I never really saw it as a soundtrack, I always saw it as a Prince album, inspired by the film. I mean, it sounds like a Prince album

I am a BatMan fan and I love the music and could care less what some idiot wrote on that site.

well, as a prince fan i think the 1989 batman movie is incredibly dated. i mean, just the hair alone should get its own VH-1 "I Love..." special. Kim Bassinger's mall hair. Michael Keaton's corpo-mullet (seriously, he looks like a cross between Bruce Hornsby and a butch lesbian here), even whatever was remaining on Jack Nicholson's head looks awful 20 years later! prince's soundtrack is the least of that movie's worries...and i LIKE that movie, so don't give me any crap, kthx.

I'd like 2 submit that it cannot sound "dated", as Prince was completely original, both vocally and sonically.

If Prince had mimiced the popular music styles and sounds of that era, then one could make that claim.

That album is Prince in high gear, playing with his new arsenal of toys, and creating something completely new, original, and distinctively PRINCE.

Prince's music is more timeless than certain aspects of the movie itself, as Anx has pointed out (which cracked me up).
[Edited 8/10/09 11:59am]

Anxiety said:

So we don't like the hair?

Batman is my 2nd most FAVORITE album. yeah...I really do love it that much.

Shorty said:

I didn't expect anybody on here to like it that much, you suprised me!

dollwoman said:

it's probably in my top five!

well, as a prince fan i think the 1989 batman movie is incredibly dated. i mean, just the hair alone should get its own VH-1 "I Love..." special. Kim Bassinger's mall hair. Michael Keaton's corpo-mullet (seriously, he looks like a cross between Bruce Hornsby and a butch lesbian here), even whatever was remaining on Jack Nicholson's head looks awful 20 years later! prince's soundtrack is the least of that movie's worries...and i LIKE that movie, so don't give me any crap, kthx.

my opinion is, that it put mucho $$$ in the bank of Paisley, after the costs of the Lovesexy Tour had emptied mucho $$$ from the same place !!

(and got P in the tub with Kim B and some whipped cream, all in all,a good deal all round !)

Do I think Prince's music is bad or doesn't fit the movie Batman? No. In fact I'd argue that the scenes with Prince's music are two of the most memorable scenes in the movie.

Hell, Joker at the art museum is THE most famous/memorable scene in the movie.

That said, any time you have pop/rock music in a movie, as opposed to just a classical score, it is gonna date your movie. Batman has a production design that is somewhat timeless. The men dress like the 1930's, the buildings are not futuristic, nor modern, even the technology is clunkier than 1980's tech.

However, somethings in the film are simply 1989. [b]Kim Basinger, the cars, and Prince's music.[/b]

Author of the Batman Reference Manual lists Prince's soundtrack as the most embarassing part about the Batman movie from 1989.

http://www.madatoms.com/s...nce-manual

What's your opinion?

Anxiety said:

Anxiety said:

Now this surprised me!

Shorty said:

ironically, it also features one of my least favorite prince songs EVAH.

if not for that one stinkeroonie of a song, the soundtrack would be damn near perfect to my ears.

Anxiety said:

Which one Anx ?

Damn.

The song has grown on me over the years.