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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #50 on: March 29, 2010, 07:19:37 pm »
Here's a link to "Going Home," the theme song of Local Hero, by Mark Knopfler. It is quite Gustavo-esque.

http://popup.lala.com/popup/360569522480403760

It is played in the very last scene of the movie.
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #51 on: March 29, 2010, 09:39:08 pm »
Oh, just thought of another one.

I will always watch Dirty Dancing when it comes on.


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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #52 on: March 30, 2010, 12:53:58 am »
Here's a link to "Going Home," the theme song of Local Hero, by Mark Knopfler. It is quite Gustavo-esque.

http://popup.lala.com/popup/360569522480403760

It is played in the very last scene of the movie.

Thanks, Lee.  Now I recognize it.  Guess I didn't pay attention cause I was so disappointed that he didn't say goodbye to the innkeeper's wife.  It is indeed a beautiful, haunting song, and I would agree on the "Gustavo-esqueness" (did you just patent that phrase?) of it.  Also kind of "VanGelis-y", I think.   :D
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #53 on: March 30, 2010, 12:52:44 pm »
Yes it is Vangellisesque as well!!

Here is the complete playlist to the movie soundtrack:

1. The Rocks and the Water
2. Wild Theme
3. Freeway Flier
4. Boomtown
5. The Way it Always Starts
6. The Rocks and the Thunder
7. The Ceilidh and the Northern Lights
8. The Mist Covered Mountains
9. The Ceilidh (Louis Favorite Billy's Tune)
10. Whistle Theme
11. Smootching
12. Stargazer
13. The Rocks and the Thunder
14. Going Home (Theme)

The Whistle Theme is a restating of the Going Home theme with an Irish tin whistle, and is a beautiful song. Wild Theme is another version, this time done on Knopflers legendary Stratocaster guitar with a beautiful piano accompaniment. One I especially like is The Mist Covered Mountains. It sounds like an ancient Scottish song and is haunting. It's also more than 5 minutes long, which I love. You can hear the waves crashing in the background on this one. Smootching is also very good...I think it played during the scene when the Urquarts decided to have a little afternoon delight. The Ceildh and the Northern Lights is quite magical, and is another restating of the Going Home theme. The Rocks and the Water and The Rocks and the Thunder are lovely atmospheric songs featuring oboe that set the tone.

Not all of the songs are instrumentals. "The Way It Always Starts" is performed by Gerry Raferty, Marc Clarke (the keyboardist from Dire Straits) and The Acetones (the little band that played during the ceildh). Here are the lyrics:

"It gets so dark before the dawn
That's when it gets to me
Before the city symphony of taxi horns

That's the way it always starts
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart

Last night I thought I heard my name
Well it was too dark to see, but it had to be
The voice was just the same

That's the way it always starts
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart

So tell me why should it have to be this way
Why can't it be all right
Why can't I sleep at night?
Why should it have to be this way?
Why must there be this price to pay?

Now all the streets are dark and bare
Oh, if you can live in this town
And stick around, you can live anywhere

That's the way it always starts
Sitting here and waiting on the beating of my heart"

It goes without saying that my least favorite cuts are Boomtown and Freeway Flier, which play during the Houston sections of the movie.

Did I ever mention that Mark Knopfler is a Scotsman? In this soundtrack, he really goes back to his roots!

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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #54 on: March 30, 2010, 02:33:14 pm »
I'm disappointed that Victor's song from the ceildh wasn't included in the soundtrack. As sung by actor Christopher Rozycki, who played the captain of the visiting Russian fishing trawler, it was ribald, funny, and touching at the same time. Some of the words were:

I was born to be a wanderer
But when my wandering days are over
I'll search for someone as lonesome
As a lonesome man like me.
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #55 on: March 30, 2010, 02:50:05 pm »
Oh, just thought of another one.

I will always watch Dirty Dancing when it comes on.

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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #56 on: March 30, 2010, 08:30:32 pm »
Okay, here you go, guys:

Boy: Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt like this before
Yes I swear it's the truth
and I owe it all to you

Girl: 'Cause I've had the time of my life
and I owe it all to you

Boy: I've been waiting for so long
Now I've finally found someone
To stand by me

Girl: We saw the writing on the wall
As we felt this magical fantasy

Both: Now with passion in our eyes
There's no way we could disguise it secretly
So we take each other's hand
'Cause we seem to understand the urgency

Boy: just remember

Girl: You're the one thing

Boy: I can't get enough of

Girl: So I'll tell you something

Both:This could be love because

(CHORUS)
Both: I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
'Til I found the truth
And I owe it all to you

Girl: With my body and soul
I want you more than you'll ever know

Boy: So we'll just let it go
Don't be afraid to lose control

Girl: Yes I know whats on your mind
When you say:
"Stay with me tonight."

Boy: Just remember
You're the one thing

Girl: I can't get enough of

Boy: So I'll tell you something

Both: This could be love because

(CHORUS)
Both: 'Cause I had the time of my life
No I've never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you
'Cause I've had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
Till I found the truth
and I owe it all to you

*Instrumental*

Boy: Now I've had the time of my life
No I never felt this way before

(Girl: Never Felt this way)

Boy: Yes I swear it's the truth
and I owe it all to you

Both: 'Cause I had the time of my life
And I've searched through every open door
Till I've found the truth
and I owe it all to you

Both: "cause I've had the time of my life
No I've never felt this way before
Yes I swear it's the truth
And I owe it all to you

Okay, now can I talk about Local Hero a bit more?!?!
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #57 on: March 30, 2010, 10:15:00 pm »
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Okay, now can I talk about Local Hero a bit more?!?!

Yes, FRiend. But meanwhile, let me announce the list of movies from the past I rented tonight. Some are from our cultural, collective past (because I haven't seen them), some from my own past. I will report later on whether they're still good.

I see the list is heavy on the word "The." I once had a friend who said he was wary of any movie whose title began with "The." We were on our way to "The Verdict." He liked it.

The Hustler (haven't seen it)
The Color of Money (seen it, but decades ago)
The Verdict (ditto)
Vertigo (never seen this!)
The Conversation (nor this!)
Mr. Mom (seen it, and not sure it will hold up, but one of my sons mentioned it recently and I'm humoring him).


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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #58 on: March 30, 2010, 10:18:57 pm »
Looks like some good viewings ahead for you!! Do I count right, that there are three Paul Newman films in there?
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Re: Rewatching movies from our pasts -- still good?
« Reply #59 on: March 31, 2010, 10:12:07 pm »
Nobody puts Chuckie in a corner. ...

 ;)  ;D  :-*

But I may go there willingly.

>:D


Tell him when l come up to him and ask to play the record, l'm gonna say: ''Voulez-vous jouer ce disque?''
'Voulez-vous, will you kiss my dick?'
Will you play my record? One-track mind!