Whatever happened to El Vez

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:36 pm

Whaddaya mean. . .obscure!!?

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 7:42 pm

I'm just glad he's off the crack/meth. I guess that Richard Pryor freebasing episode cured him.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Mon Sep 26, 2005 9:26 pm

Sure he's off the meth and crack, but he still hits the helium pretty hard. I hope he gets that shit under control. If he keeps tanking like that, he's never going to be able to hit those low notes in "Ooh, That Smarts!"

By the way, does anybody have a live boot of his solo acoustic performance of "Quetzalcoatl of Many Colors?" at the Roxy in '87? It's just Vez on 12-string, accompanying himself with harmonica and knee-cymbals. Amazing stuff.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 3:11 am

I seem to recall that El Vez had an acting episode back in the late 80’s.
He played a cutler named Jives in an independent movie called „The Small Something”. It bombed at the box-office mostly due to the fact that they rated it X for the title alone, but also because the director was careless enough to invite Abel Ferrara onto the set, which eventually led to the film losing its clarity and linearity.
Anyway, EV acting was by many reviewers seen as a cross between Buster Keaton and Omar Shariff, but this highly favourable comparison did not land him any other film offers.
Has anyone seen the film btw ?

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 4:34 am

invisible Pole wrote:Has anyone seen the film btw ?

I never saw the film but I bought the soundtrack. El Vez's unique medley of Somewhere Over The Rainbow, Wordy Rappinghood and Stairway To Heaven still sends shivers down my spine.

I met him once, you know. He laughed at one of my jokes. It was a moment I will never forget. Nor will I forget the 4 inch Dempsey & Makepeace tattoo across his back.

It's a shame to read about his helium problems.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 12:51 pm

And his solo acoustic "Rappers' Delight" cover...

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:01 pm

I LOVE that, especially where he changes the line "hotel, motel Holiday Inn" to "Bed and breakfast, booked til July" to more accurately reflect the plight of the white suburban male.

His attempt to update "F*ck Tha Police" by N.W.A. was less successful, I thought. "C*ll My Brother the Attorney" just doesn't have the same ring.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 1:22 pm

El Vez also made a brief appearance on Sanford & Son as some guy Lamont met at the Y.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 8:41 pm

As I recall, that was a very special episode of Sanford & Son. If I'm not mistaken, Rosalind Carter made an appearance as well, as a twenty buck a trick hooker.

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:47 pm

Noise, I'm pretty sure you're mistaking Rosalind Carter for Rosalind Cash. Rosalind Carter would never sink to portraying a 20 buck a trick hooker. Anything less than 25 bucks would have been an insult!!

But, then again, for El Vez, she may have gone for twenty!

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Tue Sep 27, 2005 9:50 pm

Not to be vulgar but Vez always did have that "pussy hound" rep going for him.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:19 am

That doesn't bother me so much, but I guess I've steered clear of him because of his "Jews for Jesus" phase. It just creeped me out.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:32 am

That one photo of him arm-and-arm with Michael Medved did more damage than a thousand Self-Portraits ever could.

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 12:02 pm

Medved is not a Jew for Jesus. He's a Jew for Pat Robertson. There's a difference.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 4:26 pm

I just hope nobody takes Pat Robertson's call for El Vez's assassination seriously. His last five albums have sucked, but that's no reason to kill the man...

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 5:00 pm

You think Irregardless of Your Proactive Stance sucks?

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:12 pm

I lost all respect for El Vez when I saw him on The Surreal Life.

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:14 pm

Yeah, he made a real ass of himself on that, MBA.

migdd · Post by **migdd** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 8:52 pm

bobster wrote:

Medved is not a Jew for Jesus. He's a Jew for Pat Robertson. There's a difference.

Noiseradio wrote:

I just hope nobody takes Pat Robertson's call for El Vez's assassination seriously. His last five albums have sucked, but that's no reason to kill the man...

Once again, a simple thread dedicated to a great artist and the love of his music has deteriorated into a raging socio-political debate. Sheesh!

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:07 pm

In Re: The Surreal Life.

Do you think El Vez's relationship with Pia Zadora was real? I think it was a publicity stunt. According to rumors, El Vez actually plays for the other team...He was seen canoodling with Anderson Cooper backstage at the Emmys.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Wed Sep 28, 2005 11:20 pm

What the shit?! Anderson Cooper's gay? This world is a hollow lie!

bobster · Post by **bobster** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 2:22 am

That was just the way I felt when it first dawned on me that Tom Cruise might actually be straight.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 5:02 am

What a coincidence! There's a picture in The Sun today of El Vez, Yoko Ono and Tom Cruise holding a black and white picture of John Wayne. I didn't get to read the story. Anybody got any ideas?

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:10 am

I don't know, but that reminds me of the time when El Vez tore up a picture of Don Knotts on Saturday Night Live

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:04 am

He thought he had been promised doughnuts but misheard what had been said.