best performances in movies

les hectic · Post by **les hectic** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 6:37 pm

drunken backporch band in sling blade feat. vic chesnutt and cruel drunk dwight yoakam...

bigdieseltrucker · Post by **bigdieseltrucker** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 5:51 pm

Ballad of Easy Rider......

Hoops · Post by **Hoops** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:48 am

I don't know who the guy was, but the guy who played Sam Cooke singing "Bring It On Home To Me" at the beginning of "Ali" was terrific.

gb68 · Post by **gb68** » Fri Aug 26, 2005 9:44 am

I just saw Athens, Ga. Inside/Out for the first time last night.
It was originally released in 1987, and is finally out on DVD.
My wife saw it in the theater when it came out,
and fortunately, she bought the soundtrack
before IRS Records went under.
The soundtrack is a terrific collection,
with tracks by REM, Pylon, and some lesser-known
acts like Love Tractor, Dreams So Real and the Flat Duo Jets.

The Flat Duo Jets's performance has to be one of the most
exuberant ever caught on film.
Perhaps not technically the best, but a whole lot of fun.
Appropriately, among the DVD extras is a short interview
where Jack White admits to the influence of the Flat Duo Jets
on the White Stripes's one-guitar-with-a-drummer approach.

The documentary The Brother With Perfect Timing about
the South African jazz pianist Abdullah Ibrahim (aka Dollar Brand)
who was discovered and brought to America by Duke Ellington,
has some beautiful, majestic music. Ibrahim's blending of
African rhythms, church music and modern jazz has been
an important influence for many jazz composers.
Highly recommended for anyone who likes jazz.

saratoga jay · Post by **saratoga jay** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 10:11 am

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dprice · Post by **dprice** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:57 am

Oh yeah, what about Edie Brickell's performing "Hard Rain's Gonna Fall" in Born of the 4th of July.

dprice · Post by **dprice** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:54 am

I'd just like to add that Michael J. Fox was actually playing the Chuck Berry guitar part in Back to the Future. It's true, I read it in his autobiography (don't ask why I read it).

maura tierney · Post by **maura tierney** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 9:50 am

Good call on the Ry Cooder, ell. I'd also throw his Paris, Texas and Southern Comfort soundtracks in there.

BTW, anyone know where I can get the Southern Comfort soundtrack? There's a few tracks on the 2CD "Music By" Ry Cooder compilation, but I've never seen the whole soundtrack anywhere.

tillotson505 · Post by **tillotson505** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 8:52 am

EVERYBODY CAN CAN !!!!!

calexico · Post by **calexico** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:30 am

Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in Moulin Rouge.

*I am so on the wrong board!*

sand dusky · Post by **sand dusky** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 7:22 am

The Monkees - Head
Lee Marvin - Paint your Wagon

Damaged Son · Post by **Damaged Son** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:57 am

twitcher73 wrote:I know someone already mentioned the Blues Brothers... there are some great musical performances in that film - Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin... but I think what takes the cake is Cab Calloway and band doing Minnie The Moocher...

My favorite scene was John Lee Hooker performing on the sidewalk.
I think it's just before Jake and Elwood walk into the diner.

twitcher73 · Post by **twitcher73** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:46 am

I know someone already mentioned the Blues Brothers... there are some great musical performances in that film - Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin... but I think what takes the cake is Cab Calloway and band doing Minnie The Moocher...

Damaged Son · Post by **Damaged Son** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:39 am

Hmmm...
Would the Buena Vista Social Club performing in the Wim Wenders film Buena Vista Social Club count?

Or how about Neil Young and Crazy Horse in Jim Jarmusch's Year of the Horse?

Probably not since they're both documentaries, eh?
Alright, i still stand by my first post.

elliegurl · Post by **elliegurl** » Thu Aug 25, 2005 6:24 am

i saw the last waltz on dvd earlier this summer and it really rocks the whole thing!

i also like aimee mann singing save me at the end of the movie magnolia.

the band (not the band) singing elton john's tiny dancer on the bus in almost famous, corny but very cool.

let go by frou frou at the very end of garden state, i so love that movie!

the sound track of i am sam with all the beatles covers...two of us and across the universe!

the whole soundtrack of casino...though i am not a fan of mafia movies.

i am sure there are more but it is time to find coffee...
see ya,
ellie
oops i forgot the whole sound track from the long riders...ry cooder

Jay Farrar

best performances in movies

Flat Duo Jets flat-out rockin'