The dancer playing the blue skinned demon is a reference to Lindsay Kemp, the avant-garde dancer who taught David Bowie how to move. Kemp has a cameo appearance as the pantomime dame in the film. This song is a perfect Bowie pastiche.
@@Nudiescorner Yes, they are, but my point is that the demon's appearance and choreography are a tribute to the late, great dancer Lindsay Kemp who heavily influenced David Bowie's career. See the opening of Derek Jarman's film Sebastiane (1973) for a sample of Kemp's work.
+piugie I watched this video when I was in high school and somehow most of my usernames became this movie's title..but I've never watched the movie only this video.
I was just thinking that. I was like 13 when I saw this, I was on a huge Ewan Mcgregor kick, I wanted to see everything he ever did cuz he was obi wan kenobi haha. To this day he's still my favorite actor.
This is a film that's aged pretty damn greatly over the 23 years or so since it's release. I remember the critic's pretty much bashed this film but it's gained a cult following since then and it's got a deserved upturn in acclaim, and would love to see Criterion Collection or Arrow Video give this a blu ray release with a ton of extras. look at the cast for this one, post Trainspotting and pre Star Wars Ewan McGregor in the early run of his Stardom, pre American Psycho and A List career Christian Bale (probably one of his more underrated performances), the always fantastic Toni Collette and pre Tudors Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Great soundtrack, sure it sucked the late great David Bowie didn't give permission for his songs (understandable when you watch the film why he didn't but it does hurt a bit that you don't have glam rock's main star's tunes in a Glam era film) but still a wonderful soundtrack with the Stooges, Roxy Music, T-Rex etc.. and fantastic originals like this song. One of my favourite Todd Haynes films. Clearly influenced by Citizen Kane in it's story and the way it's shot. But great designs and costumes and wonderful performances from the leads. Deliver a cult classic.
My mom just linked me to this. She said she's wanted to show me it for a long time, but I wasn't old enough! I just turned 18 .. Haha, thanks mom. This is really cool!
You're lucky. I showed this to my mother just as she was getting into Bowie (I helped her with that) and her reaction to this song/scene was "What the fuck is this?!"
@@SamanthaRyan_20XX ugh big whoop i watched this at 16 and QAF not long after. i do not see this film as a hard R at all this wasn't the first time id seen Ewan's butt either he's always getting his kit off, love that for him. What's wrong with seeing sexy gay scenes or funky nudes scenes id seen plenty of straight sex scenes in films before. Now teenagers are watching porn and its warping their intimacy forever. i hadn't seen any until i was in my mid 20s and i was very grateful that actual stories of relationships was my first understanding of sex.
People seem to think this movie takes only from Bowie. A Bowie parody does exist but references to many other famous glam and rock stars as well such as Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison, the Beatles, etc...
The leather pants, long hair, and shirtless look with Ewan McGregor's character definately reminded me of Morrison as I believe Morrison was the first one to really pull off that look. As well as the scene where he exposes himself on stage. Morrison was the not only the first singer to be arrested on stage but was the first performer to be arrested for supposedly exposing himself. Their is no way you can rule out Morrison's antics as what has now became common coin. The Beatles may be a bit of a stretch but the assassination at the start could be a parallel with John Lennon not to mention the costumes. Thou I'll give you that I may have been overzealous with the Beatles reference yet a Morrison parody is debatable.
Yeah, but McGregor's character is almost pure Iggy Pop, and Iggy was known for getting naked on stage and wearing leather pants himself, so I don't think that is a Morrison reference. Morrison was dead when the whole glam thing happened anyway.
A.K.A Jonathan Rhys Meyers is actually singing here. I love Jonny! He's so damn talented and super sexy!! I love Velvet Goldmine I stumbled on this movie a few years ago and the more I watched it the more I loved it.
The shame it got no play in America as a movie, because at the time it was considered mid level Brit actors, Izzard was even unknown here yet, that it was assumed I would flop, which is probably the truth. But we were robbed of the " I knew when" moment. This is one of the greatest ensemble cast movies most here will never know.
Lyrics: Got tired of wasting gas living above the planet Mister, show me the way to earth The boys of Quadrant 44 with their vicious metal hounds Never come around here no more Sometimes I wonder if I'm still alive Six feet down at age 25 Maxwell Leather Demon rock hand jive I came down like water For the age of solar Hail to the father Kiss your sons and daughters Goodbye goodbye Steam steady roller Lady tongue controller Ten feet tall, better walk it back down Despite the great duress, always get off 'cause damn it! It's the only sure-fire way to win Your poison doesn't hurt me, no Tender wine disguised in a milk-fat fair kiddie show I'm here to celebrate the one below At last I've heard from good God above As the slap on my ass by a lipstick-kissed elbow glove I came down like water For the age of solar Hail to the father Kiss your sons and daughters Goodbye goodbye Steam steady roller Lady tongue controller Ten feet tall, better walk it back down I came down like water For the age of solar I came down like water Kiss your sons and daughters Ten feet tall, better walk it back down
Beautiful and talented Mr. Rhys Meyers! Love him- what a geat actor!
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Oooh this is actually a very good song! Very nice intense singing! Love his voiceeee! No matter what Jonathan does... he's also so damn sexy and intense! No matter the character! They are all so different. All so good!
The rhyme of twenty-five/jive is a reference to “All the Young Dudes” (written by Bowie of course) I still get freaked out by how much Ewan with the wig looked like Kurt Cobain NOT Iggy Pop. Ewan himself said he saw this later -
+Vladimir Casasky The Jobriath story would have ended a lot earlier. It's not hard to see why Bowie was pissed off with this film. Like the gentleman he was he did nothing but not allow his songs. The director reacted to that by poking fun at the Bowie figure. Bowie said nothing.
+Yummy Sounds Why did Bowie not like this film? Well...I think at the time he said all his character did was shag people and it wasn't about the music. The first draft was a lot more sympathetic to Bowie in an attempt to get him to give his songs to the soundtrack. He declined for the above reason when given the script. It was then rewritten to make him an almost a bad character in his own life story. As I said, many moons ago, it's Bowie's life story for sure but from a haters point of view. Bowie didn't disappear or fake his death, he went on to write some of the best albums of his career.
-They despised him. -Yeah. But when you're abused like that, you know you've touched the stars. -...I just wish it had been me. Wish I'd thought of it. _________ This dialog is my favourite in the history of filmmaking.
One thing that is overtly anachronistic is the blue hair. I remember my Mum complaining that they didn't have bright, unnatural colours like that in the '70s. It didn't stand out to me at the time, as Bowie of course had the glowing red, but the more I learn about and see of the genuine era, the more glaring the inaccuracy. A bright white, brassy yellow or gleaming silver would have been plausible, but let's face it, it wouldn't have looked as good.
Though the colors are vivid and the tone is 'playful', the imagery is so powerful..especially when his breath wilts the flower. Brian was an incubus that used Curt! sigh
@@norman11111 don't tell me to shut up i'm an american!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I obviously love this movie, that's why i'm here. I think it's an amazing movie. I just hate how everyone always says "this is the best thing ever maaade" it's art, there is no best.
I knew this movie since I was 12 but i've never watched it until now, at 23. When I was 12, I was obsessed with glam rock and I knew that the moment I will watch Velvet Goldmine was going to be the end of me, like it was going to be my everything. And it did became my one of my favorite films ever. I can't stop thinking about it
I love this movie. Great actors (Christian, Jonathan and Ewan), great music (like Placebo) and so on. Everything's perfect :D and this song is amazing ;)
Oh God, I love this moment at 0:26! And btw... I didn't know, that Brian and Curt knew each other while making this video for this song... I thought they met later... Eh, or I didn't remember... I should watch this film again... and again, and again... because it's amazing :)
ya on some of the clips from the film he does the vocals, the soundtrack has the original singer-whom, has better range in all seriousness- but having his actual vocals adds a variety of personality to the film
Super trivia fact: The body paint scheme for the character skulking into the bedroom is based on the same one used for Roddy McDowall when he portrayed Ariel in a 1972 production of "The Tempest" produced by the legendary Joseph Papp in New York City.
they chose to focus on Bowie because his the arc of his music career corresponded with the shifts in popular music: through psychedelic folk to glam rock and then, towards the end of the film's denouement, it's suggested that Slade reemerged with monicker Tommy Stone and a look resembling the Serious Moonlight tour. They use Bowie's likeness to drive the plot of a film about glam rock.
lol everyone at my work brought in cds to play in the salon & this is on mine.. only had one guest guess what it was from.. he's officially my favorite lol
Fucking tops! Love, Love this. Have since teh soundtrack came out, and this section of the movie is right up there as my favorite. I wish Shudder To Think's other stuff was as good as this.
The plot is based on countless elements of the genre. The main controversy of Brian Slade seems to follow the story of Jobriath: The costume Slade wears during his assassination stunt resembles one worn by Jobriath during his performance on the Mightnight Special. The film simultaneously celebrates and criticizes Bowie and society. Slade appears solely fame-driven, yet oblivious as to its acquisition until he discovers how to emulate and exploit the zeitgeist. His misstep echoes Jobriath's.
I’m too old to be this angry that the soundtrack still isn’t on iTunes. Yes the original Shudder to Think vocals are that much better…and that much lacking without this music ‘video.’
The day someone uploads this song to Spotify my life will be whole
SAME
Same, mate
Literally came here bc it wasn’t on there 😂
@@shannonscotchbrook4977 same here lmfao
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The dancer playing the blue skinned demon is a reference to Lindsay Kemp, the avant-garde dancer who taught David Bowie how to move. Kemp has a cameo appearance as the pantomime dame in the film. This song is a perfect Bowie pastiche.
That's Jon Rhys Meyers......they both are...
@@Nudiescorner He meant that it was a tribute to Kemp, who has a different role in the film.
@@Nudiescorner Yes, they are, but my point is that the demon's appearance and choreography are a tribute to the late, great dancer Lindsay Kemp who heavily influenced David Bowie's career. See the opening of Derek Jarman's film Sebastiane (1973) for a sample of Kemp's work.
It is Lindsay Kemp, he is accredited as pantamime dame
@@joeharris4345thats so cool i love that movie too
I really do wonder what exactly was going on in my 14 year old mind when I first watched this sometimes.
+piugie I watched this video when I was in high school and somehow most of my usernames became this movie's title..but I've never watched the movie only this video.
+piugie Try wathing this for the first time at 23 lol.
+puppymolly123 was it a mindblowing experience?
I was 12 and it immediately changed me...I'd lost many friends then because of my new interests, lol
I was just thinking that. I was like 13 when I saw this, I was on a huge Ewan Mcgregor kick, I wanted to see everything he ever did cuz he was obi wan kenobi haha. To this day he's still my favorite actor.
This is a film that's aged pretty damn greatly over the 23 years or so since it's release. I remember the critic's pretty much bashed this film but it's gained a cult following since then and it's got a deserved upturn in acclaim, and would love to see Criterion Collection or Arrow Video give this a blu ray release with a ton of extras. look at the cast for this one, post Trainspotting and pre Star Wars Ewan McGregor in the early run of his Stardom, pre American Psycho and A List career Christian Bale (probably one of his more underrated performances), the always fantastic Toni Collette and pre Tudors Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Great soundtrack, sure it sucked the late great David Bowie didn't give permission for his songs (understandable when you watch the film why he didn't but it does hurt a bit that you don't have glam rock's main star's tunes in a Glam era film) but still a wonderful soundtrack with the Stooges, Roxy Music, T-Rex etc.. and fantastic originals like this song.
One of my favourite Todd Haynes films. Clearly influenced by Citizen Kane in it's story and the way it's shot. But great designs and costumes and wonderful performances from the leads. Deliver a cult classic.
The ending is still very anti-climactic.
My mom just linked me to this. She said she's wanted to show me it for a long time, but I wasn't old enough! I just turned 18 .. Haha, thanks mom. This is really cool!
VERY VERY COOL MOM!
You're lucky. I showed this to my mother just as she was getting into Bowie (I helped her with that) and her reaction to this song/scene was "What the fuck is this?!"
Not old enough?? For this? I'm confused.
@@aichohvee The movie itself is a hard "R". There are a lot of sex scenes and Ewan Mcgregor is nude during a concert scene.
@@SamanthaRyan_20XX ugh big whoop i watched this at 16 and QAF not long after. i do not see this film as a hard R at all this wasn't the first time id seen Ewan's butt either he's always getting his kit off, love that for him. What's wrong with seeing sexy gay scenes or funky nudes scenes id seen plenty of straight sex scenes in films before. Now teenagers are watching porn and its warping their intimacy forever. i hadn't seen any until i was in my mid 20s and i was very grateful that actual stories of relationships was my first understanding of sex.
People seem to think this movie takes only from Bowie. A Bowie parody does exist but references to many other famous glam and rock stars as well such as Lou Reed, Brian Eno, Iggy Pop, Jim Morrison, the Beatles, etc...
Hmm, where are the Morrison and Beatles references? I missed those.
The leather pants, long hair, and shirtless look with Ewan McGregor's character definately reminded me of Morrison as I believe Morrison was the first one to really pull off that look. As well as the scene where he exposes himself on stage. Morrison was the not only the first singer to be arrested on stage but was the first performer to be arrested for supposedly exposing himself. Their is no way you can rule out Morrison's antics as what has now became common coin. The Beatles may be a bit of a stretch but the assassination at the start could be a parallel with John Lennon not to mention the costumes. Thou I'll give you that I may have been overzealous with the Beatles reference yet a Morrison parody is debatable.
Yeah, but McGregor's character is almost pure Iggy Pop, and Iggy was known for getting naked on stage and wearing leather pants himself, so I don't think that is a Morrison reference. Morrison was dead when the whole glam thing happened anyway.
And don't forget Mick Jagger (: But Slade is almost pure Bowie.
Jobriath too!
A.K.A Jonathan Rhys Meyers is actually singing here. I love Jonny! He's so damn talented and super sexy!! I love Velvet Goldmine I stumbled on this movie a few years ago and the more I watched it the more I loved it.
Oh my god, I LOVE how sarcastic he is in this song and throughout this movie. It is so relevant.
Jonathan Rhys Meyer wow just wow ugh I love this man so much!
He was ok in this but did a terrible job acting as Joe Strummer in that dreadful film. That did not work.
Jonathan and Ewan are SO beautiful in this. I have had a painful relentless crush on JRM for years.....augh.
I want those purple boots, AND the jacket!
I was thinking the same thing but just the boots.
+Nina Gold i know a guy about the coat maybe
I know a guy who could do it
Cool
I want him
I was obsessed with the music in this film when I first saw it all those years ago. It’s nice to revisit it now!
The shame it got no play in America as a movie, because at the time it was considered mid level Brit actors, Izzard was even unknown here yet, that it was assumed I would flop, which is probably the truth. But we were robbed of the " I knew when" moment. This is one of the greatest ensemble cast movies most here will never know.
+01Airbag Seriously? Even though Haynes is American? That's really stupid.
01Airbag I wasn't calling your opinion stupid. I was agreeing with you that it should have had more exposure in America...
we had it in Canada
I'm American ,90s classic! If you loved glam, you saw this movie.
@@puppymolly123 I’m in total agreement. It should be a better known classic here.
I love the costumes for this movie!
Lyrics:
Got tired of wasting gas living above the planet
Mister, show me the way to earth
The boys of Quadrant 44 with their vicious metal hounds
Never come around here no more
Sometimes I wonder if I'm still alive
Six feet down at age 25
Maxwell Leather Demon rock hand jive
I came down like water
For the age of solar
Hail to the father
Kiss your sons and daughters
Goodbye goodbye
Steam steady roller
Lady tongue controller
Ten feet tall, better walk it back down
Despite the great duress, always get off 'cause damn it!
It's the only sure-fire way to win
Your poison doesn't hurt me, no
Tender wine disguised in a milk-fat fair kiddie show
I'm here to celebrate the one below
At last I've heard from good God above
As the slap on my ass by a lipstick-kissed elbow glove
I came down like water
For the age of solar
Hail to the father
Kiss your sons and daughters
Goodbye goodbye
Steam steady roller
Lady tongue controller
Ten feet tall, better walk it back down
I came down like water
For the age of solar
I came down like water
Kiss your sons and daughters
Ten feet tall, better walk it back down
Thank you
He's acting so good and his voice is so amazing!
I dress like this at school sometimes.
Beautiful and talented Mr. Rhys Meyers! Love him- what a geat actor!
Oooh this is actually a very good song! Very nice intense singing! Love his voiceeee! No matter what Jonathan does... he's also so damn sexy and intense! No matter the character! They are all so different. All so good!
The rhyme of twenty-five/jive is a reference to “All the Young Dudes” (written by Bowie of course) I still get freaked out by how much Ewan with the wig looked like Kurt Cobain NOT Iggy Pop. Ewan himself said he saw this later -
Let's face it....it's the David Bowie story....told by everyone who he pissed off.
+DrusillaDarko No, it's the Jobriath story hahaha
+Vladimir Casasky The Jobriath story would have ended a lot earlier. It's not hard to see why Bowie was pissed off with this film. Like the gentleman he was he did nothing but not allow his songs.
The director reacted to that by poking fun at the Bowie figure. Bowie said nothing.
lol yeah pretty much. he almost sued em' for basing the movie off of him too.
+DrusillaDarko I don't get it why did he got mad...?
+Yummy Sounds Why did Bowie not like this film? Well...I think at the time he said all his character did was shag people and it wasn't about the music. The first draft was a lot more sympathetic to Bowie in an attempt to get him to give his songs to the soundtrack. He declined for the above reason when given the script. It was then rewritten to make him an almost a bad character in his own life story. As I said, many moons ago, it's Bowie's life story for sure but from a haters point of view. Bowie didn't disappear or fake his death, he went on to write some of the best albums of his career.
-They despised him.
-Yeah. But when you're abused like that, you know you've touched the stars.
-...I just wish it had been me. Wish I'd thought of it.
_________
This dialog is my favourite in the history of filmmaking.
Kayla Sh. And “I was beaming, truly, like someone’s Mum!”
How they reenacted the 70's is so on point! This is right out of movies like 'Tommy' or 'The Holy Mountain'. This could fool someone, seriously!
Yes! Definitely had that trippy Jodorowsky vibe. Love this and love him too!
One thing that is overtly anachronistic is the blue hair. I remember my Mum complaining that they didn't have bright, unnatural colours like that in the '70s. It didn't stand out to me at the time, as Bowie of course had the glowing red, but the more I learn about and see of the genuine era, the more glaring the inaccuracy. A bright white, brassy yellow or gleaming silver would have been plausible, but let's face it, it wouldn't have looked as good.
Except this is supposed to be a music video, set nearly a decade before music videos like this were a thing
Possibly. The "sex scene" is a homage to A Clockwork Orange, at least, the film that inspired the Ziggy Stardust look.
Though the colors are vivid and the tone is 'playful', the imagery is so powerful..especially when his breath wilts the flower. Brian was an incubus that used Curt! sigh
Probably the best film of all time
you haven't seen that many movies have you
@@jack-uv6mt boooo shut up it's the best movie ever
@@norman11111 don't tell me to shut up i'm an american!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I obviously love this movie, that's why i'm here. I think it's an amazing movie. I just hate how everyone always says "this is the best thing ever maaade" it's art, there is no best.
Jonathan Rhys Meyers,really rocks this song.
He's really a good singer.
And looks really amazing in this viedo clip.
He looks so good like that! Even more than usual.
the genius who directed this movie, as well as other brilliant movies like Far From Heaven and I'm Not There :)
One of my favorite films of all time
JRM was only 19 here and he was absolutely brilliant
Jesus His dance moves make this video amazing! this video could have no sound and i would still find it amusing!
Love when Jonathan Rhys-Meyers...sing
His eyes...his eyes.
My husband kind of looked like Jonathan Rhys Meyers lol RIp, I miss you. xoxox
I love that his alterego is named after a physics term.
Jonathan is so ungodly, incredibly, insanely and completely...GORGEOUS
And SMART. He' has a prodigious intellect--very eloquent and a deep thinker. The Irish are always so poetic.
I knew this movie since I was 12 but i've never watched it until now, at 23. When I was 12, I was obsessed with glam rock and I knew that the moment I will watch Velvet Goldmine was going to be the end of me, like it was going to be my everything. And it did became my one of my favorite films ever. I can't stop thinking about it
All the sugar dandy glitter dreams a person could ask for.
One of the best soundtrack ever for one underrated piece of art.
My one complaint about this movie is I want the full soundtrack version of this song done by him
I love this movie. Great actors (Christian, Jonathan and Ewan), great music (like Placebo) and so on. Everything's perfect :D and this song is amazing ;)
not lying this movie open up the gate of rock n roll music for me as a middle schooler.
This is art.
That hair auburn of John Rhys Meyers is too gorgeous for words .
The boys from Quadrant 44 and their vicious metal hounds dont come around here no more!
I saw this movie at 12 I believe and I fell in love with Ewan Mcgregor
JRM has a nice singing voice actually...
special ^^
love the movie.
I was obsessed with this when I was 15 omgg im screaming
"a slap on my ass by a lipstick kiss elbow glove" love that line! it's on the soundtrack version though.
This is my guilty pleasure.
Why guilty? Never feel shame for loving art as pure and flawless as this
Is there no recording of this song with Jonathan Rhys Meyers on vocals? Because I prefer listening to video than the Shudder to Think version.
This is the JRM version, hun.
I know that. I was asking if there's a recording of JRM doing the WHOLE SONG.
Emily L I'd love that too! I haven't found one, so I can't help you. Sorry, and I feel your pain.
Sadly no, the soundtrack has different versions :-(
+Alaia Williams Nooooooo!!!!!
I don't know if anyone has ever been as beautiful as JRM in this movei
I really wanna know which drugs were involved by making this video.
all the drugs
lmao XD
KillerQueen coke mixed with crafting glitter
Yes
Or maybe is a really good actor, don't you think?
this is how i'm TRYING to dress after lowkey giving myself that entire haircut
I fell in love with Curt Wild😍😍
Oh God, I love this moment at 0:26!
And btw... I didn't know, that Brian and Curt knew each other while making this video for this song... I thought they met later... Eh, or I didn't remember... I should watch this film again... and again, and again... because it's amazing :)
I just showed this to my soon to be husband he loves it
He's freaking talent.... I'm sure David Bowie must have been grinning at this homage to him.
He actually reviled this movie sadly
This movie so surprised me, I thought I loved JRM before now I'm obsessed!!
I shudder to think hen, goodbye! LADYTRON CONTROLLER....Oooh!
He is a great actor 😊
this is one of my favorite movies ever
One of the best movies ever made, the fact that Rodger Ebert hated it makes me love it that much more. They didn’t make it for you bro 🤣
yep, he is...
love this video, love this movie, love Todd Haynes...
The blue skinned demon has definitely been based on the dancers from the “John i’m only dancing” video 100%
This should be popular
ya on some of the clips from the film he does the vocals, the soundtrack has the original singer-whom, has better range in all seriousness- but having his actual vocals adds a variety of personality to the film
I feel in life with this man at 13 omg 😢
I based my life around this movie in high school bro😭😂
OMG... Such a great video and the song... Auft.. So sexy... I just heard it a first time today and I can't stop listening....
Thanks for uploading...
This is so perfect!
I'm in love with this; its my favorite song at the moment and this is my favorite video :}
Ahh, i love Velvet Goldmine
iTunes tells me I've listened to this song over 70 times. I got it yesterday.
Super trivia fact: The body paint scheme for the character skulking into the bedroom is based on the same one used for Roddy McDowall when he portrayed Ariel in a 1972 production of "The Tempest" produced by the legendary Joseph Papp in New York City.
1:19
You have to be one gorgeous man to pull off the androgynous look.
Brian Slade is so Hot! And this song is amazing!!!
Brilliant song
they chose to focus on Bowie because his the arc of his music career corresponded with the shifts in popular music: through psychedelic folk to glam rock and then, towards the end of the film's denouement, it's suggested that Slade reemerged with monicker Tommy Stone and a look resembling the Serious Moonlight tour. They use Bowie's likeness to drive the plot of a film about glam rock.
FUCKING BRILLIANT MOVIE
He is beautiful! I want those boots!!!!
This movie is legend.......... also ost is best of glam rock music 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Love this film.
Brilliant film
only him can be hot as hell with a pink wig, blue eyeshadow and purple platforms
I love the Kubrick homage.
I came here to learn thermodynamics. What the hell is this?!
same, like wtf
The sparkly blue thing is Boy George's final form.
awesome.
love this so much
Best movie ever!!! 💕💕💕💕💕💕
Angies book. Love this movie
Esa pelicula esta tremenda, me encanto
i really like the intro.... glade you did it.
maxwell's ballad is his struggles with success and whence it followed flair vs fame. the music part is allegorical.
lol everyone at my work brought in cds to play in the salon & this is on mine.. only had one guest guess what it was from.. he's officially my favorite lol
Fucking tops! Love, Love this. Have since teh soundtrack came out, and this section of the movie is right up there as my favorite. I wish Shudder To Think's other stuff was as good as this.
the lizard guy is Jonathan as well
The plot is based on countless elements of the genre. The main controversy of Brian Slade seems to follow the story of Jobriath: The costume Slade wears during his assassination stunt resembles one worn by Jobriath during his performance on the Mightnight Special. The film simultaneously celebrates and criticizes Bowie and society. Slade appears solely fame-driven, yet oblivious as to its acquisition until he discovers how to emulate and exploit the zeitgeist. His misstep echoes Jobriath's.
That ;) wink..
I’m too old to be this angry that the soundtrack still isn’t on iTunes. Yes the original Shudder to Think vocals are that much better…and that much lacking without this music ‘video.’
the lizard guy is a reference to a dancer on Bowie's "1980 floor show" just browse around youtube, and you'll understand.