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* SanitySlippageSong/ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran coming to grips with his own internal battle with PTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
* ShoutOut: The opening of "Burnin' For You" is an allusion to the lyrics at the beginning of Part Four, Chapter 2 of Creator/JackKerouac's ''Literature/OnTheRoad''.
* ShoutOut: The opening of "Burnin' For You" is an allusion to the lyrics at the beginning of Part Four, Chapter 2 of Creator/JackKerouac's ''Literature/OnTheRoad''.
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* SanitySlippageSong/ShellShockedVeteran: ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran coming to grips with his own internal battle with who suffered from PTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
hollow.* ShoutOut: The opening of "Burnin' For You" is an allusion to the lyrics at the beginning of Part Four, Chapter 2 of Creator/JackKerouac's ''Literature/OnTheRoad''.
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''Fire of Unknown Origin'' is the eighth album by American band Music/BlueOysterCult, released on June 22, 1981. Several of the songs were originally written for the cult film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', particularly "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the Taarna section. Producers had turned it down however, albeit using one of the recorded songs, "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" as an accompaniment to the segment just before "Harry Canyon". While ''Music/CultosaurusErectus'' before it was seen as a return to form, ''The Fire of Unknown Origin'' had become the band's best selling album, peaking at 24 in the Billboard 200.
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''Fire of Unknown Origin'' is the eighth album by American band Music/BlueOysterCult, released on June 22, 1981. Several of the songs were originally written for the cult film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', particularly "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the Taarna section. Producers had turned it down however, albeit using one of the recorded songs, "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" as an accompaniment to the segment just before "Harry Canyon". While ''Music/CultosaurusErectus'' before it was seen as a return to form, ''The Fire ''Fire of Unknown Origin'' had become the band's best selling highest-charting album, peaking at 24 in the Billboard 200.
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It was preceded by: ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1980) and followed first by the double live album ''ETI: Extraterrestrial Live'' (1982) and then by the next studio album ''Music/TheRevolutionByNight'' (1983) There would be ''Music/ClubNinja'' in 1984 and then the long-awaited attempt at the concept album ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' in 1988.
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It was preceded by: ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1980) by ''Music/CultosaurusErectus'' (1980) and followed first by the double live album ''ETI: Extraterrestrial ''Extraterrestrial Live'' (1982) (1982), and then by the next studio album album, ''Music/TheRevolutionByNight'' (1983) (1983). There would be ''Music/ClubNinja'' in 1984 and then 1985, followed by the long-awaited attempt at the a concept album ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' album, ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'', in 1988.
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* SanitySlippageSong: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran coming to grips with his own internal battle with PTSD.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran who suffered from PTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran who suffered from PTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
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* SanitySlippageSong: SanitySlippageSong/ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran coming to grips with his own internal battle with PTSD.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran who suffered fromPTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran who suffered from
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* TraumaSwing: The video for "Joan Crawford (Has Risen from the Grave)" uses imagery derived from Christina Crawford's autobiography about living with her allegedly psychotic mother, ''Literature/MommieDearest''. The video ends on a teenage girl playing the Christina role, sitting crying and despondent by the swimming pool; the scene is shot in muted washed-out light with autumn leaves swirling around and landing in the water, conveying the idea that summer is gone, it is cold, she is alone, innocence is dead; symbolic of emotional and physical abuse: this visual image conveys exactly the mood of the Trauma Swing using a different analogy.
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* TraumaSwing: The video for "Joan Crawford (Has Risen from the Grave)" Crawford" uses imagery derived from Christina Crawford's autobiography about living with her allegedly psychotic mother, ''Literature/MommieDearest''. The video ends on a teenage girl playing the Christina role, sitting crying and despondent by the swimming pool; the scene is shot in muted muted, washed-out light with autumn leaves swirling around and landing in the water, conveying water. This is meant to convey the idea that summer is gone, it is cold, she is alone, innocence is dead; symbolic dead—symbolic of emotional and physical abuse: this abuse. Using different visual image conveys exactly cues, the video creates the same mood of the as a traditional Trauma Swing using a different analogy.
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It was preceded by: ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1980) and followed first by the double live album ''ETI: Extraterrestrial Live'' (1982) and then by the next studio album ''Music/RevolutionByNight'' ''Music/TheRevolutionByNight'' (1983) There would be ''Music/ClubNinja'' in 1984 and then the long-awaited attempt at the concept album ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' in 1988.
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It was preceded by: ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1980) and followed first by the double live album ''ETI: Extraterrestrial Live'' (1982) and then by the next studio album ''Music/RevolutionByNight'' (1983) There would be ''Club Ninja'' ''Music/ClubNinja'' in 1984 and then the long-awaited attempt at the concept album ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' in 1988.
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Supported by the single "Burnin' for You", which made #1 in the Hot Mainstream Rock charts and reaching the Top 40. "Joan Crawford" was also released for promotion, though its video was banned by Creator/{{MTV}} for including a suggestive scene.
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Supported by the single "Burnin' for You", which made #1 in the Hot Mainstream Rock charts and reaching the Top 40. "Joan Crawford" "[[https://my.mail.ru/mail/shaminpavel48/video/19418/19425.html Joan Crawford]]" was also released for promotion, though its video was banned by Creator/{{MTV}} for including a suggestive scene.
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* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Joan Crawford" opens with a solo piano piece that is structured like a Bach toccata and fugue. What might be mistaken for a classical piano piece opens up into some very heavy rock. In the lvie version, allen Lanier coses the piece with the same solo toccata, which slows to a fugue in its last bars, when the band come in again for the close.
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* EpicInstrumentalOpener: "Joan Crawford" opens with a solo piano piece that is structured like a Bach toccata and fugue. What might be mistaken for a classical piano piece opens up into some very heavy rock. In the lvie live version, allen Allen Lanier coses closes the piece with the same solo toccata, which slows to a fugue in its last bars, when the band come in again for the close.
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!!Additional credits:
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock - songwriting credits on "Veteran Of The Psychic Wars"
* Music/PattiSmith - songwriting credits for "Fire Of Unknown Origin"
* Creator/MichaelMoorcock - songwriting credits on "Veteran Of The Psychic Wars"
* Music/PattiSmith - songwriting credits for "Fire Of Unknown Origin"
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* TraumaSwing: The video for "Joan Crawford (Has Risen from the Grave)" uses imagery derived from Christina Crawford's autobiography about living with her allegedly psychotic mother, ''Literature/MommieDearest''. The video ends on a teenage girl playing the Christina role, sitting crying and despondent by the swimming pool; the scene is shot in muted washed-out light with autumn leaves swirling around and landing in the water, conveying the idea that summer is gone, it is cold, she is alone, innocence is dead; symbolic of emotional and physical abuse: this visual image conveys exactly the mood of the Trauma Swing using a different analogy.
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It was preceded by: ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1980) and followed first by the double live album ''ETI: Extraterrestrial Live'' (1982) and then by the next studio album ''Revolution By Night'' ''Music/RevolutionByNight'' (1983) There would be ''Club Ninja'' in 1984 and then the long-awaited attempt at the concept album ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' in 1988.
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It was preceded by: ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1980) and followed first by the double live album ''ETI: Extraterrestrial Live'' (1982) and then by the next studio album ''Revolution By Night'' (1983)
(1983) There would be ''Club Ninja'' in 1984 and then the long-awaited attempt at the concept album ''Music/{{Imaginos}}'' in 1988.
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* HyperspaceIsAScaryPlace: ''Heavy Metal (The Black And Silver)''
-->''Into the whirlpool, where matter vanishes''
-->''Into the whirlpool, where matter vanishes''
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* CatholicScholgirlsRule: The cast of the video for ''Joan Crawford'' start off looking sweet and innocent but soon display a more sinister side.
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* CatholicScholgirlsRule: CatholicSchoolGirlsRule: The cast of the video for ''Joan Crawford'' start off looking sweet and innocent but soon display a more sinister side.
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It was preceded by: ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1981) ''Music/CultosaurusErectus''(1980) and followed first by the double live album ''ETI: Extraterrestrial Live'' (1982) and then by the next studio album ''Revolution By Night'' (1983)
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* ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran who suffered from PTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''I'm livin' for givin' the devil his due.'']]
''Fire of Unknown Origin'' is the eighth album by American band Music/BlueOysterCult, released on June 22, 1981. Several of the songs were originally written for the cult film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', particularly "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the Taarna section. Producers had turned it down however, albeit using one of the recorded songs, "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" as an accompaniment to the segment just before "Harry Canyon". While ''Music/CultosaurusErectus'' before it was seen as a return to form, ''The Fire of Unknown Origin'' had become the band's best selling album, peaking at 24 in the Billboard 200.
Supported by the single "Burning for You", which made #1 in the Hot Mainstream Rock charts and reaching the Top 40. "Joan Crawford" was also released for promotion, though its video was banned by Creator/{{MTV}} for including a suggestive scene.
!!Tracklist
[[AC:Side one]]
#"Fire of Unknown Origin" (4:09)
#"Burnin' for You" (4:29)
#"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (4:48)
#"Sole Survivor" (4:04)
#"Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver"
[[AC:Side two]]
#"Vengeance (The Pact)" (4:41)
#"After Dark" (4:25)
#"Joan Crawford" (4:55)
#"Don't Turn Your Back" (4:07)
!!Principal members:
*Eric Bloom - vocals, guitar, bass (5)
*Albert Bouchard - drums, synthesizer, vocals, mixing
*Joe Bouchard - bass, vocals
*Buck Dhama - lead guitar, vocals, percussion (3), bass and sound effects (8)
*Allen Lanier - keyboards
!!You see me now, a veteran of a thousand psychic tropes:
* ApocalypseHow: "Sole Survivor" -- unexplained, but planetary human extinction level.
* BSide: Discussed in "Burnin' For You", where those who play them tend to have too much time on their hands.
-->''Time everlasting/Time to play B-sides...''
* DespairEventHorizon: The narrator of "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" was mentally spent
* DeusExMachina: "Sole Survivor", averted. An alien starship lands to rescue the sole human survivor of an Earth apocalypse, but he refused the rescue:
-->''They beckoned him inside\\
But only man, he would not ride\\
Instead he found a place to hide\\
For he's the sole survivor''
* DownerEnding: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", where the protagonist lies spent and defeated as he [[PyrrhicVictory receives the news of victory]].
-->''You see me now a veteran\\
Of a thousand psychic wars\\
My energy is spent at last and my armor is destroyed\\
I have used up all my weapons and I'm helpless and bereaved\\
Wounds are all I'm made of\\
Did I hear you say that this is victory?''
* HeavyMithril: As mentioned in the summary, much of ''Fire of Unknown Origin'' was written with the intent of being a soundtrack for the film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''. The song "Vengeance (The Pact)" is explicitly based on Taarna's story.
* LastOfHisKind: "Sole Survivor" tells the story of the sole surviving member of the human race.
* LyricalDissonance: "Burnin' for You" sounds like an upbeat love song, but in actuality it's about burning out with the lack of time.
* RhymingWithItself: In "Joan Crawford":
--->''Catholic schoolgirls have thrown away their mascara\\
They've chained themselves to the axles of big Mack trucks\\
The sky is filled with hurt and shivering angels\\
The fat lady lives, children, start your trucks''
* SanitySlippageSong: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran coming to grips with his own internal battle with PTSD.
* ShoutOut: The opening of "Burnin' For You" is an allusion to the lyrics at the beginning of Part Four, Chapter 2 of Creator/JackKerouac's ''Literature/OnTheRoad''.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran who suffered from PTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''I'm livin' for givin' the devil his due.'']]
''Fire of Unknown Origin'' is the eighth album by American band Music/BlueOysterCult, released on June 22, 1981. Several of the songs were originally written for the cult film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal'', particularly "Vengeance (The Pact)" for the Taarna section. Producers had turned it down however, albeit using one of the recorded songs, "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" as an accompaniment to the segment just before "Harry Canyon". While ''Music/CultosaurusErectus'' before it was seen as a return to form, ''The Fire of Unknown Origin'' had become the band's best selling album, peaking at 24 in the Billboard 200.
Supported by the single "Burning for You", which made #1 in the Hot Mainstream Rock charts and reaching the Top 40. "Joan Crawford" was also released for promotion, though its video was banned by Creator/{{MTV}} for including a suggestive scene.
!!Tracklist
[[AC:Side one]]
#"Fire of Unknown Origin" (4:09)
#"Burnin' for You" (4:29)
#"Veteran of the Psychic Wars" (4:48)
#"Sole Survivor" (4:04)
#"Heavy Metal: The Black and Silver"
[[AC:Side two]]
#"Vengeance (The Pact)" (4:41)
#"After Dark" (4:25)
#"Joan Crawford" (4:55)
#"Don't Turn Your Back" (4:07)
!!Principal members:
*Eric Bloom - vocals, guitar, bass (5)
*Albert Bouchard - drums, synthesizer, vocals, mixing
*Joe Bouchard - bass, vocals
*Buck Dhama - lead guitar, vocals, percussion (3), bass and sound effects (8)
*Allen Lanier - keyboards
!!You see me now, a veteran of a thousand psychic tropes:
* ApocalypseHow: "Sole Survivor" -- unexplained, but planetary human extinction level.
* BSide: Discussed in "Burnin' For You", where those who play them tend to have too much time on their hands.
-->''Time everlasting/Time to play B-sides...''
* DespairEventHorizon: The narrator of "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" was mentally spent
* DeusExMachina: "Sole Survivor", averted. An alien starship lands to rescue the sole human survivor of an Earth apocalypse, but he refused the rescue:
-->''They beckoned him inside\\
But only man, he would not ride\\
Instead he found a place to hide\\
For he's the sole survivor''
* DownerEnding: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars", where the protagonist lies spent and defeated as he [[PyrrhicVictory receives the news of victory]].
-->''You see me now a veteran\\
Of a thousand psychic wars\\
My energy is spent at last and my armor is destroyed\\
I have used up all my weapons and I'm helpless and bereaved\\
Wounds are all I'm made of\\
Did I hear you say that this is victory?''
* HeavyMithril: As mentioned in the summary, much of ''Fire of Unknown Origin'' was written with the intent of being a soundtrack for the film ''WesternAnimation/HeavyMetal''. The song "Vengeance (The Pact)" is explicitly based on Taarna's story.
* LastOfHisKind: "Sole Survivor" tells the story of the sole surviving member of the human race.
* LyricalDissonance: "Burnin' for You" sounds like an upbeat love song, but in actuality it's about burning out with the lack of time.
* RhymingWithItself: In "Joan Crawford":
--->''Catholic schoolgirls have thrown away their mascara\\
They've chained themselves to the axles of big Mack trucks\\
The sky is filled with hurt and shivering angels\\
The fat lady lives, children, start your trucks''
* SanitySlippageSong: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran coming to grips with his own internal battle with PTSD.
* ShoutOut: The opening of "Burnin' For You" is an allusion to the lyrics at the beginning of Part Four, Chapter 2 of Creator/JackKerouac's ''Literature/OnTheRoad''.
* ShellShockedVeteran: "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" involves the titular veteran who suffered from PTSD. He considered the news that the war was "won" to be hollow.
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