We haven’t inflicted any mind-scarring music videos on you in at least a week, so we thought it was time to bring James Cameron‘s lost music video to your attention.
The video, for Martini Ranch‘s Reach, takes pretty much everything that was horrible about the 80′s, sets it to a stock drum machine + FM bassline groove, and then adds in a few lingering shots of female body builders for good measure.
Martini Ranch was made up of actor Bill Paxton and vocalist/guitarist Andrew Todd Rosenthal, who recorded one album, with the help of the guys from Devo.
While James Cameron’s music video for Reach features Paxton and a stream of celebrity cameos, we’re pretty sure it was “game over” for Martini Ranch after this.
via HDvisionmag:
HELLBOY GIVE ME THE GUITAR !
In 1988, Actor Bill Paxton and vocalist/guitarist Andrew Todd Rosenthal formed a short-lived rock duo Martini Ranch. They recorded and released just one album entitled Holy Cow, which included inputs from Devo members Mark Mothersbaugh, Bob Casale and Alan Myers (all of whom contributed to the album’s hit “How Can the Labouring Man Find Time For Self-Culture?”), along with Cindy Wilson of the B-52′s as a back-up vocalist and actor Judge Reinhold is credited as a whistler on “Reach”. The video was directed by James Cameron, director of Terminator & Aliens. It is remarkably, the only music video he ever shot.
The video includes cameos from director Kathryn Bigelow, as well as Aliens and Terminator alumni Lance Henriksen, Paul Reiser, Mark Rolston and Jenette Goldstein (from Aliens), Brian Thompson (can you spot him ? He got gutted at the beginning of T1 and was the great bad guy in Cobra), Judge Reinhold, and Adrian Pasdar who had appeared in Bigelow’s Near Dark) with Paxton, Goldstein and Henriksen.
According to many of the gorgeous girls appearing in this video who mailed us, we might be one of the last few owning a playable VHS of this video. Ours was duplicated by Bill Paxton himself back in the late 80′s, and given us for promotion.
And yes, this is Mike Cameron with several Tarantulas on his face ! Here it is for all those who starred in it and have junked their tape Bill made for them, and all those who never got to see it. Enjoy… or die !
via ectomo
It'll take me years of therapy to get over this. Thank you, Synthtopia.
For all you 80's worshipers out there.
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It can't be the 80's without a little Digital Native Dance from the D-50.
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It'll take me years of therapy to get over this. Thank you, Synthtopia.
For all you 80's worshipers out there.
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It'll take me years of therapy to get over this. Thank you, Synthtopia.
For all you 80's worshipers out there.
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It can't be the 80's without a little Digital Native Dance from the D-50.
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It can't be the 80's without a little Digital Native Dance from the D-50.
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Sounds like you may have had a D-50 in your past….
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OK. I'll admit it. I still have a copy of this album on CD. But, I have not listened to it in years… many years…
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OK. I'll admit it. I still have a copy of this album on CD. But, I have not listened to it in years… many years…
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Wow – this is so bad that I'm almost tempted to hear more!
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Wow – this is so bad that I'm almost tempted to hear more!
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I wanna say I spotted Judge Reinhold in it, but can't bear to watch it a second time… I did see a monkey.
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I wanna say I spotted Judge Reinhold in it, but can't bear to watch it a second time… I did see a monkey.
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Holy Shit! I don't know if I've ever watched / heard anything that bad before! Awesome!
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Holy Shit! I don't know if I've ever watched / heard anything that bad before! Awesome!
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hmm, all i wanted to say was that nobody is discounting any other horridness out there…
It's just the amount of future & former stars or quasi famous people it took to turn out this utter pile… Is monumental to say the least I think…
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reminded me of Leon. The whole movie is drowning in that patch. People didn't even bother to put effects over it.
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reminded me of Leon. The whole movie is drowning in that patch. People didn't even bother to put effects over it.
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I've seen a lot of bad movies in my past, and this was similar. Actually, I think vice versa, it reminded me of this movie from 1998: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-String_Samurai.
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I've seen a lot of bad movies in my past, and this was similar. Actually, I think vice versa, it reminded me of this movie from 1998: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-String_Samurai.
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wow…thats so bad it burns.
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yeah the Spider Monkey was on the guy who I swear was the actor who played Bishop in "Aliens" … Awesomely bad. The lyrics couldn't really get much worse lol…
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yeah the Spider Monkey was on the guy who I swear was the actor who played Bishop in "Aliens" … Awesomely bad. The lyrics couldn't really get much worse lol…
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Oh I think any Italo Disco music video is worse than this. But still, I'm now taking donations to create an alternate universe in which James Cameron never existed.
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Oh I think any Italo Disco music video is worse than this. But still, I'm now taking donations to create an alternate universe in which James Cameron never existed.
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hey nobody is discounting any other form of horridness such as this music video. I think what sets this apart is the sheer amount of "talent" (albeit not much musically) this video & song took to pull off. Truly monumental if you look at how many future & former stars took part in this thing…
There's just so many moments when EVERYONE around that "set" should've just stopped and said "What, the, fuck, are we doing???" Maybe too much Martini on that Ranch
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hey nobody is discounting any other form of horridness such as this music video. I think what sets this apart is the sheer amount of "talent" (albeit not much musically) this video & song took to pull off. Truly monumental if you look at how many future & former stars took part in this thing…
There's just so many moments when EVERYONE around that "set" should've just stopped and said "What, the, fuck, are we doing???" Maybe too much Martini on that Ranch
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hmm, all i wanted to say was that nobody is discounting any other horridness out there…
It's just the amount of future & former stars or quasi famous people it took to turn out this utter pile… Is monumental to say the least I think…
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hmm, all i wanted to say was that nobody is discounting any other horridness out there…
It's just the amount of future & former stars or quasi famous people it took to turn out this utter pile… Is monumental to say the least I think…
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Cocaine is a helluva drug.
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Purchased at Music Unlimited in Urbandale, in fact.
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Whoa – when was this?
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W-a-a-a-y better than 'Avatar'.
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W-a-a-a-y better than 'Avatar'.
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I think it would have been 1987. Maybe as late as 1988.
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I believe the Star Wars Christmas Special may finally have some competition.
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I love the Avatar 3D film, particularly the story line, not only it brings a completely new sensation but eye opening thoughts of humanity. I heard the New Avatar 2 is comming soon, can’t wait to watch it again…!
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funny – i just read this about Martini Ranch not too long ago… http://monkeygoggles.com/?p=3858
go team paxton!
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