Just in case you want a pick-me-up through the week earlier than the election, Tenacious D has you coated with a positively pleasant cowl of “The Time Warp” from “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Just in time for Halloween! Watch it above.
Of course these of you studying this know what we’re speaking about — it’s the fourth track within the cult traditional film musical musical, and the one sung by Riff Raff, Magenta and Columbia simply as Brad and Janet have entered Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s creepy fortress. The track is a glam rock tribute to the numerous rock and roll songs about dance crazes and primarily simply describes a dance known as The Time Warp with very, very straightforward to comply with directions: Jump to the left, step to the suitable, put your arms in your hips, bend your knees in time, then pelvic thrust an entire bunch of occasions.
And for those who don’t know what we’re speaking about, you’re sadly going to have to attend till COVID-19 is solved earlier than you’ll be able to attend a screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” and expertise it firsthand. Sorry!
Speaking of COVID-19, Tenacious D (the musical comedy band led by Jack Black and Kyle Gas) have carried out a really COVID-19 version of the track, recording all the things remotely like a rock zoom name. But that had the impact of creating it straightforward for them to ask a bunch of celeb visitors in to carry out the “it’s just a jump to the left…” components of the track.
And what a visitor checklist: Eric Andre, Ezra Miller, George Takei, Ilana Glazer, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Heilemann, John Waters, Karen O, King Princess, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Michael Peña, Peaches, Phoebe Bridgers, Reggie Watts, Sarah Silverman, Senator Elizabeth Warren (AKA the War God), and naturally “Rocky Horror” star Susan Sarandon.
Watch the entire thing above, and only for enjoyable, examine the wonderful Tenacious D cowl to the unique beneath: