TS: SHOWGIRLS vs. ROAD HOUSE

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Late eighties bloooze at that. The music NOBODY likes.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

micheloeb liked it

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Nobody likes Micheloeb either.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:58 (twenty-two years ago)

that's the truth!

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 15:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Wisdom has been achieved!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

haven't seen roadhouse. but my old flatmate and i used to do the thing that nomi does in a criss-cross over her face. very glam.

― colette (a2lette), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

"Pain don't hurt."

― Carey (Carey), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:13 (twenty-two years ago)

if Swayze was in Roadhouse he would have totally banged her. Then they would have danced off together to "Time of My Life"

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Interesting mistake there, Chris.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

haha - chris wants to fuck patrick swayze

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

wrong outsider dude

― cinniblount (James Blount), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:18 (twenty-two years ago)

grr. ;)

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

pony boy

― Chris B. Sure (Chris V), Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:19 (twenty-two years ago)

i like Michelob!

― lawrence ks, Wednesday, 12 November 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

two months pass...

In light of the existence of the Roadhouse musical, I think the question has been definitively answered.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 15 January 2004 07:19 (twenty-two years ago)

This is like TS: Iron Pole vs. Iron Pole.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 07:23 (twenty-two years ago)

more like TS: getting hit in the back of the head with brass knuckles vs. getting hit in the back of the head with a tire iron

― Dave M. (rotten03), Thursday, 15 January 2004 08:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Those last two posts were like... well, you know.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)

roadhouse, just gotta be!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Roadhouse, for the line, "Pain don't hurt."
Also, it was directed by a man named Rowdy Harrington.

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Well I think that settles it!

― Pinkpanther (Pinkpanther), Thursday, 15 January 2004 09:58 (twenty-two years ago)

haha kitsch is funny

― amateur!st (amateurist), Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:40 (twenty-two years ago)

This thread is the ilx equivalent of that scene in all those Lifetime movies where the little kid has to choose between living with mommy or daddy. You're all bastards.

― Allyzay, Thursday, 15 January 2004 13:43 (twenty-two years ago)

If anybody has any idea what I might have meant by that drunken "Iron Pole" post up there, please to shed some light eh?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:32 (twenty-two years ago)

One movie would hit people with the iron pole, the other one would circumvent one with its snatch?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

circumnavigate?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:41 (twenty-two years ago)

circumencroach? circumencrotch?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

circumnavigate's probably the most "right," but the dictionary's definition of circumvent as "To surround, enclose or entrap" makes me giddy in this context.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 15 January 2004 14:45 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.nativafm.com.br/letras/swayze.gif

― Chris V (Chris V), Thursday, 15 January 2004 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

No one from Saved By The Bell got naked in Roadhouse, so the winner is clearly Showgirls.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Thursday, 15 January 2004 22:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I still stand by BARB WIRE, especially now that I've seen Roadhouse.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Thursday, 15 January 2004 22:44 (twenty-two years ago)

nine months pass...

In celebration of this thread's almost anniversary. Thanks to the good Mr. Chaki, I was able to pick up that ridiculous Showgirls special edition box set for hypercheap. But will Roadhouse ever have a special edition packaged with a mullet and black T-shirt?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:28 (twenty-one years ago)

and a pair of cowboy boots with a secret blade in the toe.

― Velveteen Bingo (Chris V), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:30 (twenty-one years ago)

AW YEAH

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:31 (twenty-one years ago)

Actually a Showgirls musical would be a logical endpoint of something. But so would a Roadhouse videogame set in the GTA universe.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 11 November 2004 17:32 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

I took part in a Showgirls blog orgy this morning. Bump and grind.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 January 2006 03:35 (twenty years ago)

having watched it last saturday, this pundit selects... SHOWGIRLS.

― chocolate orgone accumulator (haitch), Thursday, 12 January 2006 03:49 (twenty years ago)

Swayze as Zen Bouncer. This must be homage to Dalai Seagal. Plus, the bad guys drive a monster truck. You can't fuck with this!

And I love the scene where that one dude is about to touch up that chick, and her Daddy says 'You can kiss 'em for 20!' in the hickiest voice ever. I use to say that line a lot.

― Mestema (davidcorp), Thursday, 12 January 2006 12:05 (twenty years ago)

I've never bothered with either, as I like, y'know, good movies. Unless they're transcendent, stylish botches like Ed Wood's or Oscar Micheaux's, which I guess means I need to try Showgirls at some point. Sam Elliott's presence suggests Road House (which I've seen a few scenes of on TBS and heard Tom Servo sing about) isn't worthless enough.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:33 (twenty years ago)

I still haven't seen either of these movies!

― Dan (Baffling) Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 12 January 2006 14:35 (twenty years ago)

Whoa. I think I know what I'm bringing with me when I visit in April.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:04 (twenty years ago)

Morbius, you need to try Showgirls. Really, if there is a definition of "transcendent botch" it's Showgirls.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:05 (twenty years ago)

I'm worried that ppl who hold that opinion also think Starship Troopers is sharp satire.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:10 (twenty years ago)

Honey don't even insult me like that.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:11 (twenty years ago)

But some of Showgirls' Generation Y champions maintain it is, in fact, great -- "easily the most significant film of the 1990s" per Eric H. Anyway, I can't be part of this debate til I see it...

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:35 (twenty years ago)

Showgirls over and over again

― kingfish russian bigamist (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:39 (twenty years ago)

Yes, that's what I'd expect you to say, kf.

― Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:47 (twenty years ago)

What, you wouldn't favor such a flick with dialogue like "Ah'm a dance-sah, not a whooar" or "You got low self-esteem, baby, you're a fantastic fuck," or such passionate lovemaking rendered onscreen in its "epilepsy in a pool" form?

― kingfish russian bigamist (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 12 January 2006 15:54 (twenty years ago)

fwiw, I don't think Starship Troopers is anywhere near as great as Showgirls. But something tells me Showgirls is not your speed. Put it this way: have we really agreed on all that much aside from Spielberg, Morbs?

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 12 January 2006 16:59 (twenty years ago)

Oh, I think we have. Winter Soldier andThe Joy of Life? (but I didn't like War of the Worlds as much as you did.)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 12 January 2006 17:05 (twenty years ago)

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Yeah, his equivalent in the original movie gets his throat torn out by Patrick Swayze, so that's worth seeing at least.

― Tahuti Watches L&O:SVU Reruns Without His Ape (unperson), Thursday, 25 January 2024 22:14 (two years ago)

Swayze was nude in the original (but not in the throat-ripping-out scene)

― the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Friday, 26 January 2024 05:39 (two years ago)

Conor McGregor, really? Whose dumb idea was that?

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:30 (two years ago)

They thought he'd be perfect for the role bc of the sexual assault allegations, random sucker punching of random people who offend him, anti-immigration comments, etc?

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:32 (two years ago)

They sold it to him as a documentary

― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:40 (two years ago)

See Conor part of method acting as we have to beat the shit out of you for real

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:50 (two years ago)

(*is)

― omar little, Saturday, 27 January 2024 15:50 (two years ago)

Mystified by this sudden convergence of reactionary politics and Hollywood action movies

― Boris Yitsbin (wins), Saturday, 27 January 2024 16:00 (two years ago)

Fun fact: Doug Liman's dad served as the chief counsel for both the New York state commission for the Attica Prison riot and the investigation of the Iran-Contra Affair.

― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 January 2024 17:02 (two years ago)

Mystified by this sudden convergence of reactionary politics and Hollywood action movies

Was gonna say, yeah, in what world does a Roadhouse remake NOT cast a Connor McGregor?

― badpee pooper (Eric H.), Sunday, 28 January 2024 04:03 (two years ago)

two weeks pass...

Forget this reboot, I want a documentary on the backstory:

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/road-house-remake-drama-verbal-abuse-distribution-plans-jake-gyllenhaal-1235909744/

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 15 February 2024 00:33 (two years ago)

three months pass...

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Double Deuce, Double Vinyl: Mondo Uncovers Lost Jeff Healey Band Songs from 'Road House'

Mondo is about to make the night come falling from the sky with a new vinyl set of rare and unreleased songs from The Jeff Healey Band recorded for the 1989 cult classic Road House, which celebrates its 35th anniversary this year.
This unforgettable action film starred Patrick Swayze as a James Dalton, an unusually renowned bouncer (with a degree in philosophy from New York University!) who travels from the Big Apple to Jasper, Missouri to keep a rowdy club called the Double Deuce under control. While there, he runs afoul of an unscrupulous businessman (Ben Gazzara) with a stranglehold on the town's honest workers. An eclectic cast is rounded out by Kelly Lynch as the town's doctor, Sam Elliott as Swayze's impossibly virile mentor and even small turns from Keith David, pro wrestler Terry Funk and John Doe of the L.A. punk outfit X. An enduring film in the late Swayze's filmography, a Road House remake starring Jake Gyllenhaal was released on Prime Video earlier this year.
Healey, a blind blues guitarist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, had burst onto the scene a year before Road House hit theaters with his eponymous Jeff Healey Band. See the Light, featuring bassist Joe Rockman and drummer Tom Stephen (plus a small array of guest stars including keyboardist Benmont Tench of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), was a smash on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, and the tender ballad "Angel Eyes" became a Top 5 hit in America. But that tune was an anomaly: Healey and his band could rip, and did so as the de facto house band in the Double Deuce. (Healey also had a few scenes with Swayze when not playing.)
The original Road House soundtrack album was a various artists affair featuring four new recordings from Healey, two from Swayze (who'd scored a smash with "She's Like the Wind" off the soundtrack to his star turn in Dirty Dancing (1987)) and some catalog cuts from Little Feat, Otis Redding and others. Healey and his band played mostly covers throughout the film, from John Hiatt's "Confidence Man" (which opened See the Light) and Little Richard's "Long Tall Sally" to Cream's "White Room," Eddie Floyd's "Knock on Wood" and even a scintillating read on Bob Dylan's Empire Burlesque cut "When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky" which played over the closing credits.
Now, all those recordings for the film (and more!) will be released on Road House: The Lost Soundtrack. Produced in cooperation with Healey's estate (he died of cancer in 2008, at the too-young age of 41), this double vinyl set not only features a dozen tracks from the film, but another seven covers not featured in the film! Roger Costa, an archivist and co-administrator of Healey's estate, helped restore the audio and crafted an oral history/liner notes on the guitarist's work on the film in the accompanying eight-page liner notes, which also feature photos by Peter Sorel and additional unseen images. Mo Shafeek, Mondo's former creative director (who's since gone on to co-found the vinyl reissue label Mutant), designed the package and layout.

LP 1
On the Road Again *
Confidence Man
Long Tall Sally *
One Foot on the Gravel *
Hear That Guitar Ring *
Knock on Wood *
I'm Tore Down
Roadhouse Blues
Traveling Band *
White Room *

LP 2
Hoochie Coochie Man
When the Night Comes Falling from the Sky
Killing Floor **
I Just Want to Make Love to You **
Red House **
Around and Around **
Foxey Lady **
Back in the U.S.A. **
Angel **

* previously unreleased - used in film
** previously unreleased - not used in film

― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Friday, 7 June 2024 17:09 (two years ago)

Patrick Swayze as a James Dalton

As opposed to another James Dalton?

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 7 June 2024 17:20 (two years ago)

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