Following up to this week’s sad news that sexploitation auteur Russ Meyers has passed away (Link), BoingBoing reader Richard Crepeau says, “Thought I’d spread the word about a Hoodoo Gurus side project called the Persian Rugs. One of their videos uses Russ Meyer clips from Mondo Topless. A nice hybrid between garage rock and camp.”
On their website, the band says:
“Music and sex go very well together. For proof, just take a look at the video for the Persian Rugs’ new single ‘Be A Woman’. The band and director Todd Sheldrick have created the perfect setting for the band’s 60’s Punk-inspired Primal Rock: strippers and cavemen collide in a 21st Century psychedelic garden of eden. (…) The Rugs got in touch with famed 60’s director Russ Meyer, the maker of such films as ‘Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!’and Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls’ (the latter a direct influence on the Austin Powers movies) and asked for permission to incorporate footage from one of his cult classics, ‘Mondo Topless’, into their new filmclip. Russ asked to hear the song first, [and] loved it (…)
Link to “Be a Woman” *.asx video in low and hi-res, contains megadoses of kitsch nudity (and shots of vintage ’60s electronic equipment). How did those ladies make their humongous breasts do that stuff on rhythm? Weighed down by all that eyeliner, no less?
Update: Reader Rob says, “If you have a fink installation on your mac, you can install asfrecorder from fink unstable packages and record the Russ Meyer/Hoodoo Gurus–Persian Rugs thing.”