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Entertainment QotW: Movie Music

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:42:57 -0700

Share a scene from a movie that uses music perfectly.
Submitted by nohablo.

Q: How disingenuous is this?
A: So, so, so disingenuous. BUT WHEN HAS COMMON DECENCY STOPPED ME HAHAHA

Silence of the Lambs

buffalo bill

Q Lazzarus, Goodbye Horses
Utterly terrifying and utterly memorable. One of those tight, perfect moments that redeems Silence of the Lambs from any schlock and any overacting. Also, why Hannibal and co can smooch my peen.

PS: The track itself is pretty goddam smoking.

Zodiac

01 Hurdy Gurdy Man

Donovan

Donovan, Hurdy Gurdy Man
NO ALL OF THESE ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT EERIE MANSLAUGHTER AT NIGHT. But if they were, they should be as good as this scene. Pre-Zodiac, Hurdy Gurdy Man was all bong hits and newly found meaning in Dire Straits songs. Post-Zodiac, Hurdy Gurdy Man is all creeping menace and the pricks of ruthless evil beginning to peep through the wide-eyed free-love of the 60's. It's a wicked little scene with a mellow little song.

IN ADDENDUM: DAMN YOU YOUTUBE. How can there be 67 anime tributes to this movie's opening sequence without a single copy of the real deal? You're on notice.

Dazed and Confused

Dazed and Confused Intro

Aerosmith, Sweet Emotion
I cannot think of a single other song that you could play with the same effect. Steve Tyler's voice hits at the same moment that obnoxious, over-muscled, traffic-cone orange, and devastatingly beautifugl loogie-to-the-face-of-fuel-economy slides into the parking lot, and the moment is perfect. That one opening scene strikes that golden balance of sleaze, slink, and youth for the rest of a great movie.

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Makes even The Watchtower Sexy

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:31:55 -0700

Coming to you live!

The One Infallible Rule By Which I Judge All Music
Does it make me want to pole dance in an H&M?
(a) If yes, proceed.
(b) If no, dump that weak track and get with a real man.

Artists Who Always Meet the Infallible Rule
Prince, The Artist Formerly Known as Prince

08 Chelsea Rodgers

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Kanye Day

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Sat, 10 May 2008 22:49:52 -0700

13 Young Folks (Cover)

Kanye West

PROS
- 30% Fresher than Caturday.
- 120% More likely to make you break out into the Chicken Noodle Soup Dance.

CONS
- I am 56% sure that Kanye West is not an adorable kitten.

Good thing that there's still that extra 44%!

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Everything You Need To Know About Finals

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Thu, 08 May 2008 05:15:43 -0700

But No.
Originally uploaded by rightlySo

4:59 AM me: oh god i'm fucked

I actually wrote "truthiness" in my essay

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SYNONYMS FOR STIRRING

nobody@vox.com(nohablo) — Mon, 05 May 2008 03:52:41 -0700

Bamboo

Lessons Learned From Finals Period #1
When the sun is coming up and you've been up for 24 hours, Baba O'Riley takes on a lot of surprisingly emotional qualities*. Needless to say, you will be humiliated by this "revelation" after you get a full eight hours of sleep.

* HINT: They involve lots of soft swaying and enthusiastic air drums.

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