Scrooged was definitely about keeping friends and family close, and murray cast a friend over a more famous comedian for a key role. Buster poindexter music, videos, stats, and photos. Scrooged 510 movie clip taxi ride from hell 1988 hd. Season 1 to 30 download saturday night live episodes. Buster poindexter was a persona of new york dolls vocalist david johansen.
Scrooged soundtrack from 1988, composed by various artists. The tonight show w johnny carson buster poindexter 1988. Buster poindexter artist buster goes berserk music. If youve never seen scrooged, im sure you have your reasons, e. David johansen was born in staten island, new york in.
A wonderful opening track, and the rest is generally pleasantbutforgettable fluff. In addition to reviving johansens career as a musical performer, buster also renewed his longdormant acting bug, and he was tapped to costar in the 1988 features married to the mob and scrooged. David johansen bio provided by wikipedia external link to the source of this bio. Buster poindexter born january 9, 1950, staten island, new york, usa is a pseudonym of david johansen, an american rock, punk, blues and pop singer, songwriter and actor. Original motion picture soundtrack 1988 brown eyed girl buster poindexter the simpsons sing the blues 1989 school days ring. Dozens of other rock bands were making a mint ripping off the dolls look and sound.
Goes the bell bart simpson featuring buster poindexter mr. This song was initially written and recorded by montserratian soca artist arrow in 1984. It was a drastic change of direction, around the time he was playing a taxidriving ghost in scrooged. A a band of bees a certain ratio a change of pace a day to remember a dead giveaway a dozen furies a flock of seagulls a perfect circle a perfect murder a static lullaby a thorn for every heart abba abc acdc add afi aion alf aaron shust abaddon abandoned pools abigail abjeez abra moore abramis brama abraxas absynthe minded. Frank bill murray hops in a cab, but realizes that the driver is the ghost of christmas past david johansen who takes him on a wild ride back.
Scrooged original motion picture soundtrack discogs. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk. After the breakup of the new york dolls, david johansen took on the persona of buster poindexter, a las vegasstyle lounge singer. Scrooged s standard bluray case is topped by a cardboard slipcover whose front supplies a lenticular version of the films barely updated one american postercover design. If thats the case, then maybe i can change your mind, because this is a funny film whether christmas is your thing or not. Buster poindexter is an eponymous album released by rca records in 1987 by buster poindexter, the alter ego of new york dolls frontman david johansen. Limited vinyl lp repressing of this original soundtrack to the 1988 holiday classic starring billy murray. It makes wonderful use of murrays curmudgeon side also seen a few years later in the notdissimilar groundhog day and a host of lesser players, including carol kane in a grand turn as the ghost of christmas present, david johansen ditto for christmas past, bobcat goldthwait and karen allen. I see that he was also in the 1988 bill murray film scrooged. Ghost of christmas past, scrooged, paramount, 1988 as buster poindexter keith burns, candy mountain, metropolis, 1988 as buster poindexter priest, married to the mob, orion, 1988. The ghost of christmas past, david johansen, may be more better known to some as buster poindexter, who sung the famous song hot, hot, hot as buster poindexter and his banshees of blue. Buster poindexter is the pseudonym rock singer david johansen adopted in the mid80s for a semicomic nightclubsinger act he began to perform. David johansen plays the ghost of christmas past and it was.
Buster poindexter was the pseudonym rock singer david johansen adopted in the mid80s for a semicomic nightclub singer act he began to perform. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Eschewing his hard rock solo career which followed a stint as lead singer of the new york dolls johansen turned up at the new york club tramps in a. Music profile for buster poindexter, born 9 january 1950. In this modern take on charles dickens a christmas carol, frank cross bill murray is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and. David roger johansen born january 9, 1950 is an american rock, protopunk, blues, and pop singer, songwriter and actor. David roger johansen sometimes spelled david jo hansen. Buster poindexter is an eponymous album released by rca records in 1987 by buster.
The static menu gives us a wider version of the cover art while looping a 30second piece of danny elfmans score. Johansen rerecorded the track heart of gold as buster poindexter, which originally appeared on johansens 1981 solo album here comes the night. Murray was genius, to begin with theres no doubt about that. David johansen is rumoured to have hooked up with debbie harry about. With bill murray, karen allen, john forsythe, john glover. Joining murray in this festive romp is the delightful karen allen, while luminaries such as former new york dolls front man david johansen and mr. A very murray christmas, which deserves to exist for the sake of its title alone, is very murray, but its more understated, wes andersonera. He is also known for his work under the pseudonym buster poindexter. A very murray christmas is a melancholy, postmodern. The guy you hated in high school but he still made you laugh hard. David has appeared in several films including car 54, where are you. Buster was also a regular during 1986 and 1987 on saturday night live.
Hes also known as buster poindexter who had the 80s pop hit hot, hot, hot, in which murray makes a cameo in the music video. The soundtrack features updates on christmas classics as well as original material by dan hartman and denise love, mark lennon, robbie robertson, and buster poindexter. A very murray christmas 2015 yify download movie torrent. The albums sound, as well as its roster of artists, give it the feel of a time capsule buried in the late 80s, for better or worse.
How bill murray went from scrooged to santa the descroogification of bill murray. Nanny soundtrack 1993 rough stuff buster poindexter. Castle in spain buster poindexter and the banshees of blue scrooged. He is best known as a member of the seminal protopunk band the new york dolls. David johansen net worth 2018, biowiki celebrity net worth. Various interpretations of music from vintage disney films, hot hot hot cannibal, and buster poindexter. In 1987, he issued an lp, buster poindexter, which featured the party classic hot hot hot, an effervescent cover of an obscure 1984 soca hit. Three decades later, bill murrays dark turn on ebenezer scrooge remains as adored by its fans as it was a nightmare to make. The song hot hot hot was a billboard single and received. The soundtrack to scrooged features updates on christmas classics as well as original material by dan hartman and denise love, mark lennon, robbie robertson, and buster poindexter.
Born david roger johansen on the 9th january 1950, in staten island, new york usa, he is a musician, singer, songwriter and actor as well, best known to the world as a member of the protopunk band new york dolls, with which he released five studio albums. A selfish, cynical television executive is haunted by. David johansen, ne le 9 janvier 1950 a new york, fut le chanteur du groupe the new york. Natalie cole the christmas song chestnuts roasting on an open fire. The best modernday adaptation of a christmas carol. Annie lennox, mark lennon, adriane mcdonald, dan hartman, kool moe dee, miles davis, robbie robertson, buster poindexter, natalie cole. Under his poindexter moniker, johansen performed a mixture of jazz, lounge, calypso, and novelty songs accompanied by the uptown horns.