funkmunki said:

I think this is my fav Batman era pic.

This is the 1989 equiv to the PR era poster with Prince in all white holding the rose

OldFriends4Sale said:

funkmunki said:

I think this is my fav Batman era pic.

This is the 1989 equiv to the PR era poster with Prince in all white holding the rose

the similarities couldn't be missed between he and Batman, sequestered in a studio creating music for the masses just like Batman holed up in his cave ready to rescue at any moment. A downside was not much of the music made it into the actual movie. But it was welcome financial relief for our man and he was cool again to the average teen for a hot minute.

OldFriends4Sale said:

funkmunki said:

I think this is my fav Batman era pic.

This is the 1989 equiv to the PR era poster with Prince in all white holding the rose

indeed, mine 2

your threads are the life blood of the org me ol friend...

Batdance era. What got me into Prince in the first place

Love this album. Feel it's so underrated. Was just listening to it before seeing this thread and was about to post a Batdance appreciation. That guitar solo is so bad ass. Also love Electric Chair (I mean really love it), Scandalous, and Vicki Waiting. Oh and yeah I actually dig Arms of Orion too.

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

thedance said:

1 Pic from Batman:

B-side Sex 12 "the ’80s are over and the time has come 4 monogamy and trust" 6:56
Released November 28, 1989

Scandalous
Come closer
Feel what U been dyin' 4
Don't be afraid, baby
Touch it and explode
Understand, understand that I love U
Ah, but more than that - I want U
Everybody always told me good things come 2 those who wait
But I've got so much on the menu
I just can't, I just can't, I can't wait, baby
I can't wait, baby
Till I can wrap my legs all around U girl
Cuz sugar, U know U're just the kind of lover
That I've been lookin' 4
2night why don't we skip all the foreplay, mama
And just get down here on the floor

CHORUS:
Scandalous - I'm talkin' 'bout U and me
Marvelous - baby, baby, can't U see?
Anything U ever dreamed of, I'm willing 2 be
2night is gonna be scandalous
Cuz 2night I'm gonna be your fantasy

(Dear, my, my)
My dearest, my dearest

(Whisper) Whisper a question
With my body (body), I'll scream a reply
Anything's acceptable
Just ask me and I'll try it
2 hell with hesitations
2 hell with the reasons why

CHORUS

Baby, baby, baby

Oh girl, the things U make me do
Genius is the only way 2 describe U

Anything U ever dreamed of, baby
Just ask me - I'll do, I'll do, I'll do it 4 U, baby
Anything at all
Spirits rise and spirits fall
Anything U ever dreamed of, I'm willing 2 be
2night is gonna be scandalous
Cuz 2night I'm, 2night I'm gonna be your fantasy!

CHORUS

Scandalous
Marvelous

© 1989 Controversy Music - ASCAP



Scandalous!" is a smooth, romantic ballad by Prince, released as a single from his 1989 album, the soundtrack to Batman. The song continues a long tradition of Prince's sexually charged ballads, with gasped, passionate vocals on lyrics such as "I can't wait till I can wrap my legs all around U." The track features a drum machine and synthesizers, which sample Clare Fischer's orchestra. The music is attributed to Prince and his father, John L. Nelson.

The Scandalous Sex Suite, released three days later, transforms the song into a three-part suite. "The Crime" is a seductive conversation between Prince and Kim Basinger with various lyrics from the song interspersed. "The Passion" features the main song with new lyrics sung over the original lyrics. "The Rapture" includes a long guitar solo before finishing up the conversation from part one.

The B-side, "Sex", is a minimalist funk number featuring mainly a drum machine loop, a repeated synth hook, and bass guitar. The song lyrics state that safe sex is preferable, and sex with multiple partners can lead to death. The song was co-written with bassist Levi Seacer, Jr. The 7" single received the Lovesexy song, "When 2 R In Love" as its B-side; the song was also included on The Scandalous Sex Suite.

"Scandalous!" replaced "Still Would Stand All Time" as Batman's main ballad and love theme. The discarded song would later end up on Graffiti Bridge. Composer Danny Elfman adapted parts of "Scandalous!" into his Batman film score, where it served as a love theme.

"Scandalous!" reached No. 5 on the U.S Black Singles chart, but didn't touch the US Hot 100.

"Scandalous!" was Prince's final single released in the 1980s.

Due to licensing issues with the Batman franchise, Prince was not allowed to include songs from this album on any compilations. Even on concert T-shirts listing Prince's albums, the Batman title was replaced by the song "Scandalous!".

Spot the spelling mistake

thebanishedone said:

Great topic,i got a few questions.this topic mentions Prince making album with Kim.wasn't that untrue? Why don't you tell about directors dislike of the material Prince brought for the movie?

Yep, I wanted to post it being a Prince mystery/rumor

The directors dislike of certain music will be shared throught the thread

check reply #7

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

Batman Soundtrack was the 1st CD I ever bought.

And because it was the ONLY one I had at the time, it's all I played on my new CD player.

I love this album.

And the performance of Electric Chair on SNL is one of his GREATEST!

He looks as kool as fark in that!

Thank you, OldFriends, for these endlessly fascinating and satisfying era overviews.

thedance said:

the guitar is amazing..

^ Credits: "Batdance" pic is made by Kazuo.

This picture always reminds me of Legos....LOL

chellemac said:

OldFriends4Sale said:

Come On (4:40)
My Love Will Find U (4:44)
I Wanna (4:33)
2 Naughty (4:52)
Love At First Sight (5:24)
Show Me (4:41)
Action, Action (4:36)
Color Of Sex (4:06)
Will U Stay With Me (4:14)

http://www.willardswormho...om/?p=1683

Hollywood Affair (1989)
For Once, A Justifiably Unreleased Album

In the 80s, 90s and 00s, Prince made concerted attempts to build stables of recording artists around himself, all bound by his aesthetics, production and compositional styles. That Prince has always wanted to be more than just a singer (producer, film star, fashion icon, music mogul, etc.) is no secret. That he kept coming back to the idea – via The Time & Jill Jones in the 80s, Tevin Campbell & Mayte in the 90s, and as recently as Bria Valente in the 00s (and dozens of others over the decades) – displayed a stubborn belief in his own abilities to be a viable star maker. That’s not even mentioning the career resuscitation he attempted on already established artists like Chaka Khan, Larry Graham & Mavis Staples, among others. Why virtually all of these attempts failed to breach the public’s consciousness is one of the more puzzling aspects of Prince’s career. Surely, no more so than to Prince himself.

There’s no mystery, however, as to why this collaboration with actress Kim Basinger never made it out the recording studio. Ms. Basinger, for all her attributes, just can’t sing. As simple as that. And, you have to believe that Prince eventually found that out, as most of the tracks from Hollywood Affair seem unfocused and unfinished, by The Purple One’s standards anyway. Hell, there are those in related forums that have suggested Prince wasn’t even involved in these sessions (though, he clearly is to some degree), while others have detailed the pair’s dating habits to establish probability. Basinger did work with Prince during the making of the film, Batman (she starred, he soundtracked). She even contributed spoken word vocals to Prince’s post-Batman Maxi-Single, The Scandalous Sex Suite (below). But Hollywood Affair is so obscure that tracks have even failed to show up on those magnum, multi-disc collections of unreleased Prince material… and the best quality we’ve ever been able to find so far is @128. So, I’m not going to bother critiquing this non-release, mainly since I’ve rarely listened to it in-depth myself. But, you’re invited to satisfy your own curiosity. We’re previewing the song “Love At First Sight” because the multi-layered harmonies best disguise Ms. Basinger’s limitations. It should be noted… she also sang for her supper on a 1992 Was (Not Was) tune, “Shake Your Head.”

I think I'm the only Prince fan who liked this boot...

9 24 1989
Saturday Night Live Rehearsal
1.Electric Chair
G Spot

Saturday Night Live: Electric Chair

Margaret Cox Dr Fink Michael Bland Levi Seacer Jr Mico Weaver Patrice Rushen & Candy

EyeJester7 said:

I think it's an exceptional album! 9/10

The Scandalous Sex Suite is one of the best things I heard in my life! The Rapture just leads me into a rapture. Hahaha...EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT..IS PERFECT!

SEX, one of his most underrated B-Sides. His true last Camille effort in my opinion. That song gives me the funk spill. I dance all the time to it, it's a dark yet enlightening Gem. One of his best B-Sides!

Around this time, Prince was still playing with darkness. Dancing with the devil, and just raving unto a joy that was fantastic. I think Batman really outlined the darkness he experienced way better than 'The Black Album'.

The future is one of the most underrated songs By Prince! This is a political ode’ where he speaks of ‘The Future’ in which displays images, of the past, according to Hollywood. How Systematic institutions overthrow the underclass. It’s a dark song with meaning and we see the personal connections seen in his life at the time.

“Yellow Smiley offers me X
Like he’s drinking 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”

Ecstasy is obviously ‘X’. He hasn’t been this personal in a song in a while. ‘Yellow Smiley’ could be a person who smiles and who is very positive and friendly. Basically a nice person takes this drug, while he offers it to Prince…

But Prince rather drinks 6 razor blades from a paper cup. The guy who offers it, doesn’t understand. (Apparently because it makes him feel good..he doesn’t see why Prince can feel good either) Prince basically says: Too bad. IT WILL BE ROUGH, if the future is only drugs. Haha

The Arms Of Orion..is one of the most beautiful ballads ever..I don't care what anyone says. I did a thread about it a couple of months back..that's how wonderful it is..lol

Anyways...I can talk about this time in heights!

I could go with Lemon Crush! If he replaced that for 'I Love U In Me'...it would be simply a MASTERPIECE! I Love U In Me, has some of his most unique registers.

His guitar is so dark and sensual around this time. I love his vocals here too...It's a perfect ending to the 80's!

the Future is always on my playlist

Love the shadow of this era, so many nice outtakes

By itself outside of Batdance this could have been a nice solo Prince effort

the Black cloud, wish he would have worked this more

Wig or not a wig during this era?

frazetta said:

Wig or not a wig during this era?

Not, same as Lovesexy hair

Got my first apartment that year.

STOP THE PRESS

OldFriends4Sale said:

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.

Whaaaaat?! Scandalous is far more than "passable!" I think it's up there as one of his best slow jams ever!