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He Was A Friend of Mine..
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: dly64 on July 17, 2006, 11:40:13 am ---It's on the CD. The CD is great! So many woinderful songs! I'd encourage you to get it!
;)
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Speaking of the soundtrack CD, I was initially disappointed that it didn't include the actual Roger Miller "King of the Road," which is what Jack is listening to on the pickup radio as he drives to Ennis's after the divorce (and looking so happy!), but I have to admit I've come to like the Teddy Thompson/Rufus Wainwright version.
Not better than Roger Miller's original, but I like it. :)
dly64:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 17, 2006, 12:04:30 pm ---Speaking of the soundtrack CD, I was initially disappointed that it didn't include the actual Roger Miller "King of the Road," which is what Jack is listening to on the pickup radio as he drives to Ennis's after the divorce (and looking so happy!), but I have to admit I've come to like the Teddy Thompson/Rufus Wainwright version.
Not better than Roger Miller's original, but I like it. :)
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Ditto ... I couldn't agree with you more! But the CD version is good ... once you get used to it! ;)
Kajunite:
King of the road is not by Roger Miller on ST? Interesting. Copyright laws are such that (I believe I am right) 25 years after the original writer of a song dies, the song becomes Public Domain and anyone can record it. I did not realize that Roger had been dead that long, but this must be what happened. Ernie...
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kajunite on July 17, 2006, 12:33:43 pm ---King of the road is not by Roger Miller on ST? Interesting. Copyright laws are such that (I believe I am right) 25 years after the original writer of a song dies, the song becomes Public Domain and anyone can record it. I did not realize that Roger had been dead that long, but this must be what happened. Ernie...
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Reading back over my last post, it occurs to me that I want to make sure I'm clear. It is Roger Miller that we hear on Jack's pickup truck radio in the movie. On the soundtrack CD, however, "King of the Road" is a cover (is that the term?) by Teddy Thompson and Rufus Wainwright.
The Thompson/Wainwright version kinda grew on me after I listened to it a couple of times. It has a nice, "bluesy" kind of "feel" to it.
Kajunite:
My surprise at Roger not being on the ST was because he was on the radio that day. A point I have to keep reminding myself is the time differential. In the movie when it was taking place, they would have been amiss having the wrong person singing the song as it would not have been on the radio at that time by anyone but Roger.
The soundtrack was compiled in recent times and having the original version on the track probably was fraught with legal hazzards as Roger is dead many years now. They felt they should include it on the ST and they felt that this was the simplest way to do it. What do you think?
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