Talk:Time Warp (song)/Archive 1

Archive 1

Groovie Ghoulies

Their version of this song is perhaps the worst song I've ever heard. I greatly enjoy The Rocky Horror Punk Rock Show- with a few exceptions, it's an awesome album. Unfortunately, my favorite song from RHPS is the one of those exceptions. It's so bad that I can't even think of another contender for "worst song on the album," although the insanely long song with the five-minute-long refrain (I believe it was Big D and the Kids' Table?) might come closest. -- Kicking222 04:56, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

Damian

Check out the version by U.K. 80's one hit wonder Damian. It's actually pretty good. Hard to find though.

• "The" version?  :-) He actually recorded about a dozen different versions of the Time Warp, believe it or not. Most in the 80s, but also a few more in the 90s. --70.112.166.128 07:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

Position in the play / film

The article mentions that Timewarp is the 4th song in the film but the 5th in the stage version, stating '("Sweet Transvestite" precedes "Time Warp" in the stage version)'.

I've seen the stage version multiple times in the UK and the Timewarp most definately comes before Sweet transvestite, as it does on the film version too.

Is there any proof that the Timewarp comes after Sweet Transvestite? I think the article is wrong, but perhaps there are differences between the stage shows in different countries? 194.202.59.51 08:56, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

It depends which version of the play you have. I think for the 2000 revival they put the songs in the same order as the movie. In the original script, though, the time warp is quite clearly after Sweet T (I just double-checked). ^L_Wizard @ 09:31, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

The original Rocky Horror Show script had Sweet Transvestite before The Time Warp. It's given that way in the 1983 edition of the script from Samuel French. The 1999 edition of the Samuel French script however has The Time Warp first and then Sweet Transvestite, as in the movie. Essentially all stage productions from that point onward have used the film order (including the new Broadway cast mentioned above). Riff Raff 09:25, 29 December 2006 (UTC)

University of Wisconsin

There is a brief video clip of this (though its from the opposite end of the rink, so its difficult to see, and the sound is out of synch) on youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=rKLb-hfVqUA

Also, the band has started playing the Time Warp at football games on occasion. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.92.242.103 (talk) 16:49, 25 October 2007 (UTC)

What?

""The Time Warp" is a song and dance featured in the rock musical The Rocky Horror Show and is a film adaption of the cult film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, performed during the chorus of the song of the same name." This sentence is awkward to the point of being unintelligible. I'd change it but I'm not sure even what it meant to say. Is it trying to say that the movie came from a stage musical? PurpleChez (talk) 17:56, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

Alvin and the Chipmunks

I'm removing the "Alvin and the Chipmunks song" category listing. What's the purpose of that if it's not in the categories of the other covers' artsts?

Alvin and the Chipmunks recorded a cover of a song that prominently features "the pelvic thrust"? I somehow doubt that. -Branddobbe 07:39, Jan 12, 2005 (UTC)

• It was a coed cover by the Chipmunks and the Chipettes. Look at The Musical World of Rocky Horror or amazon.com. --Brokenfixer 20:52, 10 November 2005 (UTC)
  • I downloaded that song. It was clearly just the recording from the soundtrack with the voices modified to sound like Chipmunks. I very much doubt it was an actual recording officially made by The Chipmunks. --Zeromaru^TC 05:12, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
    • The A-Files: Alien Songs. (Sugar Bear 21:41, 4 July 2006 (UTC))
    • The movie soundtrack recording doesn't start off with the Twilight Zone theme, for one thing. But yes, it's very much a real cover version by the Chipmunks. "Pelvic thrust" and all. Theodore doing the Columbia solo is actually kinda cute, even. --70.112.166.128 07:25, 4 August 2006 (UTC)

choreography

I added a GIF animation in the for show how to dance the "Time Warp".--Luca alberton (talk) 17:55, 5 December 2014 (UTC)

CE review

I removed the the from "The Time Warp" as it doesn't seem to be part of the official title (i.e.: not included in the soundtrack track listing). As the GA reviewer noted, I think this needs a lot more citation work. I feel it could use some expansion as well for broadness, there must be some reviews out there, and lots of influences and legacy stuff. For example, the documentary series which takes its name from the song (Time Warp: The Greatest Cult Films of All-Time), and how it appears in pop culture from Guitar Hero to Glee.‹The template Fake citation needed is being considered for merging.›  When the content is good, work on the layout a bit. Good luck with it. – Reidgreg (talk) 14:30, 17 August 2020 (UTC)