To go along with Brad’s book review and my tribute to Ron Howard, I really wanted to share a scene of Clint Howard as Mr. Eaglebauer in the 1979 film, Rock ‘n’ Roll High School. Unfortunately, I really couldn’t find any Eaglebauer scenes on YouTube but I did find this upload of the Ramones performing at the end of the film.
If you look closely, you’ll see Clint Howard dancing to the song. His face isn’t visible but you’ll spot the hair easily.
I love this movie!
Enjoy!
In today’s music video of the day, we visit the Church of the Ramones, where the band is energizing the congregation with a cover of The Chambers Brothers’s Time Has Come Today.
And indeed the time has come. It’s the last day of September. That means that tomorrow is the start of my favorite time of the year. It’s time for our annual …. HORRORTHON! Things are about to get a little bit busy around here….
Until then …. ENJOY!
Wow, I had know idea that the Ramones were in it.
This video, obviously, is a parody of star-studded charity events, which were apparently as big a deal in the 80s and they are in the 20s. Amongst those supporting the band are Toni Basil, X, Weird Al Yankovic, Ted Nugent, Penn and Teller, Harry Shearer, and the band’s Rock and Roll High School co-star, Mary Woronov!
(Do you all remember the whole U.S. Red Nose Day fiasco? I know it’s a big deal in the UK but it’s never really caught in here in the States. For the first American Red Nose Day, all three networks surrendered prime time to Red Nose Day and the ratings reflected the fact that 1) most Americans, despite all of the very aggressive advertising, still had no idea what Red Nose Day was and 2) gone were the days when people would watch anything as long as it was on the “major” networks.)
Enjoy!
Originally, I had a different music video of the day selected for today but I just learned that Rock N’ Roll High School was released 44 years ago today. Ladies and gentlemen (and mice), in honor of that anniversary, here are the Ramones!
Enjoy!
This is a song that I bet we can all relate to. The animation in the video was done by Daniel Clowes of Ghost World fame.
Enjoy!
Though he had retired from the band to pursue a solo career, Dee Dee Ramone wrote Poison Heart and gave it to Ramones. The story has always been that Dee Dee gave them the song as a way to thank the band for bailing him out of jail. I don’t know if that story is true or not but it does have a ring of truth to it. Print the legend, to quote The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
The song appeared on the soundtrack for Pet Semetary 2 and the video is clearly inspired by that song, with the child being forcefully dragged through the cemetery while the band performs in what appears to be an underground tunnel.
This video was directed by Samuel Bayer, who has done videos for just about everyone.
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You can hardly tell this was done by the same director who made the video for I Wanna Be Sedated by Ramones.
I Wanna Be Sedated by Ramones (1988)
This song was obviously made for the movie Pet Sematary (1989). It’s the following guy that we have to thank for this song existing:
King is apparently a big fan of the Ramones. According to Wikipedia, King invited them to his home where he proceeded to hand a copy of the book to Dee Dee who went into the basement, and came out an hour later with the lyrics for the song. Impressive. Sure the song would go on to win the Razzie Award for Worst Original Song, but I’m assuming he both read the book and wrote the lyrics in an hour. I find that to be impressive. Still, I can understand why it won that award. All you have to do is play I Wanna Be Sedated back-to-back with this song, and it’s night and day.
The video was shot at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in the New York village of the same name. The band plays on a hydraulic platform instead of sitting at a table while things go on around them.
Those things include Debbie Harry and Chris Stein of Blondie, and members of The Dead Boys. I couldn’t find any of them for sure. You’d think Debbie Harry would stand out, but the video quality is so bad. My best guess is that she is the one on the left.
In the end, they’re buried.
Despite the fact that Mary Lambert of music video fame directed the film, as well Pet Sematary 2: Judgement Day, the video was directed by Bill Fishman. He appears to have done around 50-60 music videos total, with the most recent one being in 2014 for The Decemberists. He directed a couple of videos for the Ramones.
Enjoy!
Through the Shattered Lens 