Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Gremlinfc leaves unsettling trail


"A sickening bad-taste exercise". No not me , but one of me fillums which has continued to flummox audiences since it was released in.......(point)
What's its relevance to music? Well...
...theeee freaky song sung by theee Freak (can't say more but Point for the character) has been covered by Bauhaus, Devo, Norma Loy, WC3 (à trois dans les WC), Haus Arafna, Miranda Sex Garden, Annie Christian, John Hasbrouck, Pankow, Pixies, The Sherrysa-Whore, Desolation Yes, Bang Gang, Helios, Donny Who Loved Bowling, Forgotten Sunrise and Tuxedomoon. Indie rockers Modest Mouse borrowed lines from thee song for "Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'", as did the anarcho-punk band Rubella Ballet for their song "Slant and Slide. That's not a bad resumee for a song sung by a freak in a nightmare fillum.
I'll post the song itself when the SpillPoints have been dished out:
1. Fillum(easy)
2. Gremlinfc's character (easy)
3. Character who sings song
4. Who/what is the quote "Oh you ARE sick!" about?
5. What's unusual about the music for the fillum?
...everything is fine, everything is fine.
Of course some people think it's unwatchable , pretentious shite...it's mos def weird, whichever viewpoint you take.
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21 comments:

  1. AliMundayJanuary 20, 2010 at 7:04 AM

    is it Eraserhead? Haven't seen it. Otherwise I nominate The Sound of Music / The Lonely Goatherd / Maria / A boy singing 'You are 16 going on 17', and finally the unusual thing about the music is that you can still sing all the words to Doe a Deer 42 years after you last saw the film.

    Sorry.

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  2. gremlinfcJanuary 20, 2010 at 11:32 AM

    Eraserhead it is Alim- un point!

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  3. DsDJanuary 20, 2010 at 12:07 PM

    Counts me out of the rest of this one then; I'm another one who's never seen Eraserhead.

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  4. gremlinfcJanuary 20, 2010 at 12:48 PM

    DsD - I can see how that would be a problem here!
    Have you heard from Rockingmitch? End of this week will be tough.

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  5. ChrisJanuary 20, 2010 at 1:43 PM

    Definitely an 'unsettling' film and still one of Lynch's best. It's a few years since I saw it last but isn't the song performed by the girl behind the radiator, amidst all the industrial-noise music? Initially released in 1977, with Lynch-fave Jack Nance as Henry Spencer.

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  6. gremlinfcJanuary 20, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    Respeck to Chris there for year and singer of said song "Girl behind the radiator"(or maybe "in")so 2 SpillPoints!
    I'm with you - bizarre and very unsettling.
    But good too.

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  7. ShoeyJanuary 21, 2010 at 12:10 AM

    Worth a look just for the chicken dinner scene. Don't know why Lynch isn't making movies anymore, Blue Velvet was a little overrated, but the one about the old man riding across the US on his lawnmower was wonderful.

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  8. gremlinfcJanuary 21, 2010 at 12:30 AM

    with you there Schuhmeister all the way - maybe he's considered passe?
    That chicken dinner scene is legendary...

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  9. ChrisJanuary 21, 2010 at 12:43 AM

    Inland Empire wasn't too long ago. And that gave me plenty to chew on...

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  10. ShoeyJanuary 21, 2010 at 12:58 AM

    Will investigate, Chris. Thanks

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  11. ChrisJanuary 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM

    Shoey, be warned. It's a 3-hour colour version of Eraserhead, mixed with Mulholland Drive, including a soap opera played by rabbits in a hotel room. I was pinned to my seat by the sound and sight of it, despite having only the usual vague clue of what it was about.
    Now enough time has elapsed, I may be ready for another ride....

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  12. gremlinfcJanuary 21, 2010 at 12:49 PM

    Wooooaaaa Inland Empire is even wackier in some ways than Eraserhead. Aquired taste mos def - I loved it , but that's another story...

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  13. ChrisJanuary 21, 2010 at 5:06 PM

    Just seen The Road. Even with more of pre-Event life being shown and some rather-too-clean clothes being worn than in the novel, it's a tough watch. Some way beyond 'unsettling'.

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  14. gremlinfcJanuary 21, 2010 at 5:40 PM

    Yes Chris - what about the human pantry in the cellar when Viggo & Son found the house...it well freaked me out - the bleakness of it all : going to increase me tin collection ...mustn't forget the sos-mix...

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  15. treefrogdemonJanuary 21, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    On the bright side, any day I see Michael K Williams is a good day!

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  16. gremlinfcJanuary 21, 2010 at 5:59 PM

    And with no clothes on!

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    He is amazing in 'The Wire' !

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  18. treefrogdemonJanuary 21, 2010 at 6:29 PM

    Omar is my favourite character.

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  19. gremlinfcJanuary 21, 2010 at 7:01 PM

    He's cool and brilliantly acted : I also like Idris Elba as Stringer Bell- the music is wicked too...

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  20. gremlinfcJanuary 21, 2010 at 7:30 PM

    1. Eraserhead
    2. Henry Spencer
    3. Lady in the radiator
    4. Their freak/monster baby
    5. Soundtrack by David Lynch himself
    Thanks to those who spilled along.

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  21. treefrogdemonJanuary 24, 2010 at 3:14 PM

    gremlin, there's an article about Idris Elba in today's Observer:

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/2010/jan/24/idris-elba-interview-the-wire

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