“ I found myself going, 'I can't write a song about Batman, I'm in an alternative band.' And I thought, this is stupid, if I can write a song about Batman and it serves the purpose, which is to make it happen and connect with the movie, and connect with something that is unique and original, then, why not? For me, it was a great kind of artistic thing to do because it was very freeing. I wasn't talking about myself or trying to represent the Smashing Pumpkins. I was trying to represent Batman.”
He further commented that the song's lyrics were meant to represent the Batman of the 1940s, when he was a "darker character.
+1 to jambalaya-ham. It sounds very Batman:
"For now we stand alone" = Batman, the last hope against the turmoil
"Does it make you happy you're so strange?" = obvious; he IS
"Is it bright where you are?" = Is it nice up there in the tower from which you judge the rest of us?
"The last of a line of lasts" = a last in a line of heroes
"The pale princess of a palace cracked" = I think, yes, referring to Freeze's wife
+1 to jambalaya-ham. It sounds very Batman:
"For now we stand alone" = Batman, the last hope against the turmoil
"Does it make you happy you're so strange?" = obvious; he IS
"Is it bright where you are?" = Is it nice up there in the tower from which you judge the rest of us?
"The last of a line of lasts" = a last in a line of heroes
"The pale princess of a palace cracked" = I think, yes, referring to Freeze's wife
Regardless what this song is about, Corgan can write some bl00dy blisteringly-good lyrics.
Silent Thriller noted that "This could possibly be an apocalyptic view of the planet." and I agree, it does fit that, too, which is why I reckon it fits the more apocalyptic "Watchmen" than the rather dismal "B&R" movie.
+1 to myenemyisnear: "I wanted to stand up and cheer when Nite Owl descended from his craft and hit the street."
TOO RIGHT!! So much did I, as well as when Doctor Manhatten appears god-like amidst the crowd. If this movie sux, I will repeatedly slap them that made it.
"The pale princess of a palace cracked" could also be referring to the fact that Batman, as well as many other superheroes have something tragic in their past (Batman-his parents killed before his eyes)
"The pale princess of a palace cracked" could also be referring to the fact that Batman, as well as many other superheroes have something tragic in their past (Batman-his parents killed before his eyes)
“ I found myself going, 'I can't write a song about Batman, I'm in an alternative band.' And I thought, this is stupid, if I can write a song about Batman and it serves the purpose, which is to make it happen and connect with the movie, and connect with something that is unique and original, then, why not? For me, it was a great kind of artistic thing to do because it was very freeing. I wasn't talking about myself or trying to represent the Smashing Pumpkins. I was trying to represent Batman.”
He further commented that the song's lyrics were meant to represent the Batman of the 1940s, when he was a "darker character.
+1 to jambalaya-ham. It sounds very Batman: "For now we stand alone" = Batman, the last hope against the turmoil "Does it make you happy you're so strange?" = obvious; he IS "Is it bright where you are?" = Is it nice up there in the tower from which you judge the rest of us? "The last of a line of lasts" = a last in a line of heroes "The pale princess of a palace cracked" = I think, yes, referring to Freeze's wife
+1 to jambalaya-ham. It sounds very Batman: "For now we stand alone" = Batman, the last hope against the turmoil "Does it make you happy you're so strange?" = obvious; he IS "Is it bright where you are?" = Is it nice up there in the tower from which you judge the rest of us? "The last of a line of lasts" = a last in a line of heroes "The pale princess of a palace cracked" = I think, yes, referring to Freeze's wife
Regardless what this song is about, Corgan can write some bl00dy blisteringly-good lyrics.
Silent Thriller noted that "This could possibly be an apocalyptic view of the planet." and I agree, it does fit that, too, which is why I reckon it fits the more apocalyptic "Watchmen" than the rather dismal "B&R" movie.
+1 to myenemyisnear: "I wanted to stand up and cheer when Nite Owl descended from his craft and hit the street."
TOO RIGHT!! So much did I, as well as when Doctor Manhatten appears god-like amidst the crowd. If this movie sux, I will repeatedly slap them that made it.
"The pale princess of a palace cracked" could also be referring to the fact that Batman, as well as many other superheroes have something tragic in their past (Batman-his parents killed before his eyes)
"The pale princess of a palace cracked" could also be referring to the fact that Batman, as well as many other superheroes have something tragic in their past (Batman-his parents killed before his eyes)