They just had to do it didn't they? They just HAD to desecrate a '78 Fleetwood. Of all the cars they could've chosen to destroy, it had to be a Caddy. I could say some pretty uncharitable things right now, but I won't.
Carpenter's music always seemed so simple..yet..so original..never to be duplicated. The man knew how to compose and direct. His Assault on Precinct 13 music was great too!
The Michael Bay of the 80s' the only difference though, Carpenter is legendary and has directorial skills while Bay is a Sellout phony who uses SFX's to wow the ignorant masses.
I wonder what happened to the Cadillac after the movie. . .
Hope it didn't go to the crusher. It should be in that car museum next to the Mad Max Intercepter and the DeLorean and such.
Lets face it, a pimped-out, jacked-up 77 Sedan DeVille with chandeliers and a HUGE disco ball on the mirror, owned by Issac Hayes- The Duke of New York: A NUMBER 1!!! deserves its spot in movie history. Its too cool not to.
yup, this music is in my head when my in laws are coming from out of town. once I see that big black truck with that nasty trailer it hauls going through the gate, the music starts.
This music was playing in my head last week when my annoying fucking aunt rolled up my stone driveway. The wheels grinded those stones in unison with this dangerous beat, and I knew I would have to endure half an hour of shit talk.
Cabby exclaims "HUH!!! IT'S THE DUKE!!!" Then Maggie walks into the bathroom and says "What are you two doing with my toliet?" So snake steps out from behind the shower curtain and says "I wanna see a duke."
A woman who holds in her own right the title to such duchy or dukedom, or is the wife of a duke, is normally styled duchess. However, Queen Elizabeth II is known as Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands and Duke of Lancaster in Lancashire.
In the Modern Age, with the exception of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, it mostly became a nominal rank without an actual principality. It remains the highest titular peerage in France, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy. The Pope, as a temporal sovereign, has also but rarely granted the title of Duke and Duchess to persons for services to the Holy See. The last American to be titled a papal duke was Nicholas Frederic Brady in the 1930s by Pope Pius XI.
In the Middle Ages the title signified first among the Germanic monarchies. Dukes were the rulers of the provinces and the superiors of the counts in the cities and later, in the feudal monarchies, the highest-ranking peers of the king.
A duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy. The title comes from the Latin Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Roman authors covering them to refer to their war leaders.
It is indeed a fantastic soundtrack! The car chase at the end of the movie should be posted too. Great music and a great car chase! A Checker versus a Caddy!
Man , The Duke was cool! I hate that Carpenter wouldn't let Hayes be in EFLA. Hayes SOO wanted to do it. Carpenter was like "You died man!" and Hayes replied, "I'm The Dukes brother!". It should've happened. It would've been better than that putz George Corraface.
I know it is so fucking stupid that Hayes was not in Escape From LA. The guy or main villain had doll heads on his car thats so fucking gay and stupid. The Duke was way better cause he was more of a tough guy and had that pimpin ride with the chandeliers on it.
You said it!! "Escape From New York" introduced me to Isaac Hayes and FROM that I got to appreciate him NOT JUST as an actor(Although he was the BEST part of "New York" other than Kurt Russell IMHO) but as a superior musical force as well! I THINK he got an Oscar for his music for "Shaft"(1971)and both his music AND that movie was the personification of COOL(I HIGHLY recommend checking them out for anyone who liked "New York"). Carpenter had a chance to repeat the magic of EFNY and he blew it.
my best freind (we both love this movie) and I were driving through the town one night with that track in the clip playing in the CD player as loud as it could. Tryin' to ride like the Duke. No lie. . . No bullshit. We actually did that.
Only difference was we didn't have a pimped out Caddilac like the Duke. . . we just had P.O.S Ford Taurus. . .:-/ Oh well.
if they ever make a sequel they should force carpenter to use the old analog instruments to make the soundtrack....besides bladerunner this is the best soundtrack ever
1 person forgot to pay her pimp.
cs292 11 months ago
loved this movie back in the day when people and America where real!
getalife67 11 months ago
HI chef ;o)
addernoir01 11 months ago
Such an awesome movie!
technologic21 11 months ago
YOU ARE THE DUKE OF NEW YORK. YOU"RE A NUMBER ONE !
JackBuck44 11 months ago
They just had to do it didn't they? They just HAD to desecrate a '78 Fleetwood. Of all the cars they could've chosen to destroy, it had to be a Caddy. I could say some pretty uncharitable things right now, but I won't.
cincstarfleet 11 months ago
Best Soundtrack Ever Made !
judu2b 11 months ago
i allways expected that crack head wihte dude with the ruster hair to scream, bangerang!
HeartPiece4u 11 months ago
More cowbell!!!
IndyBearFan88 11 months ago
I love the minimalist music scores in Carpenter's movies.
Leatherbubba 1 year ago
Issac Hayes FTW
bob46802 1 year ago
rollin deep
chrisconwaypeters 1 year ago
The Duke of Bling! LOL
mrsotter19 1 year ago
Villains ALWAYS have the coolest theme songs
link0zeldarulz89 1 year ago
That is like the pimpmobile of pimpmobiles
CinemaddictsUnanon 1 year ago
That's ride is the shiz
TheSuperduper2000 1 year ago
I like The Duke's little bitch that always follows him around, he's such a brown noser.
mrstrictlygm 1 year ago
The most pimp ride ever....
IndyBearFan88 1 year ago
The Duke of New York. I heard he was A#1.
krimsonpage 1 year ago
lol to the top comment cant stop laughing
lubathegreat 1 year ago 2
Needs more cowbell.
Derpinguin44 1 year ago 6
Nothing like a classic John Carpenter flick.
Leatherbubba 1 year ago 3
lets see the reviews
Game Pro gave it a 5/5
IGN gave it a 10/10
X-Play gave it a 5/5
Game Spot gave it a 10/10
Nice try but you phail, especially at trolling
IllegalAmigo222 1 year ago
I'm gonna build a car like this as a project.
how cool would it be to drive a car with chandaliers and a disco ball in it?
This white boy says very!
quakecon2009 1 year ago
@quakecon2009 seriously and i live about 15 minutes from Manhattan . so if i ever did build one that is where I'm would go cruising .
kpcpcpc 1 year ago
Cooler as ice!
billybandol 1 year ago
The Duke rode shotgun?!!
shadmock 1 year ago
if Kurt Russel was still young he would make a great role as Naked Snake from Metal Gear Solid 3 if they made a movie
IllegalAmigo222 1 year ago
@IllegalAmigo222 Fuck off cunt. MGS is a cheap piece of shit that totally ripped off John Carpenter's character and vision.
Escape franchise rocks. MGS is for faggots.
ReturnedGrazzt 1 year ago
@ReturnedGrazzt lol if it was that bad explain to me why MGS 4 received supierior reviews?
IllegalAmigo222 1 year ago
@IllegalAmigo222 Superior views compared to what? Learn to string a complete sentence together then talk to me again in five years.
Superior reviews from mags that also give 8/10 to anime? Yeah, like their opinion is anything valid, ROFL! Eat a dick, son.
ReturnedGrazzt 1 year ago
brilliant soundtrack!
Quex01 1 year ago
Damn the Duke kicks ass, wish he was in charge of NY instead of Bloomberg.
BreezesofConey 1 year ago
Everybody knows that!
RozzDarkly 1 year ago
@KyleGibbons91
Agreed, my friend =-). I gave too much credit to that Nazi Bay =).
Romansteel13 1 year ago
Don't cross the Duke!
claudiakapelmeister 1 year ago
Carpenter's music always seemed so simple..yet..so original..never to be duplicated. The man knew how to compose and direct. His Assault on Precinct 13 music was great too!
vpirates62 1 year ago
reminds me of my friends ride lol
EYEOFASERPENT 1 year ago
Lolm, only saw this film for the first time last night and I was like, metal gear solid!!!
Seriously, its an awesome film, I'm gonna watch it again.
Jamerio3D 1 year ago
Always loved the movie and soundtrack.
spjfrat 1 year ago
romero reminds me of billy idol
bclmax 1 year ago
The Michael Bay of the 80s' the only difference though, Carpenter is legendary and has directorial skills while Bay is a Sellout phony who uses SFX's to wow the ignorant masses.
Romansteel13 1 year ago
Isaac Hayes plays the duke, He's the chef in South Park and also the man who made the theme song to Shaft.
McLarenMercedes 1 year ago
vous ètes le duc !! vous étes le numéro 1 !!!
jacknapier37 1 year ago
The greatest car in film history - just, slightly ahead of the Delorean, A-Team Van and Mad Max's V8 Interceptor.
kneack 1 year ago
what the fuck is up wit the chandeliers ??!!!!
dnl5649 1 year ago
chandeliers=pimp Cowbell rules
landocalrision 1 year ago
slick pimpmobile + badass drumbeat/cowbell combo = WIN
Evolution7X 1 year ago
Very nice and atmospheric Action/Adeventure/SCI-FI/Thriller movie. Kurt Russel was superb hero. John Carpenter never disappoints me
I miss the 80's.
Magnolia296 1 year ago 2
That is the definition of pimpmobile
TheCinemaddict 1 year ago
My dream car....scene filmed in my hometown!!!
noisesandwich 1 year ago
what a car lol :D
61TheLaz61 1 year ago
@61TheLaz61
Word man, that's one of the baddest rides ever... Chandy's over the headlights and a disco ball hanging from the rear view mirror.
IndyBearFan88 1 year ago
Needs more cowbell
LockeroomLegend 1 year ago
That Cadillac is OG.
sockembopers12 1 year ago
is that disco music?
Fatzombie1980 1 year ago
I wonder what happened to the Cadillac after the movie. . .
Hope it didn't go to the crusher. It should be in that car museum next to the Mad Max Intercepter and the DeLorean and such.
Lets face it, a pimped-out, jacked-up 77 Sedan DeVille with chandeliers and a HUGE disco ball on the mirror, owned by Issac Hayes- The Duke of New York: A NUMBER 1!!! deserves its spot in movie history. Its too cool not to.
BlueFox284 1 year ago 2
I completely agree.
Dragonrider3458 1 year ago
yup, this music is in my head when my in laws are coming from out of town. once I see that big black truck with that nasty trailer it hauls going through the gate, the music starts.
joelopeztube 1 year ago 2
...call me Snake...punks.
ptthunder 1 year ago
This music was playing in my head last week when my annoying fucking aunt rolled up my stone driveway. The wheels grinded those stones in unison with this dangerous beat, and I knew I would have to endure half an hour of shit talk.
ReturnedGrazzt 1 year ago 4
Should've whacked her, man. I got guys on the outside. They know guys who know guys. Get what I'm sayin'?
davide453 1 year ago
Isaac Hayes is a bad ass
Fatzombie1980 1 year ago
good old the duke
COLONEL961 1 year ago
The Duke is the PIMP! xD He is the MAN hahaha
Love his car.
nightcrow90 2 years ago
that slime cabbie high tails it and makes it to the cab in 4.5 seconds
RandyBodek3 2 years ago 3
i love the lights on the hood of the car and the background music
MHoover24 2 years ago 5
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MHoover24 2 years ago
LOL nobody screws with the Duke
teegs1972 2 years ago 4
This scene is the epitome of a "pimp entrance."
Strontium9T 2 years ago 11
Cabby exclaims "HUH!!! IT'S THE DUKE!!!" Then Maggie walks into the bathroom and says "What are you two doing with my toliet?" So snake steps out from behind the shower curtain and says "I wanna see a duke."
PopcornCoolie 2 years ago
A woman who holds in her own right the title to such duchy or dukedom, or is the wife of a duke, is normally styled duchess. However, Queen Elizabeth II is known as Duke of Normandy in the Channel Islands and Duke of Lancaster in Lancashire.
Hosea22 2 years ago
In the Modern Age, with the exception of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, it mostly became a nominal rank without an actual principality. It remains the highest titular peerage in France, Portugal, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Italy. The Pope, as a temporal sovereign, has also but rarely granted the title of Duke and Duchess to persons for services to the Holy See. The last American to be titled a papal duke was Nicholas Frederic Brady in the 1930s by Pope Pius XI.
Hosea22 2 years ago
In the Middle Ages the title signified first among the Germanic monarchies. Dukes were the rulers of the provinces and the superiors of the counts in the cities and later, in the feudal monarchies, the highest-ranking peers of the king.
Hosea22 2 years ago
A duke is a member of the nobility, historically of highest rank below the monarch, and historically controlling a duchy. The title comes from the Latin Dux Bellorum, which had the sense of "military commander" and was employed by both the Germanic peoples themselves and by the Roman authors covering them to refer to their war leaders.
Hosea22 2 years ago
BOSS !
russtherussian 2 years ago 3
chandeliers on the hood of a car ha thats pimp. xzibit couldn't fuck with this
xhunter1220 2 years ago 5
It is indeed a fantastic soundtrack! The car chase at the end of the movie should be posted too. Great music and a great car chase! A Checker versus a Caddy!
Dragonrider3458 2 years ago
R.I.P. Mr. Isaac Hayes.
Xaltotun11 2 years ago 3
great soundtrack, awesome movie!
klovsjo 2 years ago
MORE COWBELL !!!!
Tebanios 2 years ago 3
It's all in the cowbell. Straight g'ing.
Wargoat6 2 years ago 4
I love John Carpenters movies!!!
Thanks !!!!
elviskingintheworld 2 years ago
Before Don Juan and Snoop Dog...There was the Duke, a real pimp
ManPigApe 2 years ago 5
I hear this music when the in -laws roll up in my drive way. ha ha
buffzombie 2 years ago 80
Hahaha that was the best comment ever. It's great music. Makes me think 'oh shit I'm gonna get rolled'. :D
mrgrazzt 2 years ago
fuckin hilarious!!!
metallideth821 2 years ago
@buffzombie i love driving to school and pulling into the lot in my roadmaster stationwagon with the windows down and this playing lol
werewolfnomore44 1 year ago
@buffzombie LOL good one
bclmax 1 year ago
@buffzombie
best comment on youtube.
quakecon2009 1 year ago
@quakecon2009 Second that!
ashland1977 1 year ago
@buffzombie rofl
3xAmigosProductions 1 year ago
classic movie. RIP Isaac....you were the duke
TankMurdock 2 years ago 3
Greatest. Scene. Ever.
johnnyphoenix74 2 years ago
I love that music.
dergeier117 2 years ago 3
Duke doesn't need more cowbell.
Mrster 2 years ago 2
Everything needs more cowbell
bulletproofmonkey566 2 years ago
The way The Duke rolled, it would not shock me if The Plaza Hotel was his castle.
The Duke was a pimp.
EvolutionStratus 2 years ago 5
Chandeliers and a disco ball? Badass!
MacraStraba 2 years ago 56
@MacraStraba don't forget the hydraulics as well
SBACRU 11 months ago
the theme music is great too
KingKwon83 2 years ago 12
Is that Snake Pliskin? I thought he was dead.
blogegog 2 years ago 14
Isn't that the new presidential limo?
HaveWeGotaVideo 3 years ago 3
LOL
Imagine if Obama came rolling in something like that...:D
MadScout 3 years ago 18
right on!
tonytarheel55 2 years ago
actual lol
KingKwon83 2 years ago
That is the most badass pimp car ever
miskatonic86 3 years ago 5
pimp my ride, fo realz
33hegemon 3 years ago 4
I don't know, I think the music needs more cow bell. just kidding!! thats my mother in laws theme when she arrives at my house.
joevidrio 3 years ago 5
Man , The Duke was cool! I hate that Carpenter wouldn't let Hayes be in EFLA. Hayes SOO wanted to do it. Carpenter was like "You died man!" and Hayes replied, "I'm The Dukes brother!". It should've happened. It would've been better than that putz George Corraface.
Pallindrom27 3 years ago
I know it is so fucking stupid that Hayes was not in Escape From LA. The guy or main villain had doll heads on his car thats so fucking gay and stupid. The Duke was way better cause he was more of a tough guy and had that pimpin ride with the chandeliers on it.
RealDarkInuyasha 3 years ago
You said it!! "Escape From New York" introduced me to Isaac Hayes and FROM that I got to appreciate him NOT JUST as an actor(Although he was the BEST part of "New York" other than Kurt Russell IMHO) but as a superior musical force as well! I THINK he got an Oscar for his music for "Shaft"(1971)and both his music AND that movie was the personification of COOL(I HIGHLY recommend checking them out for anyone who liked "New York"). Carpenter had a chance to repeat the magic of EFNY and he blew it.
Pallindrom27 3 years ago
That is a badass 77 Sedan DeVille he has I would love to own one with chandeliers on it.
RealDarkInuyasha 3 years ago
What's kooler than a jacked-up '77 Sedan DeVille with chandeliers piloted by Isaac Hayes?
Nothing.
t1201971 3 years ago 3
dont forget the disco mirror ball hanging on the car mirror.
bigD2387 3 years ago
Pimptastic.
MadScout 3 years ago 5
bad ass car
milkweed1989 3 years ago 2
Beat needs more cowbell!!!
Brokephi316 3 years ago 5
I have the soundtrack to this on CD. . .
my best freind (we both love this movie) and I were driving through the town one night with that track in the clip playing in the CD player as loud as it could. Tryin' to ride like the Duke. No lie. . . No bullshit. We actually did that.
Only difference was we didn't have a pimped out Caddilac like the Duke. . . we just had P.O.S Ford Taurus. . .:-/ Oh well.
And chandeliers on the fenders- FTW!!!
BlueFox284 3 years ago 5
thats dope man.....i think i need to get me a disco ball for my car..
MarcS4R 3 years ago 4
Whats is the name if the track and who is it by mate?
nexus6pris 2 years ago
The Duke Arrives/Barricade
John Carpenter & Alan Howarth
abdulqudz89 2 years ago 4
Rest in peace Issac Hayes...
A number 1...
furyplum44 3 years ago 2
Hey, its the "A number 1".
captainzod 3 years ago 4
Me and my mate died of laughter everytime we watched this scene! Chandeliers!?
vicepresidentfru1tly 3 years ago 3
LOL - Now thaaaaat's a seriously pimped ride.
You can't meet the duke, are you crazy!?
Nobody gets to meet the duke- you meet him once and then you're dead!
konman001 3 years ago 3
Just wondering, don't anyone know the name of the spiky blond that's with The Duke? I want to do a AU fanfic with him but I need his name.
Fallingninja 3 years ago
You mean Romero???
The actors name is Frank Doubleday.
BlueFox284 3 years ago
God I love Duke's car! What a sweet and stylin' ride.
This is among my favorite movies of all time. Absolutely brilliant...
Avigadro 3 years ago 9
john carpenter needs to put out all of his songs on cd cause he wrote all of this music plus the movies thats what i call a genius
bestwalmartlp 3 years ago 9
i think that is probably my favorite scene from the movie. Just because of the music and the dukes cadillac.
Slayerguy6 3 years ago 7
Great music with a great plisskin in a great movie ^^
PhilMcLane 3 years ago 6
Great theme music
mol3898 3 years ago 4
the most badass entrance ever!
I'm gonna go by the dvd now
mbrosas 3 years ago 14
love love love it
yojez 3 years ago 4
Best film, best music and best car ever. One of my all time favs. Nice upload :D
coldlondoner 3 years ago 6
i totally agree with you there :)
if they ever make a sequel they should force carpenter to use the old analog instruments to make the soundtrack....besides bladerunner this is the best soundtrack ever
MarcS4R 3 years ago 5
Great music!!!
OmiOutbreak 3 years ago 6
one of the best movies ever! RIP Issac!
hunhun23 3 years ago 10
best intro ever.
redstone86 3 years ago 6
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His ride has chandeliers. The Duke is a nerd. He must be on his way to a convention.
PopcornCoolie 3 years ago
This was b-4 Pimp My Ride...
montrosepatriot 3 years ago 2
Good tribute to Hayes. He was extremely entertaining in this movie.
davidbrentenator 3 years ago 6
I just heard he died. R.I.P.
And this is a great movie, probably the flashy MTV generation dislikes it but I love this movie.
einsteen 3 years ago 10
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What a concept... an action movie where nothing happens
JohnnyAnonic 3 years ago