Science fiction / double feature
Science Fiction / Double Feature is the opening song of both the musical The Rocky Horror Show and the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show . The text refers to a whole series of B movies that are also parodied in the story. At the beginning of the film version, you can see red painted lips in a close-up - Patricia Quinn's mouth - articulating the opening song. Richard O'Brien , the writer of the Rocky Horror Show, sings . Patricia Quinn plays magenta on the Rocky Horror Picture Show .
Quotes
The following actors and films are named in the lyrics:
- Michael Rennie in The Day The Earth Stood Still
- Flash Gordon
- Claude Rains in The Invisible Man
- Fay Wray in King Kong
- It came from outer space
- Doctor X
- Anne Francis in Forbidden Planet
- Leo G. Carroll in Tarantula
- Janette Scott in Day of the Triffids
- Dana Andrews in The Demon's Curse
- George Pal in When Worlds Collide
Cover versions
The song has been covered many times, including Me First and the Gimme Gimmes . The Dresden Dolls performed it live, both as a band and solo with Amanda Palmer on keyboards . Even Voltaire has played the song live. In 2004 Joan Jett and the Blackhearts covered the song on the album Naked . Naya Rivera covered the song as Santana Lopez for The Rocky Horror Glee Show .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Glee' Rocky Horror ep: Who sang the opening song? We have your answer. Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved October 27, 2010.