the teddy boy/rocker gang led by gang leader 'king' played by a young and surly oliver reed,sing this mantra as they troll the streets of a small sea coast town looking for victims to menace......'black leather,black leather,rock-rock'.
my surf'a'billy band 'legion of twang' and i actually cover this song......it never fails to bring the house down.
Do you know where I can get a copy of the original song?
shareI just saw the movie too, and I'll be hearing that song all night. Was it written for the film?
shareA search on AllMusic.Com provides no info on the origins of the song, but it was covered in a 35 second version by the Electric Eels in 1975 - It's definitely the same song! No author listed tho . . . .
shareYes, by composed James Bernard. He regarded it as "an embarrassment" - http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/james-bernard-729242.html
shareYes, I'd love to hear that song again, and see the film. No DVD, I think.
share"my surf'a'billy band 'legion of twang' and i actually cover this song......it never fails to bring the house down."
Awesome!
Yes, what Band did the original song ?
This is wild - I had doubted there would be ANY comments for this film, and yet I too heard of it/watched it for the first time last night, and I can't get that song out of my head either!
This was whacked yet really cool film - it's as if the director got hired to do a cheapo sci-fi thriller... and decided to sneak in an art film in the middle of it!
cannot get it out of my head either, reminded me of Brazil another film where carqacters sing the soundtrack
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I just nipped out onto Newland Ave and hummed it as I menaced some people at the bus stop with my black leather gloves and truculent demeanour.
Marlon, Claudia and Dimby the cats 1989-2005, 2007 and 2010.
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I didn't see anything in the film's credits to indicate what the song title is, or who performed it. I'm curious.
shareThat insanely groovy theme song was simply priceless.
"We're all part Shatner/And part James Dean/Part Warren Oates/And Steven McQueen"
WOW I cannnnnnnnnnnot believe that THIS SONG was never released!
IT IS so perfect for this movie!
Enrique Sanchez
When Shirley AF sings a few lines, as she is leading MC to the gang, was a great moment. Like something out of Kill Pussycat Kill.
I just watched the movie. After I deleted it, I remembered I wanted to watch that scene again. Oh well.
I'm disappointed there's no credit for the band on song on IMDB.
However, here's a link to the movie version of the song on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZJv7DMz96A
If the link doesn't work, search for "Damned" and "Black Leather" clip as posted by "DTKIN"
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