Posted on 03/22/2020 9:04:27 AM PDT by Rummyfan
The death of industrial music pioneer and perpetual provocateur Genesis P-Orridge got me thinking.
Not that I liked his "music." (I decline to use his preferred pronoun, "s/he.")
But because P-Orridge died at age 70, I enjoyed picturing bummed out young "trans" poseurs learning through these obituaries that body modification and "gender fluidity" weren't their ideas.
I also thought — not for the first time since the advent of what Steve Sailer calls "World War T" — about The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975.)
The enduring cult film started out as a campy London stage musical that spoofed science fiction B-movies while dialing up the tropes of then-trendy glam rock.
"Space age" androgyny, often awkwardly slapped on top of incongruously macho, stomping tunes. (Think: Gary Glitter, Slade, Ziggy Stardust-era Bowie, Alice Cooper).
The plot is simple: Stranded clean-cut newlyweds seek shelter at the castle of Dr. Frank-N-Furter (Tim Curry), "a sweet transvestite" from the planet Transylvania. He and his minions suck the couple into their hedonistic lifestyle, but the party can't last forever...
(Excerpt) Read more at steynonline.com ...
"I agree with Germaine Greer and Barry Humphries," he said recently. "You can't be a woman [just because you've had a sex change]. You're in the middle and there's nothing wrong with that. I certainly wouldn't have the wedding tackle taken off. That is a huge jump and I have all the sympathy in the world for anyone who does it," O'Brien added. "But you aren't a woman."
I loved it then and still do.
However the fan sing- and quote-alongs are way dirtier than they used to be. That says more about modern culture than about the movie.
It almost wasn’t Meatloaf. Show started on Broadway. Backstage at one show was the most famous singer on earth who liked the show so much that there were talks of him doing the part of Eddie in the movie. But they never were able to work things out so Meatloaf got the part instead of Elivs.
Yup. I hit 100 back in High school. It was the “thing to do”. before Social media. It was social, sick and twisted, but social.
I doubt I could ever watch it again, but heck back then we had nothing else to do on the weekend. Kept us off the street and for the most part out of trouble.
The Rocky Horror Picture Show- The Time Warp DanceWhen My Kids Were Teens They Saw This Movie Every Chance They Could.
Oh-kay . . . what does Throbbing Gristle really have to do with Rocky Horror, other than having freakishness in common?
BTW, Wikipedia uses the pronoun “they” for the late Mr. Megson rather than “s/he”.
It’s just a jump to the left....
I went to a midnight showing in the 80s, the crowd antics were great, such as in the movie when they proposed a toast, the audience threw pieces of toast.
I like that your entry appeared in my feed as:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show —where’s_the_Outrage?
Are there any others? The closest I can think of (and thankfully it didn’t last) was “Mommy Dearest”.
When I read Bill Clinton’s excuse for abusing that woman, Ms Lewinsky, I thought of Dr. Frank-N-Furter.
I was ‘doin wrong
With an intern in a thong
But she was good for relieving
My
Tension
when I was in college, it showed as a midnight movie every night for years. It does have a good soundtrack, but most fun was the college kids who dressed up and made it an interactive event. Of course most were drunk, stoned, or most common...both.
I like that your entry appeared in my feed as:
The Rocky Horror Picture Show —where’s_the_Outrage?
LOL
only saw it about a hundred times,,,,
>>The article makes a good point that a lot have noticed: what was considered shocking and obscene by 1970s standards is now considered “not woke enough” and “insensitive to transgender people”
except Genesis P-Orridge will never get in the RnR Hall of fame but Trent Reznor did. No Throbbing Gristle and other 70s-80s industrial bands, no Nine Inch Nails.
GG Allin is still beyond the pale.
Nardwuar vs. Psychic TV (interview)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4suhp5QNpE
BBC Music For Misfits: The Story Of Indie - The DIY movement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz36_a0G7gk
Throbbing Gristle - The First Annual Report of Throbbing Gristle
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWoQPlC9yJE
Throbbing Gristle– Hot On The Heels Of Love (20 Jazz Funk Greats)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpIJgSLgI2Q
There lots of movies that were only shown at midnight.
The Groove Tube comes to mind.
That's great. Now I can imagine Elvis doing: "Hot Patootie, Bless My Soul."
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