The Empire Strikes Gems

EXPERIMENT #18
"THE EMPIRE STRIKES GEMS"

FILM

The Empire Strikes Back (1995 "Faces" VHS).

ALBUM

Gems, a "best-of" Aerosmith collection from 1988 that consists of deep album cuts from the group's first five or six years. Has that wacky cover of "Train Kept A Rollin'" they were known for at one point. As usual, I started this sucker after the second drumroll in the 20th Century Fox fanfare.

SYNCHS

- The creepy-sounding breakdown in "Rats in the Cellar" begins as the Probot rises from its crater and comes to life.

- "Critical Mass" starts as Han, Leia, Chewie, and Threepio are boarding the Millennium Falcon.

- Steven Tyler exclaims, "What do we got here?" in "Lord of the Thighs" as Luke approaches Dagobah.

- As we see the hump of the sea monster that eats Artoo, Steven Tyler screams.

NOTES

Another one where I had many more synchs until I double-checked Mushmouth's lyrics. DMC was right; this stuff is hillbilly gibberish. Then again, it could have just been the drugs. We'll see tomorrow with Big Ones, which kicks off the substance-free portion of Aerosmith week.