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Martin Scorsese's latest movie The Wolf of Wall Street hits the big screen next week, and if you can look past the controversy you'll find a fast, funny and hugely entertaining look into the lives of some very bad men.
Naturally, The Wolf of Wall Street boasts a killer soundtrack with Foo Fighters, Cypress Hill, Devo and Bo Diddly among the many artists backing the stockbroker mayhem.
The heralded filmmaker has always had a keen eye (and ear) for marrying image to music, so with Wolf of Wall Street poised to open on Friday (January 17) in the UK, Digital Spy takes a look at 8 great uses of pop songs in Scorsese's career.
The Ronettes - 'Be My Baby' (Mean Streets)
Mean Streets wasn't the first film Scorsese directed (it followed Who's That Knocking at My Door? and Boxcar Bertha), but for many it signalled his arrival as a top-tier filmmaker.
Naturally, The Wolf of Wall Street boasts a killer soundtrack with Foo Fighters, Cypress Hill, Devo and Bo Diddly among the many artists backing the stockbroker mayhem.
The heralded filmmaker has always had a keen eye (and ear) for marrying image to music, so with Wolf of Wall Street poised to open on Friday (January 17) in the UK, Digital Spy takes a look at 8 great uses of pop songs in Scorsese's career.
The Ronettes - 'Be My Baby' (Mean Streets)
Mean Streets wasn't the first film Scorsese directed (it followed Who's That Knocking at My Door? and Boxcar Bertha), but for many it signalled his arrival as a top-tier filmmaker.
- 1/11/2014
- Digital Spy
Seems like the major labels will continue to mine the nostalgia angle with the hope that they can squeeze a few more ducats from aging music fans everywhere. Fine by me, if the music merits the "super-deluxe-never-before-heard-or-seen" treatment. And since I've been sucked into that black hole with the Dead, Stones, Rush, Hendrix, Jesus & Mary Chain, et al., I've missed some amazing music and culture this past year. No excuses now as I cram a full year's worth of culture down my gullet before Christmas. You can check out more of my favorite culture from 2011 in these Spring, Summer, and Fall articles.
Mia Doi Todd: Cosmic Ocean Ship (City Zen) - I was struck by her otherworldly vocals after copping her major label debut in 2002. Her ninth effort picks up where her critically acclaimed 2008 self-released effort Gea left off. And it's quite apparent that her time on the road opening...
Mia Doi Todd: Cosmic Ocean Ship (City Zen) - I was struck by her otherworldly vocals after copping her major label debut in 2002. Her ninth effort picks up where her critically acclaimed 2008 self-released effort Gea left off. And it's quite apparent that her time on the road opening...
- 12/25/2011
- by Dusty Wright
- www.culturecatch.com
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Washington -- Musician and political activist Jackson Browne gave a free performance at Occupy Washington DC in Freedom Plaza on Monday, just four days after visiting Zuccotti Park in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.
"Music is like the heartbeat," Browne told HuffPost, speaking about the importance of music within the Occupy movement. "I think it helps motivate and helps give people heart. Even love songs have the resonances of people who want freedom, who want fulfillment, who want a prosperous life, who want their dreams to come true."
In D.C., he performed five songs for roughly a hundred listeners ranging from occupiers to passers-by, loyal Browne fans to workers on their lunch break. The songs included "Casino Nation," "Far From These Arms of Hunger," "For America" and a cover of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul's "I Am a Patriot." The fifth song, "Battle for the Future," was inspired by Occupy Wall Street.
"Music is like the heartbeat," Browne told HuffPost, speaking about the importance of music within the Occupy movement. "I think it helps motivate and helps give people heart. Even love songs have the resonances of people who want freedom, who want fulfillment, who want a prosperous life, who want their dreams to come true."
In D.C., he performed five songs for roughly a hundred listeners ranging from occupiers to passers-by, loyal Browne fans to workers on their lunch break. The songs included "Casino Nation," "Far From These Arms of Hunger," "For America" and a cover of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul's "I Am a Patriot." The fifth song, "Battle for the Future," was inspired by Occupy Wall Street.
- 12/6/2011
- by Hayley Miller
- Huffington Post
Dawes are a very young band with influences that go a bit against the grain to guys in their early 20's. Songwriter and lead singer Taylor Goldsmith is 23, and I think the oldest of the band which includes his brother Griffin Goldsmith on drums, bassist Wylie Gelber and Alex Casnoff on keys and vocals.
Commenting on the musical influence that California's Laurel Canyon area has had on them, Goldsmith told the Weekender, "There are a lot of people like Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young whose influences are in our sound. I think their music is a different experience for us. It's sort of like what I imagine it may be for someone from New Jersey listening to (Bruce) Springsteen. The music speaks to them differently."
That's something Jon Stewart reminds us all of whenever he gets the chance. We caught the band (fans call them...
Commenting on the musical influence that California's Laurel Canyon area has had on them, Goldsmith told the Weekender, "There are a lot of people like Jackson Browne, Warren Zevon and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young whose influences are in our sound. I think their music is a different experience for us. It's sort of like what I imagine it may be for someone from New Jersey listening to (Bruce) Springsteen. The music speaks to them differently."
That's something Jon Stewart reminds us all of whenever he gets the chance. We caught the band (fans call them...
- 7/28/2010
- by Brandon Kim
- ifc.com
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