Heavy Metal (1981) Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Was just thinking about this movie - we've got an injured tom cat in the house who hasn't quite worked out the litter box 100%, which reminded me of the South Park episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GIiOsuDRFk

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Played the hell out of this when I was 14. It's uneven and overlong, but the best stuff holds up pretty damn well. My favorites are probably the Devo, Sabbath & Stevie Nicks tracks, and I expect they'll take the poll. Don Felder's "Heavy Metal" is up there, too. BOC's "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" is brilliant, but being so minimal & narrative, it doesn't have a ton of replay value. Cheap Trick's "Reach Out" plays like a top shelf One On One outtake, and that's fine w/ me. Nazareth's "Crazy" and Felder's "All of You" round out the defensible keepers, while Riggs' "Radar Rider" is a longtime guilty pleasure.

I don't know the story in all its details, but I understand that Blue Oyster Cult wrote several unused songs for the film. "Vengeance (The Pact)" and "Heavy Metal: The Black & Silver" wound up on Fire of Unknown Origin, but I've long been curious about what else might lie buried.

And yeah, loved reading your BWDR piece, Brad. Thanks for linking it. If nothing else, it reminds me how fascinating and strange "All of You" seemed when I first heard it.

When you listen to fools...

Very pleasantly surprised that this thread did not die on the vine like I thoroughly expected it to.

"Taarna" segment is so gorgeous. Mob Rules!

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This was one of the first albums I ever owned, when I was eight or so? And years before I ever saw the actual movie, which did not live up to my imagined version based on the sweet gatefold pix. But I really liked Felder's Heavy Metal and coerced some relative into getting it for me as a gift. I remember accidentally playing Mob Rules at 45 rpm and preferring it that way. Maybe the first time I heard Devo. What a weird LP.

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Pretty good showing, Fingers!