Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Don't You Worry 'Bout The Thing

Following on from my recent John Carpenter post, here's a trivial, but no less interesting follow-up.

The Thing (Superstition scene)
John Carpenter, 1982 

Can't really recall when I first heard Stevie Wonder's classic song Superstition, but my mate Chris always swore it was featured in a scene from what's arguably's John Carpenter's best film, The Thing (1982). Always thought he was talking B.S as I never remembered it appearing in the film. Almost forty years later (that's when I finally bothered to check), the internet has proven him right. It's also listed in the Alternate Versions section of the film on IMDb, meaning it's been permablocked from my mind, thanks to whoever edited out of the film:

 
Stevie Wonder -  Superstition
Live on Sesame Street, 1973

Concluding this post by stating that the best live version of the song isn't from some candle-lit, intimate gig attended by chin-stroking music journos and bourgeois elites, but rather when Stevie's band performed it on the kids show Sesame Street (1968 -) in 1973. A ground zero event. From that day on, all subsequent live musical performances must have been rendered redundant for the lucky people who were on the set.

15 comments:

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Pissed I kept umming and arring on whether to buy this cap, and then when I decided I needed it, the damn thing had sold out

https://www.alcoholblanket.co.uk/product/thing-cap-black

Spartan said...

Definitely been there recently.

Last Exit to Nowhere does film related threads and accessories; Carpenter films being part of the range. Think Kermode might be coppin' his T's from there.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Nice.

That same Alcohol Blanket brand did a John Carpenter hat

https://www.alcoholblanket.co.uk/product/carpenter-cap-navy

I didn't fancy that but I did cop their Groundhog Day cap a couple of years back.

Spartan said...

The Thing logo cap looks better than the Carpenter one.

I like their Point Break T:

https://www.alcoholblanket.co.uk/product/point-break-t-shirt

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Yeah that's a good 'un.

Need a Pump Up The Volume matching cap & mug next.

Spartan said...

Word to Happy Harry Hard-on.

Spartan said...

Feeling like Crazy Ralph whenever someone passes away after I've just made a somewhat related post.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Who died?

Spartan said...

Co-creator of Sesame Street.

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/jan/25/sesame-street-co-creator-lloyd-morrisett-dies-aged-93

Unrelated, but have you seen M3GAN?

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Negative. Any good?

Only new movie I've seen this month is Empire Of Light.

Spartan said...

Catching it over the weekend, hopefully. Heard good things about it.

Only ‘23 film I’ve caught so far has been Candy Land, which really surprised me.

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

I watched an interesting weird old Brit-flick on Talking Pictures last night: Where Has Poor Mickey Gone? with Warren Mitchell doing a cod-Italian accent and young John Challis minus his moustache.

https://youtu.be/CYrPoWZ80y4

Spartan said...

Any good?

Talking Pictures air some weird Brit oddities, like The Bed Sitting Room (1969) that I always miss whenever it's on TV. Even some of the Cellar Club films seem to be an obscure selection occasionally.

Heads up! King of New York uploaded in glorious HD on YouTube, blud!

https://youtu.be/OSsSaWhbd80

Kelvin Mack10zie said...

Nice one.

Yeah, it's definitely worth watching. Gotta love weird 60s Brit-flicks featuring future BBC sitcom stars.

Spartan said...

Definitely. Also fun seeing an eclectic mix of household names cast in something so out of their associated norm.