcsnap290403bg5.png[/img:$uid]

Prince did a nice job wink

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Reply #18 posted 10/07/10 2:38pm

funkyhead

segue them together. Remember when Batdance first came out it was hailed as a highky innovative in it's structure. Screw that though, the drums and chicken grease guitar are addictive!

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Reply #19 posted 10/07/10 4:40pm

WaterInYourBat
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eireboy34 said:

Neither

And there's my answer. lol I've never liked either one of them. disbelief

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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Reply #20 posted 10/07/10 4:42pm

WaterInYourBat
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nursev said:

[img:$uid]http://i497.photobucket.com/albums/rr337/val34prince/vlcsnap290403bg5.png[/img:$uid]

That's one of the best captured screenshots of him EVER, LOL. lol

"You put water into a cup, it becomes the cup...Now water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend." - Bruce Lee
"Water can nourish me, but water can also carry me. Water has magic laws." - JCVD
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Reply #21 posted 10/07/10 4:53pm

ThrillUorKillU

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Batdance for the "Ooo Yeah, I wanna bust that body" part lol

"Don't make me chase u, even doves have pride.."
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Reply #22 posted 10/07/10 5:22pm

lisablue1984

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BatDance, I like the beat of the song and some of the lyrics too

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Reply #23 posted 10/07/10 5:37pm

Swa

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BATDANCE - ideal first single as it gave you a feel for what the album was, I love the vibe of this 2 songs in 1 fit with the frenetic power dancebeats and the funky shuffling groove giving you the impression that Prince was really working that blender in the studio that night sampling no fewer than six songs ~ "200 Balloons", "Power and Soul", "House in Order" "Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic", "The Future", and "Electric Chair". I loved how he mixed the dialogue from the film throughout Batdance.

200 Balloons the b-side to Batdance was so obviously written for the parade scene in Bat Man (replaced by Trust) I can’t help but watch the movie and not hear this song at that moment. Obviously Prince thought it was good enough to incorporate into the main groove of Batdance, it’s a track that is such a moment in time in that album that it’s hard to separate it as a Prince song in it’s own right. Although I do love the “cry, cry, cry I love it when you moan” part and hearing Rave In2 the Joy Fantastic and House in Order sampled throughout. Like the man says himself “the funk is multilayered”.

And my vote goes to: Batdance.

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Reply #24 posted 10/07/10 10:55pm

johnart

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Cerebus said:

Batdance, marginally. It would be so much better if it didn't include the movie samples.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!! mad

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Reply #25 posted 10/07/10 10:57pm

johnart

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Spinlight said:

Fenwick said:

highfive

I think you and I are two of about 14 Orgers who thinks Batdance is just out and out embarrassing.

I have never, ever understood its appeal. It doesn't even sound like Prince.

Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat??? lol wink

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Reply #26 posted 10/07/10 11:13pm

Cerebus

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johnart said:

Cerebus said:

Batdance, marginally. It would be so much better if it didn't include the movie samples.

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!! mad

No! hmph! It's all colorful and creative in here. I like it.

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Reply #27 posted 10/07/10 11:18pm

johnart

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Cerebus said:

johnart said:

GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!!! mad

No! hmph! It's all colorful and creative in here. I like it.

giggle

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Reply #28 posted 10/08/10 1:03am

DaphneLovesPR1
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I guess I'll go with Batdance, cause the vid was cool. Not a big fan of either song really....

Prince is GORGEOUS. I'm inspired. GOD is GREAT. Is there anything else to say? lol
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Reply #29 posted 10/08/10 8:37am

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ernestsewell said:

Both, they're as similar as they are different.

You hit the nail right on the head. They mirror images of what you can interpret as being an extensions to one long song.

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