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He Was A Friend of Mine..
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: Kajunite on July 17, 2006, 01:36:40 pm ---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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I would suspect the "legal niceties" have something to do with it, but not being a lawyer, I have no clue.
On the one hand, I would think that if they could use the Roger Miller original in the film, they could include it on the soundtrack CD. On the other hand, perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we only hear a portion of the Miller original in the film, whereas of course they would want to include the entire song on the CD--which they do in the form of the Thompson/Wainwright cover.
dly64:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on July 17, 2006, 05:56:10 pm ---I would suspect the "legal niceties" have something to do with it, but not being a lawyer, I have no clue.
On the one hand, I would think that if they could use the Roger Miller original in the film, they could include it on the soundtrack CD. On the other hand, perhaps it has something to do with the fact that we only hear a portion of the Miller original in the film, whereas of course they would want to include the entire song on the CD--which they do in the form of the Thompson/Wainwright cover.
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I thought so, too. I have a link that I am going to check out ... It was for the Academy voters and it has all of the songs ... original ... Will let you know if it is worth burning.
2robots4u:
dly64...the lyrics to the songs you mentioned are on the BBM "soundtrack" I used ".." because it is not actually a soundtrack in traditional form, but includes full versions of all the songs in the movie. For example, in the movie we head about 8 secs of "The Devil's Right Hand", only a bar or two of "King of the Road", and just a brief intro to "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me", and the same with my personal favorite, "I Don't Want To Say Goodbye". "He died on the road" is the correct line, a possible reference to Jack's constant driving between Texas and Wyoming. The soundtrack also features additional verses to "He Was A Friend Of Mine" and "The Maker
Makes" (if only we could understand Rufus Wainwright). If anyone can provide the words to "The Maker Makes" I would surely appreciate it....
dly64:
--- Quote from: [email protected] on July 28, 2006, 12:47:53 am ---dly64...the lyrics to the songs you mentioned are on the BBM "soundtrack" I used ".." because it is not actually a soundtrack in traditional form, but includes full versions of all the songs in the movie. For example, in the movie we head about 8 secs of "The Devil's Right Hand", only a bar or two of "King of the Road", and just a brief intro to "No One's Gonna Love You Like Me", and the same with my personal favorite, "I Don't Want To Say Goodbye". "He died on the road" is the correct line, a possible reference to Jack's constant driving between Texas and Wyoming. The soundtrack also features additional verses to "He Was A Friend Of Mine" and "The Maker
Makes" (if only we could understand Rufus Wainwright). If anyone can provide the words to "The Maker Makes" I would surely appreciate it....
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Here they are ...
Maker Makes
Rufus Wainwright
One more chain I break
To get me closer to you
One more chain does the maker make
To keep me from bustin' through
One more notch I scratch
To keep me thinkin' of you
One more notch does the maker make
Upon my face so blue
Get along, little doggies
Get along, little doggies
One more smile I fake
And try my best to be glad
One more smile does the maker make
Because he knows I'm sad
Oh Lord, how I know
Oh Lord, how I see
That only can the maker make
A happy man of me
Get along little doggies
Get along little doggies
Get along
I am guessing you have the CD? It is great!
2robots4u:
Have the CD, just can't understand Rufus. Thanks.
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