HOT ROD VERSUS ARGO : YOU'RE THE VOICE

Readers of this blog should by now be well aware of my deep scepticism of the Oscar winning film Argo. Directed by Ben Affleck, the film was not nominated for Best Direction, but the screenplay and the film itself won Oscars. However, Iran is considering launching a claim against the film, and several of the original characters of the film have bitterly complained about the historical accuracy of the film.

Hmmm.

Now compare Argo to Hot Rod.

Hot Rod is pure fiction, as far as I know. A teenager called Rod is led to believe that his father was a professional stuntman and died in a horrific stunt when in reality his father was a simple sales clerk in a tyre store. Rod loved his father so much that he was constantly trying to life-risking perform stunts to make his dead father proud. He does not get on with his ex-military stepfather, so much so that the two have frequent battles to the death, but with his fighting prowess the stepfather always wins. When Rod is told that his stepfather needs $50k for a heart operation Rod decides to raise the money through a series of death-defying stunts, just so he can kick his arse. The money is eventually raised, the operation takes place, the inevitable fight between the two occurs and Rod wins.

Of the two films, Hot Rod is the much better film, combining comedy with meaning.

And it contains one of the most powerful unifying songs of all time.

In honour of Hot Rod I now post You're The Voice by John Farnham
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbkOZTSvrHs


Lyrics from http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/You%27re-The-Voice-lyrics-John-Farnham/E9F84D430C37581048256AA9001E6D9F

Andy Qunta, Chris Thompson, Maggie Ryder and Keith Reid

We have
The chance to turn the pages over
We can write what we want to write
We gotta make ends meet, before we get much older

We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?

Chorus:
You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!

This time
We know we all stand together
With the power to be powerful
Believing, we can make it better

Oooooooh,
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?...

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!

{Instrumental[Bag Pipes(Tin Whistle)]}

Ooooooh
We're all someone's daughter
We're all someone's son
How long can we look at each other
Down the barrel of a gun?...

You're the voice, try and understand it
Make a noise and make it clear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
We're not gonna sit in silence
We're not gonna live with fear
Oh-o-o-o, whoa-o-o-o!
(repeat until end of song)