Comments on: Kinks Reunion, Courtesy of Wes Anderson http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/28/kinks-reunion-courtesy-of-wes-anderson/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Michelle http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/28/kinks-reunion-courtesy-of-wes-anderson/#comment-114933 Michelle Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:04:30 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/28/kinks-reunion-courtesy-of-wes-anderson/#comment-114933 I love what people are doing with movie sountracks, it's like making a mix tape for the world. When Marie Antoinette opened up with Gang of 4 I almost peed myself. In response to Shiva- Wes Anderson has always been a huge Kinks fan. He originally wanted to use the Kinks for the entire soundtrack to Rushmore. Knowing that, I'm certain he heard "Strangers" before youtube had an online presence. I love what people are doing with movie sountracks, it’s like making a mix tape for the world. When Marie Antoinette opened up with Gang of 4 I almost peed myself.

In response to Shiva- Wes Anderson has always been a huge Kinks fan. He originally wanted to use the Kinks for the entire soundtrack to Rushmore. Knowing that, I’m certain he heard “Strangers” before youtube had an online presence.

]]> By: shiva http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/28/kinks-reunion-courtesy-of-wes-anderson/#comment-89281 shiva Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:20:27 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/28/kinks-reunion-courtesy-of-wes-anderson/#comment-89281 Acutally the credit for using the strangers kinks song should go, not to wes anderson, but to some youtuber who made a montage tribute many years ago to the unrequited love of margo and her brother(from the royal tenenbaums) It was a truly beautiful, creative, poignant and well edited montage with "strangers" playing the the background and it was made more than two or three or maybe even four years ago. I used to listen to it very often and had it in my favorites but when I looked in my favorites page, the clip has disappeared. I wracked my brain trying to think of the song title and it finally came to me "stranger's by the kinks" whew! I looked it up and now I see Wes must have seen the youtuber's tribute and recognized the perfection of the song for his films and decided to use it in his next film, darjeeling. I really hope he gave credit where it was due and I hope the original youtube clip wasnt pulled for a fishy reason (like perhaps that people would realize that wes didnt dream up the song choice himself, which I can guarantee he didnt) The song is absolutely perfect for wes anderson's films but the inspiration belonged to a youtuber who was an early user of the site. wes anderson is not original. He is to film what and interior designer is to inspired design...he places found objects in his films, and in this case, it was someone else's inspired song choice. Acutally the credit for using the strangers kinks song should go, not to wes anderson, but to some youtuber who made a montage tribute many years ago to the unrequited love of margo and her brother(from the royal tenenbaums) It was a truly beautiful, creative, poignant and well edited montage with “strangers” playing the the background and it was made more than two or three or maybe even four years ago. I used to listen to it very often and had it in my favorites but when I looked in my favorites page, the clip has disappeared. I wracked my brain trying to think of the song title and it finally came to me “stranger’s by the kinks” whew! I looked it up and now I see Wes must have seen the youtuber’s tribute and recognized the perfection of the song for his films and decided to use it in his next film, darjeeling. I really hope he gave credit where it was due and I hope the original youtube clip wasnt pulled for a fishy reason (like perhaps that people would realize that wes didnt dream up the song choice himself, which I can guarantee he didnt) The song is absolutely perfect for wes anderson’s films but the inspiration belonged to a youtuber who was an early user of the site. wes anderson is not original. He is to film what and interior designer is to inspired design…he places found objects in his films, and in this case, it was someone else’s inspired song choice.

]]> By: Paul Moore http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/28/kinks-reunion-courtesy-of-wes-anderson/#comment-53160 Paul Moore Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:41:47 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/2007/12/28/kinks-reunion-courtesy-of-wes-anderson/#comment-53160 I have another reaction to Wes' movies. I actually did work to discover the music that came before me (including the Ravel quartet piece that opens ROYAL TANNENBAUMS). Now, each time this guy puts out a movie, all my playlists sound unoriginal! I gave up on trying to find great old music that's new to me and now just focus on old music that's old to me, like KISS. I have another reaction to Wes’ movies. I actually did work to discover the music that came before me (including the Ravel quartet piece that opens ROYAL TANNENBAUMS). Now, each time this guy puts out a movie, all my playlists sound unoriginal! I gave up on trying to find great old music that’s new to me and now just focus on old music that’s old to me, like KISS.

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