[movie] Labyrinth: A Clock Began To Strike
I won't apologize for this one...much...except to say that I have another movie FST if this doesn't quite count.
Labyrinth is a fantasy movie that came out in 1986. The basic premise is that a whiny teenage girl (played by future Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly) wishes for her screaming infant brother to be taken away by goblins, and is rather shocked to find out that they do house calls. Jareth, the King of the Goblins (played by David Bowie), appears to her and tells her that if this bothers her so much, she has thirteen hours to solve the Labyrinth to reach his castle in the center, or else her little brother will become a goblin forever. She's then transported to the outer walls of a vast labyrinth, alone...
Anyways, as you're watching this, there's kind of a checklist:
David Bowie's awe-inspiring crotch
Creepy blue hands
Muppets that toss their heads about, play dice with their eyeballs, and want to decapitate Sarah
Thinly-veiled fart jokes
A constantly changing labyrinth
David Bowie's crotch
A talking vulture hat
Talking scenery
A masked ball where everyone is wearing monstrous masks
Multiple M.C. Escher references, including a room exactly patterned after Relativity
David Bowie's crotch
Lots of really goofy, terrible mid-80s Bowie music
Anyways, I rewatched the damn movie last weekend to introduce some friends to the power and horror of the Area (BTW, it really is that scary. It's not your childhood memories deceiving you.) Then certain people mocked me saying that since I lurve Bowie so much, I should do an all-Bowie FST for the movie. Technically, the OST is half Bowie music, but face it, it's pretty terrible, Magic Pants Magic Dance notwithstanding. So I, uh, did an all-Bowie FST for this movie. (I know, I'm not sure if this isn't against the point of FST, but take a listen anyways.)
If you're bored, you can read the novel here.
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THE FULL ZIP IS UNDER THE COVERS.
01. David Bowie - Eight Line Poem [ lyrics] (Hunky Dory, 1971)
Sarah, prancing about the park pretending to be a princess in a fairytale. Jesus, woman, you're 15!
02. David Bowie - Sound + Vision [ lyrics ] (Low, 1977)
What we learn in the first few minutes of the movie is that she totally lives in a dreamworld; her room is filled with stuffed animals and knick-knacks, and, being a teenager, she acts like she's the heroine of her own tragic melodrama. ALAS, I HAVE TO BABYSIT. Man, when I was little, I was on Sarah's side, but now I wonder why her stepmother doesn't give her the fist of justice for being such a self-absorbed little teenager. XD
03. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane [lyrics] (Aladdin Sane, 1973) (say it out loud, obviously)
She foolishly makes a deal with the King of the Goblins, who has a British accent and wears very tight tights indeed.
04. David Bowie - Moss Garden [instrumental] ("Heroes", 1977)
The outer edges of the Labyrinth.
05. Tin Machine - Baby Universal [lyrics] (Tin Machine II, 1991)
TIME TO AMUSE THE BABY AND THE MUPPETS.
06. David Bowie - Fascination [lyrics] (Young Americans, 1975)
This being a fantasy story, the heroine and the villain have a quasi-antagonistic, quasi-romantic thing going on. For shame, Mr. Bowie. (But it's not exactly a nice attraction between the two, though.)
07. David Bowie - Nite Flights [lyrics] (Black Tie White Noise, 1993)
The middle part of the labyrinth and the oubliette.
08. David Bowie - The Supermen [lyrics] (Bowie at the Beeb, 1971)
Uh...the labyrinth really is a weird place filled with weird creatures....yeah.
09. David Bowie - Crystal Japan [instrumental] (Scary Monsters ( And Super Creeps), 1980)
Sarah eats a peach given to her by a goblin, showing her, uh, innocence and trusting nature and...complete idiocy.
10. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [lyrics] (Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), 1980)
Jareth's watching yooooooooooou....
11. David Bowie - Glass Spider [lyrics] (Never Let Me Down, 1987)
Entering the palace in the center of the Labyrinth...
12. David Bowie - Station To Station [lyrics] {Stationtostation, 1975)
...where Jareth is chilling in a room that defies the laws of geometry.
13. David Bowie - In The Heat Of The Morning [lyrics] (from the late 60s sometime)
Jareth offers her the world if she'll give up her quest. In a fabulous review that is unfortunately lost to me, the (male) reviewer commented that you can tell this is a fantasy because she turns him down. Every woman the reviewer knows would have flung herself on David Bowie and demanded to be married immediately in an Escher-inspired cathedral.
14. David Bowie - I Would Be Your Slave [lyrics] (heathen, 2002)
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say...and I will be your slave."
15. David Bowie - An Occasional Dream [lyrics] (Space Oddity, 1969)
So, like, the end of the movie, where she has learned to put away childish things for now...but isn't adverse to having a muppet rave in her bedroom every so often.
Comments? Bitching? "Dude, what the hell is wrong with you?" Go for it. If nothing else, just grab the music and drop me a line! OR you can post your favorite part of the movie if you've seen it!
Labyrinth is a fantasy movie that came out in 1986. The basic premise is that a whiny teenage girl (played by future Oscar winner Jennifer Connelly) wishes for her screaming infant brother to be taken away by goblins, and is rather shocked to find out that they do house calls. Jareth, the King of the Goblins (played by David Bowie), appears to her and tells her that if this bothers her so much, she has thirteen hours to solve the Labyrinth to reach his castle in the center, or else her little brother will become a goblin forever. She's then transported to the outer walls of a vast labyrinth, alone...
Anyways, as you're watching this, there's kind of a checklist:
Anyways, I rewatched the damn movie last weekend to introduce some friends to the power and horror of the Area (BTW, it really is that scary. It's not your childhood memories deceiving you.) Then certain people mocked me saying that since I lurve Bowie so much, I should do an all-Bowie FST for the movie. Technically, the OST is half Bowie music, but face it, it's pretty terrible, Magic Pants Magic Dance notwithstanding. So I, uh, did an all-Bowie FST for this movie. (I know, I'm not sure if this isn't against the point of FST, but take a listen anyways.)
If you're bored, you can read the novel here.
[ FULL ZIP (69 MB) ]
THE FULL ZIP IS UNDER THE COVERS.
01. David Bowie - Eight Line Poem [ lyrics] (Hunky Dory, 1971)
Sarah, prancing about the park pretending to be a princess in a fairytale. Jesus, woman, you're 15!
02. David Bowie - Sound + Vision [ lyrics ] (Low, 1977)
What we learn in the first few minutes of the movie is that she totally lives in a dreamworld; her room is filled with stuffed animals and knick-knacks, and, being a teenager, she acts like she's the heroine of her own tragic melodrama. ALAS, I HAVE TO BABYSIT. Man, when I was little, I was on Sarah's side, but now I wonder why her stepmother doesn't give her the fist of justice for being such a self-absorbed little teenager. XD
03. David Bowie - Aladdin Sane [lyrics] (Aladdin Sane, 1973) (say it out loud, obviously)
She foolishly makes a deal with the King of the Goblins, who has a British accent and wears very tight tights indeed.
04. David Bowie - Moss Garden [instrumental] ("Heroes", 1977)
The outer edges of the Labyrinth.
05. Tin Machine - Baby Universal [lyrics] (Tin Machine II, 1991)
TIME TO AMUSE THE BABY AND THE MUPPETS.
06. David Bowie - Fascination [lyrics] (Young Americans, 1975)
This being a fantasy story, the heroine and the villain have a quasi-antagonistic, quasi-romantic thing going on. For shame, Mr. Bowie. (But it's not exactly a nice attraction between the two, though.)
07. David Bowie - Nite Flights [lyrics] (Black Tie White Noise, 1993)
The middle part of the labyrinth and the oubliette.
08. David Bowie - The Supermen [lyrics] (Bowie at the Beeb, 1971)
Uh...the labyrinth really is a weird place filled with weird creatures....yeah.
09. David Bowie - Crystal Japan [instrumental] (Scary Monsters ( And Super Creeps), 1980)
Sarah eats a peach given to her by a goblin, showing her, uh, innocence and trusting nature and...complete idiocy.
10. David Bowie - Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps) [lyrics] (Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps), 1980)
Jareth's watching yooooooooooou....
11. David Bowie - Glass Spider [lyrics] (Never Let Me Down, 1987)
Entering the palace in the center of the Labyrinth...
12. David Bowie - Station To Station [lyrics] {Stationtostation, 1975)
...where Jareth is chilling in a room that defies the laws of geometry.
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13. David Bowie - In The Heat Of The Morning [lyrics] (from the late 60s sometime)
Jareth offers her the world if she'll give up her quest. In a fabulous review that is unfortunately lost to me, the (male) reviewer commented that you can tell this is a fantasy because she turns him down. Every woman the reviewer knows would have flung herself on David Bowie and demanded to be married immediately in an Escher-inspired cathedral.
14. David Bowie - I Would Be Your Slave [lyrics] (heathen, 2002)
"Just fear me, love me, do as I say...and I will be your slave."
15. David Bowie - An Occasional Dream [lyrics] (Space Oddity, 1969)
So, like, the end of the movie, where she has learned to put away childish things for now...but isn't adverse to having a muppet rave in her bedroom every so often.
Comments? Bitching? "Dude, what the hell is wrong with you?" Go for it. If nothing else, just grab the music and drop me a line! OR you can post your favorite part of the movie if you've seen it!