SONG REVIEWED: Billy Idol - "Buried Alive"
I'M GOING TO GO OUT ON A LIMB HERE AND SAY THAT THIS IS HANDS-DOWN, THE BEST SOUNDTRACK TO SHOW UP IN A LONG F**CKING TIME, AND IT COULDN'T BE FOR A MORE APPROPRIATE MOVIE. THINK ABOUT IT: NAKED BUXOM CARTOON GIRLS, LOTS OF BLOOD & GORE, AND A SLEW OF HEAVY METAL ACTS INCLUDING PANTERA, MONSTER MAGNET, COAL CHAMBER, DAYS OF THE NEW, AND INSANE CLOWN POSSE (TO NAME A FEW)...PUT 'EM ALL TOGETHER, AND YOU HAVE THE SEQUEL TO THE BEST ANIMATED FILM EVER TO GRACE A MOVIE SCREEN. HEAVY METAL: F.A.K.K. 2 HITS THIS SUMMER (OR IT MAY ACTUALLY BE TITLED HEAVY METAL 2000 AT THIS TIME) AND WITH A MAIN CHARACTER MODELED AFTER B-MOVIE QUEEN JULIE STRAIN, HOW COULD THIS NOT BE A BLOCKBUSTER (OK, OK, OK, i'M STRETCHING...BUT STILL.. IT'S GONNA HAVE NAKED CARTOON CHICKS!!!)
ANYWAY, ON TO THE REVIEW. "BURIED ALIVE" COULD VERY MARK BILLY IDOL'S RETURN TO THE MAINSTREAM. AFTER A RUN OF NOT-SO-SPECTACULAR RELEASES, THIS COULD PROVE TO BE HIS BIGGEST HIT SINCE "CRADLE OF LOVE"... THE CACKLE IN THE BEGINNING OF THE TRACK COULD SYMBOLIZE BILLY LAUGHING ALL THE WAY TO THE BANK... OK, THAT'S A CORNBALL COMMENT, BUT THE SONG IS THAT HOOKY. REMEMBER "REBEL YELL" AND THE COOL FACE ON BILLY'S FACE (AND THE ONE ON YOUR FACE AS WELL) WHENEVER THE VIDEO WAS PLAYED ON MTV? ... YOU CAN PICTURE THE SAME LOOK WITH THIS TRACK. MUSICALLY, IT IMPLEMENTS A LOT OF ELECTRONIC ELEMENTS FROM SAMPLES TO CD-SKIPPING EFFECTS, AS WELL AS BEING A GOOD OLD, CATCHY, ROCK SONG IN THE VEIN (ALBEIT WITH A MODERN TWIST) OF "DANCING WITH MYSELF", "REBEL YELL", AND "WHITE WEDDING"... SPEAKING OF THAT ERA, GUESS WHO CO-WROTE THE SONG? YUP... MR FLAMENCO GUITAR AND BILLY'S OLD SIDEKICK, STEVE STEVENS. ALONG WITH PRODUCER BOB EZRIN, THEY HAVE CREATED A KILLER HARD ROCK TRACK WHICH WITH ANY LUCK WILL BE PICKED UP BY RADIO AND BLASTED THROUGH CAR STEREOS ALL SUMMER. THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY IS THAT "BURIED ALIVE" IS BURIED IN THE TRACK LISTING. OUT OF THE 18 TRACKS ON THIS DISC, THIS ONE'S LISTED 16th... BRUCE BERMAN (SOUNDTRACK SUPERVISOR) OUGHTTA HAVE HIS F**KING HEAD EXAMINED... IF IT WAS HIS CHOICE TO PLACE IT THERE, THAT IS. GO OUT AND GET THIS DISC AS SOON AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. I COULDN'T GIVE A SONG A MORE SPARKLING RECCOMENDATION.
