Also watched Major Dundee last night. It's a Sam Peckinpah Western with a mostly subdued Charlton Heston as a Union officer going after Apache raiders, and a less-subdued Richard Harris as a Confederate prisoner assisting him for his men's freedom. It's longish (2 and a quarter) as a lot of Westerns are. It's fun, though. Partly because the motley army raised - Union soldiers, Rebs, freed blacks, some renegade Apache, etc - are definitely not a serene rainbow coalition. Good performances also by James Coburn, Brock Peters, RG Armstrong, and a mostly comic relief Jim Hutton. Anyway, it was a good capper to what had been a long, sort of frustrating day to that point.
1. R.E.M. - Sitting Still
2. Yo La Tengo - Watch Out for Me Ronnie
3. Elvis Costello & the Attractions - No Action
4. Metric - Dreams So Real
5. Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Hello Mabel
6. Brian Eno - Paw Paw Negro Blowtorch
7. The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Red House
8. Edith Piaf - Les Trois Cloches
9. TV on the Radio - DLZ
10. Lou Rawls - Street Corner Hustler's Blues/World of Trouble
2 comments:
That's a movie we haven't seen in years, a situation we'll have to remedy. Sam Peckinpah directed some great westerns including another favorite of mine, The Wild Bunch. Of course, I always loved Ernest Borgnine too.
You've got another nice FR10 collection here. That Yo La Tengo song certainly provided some wake-up action after REM.
The Wild Bunch is an unexpected place to see Ernest Borgnine, because with a few exceptions he's always gravitated to more cuddly roles. But yeah, I'll have to check that one out again too.
I like that change of pace from Yo La Tengo. A lot of their stuff is slower and more mellow, so this pounding rockabilly number is kind of a surprise.
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