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80's Hard Rock That Stands Up Still Today (Soundtrack review)
I ran into a copy of the LP at a local record store today, and decided to pick it up for $4 (mint condition). I remember really liking this soundtrack, and listening to it often back in the late 80's, later in high school and early in college. And yes Fastway writes some great rock songs on this one, but pass on the movie it's awful (if that isn't obvious).
The sound is classic Fastway if you remember them, and their one big hit, "Say What You Will" back in the very early 80's. The soundtrack here is definitely Fastway's last gasp at a mature, fleshed out heavy metal sound, which at times is slowed down, full of angst and teen rebellion. It's got an 80's heavy metal feel, but it's never hair band quality. Think AC/DC.
The cover artwork is obviously cheesey and ridiculous, along with the movie, if you can get past that, the soundtrack is A+ stuff from start to finish, and widely appealing rock music (relative to the times and genre).
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Awesome Heavy Metal Horror!
Movie. This. ROCKS! Marc Price (Skippy from Family Ties) is pretty good in this, and Tony Fields does an excellent job as Sammi Curr. I especially loved the cameos by Gene Simmons (From KISS) And Ozzy Osbourne. He had the best cameo as a preacher revealing the evils of Rock 'N' Roll. I had to buy the VHS, though I knew it was also on DVD, but I hear the quality's inferior. I know the VHS quality is equal to the DVD, but it's still a better buy. Anyway, back to the movie, like I said, it's awesome.
Highly recommended.
The Soundtrack by Fastway...
After seeing a used copy dirt cheap in a second-hand store, I figured I'd buy it again. I remember selling this CD out of my personal collection at a record show about 10 years ago. But after listening to it, I now remember why I sold it in the first place.
Let me start by saying that I really love the first two Fastway albums ('Fastway' and 'All Fired Up'), with a little less love for their third (Waiting for the Roar) due to the introduction of cheesy keyboards into a mainly blues-oriented, straight-up rock band. Sadly, the soundtrack for Trick or Treat features only 7 new songs by the band, with the final two being from the first and second albums. I'm not sure if this was the contractual obligation album or what, but I wouldn't be surprised if it was. If it wasn't for the song AFTER MIDNIGHT, I wouldn't even rate it 2 stars. This is really the only gem on the album and, even with its over-processed vocals and drums, rocks. . . and rocks hard. The only other songs that even remotely approach the power of After Midnight are STAND UP and GET TOUGH, which both have issues of their own. Stand Up takes a while to get going, but finally starts to rock with it's anthemic chorus and some catchy guitar riffs which are notably absent in the rest of the album's new songs. Get Tough, a song that's only 3:30, wastes the first 40 seconds with some atmospheric/ambient synth noise leaving the song proper at 2:50. It's another anthem with a catchy hook and the same processed sound as After Midnight, but it's still a solid rocker.
The rest of the songs are just a hodge-podge of mediocrity. Perhaps they were given a deadline by the record label and it's all they could come up with. Regardless, it's about what you'd figure an 80s movie about a dork turned metal rockstar (Skippy from 'Family Ties' was the star of the film) would contain. The title track is just ho-hum, not helped any by synth drums, which only magnifies how much better the following song, After Midnight, is. DON'T STOP THE FIGHT, the longest new song, is again, nothing remarkable. TEAR DOWN THE WALLS, on the other hand, is the shortest song on the album at two minutes and, in fact, comprises only about 30 seconds of music which features a generic guitar/drum ditty with David King (who sounds to me like a cross between Janis Joplin and Robert Plant) singing "Tear down the walls" and group vocals echoing him. The final new song is HOLD ON TO THE NIGHT which sounds more like RADAR LOVE with new lyrics. . . just without all the cool stuff in it that made Radar Love a great cruising song.
As mentioned earlier, the final two songs were previously released and are also the longest songs on this album, likely because they needed to fill the rest of side B on the LP. They are probably the two darkest songs in Fastway's repertoire, which isn't saying much, but makes sense as to why they were on the soundtrack. HEFT!, from Fastway's debut album, is a plodding-but-ballsy blues song with some good vocal hooks. IF YOU COULD SEE hails from their second album and is a very tasty (dare I say) power-ballad, just not cheesy like what most people would envision - there are no keyboards and and it's not some sappy sentimental crap. Still, these two songs and After Midnight cannot save this album, which is an overall lackluster effort.
For Fastway in their prime, do yourself a favor and buy their first two albums which are available on a single CD. You will also want to avoid their later output which became nothing but synth-driven drivel and saw vocalist David King exiting Fastway and forming the band Katmandu.
Ozzy---in a role you won't believe.
He comes back to the living through his record albums. This film is about a kid who idolizes a rock star that ends up dying tragically. The kid, Eddie is taunted by other students because of his love of heavy metal, but you guessed it, seeks revenge.
This is definitely a real cheezy 80s type of movie that didn't scare me in the least. BUT, where else could you see Ozzy play a minister---all perfect and clean cut and Gene Simmons a disc jockey? It was worth it just to see those two.
Sometimes I just like to kick back and watch a simple movie and have fun, and if you're into that, this is the film for you. Definitely not an award winning picture.
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