I've been trying to get hold of this song for like five years. It's the theme from John Waters' 1974 film Female Trouble, his follow-up to Pink Flamingos. This theme is really great. It's sung by Divine, who stars in the film as Dawn Davenport, a girl who's got lots of problems. There's no Female Trouble soundtrack, and this number is seemingly nowhere to be found on the "internet." I even thought about writing to John Waters and asking him where I could find this song. Unfortunately, laziness prevented me from pulling the trigger on that one. I finally had to use some technological wizardry to take the song right out of the DVD. And now, it's here for your (but mostly my) enjoyment:
The sound is pretty quiet, so you're going to have to pump this jam:
Female Trouble Theme.mp3
The music to this song is a little reminiscent of the soundtracks to those old Dr. Seuss cartoons. Speaking of which, there needs to be a compilation of those cartoons on DVD, preferably in the immediate future. The John Waters-written lyrics to this song are great, too.
Someday, I'd like to remake Valley Of The Dolls starring Lindsay Lohan, Christina Ricci, and Chloe Sevigny. In that movie, Lohan will sing this song in a nightclub.
your friend, Beck DeRobertis
3 comments:
i've been looking for this song for 27 years!
Pretty awesome song.
ali brunn should cover this song
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