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Thread started 05/22/16 6:15pm

itsjustaroundt
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Did WB have bigger plans for BATMAN LP? If so, What Happened?

I busted out Batman Lp today.... I just love this album... The Future , Electric Chair, Lemon Crush (I know people hate that one), Scandalous and Batdance are some of my all time favorite P songs.

When the album came out, I remember the hype being huge and it was selling really well. I remember an article in Billboard saying that Warners was planning at least 4 singles and that the album had legs past Batdance..

But then what happened? Did the hype for the Batman movie just fade out and the album just followed suit?

or did Prince piss off Warners again..

or did everyone do what they needed to do but it just didnt set the world on fire like they thought?

I mean, I know it sold 2 million.. but I remember thinking it would sell A LOT more...

Batdance did great.. but then Partyman just kind of fizzled out and nothing really ever re-charged it.

And I guess there were technically 4 singles with Arms of Orion for pop and Scandalous for RnB...

Does anyone know - were there planned singles that never happened?

What happened behind the scenes??

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Reply #1 posted 05/22/16 6:25pm

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Reply #2 posted 05/22/16 6:29pm

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It was well promoted in the UK. We got four singles: Batdance, Partyman, The Arms of Orion and The Future over the space of a year. Scandalous was available as an import. The film had come and gone, so I'm not sure what else Warners could have done. Prince must have been itching to move onto Graffiti Bridge, with Thieves in the Temple coming out just two months after The Future.


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Reply #3 posted 05/22/16 6:32pm

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What I remember is this:

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1. Huge excitement and anticipation when the news broke that Prince would be writing songs for this new and exciting Batman film.

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2. Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.

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Bottom line is this: when the film actually came out and played, everyone loved it. Big hit. But the Prince songs were deemed so incompatible that the album seemed to just disappear.

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Reply #4 posted 05/22/16 6:33pm

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itsjustaroundthecorner said:

I busted out Batman Lp today.... I just love this album... The Future , Electric Chair, Lemon Crush (I know people hate that one), Scandalous and Batdance are some of my all time favorite P songs.



When the album came out, I remember the hype being huge and it was selling really well. I remember an article in Billboard saying that Warners was planning at least 4 singles and that the album had legs past Batdance..



But then what happened? Did the hype for the Batman movie just fade out and the album just followed suit?


or did Prince piss off Warners again..



or did everyone do what they needed to do but it just didnt set the world on fire like they thought?



I mean, I know it sold 2 million.. but I remember thinking it would sell A LOT more...



Batdance did great.. but then Partyman just kind of fizzled out and nothing really ever re-charged it.



And I guess there were technically 4 singles with Arms of Orion for pop and Scandalous for RnB...



Does anyone know - were there planned singles that never happened?


What happened behind the scenes??



--- Tim Burton who hated that pop songs were attached to his movie.
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Reply #5 posted 05/22/16 6:37pm

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Cloreen said:

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2. Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.


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Oh really? Where were these laughfests reported as taking place? And can you name even one of the "many" comedians?
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Reply #6 posted 05/22/16 6:48pm

endiadj

Cloreen said:

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What I remember is this:


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1. Huge excitement and anticipation when the news broke that Prince would be writing songs for this new and exciting Batman film.


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2. Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.


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Bottom line is this: when the film actually came out and played, everyone loved it. Big hit. But the Prince songs were deemed so incompatible that the album seemed to just disappear.



i thought the songs fit fine. this was not a dark batman. this was lighter tone.
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Reply #7 posted 05/22/16 6:49pm

SoulAlive

itsjustaroundthecorner said:

Batdance did great.. but then Partyman just kind of fizzled out and nothing really ever re-charged it.

And I guess there were technically 4 singles with Arms of Orion for pop and Scandalous for RnB...

Does anyone know - were there planned singles that never happened?

What happened behind the scenes??

I think "The Future" and "Trust" should have been the singles after "Partyman".It seems like the album's momentum began to stall when "The Arms Of Orion" and "Scandalous" were released as singles.But maybe it didn't matter.The album had already reached double platinum status by that point.

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Reply #8 posted 05/22/16 6:55pm

10000Degrees

Cloreen said:

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What I remember is this:


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1. Huge excitement and anticipation when the news broke that Prince would be writing songs for this new and exciting Batman film.


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2. Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.


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Bottom line is this: when the film actually came out and played, everyone loved it. Big hit. But the Prince songs were deemed so incompatible that the album seemed to just disappear.




None of this is true!!! What's the point of making things up?
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Reply #9 posted 05/22/16 7:02pm

SoulAlive

I was disappointed with how the director used the songs.Only two songs can be heard clearly in the movie confused I was like "wtf?!" Prince delivered all these great new songs and the filmmakers didn't even know what to with 'em!

Cloreen said:

Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.

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Reply #10 posted 05/22/16 7:03pm

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endiadj said:

i thought the songs fit fine. this was not a dark batman. this was lighter tone.

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What!?! Not a dark BATMAN???

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OK, compared to the Heath Ledger Joker and those Chris Nolan Batman films, yeah, the Tim Burton Batman does not appear dark. But that is looking at it from a 2016 perspective. Go back to 1989 and all we had was Adam West and Burt Ward and Cesar Romero and all that goofy WHAM! SPLAT!!! stuff...and Tim Burton's film was a new DARK version of Batman. It was seen as a really dark look at the Dark Knight. And the Prince songs -- these 1980s synth songs -- did not fit.

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Watch the darn movie. The albums songs are really conveniently left out of the film. No one involved in the film was happy with what Prince came up with. Aside from "Partyman" were the album songs really front and center?

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Reply #11 posted 05/22/16 7:04pm

Goddess4Real

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Electric Chair is my jam music

Keep Calm & Listen To Prince
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Reply #12 posted 05/22/16 7:08pm

suomynona

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SoulAlive said:

I was disappointed with how the director used the songs.Only two songs can be heard clearly in the movie confused I was like "wtf?!" Prince delivered all these great new songs and the filmmakers didn't even know what to with 'em!

Cloreen said:

Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.

Haha. It was a Batman movie, not a Prince movie. Can you imagine just inserting ANY songs out of nowhere in "The Dark Knight Rises"? Comedy!

Whether it was one song or a hundred, the songs were out of place. I keep the record separate from the movie.
https://youtu.be/9qHAOY7C1go?t=2m31s falloff

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Reply #13 posted 05/22/16 7:09pm

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SoulAlive said:

Prince delivered all these great new songs and the filmmakers didn't even know what to with 'em!

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Prince delivered tunes that did not fit the film at all. That is why the director had no choice but to not use them.

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To this day I still listen to that album and say, "What the hell do these songs have to do with the look, feel, tone, atmosphere of that film?" Gotham City in that film was a decrepit Gothic locale...and Prince gives us modern synths and glossy clean songs.

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Yes, you can like the album. I do. But the songs as a soundtrack to a film are a complete failure. Tell me exactly where "Batdance" would fit in that film?

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Reply #14 posted 05/22/16 7:09pm

endiadj

Cloreen said:



endiadj said:


i thought the songs fit fine. this was not a dark batman. this was lighter tone.

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What!?! Not a dark BATMAN???


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OK, compared to the Heath Ledger Joker and those Chris Nolan Batman films, yeah, the Tim Burton Batman does not appear dark. But that is looking at it from a 2016 perspective. Go back to 1989 and all we had was Adam West and Burt Ward and Cesar Romero and all that goofy WHAM! SPLAT!!! stuff...and Tim Burton's film was a new DARK version of Batman. It was seen as a really dark look at the Dark Knight. And the Prince songs -- these 1980s synth songs -- did not fit.


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Watch the darn movie. The albums songs are really conveniently left out of the film. No one involved in the film was happy with what Prince came up with. Aside from "Partyman" were the album songs really front and center?



well, it wasn't dark to me. lol but compared to the tv series of course it was more serious.

the album was a success.
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Reply #15 posted 05/22/16 7:13pm

RiotPaisley

Maybe the Prince soundtrack is what brightens the movie and makes it a hell of a lot of fun.

I love that movie and I love the soundtrack.

Lemon Crush is one of my favorite Prince songs. Also like Trust. Watch out with me...

To me when I see the old school yellow Batman Logo on a something it's a Prince something. I enjoyed waiting in line to ride the Batman at 6Flags because they
Played The soundtrack. The Batdance video. I loved his Gemini spin.
Surprise, surprise.
Another treat. Another trick.
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Reply #16 posted 05/22/16 7:22pm

Cloreen

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endiadj said:

. the album was a success.

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Were you around then? Let me tell you, anything that had anything to do with that BATMAN film was a success. You put that BAT symbol on a Frisbee and the darn thing sold five million units. BATMAN beach towels, BATMAN toys...anything BATMAN was successful. Even a BATMAN soundtrack album with out of place funky songs was a success.

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Yes, the Prince album was a monetary success. That doesn't mean it was good for the film. If it were, the songs would have been used in the film! Burton used one and kept two or three as background party music. That's all he could do with what Prince presented him.

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Reply #17 posted 05/22/16 7:24pm

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I think it was Prince who had bigger plans for the Batmam LP, that's why there is a Batman movie soundtrack and a Prince Batman movie soundtrack.

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Reply #18 posted 05/22/16 7:39pm

DarlingKris

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Electric Chair is my jam music

I love that song too

Forever In My Life, forever in my heart. I love you Prince Rogers Nelson heart
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Reply #19 posted 05/22/16 7:44pm

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Cloreen said:

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What I remember is this:

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1. Huge excitement and anticipation when the news broke that Prince would be writing songs for this new and exciting Batman film.

.

2. Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.

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Bottom line is this: when the film actually came out and played, everyone loved it. Big hit. But the Prince songs were deemed so incompatible that the album seemed to just disappear.

There were no such punchlines. Batdance was a huge hit, Partyman was great and there were three to four other songs released betweem The Future, The Arms of Orion, Scandalous and Electric Chair. It was a good year for Prince.

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Reply #20 posted 05/22/16 7:47pm

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Does anyone notice Cloreen has a specific way of posting?

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Reply #21 posted 05/22/16 7:55pm

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Iamtheorg said:

Does anyone notice Cloreen has a specific way of posting?


smile

and true love lives on lollipops and crisps
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Reply #22 posted 05/22/16 8:00pm

TrivialPursuit

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Cloreen said:

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What I remember is this:

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1. Huge excitement and anticipation when the news broke that Prince would be writing songs for this new and exciting Batman film.

.

2. Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.

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Bottom line is this: when the film actually came out and played, everyone loved it. Big hit. But the Prince songs were deemed so incompatible that the album seemed to just disappear.

Don't know what theater you were in, but folks were having a good time when I went to see it.

"eye don’t really care so much what people say about me because it is a reflection of who they r."
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Reply #23 posted 05/22/16 8:54pm

itsjustaroundt
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Electric Chair is my jam music

me 2

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Reply #24 posted 05/22/16 8:55pm

suomynona

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Cloreen said:

endiadj said:

. the album was a success.

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Were you around then? Let me tell you, anything that had anything to do with that BATMAN film was a success. You put that BAT symbol on a Frisbee and the darn thing sold five million units. BATMAN beach towels, BATMAN toys...anything BATMAN was successful. Even a BATMAN soundtrack album with out of place funky songs was a success.

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Yes, the Prince album was a monetary success. That doesn't mean it was good for the film. If it were, the songs would have been used in the film! Burton used one and kept two or three as background party music. That's all he could do with what Prince presented him.


They had Batman cereal. I ate so many boxes of it, that I got a free t-shirt.

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IstenSzek said:

Iamtheorg said:

Does anyone notice Cloreen has a specific way of posting?


smile


The only one that uses "huge" more often is Tronald Dump.

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Reply #26 posted 05/22/16 9:15pm

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Iamtheorg said:

Does anyone notice Cloreen has a specific way of posting?

It's called trolling. "We can have fun just trolling..."

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Reply #27 posted 05/22/16 9:16pm

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Cloreen said:

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What I remember is this:

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1. Huge excitement and anticipation when the news broke that Prince would be writing songs for this new and exciting Batman film.

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2. Huge laughter and disappointment when we heard some of those songs in the movie. Everyone was like what the hell are these songs doing in this film? Like putting Chet Atkins songs in a movie about Roman gladiators. Yes, those Prince songs in BATMAN became the punch lines to many comedians' acts. "....that fits as well as those Prince songs in BATMAN!" was a popular line.

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Bottom line is this: when the film actually came out and played, everyone loved it. Big hit. But the Prince songs were deemed so incompatible that the album seemed to just disappear.

As others have stated: Name ONE, just ONE, comedian who used that???

You're very wonderful at constant trolling.

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Reply #28 posted 05/22/16 9:17pm

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He should have put Dance With The devil on the soundtrack.... it was darker and fit the movie fairly well. I agree that most of the songs did not fit the tone of the movie. It's also one of my favorite albums ever regardless. I love it anyway, but I never really connected Batman with Prince's Batman soundtrack...

How'm I gonna fill this empty room...
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Reply #29 posted 05/22/16 9:17pm

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itsjustaroundthecorner said:

I busted out Batman Lp today.... I just love this album... The Future , Electric Chair, Lemon Crush (I know people hate that one), Scandalous and Batdance are some of my all time favorite P songs.

When the album came out, I remember the hype being huge and it was selling really well. I remember an article in Billboard saying that Warners was planning at least 4 singles and that the album had legs past Batdance..

But then what happened? Did the hype for the Batman movie just fade out and the album just followed suit?

or did Prince piss off Warners again..

or did everyone do what they needed to do but it just didnt set the world on fire like they thought?

I mean, I know it sold 2 million.. but I remember thinking it would sell A LOT more...

Batdance did great.. but then Partyman just kind of fizzled out and nothing really ever re-charged it.

And I guess there were technically 4 singles with Arms of Orion for pop and Scandalous for RnB...

Does anyone know - were there planned singles that never happened?

What happened behind the scenes??

The answer is momentum. Partyman just wasn't that big of a hit.

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