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Jake Brennan
Double Elvis.
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Jake Brennan
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It gives you that sort of like that, that crisp, you know, when the air kind of starts to bite back at you for the first time. That kind of tastes tasty, but also tardy. Mostly just tasty though. Again, these are small, powerful shots of energy. Boom. You're ready to go with five hour energy. Give your caffeine a flavor upgrade with five hour energy shots. Get yours in store and online at www.f5h.com or on Amazon today. Hey discos. Need a little more Disgrace Land in your life? Just a touch to get you through. Yeah, me too. This is the podcast that comes after the podcast. Welcome to Disgraceland. The After Party. Welcome to the Disgraceland bonus episode. A little thing we like to call the after party. This is the show after the show. The party. After the party, the bridge to get you from one full episode of Disgraceland to the other. The backyard to dig into the dirt. Our mission, to uncover the truth, to confront the myth, to reclaim the story. On this bonus episode, we're talking about why Hollywood ignores some of the most impactful music ever made. We're rewinding back to our ACDC Part 1 episode, previewing next week's new episode on ACDC, Part 2 of that story. And we get into your voicemails, texts, DMs, and as always, a whole lot of Rosie. This is the podcast for the musically obsessed, the outsiders, the independent thinkers who know that the best history is the history that gets buried. Disgraceland is where I tell the stories they didn't want told. The kind you'll end up telling someone else. All right, discos, let's get into it. When the Exorcist was written, released in 1974, the movie sent some theatergoers screaming through the aisles in terror. They vomited, fainted. More than one had a heart attack and another had a miscarriage. The movie's shocking images of a possessed 12 year old girl are credited with causing the extreme audience reaction. But the incredible music from the Exorcist also contributed to the intense fear that audiences felt. Horror movie music, unlike music in other film genres, is essential to the success of a film. Horror movie music is also the most memorable music in cinema. Think of films like Psycho, the Shining, and yes, the Exorcist and try to imagine these movies without the music. You really can't. So why then have these and other original horror scores received little recognition from Hollywood? The cultural impact the Exorcist had was massive. In addition to the physical repulsion from some audiences, the film sparked a nationwide debate over faith. Protestants condemned it. The Vatican basically said, see, we told you so. SNL spoofed it. And aspiring filmmakers everywhere, John Carpenter, Wes Craven and others, grabbed cameras with newfound inspiration that led to an eventual explosion in horror. A Decade later, in 1973 and 74, the Exorcist grossed $233 million domestically, the equivalent to over a billion dollars today. It's no wonder. The film was the first horror movie nominated for Best picture at the 46th annual Academy Awards. In total, The Exorcist received 10 Academy Award nominations for best Actress, Actor, Supporting actress, director, cinematography, editing, writing, production act and sound mixing, but not for best Original Score, Original Score adaptation or Best Song, which I always found to be a glaring omission given the power and originality of the Exorcist theme Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield As a kid growing up in the 70s and 80s, I knew that music before I ever even saw the film. It's iconic, like the music of so many other horror films. But Tubular Bells almost didn't happen, at least not in the Exorcist. Director William Friedkin rejected scores by legendary composers Bernard Herrmann, you know, the dude who scored Psycho, and Lalo Schifrin who came up with the Mission Impossible theme. In fact, Friedkin was so unimpressed and frustrated with the process of finding suitable music for his film that he literally threw Lalo Schifrin's score out of the window. You can hear more about this incident in the wild drama around choosing the music for the Exorcist in this week's Disgraceland mini episode, which as you probably know by now, is available only to all Access members. But the main reason I mention Friedkin's frustration here is because it speaks to how important music is to a film production, especially a film that's supposed to elicit fear. Friedkin hunted through the archives at Warner Brothers and eventually Atlantic Records until he stumbled upon a prog rock composition by an unknown 19 year old English musician named Mike Oldfield. And Friedkin knew immediately that the synthy tension of Oldfield's tune Tubular Bells would create a unique sense of modern dread and compel audiences. And boy howdy was he right. But the Academy didn't see it that way and thus no nomination. To be fair, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has always had a hands off relationship with the horror genre. Horror movies, along with other so called genre films seldom get nominated in non technical categories, but the Exorcist changed that for a minute anyway. In 1976, Jaws won the Oscar for Best Original Score by John Williams, and deservedly so. And in 1977 the horror film the Omen took home the Best Original Score Oscar composed by Jerry Goldsmith. However, in the many years since, despite the continued excellence and impact of horror film music, only three horror movies have been nominated for Best original score since 1977. One for Amityville Horror in 1980, one for Interview with a Vampire in 1995 and one for the Village in 2005. That's just three nominations in nearly 50 years. 50 years of incredible horror movies with impactful and memorable music movies like Suspiria the Shining, Let the Right One in, the Witch get out, and Hereditary, all films that were Oscar worthy themselves or contained performances that were Oscar worthy and contained Oscar worthy original music. Given that the Academy typically dumps the horror genre into its technical award categories, the fact that none of these great films were nominated for Best Original Score is perplexing to say the least. It's almost like the Academy purposefully overlooks horror and horror music. The mission of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences is to recognize excellence and inspire the next generation of filmmakers. Without belaboring the point, every horror movie I've mentioned in this piece achieves cinematic excellence and has inspired future generations of filmmakers. Furthermore, the mission of filmmaking is partly to explore deeply human themes. What's more human than fear? And fear as expressed in film is done so most effectively with great music. Music you can't forget, but somehow music Hollywood disgracefully ignores. I'll be back after this with your calls, texts, voicemails and foreign.
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Jake Brennan
Hey everyone, I'm Josh Radner and I am so excited to tell you about.
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Zeth Lundy
How we made your Mother a Rewatch.
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Jake Brennan
Podcast Looking back at How I Met.
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Zeth Lundy
Yout Mother and I'm here with Craig.
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Jake Brennan
Thomas who co created the show along with Carter Bayes. Hi Craig. Hey Josh. Somehow it has been 20 years since the show premiered that seems. I'm gonna check the math on that. Ten years since it went off the air and we thought that made this a perfect time to look back, see what the hell we did and why the show still seems to resonate with fans around the world today.
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Zeth Lundy
Follow and listen to How We Made youe Mother wherever you get your podcasts.
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Jake Brennan
All right, we are back. And speaking of Oscars, Szeth and I are hosting our own Academy Awards in the exclusive section of this after party. And we're gonna be nominating movies from Hollywood history that aren't horror but are so scary they could be considered horror. That makes sense. Great films that scare the hell out of you, but aren't horror movies. Great performances in films that are scary that aren't horror movies. You know what we're talking about. And to access this content, you know the drill. Five bucks to become an all access member and unlock exclusive content like this, as well as the mini episodes and also get ad free listening. All right, this horror movie and music talk is because we dropped our Exorcist episode in the feed this week. A movie that directly inspired the music we created for the ACDC Part one episode that we're rewinding for you directly after this. And before we get into AC DC Part two, the continuation of that story. That's going to be our brand new episode coming to you on Tuesday. The ACDC story deals with the murder for hire incident involving drummer Phil Rudd. And the album Back in Black is a huge part of the story, as is, of course, dirty deeds done dirt cheap. But Back in Black is the second biggest selling album of all time. That's just incredible. You wouldn't think it'd be AC dc. I don't know. It sounds sounds strange to say that the number one selling album of all time is Thriller by Michael Jackson. Number two Back in Black. So it's the highest selling rock record of all time, but is it the greatest rock record of all time? I don't think so. I don't even think it's the greatest AC DC record. Not by a long shot. Difficult question to answer. You can only listen to one rock record the rest of your life, start to finish. Which is it? Which rock album has no skips. Which rock record is dynamic enough, is textured enough, deep enough to keep you captivated? Which rock record best represents this massively popular genre? What is the greatest rock and roll record of all time and why? That's what I want you guys to be thinking about next week when you're listening to ACDC Part two. And that's what I want you guys to answer. Call me at 617-906-6638 or send me a voicemail. Let me know. Disgracelandpodgma on the email machine. Disgracelandpod on the socials. I know this is a basic question, but it's a big one. That's what kind of makes it hard. So I'm looking forward to your answers here. Last week's question of the week was what's the scariest movie of all time? Another basic question, but a hard one. A hard one to answer because God damn, there are a lot of scary movies. Incredible ones, even beyond the world of horror. And again, we're going to get into that later in the exclusive section. Obviously, this question about scary movies was prompted by our Exorcist episode. Let's hear what you guys have to say on this subject. Matt, let's hear from the four. One, four.
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Listeners/Callers
Hey, Jake, I'm just responding to the question about what is the scariest movie that I've seen. I think that it would be a movie from Turkey called Baskin. It's possible just that I only saw it once and so it maybe overly affected me, but I was really freaked out by that movie. Other people might have different things. I thought that one was pretty bad. Martyrs was intense, but it wasn't the most horrible. It wasn't pleasant, but it was good. It wasn't that bad. Anyways, enjoy Spooky Season and take care, Baskin.
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Jake Brennan
I. I've never heard of this movie. I am intrigued. Something about Turkey scares the hell out of me. I had a sketchy flight from Turkey once, a layover that might be part of it. I've heard of Martyrs and never, never seen it. I'm excited to watch, so I love these recommendations here. All right. Baskin in Martyrs. Thank you, 414. Matt, let's check in with Tony from the 206.
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Listeners/Callers
Hey, Jake. Tony from the 206, happy Halloween to you. To answer your question about what movies scare me, Video Drone. That's the one I had to cut off right in the middle of the movie because I was like, okay, this is becoming too much. But the one that I recently went back and rewatched with my wife, actually about two nights ago, was the movie Strangers with Liv Tyler. That movie is still scary to this day, the way it was when I saw it in the theater back in 2008. And what's scary about it is it's just old school. No backstory to who these three killers are. They just show up and just terrorize the hell out of this couple at this vacation home. That's a good one. And I think a movie that doesn't get talked about enough, that is still pretty scary. And let me know your opinion on this. Has to be the movie 1408 with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. The one where John Cusack goes to the hotel, that Samuel Jackson telling them, don't stay here. There's been over, you know, 26 deaths in this room. I think that's a movie that doesn't get talked about enough in the conversation of good horror films. Let me know what your take on that is. Much love from the 206. And happy Halloween. Rock and rolla.
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Jake Brennan
All right, Tony, Videodrome is awesome. Yes, it's a lot. But I want to go to the next part of your comment here. I could not agree more about Strangers. One of the absolute scariest films I've ever seen, if not the scariest film I've ever seen. I love it. I love the simplicity of it. I think that that has a lot to do with why it's so frightening. Something about the subject matter. The home invasion piece that just. Oh, man. What's scarier than a home invasion? I don't know. I mean, come on. I've talked about the Strangers before with you guys. I haven't watched it, though, in about two years. Maybe I'll break it out this week before Halloween's over. Thank you so much. And as, by the way, Tony, as far as 1408 goes, not only have I never seen it, I've never even hear of it. I'm going to take your word for it. Love, John Cusack. And I'll check that out. Great recommendations, Tony. Thank you, my brother. All right, let's do some text. Let's check out this text from the 90 7, who says, I know this is controversial, but the movie that creeped me out the most was the Blair Witch Project. Up until the very end of the movie, I was unimpressed. And. Okay, guys, spoiler alert. If you've never seen Blair Witch Project, just telling you, turn the volume down for a minute and then come back. 907 goes on to say, I was unimpressed and thought it was the hoax that it is. However, the guy standing in the corner right before the video ended abruptly got me. I was freaked out for the rest of the night. Lisa from the 907. Lisa, we forget, man. We forget how huge Blair Witch Project was culturally. For those of us who were there at the time, it was a massive movie and it was just one of those things, you know, it couldn't exist now because of the Internet. You know, it would have been spoiled and it wouldn't have had the run that it had in theaters. But it was just one of those things that was like wildfire and you had to see it. Word was this movie. Oh my God. Get. Get to the theater now. Go watch it. And thankfully, when I saw it, I didn't know what was up. I was. I went in fairly ignorant, which is the best way to go into seeing this movie. And the experience was incredible. I'm obviously talking about it in kind of a veiled way right now in case anybody's turned the volume back up after that. Spoiler alert. I don't want to give it away. It's a great experience. Check out Blair Witch Project if you haven't. If you happen to be one of the few people in the world out there who has no idea what this movie is or doesn't know anything about it, you're lucky. Consider yourself privileged and just go watch it. Don't. Don't go to the Internet. Don't ask questions. All right, let's check out 703 who says, Hey, I am still terrorized by two horror movies my four older brothers took me to see at the tender age of 7 and 8, all unbeknownst to our parents, the Exorcist and Phantasm. And they still creep me out to this day so much that I still can't watch or listen to anything about them. God damn, man. I can't imagine seeing the exorcist as a 7 year old. Nevermind as a 7 year old in 1973 when it was released. After everything I gave you earlier in the B block about what it was like for theatergoers. I was reading this morning something I didn't mention. I Wonder. Unfortunately, the 703 didn't give me her name. I wonder if you had this experience. 703. I was reading William Peter Blatty, the guy who wrote the Exorcist. I was reading an interview with him this morning and he was talking about how you know most people now or whenever he said this. I Don't know when he said it, it was some years after the Exorcist. But he was like, most people assume that reaction, the physical, the visceral reaction that people had in the theaters was because of the obvious stuff like Linda Blair vomiting in like Day Glow Green and her head turning around backward and again, the crucifix thing, all that. But he said that the thing that really got to people and that made them nauseous in the theaters, made them freak out, was the needle and the blood splurt. And he said that was it every time. It was that simple. And I, I can't disagree with him. I wonder 7 or 3 if you had that experience. You were there at the time. I suspect that it wasn't just the needle. It was probably the vibe that had been set and the tension and where people were and how the movie was, how they were sitting within the movie and they were just primed for something so real but simple to have such a huge impact on them. That, and of course the music, as I said. All right, let's check out the 309 who writes. Hey, I want to give you flowers. I heard about your podcast and since I heard about it, I gave it a listen and I'm completely hooked. And my wife and I own a dance and performing arts studio. So when I'm not working my full time job, I'm up there at the studio putting some work in. Thankfully, my work is simply behind the scenes, but being that it is a dance and performing art studio, music is definitely a big thing. Want to bring this message to a close because I feel like I'm beginning to ramble on and I don't want to come off like some crash test dummies. Cheese. Side note, that's one of my favorite parts of the show. Thank you, 309 guys. I don't know why, but I love the texts and the emails that let me in on a little bit of the personal stuff from you guys where you work, especially not too personal. I just like thinking about people out there getting through their day, listening to the stuff that we put together over here at Double Elvis to help them pass the time. I don't know, it means a lot, maybe because I spent a lot of my young adulthood doing jobs. I, you know, that I needed something to help me pass the time with and I know how valuable that is. And to think that we're kind of contributing to that, I don't know, it just makes me feel good. So, yeah, feel free to hit me up. Let me know what you guys are doing for work, and especially if you're listening to Disgraceland while you're doing it. And remember, remember, Question of the week for next week, guys. Greatest rock album of all time. 617-906-6638. Think about this one. Don't think about. Don't roll your eyes. Don't. Don't do that. Stop, stop. Just stop. It's a serious question. I know it's basic, but it's a serious question. Okay? It's a hard question when you think about it. The simple questions are the hardest. Like when someone asks you, how you doing? Yeah, it's a simple question. Sometimes hard to answer. The one hand, I'm doing great, doing what I want to be doing right now. On the other hand, there's about 10 other things I could be doing. You know what I'm saying? I don't know how to answer this question. It's so hard. I mean, Springsteen, Born to run, Led Zeppelin, 4ac, DC, Power Ridge, Bad Brains, Eye against Eye. There are so many records, rock records. Yeah, I know Bad Brains is a hardcore band, but my Eyes are a rock and roll band. So many different ways to go. You got one like, really picture, you just. You can't listen to another one for the. You can listen to other music. You just can't listen anymore Rock. What's it going to be? 617-906-6638. I want to know. You can email me as well. Disgracelandpodmail.com Like Peter C. Who writes in. Hey, a mate just emailed me a short Elvis Ramones clip. I'm a huge Ramones fan and I want to buy a Disgraceland T shirt. Where can I buy one, please? And hey, when are you coming to Adelaide? Cheers, Peter. Peter, you got to be more specific, dude. A short Elvis slash Ramones clip. I am very intrigued. Is this Elvis and the Ramones meeting up someplace? What are you talking about? Elvis and the Ramones performing together. How would that be possible? The Ramones were barely around before Elvis died. But I gotta know if this is real. You gotta hit me up. Where's Adelaide? Australia. I gotta know. I don't want to be insulting. Hold on, I gotta look this up. Yeah, Australia. I was right, Peter, you weren't insulted, but I'm intrigued. So hit me back and let me know. Disgraceandpodmail.com and I'll just jump in here, Jake. To say for Peter, if you're looking for merch, the place for that is disgracelandpod.com merch or over on patreon.com disgraceland Daniel K. Writes in hey Jake, Disgraceland Team I'm a big fan of your podcast paid Subscriber, and have been listening for over a year now. I love the deeply researched stories behind our favorite bands and especially discovering new artists that have somehow slow slipped by me. I'm also always racking my brain for my own recommendations for artists that you haven't covered, which is hard, but I don't think you've done one on the fantastic and criminally underrated Dr. John. Well, Daniel, you will be happy to know all the way over there in Berlin, Germany that I am recording the Dr. John episode next week and it'll be coming your way. Well, I don't know, maybe early in the new year, I think. Perhaps. Or no, actually before the end of this year. Yeah. So there you go, Daniel. Talk about that. Talk about instant satisfaction. All right, I got an update for y'. All. Some of you may have heard that we've been planning something big on Patreon. It was supposed to drop this week, but due to an unforeseen issue a good issue, by the way, we're holding that launch back along with the increased pricing for Patreon membership that we've been talking about. The price is going up, as they say, but it's not going up just just yet. Like we thought, new content coming to Patreon very soon. And, and, and if you're still on the fence about becoming a Disgraceland All Access member, you still got time to join for just $5 a month before prices go up. More news on this soon and I'll be back. Mint is still $15 a month for premium wireless and if you haven't made the switch yet, here are 15 reasons why you should 1. It's $15 a month. 2. Seriously, it's $15 a month. 3. No big contracts. 4. I use it. 5. My mom uses it. Are you. Are you playing me off? That's what's happening, right? Okay, give it a try. @mintmobile.com Switch upfront payment of $45 for.
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Jake Brennan
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Zeth Lundy
I watched a couple of seasonally appropriate movies this weekend. But even more importantly than the season, these are some of the huge blind spots in my viewing history that I'm finally correcting after all these years. Why are they blind spots? Why have I not seen them? I don't know, man. Shit happens. Sometimes it takes a minute or a year or a decade for me to come around, but like Johnny Cash says, the man comes around. And first I watched Evil Dead 2, the Sam Raimi horror film from 1987. And of course, I know about the legend of Evil Dead in terms of its importance in American independent Cinema in the 1980s. You know, Sam Raimi, of course, was an early collaborator with the Coen brothers, and you can see they stole his shaky cam move in their first two films, Blood simple and Raising Arizona. But I also, I feel like Evil Dead 2 borrows that looney Tunes sensibility liberally from Raising Arizona. I mean, it's kind of like the horror film equivalent of Raising Arizona, don't you think? Like, in terms of energy, the comedic sensibilities and this, the whole turning weakness into strength or necessity being the mother of invention thing that makes movies like these so great, so rewatchable. I mean, Evil Dead 2 is probably one of the most inventive films I have ever seen. This movie is like simultaneously a satire of a genre as well, as a great representation of that genre. And then Bruce Campbell, who I mentioned before, National Treasure, he's like a wily coyote in the whole thing. You know, you could say this about a lot of things, and I do often, but I think it's demonstrably true here that they don't make them like this anymore. Is it even possible to make a movie like this anymore? You know, and so obsessed with questions like, what would you do if your own hand was possessed by an evil spirit and was trying to kill you?
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Jake Brennan
All right, you guys are the best. So you're already following Hollywoodland on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and everywhere podcasts are available. And if you're not, you should be. And well, that's that. So listen, I ask you, who wants to talk scary AF movies and movie performances that are not horror movies or horror movie performances? Zeth and I are nominating our non horror movie scary movie Oscars right now in the exclusive section of this after party. And the results? Well, they might scare you. You gotta be a member. To hear, though, go to disgraceandpod.com to sign up via Patreon or Apple Podcasts for just five bucks a month before prices go up. Unlock exclusive content like this, plus ad free listening. All right, discos. Every week I get at least two or three emails or DMs or whatever from you guys requesting stories on artists that we've already covered. Don't get me wrong, this is a good problem to have with over 250 episodes in the Disgraceland archive. So just get in there@gracelandpod.com or in whatever podcast app you listen to your shows in. You listen to Disgraceland in search for the artist that you're looking for. Or hit us up disgracelandpodgmail.com with questions on specific artists and we'll get you the right info, the right link, whatever you need to listen. All right, let's recap, shall we? Number one, this week's full episode on the Exorcist. It's available for you right now. Get in there. Get creeped out. Number two, new mini episode for All Access members on the nightmare that Exorcist director William Friedkin put himself through trying to find the right music for the film. Fascinating story. You're not going to want to miss that. Number three, rewind episode on AC ACDC Part one coming up right after this. Number four, next week, our new episode, It's ACDC Part two. All right, the continuation of the ACDC story. Number five, Zeth gives you those Hollywood and crime vibes in Hollywoodland, so make sure you're subscribed. 661-790-6-6638. Your voice keeps us digging into the dark corners of music history. So keep calling, texting with your answers to this week's question of the week or with whatever else you guys want to talk about. Number seven, don't forget discos. This isn't just content, it's a community. A community of the obsessed. No one cares about music, books, records, and the crime and grime that ties them all together like you do. And, well, that's a disgrace. All right, this is the second week in a row we've had a punctuating date on the same day. That's never happened before. Last week it was December 23, back in 1985, when two Judas Priest fans shot themselves. This week it's December 23, 1973, the day the Exorcist was released. And here's what America was listening to on that day. According to the billboard charts. Number one, the Most Beautiful Girl, Charlie Rich. Last week, one weeks on chart 13. Peak position one. Two. Goodbye, Yellow Brick Road, Elton John. Last week, two weeks on chart nine. Peak position two. Number three, Time in a Bottle, Jim Croce. Last week, five weeks on chart six. Peak position one. Number four, Leave Me Alone, Ruby Red Dress, Helen Ray. Last week, seven weeks on charge eight Peak position three. Number five. Hello. It's me, Tom Duncan. Quit talking and start mixing. Cut it.