Gonna cap off the 1st half
of this 6 pack in a moment & work on that 3 beer buzz but before
getting to more of the delicious golden amber here's the next
nomination for Best Picture for the Week of Color.
From 1998 Jason Freeland's Brown's
Requiem
Disgraced ex-cop & recovering
alcoholic Fritz Brown sometimes works as a repo man because his
private detective business doesn't always pay the bill. That all
changes for Fritz when he is hired by an overweight dirty but
financially well off caddy to tail his sister who is shacked up w/ an
elderly bag man for the mob. The investigation become complicated
as the corruption leads to the head of the LAPD internal affair (the
man who kicked Fritz off the force). His client soon turns up dead
but Fritz can't let go because now it has become a personal vendetta.
He couldn't walk away if he wanted to because now he's a marked man
for what he knows & the evidence in his possession.
Time for the next award of the week
given to the film w/ the best soundtrax or score – The Rolling Rock
The nominees are..
Blue Collar
Blue Collar's soundtrax reeks of the
sweat of the hard working/ hard drinking everyman who just can't get
ahead. Driven by Jack Nitzsche & including Captain Beefheart,
Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ike & Tina Turner & Howlin Wolf it has the
blues @ it's heart & the soul of Detroit 70s working class dogs.
Red Rock West
Although Im not overtly a fan of more
modern country music that is feature in Red Rock West like Toby
Keith, Dwight Yoakam, Kentucky Headhunter & Shania Twain the
couple of songs by Johnny Cash are more then enough for this to hit
the list.
Black Gunn
Tony Osborne's score may be the best
thing about Black Gunn. That's just not saying it's a bad film just
sorta middle of the road for the genre which could have been better
w/ Jim Brown in it. Always a fan of blaxploitation scores Osborne's
kept me more interested then the film itself.
Purple Rain
You can't be an 80s fan & not get
behind this soundtrax. Prince is in top form w/ possibly the best
record of his career (even though I might argue that w/ 1999). This
album dominated top 40 radio when it was released in 84. He's not
alone w/ the smokin gun as The Time also have some fantastic songs
from Ice Cream Castles featured here...Damn even Sex Shooter by
Apollonia 6 is hot.
Black Caesar
James Brown drives the urban feel of
Black Caesar. Full of soul, anger & funk. Quite possibly one of
the 3 best blaxploitation soundtracks & perhaps a personal top 10
favourite score for films from the 70s. I can't stop listening to
it since I watched this movie again. Fan-funking-tastic!
The Red Queen Kills 7 Times
Sometimes the key element to giallos is
the music that determines my enjoyment. Although not high on the
scales of the genre The Red Queen Kills 7 Times has a great score by
Bruno Nicolai. In fact it almost blinds you from some of the
weakness of the film itself. I had seen this about 8 months ago I
thought highly of it & cracked it out again not nearly enjoying
it as much. Then I realized what really stuck w/ me was the score.
And the winner is...
Purple Rain
This soundtrack was a staple of my
preteen years. I owned the vinyl, I had The Time Ice Cream Castles
on cassette & then I went out & bought all the 45s so I could
have the B-sides. I used to tape Friday Night Video so I could see
the videos. This movie was the first thing I ever owned hard copy
original on VHS. I was fucking Prince obsessed. You know many claim that
Michael Jackson was the king @ the time but to me Prince blew him the
fuck out of the water. He was my sexual awaking through music.
Thanks to this entire musical project my cracking innocence was
shattered...and for that I am truly thankful.
Half way there but still plenty to
serve up.
Be back after this..
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