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PrintableThis was a great time!Lots of singles and new stuff every week at local record stores.Lot of b-side and live boots hit the ground here.I really think Prince was making a comeback after the USA gave up on HIM after P.R.
But then came LOVESEXY and it all stopped----WAY TO AHEAD OF IT TIME.People did not care only the FANS.The showes were not full. | |
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DMSRCMC12 said: This was a great time!Lots of singles and new stuff every week at local record stores.Lot of b-side and live boots hit the ground here.I really think Prince was making a comeback after the USA gave up on HIM after P.R.
But then came LOVESEXY and it all stopped----WAY TO AHEAD OF IT TIME.People did not care only the FANS.The showes were not full. for a soundtrack he should have put a bit more quality in2 Batman, he should have included the Lovesexy band more Yeah if he toured SOTT in the states, the next album would have been huge even if underground:Black Album | |
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I've always liked this one
OUTTAKE: Dance With the Devil Dance With The Devil Intended for Batman, this dark eerie track utilizes a drum machine, piano, synth, and the voice of The Joker. The song is based on the scene where The Joker holds Vicki Vale hostage in Gotham's bell tower. Prince warns to be cautious of the devil's tricks. Some lyrics can be seen in the liner notes of the soundtrack. Cunning liar, eternal fire Demon clever, promise 4ever The curious try and always die Live in fear, the devil is near Can U feel his breath? Pray 4 death The curious try and always die "U men point those search lights up on the tower right now - move, move!" Have no Savior, have no faith Never look 4 Heaven's gate Devil's children, no love inside There is a soul, but it has died Devil's children, no love inside There is a soul, but it has died And it cries, and it cries. CHORUS: Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight Put your arms around him and hold him tight Give up 2 the feeling and don't try 2 fight He wants your soul and he wants it 2night Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight Put your arms around him and hold him tight Close your eyes 2 love and die Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight {sampled till end} "U know, without U I just wouldn't wanna go on" CHORUS {x2} Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight Put your arms around him and hold him tight "It's as though we were made 4 each other Beauty and the Beast Of course if anyone else calls U 'Beast' I'll rip their lungs out" Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight Put your arms around him and hold him tight | |
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OldFriends4Sale said: Anyone have ^^^^^ picture without the words? interesting time 89'. I could of swore back then i had met his twin.  | |
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OldFriends4Sale said: DMSRCMC12 said: This was a great time!Lots of singles and new stuff every week at local record stores.Lot of b-side and live boots hit the ground here.I really think Prince was making a comeback after the USA gave up on HIM after P.R.
But then came LOVESEXY and it all stopped----WAY TO AHEAD OF IT TIME.People did not care only the FANS.The showes were not full. for a soundtrack he should have put a bit more quality in2 Batman, he should have included the Lovesexy band more Yeah if he toured SOTT in the states, the next album would have been huge even if underground:Black Album I agree 100% the Black Album should have been next!LoveSexy was 2 much for the radio. | |
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N2thelight said: OldFriends4Sale said: Anyone have ^^^^^ picture without the words? interesting time 89'. I could of swore back then i had met his twin. yeah, the song the Future 4 me sums up the feel of that era, it had sort of a lonly introspective feel. the Future is my favorite, but it felt like(friends had left:Sheila Cat Boni, and that's the same feeling I got when I heard Sign o the Times and found out Bobby Lisa Wendy & Mark were gone [Edited 2/19/10 6:15am] | |
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It ticks me off to no end that the BATMAN ANTHOLOGY on DVD and Blu-ray only has the truncated version of "Partyman" as a bonus feature. It's one of Prince's very best videos, and it's not commercially available anywhere else. | |
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OldFriends4Sale said:  great shot 2039 all treasures retrieved | |
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Batdance" was a last-minute replacement for a brooding track titled "Dance with the Devil", which Prince felt was too dark.[1] Incidentally, though "Dance with the Devil" remains unreleased, some of the lyrics appear on the album's liner notes. "Batdance" is almost two songs in one—a chaotic, mechanical dance beat that changes gears into a slinky, funky groove before changing back for the song's conclusion. The track is an amalgam of many musical ideas floating around at the time. Elements from at least seven songs (some unreleased) were incorporated into "Batdance": "200 Balloons", "We Got the Power", "House in Order", "Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic" (later released on the album, Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic), "The Future", and "Electric Chair", as well as the 1966 "Batman Theme" by Neal Hefti. Some of these were mere snippets, and other segments showed up only in remixes of the track. The song was also loaded with dialog samples from the film. The song's music video, directed by Albert Magnoli and choreographed by Barry Lather, featured dancers costumed as multiple Batmen, Jokers and Vicki Vales.[2] Prince appears both as himself, and as well as a costumed character in face paint known as "Gemini", with one side representing the Joker (evil), and the other, Batman (good). The Batmen and Jokers alternate dance sections, while Prince/Gemini sing the lyrics. Eventually the video ends with Gemini hitting a detonator, exploding an electric chair (referenced in the song), and Prince warning, "Stop" as the video abruptly ends. The video also features one Vicki Vale wearing a shirt with the words "All this and brains too", a reference to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller, in which a female news presenter wears a top with the same slogan. Gemini is Prince's astrological sign, and is a reference to the duality throughout his music. "Gemini" would also make an appearance in the "Partyman" video, but with the "Batman" half replaced by Prince's normal appearance. 
Batdance B-side "200 Balloons" Released June 8, 1989 "Oh, I got a live one here! Ha, ha, ha..." Get the funk up! - Batman Get the funk up! - Batman Get the funk up! "Go, go, go with a smile" Batdance! Do it Keep bustin' (Do it) {Repeat in BG} I've seen the future and it will be I've seen the future and it will be Batman, Batman I've seen the future and it will be Batman (House, house) "And where, and where is the Batman?" (Do it) {repeat} Let's do it {x2} "Stop the press" "Stop the press, who is that?" "Vicky Vale" "Vicky Vale" "I like..." Batman, Batman, Batman "Oh, bats" "Hi, Bruce Wayne" "I tried 2 avoid all this, but I can't" "I just gotta know - are we gonna try 2 love each other?" "Stop the press, who is that?" "Vicky Vale" "She is great, isn't she?" Ooh yeah, ooh yeah I wanna bust that body Ooh yeah, ooh yeah I wanna bust that body right ("I'd like 2") Ooh yeah, ooh yeah ("But he's out there right now") I wanna bust that body Ooh yeah, ooh yeah 2night "Well, Miss Vale" "U ever dance with the devil in the pale moonlight?" "I always ask that of all my prey" "I just like the sound of it" "I've gotta go 2 work" – Batman "I've gotta go 2 work" – Batman ("Work') {Repeat in BG} If a man is considered guilty 4 what goes on in his mind Then gimme the electric chair 4 all my future crimes – oh! Electric chair Hey Ducky, let me stick this 7-inch in the computer Ha, ha, ha... Hey, we got the power Oh, we got the soul Hey, we got 2 sho'nuff get off Make the devil go, go "This town needs an enema!" (Let's do it) {sampled in BG} "I'm gonna kill U" - Power "I'm not gonna kill U" - Soul "I'm gonna kill U" - Power "I'm not gonna kill U" - Soul "I'm Batman" - Batman Don't stop dancin'! "I'm Batman" - Batman Don't stop dancin'! Batman {x3} Don't stop, don't stop, don't stop dancin'! Batman {x2} Don't stop dancin'! {x2} No, damn it! Turn the music back up! Oh, son of a bitch! "Have U ever heard of the healing power of laughter?" Who's gonna stop 200 balloons? Nobody! "Ha, ha, ha..." {looped} "Batman" - Stop! © 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP 
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not a big fan of this era...
but the scandlous sex suit is one of the best things P has did [Edited 2/19/10 8:36am] | |
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Only rarely did any genuine experimentation occur during the sessions. "Batdance," slated as the first single, was an intriguing collage of samples, jarringly different musical sections, and searing guitar work. The project's other major compositional effort was "Dance With the Devil," an eerie-sounding piece with Prince singing a descending minor-key melody over a drum-machine pattern. Unfortunately, he shelved the song and it remains unreleased. Batman arrived in theaters in mid-June 1989 and quickly became one of the most successfl movies of all time, grossing $40 million on its opening weekend and eventually taking in $250 million at the box office... Critics response to the album, however, was mixed. "It's hard to avoid the suspicion that some of the songs on Batman were already sitting around Paisley Park as part of Prince's vast outpouring of music," wrote John Parales in Rolling Stone. David Sinclair of the London Times observed that "there is a distinctly throwaway quality to much of this material." The 9 song album contains 3 high-quality pieces: the idiosyncratic Batdance, along with the Future and Electric Chair, 2 songs Prince recorded before being recruited by Burton to work on the soundtrack, and neither having any thematic relationship to the movie. The Future blends a propulsive dance beat with a New Age-like synth figure; "Electric Chair mixes funk and heavy metal and features a compelling multi-tracked chorus. The remainder of the album is at best passable. The Arms of Orion is schmaltzy, and Partyman, Lemon Crush & Trust are by the numbers songs with perfunctory (and highly similar) drum-machine patterns as well as anemic melodies. The album as a whole, while hardly devoid of indications of Prince's talent, pales next to his 1980's classics. The artistic depth of Parade, Sign O' the Times, and even Lovesexy left many of Prince's fans and critical supporters unprepared for a work with so little inspiration or craft. | |
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The summer of Batman's release was a cool summer-couldn't wait to pick up the album from the wrecka-stow  and the Batdance video was killing em' Ahh the memories Nice thread OldFriends  | |
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OldFriends4Sale said: thedance said: The Future:
[Edited 2/17/10 7:27am] Just too sexy  | |
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OldFriends4Sale said: Saturday Night Live: Electric Chair
I love this performance! "Electric Chair" is such a funky, cool track.  How can I stand 2 stay where I am? / Poor butterfly who don't understand. | |
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OldFriends4Sale said: An interesting era, sorta connected with Lovesexy, good number of songs most likely recorded during that time period. the feel of the Line & the Future seems like they were recorded back 2 back. I like the time...
Released June 20, 1989 Recorded June 1988–March 1989 Paisley Park Studios 
Side One The Future – 4:07 Electric Chair – 4:08 The Arms of Orion (Prince, Sheena Easton) – 5:02 Partyman – 3:11 Vicki Waiting" – 4:52 Side Two Trust – 4:24 Lemon Crush – 4:15 Scandalous (Prince, John L. Nelson) – 6:15 Batdance – 6:13 Bsides: I Love U In Me 200 Balloons Sex Feel U Up Outtakes: Dance With the Devil R U Legal Yet? (Is this from the Batman sessions?) Eric Leeds - horns Atlanta Bliss - horns Sheena Easton - vocals on "The Arms of Orion" The Sounds of Blackness - choir The Clare Fischer Orchestra All choir, horn and orchestra parts were sampled and re-arranged by Prince Special guest presence by: Jack Nicholson (The Joker), Michael Keaton (Batman) and Kim Basinger (Vicky Vale) on "The Future", "Vicki Waiting", "Partyman" and "Batdance". Robert Wuhl guest presence (uncredited) on "Trust" Recorded and Mixed by Chuck Zwicky, Eddie Miller and Femi Jiya, assisted by David Freidlander and Heidi Hanschu 
chapter 11 Fantastic p 156 At first, though, it seemed Prince had made a shrewd decision by tapping a Hollywood insider as his manager. Shortly after assuming his new job, Magnoli was contracted by the acclaimed director Tim Burton, who was shooting the movie Batman with Jack Nicholson in the role of the Joker. While assembling a rough cut, Nicholson and Burton placed two Prince songs -1999 & Baby, I'm A Star- into scenes as background music. Pleased wih the effect, they hatched the idea of asking Prince for new material to add to the film's soundtrack. Prince flew with Magnoli to the movie's production site in London in January 1989 and was mesmerized by Burton's elaborate and haunting vision of Gotham City, Burton requested just two songs, since the composer Danny Elfman had been hired for the soundtrack. But Prince, suddenly inspired about the project, offered an entire album. Warner Bros. Pictures, emboldened by wild audience response to early trailers for Batman, decided that the film could sustain two soundtrack records-one a traditional score by Elfman and the other a collection of Prince songs. -Possessed Immediately after wrapping up the Lovesexy tour, Prince returned to Paisley Park adn set to work on Batman. Becoming fascinated with the characters(and especially the Joker), he sampled portions of the dialogue and synced his songs directly to scenes. Prince seemed convinced that his contributions would permeate the entire film. "This is going to be my movie!" he exclaimed to studio engineer Femi Jiya. Prince created the whole album virtually on his own, a rare exception being a visit from Sheena Easton, who dueted on the ballad "The Arms of Orion." But for the most part, his labors were marked more by haste than by inspiration; on many of the songs, he quickly programmed drumbeats and then layered instruments with little attention to structure or melody. Some previously recorded numbers were revamped to fit the movie, such as "Anna Waiting" (about Anna Garcia), which morphed into Vicki Waiting after the character Vicki Vale. -Possessed [Edited 2/16/10 11:55am] [Edited 2/17/10 5:46am] [Edited 2/17/10 17:02pm] Goodness the other day I was watching some old Batman episodes on Boomerang (Nothing was on, but I love Batman anyway so...) & of course the joker was in it. I was interested in his outfit & actually wanted to buy one like it and wear it. Now I'm remembered of him in Batdance & I actually just might follow through with this one... "Raow Raow. Meow Moaw."
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Best Prince era that ever came after "Purple Rain". Cold, sexy, and dark....it felt like the Old Prince was finally coming back. Andy is a four letter word. | |
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Love the album and played the hell out of it. At the time, it was the two greatest things in the world together for me: Batman and Prince. However, in retrospect its not a strong point, with Lemon Crush and Vicki Waiting feeling totally like throw-aways and while a good song, Scandalous seeming a bit akin to the dirty stepchild of Adore. Do U Lie? | |
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I like Just LOVE......................... All it's FREE!!!! | |
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I've seen the future and it will be I've seen the future and it works If there's life after, we will see So I can't go like a jerk Systematic overthrow of the underclass Hollywood conjures images of the past New world needs spirituality that will last I've seen the future and it will be CHORUS Yellow Smiley offers me X Like he's drinkin' 7-Up I would rather drink 6 razor blades Razor blades from a paper cup He can't understand, I say 2 tough It's just that I've seen the future and, boy, it's rough I... I've seen the future and it will be I've seen the future and it works If there's life after, we will see So U can't go like a jerk - no, no I've seen the future and it will be Wait a minute Pretty pony standin' on the avenue Flashin' loaded pistol, 2 dumb 2 be true Somebody told him playin' cops and robbers was cool Would our rap have been different if we only knew? I've seen the future and it will be I've seen the future and it works And if there's life after, we will see Don't go out like a jerk Systematic overthrow of the underclass Hollywood conjures images of the past New world needs spirituality that will last I've seen the future and it will be, alright I've seen the future and it will be {x2} Oh! I've seen the future and it will be {x3} "Think about the future!" © 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP 
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Batdance has that "comic" feel to it | |
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What I wouldn't give for an instrumental version of "Batdance". That solo is absolutely amazing. now i know what this is all about. now i know exactly what i am. | |
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Bree8016 said: OldFriends4Sale said: Saturday Night Live: Electric Chair
I love this performance! "Electric Chair" is such a funky, cool track. Ditto that!! It's all love   | |
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great read...thanks for the perspective.
in the late 80's, the Batman release helped me to turn on a lot of my "white" friends to Prince, who previously only listened to the Dead, Pink Floyd and Zeppelin. the guitar solo in Electric Chair is one of my fav Prince jams | |
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I always thought Batman was one of Prince's most underrated albums. | |
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Was just listening 2 this one, and the sound fits the Batman music but sound seriously like a Lovesexy outtake, reminds me of Escape
and then there is a part where a woman does some wailing and it's got 2 be Boni Boyer OldFriends4Sale said: 
Scandelous 12-inch/CD-maxi single: Warner Bros. 21422 (US) "The Crime" – 6:25 "The Passion" – 6:20 "The Rapture" – 6:30 "Sex ("the ’80s are over and the time has come 4 monogamy and trust")" – 6:56 "When 2 R in Love" – 3:58 *labeled as The Scandalous Sex Suite Sex So my name is Endorphin I can make U happy, U see I come from Planet Venus and I'll take U there U can be my ecstasy The 80s are over and the time has come 4 a new proclamation of love and fun Monogamy and trust is what I'm talkin' 'bout I'll give up all my lovers if U can make me shout Oh, S is 4 scandalous E is 4 exciting X is 4 adults-only Let's do something frightening Sex, sex Can't stop the feelin' baby, nobody should Sex, sex Anything this dangerous has 2 be good Now I'm the type of alien Who knows just what he wants But U're the type who plays in the trees U got it maybe that's why U flaunt Oh, I'll climb a thousand trees if I have 2 But baby I'm warning U One of us is gonna end up on our knees Sex, sex Just can't stop the feeling baby, nobody should Sex, sex Anything this dangerous has 2 be good, good, good Just has 2 be Sex, sex (Get up) On the chair baby Let me dance under your skirt (Get up) (Everybody on the dance floor now) C'mon now (Get up) Get up on the table now Let me show U how 2 flirt (Get up) (Ooh feels good, ooh feels good) Ahh, ooh I like it baby, when U let me touch U there I like it girl, I knew U weren't wearin' any underwear (Get up) Baby, is it wrong that I want U so? I want U baby I want U now S. E. X. Sex, sex Can't stop the feeling baby, nobody should Sex, sex Anything this dangerous has 2 be good, good, good Just has 2 be good Fellas, all the boys that know about the good thing say, "Yeah yeah!" And all the girls with no underwear on say, "Yes!" (Yes) We gettin' funky 2night Sex Yo! Peep this out Fellas, I want everybody saying it on the one, come on S.E.X. Say it (S.E.X.) Come on, say S.E.X, say it (S.E.X.) Keep that going fellas, come on (S.E.X.) Yeah (S.E.X.) Come on (S.E.X.) Ladies back'em up one time (S.E.X.) (S.E.X.) Is the best, (S.E.X.) is the best, come on (S.E.X.) (Is the best) (S.E.X.) (Is the best) One lover - sex I don't think U heard me One lover - sex Yeah 2 lovers - death Wit it? 2 lovers - death So my name is Endorphin I can make U happy, U see I come from Planet Venus and I'll take U there And U can be my ecstasy Ooh sex (La la la la...) {x2} Ooh sex, sex (La la la la...) Ooh sex (La la la la...) Now's the time 4 new proclamation of love and fun U can be nasty with only one love, but only one Ooh sex | |
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BlackbeltJones said: Alwasy enjoy your threads OF4S.
Does anyone know if there is a circulating copy of "Anna Waiting"? Does anyone have the lyrics for it? I have always liked "Vickie Waiting" but that second "Joker" verse feels very forced and/or "tacked on" to the song. I never felt it fit in with the rest of an otherwise classic bitter-sweet track. Lyrics... "Vicki Waiting" The phone rings - it's Vicki callin' She wants me 2 come 2 the crib U see, conversation's better than being lonely So I try my best 2 ad lib I tell her the joke about the woman Who asked her lover - "Why is your organ so small?" He replied, "I didn't know I was playin' in a cathedral" Vicki didn't laugh at all This is where she wants 2 be And I am what she wants 2 see I've never known a love so sweet But still I keep Vicki waiting Alright All is well in Gotham City The sound of terror is all U hear Sometime a pistol take the place of her body Sometimes her body's here U see, when crime is your only love All that matters - the present, the here and now People, people - whatever floats this Joker's boat Is whatever this Joker will bang CHORUS: This is where she wants 2 be (I...) I am what she wants 2 see Never known a love so sweet Still I keep Vicki waiting Oh yeah Wait on, mama Talk of children still frightens me Is my character enough 2 be? (Never) One that deserves a copy made? (Never, never) This I one day, I hope 2 see Until then she's held at bay by my animal-like persistence Or maybe she's just 2 proud 2 say That fate (fate) brought us 2gether And this is where she wants 2 stay CHORUS {x2} (Oh) (Oh yeah) (Ah yeah, yeah, yeah) All is well in Gotham Town (This is where she wants 2 be) I am what she wants 2 see I've never known a love so sweet But still I keep Vicki... Still I keep Vicki... Still I keep Vicki waiting, oh yeah (Waiting) Uh-huh, uh-huh Still I keep Vicki... Still I keep Vicki waiting This is where she wants 2 be © 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP [Edited 2/17/10 17:28pm] I love that outro guitar solo, it sounds so cool, is it the Blue Angel he is playing on? Every day should b a COSMIC DAY! | |
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cosmicday2010 said: BlackbeltJones said: Alwasy enjoy your threads OF4S.
Does anyone know if there is a circulating copy of "Anna Waiting"? Does anyone have the lyrics for it? I have always liked "Vickie Waiting" but that second "Joker" verse feels very forced and/or "tacked on" to the song. I never felt it fit in with the rest of an otherwise classic bitter-sweet track. Lyrics... [b]"Vicki Waiting" The phone rings - it's Vicki callin' She wants me 2 come 2 the crib U see, conversation's better than being lonely So I try my best 2 ad lib I tell her the joke about the woman Who asked her lover - "Why is your organ so small?" He replied, "I didn't know I was playin' in a cathedral" Vicki didn't laugh at all I love that outro guitar solo, it sounds so cool, is it the Blue Angel he is playing on? the Blue Angel or the Black Angel | |
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