Tim Oliver wrote:
> I haven't seen it mentioned here, but there's one
hard-boiled movie
> soundtrack that did a lot to launch Rock and Roll.
That, of course, was Bill
> Haley and the Comets doing Rock Around the Clock in
Blackboard Jungle.
> Screenplay by Evan Hunter (Ed McBain).
Yes, but Bill Haley and his Comets aren't actually very
hardboiled. They are, well, more cozy than hardboiled... at
least to my mind.
Bob Randisi's suggestion about "Shaft" is a good one: it is
linked with the hb world and is hb in itself, in the texture
of the music and lyrics.
Tim Oliver wrote:
> I haven't seen it mentioned here, but there's one
hard-boiled movie
> soundtrack that did a lot to launch Rock and Roll.
That, of course, was Bill
> Haley and the Comets doing Rock Around the Clock in
Blackboard Jungle.
> Screenplay by Evan Hunter (Ed McBain).
>
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> > Notes on Tarantino's use of certain songs,
aware of the power of imagery
> to
> > change the songs' impact, reminds me of
Kubrick's use of "Singin' in the
> > Rain" in Clockwork Orange. Took me a long time
before I was able to watch
> > Gene Kelly do his famous puddle stomp without
also remembering Malcolm
> > McDowell's booting his victim.
> >
> > As Jean Hagen (no relation) would say in
Singin', "I caint gettim outta my
> > mind!"
> >
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Hagen" <
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> Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Hard-boiled music
>
> > Notes on Tarantino's use of certain songs,
aware of the power of imagery
> to
> > change the songs' impact, reminds me of
Kubrick's use of "Singin' in the
> > Rain" in Clockwork Orange. Took me a long time
before I was able to watch
> > Gene Kelly do his famous puddle stomp without
also remembering Malcolm
> > McDowell's booting his victim.
> >
> > As Jean Hagen (no relation) would say in
Singin', "I caint gettim outta my
> > mind!"
> >
> >
> > Bill Hagen
> > <
billha@ionet.net>
> >
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