Some talk of the next couple of weeks in my life which either evolve (or devolve) into a ramble about artistic choices in the inclusion (or exclusion) of what is (or what is not) there.
While the music was playing, and my mind was smiling, I just turned up record. Did it work for you?
Five that you might expect, and five that I thought I'd throw in for good measure.
The EXPECTED
Almost Famous - fav musical moment: Tiny Dancer - Elton John
Singles - fav musical moment: (all of them)
High Fidelity - fav musical moment: Dry the Rain - The Beta Band
Dazed and Confused - fav musical moment: (all of them)
Pump Up the Volume - fav musical moment: Kick Out the Jams - Henry Rollins/Bad Brains
The UNEXPECTED
Good Will Hunting - fav moment: Miss Misery - Elliott Smith
Boogie Nights - fav moment: Magnet & Steel - Walter Egan
Jackie Brown - fav moment: Across 110th Street - Bobby Womack
Reservoir Dogs - fav moment: Stuck in the Middle - Stealer's Wheel
Goodfellas - fav moment: Layla - Derek and the Dominoes
Driving back from a Podcaster Live Night in Toronto, where I happened to be lucky enough to have dinner with an old friend, and an after dinner coffee with another, I decided to celebrate the quarter-millennial episode of the podcast by recording it whilst driving home. I would, as a general rule, say don't podcast and drive - you might spill your podcast.
photo courtesy capetowndailyphoto.com
If you thought back on your life as having soundtrack accompaniment, what songs would you identify with memories of days gone by?
Here are some of my choices of television scenes where I thought music was used in a particularly inventive fashion. If you have others, please drop the links into the comments or just recall them from memory. Hope you enjoy these!
Beatles - All You Need Is Love - The Prisoner
Dire Straits - Brothers in Arms - West Wing
Grateful Dead - Ripple - Freaks and Geeks
Patti Smith - Horses - Millennium