Shock therapy

Shock therapy or shock treatment may refer to:

Psychiatry

  • A Shock therapy (psychiatry) such as:
  • Electroconvulsive therapy, a psychiatric treatment
  • Insulin shock therapy, a psychiatric treatment in which patients were repeatedly injected with large doses of insulin in order to produce comas
  • Convulsive therapy, using pentylenetetrazol or other agents to induce seizures
  • Deep Sleep Therapy
  • Linguistic Shock Therapy, developed by Milton H. Erickson to bypass the critical factor of the conscious mind
  • Entertainment

  • Shock Treatment (1964 film), a 1964 film, starring Stuart Whitman, Carol Lynley, Roddy McDowell and Lauren Bacall
  • Shock Treatment (1969 film), a West German film
  • Shock Treatment (Don Ellis album), 1968
  • Shock Treatment

    Shock Treatment is a 1981 American musical-black comedy film and a follow-up to the film The Rocky Horror Picture Show. While not an outright sequel, the film does feature several characters from the film portrayed by different actors and several Rocky Horror actors portraying new characters. It was written by Richard O'Brien and Jim Sharman. The film was also directed by Jim Sharman, and produced by Lou Adler.

    Plot

    Continuing from The Rocky Horror Picture Show are the characters of Brad and Janet Majors (now portrayed by Cliff De Young and Jessica Harper, respectively), now married. The film takes place in the town of Denton, USA, which has been taken over by fast food magnate Farley Flavors (also De Young). The town of Denton is entirely encased within a television studio for network DTV (Denton Television). Residents are either stars and regulars on a show, cast and crew, or audience members. Brad and Janet, while seated in the audience are chosen to participate in the game show Marriage Maze by the supposedly blind and kooky host Bert Schnick (Barry Humphries). As a "prize", Brad is imprisoned on Dentonvale, a soap opera that centers upon the local mental hospital run by brother and sister Cosmo and Nation McKinley (Richard O'Brien and Patricia Quinn).

    Shock Treatment (Don Ellis album)

    Shock Treatment is an album by trumpeter Don Ellis recorded in 1968 and released on the Columbia label.

    Reception

    Rolling Stone writer John Grissim wrote on the album's release that "Shock Treatment isn't really. But it does offer ten tightly arranged compositions notable for brassy melodic lines superimposed on a rhythmically complex percussion base. The album's desirability as an addition to a record collection is largely dependent upon whether you have a taste for a big band sound". The Allmusic site awarded the album 3 stars stating "Don Ellis was such a talented trumpeter, composer, and organizer that everything he recorded as a leader has at least some unusual moments worth exploring. His big bands were characterized by big brassy arrangements, odd meters that somehow always swung, lots of trumpet solos by Ellis, and an often visceral excitement. Although not equal to his best records such as Electric Bath, this late recording of Ellis' band is filled with all these traits, and thus exudes lots of excitement and electricity".The Penguin Guide to Jazz said "There are signs that Ellis was moving in a more commercial direction at this point, perhaps aware that jazz was still losing ground to pop and rock, though he must have known that as long as popular music was dance-driven it was unlikely that his work would have a major market presence".

    Podcasts:

    PLAYLIST TIME:

    Farley's Song (looking At An Ace)

    by: Shock Treatment

    (Farley, spoken)
    A big Denton welcome to my new delegation
    This is Farley, and I'm here with the score
    We're going to package and sell
    Some mental health to the nation
    With my dream of the girl next door
    (sung)
    Oh, why aren't they doing
    Tomorrow's new dance steps
    The way they used to yesterday
    And who draws a perfect circle anymore
    And if you're waiting for greatness
    To shake hands with you
    You'd better daydream your life away
    I've only wanted one thing and that's for sure
    (Cosmo, Nation, Ricky, & Nurse Ansalong)
    You're not just looking at a fast-food king
    Just another well-known face
    You're not looking at a king of anything
    (Farley)
    I'm gonna shoot for the moon
    I'm gonna play high noon
    I'm gonna take on the entire human race
    (Cosmo, Nation, Ricky, & Nurse Ansalong)
    You're not looking at a king
    (Farley)
    You're looking at an ace!
    I've got the sight, and I've seen the light
    And I'm gonna see the coming day
    When the sun in the sky is a spotlight just for me
    I'm gonna take my time and rock some rhyme
    Oh, it's gonna take your breath away
    Yu'll be the front page rage of the age
    Just wait and see
    (Cosmo, Nation, Ricky, & Nurse Ansalong)
    You're not just looking at a fast-food king
    Just another well-known face
    You're not looking at a king of anything
    (Farley)
    We're gonna shoot for the moon
    We're gonna play high noon
    We're gonna take on the entire human race
    (Cosmo, Nation, Ricky, & Nurse Ansalong)
    You're not looking at a king
    (Farley)
    No no no no no
    You're looking at an ace!
    (Cosmo, Nation, Ricky, & Nurse Ansalong)
    You're looking at an ace
    (Farley)
    You're looking at a goddamn ace!
    (Cosmo, Nation, Ricky, & Nurse Ansalong)
    You're looking at an ace
    (Farley)
    You're looking at an ace!
    (Cosmo, Nation, Ricky, & Nurse Ansalong)
    You're looking at an ace
    (Farley)
    You're looking at an a-a-a-a-ace!
    (spoken)
    Time is tight, Janet
    Do it right, Janet




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