Padme Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 My question about The Dead Pool. I know Axl hated that movie. He said so during a show in Philly in 88. But since they made a cameo I´d like to know what was like for them. Did they meet Clint Eastwood, Jim Carey or Liam Nesson?Also the controversy around Black Hawk Down and WTTJ as part of the soundtrack. Apparently Axl wanted a private show first. Things didn´t go smoothy since it wasn´t very private after all. Axl blamed and fired Tom Zutaut for that. Is that correct? This is something I read in Classic Rock magazine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 (edited) Ridley Scott wanted to use WTTJ for the scene where everybody is getting ready and the helicopters start taking off in Black Hawk Down, as that was the song that was actually playing on the loudspeakers at the airfield as the rangers and delta force loaded into their vehicles before the mission. Axl insisted that they use a rerecorded WTTJ with his new band. Scott wasn't interested, he only really wanted to use the song for historical accuracy and a rerecorded song from 2000 whatever would not work with a movie set in 1993, not to mention rerecorded songs are plain stupid in the first place, so he said fuck it and they used a Faith No More song instead. Edited October 20, 2013 by sweetness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 So it's Ridley Scott's fault we don't have WTTJ from the rerecorded AFD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recklessroad Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Tom told me that he set it up but that there was a communication breakdown between him and Beta and that Axl didn't get the right info. Also there was other problems with Tom and Axl. Axl didn't want Tom to still have communication with Slash while he was working with GNR and Toms phone rang while AXl was with him and the caller Id said Slash. There could be some other things that happened too. I'm pretty sure that band met Clint Eastwood. I think I remember seeing a photo with them together. The band was happy to be working on the movie because it was a Dirty Harry movie but the movie ended up sucking. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jman2000 Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I wouldn't say the movie ended up sucking I thought it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Thank you everyone for their answers. This whole thing is hilarious and bizarre at the same time. Ridley Scott wanted the original WTTJ, Axl wanted a new band version, miscomunication between Beta and Tom and if all that wasn´t enough mayhem Slash had to call. Great sense timing that Slash had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wfuckinga Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 How pissed was Axl when he saw Slash on the caller ID? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padme Posted October 20, 2013 Author Share Posted October 20, 2013 Since we are in the movies subject. SCOM in The Fighter was it the original band version or was a new version by the new band? In Big Daddy was Axl who decided that Sheryll Crow should make the cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
classicguns4life Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 How pissed was Axl when he saw Slash on the caller ID?I feel like thats a movie right there! Almost unbelievable that could actually happen so on time like that. I'm surprised Tom is still alive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl_morris Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 (edited) Im sure scott used a re-recorded voodoo chile for the helicopter scene. Not sure why he'd put that in there if he was against re-recorded material. Edited October 21, 2013 by Axl_morris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Im sure scott used a re-recorded voodoo chile for the helicopter scene. Not sure why he'd put that in there if he was against re-recorded material.Yeah it was a Stevie Ray Vaughn cover of Voodoo Child that was released in 1984, so still appropriate for the 1993 setting. WTTJ was supposed to be played right before it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recklessroad Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 To me that was such a waste of money not to use the AFD WTTJ. If someone wants to pay you money to use a song that is already recorded for a movie and pay you a lot of money and you say no, then something is really wrong. The only reason I would be against using a song in a movie is if it was in a rape scene or something like that. They don't have a life time supply of money and one day they are going to look back and wish that they would have worked together on more of these licensing deals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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