Going to get that cold delicious golden
amber in a moment but before that the first nomination for Best
Picture for the Week of L.
From 1974 Jorge Grau's The Living Dead
at Manchester Morgue
Actually saw this as Let Sleeping
Corpses Lie (that most know it by) but it doesn't really matter as it
goes by over 20 different titles. A ultra-wave pesticide is bringing
the dead back to life & like all living dead they have a hunger
for human flesh. George & Edna are caught up in the zombie
nightmare & try to warn the town folk & those responsible
before they end up being a hot meal themselves. Unfortunately the
local inspector believes they are the responsible party for the
gruesome murders. A little gem in the zombie sub-genre that should
be a must see by fans of the living dead or old school horror in
general.
Time to serve up the first golden amber
of the week. The Best Soundtrax or Score – The Rolling Rock
As I said @ the beginning of the show I
didn't get to as many movies as I wanted to this week so the
nominations are a little thinner. Not a lot really jumped out @ me
so there is only 4 nominees instead of the usually 6. I just don't
feel like handing out ribbons to the fat kid just because he ran the
race.
The nominees are..
Love @ First Bite
The disco soundtrax to Love @ First
Bite is a lot of fun & gives the vampire theme a nice 70s campy
bite. Patricia Hodges's Fly by Night should have been a disco smash
setting a new trend of guys going to the club wearing capes. It just
may be a staple addition to my Halloween soundtrax. If it still
lived in a house to hand out candy to the little goblins & ghouls
I would blare it out into the cold October night.
Layer Cake
Layer Cake has a great mix of mood in
it's soundtrax from Scissor Sisters, FC Kahuna & the only Kylie
Minogue song I like w/ Can't Get Blue Monday out of My Head. Duran
Duran's Ordinary World almost become haunting w/ osculated w/ extreme
violence. There's a touch of the 80s w/ The Cult & XTC. The 60s
are even given some dues as Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones is
even thrown in for good use but not near the effect as used in a
Scorsese. Even though I found Layer Cake lost it's way a bit half
way through it does deserve some credit for blending the element
especially it's choice of music.
Less Then Zero
Less then Zero has one of the best
soundtrax for late 80s movies. A lot of covers here w/ Aerosmith,
Poison & Slayer even having a go @ the classic
In-A-Godda-Da-Vida. Ive always liked The Bangles take on Simon &
Garfunkel’s Hazy Shade of Winner. Also included the like of The
Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Cult, Public Enemy & my favorite song
by LL Cool J Goin Back to Cali. Throw in some classic like The Doors
& Jimi Hendrix when it doesn't even rightfully need it.
Let Sleeping Corpses Lie
A mix of eerie groove Giuliano
Sorgini's score really grows on me every time I watch this movie
especially the theme song. Someone along the line in the 70s should
have lifted it & used it for a living dead porn...maybe I should
get on that throw back project right now.
And the winner is..
Less Then Zero
I original bought the Less Then Zero
soundtrack when I was down in the Appalachian region w/ my youth
group when we were homes renovations for the less fortunate. It
wasn't really given a fair shake w/ those that I was working w/ but
what did they fucking know. They were listening to DJ Jazzy Jeff &
the Fresh Prince. It sorta fell into my vast tape collect after that
& I didn't listen to it for a while. Some years later when
watching Less Then Zero on video I cracked it out again & really
feel in love w/ large chunks of it. Listening to a lot of metal I
was really behind the Slayer song. Until watching it this week I
didn't realize how strong it is. I went & listened to every song
again especially Roy Orbison's Life Fades Away that he wrote w/ Glenn
Danzig. Hauntingly beautiful like only Roy can do.
Still plenty of more on tap as that
first was only seemed like a cold shot.
Be back after this..
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