And we pass another milestone. Tuesday, 23 June, marks the 20th anniversary release of BATMAN and the summer of Batdance / Partyman and that wicked Electric Chair performance on the 15th anniversary of Saturday Night Live.

Found an article with a Prince/Batdance/Tim Burton mention. Enjoy. Next up - the 20th anniversary of the Nude Tour and Graffiti Bridge in 2010.

It was 20 years ago this week that Tim Burton's Batman was released, changing the face of summer blockbusters, superhero movies and even breakfast cereal forever (Okay, maybe not that last one). Perhaps it's time to relive some Batmania...?

Tuesday marks the exact anniversary (June 23rd) of Burton's movie - a film that broke box office records despite many people expecting it to disappear without trace as soon as it opened. Instead, it opened the door for three sequels with different levels of diminishing return, a classic cartoon series, numerous bad superhero movies and a summer where it seemed like everything had a Bat logo on it. If there truly was life before Burton's Batman (and we only have science's word and our own faulty memories that there was) one thing's for sure - it was certainly a lesser place without the sounds of Prince's "Batdance" available for us to listen to.

and more important, june 25th marks the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain

Damn I am getting old.

Congratulations! I love, "Trust." and "Partyman."

a2grafix said:

Awesome

I saw it in Lisbon....

and arguably the end of the Prince golden years -IMHO this was probably the turrning point in his career and sound, he kinda sounded less prince and more corporate from this point on.

It was really cool that Prince's music was in a blockbuster movie. I love Electric Chair, The Arms Of Orion, Vicki Waiting and Scandalous.