Comments on: Monster Squad

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By: Jimmy Neeley

Jimmy Neeley — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 16:24:48 +0000

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By: RRA

RRA — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:24:42 +0000

Mr. S – Sounds just like my assessment.

Mate, I take it you’ve heard the RAT PATROL FROM FORT BRAGG bootleg demos, right?

By: Mr. Subtlety

Mr. Subtlety — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:02:08 +0000

RRA –Cut the Crap… yeah, its not all that good. I mean, listen, it’s not really a travesty, as some people would make it out to be, but its just… not all that good, either. You can kinda hear some good ideas there (I think it was you who first put me onto the original Strummer demo for This is England, which you can clearly hear is a pretty good song) but they’re just buried in terrible production and some not-terribly memorable material. Really, it’s more a Bernie Rhodes album anything, since he pretty much ran the whole production (including all the backup band material, group vocals, synths, drum machines, etc); Joe wrote the basic songs and actually does a pretty committed vocal performance, but by all accounts neither Paul nor Joe seemed to really want much to do with it (Rhodes even changed the title of the album at the last minute without consulting anyone). It should probably never have happened, but since it did I try to make the best of it, and its listenable enough in a certain mood. How’s that for damning with faint praise?

By: RRA

RRA — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:23:55 +0000

“Turns out he was the guy in the alley getting a blow job. ”

Sentence of the Day on the Internet.

By: Jareth Cutestory

Jareth Cutestory — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:58:06 +0000

Mr. S. – I did the same kind of frame-by-frame viewing of Jarmusch’s DEAD MAN looking for Gibby Haynes. Turns out he was the guy in the alley getting a blow job.

Iggy Pop was a lot easier to spot, what with the dress he was wearing.

By: RRA

RRA — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:42:54 +0000

Mr. S – Thanks alot for the link.

Though I must ask….

How much did you think CUT THE CRAP suck?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:58:56 +0000

I just wasn’t that into this one, sorry. The monsters aren’t scary and the kids aren’t relatable. Oh, and as has been ably pointed out, Dracula is a mad bomber. I did like the bit with the wolf man’s death-by-silver-bullet though.

By: Mr. Subtlety

Mr. Subtlety — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:51:50 +0000

I’m one of the few who genuinely loves WALKER as an impeccably made slice of absolute insanity. Is it entirely successful at what it’s attempting? Nah, not really; it’s both too subtle and too overt at the same time. But damned if it ain’t the weirdest, ballsiest thing on the block, an anchored by some genuinely awesome performances and action. Harris’s plays the role with a feverish intensity nearly unmatched in cinema, and the thing’s worth seeing for him (and hilarious, crazy Rene Auberjonois) even if the “acid western” (as wikipedia calls it) vibe of the thing isn’t your cup of tea.

Strummer’s soundtrack is great, and just one more odd nuance which makes the thing stand out, for better or worse; just don’t buy the hype that he’s actually in the movie. I watched the thing 3 times with the help of freeze frame, trying to pick him out (it doesn’t help that he’s completely unrecognizable in a manson beard, hat, period costume) and was only sure I caught a glimpse of him once, near the beginning. Apparently a good amount of film ended up on the cutting room floor (surprise!) including almost all Joe’s sequences, which is especially a shame since he apparently got really into it, living the part for the entire shooting schedule. There’s a fascinating interview with him from this period online — see below

http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/nd07/joestrummer.htm

As for his work with the Mescaleros, I think its among the best of his career. Both “Global A-Go-Go” and “Streetcrore” are masterworks of musicianship, imagination, compassion, and earthy fun (and yes, Jareth is right, even more fun live — but those albums do catch a great deal of the magic, the earlier “Rock Art and the X-Ray style” suffering a little more from bland production; but then again, such a unique and diverse sound that it had to be very difficult to produce.) “Earthquake Weather” is also very much worth a listen, although you definitely hear Joe suffering from the lack of Mick Jone’s savvy arrangement and the inevitable dip in quality of no longer working with his old band. “Island Hopper”, off that disc, is one of my long-time favs, though, as is “Leopard Skin Limousines”.

I have been meaning for awhile to write to Tim Armstrong and demand a Joe Strummer Box Set. I know there’s hours of unheard live material etc, especially from the Mescalero era, and it’s time that Earthquake Weather and his scattered other rarities found a permanent home (although they’re pretty easily found on the internet, if you look for them). Armstrong (head of Hellcat records and Rancid singer) is obviously a big fan himself, and he owes it to the rest of us to quit holding out on the goods.