Bust That Body

I’ve always had great memories of the soundtrack that Prince did for Tim Burton’s Batman (1989). It had been a long time since I’d heard it so I put it on this weekend. It’s still great (even though it’s a weird thing to have done for that film. Let’s stay on track though).

And then we come to the last track on the album – Batdance.

Then Prince goes into another stratosphere at the 1:55 mark, as he’s prone to do. It’s a work of art that he sustains for about 2 minutes. I haven’t heard it for years, yet each note came flooding back. Pristine. 

I also had an odd muscle memory near the end of the song to turn the volume down. In the last few minutes, someone yells, “You son of a bitch!”. My body must have remembered turning it down before my parents heard it.

Here it is:

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  1. Sesums

    Money money money! Who do you trust?! Where’s the Batman? He’s at home – cleaning his tights!!

  2. trevorpercy

    Yes. Exactly. That was one of my favourite lines from the movie.

    I really like the Chris Nolan’s Batman movies. Tim Burton’s first Batman movie still stands up really well though I think, though I’m not sure why. It’s fun to watch. Maybe that’s enough of a reason. And Keaton and Nicholson ate great.

  3. Trevor Percy

    Yes. Exactly. That was one of my favourite lines from the movie.

    I really like the Chris Nolan’s Batman movies. Tim Burton’s first Batman movie still stands up really well though I think, though I’m not sure why. It’s fun to watch. Maybe that’s enough of a reason. And Keaton and Nicholson are great.

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