Title: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: RCMerchant on April 12, 2008, 07:17:20 PM Of Course there's BELA LUGOSI'S DEAD by Bauhaus....but here's some more I like...
The BALLAD of DWIGHT FRYE- http://youtube.com/watch?v=n_5cjJppmqs Now...don't get me wrong...I LIKE John Wayne....but I also like MDC...and the crazy song JOHN WAYNE WAS A NAZI>>> http://youtube.com/watch?v=LfQsXrhF2X4 ....so....any songs you can think of to ad...? I got some more...but I don't wanna hog 'em all up! Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: zombie no.one on April 12, 2008, 08:15:22 PM Royal Trux - Song For Stevie - (dedicated to steven segal)
there is also a band called 'Gay For Johnny Depp'... Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: Allhallowsday on April 12, 2008, 08:22:09 PM ROXY MUSIC have a tribute on their first eponymous album, a track called "HB" about HUMPHREY BOGART.
THE EAGLES have "James Dean" on their album On The Border. I'd guess you thought of "Candle In The Wind..." Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: RCMerchant on April 12, 2008, 08:31:08 PM Howzabout BETTE DAVIS EYES?
http://youtube.com/watch?v=eja-popojUo ...and of course...an old drinking bar song (at least in Van Buern County it was-) the CURLY SHUFFLE! http://youtube.com/watch?v=FKAfXdb5LsA Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: Allhallowsday on April 12, 2008, 08:46:24 PM Yeh, I held off on KIM CARNES so as not to be greedy either!
Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: JJ80 on April 13, 2008, 10:19:14 AM Perhaps,
"Robert De Niro's Waiting" by Bananarama, "Just Like Fred Astaire" by James, "The Ballad Of Chasey Lane" by The Bloodhound Gang. Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: ToyMan on April 13, 2008, 01:18:28 PM it's not about him, near as i can tell, but gorillaz became popular with their radio hit "clint eastwood".
Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: Derf on April 13, 2008, 03:05:17 PM How about:
Joan Jett's "Ridin' With James Dean" Mojo Nixon's "Elvis is Everywhere" (Yeah, it's more about Elvis's singing, but the guy did do movies, too.) The Dead Milkmen's "I Tripped Over the Ottoman (One too many Times)" about Dick Van Dyke Then there's the band called The Mr. T Experience Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: JJ80 on April 13, 2008, 04:34:45 PM "Let Robeson Sing" - Manic Street Preachers
"Scarlet Johansson" - The Teenagers Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: frank on April 14, 2008, 01:46:24 AM Hammer Horror - Kate Bush Lady D'Arbanville - Cat Stevens (not really a cult actress...) Grace Kelly Blues - EELS Not about an actor, but a comedian: Man on the Moon - REM Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: HappyGilmore on April 14, 2008, 08:44:49 AM Vampira by The Misfits
Not sure if this counts, but: And: http://youtube.com/watch?v=EaGFPdP0-ug Ralph Wiggum by Bloodhound Gang. It's a 'cult' tv character. They took different lines Ralph's said over the years on the Simpsons and put them to music. Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: Rev. Powell on April 14, 2008, 02:00:34 PM I seem to remember some alt-country band in the late 90s wrote a song about Sam Pekcinpah and Warren Oates.
While searching for it online I found this 41 minute instrumental jam by an experimental jazz band instead: http://glowsinthedark.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/warren-oates-suite-online/ (They also have a song entitled "Five Deadly Venoms": http://glowsinthedark.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thursday-410-at-the-boot/) But if anyone knows the alt-country song I'm thinking of, please post for karma. Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: frank on April 15, 2008, 04:10:53 AM I seem to remember some alt-country band in the late 90s wrote a song about Sam Pekcinpah and Warren Oates. While searching for it online I found this 41 minute instrumental jam by an experimental jazz band instead: [url]http://glowsinthedark.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/warren-oates-suite-online/[/url] (They also have a song entitled "Five Deadly Venoms": [url]http://glowsinthedark.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thursday-410-at-the-boot/[/url]) But if anyone knows the alt-country song I'm thinking of, please post for karma. Did a little online search myself. Could it be this? "Warren Oates" by Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes (Couldn't find any lyrics, though...) I think there is also a song called "Lon Chaney".... Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: AndyC on April 15, 2008, 07:18:52 AM Ian Thomas (brother of Dave 'Doug McKenzie' Thomas) did a couple of songs about stars of old movies. Not sure if they qualify as 'cult' but definitely for film buffs.
From 'Right Before Your Eyes' Don't know the right things to say So I pretend away, that I'm Rudolph Valentino Pull up in my limousine Oh, won't you come in out of the rain And things will never be the same And then just like Greta Garbo you'll stare like there's no tomorrow And you'll know what I'm thinking of And right before your eyes I'll fall in love with you And the lyrics to 'Goodnight Mrs. Calabash' They're all alive, in old movies See them, even though they're gone Can you remember Jimmy Durante? His eyes glisten in the lights Mrs. Calabash, goodnight, wherever you are You can't be gone, you can't be gone, well not on my T.V. Time just stands still in old movies Love them, even though they're gone Jack Benny's 39 Bogart's doing time Wallace Beery's just the same Still bugging Marjorie Maine Oh, Marjorie Maine You can't be gone, you can't be gone Well not on my T.V. His eyes glisten in the lights Mrs. Calabash, goodnight, wherever you are You can't be gone, you can't be gone, well not on my T.V. Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: Rev. Powell on April 15, 2008, 09:29:01 AM I seem to remember some alt-country band in the late 90s wrote a song about Sam Pekcinpah and Warren Oates. While searching for it online I found this 41 minute instrumental jam by an experimental jazz band instead: [url]http://glowsinthedark.wordpress.com/2008/01/29/warren-oates-suite-online/[/url] (They also have a song entitled "Five Deadly Venoms": [url]http://glowsinthedark.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/thursday-410-at-the-boot/[/url]) But if anyone knows the alt-country song I'm thinking of, please post for karma. Did a little online search myself. Could it be this? "Warren Oates" by Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes (Couldn't find any lyrics, though...) I think there is also a song called "Lon Chaney".... Frank, I found a 30 second sample and I don't think that was the song I was thinking of. It's an Australian band, and not particularly alt-country. It actually sounds quite good. Karma for trying. I only heard the song once and didn't catch the name. It seemed to have a plot about Peckinpah and Oates driving into the desert together (possibly never to return). Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: the ghoul on April 17, 2008, 09:30:47 PM I can't remember what it was called, but I remember the Clash having a song about Montgomery Clift.
Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: the ghoul on April 17, 2008, 09:36:57 PM I don't know if you could call him a cult actor, but The Mr. T. Experience had a great song about Danny Bonaduce called "Danny Partridge Busted."
Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: LilCerberus on April 17, 2008, 10:42:43 PM There are a few mentioned on Rhino's DIY series from the early '90s.
Linda Blair John Wayne was a Nazi They saved Hitler's Brain Jackie Onassis One down, three to go http://www.amazon.com/D.I.Y.-Series/e/B000AQ3GXC/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel http://www.amazon.com/Faster-%26-Louder-%28Series%29/e/B000AQ3Y3E/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: the ghoul on April 18, 2008, 08:54:49 AM "Who Killed Marilyn?" by The Misfits
Title: Re: Songs honoring Cult Actors.... Post by: RCMerchant on April 19, 2008, 08:44:50 AM There are a few mentioned on Rhino's DIY series from the early '90s. Linda Blair John Wayne was a Nazi They saved Hitler's Brain Jackie Onassis One down, three to go [url]http://www.amazon.com/D.I.Y.-Series/e/B000AQ3GXC/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel[/url] [url]http://www.amazon.com/Faster-%26-Louder-%28Series%29/e/B000AQ3Y3E/ref=ntt_mus_dp_pel[/url] AH! One Down Three to GO! Of course...by the MEATMEN-(it's about the Beatles...and John Lennon-talk about bad taste!) Come to think of it-the MEATMEN also do a song (title ecscapes me) which is a tribute to-"all my favorite porn stars like Lisa DeLeauw and Gloria Lenoard"-) http://youtube.com/watch?v=-1oqAG1wR_0 |