HOWARD SHORE,
ORNETTE COLEMAN, THE LONDON
PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA – Naked Lunch:
Music from the Original Soundtrack
“I can think of at least 2 things wrong with that title” –
Nelson Muntz.
As much as I adore both William Burroughs and David
Cronenberg, I am beyond exhausted with seeing anything remotely strange being
compared to their work. All that does is reduce someone unique to being a
clone, or put half-ass try-nots in the same league as masters. Editorial over. Naked Lunch is one of the first weird
movies I remember seeing. That and Barton
Fink might be the only films that get away with the whole “Writers Writing
about Writing” thing. I foolishly attempted that in creative workshops and was
frequently chewed out about it, so in response I wrote about necrophilia and
savage beatings. That’s where I found “my voicthe” I suppose. Scuse me…
sthupose. The book is still my favorite work from Burroughs, even if it’s the
most obvious choice. Cities of the Red
Night is up there, as is Exterminator.
Hell pretty much all of it is crucial. Videodrome
is still my favorite Cronenberg. Also love Rabid, Dead Ringers, Crash, the Brood. As for recently; I enjoyed Cosmopolis and A Dangerous Method. But the Naked
Lunch film is up there, too. Gotta love a movie where Robocop and the dude
from Jaws talk about shooting up
insect grindings. Also typewriters that turn into roaches with talking assholes
for abdomens. Also “Sexual Ambulance”. Anyways, the soundtrack is pretty cool.
I love the blend of generic film score with whispery jazz. Does need to be a
touch weirder, but It works. Hate to be “that guy”, but someone like John Zorn
or JG Thirlwell probably should’ve done the music for this. Like do Howard
Shore, Danny Elfman, Christopher
Young, Elliot Goldenthal, Hans Zimmer etc. have to do EVERY soundtrack out
there? those guys are great and all, but what was the last memorable soundtrack
Danny Elfman did… Batman Returns 21
years ago? So Peter Weller turned down Robocop
3 to do Naked Lunch. Think
Criterion will ever do a release of Robocop
3? They did a release of Robocop at
one point. The 20th anniversary edition from MGM is actually better,
though. Naked Lunch was the first
Criterion DVD I ever owned. This is starting to sound like the Chris Farley Show. YOU REMEMBER.. WHEN UH… THAT GUYY… TAUGHT
HIS ASSHOLE TO TALK…. YOU… YOU REMEMBER THAT?
Favorite Tracks: “Bugpowder”, “the Black Meat”, “Interzone
Suite”, “Writeman”
BURNT BY THE SUN / LUDDITE CLONE – Split Release
Really psyched to have found this. BBTS only had 2 good
releases; this and the EP whose name I can’t remember. And Luddite Clone is one
of my favorite short-lived bands ever. that EP on Relapse fucking rules. I remember
when they came out and they were unfairly chastised for being a DEP copy (which
they weren’t). they sound more like Human Remains than DEP, even BBTS, which
has people who were actually in Human Remains, doesn’t sound like Human
Remains. Bummer. Isn’t the singer from BBTS a right wing blogger now or
something? Whatevs. He was always the poorman’s Sean Ingram anyway, from vocal
delivery to lyrics. Really wish Luddite Clone stuck around. Some people just
have all the luck. They formed some bands after that… I know Kiss the Cynic was
immediately after LC disbanded. Don’t know if they ever released anything. Wasn’t
too into them.
Favorite Tracks: BBTS side: “Blowjob
City” , “There Are Pictures of Me
on the Internet”,
Luddite
Clone side: “Bohemiath”, “Acid Cop
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