I'll never forget putting this into a VCR at 7 years old in the 90s thinking it was some normal cartoon...shook my entire cartoon foundation to it's core. Haven't been the same since.
My great grandfather passed away this year. He was a B-17 Engineer and flew over 37 missions over Europe. He was the man that knew the plane better than anyone on it. After service, he worked for Boeing for 40 years and was the Superintendent and manufacturer of some the planes you may have flown on. He must have had a great crew.. He was a great man. And he's flying again.
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Today is going to be awesome. I am 62 and when I rolled out of bed I flipped the switch on the coffee pot and checked my email to see if any of customers had contacted me. But instead I looked and saw TH-cam notifications so I looked to see what they were . And this is what I saw. So I turned on the wireless speakers and cranked the volume. Yea it's going to be an awesome day.
I recently found in a consignment store a bombers full leather helmet, goggles, oxygen mask with all the electronic connections for radio etc on a display stand like the pilot or gunner just walked out of a B17. Very cool piece of 80 year old history.
@@santi-xj1qr And the nickname stuck, because they were extremely durable bombers, especially compared to other bombers being produced at the time. www.wired.com/2011/07/toughest-plane-ever/ Thus, "not just a nickname".
@@santi-xj1qr ... I'm quite familiar with the story of how they trademarked the reporter's remark. The original statement is "Flying Fortress was not just a Nickname". That means, if you have difficulty parsing english, that the Nickname was well deserved for more reasons than just the number of machine guns it was carrying, and the durability of the plane lends gravitas to the nickname.
Don Felder learned how to play slide guitar from Duane Allman, and Felder taught Tom Petty guitar. What an amazing musical family tree. Three of the best musicians teaching each other during their youth in Florida!
Nice. Don Felder and Joe Walsh dueling guitar solos with Don using the SG double neck is pure gold Edit: Hotel California Edit again as if you didnt know
When I was at Univ. of Florida in the late 70's, I dated a girl that was a next door neighbor of the Petty's in Gainesville. Tom was already on his way in L.A. with The Heartbreakers, but I used to wave to his Dad when he was mowing the lawn. The song sounds like late Eagles music period, but I'm sure Don Felder learned a couple of things from Joe Walsh on slide also. It sounds just like him. Felder taught guitar at the music store near my apartment, but I never met him. He was on the yellow brick to stardom. Great friggin' tune that I first heard in the movie theater. I bought the album for the great music on it. Great adult cartoon film also. There weren't too many back then. It's got California sound with fast cars, cocaine, glitz, glamour, and beautiful girls all over it in its kick butt sound. Lots of guitars. I'm glad Felder is still with us.
Eli Novak it's a shame today there almost nothing like it anymore if you know about a cartoon that is as gory and amazing as heavy metal be sure to share the only thing ive seen that can be compared is korgoth of barbaria which ran for a short period i hope adult swim will get a series that will satisfy the urge
Ah, the good old days..I remember back in 81 when we went to the movies almost every weekend, bought a ticket to a PG but went into an R instead. Most of the theater staff was young so they didn't care..we'd sneak a bottle of jack and pour into our huge cups of coke. Empty bottle would clang around the sticky floor for awhile and everybody would laugh. This flicks double-featured with Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Those times will never happen again.
No man but we are fortunate I saw it in drive in with Seagram's 14 then. Those burgers at the drive in tho... I saw the thing at drive in too. The wall too. My older brothers drag me out, weed Budweiser in bottles cardboard cases We had the best time...but we have those memories
Eric Haynes you got that right they were the best years and will never be relived .I feel sorry for the teens that came after us .the music sucks after around 9o I mean it was going downhill but it hit garbage around there ..the good tunes after that year can be counted on my toes and fingers .the ,music of my youth you'd need grains of sand on the beach to count ..it was the best music ..don't worry us old timers will have it in our mind until our last minute ..hopefully for eternity . If only the kids knew what they were missing .
You witnessed this AND Fast Times as a double feature?? You, sir Eric, are my hero. Only caught this alone in an enclosed theater, although it was QUITE epic, thank you very much.
My grandfather said their B-17 would look like Swiss cheese after they would get back from a bombing mission. He said that he would look at the plane the next morning and wondered how it even stayed in the sky. Tail Gunner
I recently found a full set B17 bombers leather helmet, goggles, oxygen mask with all the radio and electronic connections cut in a consignment store, like the pilot or gunner just walked out of the B17 and kept his stuff. It’s on a display stand and when I get time I’m going to pull it off the display head and look if somebody’s name is written inside the leather. Cool piece of WW2 history.
The animation wasn't actually that good. The drawings were good, but the animation itself was sub-par. It was about on the level of a Hanna-Barbara cartoon, such as Thundarr The Barbarian. The music, coupled with adult themes and fantasy really propelled this movie.
I saw this moving in the Drive In theater in Pueblo Co back in 81. My friend and I rode our motorcycles there from Farmington, NM to visit his awesome cousins. It was a 6-hour ride and took us over two mountain passes to get there. OH, and did I tell you I was 15 and he was 16? Yeah, teenagers have NO CLUE what it's like to actually "grow. up." now days. Many years later, When I learned this movie was going to be on sale "next Tuesday" on DVD, I purchased it. I didn't even own a DVD player at the time, though. I still have the movie, and have been through a several DVD players since then. I pop it in once in a while an reminisce. I started high school in 1979. I graduated college in 1989. The entire decade of the 80's was, for me, school, cars, girls, friends, video games, pinball, MTV, and scrounging for money. My son was born in December, 1988. He is now 31; I'm 54 and looking to retire in about 5 years with a 35 year career as an electrical engineer. I am sad that my son never did, and could never have lived the amazing life I did as a teenager. It was just a way different world back then. We had to grow up early. No after early school programs, after school programs, daycare, "helicopter parenting". When I turned 7, my brother 6, my mom entered the work force, and we would never have her be a "stay at home mom" again. No regrets, though. We were the quintessential "latch-key kids". We'd get home from school, make a sandwich and ramen noodles, watch some cartoons, get the call from mom at about 4:00 +/- a minute or two. And from the time we hung up the phone until she walked in the door at about 5:00, A LOT OF LIFE happened. . . . A LOT OF LIFE. . . . I became VERY independent, able to do my own thing, and hardly think twice about it. That alone has served me well in life. I depend VORACIOUSLY on myself and my skills as a professional. . . . . Young people today simply haven't a clue how ot live like that. HEY! Thanks for reading all this. It's late Christmas eve, I was contemplating life, played this video, and started writing. All my best to you!
Totally relate. Lived a lot, really fast. On my own for most of the time. I came and went from the back door, Dad in and out of the front. Walked home from school. Lots of freedom back then and we weren't worried about freakin' perverts and mass shooters all of the time. I know the world was kind of screwed up back then but man is it bad now. My daughter has never known a time when America wasn't at war with some country or another.
58 myself and can definitely relate. Lots of time on my own from about 9 or 10 on. Riding bikes all over Chicago. Saw Heavy Metal in 81. Had a Yamaha at the time. Rode it from Fort Worth to Champaign, Il. Late 70s and early 80s were a good time. Been married and working since 85, mostly good times too, but remember those early days fondly.
When this came out, everyone I knew hated this song, said it wasn't metal, and did not belong in the movie, and while they're pretty right that it's not metal, I still like this song, and thought it fit in well with the visual.
@@subzero8679 Don Felder is a great kickass player and has proven himself many times over, ,the fact The Eagles brought him in to "toughen" out their sound so that they could rock out more says it all!
Love the imagery at the start... the men who crewed the B-17's in WW2 had big, brass balls... Flying over enemy territory, having to deal with anti-aircraft guns and enemy fighters... just reading about the exploits of some of these men is enough to give one tremendous respect for them. So many came home scarred, both physically and mentally... and so many didn't come home at all. A moment of silence for these brave men.
I knew a guy that had his grandfather's 1911, and holster. Guy was a bomber pilot and was shot down. Managed to make it back to England. Was wounded, holster still had the bloodstain on it. It wasn't just the pilots. Was a bunch of tough sons of bitches in that war.
I remember my Uncle John, a Lt., Navigator/Bombardier, stationed in Tunisia during WWII. Went into the Army Air Corp, innocent, young and the nicest gent in the world according to my Mother. A brilliant man with a photographic memory, was involved in many missions to bomb Europe, Romanian oil fields, etc.. He volunteered for more sorties than required. I remember sitting in the living room listening to him at Christmas time in the 70's, after a few too many, he opened up about his experiences. On numerous different occasions his crews were shot to hell up there, blood from his buddies running down the fuselage. He flew the plane home more than once, all alone. He memorized the way in, compass all shot up, led planes out after dropping. He just couldn't shake the war. After the war, according to Mom, he returned home a changed man. A raging alcoholic, would wake up in Grandmas house having night sweats and screaming. His life went to shit, tried marriage and kids, ended with divorce and kids were neglected. Really fucked up. This cartoon showed exactly what he went through, every sortie of his tour. This poor hero. RIP John
We need another adult movie with great animation, a basic story to tie it all together, and kickass music that blends perfect with every scene and visual.
It's a funny thing in hindsight, but back then the term was used more for motorbikes and cars, while music journalists used the term to make fun of rock bands they felt were too lowbrow.
After hearing him play this, I had no idea his guitar work was so signature (and saturated) with the eagles. Hell, he IS the Hotel CA album almost exclusively!! I think Joe Walsh's best work was The Confessor.....a noted difference between him and Felder, but Joe kicks ass on the Confessor, and if I recall correctly, it was Joe that wanted the band to hire Felder in the first place, because he was so awesome, and Joe could goof off a lot more.
@Red Coal You are correct here. These idiots dont know shit. Felder was a really good guitarist but only a "good" singer. Henley and Frey were and are great singers. They had Walsh and didnt need felder if he wanted too much. That said, I still think the best lineup included him on guitar as well. But he just wasnt as valuable to the band. Thats why we have the Victim of Love we have today which im thankful for... felders version is shit compared to the Eagles version (which had him as his proper place playing guitar, not singing) Felder still kicks ass but was overshadowed by Henley Frey and Walsh.
We tripped out on this movie in 81 at the theater...wow 19 years old. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 90's which were the best pop culture wise with all the golden classic movies, music & concerts, and cars...YOU were blessed!
I worked right next door to Eagles recording studio in Culver City California. Literally one wall separated both business. We're General Contractors and we would work late into the night to hear them play (rehearse). Got to meet Glen one nightwhen he knocked on our door and asked if ok to take some of a available parking spots. Such a cool guy as down to earth as they get. Such a huge loss. Still hurts as I type. God bless
When I first saw this movie it scared the crap out of me with a few scenes like this one with the Zombies on a B-17 and the island and when people literally disolve whenever they touch or come near the Locnar.
The B-17 was rotoscoped from a model... That's what made it so realistic in the opening sequence. Love this movie. Wish people were still putting out animation like this, there are tons of stories. Everything is faster now but not necessarily better.
God I feel old. This was the first movie I watched while tripping on microdot 25. Evening, Dallas Tx. Apollo Drive-In on Ledbetter Rd. It took me 30 minutes to build up enough nerve to drive home after the movie ended. I had the worst time trying to hand cash money to a cashier at 7-11 for a hard pack of Marlboro reds. I saw ALL sorts of things running ahead of my headlights just out of view, at 55 mph. Pastel-propellers morphing into apes running at gallop then stretching up and literally becoming an obscene Salvador Dali painting on the inside of a dripping sky. I made it to Lakeside Park, Duncanville, Tx., parked the car and ran into the woods to hide for about 6 hours. I chained smoked the whole pack in three hours and swore i could see the eyes of anything with eyes looking, unflinchingly, dead into mine.
The only thing they got wrong was the night bombing aspect. IIRC the vast majority of B-17 raids were made in daylight. I agree that it adds to the atmosphere, and the B-17 is probably much more recognizable to most of the intended audience than a British night bomber like the Lancaster, but it's just that one little detail that spoils perfection.
Hmmm...this song and cartoon brings back great memories. I was 15yrs old and my brother just returned from service in the Navy. He gave me things my parents weren't able to give us when while we grew up. Like a Schwinn English Racer called a Continental II, a Suzuki RM 125, and a Mazda my 1st car. He brought me to see this movie and he broke out a joint and fired it up, looked at me and said "you smoke" I said of course. We smoked it on the way and enjoyed every minute of the movie. He unfortunately was unable to deal with his service as a Navy Seal. He began drinking not long after he left the service and passed from liver failure at the age of 52.
When this movie was playing in the theater in the early 80's, I was downtown and bumped into a friend from high school, he said hey want to go see the movie, gave me two hits of acid and I had the best time ever haha After that I bought the soundtrack to the movie, such fun memories!
8484terry - Shit i was straight but,i still loved it ! - and oh yeah i got laid right after the movie 😂.....then i got high on weed,and we did it again 😂.....The Good Ole Days....😊
@@nadanada5698 In Hutchinson at the Fox Theater bombing runs were completed dropping 8½ x 11 one color black on printed paper; It was by far the absolute closest thing to this that anyone could have; We purchased a Gilbert Chemistry set and I was told some baddies used it for making drugs; I never figured it out even to this day & it would be decades before this and MTV had any chance of being available; Truth came from Ann Landers & the church with explanatory portrayals by Della Street handed to some dude who was supposed to be an attorney; I lived for decades with these abstracted distortions until one summer on the beach at Galveston I saw what would be called a Splendrifity; Due to dropping acid and not just no junk either; It would be a long time before I got sex; Today I cannot wait to get laid; In steel box 6'under Get your definitions right please;
Not just a memory. I just vaped some super strong weed. Like bordering on acid strong and this song is as good as ever. Everything is slightly 3D right now. lol
My grandpa navigated b17s with the 457th out of Glatton England 43-45. He immigrated from Germany so played psyops w the Luftwaffe over the radio. I never met him since he took his own life in 64 with his army air forces issued 45 when my dad was 18. I met his crew in 2001 at a Glatton reunion.
This sequence was so amazing when I saw (and heard it) for the first time in the theaters with those BIG Dolby surround speakers. Great overall soundtrack. Played the cassette tape over and over again until it came apart.
This came out the summer after I graduated high school. The main theater in Knoxville would play this movie on the weekend at midnight. We used to get torn up and go watch it and rock out.
Hadn’t seen movie since it was new, but have greater appreciation for this scene now because i have actually crawled through a real B-17 - they got the interior pretty close. It’s surprisingly tight in there, for such a large aircraft!
In the late 80s, nobody could find that movie but I recorded it on a VHS tape at high speed from pay TV with superb image quality (for what you could get from VHS SP) and everyone wanted to watch it among my friends. What memories this brings!
I studied animation in a kids’ program , my teacher was Gerald Tripp who worked on this. We got to find out about the bits that didn’t make the final cut for being too graphic.
Saw this on HBO as a kid and loved it. Just viewed it again recently and was shocked how much the movie The 5th element took from the first story. Love the opening with the Corvette and thanks to Elon it's a reality.
@@ilhamb.s.a9564 I'm trying to figure this out myself. I 'believe' it may simply be called "Heavy Metal". Would like to watch it, though, if anybody knows for certain.
Ilham B.S.A ...this sequence is called, B17.... the name of the movie is Heavy Metal which was released in 1981. This is one of my favorite all time films.
It's not that the 5th Element drew from the Heavy Metal movie, rather they both were adapted from the same source - an ongoing story running in Metal Hurlant, which was a European comics magazine that spawned the American magazine called Heavy Metal. Metal Hurlant was a large format, slick magazine featuring 'adult' graphic novel-style comic stories, fully painted by some great artists (and some not so great). An American publisher bought rights to create an American version of it called Heavy Metal (which is what Metal Hurlant means in French), and ran a mix of new stories and translated reprints from the French magazine (I believe - not entirely sure on that last part). I believe the story that spawned part of the Heavy Metal movie and The 5th Element was done by a writer named Alejandro Jodorowsky (pronounced like "Yoda-Rofski") - I believe it was the Incal storyline, I'm not sure, he had several, some drawn by famed French artist Moebius. And it also spawned the recent movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - it's set in the same universe as The 5th Element. This is really a fascinating story. You should look into the history of Jodorowski's involvement in the movie Dune. He had worked up a really elaborate idea for it that he presented to American movie studios, and none of them took him up on it (he wanted to direct as well as write), but apparently a lot of his ideas were taken and used in many different projects, including Star Wars. Here, here's a short video and an article about it - I know I saw a much longer video somewhere, I;ll see if I can find that. Here's the short one though: www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/q-a-jodorowskys-dune-explores-690348 Ok, here's a good long explanation of it - I think this is what I was thinking of: th-cam.com/video/6mUlNWNv28k/w-d-xo.html Also this one, about how The 5th Element was adapted from The Incal: th-cam.com/video/Ggro4cJR4F4/w-d-xo.html
Inl my opinion Don Felder was the most awesome Eagle because he helped pull them into a more rock oriented niche...plus after hearing the song All Of You from the Heavy Metal Soundtrack it just cemented my opinion of him
I was 11 years old in 1981 and saw this as a double feature at the drive in with Empire Strikes Back which played first. Of the two this is what rocked my world the next day forward. And I'm a Star Wars fan. Within a week I had the soundtrack after begging mom. This film was my introduction to Blue Oyster Cult, The Magazine, and Adult Animation. I am 54 now and huge collector of all of those things and this film. Funny how one summer night in a car in front of a giant movie screen can change one's life forever......
I'll never forget putting this into a VCR at 7 years old in the 90s thinking it was some normal cartoon...shook my entire cartoon foundation to it's core. Haven't been the same since.
Same here. My dad showed me Wizzards and Heavy Metal because "they're gonna be gone one day"
You know it
Lol 😂
hahahah
I SHOWED my 7 yr old 9 yr old KIDS and THEY LOVE it
Saw this in 1981 at the theater when I was 13 years old. Good times, good days. Wish I could go back.
Amen. Was 17 then, miss my 70 Cutlass.... with my gf in the back seat😉
It was a trip seeing it. Animation was fantastic.
I was 14.....man was my mind blown....
Ohh jeahh
@@unclebob793770 Chevelle here loved the Cutlass also buddy of mine had one.
My great grandfather passed away this year. He was a B-17 Engineer and flew over 37 missions over Europe. He was the man that knew the plane better than anyone on it. After service, he worked for Boeing for 40 years and was the Superintendent and manufacturer of some the planes you may have flown on. He must have had a great crew..
He was a great man. And he's flying again.
May Freedom be the wind under his wings.
Cool! I have a book about those types of airplanes.
B-17s especially the B-17D were beautiful and sturdy as hell they could take a beating like tomorrow
On memorial day 2021,God bless your grandfather and thank s for his service and sacrifice for our freedoms
Great men are rare. I hope we experience rarity again.
One of the greatest animated movies of all time
Yes! The Wizard was pretty good too!
This song convinced me to work for four years at $4 an hour to save up and buy a clean 1964 Corvette. I still own it after 36 years!!
Badass.
Hard work and money well spent
You should drive it down to the MS Gulf Coast the first week in October, every year we host Cruisin the Coast in Biloxi
Your the man dude!
pix plz
Great movie. The bomber scene scared the hell out of me when I was a kid.
You can tell the animation is old, but it's still amazing.
What is the movie
Yeah
These films are bad azz
Saw Halloween too
Around same time, that scared me
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OPEN CASE'ONGOING ACCUSATIONS, AND POSSIBLY TREATMENTS,YET NOBODY WAS LOOKING BACK WHEN,YET ARE WATCHTEAM HAS IN IDEA.
This scene scared me as a kid and after watching it just now...it still scares me...nightlight😅
I watched it as a kid too. I shouldnt have.
Today is going to be awesome. I am 62 and when I rolled out of bed I flipped the switch on the coffee pot and checked my email to see if any of customers had contacted me. But instead I looked and saw TH-cam notifications so I looked to see what they were . And this is what I saw. So I turned on the wireless speakers and cranked the volume. Yea it's going to be an awesome day.
The B-17 was a work of art
me 262:NO
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Que si hombre. ! Yahwol, but to late for segunda guerra mundial me 262 schwalbe
B17-BF109-P51
I recently found in a consignment store a bombers full leather helmet, goggles, oxygen mask with all the electronic connections for radio etc on a display stand like the pilot or gunner just walked out of a B17. Very cool piece of 80 year old history.
I love how the B17s were animated. Fucking awesome.
Yeah still looks great.
And yet graphically detailed by showing how horrific wars really are.
It was rotoscoped from a large scale model which is why it looks so much cooler than some of the other animation. Still holds up.
Don Felder, the only member of the Eagles that actually seemed happy to be an Eagle.
A happy Eagle!
Maybe so, but Joe Walsh loved playing
Had a "peaceful easy feeling"
never went to "hotel California"
He was also the most combative lol
@@The_InfantMalePollockFrancis No, the most combative by far was Glenn.
One of the toughest planes ever made. Flying Fortress was not just a nickname.
it wasnt a flying fortress
@@rendopatto2751 Looked like a classic B-17 to me. B-24 has a completely different tail.
And yes, "Fortress" is a relative term.
The nickname was given because of the number of machine guns it had on board, not because of how tough it was
@@santi-xj1qr And the nickname stuck, because they were extremely durable bombers, especially compared to other bombers being produced at the time.
www.wired.com/2011/07/toughest-plane-ever/
Thus, "not just a nickname".
@@santi-xj1qr ... I'm quite familiar with the story of how they trademarked the reporter's remark. The original statement is "Flying Fortress was not just a Nickname".
That means, if you have difficulty parsing english, that the Nickname was well deserved for more reasons than just the number of machine guns it was carrying, and the durability of the plane lends gravitas to the nickname.
Don Felder learned how to play slide guitar from Duane Allman, and Felder taught Tom Petty guitar. What an amazing musical family tree. Three of the best musicians teaching each other during their youth in Florida!
Nice.
Don Felder and Joe Walsh dueling guitar solos with Don using the SG double neck is pure gold
Edit: Hotel California
Edit again as if you didnt know
Would have loved to see Felder in the Wilbury's 🙂
@@robjones8733I’m a huge ELO and Don Felder fan. Felder and Jeff Lynne working together would absolutely blown my mind.
I like it very good song like eagles also
When I was at Univ. of Florida in the late 70's, I dated a girl that was a next door neighbor of the Petty's in Gainesville. Tom was already on his way in L.A. with The Heartbreakers, but I used to wave to his Dad when he was mowing the lawn. The song sounds like late Eagles music period, but I'm sure Don Felder learned a couple of things from Joe Walsh on slide also. It sounds just like him. Felder taught guitar at the music store near my apartment, but I never met him. He was on the yellow brick to stardom. Great friggin' tune that I first heard in the movie theater. I bought the album for the great music on it. Great adult cartoon film also. There weren't too many back then. It's got California sound with fast cars, cocaine, glitz, glamour, and beautiful girls all over it in its kick butt sound. Lots of guitars. I'm glad Felder is still with us.
Wow... I was 17 when I saw this in the theaters. And it STILL absolutely ROCKS! Miss those days. Movies like Heavy Metal will never be made again. 😞
@Runco990 Movies like Heavy Metal will never be made again. unless all the men are wearing dresses. And the Main Character gets her "DD" cups cut off.
Saw it at a Drive In. Later got the VHS ................. times....
the cartoon heavy metal is easily in the top 5 greatest American cartoons of all-time
Eli Novak it's a shame today there almost nothing like it anymore if you know about a cartoon that is as gory and amazing as heavy metal be sure to share the only thing ive seen that can be compared is korgoth of barbaria which ran for a short period i hope adult swim will get a series that will satisfy the urge
Heavy Metal was a Canadian animated film
n s9999 if we count American as coming from either North, Central, or South America then it still works
Yes
@cromwell2007 You're a year late from a previous comment pointing out that fact.
Lol
This is a great song to listen to when absolutely sober or absolutely fried.
Fried, atm...
I suggest both... sober first, then pleasantly baked
...or both in succession multiple times...
It sounds even better around cat piss.
I would not have bothered seeing this movie if it wasn't for South Park.
80's was the good old days.
Ah, the good old days..I remember back in 81 when we went to the movies almost every weekend, bought a ticket to a PG but went into an R instead. Most of the theater staff was young so they didn't care..we'd sneak a bottle of jack and pour into our huge cups of coke. Empty bottle would clang around the sticky floor for awhile and everybody would laugh. This flicks double-featured with Fast Times at Ridgemont High. Those times will never happen again.
No man but we are fortunate
I saw it in drive in with Seagram's
14 then.
Those burgers at the drive in tho...
I saw the thing at drive in too.
The wall too.
My older brothers drag me out, weed Budweiser in bottles
cardboard cases
We had the best time...but we have those memories
I remember hiding some in my purse and sneaking into Risky Business with my friends ... loved those days
Eric Haynes you got that right they were the best years and will never be relived .I feel sorry for the teens that came after us .the music sucks after around 9o I mean it was going downhill but it hit garbage around there ..the good tunes after that year can be counted on my toes and fingers .the ,music of my youth you'd need grains of sand on the beach to count ..it was the best music ..don't worry us old timers will have it in our mind until our last minute ..hopefully for eternity . If only the kids knew what they were missing .
I ate a lot of pot to this in the theater.
You witnessed this AND Fast Times as a double feature?? You, sir Eric, are my hero. Only caught this alone in an enclosed theater, although it was QUITE epic, thank you very much.
My grandfather said their B-17 would look like Swiss cheese after they would get back from a bombing mission. He said that he would look at the plane the next morning and wondered how it even stayed in the sky.
Tail Gunner
I recently found a full set B17 bombers leather helmet, goggles, oxygen mask with all the radio and electronic connections cut in a consignment store, like the pilot or gunner just walked out of the B17 and kept his stuff. It’s on a display stand and when I get time I’m going to pull it off the display head and look if somebody’s name is written inside the leather. Cool piece of WW2 history.
61 yrs old. Keep the rock going !!!🌠👍
Copy Dat born in ‘62 and still Rockin in the Free World !
I'm 68 still rocking.
Killer guitar work,Felder doesn't get the recognition he deserves
Agreed.
Felder is a brilliant player and songwriter.
Probably the best animated display of good and evil ever produced on film and great music throughout. The ending is priceless.
It's a shame the sequel was.. meh. It should've been another anthology movie, with one segment following the girl from the wraparound.
The animation wasn't actually that good. The drawings were good, but the animation itself was sub-par. It was about on the level of a Hanna-Barbara cartoon, such as Thundarr The Barbarian. The music, coupled with adult themes and fantasy really propelled this movie.
You clearly didn't watched Ralph Bakshi's Wizards. It also has a great soundtrack!
@@maxxxmodelz4061thunder was filmation not Hanna and Barbera
My thoughts, exactly
Best part of the movie. It's hard to believe the movie is 40 years old.
I saw this moving in the Drive In theater in Pueblo Co back in 81. My friend and I rode our motorcycles there from Farmington, NM to visit his awesome cousins. It was a 6-hour ride and took us over two mountain passes to get there. OH, and did I tell you I was 15 and he was 16? Yeah, teenagers have NO CLUE what it's like to actually "grow. up." now days. Many years later, When I learned this movie was going to be on sale "next Tuesday" on DVD, I purchased it. I didn't even own a DVD player at the time, though. I still have the movie, and have been through a several DVD players since then. I pop it in once in a while an reminisce.
I started high school in 1979. I graduated college in 1989. The entire decade of the 80's was, for me, school, cars, girls, friends, video games, pinball, MTV, and scrounging for money. My son was born in December, 1988. He is now 31; I'm 54 and looking to retire in about 5 years with a 35 year career as an electrical engineer. I am sad that my son never did, and could never have lived the amazing life I did as a teenager. It was just a way different world back then. We had to grow up early. No after early school programs, after school programs, daycare, "helicopter parenting". When I turned 7, my brother 6, my mom entered the work force, and we would never have her be a "stay at home mom" again. No regrets, though. We were the quintessential "latch-key kids". We'd get home from school, make a sandwich and ramen noodles, watch some cartoons, get the call from mom at about 4:00 +/- a minute or two. And from the time we hung up the phone until she walked in the door at about 5:00, A LOT OF LIFE happened. . . . A LOT OF LIFE. . . . I became VERY independent, able to do my own thing, and hardly think twice about it. That alone has served me well in life. I depend VORACIOUSLY on myself and my skills as a professional. . . . . Young people today simply haven't a clue how ot live like that.
HEY! Thanks for reading all this. It's late Christmas eve, I was contemplating life, played this video, and started writing. All my best to you!
Totally relate. Lived a lot, really fast. On my own for most of the time. I came and went from the back door, Dad in and out of the front. Walked home from school. Lots of freedom back then and we weren't worried about freakin' perverts and mass shooters all of the time. I know the world was kind of screwed up back then but man is it bad now. My daughter has never known a time when America wasn't at war with some country or another.
John Armenta I was there in a 1955 Chevy car truly did enjoy it totally
58 myself and can definitely relate. Lots of time on my own from about 9 or 10 on. Riding bikes all over Chicago. Saw Heavy Metal in 81. Had a Yamaha at the time. Rode it from Fort Worth to Champaign, Il. Late 70s and early 80s were a good time. Been married and working since 85, mostly good times too, but remember those early days fondly.
Hopefully one day your son's turn will come to wax lyrical about the days of his youth, and his kids' eyes will roll too!
Right on old man
Remember how insanely hard it was to even find this video tape?
Like trying to find the Loc Nar
I love this movie so freakin' much I woulda wore out the vhs version. Get it on dvd dude. I never get tired of seeing it.
HEAVYWALL 70/// IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE,THAT'S WHY I STILL HAVE MINE AND SEVERAL OTHER HARD TO GET VIDEO'S!!!!
Throw her in (waves hand)!
Yes and hooking the VHS to the stereo
The Lochnar's mine you stupid bitch!
When this came out, everyone I knew hated this song, said it wasn't metal, and did not belong in the movie, and while they're pretty right that it's not metal, I still like this song, and thought it fit in well with the visual.
It's metal. People are just assholes. They think metal is just the really heavy screaming stuff. It's not.
@@subzero8679 Don Felder is a great kickass player and has proven himself many times over, ,the fact The Eagles brought him in to "toughen" out their sound so that they could rock out more says it all!
In most cases it's hard rock, but since the 80s had barely begun, I'd say it counts
@@edgarbanuelos6472 Except, Heavy Metal didn't begin in the '80's.
@@Lengsel7 I know, but typically heavy metal from the 70s either sounded like blues rock or hard rock
Love the imagery at the start... the men who crewed the B-17's in WW2 had big, brass balls... Flying over enemy territory, having to deal with anti-aircraft guns and enemy fighters... just reading about the exploits of some of these men is enough to give one tremendous respect for them. So many came home scarred, both physically and mentally... and so many didn't come home at all. A moment of silence for these brave men.
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Look for the heroes of FAB in World War II. The daredevils on the Italian skies, the terror of the German lines.
I knew a guy that had his grandfather's 1911, and holster. Guy was a bomber pilot and was shot down. Managed to make it back to England. Was wounded, holster still had the bloodstain on it. It wasn't just the pilots. Was a bunch of tough sons of bitches in that war.
Don’t forget those poor souls in the ball turret, hearing about that in 8th grade was disturbing
I remember my Uncle John, a Lt., Navigator/Bombardier, stationed in Tunisia during WWII. Went into the Army Air Corp, innocent, young and the nicest gent in the world according to my Mother. A brilliant man with a photographic memory, was involved in many missions to bomb Europe, Romanian oil fields, etc.. He volunteered for more sorties than required. I remember sitting in the living room listening to him at Christmas time in the 70's, after a few too many, he opened up about his experiences. On numerous different occasions his crews were shot to hell up there, blood from his buddies running down the fuselage. He flew the plane home more than once, all alone. He memorized the way in, compass all shot up, led planes out after dropping. He just couldn't shake the war.
After the war, according to Mom, he returned home a changed man. A raging alcoholic, would wake up in Grandmas house having night sweats and screaming. His life went to shit, tried marriage and kids, ended with divorce and kids were neglected. Really fucked up. This cartoon showed exactly what he went through, every sortie of his tour.
This poor hero. RIP John
yes....on what your uncle experienced.....
No words... may he rest in peace
Watched this movie with my 12 year old son, he loved it. Still badass after 37 years.
theres something wrong with you
Marko Feller What, the fact he showed it to a 12 year old? Trust me, they're gonna find a lot worse by themselves on the internet.
It will always be ba-- _What?!_
Have you seen the South Park's take on Heavy Metal? The episode is called "Major Boobage" 😉👍👍
You are what's wrong with America. No brains no common sense! Trying to be a pal instead of being a father.
We need another adult movie with great animation, a basic story to tie it all together, and kickass music that blends perfect with every scene and visual.
ever see American Pop?
@@elixeroflife Grandma went with me, in the ancient time of wide screen walk in theater...forgot about that film, thanks.
@@theunknowngamer5477 my hands!!!!.... are poimently pukka'd!!!!!
Sturgill Simpson’s movie on Netflix
Attack on Titan actually fits what you're asking for to a tee
One of my favorite scenes : the full moon light , the blue and calm atmosphere, and the struggle for survival !
This is my favorite part of the whole movie . Although when I was 12 I certainly enjoyed the cartoon boobs .
I don't know, that 'vett dropping out of the space shuttle bay in the beginning of the movie was pretty bitchen!
I mean I still enjoy the cartoon boobs =D
@dave4248 Why do you think Hentai is a thing?
haha and I know a girl who looks almost exactly like taarna except she has black hair
@@666elrey666 Only until she becomes the Tarakian! :D
Me and my girlfriend had this movie and an entire theater to ourselves one summer day. It was awesome!
Now HERE'S a blast from the past! I remember this back in the mid 80's. IT rocked then, it STILL rocks. 👍😁👌🎸
That moment when music and cartoon even after almost 40 years are still better than modern ones.
The Heavy Metal Soundtrack is one of the greatest soundtracks of all time.
the irony of a rock song singing about how great heavy metal is!
It's a funny thing in hindsight, but back then the term was used more for motorbikes and cars, while music journalists used the term to make fun of rock bands they felt were too lowbrow.
This never gets old
And it easily blends with just about any scene with aircraft or spacecraft.
Paved the way for all adult cartoons
The movie and the soundtrack Still kicking ass in 2022!
I remember getting stoned and going to see this when it first came out. We were blown away.
@troy tucker 👍 Yes sir . Quivadas gone now obviously. But memorys here forever👍
Don "Fingers" Felder. Dumbest move the Eagles ever made was running him off.
bm phil Glen Fry was the main reason !
After hearing him play this, I had no idea his guitar work was so signature (and saturated) with the eagles. Hell, he IS the Hotel CA album almost exclusively!! I think Joe Walsh's best work was The Confessor.....a noted difference between him and Felder, but Joe kicks ass on the Confessor, and if I recall correctly, it was Joe that wanted the band to hire Felder in the first place, because he was so awesome, and Joe could goof off a lot more.
I think Frey's ego got way way too big and Felder didn't want the constant barage of crap.
That was because Glen Frey was boot licking douchebag sucking up to a lousy politician...but you are right...The Eagles fucked up there.
@Red Coal You are correct here. These idiots dont know shit. Felder was a really good guitarist but only a "good" singer. Henley and Frey were and are great singers. They had Walsh and didnt need felder if he wanted too much. That said, I still think the best lineup included him on guitar as well. But he just wasnt as valuable to the band. Thats why we have the Victim of Love we have today which im thankful for... felders version is shit compared to the Eagles version (which had him as his proper place playing guitar, not singing) Felder still kicks ass but was overshadowed by Henley Frey and Walsh.
We tripped out on this movie in 81 at the theater...wow 19 years old. If you got to grow up in the 50's through the 90's which were the best pop culture wise with all the golden classic movies, music & concerts, and cars...YOU were blessed!
The first time I saw this video back in the 80s was good and now it is still good
I worked right next door to Eagles recording studio in Culver City California. Literally one wall separated both business. We're General Contractors and we would work late into the night to hear them play (rehearse). Got to meet Glen one nightwhen he knocked on our door and asked if ok to take some of a available parking spots. Such a cool guy as down to earth as they get. Such a huge loss. Still hurts as I type. God bless
Omg I love this song! Heavy Metal is one of my fave films!
The island at the end should legit be a CoD Zombies map.
I agree
That bomber got hit by some 115
@@benracer That's probably what the Loc Nar is made of.
That would be legit
Reminds me of Shangri La.
Just a badass movie. Owned multiple copies, wore 'me all out.
my buddy bought this vhs tape over a weekend sleep over at my place in '96.
changed my life instantaneously. i was 16.
When I first saw this movie it scared the crap out of me with a few scenes like this one with the Zombies on a B-17 and the island and when people literally disolve whenever they touch or come near the Locnar.
Went to the movie like 10 times. Bought the album and played it over and over again. Awesome
I watch this for the first time with my Uncle Sean and the artwork inspired by Boris Vallejo. Such an awesome time to be alive
This VHS blew my mind at the age 12 and I didn't understand but the music was amazing through my old man's sound system !!!
This is my favorite from this movie. Everything was perfectly timed between the music and whats on screen.
@@movienerd202 well said, heavy metal is so underrated!
The animation is weird, but holy hell is it good. Not just the "okay" sort of good but a ton of the techniques here are just beyond their time.
Weird cause its hand drawn frame by tedious fram bro
@@hescher997 , true story. Those guys went home every night with black hands from ink and pencil. Cool World is another good example.
The B-17 was rotoscoped from a model... That's what made it so realistic in the opening sequence. Love this movie. Wish people were still putting out animation like this, there are tons of stories. Everything is faster now but not necessarily better.
What a blast from the past! Loved this movie as a kid, and still do!
I think what really hit me as a kid was watching the radio operator grab his arm and shaking before succumbing to his wounds.
God I feel old. This was the first movie I watched while tripping on microdot 25. Evening, Dallas Tx. Apollo Drive-In on Ledbetter Rd. It took me 30 minutes to build up enough nerve to drive home after the movie ended. I had the worst time trying to hand cash money to a cashier at 7-11 for a hard pack of Marlboro reds. I saw ALL sorts of things running ahead of my headlights just out of view, at 55 mph. Pastel-propellers morphing into apes running at gallop then stretching up and literally becoming an obscene Salvador Dali painting on the inside of a dripping sky. I made it to Lakeside Park, Duncanville, Tx., parked the car and ran into the woods to hide for about 6 hours. I chained smoked the whole pack in three hours and swore i could see the eyes of anything with eyes looking, unflinchingly, dead into mine.
Dude - trippin'!
swim did some microdots before but they were little yellow and called orange sunshine i think.
Wow mee too yaaasssss
Damn bro that's heavy metal
I've got the sound track to this movie and play it all the time. I listen to this one while I'm driving late night on the highway...
A phenomenon, and instantly iconic movie. Few films even get close to this giant!
Not only did they get the interior of a b-17 flying fortress spot on, but they also got how gruesome flights like those could be spot on too
The only thing they got wrong was the night bombing aspect. IIRC the vast majority of B-17 raids were made in daylight. I agree that it adds to the atmosphere, and the B-17 is probably much more recognizable to most of the intended audience than a British night bomber like the Lancaster, but it's just that one little detail that spoils perfection.
No door to the cockpit on a 17. Their Flight engineer seems to be missing as well. The gore is spot on, unfortunately.
@@Ensign_Cthulhu Uh...they're in the pacific.
@@mikhailiagacesa3406 In all B-17 models from A - F?
@@CPorter references?
My best buddy brought this vhs tape over one day in '96! I'll always thank him for that!
AWSOME cartoon movie, saw it back in the 80s and loved it since
Hmmm...this song and cartoon brings back great memories. I was 15yrs old and my brother just returned from service in the Navy. He gave me things my parents weren't able to give us when while we grew up. Like a Schwinn English Racer called a Continental II, a Suzuki RM 125, and a Mazda my 1st car. He brought me to see this movie and he broke out a joint and fired it up, looked at me and said "you smoke" I said of course. We smoked it on the way and enjoyed every minute of the movie. He unfortunately was unable to deal with his service as a Navy Seal. He began drinking not long after he left the service and passed from liver failure at the age of 52.
He sounded like a cool brother. My condolences.
It sounds like you have many great memories! Your brother's service is appreciated.
Exactly the same story my grandfather told ME about his time in WWII.
I forgot how awesome that movie and the music was.
When this movie was playing in the theater in the early 80's, I was downtown and bumped into a friend from high school, he said hey want to go see the movie, gave me two hits of acid and I had the best time ever haha After that I bought the soundtrack to the movie, such fun memories!
8484terry - Shit i was straight but,i still loved it ! - and oh yeah i got laid right after the movie 😂.....then i got high on weed,and we did it again 😂.....The Good Ole Days....😊
@@nadanada5698
In Hutchinson at the Fox Theater bombing runs were completed dropping 8½ x 11 one color black on printed paper; It was by far the absolute closest thing to this that anyone could have; We purchased a Gilbert Chemistry set and I was told some baddies used it for making drugs; I never figured it out even to this day & it would be decades before this and MTV had any chance of being available; Truth came from Ann Landers & the church with explanatory portrayals by Della Street handed to some dude who was supposed to be an attorney; I lived for decades with these abstracted distortions until one summer on the beach at Galveston I saw what would be called a Splendrifity; Due to dropping acid and not just no junk either;
It would be a long time before I got sex;
Today I cannot wait to get laid; In steel box 6'under
Get your definitions right please;
Oh yeah! Good old vitamin A
Della Street was Perry Masons secretary.
Not just a memory. I just vaped some super strong weed. Like bordering on acid strong and this song is as good as ever. Everything is slightly 3D right now. lol
My grandpa navigated b17s with the 457th out of Glatton England 43-45. He immigrated from Germany so played psyops w the Luftwaffe over the radio. I never met him since he took his own life in 64 with his army air forces issued 45 when my dad was 18. I met his crew in 2001 at a Glatton reunion.
This sequence was so amazing when I saw (and heard it) for the first time in the theaters with those BIG Dolby surround speakers. Great overall soundtrack. Played the cassette tape over and over again until it came apart.
One of the greatest achievements in the history of cinema 🎥 👏 🙌 👍 👌 💙
I saw Heavy Metal when I was in high school at the Escondido drive in with a bunch of my friends, the 80's were awesome dude...😎
You guys arent from sd..north county is not sd...santee...thats real sd..thats me ..im from sd
@@lowbuckfabrication yeah what ever...
@@lowbuckfabrication pussy ass
@@lowbuckfabrication , Cat get your tongue ? 😸 bitch pussy Santee punk
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This came out the summer after I graduated high school. The main theater in Knoxville would play this movie on the weekend at midnight. We used to get torn up and go watch it and rock out.
I freaking love this.
It was a great time to be a teen when this came out . Good memories .
Best years in music history. Makes it easier to die knowing we seen the best in life before it was destroyed.
@@blackjack2933
I agree😔😟
Love watching this when I’m stoned to the bone man.
The ....GOOD OLD DAYS....
You got any more of that plutonium nyborg man?
@@marckyle5895 such much of the evil edamame. You have no idea.
Hadn’t seen movie since it was new, but have greater appreciation for this scene now because i have actually crawled through a real B-17 - they got the interior pretty close. It’s surprisingly tight in there, for such a large aircraft!
One of my favorite childhood movies taarna rules
Best animated movie ever .. even in 2019.
In the late 80s, nobody could find that movie but I recorded it on a VHS tape at high speed from pay TV with superb image quality (for what you could get from VHS SP) and everyone wanted to watch it among my friends. What memories this brings!
Classic rewind! Born in 67 so this was prime as a teen.
Saw it the first hour it was released. Wish it would come on tv......
Seriously, get the DVD.
One of my favorite movies. From my teenage years.
I studied animation in a kids’ program , my teacher was Gerald Tripp who worked on this. We got to find out about the bits that didn’t make the final cut for being too graphic.
My favorite segment. I wore out so many 8 track and cassette copies of this soundtrack.
For those of you that don't know, "Love, Death and Robots" contains several segments that were created for the movie "Heavy Metal 3".
Don did an awesome job on this song.🎸🎸🎸
Saw this on HBO as a kid and loved it. Just viewed it again recently and was shocked how much the movie The 5th element took from the first story. Love the opening with the Corvette and thanks to Elon it's a reality.
What's the name of this cartoon?
@@ilhamb.s.a9564 I'm trying to figure this out myself. I 'believe' it may simply be called "Heavy Metal". Would like to watch it, though, if anybody knows for certain.
Ilham B.S.A ...this sequence is called, B17.... the name of the movie is Heavy Metal which was released in 1981. This is one of my favorite all time films.
It's not that the 5th Element drew from the Heavy Metal movie, rather they both were adapted from the same source - an ongoing story running in Metal Hurlant, which was a European comics magazine that spawned the American magazine called Heavy Metal. Metal Hurlant was a large format, slick magazine featuring 'adult' graphic novel-style comic stories, fully painted by some great artists (and some not so great). An American publisher bought rights to create an American version of it called Heavy Metal (which is what Metal Hurlant means in French), and ran a mix of new stories and translated reprints from the French magazine (I believe - not entirely sure on that last part). I believe the story that spawned part of the Heavy Metal movie and The 5th Element was done by a writer named Alejandro Jodorowsky (pronounced like "Yoda-Rofski") - I believe it was the Incal storyline, I'm not sure, he had several, some drawn by famed French artist Moebius. And it also spawned the recent movie Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets - it's set in the same universe as The 5th Element.
This is really a fascinating story. You should look into the history of Jodorowski's involvement in the movie Dune. He had worked up a really elaborate idea for it that he presented to American movie studios, and none of them took him up on it (he wanted to direct as well as write), but apparently a lot of his ideas were taken and used in many different projects, including Star Wars. Here, here's a short video and an article about it - I know I saw a much longer video somewhere, I;ll see if I can find that. Here's the short one though: www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/q-a-jodorowskys-dune-explores-690348
Ok, here's a good long explanation of it - I think this is what I was thinking of: th-cam.com/video/6mUlNWNv28k/w-d-xo.html
Also this one, about how The 5th Element was adapted from The Incal: th-cam.com/video/Ggro4cJR4F4/w-d-xo.html
You do realize Mobius influenced this movie greatly as well as The 5th element, Blade Runner and I’m sure many, many countless others I’m forgetting
I hear this song and I instantly feel 20 again.
Seeing this at the midnight movies in my teenage years! Awesome! 🥴
All the old heads of youtube came out for this one
1981 is when this song came out. I was in high school. Brings back alot of great memories!! Still rocks!
I remember running across the Heavy Metal movie specifically this scene as a kid in the 80's. I had no idea what I was watching but I knew I liked it.
Oh yeah..81...I was a newborn baby...born into this crazy world..
Heavy metal should go viral. So many voices gone now.
George Romero couldn't have done this zombie video better himself. Rest in peace George.
Don Felders guitar still sounds Killer!
Inl my opinion Don Felder was the most awesome Eagle because he helped pull them into a more rock oriented niche...plus after hearing the song All Of You from the Heavy Metal Soundtrack it just cemented my opinion of him
this is one of the coolest things i have ever seen!
Movie had a badass soundtrack, still enjoy it
I was 11 years old in 1981 and saw this as a double feature at the drive in with Empire Strikes Back which played first. Of the two this is what rocked my world the next day forward. And I'm a Star Wars fan. Within a week I had the soundtrack after begging mom. This film was my introduction to Blue Oyster Cult, The Magazine, and Adult Animation. I am 54 now and huge collector of all of those things and this film. Funny how one summer night in a car in front of a giant movie screen can change one's life forever......
Kick ass songs front this movie 56 years old a love turning it up its 545 in Edmonton woot woot
"Cap' - there's something following us"