For much of classic rock history, LGBTQ themes were taboo. However, that didn’t stop some classic rock songs from discussing the topic, even if they were subtle about it. Notably, one of The Beatles’ No. 1 hits seems to discuss gender fluidity.
The Beatles | Getty Images / Staff 5. The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’
The verses of The Beatles’ “Get Back” portray a handful of people, including Sweet Loretta Martin. In the song, Paul McCartney sings “Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman / But she was another man / All the girls around her say she’s got it coming / But she gets it while she can.” Paul seems to be referencing a trans person or a genderfluid person. If that’s the case, Paul uses outdated tropes to discuss Sweet Loretta Martin.
“Get Back” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a staggering five weeks, meaning it stayed atop the chart for...
The Beatles | Getty Images / Staff 5. The Beatles’ ‘Get Back’
The verses of The Beatles’ “Get Back” portray a handful of people, including Sweet Loretta Martin. In the song, Paul McCartney sings “Sweet Loretta Martin thought she was a woman / But she was another man / All the girls around her say she’s got it coming / But she gets it while she can.” Paul seems to be referencing a trans person or a genderfluid person. If that’s the case, Paul uses outdated tropes to discuss Sweet Loretta Martin.
“Get Back” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a staggering five weeks, meaning it stayed atop the chart for...
- 2/14/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The exploitation films of the ‘70s always offered up the goods to everyone. And by goods I mean a whole lot of sex and violence, and if you were so inclined to notice behind fogged up eyewear, pulpy takes on the relevant social issues of the day. Not all were created equal, of course; they can’t all be clever variants of the form such as Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, or Foxy Brown. However, they almost all deal with female empowerment and Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973) more than checks off all the boxes, squeezing every last drop of pulp from its sci-fi fruit.
Released by Centaur Dimension Pictures in June, Invasion of the Bee Girls Aka Graveyard Tramps (it doesn’t really fit, but is one of the best alternate titles I’ve ever heard) managed to fairly impress critics on its tour of local theatres and drive-ins, including Roger Ebert,...
Released by Centaur Dimension Pictures in June, Invasion of the Bee Girls Aka Graveyard Tramps (it doesn’t really fit, but is one of the best alternate titles I’ve ever heard) managed to fairly impress critics on its tour of local theatres and drive-ins, including Roger Ebert,...
- 7/22/2017
- by Scott Drebit
- DailyDead
Former Grizzly Adams star Dan Haggerty died today from cancer at the age of 74, his manager Terry Bomar confirmed to Deadline. A Wisconsin native, Haggerty started out his long film and TV career with a non-speaking role as a bodybuilder in the 1964 film Muscle Beach Party. He then went on to appear in several films including Easy Rider, Angels Die Hard, The Adventures of Frontier Fremont and Terror Out of the Sky. But his breakthrough came with the title role in the 1974…...
- 1/15/2016
- Deadline TV
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The Bad Seed [Blu-ray]
A single mother discovers that within her seemingly angelic daughter beats the heart of a cold-blooded serial murderer. One woman must make a terrible decision about the daughter she loves and desperately wants to protect in this classic thriller.
Buy the Blu-Ray @ Amazon.com Biker Collection: Volume One (Angels Die Hard / Black Angels)
Angels Die Hard Synopsis:
At least Angels Die Hard strives to be something different. The usual motorcyle bums are in attendance,...
The Bad Seed [Blu-ray]
A single mother discovers that within her seemingly angelic daughter beats the heart of a cold-blooded serial murderer. One woman must make a terrible decision about the daughter she loves and desperately wants to protect in this classic thriller.
Buy the Blu-Ray @ Amazon.com Biker Collection: Volume One (Angels Die Hard / Black Angels)
Angels Die Hard Synopsis:
At least Angels Die Hard strives to be something different. The usual motorcyle bums are in attendance,...
- 10/10/2011
- by Andy Triefenbach
- Destroy the Brain
Throughout her 50-year career, renaissance blonde Connie Stevens has been a popular star of movies and TV as well as a recording artist and founder of a hugely successful cosmetics empire. Now with the new film Saving Grace B. Jones, Ms Stevens can add movie director and screenwriter to her list of accomplishments. But I’ll always remember Ms Stevens fondly for a movie she starred in in the mid 70’s. It may not be her proudest moment but the 1976 movie Scorchy is an entertaining action-adventure in which Connie starred as a sexy undercover drug agent who will stop at nothing to break up a violent narcotics-smuggling ring. Scorchy was a fun, if not particularly good, movie aimed squarely at drive-in audiences who like their action spiced with a touch of sexploitation but Scorchy is Not currently available on DVD.
In Scorchy Connie Stevens plays Sgt. Jackie Parker (I have...
In Scorchy Connie Stevens plays Sgt. Jackie Parker (I have...
- 11/19/2009
- by Tom
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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