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Monarch Theatre => Burton's Bat => Batman (1989) => Topic started by: Kamdan on Wed, 1 Oct 2008, 16:56

Title: Original Prince Song
Post by: Kamdan on Wed, 1 Oct 2008, 16:56
Does anyone remember what Prince songs were orignally suppost to be used? I just remember that 200 Balloons was suppost to be used instead of Trust. Also, there were some "tempt" Prince songs used for the scenes before the new ones were made. I think Baby, I'm A Star was one.
Title: Re: Original Prince Song
Post by: Paul (ral) on Wed, 1 Oct 2008, 18:20
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batdance

"Batdance" was a last-minute replacement for a brooding track titled "Dance with the Devil," which Prince felt was too dark. Incidentally, though "Dance with the Devil" remains unreleased, some of the lyrics appear on the album's liner notes.
Title: Re: Original Prince Song
Post by: Kamdan on Wed, 1 Oct 2008, 18:33
Never mind. I found it:
Tim Burton and Jack Nicholson were both Prince fans and Burton included "1999" and "Baby, I'm a Star" in a rough cut of the film. Intrigued, Prince delivered a whole album of material to Burton with the songs "Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic" and "200 Balloons" to replace his older hits in the film. Burton rejected both, so Prince replaced them with "Partyman" and "Trust", respectively. "Rave Unto the Joy Fantastic" was re-released on another album (entitled Rave Un2 the Joy Fantastic) albeit only slightly changed, while "200 Balloons" was released on the "Batdance" single.