Rewatched 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' last night..."I'm Going Home" -Tim Curry

[FrankfurtCat]

I went to see it when I was 16--what a blast from the past

[stonecutter357]

1. K&R!

[FrankfurtCat]

2. My daughters, ages 17, 20, 24, 29 and 34 adore Tim Curry, especially in this role.

And this song always brings us to tears.

[stonecutter357]

3. 20 Times Tim Curry Was A Total Legend ..

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[FrankfurtCat]

6. Thank You, stonecutter357!

I truly enjoyed that.

[MFM008]

4. MY DAD took us to see this

movie, twice. He loved the movie and especially the music.
Even the "live action' stuff amused him.

[FrankfurtCat]

7. My Dad nearly had a stroke when he found out I went.

He took me to lots of horror movies, but movies like 'Rocky Horror Picture Show' horrified him!

[MFM008]

10. aww that's to bad.

I was lucky my dad loved music like he did, he always expected us to learn everything, look at every picture,
read everything. No bias, no restrictions.

[FrankfurtCat]

12. Thankfully, my Mom was similar to your Dad in that respect.........

...my Dad's strengths and values were different from my Mom's in that he was just more practical, stern, and conservative/traditional. They are still quite the Yin/Yang pair!

[Docreed2003]

5. Love this movie...

My favorite RHPS screening was a summer night outside our hospital tents in Afghanistan, projected on some sheets we had thrown on a wire. It was certainly memorable.

[FrankfurtCat]

8. Were/are you a Medic, or were you injured?

That certainly sounds memorable!

[Docreed2003]

9. Surgeon...I was in a forward deployed medical/trauma unit called an FRSS

Kind of like M*A*S*H, except more austere. We were imbedded with the Marines that we were taking care of after injury. The summer we were there was the busiest for US, NATO, and local injuries...the movie night was one of the few moments of escape we had, and, ironically ended like a M*A*S*H episode with casualties arriving.

[FrankfurtCat]

11. Wow--that was what I was picturing, and the comparison to M*A*S*H*

and movie nights ending with casualties arriving really paints a more detailed picture for me, since I used to watch reruns all the time. I cannot imagine how you were able to perform surgeries in such a high-stress environment! Amazing!! Thank You for your dedicated service Docreed2003, from a long-time Army Brat of a career soldier.

[mr_lebowski]

13. Saw RHCP like 40 times at midnight movies in the 1980's ...

Pleasant Hill (SunValley Mall), The Strand in SF, UC Theater in Berkeley ... great times, lot o' my friends were into it ... also, Song Remains the Same, The Wall, Tommy, Heavy Metal, Eraserhead, etc.

Anyways I got fairly tired of every other tune on the soundtrack after a while (well, except Science Fiction) cause they're so 'show-tuney' ... but never this one. It's the one track I consider a 'real song', not a 'show tune' like the rest of them (well, maybe the Meat Loaf song too).

Tim vocals are absolutely stellar, and heartfelt, and the words are brilliant and universal, not tied to the film/show like 'Sweet Transvestite' ... Richard O' Brien (the creator of RHS/RHPS, and Riff-Raff in the movie) really nailed it on this one. This could've been a hit on the radio, easily ...