Do you remember?

[Over-Head]

The Decline Of The Western Civilization Part 2: The metal years
http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movie...tml?v_id=13019

Does anyone else even remember this movie.?

I was just watching something on tv a second a go and they had Brent Muscat (Faster Pussycat) and Bret Michales (Poison) talking about the "first" movie they were ever in.
I can’t remember seeing these two, but I do remember one group (later found out it was "London") who kept saying "Were going to make it" and when asked what they would do if they didn’t, all they kept saying was "But were going to"
And the only other part I can clearly recall is Chris Holmes (W.A.S.P) loaded, in a pool on top of an air mattress pouring a bottle of Vodka over himself every time he tried to take a drink.

Ring any bells?

[chagrin]

I have seen it and I know every part you are tlaking about. London also became D'Priest later, after Nadir, the singer.

That scene with Chris Holmes is fuggin hilarious. His mom's just sitting there like "what can I do?"

[jlscorpio]

I had the soundtrack, cool Motorhead and Armoured Saint songs

[jspchief]

That movie was on one of the VH1/MTV channels yesterday as part of their metal weekend.

I can't believe how incredibly stupid that entire era looks.

80s hair bands are the equivalent to 70s disco. I think it will always be looked back on as a bit of a joke.

[chagrin]

Originally Posted by jspchief

That movie was on one of the VH1/MTV channels yesterday as part of their metal weekend.

I can't believe how incredibly stupid that entire era looks.

80s hair bands are the equivalent to 70s disco. I think it will always be looked back on as a bit of a joke.

even though there were some really good musicians to come out of it, I have to agree with you.

That scene over-head is posting about, Brent Muscat came off as incredibly ghey, he was talkking about people taking his scraves and he was compaining about how much his makeup and clothing costs, totally fuggin ghey.

[MOhillbilly]

Originally Posted by jspchief

I can't believe how incredibly stupid that entire era looks.

80s hair bands are the equivalent to 70s disco. I think it will always be looked back on as a bit of a joke.

its already retrocool the pool hall i hang at has metal show and you see kids and burnouts alike.

[htismaqe]

I actually watched "SuperGroup" on VH1 last night. Ted Nugent is goddamn hilarious.

But the whole Sebastian Bach thing is...well, jsp hit the nail on the head...

[Mr. Kotter]

Damn it, O-H!

I can't get the song outta my head now....

Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the mind of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember - how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah.

Hey hey hey,
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda

My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love,
Remember - how we knew love was here to stay

Now December found the love that we shared in September.
Only blue talk and love,
Remember - the true love we share today


Hey hey hey
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.......there was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Now our bell was ringing, aha
Our souls were singing.
Do you remember every cloudy day - yau !

There was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.......there was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya - De ya..... X2

[Mr. Kotter]

Originally Posted by jspchief

That movie was on one of the VH1/MTV channels yesterday as part of their metal weekend.

I can't believe how incredibly stupid that entire era looks.

80s hair bands are the equivalent to 70s disco. I think it will always be looked back on as a bit of a joke.

I've heard people say the same thing about the 50s, with the "greasers" and the whole bad boy image....

and the 60s, with the hippies, the potheads, the tramps, and the whole...."if it feels good, do it! Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll!" mantra.

My only point is, music is very subjective.....so much has to do with tastes, what was popular when "you" were in high school/college/as a young adult. Once life becomes paying the mortgage, and raising your family....music becomes less a focus. And as it changes, we tend to make fun of it, because it isn't what "WE" like/liked. JMHO.

[jspchief]

Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

I've heard people say the same thing about the 50s, with the "greasers" and the whole bad boy image....

and the 60s, with the hippies, the potheads, the tramps, and the whole...."if it feels good, do it! Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n Roll!" mantra.

My only point is, music is very subjective.....so much has to do with tastes, what was popular when "you" were in high school/college/as a young adult. Once life becomes paying the mortgage, and raising your family....music becomes less a focus. And as it changes, we tend to make fun of it, because it isn't what "WE" like/liked. JMHO.

I'm not neccessarily referring to the music itself. It's more the culture that comes with it.

Obviously the music appealed to a lot of people, to reach the level of popularity it reached. I still like to listen to the occasional Motley Crue or Ratt. The music by itself was decent. But just like when someone mentions Donna Summer, you invariably think of the disco scene, when someone mentions Poison, you're going to think of the ridiculous hair and clothing.

I do think every era of music produces a large quantity of songs that don't really survive the era. There are a lot of "throw away" songs from every decade, while only a few transcend into "classics". AC/DC seems to be able to escape the ridicule of some of the other bands of that era (although they came much earlier), while Poison will probably never be considered classic rock on a broad scale.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by jspchief

I'm not neccessarily referring to the music itself. It's more the culture that comes with it.

Obviously the music appealed to a lot of people, to reach the level of popularity it reached. I still like to listen to the occasional Motley Crue or Ratt. The music by itself was decent. But just like when someone mentions Donna Summer, you invariably think of the disco scene, when someone mentions Poison, you're going to think of the ridiculous hair and clothing.

I do think every era of music produces a large quantity of songs that don't really survive the era. There are a lot of "throw away" songs from every decade, while only a few transcend into "classics". AC/DC seems to be able to escape the ridicule of some of the other bands of that era (although they came much earlier), while Poison will probably never be considered classic rock on a broad scale.

AC/DC escapes the ridicule because they come from the previous era. It's the same reason Motorhead gets a pass, despite releasing some really bad stuff in the mid-to-late 80's.

AC/DC reached their zenith with "Back in Black" in 1980. "Hair" bands didn't really reach their zenith until about 1986.

[Mr. Kotter]

Originally Posted by htismaqe

AC/DC escapes the ridicule because they come from the previous era. It's the same reason Motorhead gets a pass, despite releasing some really bad stuff in the mid-to-late 80's.

AC/DC reached their zenith with "Back in Black" in 1980. "Hair" bands didn't really reach their zenith until about 1986.

I'll tell you what though, Razor's Edge and Thunderstruck.....and the like from the 90s, is pretty good stuff too. And I'm not really much of a head-banger type....

[Reaper16]

Of course "hair" bands are a joke. Very few had any worth to the listener at all. There is not one "hair" pop-hard band whose entire catalog wasn't outclassed by Def Leppard, a heavy metal band turned pop-hard rock. (Except for Motely Crue's "Kickstart My Heart," that song is all kinds of good. That song beats Def Leppard.)

[ZepSinger]

That movie was hilarious and painful to watch at the same time. Sort of a real-life 'Spinal Tap'.

ODIN! ODIN!

[Nightwish]

Originally Posted by Mr. Kotter

Damn it, O-H!

I can't get the song outta my head now....

Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the mind of pretenders
While chasing the clouds away

Our hearts were ringing
In the key that our souls were singing.
As we danced in the night,
Remember - how the stars stole the night away, yeah yeah yeah.

Hey hey hey,
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

Ba duda, ba duda, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda, badu
Ba duda, badu, ba duda

My thoughts are with you
Holding hands with your heart to see you
Only blue talk and love,
Remember - how we knew love was here to stay

Now December found the love that we shared in September.
Only blue talk and love,
Remember - the true love we share today


Hey hey hey
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.......there was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Now our bell was ringing, aha
Our souls were singing.
Do you remember every cloudy day - yau !

There was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day.......there was a
Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days

Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya
Ba de ya de ya de ya - De ya..... X2

LOL! As soon as I saw the thread title, that song (Earth, Wind and Fire, for those young pups who are confused right now) started running through my head. Glad I'm not the only one!

As to the OP, yeah, I've seen the movie, but I don't remember too much about it, it was several years ago. I do, however, remember the Chris Holmes scene y'all are talking about. I was really into W.A.S.P. at the time (they're still cool).