Year 8, Day 37

Hey guys. Today's song is Whatever Happened To Saturday Night by MeatLoaf.

Photo from: Super Festivals

This is sung by MeatLoaf, but it is from the musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show which I have definitely told you guys about before. Still, let's do a little recap: Rocky Horror was written by Richard O'Brien in the 1970's while living as a struggling actor in London. He then showed it to Jim Sharman, a director he has worked with on Jesus Christ Superstar before, and they worked out a showing of it in the Royal Court Theatre, which was used for testing new projects. Originally the project was called They Came From Denton High, but was changed right before previews, and I think that was the right call. It quickly transferred out of the smaller theatre, moving to a Chelsea Classic Cinema in 1973 before finding their more permanent home in the King's Road Theatre, running for six years. it did get productions in other countries including having a stint on Broadway, but I know it best from the film production of it, which was made in 1975. Sharman got to direct it, and O'Brien while also making the screenplay was cast in it. The movie didn't become very popular  until they started doing midnight screenings and got featured as the secret film at the Seattle Film Festival. Then it started to get popular as a cult classic, which is a title it still holds. So if you're curious go check that out, it's a weird one.

Peace.