{"id":2072125,"date":"2025-10-06T11:43:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2072125"},"modified":"2025-10-06T11:43:58","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T11:43:58","slug":"hero-worship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/hero-worship\/","title":{"rendered":"HERO WORSHIP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>In the rock-meets-cinema hall of fame, nothing rocks harder (or funnier) than track four on the Waterboys\u2019 2020 album<em> Good Luck, Seeker<\/em>, \u201cDennis Hopper.\u201d<\/strong> And now Mike Scott, the group\u2019s leader and sole constant member since its inception 42 years ago, has devoted an entire album to his celluloid hero. Titled <em>Life, Death and Dennis Hopper<\/em> (Sun), it\u2019ll make fans of the late <em>Easy Rider<\/em> star and Hollywood bad boy feel like kids on Christmas morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIt was a whole lot of fun,\u201d says Scott. \u201cBeing directed by the chronology of Hopper\u2019s life relieved me of some responsibility in a very pleasant way. The running order assembled itself because it had to fit the chronology of his story. It\u2019s almost like the limitations are liberating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">More from Spin:<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The music certainly feels liberated. There\u2019s finger-popping swing (\u201cHollywood \u201955\u201d). There\u2019s lounge pop (\u201cAndy [A Guy like You]\u201d). There\u2019s born-to-be-wild biker rock (\u201cLive in the Moment, Baby\u201d). There are brightly spotlit cameos (Steve Earle, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/NWQWPvnWC1w?si=NswrWHBE95V9z6Y6\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Fiona Apple;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Fiona Apple<\/a>, Bruce Springsteen), an unhinged distillation of Hopper\u2019s maniacally depraved star turn in David Lynch\u2019s <em>Blue Velvet <\/em>(\u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Uh38MpsI3vE?si=D4Q7tZzoM8yjF5XF\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Frank [Let\u2019s Fuck];elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Frank [Let\u2019s Fuck]<\/a>\u201d), and an Ennio Morricone-worthy dirge (\u201cVenice, California (Victoria) \/ The Passing of Hopper\u201d). There\u2019s even a reverential paean to the stabilizing pastime that Hopper took up to help him stay off cocaine and booze once he\u2019d gone through rehab (\u201cGolf, They Say\u201d).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">So what are Scott\u2019s favorite Hopper performances? <em>Blue Velvet<\/em>, (naturally) as well as <em>The American Friend<\/em>, <em>Out of the Blue<\/em>, and <em>Apocalypse Now<\/em>. \u201cBut,\u201d he says, \u201cI\u2019ve a great fondness for <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/C1g5QjFFdqQ?si=aasV8vUbdW5Y84OL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Glory Stompers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">The Glory Stompers<\/a><\/em>. It\u2019s a biker B movie that he made shortly before <em>Easy Rider<\/em>. He plays a kind of cross between a Hell\u2019s Angel and a juvenile delinquent. I do like that one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">How\u2019s Scott\u2019s own golf game? \u201cTerrible! If you look at the video for \u201c<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/5Q-bO7XJ0Zc?si=ZmmR-AIH4HonY-ha\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Golf, They Say;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Golf, They Say<\/a>,\u201d you never actually see me hit a ball. I look semi-convincing when I\u2019m strutting around, carrying the bag on my back. But, no,\u201d he admits, laughing, \u201cmy game is bad.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">To see our running list of the top 100 greatest rock stars of all time, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spin.com\/2021\/07\/the-greatest-rock-stars-of-all-time\/?utm_source=yahoo&amp;utm_medium=bottomlink&amp;utm_campaign=yahoolink\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:click here;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the rock-meets-cinema hall of fame, nothing rocks harder (or funnier) than track four on the Waterboys\u2019 2020 album Good Luck, Seeker, \u201cDennis Hopper.\u201d And now Mike Scott, the group\u2019s leader and sole constant member since its inception 42 years ago, has devoted an entire album to his celluloid hero. 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