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re: Just watched Urban Cowboy
Posted on 8/30/18 at 1:29 pm to Crow Pie
Posted on 8/30/18 at 1:29 pm to Crow Pie
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and its a lot harder than it looks!!
yeah, we had one at Hawg's Saloon in Chalmette. Got drunk and a friend offered to pay for me to ride. rode once at like "2". i said shite this is too easy set it to 10 ! oh , hello wall !
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Posted on 8/30/18 at 1:47 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:Yea...It started off slow and easy and once I relaxed the controller flicked the switch just a tad and I went flying across the room.
yeah, we had one at Hawg's Saloon in Chalmette. Got drunk and a friend offered to pay for me to ride. rode once at like "2". i said shite this is too easy set it to 10 ! oh , hello wall !
Posted on 8/30/18 at 1:49 pm to MorbidTheClown
You can buy the tux Bud wore at his wedding to Sissy.
Look at that spread at the bar! Shitfire!
Look at that spread at the bar! Shitfire!
Posted on 8/30/18 at 1:49 pm to MorbidTheClown
Was Hawg’s the one that was on Jean Lafitte in Buccaneer South?
I’ve been trying to think of the name since the last Urban Cowboy thread. During the disco craze it was the Zodiac and had the full light up dance floor just like in Saturday Night Fever. Then suddenly it was a honky-tonk.
I remember during that time walking the neutral ground on Judge Perez for the parades, and every hot girl had a cowboy hat with the big feather band. It’s amazing how Travolta was responsible for both of the huge cultural crazes of that era, and squeezed in the biggest movie musical of all time for good measure. That’s a run that will never be equaled.
I’ve been trying to think of the name since the last Urban Cowboy thread. During the disco craze it was the Zodiac and had the full light up dance floor just like in Saturday Night Fever. Then suddenly it was a honky-tonk.
I remember during that time walking the neutral ground on Judge Perez for the parades, and every hot girl had a cowboy hat with the big feather band. It’s amazing how Travolta was responsible for both of the huge cultural crazes of that era, and squeezed in the biggest movie musical of all time for good measure. That’s a run that will never be equaled.
This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 1:51 pm
Posted on 8/30/18 at 2:07 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Pam, the daughter of a Houston oil and gas tycoon, couldn't have been in it for the long haul.
Love story aside, it was a fair picture of the Texas coast/refinery culture. Movie title says it all.
An awesome soundtrack, btw. Mickey Gilley.
Love story aside, it was a fair picture of the Texas coast/refinery culture. Movie title says it all.
An awesome soundtrack, btw. Mickey Gilley.
This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 2:09 pm
Posted on 8/30/18 at 3:12 pm to Henry Jones Jr
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The only character that was somewhat likable was Pam
This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 8/30/18 at 3:39 pm to TigrrrDad
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Was Hawg’s the one that was on Jean Lafitte in Buccaneer South?
that's the one. from disco to honky tonk overnight
Posted on 8/30/18 at 3:40 pm to TigrrrDad
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Travolta was responsible for both of the huge cultural crazes of that era, and squeezed in the biggest movie musical of all time for good measure. That’s a run that will never be equaled.
SNF, Grease, and Urban Cowboy is definitely the greatest non linear actor trilogy ever..
Tom Cruise with Risky Business, All the Right Moves, and Top Gun is a distant 2nd.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 4:19 pm to MAROON
Funny how between that and Saturday Night Fever, Travolta was in two good movies that both expertly captured two extremely different lifestyles.
And the real life backstory behind Gilleys is pretty interesting as well.
And the real life backstory behind Gilleys is pretty interesting as well.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 4:53 pm to L1C4
Nothing says I love you like a new single wide trailer house and your girl's name on a license plate in the back glass of your pickup!
Posted on 8/30/18 at 5:08 pm to fatboydave
Didn’t Gilleys burn down ?
Posted on 8/30/18 at 5:25 pm to Havoc
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Funny how between that and Saturday Night Fever, Travolta was in two good movies that both expertly captured two extremely different lifestyles
And it’s not like the movies simply cashed in on the current trends. The honky tonk/cowboy trend was virtually created by that movie. SNF didn’t create the disco trend, but it definitely exploded it. The soundtracks of both movies both played key roles as well, especially SNF and the Bee Gees.
And some of the biggest evidence of this is the fact that a place like Chalmette had the Zodiac and then Hawg’s. It wasn’t like discos were only in the big cities, but a place like Chalmette had a pretty big disco with the lighted floor and everything - not just a hole in the wall place.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:07 pm to TigrrrDad
Yes, although I was too young to say firsthand about them. And they both had that grit element to them, whether it’s the smoky shitty disco with the attached strip bar or the shitty trailer Bud and Sissy lived in, you were really there.
And they were both basically subculture movies that brought the storylines to a relatable and normal viewpoint.
And they were both basically subculture movies that brought the storylines to a relatable and normal viewpoint.
Posted on 8/30/18 at 9:34 pm to MorbidTheClown
quote:Sissy cucked Bud real bad with that bull ride.
it was the sexy bullride
This post was edited on 8/31/18 at 5:55 pm
Posted on 8/30/18 at 10:13 pm to TigrrrDad
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And it’s not like the movies simply cashed in on the current trends. The honky tonk/cowboy trend was virtually created by that movie. SNF didn’t create the disco trend, but it definitely exploded it. The soundtracks of both movies both played key roles as well, especially SNF and the Bee Gees.
Both are sneaky dark films, too, especially SNF. The Travolta character in each is essentially a Los playing the same, talented yet immature and not too bright, stereotypical guy for the region.
Those two films are by far the most influential that I can remember as far as trendsetting for a blip in time.
Really, the only other close to it was Clueless. For those of us who saw it live, every chick at my school thought she was Cher or Dion for about a year and a half. The stockings, the short yellow skirts with midriff bearing dress blouses and baby doll shoes..... 11 yr old me was never so in love with so many girls...
Sorry... Just Had flashbacks of mid 90s elementary/Jr. High dances... Couldn't help it...
This post was edited on 8/30/18 at 10:13 pm
Posted on 8/31/18 at 12:01 pm to Henry Jones Jr
In no universe does this guy
Ever lose a fight to this guy
Ever lose a fight to this guy
Posted on 8/31/18 at 12:22 pm to biglego
Say what you want but that movie was dope when it came out 
Started fads all over the country.
Started fads all over the country.
Posted on 8/31/18 at 12:36 pm to BayouCatFan
Pam
Posted on 8/31/18 at 12:45 pm to Henry Jones Jr
Scott Glenn almost stole the movie
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