Comments on: Song of the Day #463: ‘Here We Go’ – Jon Brion

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:27:47 +0000

Thanks for the link.

By: chelseagirl

chelseagirl — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:21:47 +0000

Why not own his solo album? There is only one, unless you count I Heart HUckabees (which perhaps, we should):

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jonbrion

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:02:32 +0000

Yes, O Brother is a great example of a soundtrack that captures its film (and contains some lovely material in its own right).

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:00:02 +0000

I have to second Dana’s suggestions and add O Brother, Where Art Thou? as another soundtrack worth featuring. Each of these albums perfectly suited their films and contain songs that are wonderful to listen to even when the film is over.

And I am not part of the ADD generation I’ll have you know. I am simply a discerning person capable of making a decision regarding a song after listening to 3/4 of it. It’s fascinating to explore whether a tone is more bearable in a film than in a song (or vice versa). I do tend to have more patience when a filmmaker in experimenting on me than for when a singer/songwriter is doing so.

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:33:16 +0000

I'm not familiar with the Brother Bear soundtrack, but Disney has certainly put out its share of great movie music.

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:50:18 +0000

Perfectly nice song, and you always have been a sucker for a waltz like carnival sound 9though this one has the carnival instrumentation stripped out):)

Since you have now presumably completed your soundtrack theme week, I feel that at least two other soundtracks should be mentioned. First, I would hold up the When Harry Met Sally soundtrack as a standout, featuring some of Harry Connick’s finest work. A more recent standout that comes to mind is the soundtrack to Once, containing some of the most wonderful original music I have heard in quite awhile.

And, on behalf of my kids (particularly Maddie), the Brother Bear soundtrack “bears” mentioning.:)

By: Clay

Clay — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:04:53 +0000

Ah, the ADD generation.

I’m surprised that you can’t make it through 3 minutes of this song but you can make it through 90 minutes of the movie… I find them to be remarkably similar in tone and impact. In fact, of all the songs I featured this week this is the one I feel most captures its film.

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:31:37 +0000

On a completely unrelated note (which makes perfect sense for what I’m about to say), I love the “Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)” that accompany each of your blogs. Today’s “Michael Gondry is More Man Than All of Us” and “Playlist: Blood-Curdling Songs From Vampire Movies” particularly amuse me.

Anyway, I was with today’s song for the first couple of minutes, but just around the 3:00 minute mark I found it becoming increasingly monotonous. I do love this film, though, and really should see it again. It might be his “worst” film (in your estimation, I’m assuming?). but it’s likely my favorite of his films.