The Coulda-Shoulda-Woulda Files: Prince’s “Bat”-Bomb

Brian Raftery | October 2, 2006 2:07 am
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The conventional wisdom regarding Prince’s 1989 Batman soundtrack: It’s a mess. A bore. A crass commercial tie-in that found one of the most ingenious pop minds reduced to sampling Kim Basinger dialogue and screaming “Get the funk up!”

And, to be fair, the conventional wisdom on this one is pretty much spot-on. But there are at least a few good songs to pick from here: “Vicki Waiting” bumps along nicely (until you get to the “All is well in Gotham City” line), and “Trust” has the feel of a Sign O’ The Times B-side. Again, this isn’t exactly wow-the-world stuff, but it might make you reconsider tossing out your old “Batdance” cassingle.

Prince – Vicki Waiting [MP3, link expired] Prince – Trust [MP3, link expired]

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