C&L's Late Night Music Club with Stealers Wheel
[I've been meaning to write this post for at least two years now, so, with the Oscars fast approaching...]
Since the advent of "talkies" in the film industry, there's been a link between popular music and film. It should have surprised no one that the first commercially released full-feature film with sound- The Jazz Singer- starred the popular music star Al Jolson (who wasn't actually the first choice- George Jessel, who starred in the Broadway version from which the film was adapted, passed on reprising his role on film).
From that time forward, pieces of popular music have been inextricably linked with visual imagery to create some of the most memorable scenes in the film art form. The song I've featured here, released in 1973, had a full life of it's own before Quentin Tarantino employed it to enhance an iconic scene of sadistic violence in his 1992 debut, Reservoir Dogs. I'd have linked the scene here, but since I know for a fact that it would make at least one of our regulars very squeamish, I'll suffice it to say that since viewing the film, any time I hear the song I immediately imagine Michael Madsen dancing a jig, straight razor in hand...
So...what are the pieces of music that immediately bring a filmed image to your mind?
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...who inadvertently reminded me to write this up. So...Thank you, Edwin and fastfeat!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Wasn't really sure where you were gonna go with it the other night. And no, I still haven't seen Boogie Nights. I'm staying with friends who are movie freaks, so maybe I'll hit em up this weekend.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
...and the soundtrack is all disco...Everyone is having fun, living pretty care free lives....Then, as 1980 is counted in, Sniff 'n' The Tears kicks in, very darkly, ominously, and everything goes to shit.
You can just feel it building up, then, BAM, the first chord of Driver's Seat as Floyd Gondolli (Phillip Baker Hall) walks into the party with the next generation of (video) porn stars, and you, the viewer, just know...
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in '78 or '79, then got the 45, which I eventually lost with the rest of my vinyl. I do give Youtube, and, apparently Boogie Nights, credit for keeping it "in stock"...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
climb a palm tree barefoot and I nearly lost it. Just thinking of his bare feet on that rough tree, even though I knew it wasn't hurting him, since he'd done it that way all of his life.
:D
me-oww!
Baby It's You
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Opening a coconut-- Hawaii vs Trinidad (or SoFla...)
;)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Mott the Hoople-- All the Way from Memphis
I wonder if Ian Hunter has ever been to New Mexico...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Dead Kennedys 'Viva Las Vegas'
This version of the song just begged for the movie to include it.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
The Waterboys.
@ the 2:04-2:14 mark. Is Mark Foo @ Mavericks/ Half Moon Bay Ca.
That wave took his life.
and it wasn't all that bad of a wipeout. but it was enough .
Film and imagery? surfing.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
there's something about surfing films that I really like. Maybe it's 'cause I can stay dry...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I could watch the hell outta surf films. No aversion to water- hell, I was practically born on Pere Marquette Beach in Muskegon- but I'm not a surfer, either.
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when this came out...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
i saw van halen at 'duarte bowling lanes',and two miles away! moments in time.
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
for like $12 or so, maybe '87? Doubt that place is still around...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
holiday inn,west covina,ca..........don't remember a fucking thing! a success,of sorts.well, i didn't go to jail,thats always good...me thinks.
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
for this tune......with no waves,he was in scotland, fer christs sake,,,,,,,when he got it put down............i just love the music,words,feel....proud freak. scrol down to no video! and drift
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
Kinda scared the shit outta me as a 5 year-old...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
hollywood matinee(sp) ,got till 7
:30 to get back to dad,...orange sunshine, at noon,for the 2
:30 show,,back row,couple valium...........thought provocating,for sure.hell,12 years difference.,,woulda creeped me out as a kid ,too.,,,,,,,fuck war....,,and looked like i was going to viet nam..in a couple.
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
The Crystal Method's 'Born Too Slow'
With a title like Need for Speed, just makes sense to use The Crystal Method...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
...I'm going to give it some time to see if someone posts the most obvious selection there is.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I'm a miner of obscurity...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
There's no way you don't know it. You'll kick yourself.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
As Time Goes By
From Casablanca.
Kicking yourself yet, fastfeat?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Been kicked enough lately that I can't feel the pain no more...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Born to Be Wild in Easy Rider.
Slightly less obvious in Married with Children
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Whenever I hear Born to Be Wild I think of Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty and a Winnebago in Lost In America.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
You try to make a point about Tarantino's masterpiece blending of a scene with music, and you refuse to link cause one of your readers might get the vapors?
It's fucking 2012, not 1950.
Andy K is now an acronym for "self censoring pussy"
As if others can't find it up on YouTube with a few keystrokes.
If I was self-censoring, I wouldn't have mentioned it at all. I think what I'm demonstrating here is a bit of tact.
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Self
Censoring
Pussy
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SCP.
[T]he initial components in a phrase...
That's what an acronym is, dumbass.
me-oww!
Now you could, like, stand up for me, rather than tell him he used "acronym" when he should have used "trope" or "metaphor".
:P
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
you did a fine job. Nothing for me to add.
me-oww!
Against All Odds.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
at the start...................wanted to hear it...............phill collins,'something in the air tonight' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkADj0TPrJA&ob... .
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
Have to agree with 2001 A Space Odyssey.
Also, Ride of the Valkyries in Apocalypse Now.
The End
Another one from Apocalypse Now. FFC used the soundtrack very well in this one.
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Find It
From Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
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The Theme to Peter Gun.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Fabulous!
The Scottish coast
Living In America
Rock my soul...huh!
What is your conceptual, continuity?
(Yeh that song......)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Let the Rivers Run
(Yeh that song......)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Let the Rivers Run
Then He Kissed Me
From Goodfellas
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Great song and video.
Thanks Andy ;)
In case you didn't know, it makes film fetishists orgasm.
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;)
...Robert Altman's The Player? That opening tracking shot goes on forever. It's film fetishist Nirvana.
And then there's Children of Men ((NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH)).
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I don't know the title of the song in this scene from The Mambo Kings, but just watch. This is just effin' GREAT!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Bedtime for me ...
G'night, sleep tight ;)
Glad you made it in!
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
(Unfortunately this song is attached to the WWE "right now")
Flight of the valkeries (or the "kill da wabbit' tune)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Posting from an iPad? Kindle Fire?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
A blackberry that I can't use the buds for now.
The only reason I copped it (in general) was for hockey scores
It's very nice.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Hopefully this weekend
Last scene of Platoon (Oliver Stone, 1981)
I believe that was the first time I heard that piece.
Pinned me right to the seat. Heart-broke and horrified, I literally couldn't move till after the lights came up.
"We are not going away. We will be Citizens. The time has come."
--Tony Kushner, "Angels In America"
Whitney Houston. I Will Always Love You.
She could sing. Like no one else.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
tonight was heartbreaking. :(
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Hanna's theme
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Paint it black
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client...
(From Platoon 'I theek' or that Cbs show)
A New Divide
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
The Show
(Moneyball clip attached)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
The Entertainer
From The Sting
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I love this song.
ps, Sorry I'm so late - internet problems ....
I knew you'd make it!
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Dueling Banjos
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
I walk like Jayne Mansfield
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Woohoo
(With the scene before she calls out Lucy Liu)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
is marisa,that ain't it ....the beautifull brunett,benson or,something....................on 'law and order,svu',right?,
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
Jessel got screwed out of that part. He cussed Jack Warner for years. Just sayin'.
...Jessel wanted more up front, because he wasn't confident it would go anywhere. Warner promised him more on the back end, but Jessel just wasn't confident. Warner then turned to Jolson, who supposedly invested some of his own money up front to get it made.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Mission Impossible opening theme(not sure which guy took over his chair)
Somewhere Over The Rainbow.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client...
Sherlock Holmes fight scene
Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate The Positive
Used in that great "Postcard" opening of L.A. Confidential.
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Suddenly I see
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Devil Wears Prada
Sinnerman
*fortunately I have the remake n original/geez*
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Thomas Crown affair
Weary Kind
(Crazy Heart)
Ryan Bingham wrote it.
Here he is
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Closing Time
(Friends with benefits)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client...
Soul Sister
http://m.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client...
*acoustic*
http://m.youtube.com/watch?desktop_uri=%2Fwat...
Steve Earle and Sharon Shannon
muchos thanks! , , lotta action on the thread tonight,love it..............,what is it planets or something?
....the fools do not realize,a population that can ,..... not paticipate .............in the 'economy'...,can not keep it viable!..........."we are listening,.......and we're not blind.,......this is your life....this is your time."
Singing In The rain
TYJmL&S
:D
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the entire audience stuck around to listen. It's a real shame they only nominated two songs for the Academy Awards this year, I thought this one could have been a contender.
A Real Hero: College w/ Electric Feat
TYJmL&S
Shout: Otis Day from Animal House
TYJmL&S
Good one.
Hard Day's Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0eJEX5c1sM
This Boy
TYJmL&S
Moon River: Henry Mancini/Johnny Mercer
Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.
Man I wish I still had a huckleberry friend, does anyone?
TYJmL&S
In Your Eyes: Peter Gabriel from Say Anything
TYJmL&S
Candy-Colored Clown (In Dreams): Roy Orbison from Blue Velvet
TYJmL&S
Unchained Melody from Ghost
TYJmL&S
The Bicycle Scene from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2OdPDEG6aQ
The truth will set you free but can you handle the truth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4a_1UhwgFU
The truth will set you free but can you handle the truth?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjBBDJ5OiT0&fe...
The truth will set you free but can you handle the truth?
Tiny Dancer on the bus in Almost Famous
"Hold me closer, Tony Danza"?
But my wife and I (we watch a lot of movies) have had an ongoing bet about which popular song gets played in the most movies.
I held the lead for years with "Spirit in the Sky" while she championed "La Mer" or "Beyond the Sea".
I was leading for years, but now I have to admit that she is the winner.
Free Bird...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZarAaCCv_Y
The Devils Rejects... It's a disturbing movie but one of my Favorite movie endings...
Goodfellas.....enough said.
...permanently warped my perception of "Singing in the Rain" and Beethoven for me with "A Clockeork Orange"
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