"Last Cup of Sorrow" | ||||
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Single by Faith No More | ||||
from the album Album of the Year | ||||
Released | August 5, 1997 | |||
Format |
CD single, Vinyl |
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Recorded | Brilliant Studios, San Francisco, CA | |||
Genre | Alternative metal | |||
Length | 4:12 | |||
Label | Slash Records | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Mike Patton Billy Gould |
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Producer(s) |
Roli Mosimann Billy Gould |
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Faith No More singles chronology | ||||
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Album of the Year track listing | ||||
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"Last Cup of Sorrow" is the third track from Faith No More's sixth studio album Album of the Year. It was released as a single on August 5, 1997. It placed No. 14 on Mainstream Rock Tracks, No.62 on Australia Top 50, and No. 51 on UK Top 100. The artwork is in a similar style to the original poster art for Vertigo.
When asked about the song, Billy Gould replied:
The music video is based on Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo, a film dealing with acrophobia. It features the lead singer, Mike Patton dressed in the same outfit as James Stewart's character, trailing a blonde played by Jennifer Jason Leigh, respectively dressed the same as Vertigo 's female lead Madeleine. Many scenes are recreated from the film, such as the opening rooftop sequence, Madeleine's plunge into San Francisco bay, Mike moving up and down a stepladder, the belltower sequence complete with the famous Hitchcock Zoom and the psychedelic dream sequence.
The emphasis is mainly on parody, key moments including drummer Mike Bordin sweeping Mike Patton's head in the dream sequence with a broom (presumedly a reference to Vertigo's scene where Midge is describing to Scottie that music can clear the cobwebs out of your head like a broom), bassist Billy Gould cross dressing, Leigh's character being a black wigged sado-masochist, and Leigh fainting when she sees a shadowy figure in the tower, which ends up being drummer Mike Bordin, who at the end of the video casually starts eating a bagel.
"Blue Vertigo" cover