Post by stefancrosscoe on May 12, 2020 11:18:47 GMT
A name I got to know through Jonathan Demme's wild and unpredictable take on the whole 1980s retro romantic screwball genre Something Wild (1986), and which would turn out to be one of the finest and most memorable films to succeed in combining romance, drama, comedy but also made damn sure to never make out the main characters or their backround stories, as just another bunch of one-dimensional stereotypes.
You just felt like you were on a very wild and bumpy ride, and to think the film is still by many often "compared" to stuff like Blind Date (1987) or Who's That Girl (1987), is just, no, absolute not even close.
I guess the "closest" of that kind of straight-yuppie guy meets up with eccentric and colorful "party" girl, might be Into the Night (1985). But, still, that one is way too much fun and comedy based, even with the more action filled parts thrown in.
Something Wild however, takes a very nasty and dark turn, about halfway through, and then goes into something that kind of reminds me of David Lynch meets up with early Tarantino around the time of True Romance (1993), that kind of a road-trip movie.
But, enough of that.
What made me very interested, was not just the film or its story, but all the richly varied music that were included, with everything from synth pop, new wave, no wave, punk, reggae and so much more, and I felt they had put very much thought behind all of these songs, and not just another Hollywood "juke-box" score, full over over played hits that "every" film seems to keep on dragging along.
That was surely not the way with Something Wild, and again, a very big reason to why I fell for the film.
Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, about halfway through, suddenly The Willies (The Feelies) arrives the stage under a high school reunion party, and the one scene that for me kind of "sets the mood" from just another light hearted and fun ride, is when it goes into a whole other scenery, and happens when The Willies is done with a cheerful and uplifting cover of David Bowie and his Fame, and goes straight into their own Loveless Love.
When the lights suddenly goes out and Ray Liotta makes his appearance, well, you just know that something very special is gonna happen, and there is no going back by now.
Okey, enough Something Wild, now onto Crazy Rhythms (1980), which I purchased a few weeks after, and with only knowing of the Feelies songs or covers they had done in the movie, but would thankfully in return, end up as one of my happiest and best "impulse" buys.
When it finally arrived, I picked up this hilarious CD cover, which kind of looked like some geeky guys who would fit more along with the gang from Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and their beloved Lambda Lambda Lambda, than a serious rock band.
But that impression got completely destroyed the very moment I put the record on and turned the volume, waaaay up, and realized, that this is my kind of music.
And it was surely of no coincidence either, as it was just so full of energy, pulsating rhythms and of course the whole combination of these distorted guitars and I think something Robert Fripp would have been proud of, and really a extremely fun and tight recod, that took me completely by surprise.
It just builds and builds onwards, and when you think they have hit their peak, they just take a complete turnaround, charges up for yet another chaotic "attack", and you barely get any time to relax and, I loved it.
Anyway, I was very grateful, that I did watch Something Wild in the middle of the night back in summer of 2006, because if not for that, I would have not found me another favorite movie, but maybe more important, I would probably never heard of The "Willies" and their fantastic debut album.
The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
Loveless Love
Forces at Work
Crazy Rhythms
You just felt like you were on a very wild and bumpy ride, and to think the film is still by many often "compared" to stuff like Blind Date (1987) or Who's That Girl (1987), is just, no, absolute not even close.
I guess the "closest" of that kind of straight-yuppie guy meets up with eccentric and colorful "party" girl, might be Into the Night (1985). But, still, that one is way too much fun and comedy based, even with the more action filled parts thrown in.
Something Wild however, takes a very nasty and dark turn, about halfway through, and then goes into something that kind of reminds me of David Lynch meets up with early Tarantino around the time of True Romance (1993), that kind of a road-trip movie.
But, enough of that.
What made me very interested, was not just the film or its story, but all the richly varied music that were included, with everything from synth pop, new wave, no wave, punk, reggae and so much more, and I felt they had put very much thought behind all of these songs, and not just another Hollywood "juke-box" score, full over over played hits that "every" film seems to keep on dragging along.
That was surely not the way with Something Wild, and again, a very big reason to why I fell for the film.
Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, about halfway through, suddenly The Willies (The Feelies) arrives the stage under a high school reunion party, and the one scene that for me kind of "sets the mood" from just another light hearted and fun ride, is when it goes into a whole other scenery, and happens when The Willies is done with a cheerful and uplifting cover of David Bowie and his Fame, and goes straight into their own Loveless Love.
When the lights suddenly goes out and Ray Liotta makes his appearance, well, you just know that something very special is gonna happen, and there is no going back by now.
Okey, enough Something Wild, now onto Crazy Rhythms (1980), which I purchased a few weeks after, and with only knowing of the Feelies songs or covers they had done in the movie, but would thankfully in return, end up as one of my happiest and best "impulse" buys.
When it finally arrived, I picked up this hilarious CD cover, which kind of looked like some geeky guys who would fit more along with the gang from Revenge of the Nerds (1984) and their beloved Lambda Lambda Lambda, than a serious rock band.
But that impression got completely destroyed the very moment I put the record on and turned the volume, waaaay up, and realized, that this is my kind of music.
And it was surely of no coincidence either, as it was just so full of energy, pulsating rhythms and of course the whole combination of these distorted guitars and I think something Robert Fripp would have been proud of, and really a extremely fun and tight recod, that took me completely by surprise.
It just builds and builds onwards, and when you think they have hit their peak, they just take a complete turnaround, charges up for yet another chaotic "attack", and you barely get any time to relax and, I loved it.
Anyway, I was very grateful, that I did watch Something Wild in the middle of the night back in summer of 2006, because if not for that, I would have not found me another favorite movie, but maybe more important, I would probably never heard of The "Willies" and their fantastic debut album.
The Boy With The Perpetual Nervousness
Loveless Love
Forces at Work
Crazy Rhythms
