Get Him to the Greek (2010)

dupa atitea RIP-uri grele, m-am relaxat cu Get Him to the Greek, si I got two words for you, Russell Brand, revelatia anului, nu disfunctionalul Jesse Eisneberg.

am recuperat ce nu vazusem, anume Get Him to the Greek si acum, sorry, trebe sa vad si Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), as this was a spin-off. Co-scris si regizat tot de Nicholas Stoller. Genial e comicul englez Russell Brand as Aldous Snow, derelict self-destructive rock star has been (Axl Rose meets Keef style),

si Jonah Hill (care mi-aduce aminte de Chris Penn) as geek-ul care trebuie sa aiba grije de el sa ajunga la concert la timp la Greek Theatre in LA in 72 de ore.
Incep sa cred ca asta e contenderul principal la categoria: comedia nului 2010. Desi e destula drama tip Almost Famous/Dazed and Confused si down-to-earth debauchery.
In primul rind inventia trupei Infant Sorrow, cu Brand la voce, de la The Clap cintata in loc de atrocele African Child, energie si productie si compozitie Lyle Workman (with a guest stint of Jarvis Cocker). F.O.H. (adica "fucked on heroin") si
care cinta toate piesele, ca si Rose Byrne ale fostei sale iubite, Jackie Q. ( a la Aguillera), care acum o arde cu tobarul de la Metallica ("the crying drummer", Lars Ulrich as himself). Seful casei de discuri e psihotic si hyper, Sean Combs. Adica nimeni altul decit Puff Daddy ! El are o interventie funny la finalul filmului, post-credits. Colm Meaney apare ca tatal lui Aldous, azi chitarist in Las Veags in trupa de acompaniamnet la impersonatorii Rat Pack !
in plus soundtrackul contine destule clasice, Sex Pistols (Anarchy in the UK), Clash(London Calling), New York Dolls(Personality Crisis), Ramones (Cretin Hop), T.Rex (20th Century Boy) si Rolling Stones (Rocks Off), Goldfrapp, The Mars Volta, The Only Ones...si Mariah Carrey si Chocolate Daddy !!!
aici lista completa de piese si unde apar ele in film !
ratings:
metacritics: 65 %
Ebert 3 stele din 4 !
Empire 3 stele din cinci, dar wtf, empire si stelele lor (yep, poseidon... 4, due date...2 )
3 3/4 din 5, 8 din 10 !
DVD-am vazut versiune UNRATED, care e cu 5 min. mai lunga decitc e atheatrical, nu suntvscen in plus ci doar lungite si bineinteles mai copios ofensatoare
diferentele dintre versiuni aici
Yeah Yeah Oi Oi si don't try The Jeffrey (see song Furry Walls) !

& even more Beefheart

quote:
There was a time, awhile back, when Bono - from U2 - had heard that Captain Beefheart was living in a trailer in the desert. My guess is that the guy assumed that Don - like so many eclectic players before him - was near destitute, and therefore - felt sorry for him. Sorry enough as it seems, to have extended an invitation...

So he sent him a letter and said “Captain Beefheart, if you’d like to come perform on our tour or open up or play a few dates with us - we’d be very proud - I want to write with you”... and Don writes back: “Dear Bongo, I don’t know who you are or what you want from me but don’t call me again.”
:-)
also:

"The stars are matter. We are matter. But it doesn't matter."


--Don Van Vliet

more Beefheart

Albumul meu preferat de Captain Beefhearst e apt intitulatul: A carrot is as close a rabbit gets to a diamond ! Nu glumesc, e un album-compilatie facut in 1998, si unul din cele 3 pe care le detin cu Beefheart, imi place pentru ca e eclectic si pentru ca are o seectie de piese ehhaustiva (19) si eclectica (de la baladescul succes Bluejeans and Moonbeams la elegiacul Further Than We've Gone, cu un pian si o chitara geniale, la tzacaneala de free jazz, Light Reflected off the Oceans of the Moon, la dementiala The Past Sure Is Tense, la piesa-titlu,

cu introducerile vocale din Apes Ma ("your cage isn't getting any better, Apes Ma") and so on...)
asa ca am stat sa-l ascult toata ziua pentru ca dupa citeva incursiuni pe youtube, aparitii la Letterman, interviu Frank Zappa despre el (Zappa a murit pe 4 decembrie 1993 la 52 de ani ! iar Van Vliet era deja retras de 10 ani, tot in acel an Anton Corbjin a facut un documentar scurt despre el, ultima marturie video cu ex-Capitanul!), am luat discurile din raft si e a treia oara cind A carrot is as close a rabbit gets to a diamond a curs, si m-a izbit dupa multa vreme genilitatea pieselor. Am mai ascultat doar o piesa Beefheart recent, Her Eyes (are a Blue Million Miles, din soundtrackul la The Big Lebowski, care m-a izbit cind am vazut filmul, prima oara la cinema in Praga, alaturi de Terje (cel care m-a introdus lui Cpt. B) , si cind The Dude asculta ceea ce la prima impresie poate parea o cacofonie sonora...(cum zicea un comentariu de pe youtube, "who needs drugs and/or beer when there's Beefheart ?")

Tom Waits despre Beefheart

Tom Waits intr-un email catre LA TIMES:

"He was like the scout on a wagon train. He was the one who goes ahead and shows the way. He was a demanding bandleader, a transcendental composer (with emphasis on the dental), up there with Ornette [Coleman], Sun Ra and Miles [Davis]. He drew in the air with a burnt stick. He described the indescribable. He's an underground stream and a big yellow blimp.

"I will miss talking to him on the phone. We would describe what we saw out of our windows. He was a rememberer. He was the only one who thought to bring matches. He's the alpha and the omega. The high water mark. He's gone and he won't be back."