Spaceballs?

CatraDhtem · Post by **CatraDhtem** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 7:33 am

Well, considering the movie was released eight months before the song was recorded.....

Speaking of a long overdue boxset...when the heck will someone wise up and do "The Mel Brooks Soundtracks?" C'mon, Rhino??

Post by **Dr_Dad** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 8:18 am

An in-depth search by me for a connection between Al and Spaceballs turned up empty, OE. I did find some interesting links along the way, though.

But first, a quick side note: A place called Fast-Rewind.com has summaries of lots of '80's movies, and it has a really nice one for our beloved "UHF" [complete with full credits, trivia, etc.!] -- http://www.fast-rewind.com/uhf.htm

Okay, back to the results:

Here's the site Scotti found that lists the tracks on the official "Spaceballs" Soundtrack album ... but alas, no Al there. http://www.geocities.com/yank2010/soundtrack.htm It suggested looking for the album on eBay.

I also did find the soundtrack album for "Spaceballs" on eBay, as did Scotti, but on this album, again there's no Al. It's eBay Item # 2522283306 [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=1058]

And yet, the Mutant Reviewers from Hell, in their review of "Spaceballs", mentioned that the soundtrack was an "Interesting compilation, including the "Spaceballs" song, a Weird Al song, and some stuff by Bon Jovi, Van Halen, and Queen".

Here's the link: http://www.mutantreviewers.com/rspaceballs.html

And the IMDb has "Six Words Long" included on the soundtrack listing for "Spaceballs" too!!

http://us.imdb.com/Soundtracks?0094012

But CD is right! "Spaceballs" was released in the US on June 24, 1987, as per IMDb [ http://us.imdb.com/ReleaseDates?0094012 ]. And per wa.com, "Six Words Long" was recorded on February 18, 1988~!~! [ http://www.weirdal.com/rcdgdate.htm ].

So, the "simple" answer to your Q, OE, is -- no, "Spaceballs" does NOT have "Six Words Long" on its soundtrack. The REAL question is -- WHERE is this repeated reference to "Six Words Long" in relation to "Spaceballs" coming from originally??!?

Bermuda, if you're not TOOOO terribly busy with the upcoming album and all

, could you shed some light on this quandary?

Oh, and finally, for the absolute ultimate in weird-funny-macabre ... wanna buy a dead man's face????? :nervous:

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[It's only 75 bucks, man! .... brrrrr .....]

And may the [Bermuda] Schwartz be with us always!!!!! :biggrin:

Doc

Wed Apr 09, 2003 9:06 am

Thanks for the exhaustive research, Dr. Dad!

Maybe there's a much-copied homemade compilation tape that made the rounds with somebody's favorite songs-- the Spaceballs soundtrack and ...Six Words Long.

But doesn't Weird Al and Mel Brooks seem like a natural pairing?

Post by **scottidog** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 11:20 am

when the heck will someone wise up and do "The Mel Brooks Soundtracks?" C'mon, Rhino??

It's twoo! It's twoo!

They really should release the above, heretofor, mentioned Boxed Set.

Oh, and finally, for the absolute ultimate in weird-funny-macabre ... wanna buy a dead man's face????? :nervous:
CLICK HERE .....
[It's only 75 bucks, man! .... brrrrr .....]

And may the [Bermuda] Schwartz be with us always!!!!!

If it really is John Candy, why does it look like Alfred Hitchcock? Oh wait... scrolling down, I see that they have him too...

Spaceball surfing over at EBAY... it seems the French version is titled "Insane History of Space." I wonder how Mel felt about that?

And they have Spaceballs - The Lighter. Reminds me of the merchandising gag in the movie. Mel Brooks is a comedy genius...

Post by **Seva** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 3:24 pm

Mel Brooks is a comedy genius...

Ohhhhhhh, YYYEEAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!

and he certainly has much in common with Weird Al :biggrin:

I've watched "Spaceballs" a lot, but I've never heard this Al song there. Do you know why? Because I wasn't Weird Al fan then. (was I?

)

But I have a similar question. Was there "Polkamon" on "Pokemon 2000" soundtrack?!?! I saw this OST in stores but there is no Polkamon in it at all!!! :mad: What gives?

SEVA.

KagayakiWashi · Post by **KagayakiWashi** » Wed Apr 09, 2003 4:37 pm

"Polkamon" is track number 10 on "Pokemon 2000: The Power Of One".

It's funny because that had just come out (the movie) when I really got into Al(and out of Pokemon!) So my sister was watching the movie and during the credits here comes Weird Al!

It's a good song, wiosh I could get it on something else other than that soundtrack