The Rocky Horror Picture Show Science Fiction Double Feature picture show

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  • Опубліковано 8 лис 2014
  • Lips - Patricia Quinn - Magenta - A Domestic
    Music, Lyrics and Volcals - Richard O'Brien - Riff Raff - A Handyman

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  • @valeriovigino358
    @valeriovigino358 5 років тому +7200

    Please stand up for the National Anthem

  • @davidosborn146
    @davidosborn146 5 років тому +2027

    Joe Osborn on the bass. 1937_2018
    I will miss you dad.

    • @corenecipolletti2238
      @corenecipolletti2238 5 років тому +77

      Bless you!

    • @davidosborn146
      @davidosborn146 5 років тому +111

      @@corenecipolletti2238 thanks corene! I just heard that drummer Hal Blaine is gone too at 90. He is also on this and countless records with Joe. My prayers are with them.

    • @richpurdom
      @richpurdom 5 років тому +63

      @@davidosborn146 RIP. I was enjoying the bass when I read your comment. God bless.

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 4 роки тому +44

      Their talent lives on. Bless them.

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 роки тому +43

      He is forever immortalised with his performance he gave us all.

  • @pjb8295
    @pjb8295 3 роки тому +999

    Patricia Quinn literally has the most iconic lips in cinematic history

    • @kayd5748
      @kayd5748 2 роки тому +4

      Where if anywhere has Halloween 🎃 showing in OK... like public

    • @_cenobitax6129
      @_cenobitax6129 2 роки тому

      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tongue_and_lips_logo

    • @denverdubois5835
      @denverdubois5835 2 роки тому +45

      And pretty good teeth for a 1970s Englishwoman!

    • @TanisHalf-Elven
      @TanisHalf-Elven 2 роки тому +13

      *Linda Lovelace has entered the chat

    • @Saternalius
      @Saternalius 2 роки тому +25

      @@denverdubois5835 She's from Northern Ireland.

  • @WineNationTV100
    @WineNationTV100 4 роки тому +1929

    Amazing how a movie that like totally flopped when it came out in 1975, became such a huge success in the years to follow!

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 4 роки тому +35

      It's just magnificent isn't it? 😊

    • @bendegoose9339
      @bendegoose9339 4 роки тому +134

      Two reasons. One, it was originally a British creature... with everything British in it, except for the two American actors, Brad and Janet. (Same happened with Monty Python and the Holy Grail.) Also, the studio did not believe in it, and wanted to bury it... Without marketing, it had no real chance in the theatres. But then the college scene picked it up a few years later - and the rest is history.

    • @tense99
      @tense99 4 роки тому +56

      I think people just didn't know what to make of it (first time I saw it, I really didn't). Just one of those things that needed time to grow on people and become a cult classic.

    • @andydporter5136
      @andydporter5136 4 роки тому +39

      @@bendegoose9339 Um, Richard O'Brian is a Kiwi, and the director of both the original London and LA stage productions AND the movie itself, Jim Sharman, is an Australian, as is Brian Thomson, the production designer of the movie and original stage productions. In 60s and 70s there was a massive influx of Australian and New Zealander writers, artists, actors, musicians, etc, to the UK and Rocky Horror is just one result of this golden zeitgeist.

    • @richardcranium9002
      @richardcranium9002 3 роки тому +35

      I saw it in San Diego the first week it came out. The theater wasn't full, but it was far from empty. I saw no hype or publicity for it, just decided to go to a movie that night and looked in the paper to see what was on. You are right it wasn't on in a lot of theaters, but I went again about 10 days - 2 weeks later (different theater) and the place was packed. It was transforming into a cult that quickly.

  • @wolfdaddy1984
    @wolfdaddy1984 6 років тому +5062

    Fun fact: the lips are Magenta's and the singer is Riff Raff

    • @KOSMIKKANKAN
      @KOSMIKKANKAN 6 років тому +63

      Queen Rose ...is it true ?

    • @KOSMIKKANKAN
      @KOSMIKKANKAN 6 років тому +132

      Queen Rose ...i recognize riff raff's voice. ..i didnt know for magenta. ..thanks.

    • @wolfdaddy1984
      @wolfdaddy1984 6 років тому +35

      You're welcome

    • @MurdockEx
      @MurdockEx 6 років тому +53

      This is true.

    • @PoshLifeforME
      @PoshLifeforME 6 років тому +133

      In about 85 i had a night out with Magenta's son, we were teenagers. We both played a game called Shades, he threw his mother's pot plant on to the the lower level of his mum's place and it smashed to fuck.

  • @euronymousism
    @euronymousism 3 роки тому +2756

    This movie is so dear to my heart.
    I was in 9th grade gym class, and there was a weird kid wearing a button that said “I can’t even think straight” this was the 90s when everything was “gay”. I pointed and laughed and said “HA HA YOU’RE A GAAAY”
    He said “yeah..” and he instantly became my BFF. Found out he lived right across the street from me, we had the same birthday. We became inseparable. Learned his mom was gay too and they invited me over for movie night and it was this movie. They took me to pride fest and gave me the best memories and friendship I could ever ask for. Every time I see this I think of them 🖤

    • @thomasbeebe-wurzer3061
      @thomasbeebe-wurzer3061 3 роки тому +85

      this is so sweet

    • @julianlane7368
      @julianlane7368 3 роки тому +44

      omg i wish this would happen to me

    • @thomasbeebe-wurzer3061
      @thomasbeebe-wurzer3061 3 роки тому +41

      @Trantor The Troll ur ignorant

    • @josebro352
      @josebro352 3 роки тому +17

      @Trantor The Troll I like your comment. It shows you care. Peace!

    • @euronymousism
      @euronymousism 3 роки тому +69

      @Trantor The Troll why would he die of aids? That’s a pretty stupid thing to say. He’s on my FB and he moved across the country after high school.. 🤨

  • @teslajayde9641
    @teslajayde9641 3 роки тому +1003

    You know what makes the Rocky Horror Picture show so amazing? The actor who plays riff raff is the one who wrote the entire movie and all of the songs. Before it became a movie, the actors who play Magenta, Riff Raff, and Franken Feruter (probably spelled wrong lmao) performed this show live in theaters for 3 years. Also, Tim Curry was so use to doing his own makeup that after day 1 of shooting they let him do it himself!

    • @marcusblackwell2372
      @marcusblackwell2372 3 роки тому +43

      Close: Sweet Transvestite was written by O'Brian and Tim Curry

    • @teslajayde9641
      @teslajayde9641 2 роки тому +27

      @@oikawasshittyknee1060 Re-reading my original comment I should've actually put "theater" instead of "Broadway" because that's actually what I meant, didn't literally mean it was on Broadway lol oops

    • @dantesinfernal0
      @dantesinfernal0 2 роки тому +20

      It's longest run in America was 9 months. It had a nearly 3,000 show run in Great Britain.

    • @TheoneGodfather
      @TheoneGodfather 2 роки тому +10

      @@dantesinfernal0 That’s pretty cool. Not sure about Britain but the movie played for years and years as the midnight movie in theaters here in the states. 🤘🏻

    • @dbalkoo1987
      @dbalkoo1987 2 роки тому +5

      @@TheoneGodfather Every year here in Zürich. At the Dynamo Club near the Mainstation Zürich. It is an Adventure :) Uhh it gets me positive chills.

  • @MrTwotimess
    @MrTwotimess 3 роки тому +157

    And just like *that* I'm 15 again in 1975, going to the movies with my older brother. Bugger the age restrictions! We watched it until it was banned in my country. Then we proceeded to love this film after the ban was lifted. Brother is gone now and I watch it alone on DVD, imagining the sights and smells of the movie theatre while the entire audience is singing along. What a masterpiece!

    • @brett22bt
      @brett22bt Рік тому +10

      I saw it when I was 13 in 1977. It took a while to get to the RAAF Airbase Cinema in Forest Hill near Wagga NSW, Australia. What a fantastic movie. It changed my life.

    • @donarthiazi2443
      @donarthiazi2443 Рік тому +2

      Why was it banned?

    • @gordonhenderson1965
      @gordonhenderson1965 Рік тому +3

      I was 13, My dad had taken me, my little sister and her friend out to the drive in. The headliner was Superman The Movie, and after it was done, we all kind of sat around in the car not knowing if we were going to watch the next movie or not, but then the Lips came on the screen and my dad woke up and couldn't get us out of there fast enough!

    • @TheDriller-Killer
      @TheDriller-Killer 3 дні тому

      ​@@donarthiazi2443 My guess would be he lived in a very religious country like The Republic Of Ireland

  • @brookeroeder7974
    @brookeroeder7974 6 років тому +1455

    Don't dream it. Be it.

  • @zdrawspon-3685
    @zdrawspon-3685 6 років тому +1942

    A long time ago in a galaxy far far away, god said "let there be lips" and they were good!

    • @davehammond743
      @davehammond743 5 років тому +18

      And the God wasn't the narcissistic torture God they call Yahweh!

    • @killercat-zr1nu
      @killercat-zr1nu 5 років тому +5

      lmao

    • @sarahcartan4194
      @sarahcartan4194 5 років тому +24

      And they gave good head!

    • @lakeprairieag
      @lakeprairieag 5 років тому +7

      Stealing for a meme

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 5 років тому +2

      @@lakeprairieag "Is this Lips ?" :P

  • @sjoldzic10
    @sjoldzic10 7 місяців тому +26

    Still one of the greatest opening numbers in history

  • @pustulio81
    @pustulio81 3 роки тому +405

    For anyone that doesn't know, those are Magenta's lips and Riff Raff's voice. There's a story behind that, as well. Patricia Quinn (Magenta) wanted nothing to do with the film, at first, so Richard O'Brian (Riff Raff) did everything he could to convince her. In the end, they both agreed that as long as she got to sing this song for the opening she would do the film. All went according to plan.....until it came time to edit the film. During that process O'Brian replaced her vocals with his own.....behind her back, no less. She didn't find out about it until she watched it for the first time and by then it was too late.

    • @eddienunez8076
      @eddienunez8076 3 роки тому

      It was the right thing to do.

    • @pustulio81
      @pustulio81 3 роки тому +50

      @@eddienunez8076 Oh, I agree, everything is as it should be!!......BUT......he didn't have to do it in such a shady fashion. That probably hurt her more than the change being made.

    • @eddienunez8076
      @eddienunez8076 3 роки тому +2

      @@pustulio81 i gotcha yeah that was a bitch move on his part.

    • @drakebell5649
      @drakebell5649 Рік тому +18

      @@pustulio81 especially because she loved the song so much

    • @simonbarnes7620
      @simonbarnes7620 Рік тому +73

      Not exactly true, she didn’t want to do the film until she saw the wardrobe for it, yes she wanted to sing the song but knew all along someone else was but still did the lips for it knowing full well it was Richard O’Brien singing. There was no backhandedness. Unless she herself is lying.

  • @mosespray4510
    @mosespray4510 5 років тому +1163

    Every so often I just have to sing this out loud. My apologies to anyone who has heard me.

    • @rhog
      @rhog 5 років тому +3

      444 Thu

    • @silveriobocanegra7958
      @silveriobocanegra7958 5 років тому +12

      I’m with you bro.
      My 21 year old nieces rolls her eyes
      Sorry no apologies

    • @byronp2311
      @byronp2311 5 років тому +17

      I do this all the time. I did it just now. While dancing to the damn thing. I might be 64, but I've seen this so many times I know the words, the phrasing, the beats. It entertains me. Sort of startles others.

    • @mel646
      @mel646 5 років тому +6

      SAMEEE

    • @crazypiratesquirrel3038
      @crazypiratesquirrel3038 5 років тому +7

      Singing this as I type. ;)

  • @fsupergrimpeur3645
    @fsupergrimpeur3645 6 років тому +726

    The best movie ever

    • @jeremiahthornton7938
      @jeremiahthornton7938 5 років тому +19

      Agreed. It is the mother of all modern comedies.

    • @flyingmerkel6
      @flyingmerkel6 5 років тому +13

      Somehow it manages that trick. Definitely of a time & place that's not coming back

    • @rileyparks8864
      @rileyparks8864 5 років тому +11

      ​@@flyingmerkel6did you forget? its astounding, time is fleeting, madness takes its toll,
      ... that time and place is here and now, if you want to go there ...its just a jump to the left ...

    • @flyingmerkel6
      @flyingmerkel6 5 років тому +1

      @@rileyparks8864 Thanks for that.

    • @markdaugherty2333
      @markdaugherty2333 5 років тому +2

      My all time favorite

  • @ACinemafanatic
    @ACinemafanatic 4 роки тому +81

    Those lips forever a part of cinema history 💋

    • @maitland72
      @maitland72 3 роки тому +1

      God Bless Patricia Quinn!!

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 3 місяці тому

      Immortal. 😊

  • @SK-hellogoodbye
    @SK-hellogoodbye 3 роки тому +63

    "I've never asked for anything" (Magenta) "And you shall receive it, in ABUNDANCE !" (Frankenfurter) - sheer class.

  • @eyesee1212
    @eyesee1212 6 років тому +970

    I love Richard O'Brien's talent and voice, if it was not for him The Rocky Horror Picture Show would of never existed.

    • @NK-mn6zu
      @NK-mn6zu 5 років тому +83

      If not for Tim Curry’s iconic performance, the whole thing would have fallen apart and never become a cult classic. 💋👠🎩

    • @eyesee1212
      @eyesee1212 5 років тому +57

      Yes that could be true. Tim Curry is a great actor and a top performer, but Richard wrote the Show and the Music.

    • @kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631
      @kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 5 років тому +8

      Richard O’Brien is actually a transvestite. Listen to don’t dream it be it. He wanted to be just the same as fey Ray dig it

    • @eyesee1212
      @eyesee1212 5 років тому +4

      Yea and he is also married to a woman.

    • @NK-mn6zu
      @NK-mn6zu 5 років тому +15

      Joe Rodriguez Richard now identifies as transgender and takes female hormones. I wish Richard would write another explosive and subversive musical! 😁

  • @jamesring80
    @jamesring80 6 років тому +636

    Patricia wanted to sing this song but Richard o’Brian said no because he was singing it, but he let her use her lips for the intro with Richard o’Brian’s voice

    • @PhirePhlame
      @PhirePhlame 5 років тому +40

      The play that this film is based on traditionally has Magenta's actress also be the one singing this song (check out the Original London Cast soundtrack to hear Quinn singing this song).

    • @medbhmezzetti6055
      @medbhmezzetti6055 4 роки тому +41

      I think it's meant to add to the movie's gender-bending theme - a male voice with female lips sets the tone for the film

    • @Guitarristandgoats
      @Guitarristandgoats 3 роки тому +15

      I'm sad of finding out how much Patricia wanted to sing this an she couldn't. If you check previous versions of this song with her on the vocals, she does an amazing job.

    • @iHeartsNostalgiaPit
      @iHeartsNostalgiaPit 3 роки тому +5

      interesting compromise

    • @chrisgross5409
      @chrisgross5409 3 роки тому +12

      It’s rough because you could say it’s her song, but even from the first time I heard this song, I was mesmerized by Richard’s voice. It’s so frigging 70s and it’s perfect.

  • @JesusChristmyMESSIAH
    @JesusChristmyMESSIAH 3 місяці тому +10

    If you dont absolutely love this movie we cant be friends.

  • @jackwittenbrink1354
    @jackwittenbrink1354 5 років тому +595

    Absolutely splendid. Hard to improve on.
    It's like layered nostalgia. The movies referenced in the song were antique and quirky to the folks who saw the film when it was new. Now I find myself looking back at myself looking back at other people who are looking back at the golden age of sci fi cinema and writing it a crazy love letter. It's like watching ancestors practice ancestor worship. Indescribably wonderful.

    • @thumperpaul155
      @thumperpaul155 4 роки тому +16

      Forbidden Planet is a great movie its special effects are even very good considering when it was made.

    • @graceknowswhatyoudid3064
      @graceknowswhatyoudid3064 4 роки тому +1

      Exactly

    • @charliedekadens3348
      @charliedekadens3348 4 роки тому +4

      I like what you say...don't dream it be here

    • @kurtbaumann7686
      @kurtbaumann7686 3 роки тому +3

      Amazing how this went from breaking barriers 2 nostalgia.

    • @CraigCrowder
      @CraigCrowder 3 роки тому +1

      Beautifully said, Jack. My favorite comment in this thread so far 💜

  • @betharramrojas8051
    @betharramrojas8051 3 роки тому +389

    Here are some references I caught :p
    -Michael Reenie: British actor, perhaps best remembered for his starring role as the space visitor Klaatu in the film The Day the Earth Stood Still.
    -Flash Gordon: Flash Gordon is the hero of a space opera adventure comic strip created by Alex Raymond. First published January 7, 1934. (A movie was made in 1980, but that's after RHPS.)
    -Claude Rains: British-American film and stage actor. He started as the invisible man in the homonym movie of 1933.
    -Fay Wray: Canadian-born American actress best remembered for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film King Kong.
    -Anne Francis: American actress, as said in the lyrics, she was in the sci-fi film Forbidden Planet of 1956.
    -Leo G. Carroll: English actor. He played Prof. Gerald Deemer in the 1955 movie Tarantula!
    -Janette Scott: English actress. She started in the film The Day of the Triffids, released in 1962.
    -Dana Andrews: American film actor. He started in Night Of The Demon (1957).
    -George Pal: Hungarian-American animator, film director and producer. When Worlds Collide (1951) was produced by him. His wife was Elisabeth "Zsoka" Pal.
    -R.K.O: RKO Pictures was an American film production and distribution company. Producer Val Lewton worked into a low-budget horror unit. King Kong (1933) is one of the most important films produced by RKO.

    • @MistOfDeSade
      @MistOfDeSade 3 роки тому +3

      I'm 17 and I totally love movies and I'm seeing such information . Moreover you missed something

    • @jayherlihy6684
      @jayherlihy6684 3 роки тому +10

      @@MistOfDeSade It wasn't meant to be everything, that person was just listing off as much as they could. Many good classic films in there.

    • @tobyelliott6572
      @tobyelliott6572 2 роки тому

      Isnt Anne Francis also in Deep Throat 2?

    • @charlottesellars1348
      @charlottesellars1348 2 роки тому +4

      They also say "When World's Collide" which is the name of a 1951 sci-fi movie

    • @euronymousism
      @euronymousism 2 роки тому +3

      But what about Brad and Janet?…. Oh. Never mind… 😂
      No, but this is great, thank you for the info! I didn’t know who any of the names used were!

  • @franciedoherty4086
    @franciedoherty4086 3 роки тому +66

    Saw this in early 1980s. In a small provincial town it was an eye opener. Way ahead of its time. People were shocked by its openness. 40 years later its still a classic.

  • @heydavedawson
    @heydavedawson 4 роки тому +356

    I remember the first time I played Rocky listening to the crowd roar singing this song. I was excited and still getting over a really catastrophic break up. The debauchery and pure energy of this show really helped me. And 5 years later, I find myself in the same place again.. Rocky Horror was therapy in such a raw time in my life.
    This year, I’M the dom. No more being a slave to my own depression. Giving into absolute pleasure, flexing harder and larger than ever.
    I made sure to work out extra extra hard this year.
    Thanks Rocky 💪

    • @meganweiner920
      @meganweiner920 4 роки тому +7

      You've got this! You're amazing! :)

    • @florio131
      @florio131 4 роки тому +5

      hey dave dawson you are a god among men

    • @eeeddddddiiieee
      @eeeddddddiiieee 3 роки тому +2

      Life is futile.

    • @AlexLopez-hn5ru
      @AlexLopez-hn5ru 3 роки тому +3

      YES KING!

    • @samfrito
      @samfrito 2 роки тому +2

      Peter Hinson would be so pleased. Never let RHPS stop helping you escape, live and enjoy.

  • @vampirecow88
    @vampirecow88 3 роки тому +121

    I was singing this at work and someone said "that's hella gay my guy". Im gonna be Dr frank for Halloween and sing sweet transvestite

    • @scarlieweow8071
      @scarlieweow8071 3 роки тому +3

      Eh why wait for Halloween franknfurter all year round ✨🦗🦟🦗🦟🦟

    • @glep3570
      @glep3570 3 роки тому +2

      If I had an authority on gay at work, I'd be sure to call upon their expertise on a daily basis.

    • @hot_damn99
      @hot_damn99 3 роки тому +1

      Power move

    • @lazyriver1393
      @lazyriver1393 3 роки тому +5

      Man this was part of my playlist when I worked at Starbucks (we hijacked the Muzak machine) among many other proudly gay songs to be sang by this confusingly cis man. My baristas sang with me.

  • @l.salisbury1253
    @l.salisbury1253 3 місяці тому +13

    Riff Raff's voice is a fusion of John Lennon and Alice Cooper...

  • @wal743
    @wal743 3 роки тому +51

    35 years ago my dad took me at theater to watch this movie. He died 6 years ago. The movie is still in my heart. Thanks, dad... ❤️😊🎉😍✌️

  • @jaredkearns3305
    @jaredkearns3305 3 роки тому +65

    Richard O Brian has such an amazing voice this song is still amazing ✌

    • @samfrito
      @samfrito 2 роки тому +3

      No kidding. It's a great way to ignite the fuse on this well loved classic.

    • @staceyseward402
      @staceyseward402 2 роки тому +1

      One of those rare Dimond movies. Soundtrack is incredible.

    • @ripperplaysclon152
      @ripperplaysclon152 8 місяців тому

      I’m still in disbelief that a dude can sound so much like a girl.

  • @paulnottherealmccartney8558
    @paulnottherealmccartney8558 5 років тому +559

    Lyrics:
    Michael Rennie was ill
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    But he told us where we stand
    And Flash Gordon was there
    In silver underwear
    Claude Rains was The Invisible Man
    Then something went wrong
    For Fay Wray and King Kong
    They got caught in a celluloid jam
    Then at a deadly pace
    It Came From Outer Space
    And this is how the message ran...
    Science fiction double feature
    Doctor X will build a creature
    See androids fighting Brad and Janet
    Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet
    Woah oh, oh oh oh
    At the late night double feature picture show
    I knew Leo G. Carroll
    Was over a barrel
    When Tarantula took to the hills
    And I really got hot
    When I saw Janette Scott
    Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills
    Dana Andrews said "Prunes!"
    Gave him the runes
    And passing them used lots of skills
    But When Worlds Collide
    Said George Pal to his bride
    "I'm gonna give you some terrible thrills"
    Like a...
    Science fiction double feature
    Doctor X will build a creature
    See androids fighting, ugh, Brad and Janet
    Anne Francis stars in Forbidden Planet!
    Woah oh, oh oh oh
    At the late night double feature picture show
    I wanna go-
    Woah oh, oh oh oh
    To the late night double feature picture show
    By R.K.O
    Woah oh, oh oh oh
    To the late night double feature picture show
    In the back row!
    Woah oh, oh oh oh
    To the late night double feature picture show
    Oh oh oooh, mmm hmm

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 4 роки тому +8

      Thank you. It's brilliant.

    • @Mistralok
      @Mistralok 4 роки тому +5

      Thank you.

    • @shawnbrunelle5449
      @shawnbrunelle5449 4 роки тому +8

      We know the words.

    • @Hermioneswish
      @Hermioneswish 4 роки тому +6

      Paul NOT The Real McCartney in this version they don’t say ugh that’s only in the Ivy Levan version.

    • @cmvogt5951
      @cmvogt5951 4 роки тому +5

      Thanks for the Lyrics.

  • @davidfleeman2610
    @davidfleeman2610 5 років тому +147

    Where i grew up, we had outside showings and i dressed up as Frank n Furter with the green lab coat and my friend dressed as Riff Raff

    • @NomenmihiLegioest
      @NomenmihiLegioest 5 років тому +7

      I had long blond hair, so I dressed up as Riff Raff and then Put my ponytail on top for the "Banana" knot RIff has later in the film! MY Friend came in drag as a short, fat Frank 'N Furter!! LOL IT was 1987-88 and it was Epic! I've seen the film over 175 times.

    • @jessegentry9699
      @jessegentry9699 3 роки тому

      I didn't dress at all!

  • @Dermacrosis
    @Dermacrosis Рік тому +24

    My parents had this on VHS when I was a kid, and they kept it "hidden" so not in the tape library. However after I found it they did not stop me watching it, and I loved it. I was singing along to the songs longe before I understood what some of them meant.

  • @robertmcelwaine7024
    @robertmcelwaine7024 Рік тому +33

    This song is so bizarrely haunting and evocative, for what is essentially a parody, as well as a celebration of the old black & White B-Movies of the 1940s and 50s. It has such an off-kilter resonance to it that is amazing.

  • @tonybrandt8850
    @tonybrandt8850 4 місяці тому +4

    I heard Richard was working as a dishwasher and couldn't make ends meet. Instead of getting a different job, he decided to write a rock opera about an extraterrestrial transvestite. While it seems crazy, the rest is history.

  • @micheleevolved369
    @micheleevolved369 2 роки тому +34

    I grew up in a very free minded household, I was 9 years old singing this whole album but still never actually seen the movie at that point. My mom knew I wanted to see it I knew every song by heart. The only place it was showing was a triple x theater as there matinee!!! Lmfao for real! But she checked into and was sort of sure that I wouldn’t see previews of porn if we got there after a certain time and left promptly after! So we got dressed up and brought all of our props for the show because luckily for me this was an interactive showing and people in the audience squirted water guns for song “there’s a light over in the Frankenstein place” and we had news papers and on and on all the key points acted out! My favorite of course was “time warp “ good memories and thank you mom for not being a prude!!!!!!!!!❤️✌️

    • @TheMayoBlue
      @TheMayoBlue Рік тому +3

      This is an awesome sharing Michele. I used to lie to my parents and tell them it was a different ending every time. Thats why we had to see it every week lol. Early 80s was a time we had to be inventive. Well, lie. There was no internet so they had to root thru our stuff to find out what we were up to lol.

  • @husserl49
    @husserl49 3 роки тому +58

    I saw this film classic in the 1970s and was completely smitten, mesmerized. The opening song was akin to Beethoven's Ode to Joy and played homage to a period of innocence and exuberance. Pure unadulterated fun & bliss. This song sank deep into my unconscious psyche. I lived life in the 1950s and indeed went frequently to the local late-night double feature picture shows in my home town. I saw Tarantula in 1955 when it came out and had nightmares for years afterward. I saw Dana Andrews in the 1957 " Curse of the Demon " the source of which was "Casting the Runes". And it was today nearly 70 years after the fact that I happened to see Dana Andrews, white hair and wizened face, doing a guest appearance on an old re-run episode of "Love Boat". I knew that face and gradually came to his name "Dana Andrews". And once I had called up the name, "Dana Andrews" - these lyrics and music flowed forth in my mind . .
    Michael Rennie was ill
    The Day the Earth Stood Still
    But he told us where we stand
    And Flash Gordon was there
    In silver underwear
    Claude Rains was The Invisible Man
    . .
    And I really got hot
    When I saw Janette Scott
    Fight a Triffid that spits poison and kills
    Dana Andrews said "Prunes!"
    Gave him the runes
    And passing them used lots of skills.
    All I could think about was:
    Dana Andrews said "Prunes!" Gave him the runes and passing them used lots of skills"
    I agree with the comment above:
    Please stand for the National Anthem.

  • @magnusl.alexander8966
    @magnusl.alexander8966 2 роки тому +64

    There's a timeless quality to this song I feel; while layered with nostalgia and memories it also feels like time won't dull this tune and you can even listen to it without watching the rest of the movie as it perfectly captures a certain time and the concept of late night flicks in general. Truly something to cherish and keep listening to again and again through the years 💖

    • @brett22bt
      @brett22bt Рік тому

      🤍

    • @jennifermems1111
      @jennifermems1111 Рік тому +1

      I think you're right, and the funny part about that is how absolutely steeped in its own time and place it was. I mean, you have to know a thing or two about 1950's-1970's movies to get any of the references, or even know what a "double feature" is.

  • @TheMayoBlue
    @TheMayoBlue 4 роки тому +117

    RHPS makes me sad now. I am sad for Tim. I am sad I didnt get it then. I miss the thrill of seeing this in theatres (often). Maybe Its projection, but I cry at most of the songs. I feel sadly sophomoric, Yet it effects me so cripplingly. How can it be so long ago. When did my youth slip by without me being in charge of it??

    • @maddiemonster
      @maddiemonster 3 роки тому +13

      I know. I want to go back. Time passes and diminishes everything.

    • @TheMayoBlue
      @TheMayoBlue 3 роки тому +8

      @@maddiemonster look at is this way, we didn't have the internet, or Computers really then, so it would have been lost to time. So maybe there is hope :)

    • @brandonchilders2667
      @brandonchilders2667 3 роки тому +10

      This movie has one of the biggest cult followings of all time. It's still played in many theaters every weekend. I literally just saw it last night at the drive in. It's not the same but man is it fun.

    • @dreadfulspiller8766
      @dreadfulspiller8766 3 роки тому +2

      My friend showed me this movie around 92 but by then they were cutting back on showings so I never got the chance to experience it.

    • @JR_harlow
      @JR_harlow 3 роки тому +3

      I like turtles

  • @flyingmerkel6
    @flyingmerkel6 2 роки тому +6

    Hard to believe we were ever that young.

  • @box0choco593
    @box0choco593 8 місяців тому +15

    Richard Obrien has a uniquely gorgous voice! I just watched this movie for the first time yesterday. When I heard this beautiful song alongside the unique visuals I knew I would absolutely love the film. I did ❤

  • @michaelalago7033
    @michaelalago7033 3 роки тому +41

    The greatest opening of a film..Absolutely brilliant..Like no other!! :-)

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 2 роки тому

      Agreed. It will never be surpassed.

  • @robertwilson123
    @robertwilson123 4 місяці тому +2

    Ahh....Great movie....and all those 1950s Sci-Fi B movies... fantastic...they don't make them like that anymore.

  • @WhateverWhenever888
    @WhateverWhenever888 6 років тому +169

    The nostalgia

  • @danapidd6013
    @danapidd6013 5 років тому +130

    Timeless and elegant! I'm a massive Tim Curry fan. The beauty of the clip is eternal. 😈

    • @MehIgotnothing
      @MehIgotnothing 5 років тому +4

      Dana Pidd, I agree. Tim Curry is other worldly in this movie, it's hard to put into words just how amazing he played Frank-N-Furter.

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 роки тому +4

      In Criminal Minds, there was an episode called, "The Longest Night." Tim Curry starred as the Prince of Darkness Killer. He played the role masterfully! He was a complete disaster in that episode. He had nasty teeth, dirty clothes, drove a disgusting 1980 camper covered in rust and dirt. He was a complete psycho in that episode. It is my favourite Criminal Minds episode ever. I am actually looking for a Prince of Darkness camper to drive around.

    • @blueberryriver3220
      @blueberryriver3220 4 роки тому

      That's a very good way of describing it

    • @angelaplaster1371
      @angelaplaster1371 3 роки тому +3

      Sadly Tim Curry suffered a stroke and is in wheelchair.. He's still handsome as ever!!

  • @leebritnell2405
    @leebritnell2405 3 роки тому +22

    What a great film this is! Like an old friend,never ceases to bring a smile.

  • @datgamerchowe5987
    @datgamerchowe5987 4 роки тому +19

    I had this movie memorized by the age of 13. Went to my first show at 11. Yea I had a good brother. He played Brad.

  • @KOSMIKKANKAN
    @KOSMIKKANKAN 6 років тому +83

    Best intro ever !

    • @Kyaonias
      @Kyaonias 3 роки тому

      And made even, better by raunchy Audience participation! 🤪 Especially here in NYC!

  • @miked7707
    @miked7707 3 роки тому +17

    One of the best musicals. There are some really beautiful tunes: I'm Going Home, Superheroes.

  • @henryisthere
    @henryisthere 3 роки тому +35

    This song is so interesting. It's so easy to listen to outside of the context of rocky horror considering it's an amazing song, but when you watch it with those horrifying disembodied lips, it sends the perfect signal to the audience that this movie is going to be WEIRD! It's amazing!

    • @MotocrossRider155
      @MotocrossRider155 7 місяців тому +1

      I listen to this in my car on its own all the time. Such a great song.

  • @bradblauhut7596
    @bradblauhut7596 8 місяців тому +3

    In the Summer of 1978 I was 14 and myself and a few friends took the bus to see this in a midnight show. The suburbs were different in the 70's- Our parents didn't know where we were, nor cared. It didn't occur to any one of us that the busses didn't run after midnight. So, when the movie was over, we hitchhiked home. Actually walked most of the way.
    The 70's in the suburbs of NYC. Can't imagine a better time to grow up.

  • @johntretola6656
    @johntretola6656 3 роки тому +22

    Love the song. Love the film. Love the theatre show. Timeless.

  • @th3zer0gma3r2
    @th3zer0gma3r2 5 років тому +32

    This damn song fr puts me in a happy place...sigh....

  • @jamesdeek7039
    @jamesdeek7039 Рік тому +41

    I can't really explain it but this movie always puts a smile on my face and brings a mood. I can't help but be ecstatic when these songs play. I don't care about politics, I don't care about any message people attach to the film, it's just pure fun in a complete non judgemental weird atmosphere and I get lost in it every single time.

  • @donnyposey5179
    @donnyposey5179 4 місяці тому +1

    I was a sci-fi fanatic as a child, and when I first saw Rocky horror, I was absolutely thrilled to hear all of those references. I was born in 1968 so I missed the original release of Rocky horror since I was too young and caught it in the early 80s as a teenager at the midnight movie showings. The minute I heard this song I knew this was the show for me and boy was I right!!!

  • @joelperry8187
    @joelperry8187 5 років тому +25

    Climbed a tree, put the recently clipped cable in the HBO do-dads, and watched it on channel six (Long Island) around 1977. Loved it.

  • @Lowgun5
    @Lowgun5 Рік тому +8

    This at the midnight movie in 1980's Utah was such a seminal part of my teenage years. So many good memories associated with this movie, that crowd, and those days. Brilliant. A masterpiece as an album, a stage musical, and a movie.

  • @kristinareed6656
    @kristinareed6656 2 роки тому +8

    I'm 50 years old in the '80s we used to go to the movie theater at midnight on Friday and Saturday nights when they would play this and we would act out the parts with the toast and the water and the toilet paper. It's really unfortunate that they stole all of that history from a bunch of generations cuz this movie is full of fun and interactive stuff and was very famous and very popular you just had to be awake to partake

    • @Emiliapocalypse
      @Emiliapocalypse 2 роки тому +1

      What do you mean it was stolen?? People still go to midnight showings of RHPS :)

  • @unkle_Enkil
    @unkle_Enkil Рік тому +5

    Me and a bunch of teenage mates went to see a midnight showing, we actually thought it was a horror movie...cherrys well and truly popped..

  • @jjemerald186
    @jjemerald186 5 років тому +154

    Saw it live for the first time at Tampa Bay comic con this year, was so confused when they wrote a V on my head and called me a virgin, it was great. Thanks hell on heels!

    • @pjgumby
      @pjgumby 5 років тому +14

      I bought a virgin in a bid war, I won and I gave her 20 dollars!

    • @scarlettkimberlyann5387
      @scarlettkimberlyann5387 5 років тому

      Cool

    • @odettyspaghetti
      @odettyspaghetti 4 роки тому

      Same

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 роки тому +7

      I was made to wade in a pool of KY and pick out the bananas with my mouth, without leaving tooth marks. Then I had to stuff a giant size H brassiere with hot dogs lubricated in KY before a timer rang a bell. The brassiere had to be, as they put it, "plump, perky, and juicey,"by the time the timer rang. This was hard to do with lubricated hotdogs slipping everywhere and slipping out of the brassiere. There was also whip cream boobs that I had to eat the cherry nipple off the boobs without letting the cherry slip down nor damage the whip cream boobs while blindfolded. There were a few other rituals I had to do before being devirginised. After being devirginised, I got a spiked dog collar with my name on it. It is now one of my most prized possessions.

    • @morticialevana6855
      @morticialevana6855 4 роки тому

      @@indridcold8433 where was this at?

  • @ngarren13
    @ngarren13 4 роки тому +13

    Whenever Forbidden Planet gets mentioned, I immediately think of this...thanks Mr. O'Brien

  • @pattywedge5489
    @pattywedge5489 5 років тому +25

    I love the Rocky Horror Picture Show!

  • @thumperpaul155
    @thumperpaul155 5 років тому +29

    Could watch this movie all day, actually i have.

  • @Luuute
    @Luuute Рік тому +11

    I recently saw this musical live and the girl singing this song was amazing but even better is the audience did the Ooooo's and Aaaaa's. It was magicial

  • @jeanettelenamond-riojas452
    @jeanettelenamond-riojas452 3 роки тому +15

    I remember when me and friends would dress the characters and do the dances it was awesome crazy time 45yrs ago but this movie still lives on forever in my heart ❤ ♥

  • @cassandraheath3287
    @cassandraheath3287 4 роки тому +36

    I'll never forget going to a midnight showing of Rocky Horror and hearing everyone singing along to this together, it warmed my heart and still does ❤️

    • @luannabbate2624
      @luannabbate2624 7 місяців тому +1

      Mee too! Went to see this almost every Friday night at the Graham theater in Brooklyn. Opened my eyes. Shortly after that, I moved to the Hells Kitchen and grew up REAL FAST. Great times!!!!!!!

  • @cutesmileb00tay
    @cutesmileb00tay 5 років тому +96

    And in 2018 this movie is still the BEST EVER!

  • @ruthannkizakavich3325
    @ruthannkizakavich3325 3 роки тому +9

    I have always loved this song! The best opener ever! Long live Rocky Horror!👍👍👍🧡🧡🧡🖤🖤🖤🧡🧡🧡

  • @vamporilla1606
    @vamporilla1606 5 років тому +41

    Friend: What's your favorite genre?
    Me: 0:56

  • @BennilocoLoves
    @BennilocoLoves 2 роки тому +25

    *Still AMAZING, after all these years.. I still get goose bumps!*

    • @brett22bt
      @brett22bt Рік тому +1

      I get completely covered with them as soon as I hear the first note.

  • @mikeries6930
    @mikeries6930 3 роки тому +19

    Another fun fact:
    Richard O'Brian voiced the Dad on Phineas and Ferb...

    • @demah8655
      @demah8655 2 роки тому

      Was also in Ever After with Drew Barrymore!

  • @jackt5617
    @jackt5617 Рік тому +5

    1978, theatre at Ocean Beach, California. Had to start standing in line at 9:00 p.m for the midnight show. We were all drinking beer, some smoking pot, people all dressed up like the characters, by the time the show started, it was amazing. Some great moments and memories.

    • @traciehockney5843
      @traciehockney5843 Рік тому

      I was there too!! Every Friday and Saturday night in OB. Got so stoned waiting in to get in, took me half the film to come round! Happy days for sure

  • @user-nn5my1lc5q
    @user-nn5my1lc5q 5 років тому +73

    💋At the midnight
    💋Double feature
    💋Picture show

  • @nickcolby1391
    @nickcolby1391 Рік тому +16

    I’ll never be able describe what this movie means to me ❤

  • @kingarthurj
    @kingarthurj 8 місяців тому +3

    I had an 14 hrs flight to Doha, Qatar. I had this album downloaded to my phone. I had to listen to this song 20 times. 😂

  • @azeleapark
    @azeleapark 5 років тому +17

    The 1st time i saw this was in 1979 in New Brunswick, N.J. - still love it!!!

    • @cameronkantor8224
      @cameronkantor8224 4 роки тому

      So crazy seeing this comment-- Just saw it for the 1st time tonight in New Brunswick NJ too at Rutgers University!!!!!! Exactly 40 years later!

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 роки тому +1

      @@cameronkantor8224 My last showing was in 2009. It was in a small town named Story, Indiana. It was an outside viewing. What a mess we left! Where I used to reside locally, the last showing was in 2000. But I kept going to Story, Indiana and got nine more years of Rocky. The very last showing in Story was a well known event. It was going to be the last showing there. Since it was an outside showing, the disaster we left was extra huge! Some people brought in condoms filled with KY to start a fight. Super soakers filled whip cream, many blow up dolls made it to the last showing with bananas and hotdogs stuffed in their mouths. Brassiere slingshots for water balloons were common. Pie fights would break out randomly. When things, started getting too quiet, the hosts would sound a siren and start throwing all manner of hotdogs, bananas, sausages, condoms, diaphragms, dirty underwear, dog collars, sex toys and feather boas. I really miss showings. It was the only time I was social. I would break my social isolation today if I knew there was a showing. I can remain anonymous and have a great times with others!

  • @cidickie5284
    @cidickie5284 2 роки тому +11

    This song still gets me in the shoulders; I feel lots of hurt leaving me, stress I guess. Makes me feel younger and older at the same time. Oooooh ...

    • @brett22bt
      @brett22bt Рік тому

      Wow, that's so beautiful. You should just let it all flow out.🤍

  • @ekaterinabalderdash1274
    @ekaterinabalderdash1274 3 роки тому +5

    Back when the world made sense and everything was still possible. I love you, Brandon Bristol. RIP, my love.

  • @MasalaiMeri
    @MasalaiMeri Рік тому +3

    Happy New Year... it's the first day of 2023, the sun's past the yardarm, champagne is chilling and Rocky Horror Picture Show is primed to go... 🙌🏾💋💋💋💙

  • @WastedTalent-
    @WastedTalent- 2 роки тому +9

    I was obsessed with this movie when I was a teenage in the early 90's I first saw it when I was visiting relatives and they had a VHS bootleg from Japan. Apparantly, it was released on VHS from Japan long before the US. I made a copy while I was there, sure, it had Japanese subtitles, but who cared?. I played it for the first time for my mom and she was hooked from this song. She is a huge old school and B-Movie horror fan. Just from the mentions in the song and naming the movies they came from, she was good to go.

  • @justinstilson8028
    @justinstilson8028 4 місяці тому +2

    Riff-Raff had a Cool singing voice! Great film!!

  • @telengland6337
    @telengland6337 3 роки тому +17

    Work of genius. Entertaining from start to end with some stellar performances. It bends my head whenever I watch it 🤪

  • @mykro3257
    @mykro3257 4 роки тому +23

    Watched this movie for the 1st time when I was like 5 before anyone woke up on Halloween morning I thought Dr. Frank n furter was a vampire

  • @pwright13
    @pwright13 6 років тому +27

    Awesome never get tired of the movie and music love ya rocky:)

  • @robinbailey2824
    @robinbailey2824 Рік тому +2

    Loved it since ‘76!!!!!!!

  • @TheLibermania
    @TheLibermania 4 роки тому +29

    I heard it the last time three years ago and still got 95 % of the lyrics. Truly a remarkable song.

  • @sydneycampos5716
    @sydneycampos5716 Рік тому +4

    I remember watching this movie for the first time. It's honestly something special & one of my favorites tbh.

  • @dice7584
    @dice7584 3 роки тому +6

    AND GOD SAID, LET THERE BE LIPS!

  • @clairebunt5887
    @clairebunt5887 5 років тому +12

    Never forget these words ever till the day I die ❤️❤️❤️

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT 2 роки тому +2

    1990. Thank you Shannon and Maggie. Among my fondest memories!😻

  • @lanacherie184
    @lanacherie184 3 роки тому +11

    This intro in the midnight matinee was so much fun seeing in college. Went quite a few times and it just never lost its magic 😍💜❣️

  • @dundy7845
    @dundy7845 4 роки тому +11

    It’s hard to believe that this movie will be 45 years old this year. I hope that this will come out on 4K Blu-ray, even though the regular blu ray transfer is fantastic. It’s so good that it makes the movie look like it was made today and is a good title to show off the format.

  • @besterjack8243
    @besterjack8243 Рік тому +1

    1976 12x im Kino gesehen. 2022 im August wieder im Kino gesehen. Gleiche Begeisterung. Toll.

  • @richfictionfighter
    @richfictionfighter 4 роки тому +82

    I really really wish they'd release behind-the-scenes footage to show how they made those disembodied lips with no special effects at the time

    • @drpicklephd
      @drpicklephd 4 роки тому +21

      if i remember correctly in the commentary (done by richard obrien and patricia quinn) for the 40th anniversary blu ray they said they painted part of patricias face black and had to put her head in a clamp so her lips would stay in the same position! id love to see photos of that janky setup tho lol

    • @michaelhelms5044
      @michaelhelms5044 4 роки тому +3

      It's Nel's lips with the rest of her face blacked out - partially make-up and partially editing. O'brian actually sang the music.

    • @amybess
      @amybess 4 роки тому +10

      @@michaelhelms5044 no it's Patricia's lips

    • @amybess
      @amybess 4 роки тому +3

      @@drpicklephd OUCH

    • @niamhhmcu7613
      @niamhhmcu7613 4 роки тому

      Amy Bess yeah

  • @ianchristopher9422
    @ianchristopher9422 5 років тому +15

    This has to be the most fabulous mouth ever.

  • @kerriethompson2073
    @kerriethompson2073 Рік тому +4

    I saw this for the first time this month, and I was blown away by the movie and the die hard fans! I want to see it again!

  • @jbro8934
    @jbro8934 4 роки тому +21

    Best two Tim Curry characters:
    Frank N. Furter and Pennywise

    • @indridcold8433
      @indridcold8433 4 роки тому +5

      Watch him on, "Criminal Minds," as the Prince of Darkness killer, in the episode, "The Longest Night.". He is a genius.

    • @marcusblackwell2372
      @marcusblackwell2372 3 роки тому

      Third: I can't remember his name but the thing from Ferngully: The Last Rainforest
      Fourth: Nigel Thornberry

    • @Brwneydgrl69
      @Brwneydgrl69 3 роки тому

      The Devil in "Legend" with Tom Cruise. 1985

    • @sylph8005
      @sylph8005 2 роки тому

      Don't dream it, be IT

  • @reyeshutcheson0724
    @reyeshutcheson0724 Рік тому +2

    Played in a movie theater in Germany for 10 years, party fun time missed.❤

  • @kylie9469
    @kylie9469 4 роки тому +4

    I keep coming back to this song. It never gets old

  • @destineedavis2106
    @destineedavis2106 4 роки тому +7

    This brings back sooo many memories of doing the shadow cast, amazing movie !

  • @thisismysecondaccount8351
    @thisismysecondaccount8351 4 роки тому +14

    First time I saw this movie was a couple months ago (I'm 13) my parents lended me their copy after finding out I had secretly watched a live theatre performance of it on UA-cam. Sparked my interest in theatre, musicals, and script writing, and had a big part in finding out im gay because of my huge crush on Columbia. I remember getting so excited seeing the lips for the first time. This will _always_ be my favorite musical, thanks mum and dad for letting me watch this for some reason.

  • @diannadearborn1117
    @diannadearborn1117 2 роки тому +2

    Mike, a co-worker, insisted that I meet him and friends at midnight at a local theater for the first ever showing of Rocky in San Jose in 1970-something. He was a cinephile and had been waiting for the movie's arrival for weeks. He was giddy when I found him in line at the movie house. He push me ahead of him as we waited for the doors to open and he kept saying, "Just wait, just wait until you see this movie!" Mind blown! The experience changed my cinematic appetite forever.

  • @darken69
    @darken69 5 років тому +8

    Even after all these years I still have the dirty alternative lyrics memorized

    • @Lisa-jg6gt
      @Lisa-jg6gt 3 роки тому

      I have forgotten some of them, I really wish things would open back up so I could go see RHPS in person again..I miss it..

    • @amybess
      @amybess Рік тому +1

      What alternative lyrics?