He's a Rebel
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| + | "'''He's a Rebel'''" is a song written by [[Gene Pitney]] that was originally recorded by the [[girl group]] [[the Blossoms]]. Produced by [[Phil Spector]], their version was issued as a single credited to [[the Crystals]], which topped the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in November 1962. It was Spector's second chart-topper after "[[To Know Him Is to Love Him]]" (1958). | ||
| - | '''''Scorpio Rising''''' is a 1963 [[experimental film|experimental]] short film by [[Kenneth Anger]], starring Bruce Byron (whom Anger asserts was "half-crazy") as Scorpio. Themes central to the film include [[homosexual erotica]], the [[occult]], [[outlaw motorcycle club|biker subculture]], [[Catholicism]], and [[Nazism]]; the film also explores the worship of rebel icons of the era, namely [[James Dean]] and [[Marlon Brando]] (referred to by Anger as Byron's "heroes"). As with many of Anger's films, the film does not contain any dialogue; it instead features a prominent soundtrack consisting of 60s pop, including songs by [[Ricky Nelson]], [[The Angels (American group)|The Angels]], [[The Crystals]], [[Bobby Vinton]], [[Elvis Presley]], and [[Ray Charles]]. | ||
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| - | The film was censored for indecency, and the case went to the Supreme Court, where it was decided in Anger's favor. Anger explained in an interview: | ||
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| - | :"When Scorpio Rising was — we've forgotten, in a sense, that it was a groundbreaker, legally. Because there are only a few flashes of nudity, genitalia, whatever in the film, I mean, they're very, very short and, if you blink, you won't even see them. At any rate, when it was shown, at the Cinema — it was called the Cinema on Western Avenue in Hollywood — the premiere run, someone denounced it to the Hollywood vice squad and they raided the theater and took the print. And the case had to go to the California Supreme Court to be freed and then it became, like, a landmark case of redeeming social merit. That was the phrase that was used to justify that it wasn't pornography. And, indeed, there's nothing pornographic about it. Somebody had to break the ice and have that kind of case at that time to establish the freedom, because, before then, the police could seize anything they wanted to. What I was doing on the West Coast, [[Jack Smith (film director)|Jack Smith]] was doing on the East Coast with [[Flaming Creatures]]. The two films happened at about the same time." | ||
| - | ==Songs featured== | ||
| - | [[Gene McDaniels]] - “[[Point of No Return]]”, [[Kris Jensen]] - “[[Torture]]”, [[Little Peggy March]] - “[[I Will Follow Him]]”, [[Ricky Nelson]] - “[[Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)]]”, [[Little Peggy March]] - “[[Wind-Up Doll]]”, [[Surfaris]] - “[[Wipe Out]]”, [[The Angels]] - “[[My Boyfriend's Back]]”, [[Bobby Vinton]] - “[[Blue Velvet]]”, [[Elvis Presley]] - “[[(You're the) Devil in Disguise]]”, [[Ray Charles]] - “[[Hit The Road Jack]]”, [[Martha Reeves and the Vandellas]] - “[[(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave]]”, [[The Crystals]] - “[[He's a Rebel]]”, [[Claudine Clark]] - “[[Party Lights]]” | ||
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| - | *[[Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)]] | ||
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"He's a Rebel" is a song written by Gene Pitney that was originally recorded by the girl group the Blossoms. Produced by Phil Spector, their version was issued as a single credited to the Crystals, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart in November 1962. It was Spector's second chart-topper after "To Know Him Is to Love Him" (1958).
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