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Honor the Sabbath and Keep It Holy or: Half a Century

13 Thursday Feb 2020

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Bill Ward, Black Sabbath, Geezer Butler, Heavy Metal, Music, Ozzy Osborne, Tony Iommi, Video

Salutations™!!

Today is the 50th! Yes, the 50th anniversary of Black Sabbath’s self-titled debut. Hailed by many to be the first “heavy metal” album, and the title track (which means that it’s a song called “Black Sabbath” on an album titled Black Sabbath by a band named Black Sabbath) is considered, again by many, to be the first doom metal song. I have no clue what “doom metal” actually is, but hey, some think it’s what it is. Another intriguing aspect is the song “N.I.B” which over the years people have tried to call “Nativity in Black” but really, Bill Ward had a goatee that was shaped like a pen nib and when it came time to name the piece, Geezer Butler couldn’t come up with a title. So, he called it “Nib” but added the periods to add “intrigue.” It worked. This is one of the few covers I could find and it was released today in honor of the 50th. Woot. She hits some notes, for sure. Enjoy!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Big black shape with eyes of fire telling people their desire. Satan’s sitting there, he’s smiling. Watches those flames get higher and higher. Oh, no, no, please, God, help me!” – “Black Sabbath” (Iommi/Butler/Ward/Osbourne)

The Next One or: Not So Bad

10 Wednesday Oct 2018

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Bauhaus, Billy Idol, Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo, Grand Funk Railroad, Heavy Metal, Heavy Metal 2000, Journey, Julie Strain, Life, Michael Ironside, Monster Magnet, Movies, Pantera, Percy Rodrigues, Queens of the Stone Age, Rotten Tomatoes, Sammy Hagar, Stevie Nicks, Superfan Damien, System of a Down, The Less Desirables, The Less Desirables Network, Voivod

Salutations™!!

So, whilst doing the social media for The Less Desirables, and on the recommendation of Superfan Damien, I decided to watch Heavy Metal 2000. He was right to a point, The storyline is more linear and makes a little more sense, but it’s really just one story and not pieces. It’s not about the Loc Nar as the first one was. I mean, the Loc Nar is insinuated but, it’s not the focus.

Heavy_Metal_2000_poster

© CinéGroupe, Artisan Filmworks and The Montecito Picture Company

Another thing that’s missing is the cool soundtrack. Yeah, there are songs and yeah, they’re more actual “metal,” but it’s just not got the same feel. Instead of Cheap Trick, Journey, Grand Funk, BOC, Black Sabbath, Sammy Hagar, Devo and Stevie Nicks, we get less memorable songs from Pantera, System of a Down, Voivod, Monster Magnet, Bauhaus, Queens of the Stone Age and Billy Idol, who actually lends his voice to Odin, the guardian of the ancient fountain that gives the bad guy his powers and such. The fountain guardians aren’t the bad guys, by the way. But, is Odin one of them, really? Hmmm… I’m not getting into the plot and all that. The saddest part, though, is that Percy Rodrigues isn’t voiced in this film (he was alive then, couldn’t he have done something?).

The whole thing is kind of disjointed and like I said makes a little more sense, it just isn’t any better. It also is not and was never the cult classic the first one was. The movie rating site, Rotten Tomatoes rates the first one at 61% Fresh (67% Audience Score). This one, however, is a dismal 10% Rotten (36% Audience). Yeah, the more I think about it, it really did suck, pretty much.

The main female character, Julie, is actually modeled after, drawn in the likeness of and voiced by softcore porn actress and 1993 Penthouse Pet of the Year, Julie Strain. Michael Ironside plays the main villain, Tyler.

It’s really a crappy film, but it’s somewhat entertaining when you have to have something going on while you’re doing social media, you know?  Yeah… I guess so.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“What does it take to get laid around here?” – Tyler

Loc Nar, Eh? or: Heavy Metal

03 Wednesday Oct 2018

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Blue Oyster Cult, Cheap Trick, Devo, Don Fancks, Don Felder, Donald Fagen, Eugene Levy, Grand Funk Railroad, Harold Ramis, Heavy Metal, Ivan Reitman, John Candy, Journey, Nazareth, Percy Rodriguez, Rodger Bumpass, Stevie Nicks

Salutations™!!

Tonight’s cheezoid film whilst working is actually something I knew of and saw when I was a kid, Heavy Metal (1981). It’s an animated film based on the sci-fi/fantasy magazine of the same name. I used to look at the mag because there was nudity, albeit cartoon nudity but I’ll admit that even beyond that aspect, it was too mature for me. I had no clue what it was about. I didn’t get the stories.

Heavy_Metal_(1981)

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I’ll be honest, whilst watching this, I understood what was going on but didn’t get the point. I mean, what does it mean? Now, that being said, I don’t feel it’s really cheesy, I just don’t “get” it. It has some fantastic animation, as did the mag in its art. And, another awesome thing about his film is its soundtrack, which I thought I had on vinyl, but it appears that I don’t.

Cheap Trick, Journey, Devo, Grand Funk Railroad, Don Felder, Donald Fagen, Nazareth, Stevie Nicks, and Blue Oyster Cult are just some of the artists featured on the soundtrack. Some of the voices are by John Candy, Eugene Levy, Don Francks, Rodger Bumpass, Harold Ramis and the amazing Percy Rodriguez (who passed away in 2007 but you’d definitely know his voice). It was produced by Ivan Reitman.

All in all, it’s not a bad film, really, I just don’t get the point, but then again, I’m not finished with it. We’ll see how it ends. Like I said, the animation and soundtrack are both awesome. I’d recommend this just for those two things. Check it out, won’t you?

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Earth women who experience sexual ecstasy with mechanical assistance always tend to feel guilty!” – Robot (John Candy, in “So Beautiful and So Dangerous”)

Silent Sunday or: The Haul 5/27/17

28 Sunday May 2017

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Bad Company, Billy Idol, Blue Oyster Cult, Bon Jovi, Boston, Burt Bacharach, Carly Simon, Cinderella, Cyndi Lauper, Daryl Hall, Def Leppard, Depeche Mode, Discogs, Elton John, Elvis Costello, Foreigner, Heavy Metal, Jefferson Starship, Jethro Tull, Jim Croce, John Oates, KISS, Krokus, Led Zeppelin, Missing Persons, Mozart, Nino Rota, Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, Steely Dan, Steve Martin, Stryper, The Beatles, The Big Chill, The Godfather, The Kingston Trio, The Kinks, The Less Desirables, Underdog Records, Waylon Jennings, White Nights, ZZ Top

Salutations™!!

Underdog Records closed on Saturday (through this Tuesday) for a bit of “respite.” Never fear though, I still went there Friday (twice) and got a nice haul for the weekend. This is what it looked like:Sgt._Pepper's_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band

  • Beatles – Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (Friday was the 50th Anniversary of its release, new).
  • Depeche Mode – Music For The Masses (new)
  • Kiss, Ace Frehley – Ace Frehley (new)
  • The Beatles – Let It Be (new)
  • Led Zeppelin – Untitled (actually Led Zeppelin IV, but Discogs has it as “untitled”)
  • Various – Big Band Jazz: From The Beginnings To The Fifties (six LP set of great big band jazz)
  • Elton John – Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy
  • Elton John – Tumbleweed Connection
  • Krokus – The Blitz
  • Jefferson Starship – Freedom At Point Zero
  • Foreigner – 4
  • Burt Bacharach – Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (Original Movie Soundtrack)
  • Boston – Don’t Look Back (completes my “trilogy” of the first three Boston albums)
  • Various – The Big Chill – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • Mozart, Robert Casadesus, George Szell, The Columbia Symphony Orchestra – Mozart Concertos – No. 22 In E-Flat, K. 482 / No. 23 In A Major, K. 488
  • Nino Rota – The Godfather (Original Soundtrack Recording)
  • Steve Martin – A Wild And Crazy Guy
  • Rod Stewart – Foot Loose & Fancy Free
  • Steely Dan – Katy Lied
  • The Costello Show Featuring The Attractions And Confederates – King Of America
  • The Kingston Trio – At Large
  • Sonny & Cher – All I Ever Need Is You
  • Carly Simon – Boys In The Trees
  • Jethro Tull – Aqualung
  • Jim Croce – Life And Times
  • Jim Croce – You Don’t Mess Around With Jim
  • Billy Idol – Billy Idol
  • Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
  • Various – White Nights: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • The Kinks – Kinks Greatest Hits
  • Daryl Hall & John Oates – Big Bam Boom
  • Blue Öyster Cult – Mirrors
  • Stryper – To Hell With The Devil
  • Bad Company – Desolation Angels
  • Various – Heavy Metal – Music From The Motion Picture
  • Missing Persons – Spring Session M
  • Def Leppard – Hysteria
  • Cinderella – Night Songs
  • Waylon – Greatest Hits
  • ZZ Top – Eliminator
  • Bon Jovi – Slippery When Wet
  • Cyndi Lauper – She’s So Unusual
    • Robert Plant – Now And Zen

Man… we are certainly gonna need a new cabinet soon. We’ve started on the last cube of the 8 cube cab. It’s coming. Underdog will be open again on Wednesday. You can find them at 825 Burke Street in WSNC. Listen to The Less Desirables to hear what the weekly Underdog/TLD special is. And, use Discogs for your cataloging of LPs and CDs and hit me up, we can share collections.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“It’s all the same, only the names will change. Everyday, it seems we’re wastin’ away. Another place where the faces are so cold. I drive all night just to get back home. I’m a cowboy, on a steel horse I ride. I’m wanted dead or alive. Wanted dead or alive.” – “Wanted Dead or Alive” (Sambora/Bon Jovi)

Death and Hatred to Mankind or: How We Killed Heavy Metal

13 Friday Mar 2015

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Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, KISS, Rolling Stone, Wheelers Dog

Salutations™!!

Eugene had posted an article on my Facebook wall in reference to the death or, slighting of Heavy Metal.  The posting of the article was more his stab at why I shouldn’t use Rolling Stone as a source for my listening list.  There are plenty of reasons why I use that list.  In my response, I included the list of probably over 1000 poll voters that helped comprise the content of the list.  90% of them were not part of Rolling Stone. The contributors took the information and compiled them into this list.  Also, people that I admire and trust their judgement in music (mostly), Keith Wilson, Doug Davis and Ed Bumgardner specifically. Granted, Bumgardner and I don’t always agree but I respect hisRS overall intentions and at least the energy that puts into the views.

I agree with Eugene that RS is mostly a bunch of douche bag blowhards, but that’s not the point of me using the list.  I admire Eug’s passion on what he feels as well.  I try to take stock in his suggestions, as much as he denies this, and sometimes we hit, sometimes we miss.  As far as what the article said about the death of metal/hard rock, well, it too has its point and it has its misses, as well.  A local radio personality, Bob Campbell put it boldly, write better music and get better recognition (I’m paraphrasing).  That’s true to a point.  But it is kind of skewed knowing that, even today, in the time of independent producers, YouTube stars, etc., our mainstream music is dictated by money, record companies, radio stations (not independent stations but the big boys like Clear Channel) and “music lobbyists.”

To the point of my response to what Bob said, I’m going to copy and paste my Facebook reply.  I apologize for the cop-out but it’s still my words, so there.  Here’s my reply:

Every genre from every age fell into the cracks to make the surface smoother. It leveled it out and became what it was. Music had to evolve and evolution doesn’t always mean for the good. As much as I love going back and listening to my ’70s and ’80s hard rock/metal. I know it’s dated. Does it rock any less? No way. But I also go and listen to what KISS tried to do, go back to “roots” and the result is mostly crap (no cracks on them always being crap, I loved them). The point there is that when the ones doing changed to adapt, it was clear that it isn’t them that must evolve, but the music. They had already filled that crack. Their place was cemented, stepping outside the box wasn’t an option. Change has to come. I’m hoping that a) I’m not becoming my parents (I’m afraid that is the answer, though) and b) that the future of rock hurries up its cycle and we revisit a much better source of “good” music. But, the “veterans” (to put it nicely) aren’t the answer, just the influence.

What are your thoughts?

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“If heavy metal bands ruled the world, we’d be a lot better off.” – Bruce Dickenson

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