Upstaged by a Patrick Swayze movie

[lousybassplayer]

I've been hearing more about Dirty Dancing since he passed but that's irrelevant. Everyone knows Red Dawn was his greatest movie! WOLVERINES!

Great ridiculous eighties movie, still not sure why Cubans invaded Idaho, but whatever. I can't give that an edge over Roadhouse. Roadhouse sidekick- Sam Elliot, one of our generations biggest badasses. Charlie Sheen? Eh, not exactly badass. Cool at times, but not a badass.

 

[Jay Corwin]

Sam Elliot - greatest facial hair in the history of american cinema.

 

[lousybassplayer]

^seconded. The motion carries.

 

[MN_Bass]

Boot Knife for Life... What did you say about my rig, boot knife to the face

 

[jnuts1]

Red Dawn was amazing! & they were russians not cubans, work with me here.

 

[aborgman]

Red Dawn was amazing! & they were russians not cubans, work with me here.

...and they're currently doing a remake of it, filming in the greater Detroit area.

http://www.beyondhollywood.com/category/red-dawn-remake-2010-movie/

 

[the_evil_monk]

Red Dawn was amazing! & they were russians not cubans, work with me here.

Actually, there were both Russians AND Cubans...freakin fantastic 80's cast too, Swayze, Sheen, Esteban, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Gray, Lea Thompson...

But...the edge still goes to Roadhouse...best line EVER, "I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead..."

 

[jnuts1]

AND Cubans? i never noticed before i guess. & i used to watch that movie all the time when i was a kid.

 

[Jay Corwin]

AND Cubans? i never noticed before i guess. & i used to watch that movie all the time when i was a kid.

Duh-uh, Cubans and Russians were both communist countries back then (Cuba still). How could they NOT team up to invade Idaho only to be defeated by a rag tag band of local high school students?

 

[elgecko]

I'm pretty sure it was Colorado that was invaded...the Soviet Union was experiencing massive food shortages so they wanted to capture America's agricultural belt.

 

[lousybassplayer]

Red Dawn was amazing! & they were russians not cubans, work with me here.

You are going to need to rewatch that amazing movie. There were both, working together.

It may have been colorado, but it was definetly a mountainous western state. There is probably mor e agriculture in Idaho (number one US producer of potatoes) than in colorado anyway. And the farms are in the breadbasket, not the rockies, hence its name. Either way, didn't make a lot of sense, but awesome movie.

 

[Boostedrex]

Wow, no love for "Next of Kin"? LOL!

 

[lousybassplayer]

HEy if we are gonna go for dawns, why not Steel Dawn! Now that is some epic Swayze. One of his finest.

 

[Gubna]

Dude, it's Roadhouse. what did you expect? the guy just passed.

 

[guizzy]

My band played a bar last weekend. We were the first band on. There weren't many people there, but those who were there sure were glued to the TV showing of Roadhouse. The owner asked us to go on 10 minutes late, but he didn't specify the reason. I think he wanted the movie to end before we went on. We got nowhere near the applause, hoots, and hollers as the shirtless kung-fu Swayze. It was a pretty tough act to follow.

You could have possibly upstaged Swayze by yelling:

"Nobody puts *name of your band* in a corner!"

 

[ashtray]

Jeff Healey FTW!!

Btw - I hate when the bar leaves the TV on. I've been upstaged by sporting events a bunch of times. It gets bad when *I* start watching the game while playing on stage! hahaha

 

[Jay Corwin]

Jeff Healey FTW!!

Btw - I hate when the bar leaves the TV on. I've been upstaged by sporting events a bunch of times. It gets bad when *I* start watching the game while playing on stage! hahaha

In my neck of the woods we purposely books gigs on Fri/Sat when we know hockey games are on the tube. It's a garunteed crowd at the bar, and at least half of 'em stick around after the game.

 

[Lazylion]

I hate when the bar leaves the TV on... It gets bad when *I* start watching the game while playing on stage!

You think that's bad? Try this.
You're onstage playing, and the club's soundman/DJ puts on a videotape of pro wrestling, then presses and holds the fast forward button. Freakin' impossible to play and look at that! It's hilarious to watch, though! Try it sometime.

 

[ERIC31]

The Double Deuce! How many of you have played behind chicken wire in sh*thole bars like that one (at least in the beginning before it got cleaned up and yuppiefied!)

I love that movie and The Jeff Healey Band rocked. R.I.P.

 

[txbasschik]

I love Roadhouse as much as the next girl, but...dang, haven't these people seen it a trillion times already? Its on cable every other movie. They can watch it two or three times a day most of the time. They can't forgo a played-into-the-ground movie to see an actual band? Psht.

Cherie