Aside from how good the music is, the video is so beautifully tongue-in-cheek. I still have it on my Power Hour VHS tapes, which I one day hope to get around to uploading.
My friends and I had a deal that when we went to the record store one of us would buy whatever is playing. It was my turn to buy and this is what they had playing well actually tattooed beat Messiah was playing so I bought it and introduced us all to zodiac mindwarp. I've owned every album since and I've also gotten my son hooked on it with prime mover and now he's a fan. Can't stop rock and roll \m/
@JethrineBodine It was meant to be a self-parody of the excesses of metal and rock. They were/are very self-aware. As a feminist even in the 80s I actually appreciated them a lot because they flagged up so much that in those days went completely unnoticed in rock.
I saw these guys originally at the old Woolwich Coronet and then plenty of times after that, including their 30th anniversary gig of Tattooed Beat Messiah at New Cross in SE London a few years ago ( yeah, we all felt WELL old!) and they were still the dogs bollocks! As a biker I always thought they would go down an absolute storm at a bike rally but the main one they did was Storming The Castle all the way up in Newcastle (1994 IIRC) so I got a load of mates together and hired a minibus and took us all up there.
When this came out I used to play the album non-stop in my shitty Ford Sierra. The ladies hated it, but they used to sit in the back seats back then .... happy days.
The reason Zodiac was so brilliant was bc he was parodying a style of music (metal) that was itself a parody of the cliches of rock and roll...this video is a lot like the vid for Motley's Too Fast For Love...but Zodiac seems in on the joke...
Genius doesn't begin to describe Mr Manning. Tattooed Beat Messiah must be my most played album ever. Why they didn't break through in USA is an absolute crime.
If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. So out of control and so much fun. Man, those were the days when no one got offended and just took it in stride.
@mindwarp666 I saw the Hellfire Club live in Portsmouth, they also had Les Warner from the Cult on drums. Chatted to Trash for quite a while before the gig - good bloke!
The band is the brainchild of Mark Manning, a former graphic artist. He joined another music publication called Metal Fury as a graphic designer, but assumed the alter ego 'Zodiac Mindwarp' at night. Zodiac Mindwarp was the namesake of a series of underground comics written and illustrated by Spain Rodriguez.
You wanna ride, baby This is a special car Two accelerators, no brakes You wanna know about love? Lemme teach, yeah Come to church, I'm the preacher Jump in the motor Let the kisses cascade I'm the love commando, this is a raid If love is an art, baby I'm surreal With you by my side Can't keep my hands on the wheel Unbuckle that strap jump in the back Let's steam up the windows of my Cadillac Gimme back seat education Working up a sweat on the leatherette I said back seat education Little girl, you're the teacher's pet I'm the genius of love I got an honors degree Baby, you're in luck I'm gonna teach you for free I'll show you things You don't learn at school I'll show you, baby How to break the rules Blow torch, baby, give me hot job precision Apocalypse lips nuclear kissing Oh baby, it ain't solitaire Horizontal hold, get your legs in the air Gimme back seat education Working up a sweat on the leatherette Back seat education Baby, baby, baby, you're the teacher's pet Yeah, crawling from the wreckage, baby Back seat education I said back seat education I said back seat education I said back seat education Back seat education Working up a sweat on the leatherette Back seat education Little girl, you're the teacher's pet - ZODIAC MINDWARP, "Backseat Education"
His appearence was a p1ss-take of all the metal groups at the time. I'm not sure many knew this... my mom was 'grossed-out' by him, but she sure like the song! Especially the 'leatherette' lyric...
I can FEEL it. In places where only daddy gets to touch me...ok, was that too much? Are we that grown? Ok ok....go ahead, throw your empty beer cans and crap at me Animal House style.
Well done Trash D Garbage! Went on to be in The Hellfire Club where my little outfit supported them at the Marquee. Anyone who ever saw Madlove may remember the gig. We all loved Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, Cobalt Stargazer even wrote the song "Gillette, the best a man can get" apparently. Don't sue me if I got that wrong! Distinctly Minty.
WOW!!! Back then we thought that was rockin...this is POP music and no different that POISON....but POISON has songs that will be played forever ...well...at least until the dems let russia and china take over,
This is *NOTHING* like Poison. Zodiac was pure parody - taking the piss at all the hair metal bands like Poison. It was all a prank. Bands like Poison were also a joke, but the difference is they weren’t in on the joke.
Yes, unfortunately, at no point can i see the girl consenting. I used to work for them in the 80s and remember not noticing anything wrong, even when it was pointed out. Now the vid doesnt look right. Musics ok though.
A video that glorifies rape. He 'wins' a man's daughter in a card game. She's taken in a car and is seen pushing the singer away a couple times and she clearly shows she doesn't want any part of this. Yes, yes I know its 'just a video' but why glorify such things?
Oh, look who showed up... relax Adolph there's no Germany here. Why don't you go grab a soy latte and a vegan burger and leave the 80s hair metal alone?
I'm so glad people are offended by this video
Mainly by how bad they were.
@@JohnMckinstryArtIt was intentionally bad.
This band was genius. Absolute freaking magic.
If Love Is An Art Baby I'm Surreal!
Aside from how good the music is, the video is so beautifully tongue-in-cheek. I still have it on my Power Hour VHS tapes, which I one day hope to get around to uploading.
My friends and I had a deal that when we went to the record store one of us would buy whatever is playing. It was my turn to buy and this is what they had playing well actually tattooed beat Messiah was playing so I bought it and introduced us all to zodiac mindwarp. I've owned every album since and I've also gotten my son hooked on it with prime mover and now he's a fan. Can't stop rock and roll \m/
@JethrineBodine It was meant to be a self-parody of the excesses of metal and rock. They were/are very self-aware. As a feminist even in the 80s I actually appreciated them a lot because they flagged up so much that in those days went completely unnoticed in rock.
So, it's the parody defense?
I saw these guys originally at the old Woolwich Coronet and then plenty of times after that, including their 30th anniversary gig of Tattooed Beat Messiah at New Cross in SE London a few years ago ( yeah, we all felt WELL old!) and they were still the dogs bollocks!
As a biker I always thought they would go down an absolute storm at a bike rally but the main one they did was Storming The Castle all the way up in Newcastle (1994 IIRC) so I got a load of mates together and hired a minibus and took us all up there.
When this came out I used to play the album non-stop in my shitty Ford Sierra.
The ladies hated it, but they used to sit in the back seats back then .... happy days.
Horizontal Hold, get your legs in the air!
Best Sleaze Band EVER🤣🤘
Mark Manning the debauched king of Rock N Roll. No yank could pull this shit off with such panache. Bring on Zap Dog.
The reason Zodiac was so brilliant was bc he was parodying a style of music (metal) that was itself a parody of the cliches of rock and roll...this video is a lot like the vid for Motley's Too Fast For Love...but Zodiac seems in on the joke...
Muttley Crud couldn`t even spell parody,much less do it.
Haha the women is my mum!! Said the bad were really sweet
Pure 80's spirit !
Timeless.. 🐏
Genius doesn't begin to describe Mr Manning. Tattooed Beat Messiah must be my most played album ever. Why they didn't break through in USA is an absolute crime.
Genius full stop.
Guitar 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 🎸 is amazing with this group
I seriously love the Zodiac Timewarp
holy hell this takes me back... never thought I would call this a classic BUT hey this is a classic lol
If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying. So out of control and so much fun. Man, those were the days when no one got offended and just took it in stride.
be a great track for one of Van Damms lesser flicks -i think he probably directed the clip
“Quite frankly…I was appalled “😂😂😂 their bassist Trash D Garbage is the bands biggest critic!
Depravity, ninjas, loud, fast, sloppy playing. Hell, what's not to love?!
+ken jarecki
-The hoodlums and Zodiac Timewarp screaming tuneless, depraved lyrics!
trollslandan "Hoodlums"? Dragonfly, is that you, mom?
Yes, it is me. I´ve been waiting for you my darling son. You´ve been away too long. *in tears
trollslandan Tjoho, mama. Your prodigal son has returned.
i love it!
This band should have taken over the world!
@mindwarp666 I saw the Hellfire Club live in Portsmouth, they also had Les Warner from the Cult on drums. Chatted to Trash for quite a while before the gig - good bloke!
I'm french and I saw them in '87 at Reading festival. They were incredibly powerfull. It's a great souvenir
Oh, the days you could win an Oriental wench at cards...
Fantastic! I've got the vhs tape (Sleaze Grinder) that this comes from, love it!
the goood old fucking days !!!!
saw him live in Oxford this week = he still has it :)
It´s just Rock´n´Roll,,,,and it really rocks
I never say stuff about what I DO like-this is off the hooks people-I love it-serious endorsement(however you spell that)
I came for this riff !!! 4:16
Didn’t Zodiac once work at famed British sci-fi apocalypse comic 2000AD? The same comic that gave us Judge Dredd?
I don't think so.
The band is the brainchild of Mark Manning, a former graphic artist.
He joined another music publication called Metal Fury as a graphic designer, but assumed the alter ego 'Zodiac Mindwarp' at night. Zodiac Mindwarp was the namesake of a series of underground comics written and illustrated by Spain Rodriguez.
So cheesy, I had to give it thumbs up. Lmao- never heard of these guys. Awesome.
Humoristic deliberate cheesyness - but rocking for real was the whole product they were doing. That was the point and all the more fun.
You wanna ride, baby
This is a special car
Two accelerators, no brakes
You wanna know about love?
Lemme teach, yeah
Come to church, I'm the preacher
Jump in the motor
Let the kisses cascade
I'm the love commando, this is a raid
If love is an art, baby I'm surreal
With you by my side
Can't keep my hands on the wheel
Unbuckle that strap jump in the back
Let's steam up the windows of my Cadillac
Gimme back seat education
Working up a sweat on the leatherette
I said back seat education
Little girl, you're the teacher's pet
I'm the genius of love
I got an honors degree
Baby, you're in luck
I'm gonna teach you for free
I'll show you things
You don't learn at school
I'll show you, baby
How to break the rules
Blow torch, baby, give me hot job precision
Apocalypse lips nuclear kissing
Oh baby, it ain't solitaire
Horizontal hold, get your legs in the air
Gimme back seat education
Working up a sweat on the leatherette
Back seat education
Baby, baby, baby, you're the teacher's pet
Yeah, crawling from the wreckage, baby
Back seat education
I said back seat education
I said back seat education
I said back seat education
Back seat education
Working up a sweat on the leatherette
Back seat education
Little girl, you're the teacher's pet
- ZODIAC MINDWARP, "Backseat Education"
2:12 Action 2:45 less talk and drive dude 3:02 okaydokay 4:19 the drummer came well prepared indeed 4:59 damned dandruff .-)
ZM looks like good ol' LEMMY!!
His appearence was a p1ss-take of all the metal groups at the time. I'm not sure many knew this... my mom was 'grossed-out' by him, but she sure like the song! Especially the 'leatherette' lyric...
Rob Zombie and Al Jourgeson stole his style....
バカバカしい！！最高！！
What is Backseat Education then?
Just bloody brilliant :)
Where the hell are these fucken genius bands today?
still use these lines
Don't even go there, tie up your daughter's and just watch the video.
Ha ha.
Can YOU smell the music?
I can FEEL it. In places where only daddy gets to touch me...ok, was that too much? Are we that grown? Ok ok....go ahead, throw your empty beer cans and crap at me Animal House style.
Looks like a Ford Galaxie to me
Timeless genius
Cuz it's HILARIOUS!
Skip to 2:14 if you don't want to sit through the intro
does anyone know what car they're in?
WRX, definitely....
@1herp1 what a great comment!
They don't call it sleaze metal for nothin', dude.
Neil spiller brought me here!
I got the 666th like!!!!!!
1 Dislike ? ...1 Idiot needs Education of good music !!!
Well done Trash D Garbage! Went on to be in The Hellfire Club where my little outfit supported them at the Marquee. Anyone who ever saw Madlove may remember the gig. We all loved Zodiac Mindwarp & The Love Reaction, Cobalt Stargazer even wrote the song "Gillette, the best a man can get" apparently. Don't sue me if I got that wrong! Distinctly Minty.
@nmacog got that right
ls this a recording of my first day learning how to play electric guitar?
And some how I had stopped here !!!!!
directed by Vyvyan thats no shit neither
LISTEN HERE WOLFCHILD .... heheheh :)
i like eggs...
WOW!!! Back then we thought that was rockin...this is POP music and no different that POISON....but POISON has songs that will be played forever ...well...at least until the dems let russia and china take over,
This is *NOTHING* like Poison. Zodiac was pure parody - taking the piss at all the hair metal bands like Poison. It was all a prank. Bands like Poison were also a joke, but the difference is they weren’t in on the joke.
Yes, unfortunately, at no point can i see the girl consenting. I used to work for them in the 80s and remember not noticing anything wrong, even when it was pointed out. Now the vid doesnt look right. Musics ok though.
First half of the video is bad acting....second half, is also bag acting...lol.
Man, Rob Zombie swiped their whole image but with better music.
That’s debatable.
holy shit, this is almost as bad as music now-a-days
A video that glorifies rape. He 'wins' a man's daughter in a card game. She's taken in a car and is seen pushing the singer away a couple times and she clearly shows she doesn't want any part of this. Yes, yes I know its 'just a video' but why glorify such things?
Oh, look who showed up... relax Adolph there's no Germany here. Why don't you go grab a soy latte and a vegan burger and leave the 80s hair metal alone?
She loved it.
Misogynist ka-ka.
These guys rock!
Oh yeah. Forgot to mention 2 ACCELERATORS, NO BRAKES!