'Batman Cries' is the superhero song you never knew you needed
Is it amazing? Is it terrible? Either way you'll be singing it for the rest of the day
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“When a superhero is down, it tears us apart, but when the superhero is us, it’s a matter of life and death”.
So goes the YouTube video description for ‘Batman Cries’, a song by Joe Settineri which, if there is any justice in this world - and Batman himself is keen to make sure that there is - will soon be sitting atop the hit parade in every nation on the planet.
We were alerted to it by this tweet:
But little did we know we were about to be confronted with pure, undiluted genius.
Is it a parody? Is it serious? Does it matter? Either way, as soon as you get home tonight you’ll be putting this on the stereo at full blast and singing it in the shower with a raincoat on while the falling water smudges your mascara.
Watch this immediately:
It really is quite an achievement to write a song that both David Brent and The Script would rip their right arms off to have recorded.
Our only concern, will DC’s lawyers be on the phone with a takedown notice for using their intellectual property? Could it be taken down? If so, then this will be our reaction.
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Listen to it now while you still can and think about just what could have made Batman cry - another argument with Robin? Ongoing maintenance issues with the batcave? Sadness that Ben Affleck is hanging up the suit? General post-millennial existential guilt?
Who knows, but wherever you are Batman, we’re crying with you.
(Image: YouTube)
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