Biggest Flops that Resulted from too Much Cocaine

[Taverner]

KISS' "The Elder" comes to mind, but I know there were so many more...

Zardoz also fits into that category, as well as the movie "Neighbors" with Belushi

Any other examples?

[AwakeAtLast]

1. Anything involving Andy Dick?

:shrug:

[flvegan]

2. Josh Hamilton's stint with the (then Devil) Rays.

[Forkboy]

3. Every dude's dick that does it.

Those are types of drugs I avoid. :D

[Dr Fate]

4. George Bush. All of the bad Beach Boys songs after 1977.

Most "classic" rock or any other popular music (except Punk) from the late 70's.

"Groove Tube" and "Kentucky Fried Movie"

Most of what Hunter S. Thompson wrote in the 80's.

Almost any prime-time drama TV show from 1975-1983.

LOL! Funny topic.

[jobycom]

5. Steve Howe's life.

[no name no slogan]

14. To clarify: the baseball player, or the guitar player?

[jobycom]

17. There was a guitar player? I meant baseball.

[jobycom]

18. Never mind. I Wiki'd, now I remember him. nt

[no name no slogan]

37. Yup. He's the guitar player for Yes

nt

[backtoblue]

6. Um, Whitney Houston and any award show she was ever on...

[nomorenomore08]

20. "Crack is wack!"

Yeah, you would know, wouldn't you Whitney? :rofl:

[CBGLuthier]

7. Zardoz? I don't think so

For one thing it kind of predates the really big days of cocaine.

If you have any proof of this, other than some internet bullshit ramblings that it is the only way it could have happened I would like to know.

Neighbors on the other hand. Cocaine for sure.

[Dr Fate]

9. Not to argue- but I had also read about cocaine use while making Zardoz.

But I admit, it was probably 2nd hand info- perhaps it was even in a netflix review where I read that...

[CBGLuthier]

40. I keep finding things like

They had to have shot the entire effects budget on cocaine.

Yes, the movie is a bit cheap looking but honestly they didn't have any money.

Hell, according to Boorman, on the DVD commentary, Connery pocketed the per diem they paid for a driver and drove himself to the set. But he is a Scot after all.:-)

[Dr Fate]

45. Then again, I think Boorman tripped acid during "Point Blank"- so what do I know?

;)

[hedgehog]

57. Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[leeroysphitz]

59. It really doesn't matter if boorman was snorting coke or powdered Anacin.

Zaedoz was a terrible, terrible movie.

[LynneSin]

8. Some guy I dated back in 1989

It was doomed after 6 months.

[TZ]

10. Darrell Strawberry, Dwight Gooden.

Not EXACTLY flops but the drugs really hurt their careers.

[nomorenomore08]

22. Gooden, in particular, could've been a Hall of Famer if not for the drugs.

Sad, really...

[bluesbassman]

11. Eddie Money in the mid 80s.

[Dr Fate]

12. Or his entire career, for that matter. n/t

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[Initech]

13. Black Sabbath's last two Ozzy era albums "Technical Ecstasy" and "Never Say Die"

[no name no slogan]

15. "The Long Run" by the Eagles

"Hotel California" by the Eagles was a success.

[Dr Fate]

16. Or their entire career, for that matter. n/t

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[Taverner]

19. You may not like the Eagles - I'm not a big fan myself - but their last two albums were not flops

As I remember they made a substantial amount of $$$ off those albums and subsequent tours. It doesn't matter that all that $$ went right up their noses...

[Dr Fate]

28. Sure- but I couldn't resist. And they are flops as to influence.

They may have sold lotsa records in their day, but so did Don Ho and Andy Williams.

There are bands who didnt have a fraction of their sales or radio-play that are still relevant.

LOL! I'm not trying to argue- but as The Dude once said: "...not the Eagles!"

[Taverner]

31. Ah but again I must argue - there would be no Garth Brooks, no Brooks and Dunn, no Toby Keith...

Without the Eagles.

Just think how good life could have been?

[Dr Fate]

36. LOL! I meant GOOD acts influenced by the Eagles!

;)

[mitchum]

21. "Mommie Dearest" and "Cop Rock"

[nomorenomore08]

23. Stevie Nicks's solo career?

:hide:

[KansDem]

24. Mackenzie Phillips

[siligut]

25. Freud believed that cocaine was a panacea for many disorders.

Addictions started to arise, Freud's reputation was tarnished, but he still continued to use cocaine.

[datasuspect]

26. the opposite is true with david bowie's 1975 release, "Young Americans"

john lennon provided guitar and vocals on a few songs.

a young luther vandross (back up vocals) and david sanborn (sax) made appearances.

a not so famous bruce springsteen slept on couch in the lobby until someone brought him in to the studio.

bowie made this album almost entirely within an 8-10 day cocaine binge.

the same is true with the 1976 epic "STATIONTOSTATION," an oddly coherent and sublime meditation on the drug and its effects.

[Dr Fate]

29. I would agree with you more if you had listed almost any other Bowie record.

Young Americans has a few good tracks- but I find YA a weak effort and I find his other 70's records to be a bit more solid.

Even still, I own it on original vinyl, so I do like it.

[Taverner]

32. Yes yes and yes

He is the exception to the rule - Young Americans and Stationtostation are two of my faves

Its not the side efffects of the co-caine!

[mitchum]

61. I agree about Young Americans...

I always call it "Bowie's Miles Davis Electric In The 70s Record"
It was made under similar conditions to much of Davis' work at the time: massive amounts of cocaine ingested, deep funk grooves were laid down, and then the tracks were painstakingly assembled in post-production.
It is a wonderful and woefully underrated record.

Also a great cover shot; Bowie looks like Princess Diana (if she were actually as pretty as her fans claim)

[datasuspect]

27. the sgt. pepper's movie starring the bee gees

[Dr Fate]

30. I believe angel dust was the problem for that one.

;)

[no name no slogan]

38. I thought they were all huffing paint fumes for Sgt Pepper's

Except Aerosmith. They were smoking dried banana peels.

[Taverner]

33. Hmmm Robert Stigwood, Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees walk into a bar

.... :P

[cherish44]

34. The Bush Presidency

nt

[cherish44]

35. dupe

nt

[Throd]

39. Anyone see a movie called "Sextet" starring Tony Curtis?

[nomorenomore08]

41. Haven't seen it, but isn't that the one where an 80-year-old Mae West tries to be "sexy"?

:scared:

[Throd]

46. Yes, it is truly disturbing

Hearing an 80 year woman make raw sexual double entendres is but one factor that makes this movie such a train wreck. It also features Dom DeLouise, Tony Curtis and Keith Moon coked up to the gills. The whole thing wraps up with Alice Cooper doing his best Barry Manilow impersonation. Just a bizarre film.

[Dr Fate]

48. It was called "Sextette"

http://www.answers.com/topic/sextette

[Throd]

52. Have you watched it? It's badness is truly impressive.

[Dr Fate]

53. No, but believe me, I will now.

I googled it after reading the comments!!

[mwdem]

42. I'm thinking "Heaven's Gate"

It seems like quite a few movies from the late '70's - early '80's have that earmark of "this is the greatest idea, ever!".

[Telly Savalas]

43. The TV show "Solid Gold"

Great thread, by the way.

[RagAss]

44. The Bush Administration.

[NJmaverick]

47. How could the DeLorean not have been listed yet?

[BulletproofLandshark]

49. Len Bias' NBA career.

:hide:

[Taverner]

51. Well yeah, one toot of Coke was "too much coke"

[TZ]

55. Oh god. How could I forget that.

That was soooo awful...:(

[taterguy]

50. David Thompson. Could have / should have been the greatest basketball player ever

Barely lost a game in college.

Ruined Bill Walton's life by taking down UCLA in 1974.

For a while was the highest paid professional athlete.

Career ended when a bouncer pushed him down the stairs at Studio 54.

[Mike 03]

54. Absolutely, "Neighbors." That is the first film that came to mind. Catastrophe.

Here are some others, although I'm sure I'm missing some great ones.

1. The unfilmable script "Noble Rot" written in four (?) days by Belushi and father Guido Sarducci, so horrible that it almost made Michael Eisner jump out of a plane.
2. "Caddyshack" from beginning to end.
3. John Landis' segment of the "Twilight Zone" movie, which resulted in three deaths by decapitation.
4. Jack Nicholson's boondoggle, "Goin' South"
5. "Days of Thunder."

On Edit:

Probably that Chevy Chase, Dan Akroyd piece of shit "Spies like Us."

And, it wasn't a flop IMO, but critics panned it. To me, it's a classic: "The Blues Brothers."

For what it's worth, I attended a test screening of "Neighbors." It was incredible. They literally gave everyone a poster and a copy of the novel so that we'd fill out our opinion forms favorably, but the screening was a disaster.

[hedgehog]

56. Wesley Crusher and the first season of Star Trek the Next Generation

[underpants]

58. Bowie on Cavett 1974

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53jzv3ztOLY

[mitchum]

62. Wow, that's some cold Dave has there

[datasuspect]

66. ratchet jaw

[skygazer]

60. My second marriage n/t

[Tuesday Afternoon]

63. mine too. n/t

[Wapsie B]

64. John Holmes.

[Pierre.Suave]

65. Pitbulls at the "packie"

:P