SUMMARY: RUNNING TIME: 4:39 Min.
Recorded by The Flaming Lips, it’s the finale of 1995’s Batman Forever mostly ‘inspired’ movie soundtrack.
REVIEW:
Imagining “Bad Days” as a contemporary homage to The Beatles — mixed with R.E.M. — might be the most apt description. Tonally speaking, it’s bewildering why this ‘happy’ song (despite its title) is even on the Batman Forever album. If “Bad Days” had been recruited for a Ben Stiller romantic comedy, that would have made good creative sense. Both the song’s wonky lyrics and its jingly upbeat melody would fit that movie genre nicely. For that matter, the Friends TV series soundtrack would have made another ideal choice.
Otherwise, this unremarkable pop-rock tune is indicative that the Batman Forever album lacks logical rhyme-or-reason to its assorted line-up.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 4 Stars
