In my opinion, Starship's "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now" is a great theme to a terrible movie. It proved that a pretty good thing can truly emerge from the mire of something foul and awful. That and Hollywood Montrose, which allegedly "just sings" (a neat attribute for a cognomen). The world doesn't have enough and needs more Hollywood Montrose. The song sung by Grace Slick and Mickey Thomas probably would have won the Oscar for best song if not for the song which ultimately won: "(I've Had) The Time of My Life" from the movie "Dirty Dancing" (1987) starring the guy from "Roadhouse" (1988). Nothing was gonna stop "(I've Had) The Time of My Life". I guess because it was "the one thing" and we "never felt this way before". Also, I think I would haves liked Mannequin" (1987) if was the Hollywood Montrose starring Hollywood Montrose. That hypothetical spinoff, counter factual, would have been delightful. Perhaps, I would have liked "Dirty Dancing" better if it featured Hollywood Montrose working at that Catskills resort as a choreographer or something. Not that I've ever seen either "Mannequin (1987)" or its "sequel" "Mannequin Two: On the Move (1991)", or "Dirty Dancing (1987)" or anything. However, "Nothing's Gonna Stop Us", which I have seen Mickey Thomas perform live sans Grace Slick, is a terrific song that stands the test of time despite being quintessentially 80's. If you don't believe me, just ask Alice when she's ten feet tall.
R.I.P. Meshach Taylor (1947-2014)
© 2016 by Gary Hainsworth
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