BOWLING IS FOR SWINGERS

This one is for bedsitter23  and wickedsin .



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That’s how we roll,

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ALL UR THEME ARE BELONG TO BATMAN

Whenever people ask me (as they always do), “Who’s the best Batman of all time?”, I typically flip a coin to choose between Adam West and George Clooney – because I enjoy the looks of disdain I usually get. Of course, I generally say “George Clooney” because hey, someone has to – and anyway, while we can all agree that Batman And Robin is the suckiest Batman movie ever, I think a case can be made that Clooney was the only good thing in it.

But I stand by the Adam West incarnation. I like the current Dark Knight/Christian Bale incarnation just fine, but I’m also a fan of high camp, and the Batman TV show is as much to blame for that as anyone else. And it’s arguably had a higher impact on pop culture than any other superhero incarnation.

For example, it has the best theme song. You know this because in 1966, when the show came out, just about every garage band in America released a cover of it, or at least a song based on the show. Check out this list from 60sgaragebands.com, which doesn’t even include versions from British bands like The Who and The Kinks. And half of them even went as far as to dress up in bad Batman/Robin knock-off costumes.

Like so.



And so.



I don’t see anyone doing that with today’s so-called superhero franchises. Okay, so it was the 60s. You could get away with stuff like that then. Today, you can only get away with it once a year in San Diego (or whichever comic-con you fancy). But my point stands. Name one sci-fi/superhero TV show that’s come out in the last ten years with a theme song awesome enough to inspire a flood of cover versions.

FUN FACT: For the record, my favorite cover version of the Batman Theme is by Link Wray & The Raymen. Because Link Wray is awesome. And because he improvised his own dialogue and sound effects.

Biff bang pow,

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DEMENTIA 13! PART 10: BURN THE WITCH

We are now down to the final four in our Halloween A/V countdown, and here’s a seasonal favorite of mine: “Witch Hunt” by Rush. With added big-budget Hollywood animation!

To be honest, I was hoping to find a version of the song mixed with footage from, say, Witchfinder General, or even the witch scene in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. But whoever did this did a pretty good job of editing it to The Nightmare Before Christmas, The Corpse Bride (both of which I like) and Monster House (which I didn’t care for, but for mash-ups it’s fine).

Anyway, as Halloween-ish songs go, it doesn’t get much better than this – a song not only about historical witch hunts, but also modern-day witch hunts driven by the same old fears. Sadly, still relevant here in the 21st Century.

Here comes the fear again,

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