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GhostOfTomJoad

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  1. It's a pretty fascinating story about how that song came together & well worth digging into. Briefly, the execs at Paramount wanted to release a single to promote the film but didn't have any money. The director, Taylor Hackford,got involved, which led to him consulting a friend who used to work @ Warner Bros records & at the time had just begun managing Jennifer Warnes. Jennifer immediately said she wanted to perform a duet w/ Joe Cocker. They convinced Hackford & others that the contrast of their smooth/rough voices would parallel the characters Winger & Gere were portraying. The music was already there as part of the score that had been written. They spliced the song together from existing parts, added some lyrics & there it was. Cocker had to be coaxed to record the song in the studio w/ Warnes. He was terrified at first, but they nailed it in a couple takes. Hackford loved it & and knew it was the perfect song for the ending of his film. The studio execs thought it was garbage & tried to force Hackford to use 'On the Wings of Love' by Jeffrey Osborne. It was only because they were out of money & time that Hackford was allowed to get his way.
  2. Is he talking Finebaum or just some random, bald, pencil-necked dude?
  3. Stay off the Justin Blackmon Expressway, Gordon. Nothing good comes from that route.
  4. Is on TCM in 15 minutes. "I wouldn't have made this if it weren't for you. " "Get the hell out if here ." "Thank you, sergeant."
  5. That's the perfect scene stealing trio right there. 3 minutes per episode
  6. Yeah, in the replay it's clear Max stayed wide. Still seems like Norris was trying to overtake sooner than he needed to in a tough turn.
  7. Holy shit. Norris just fucked 'em both.
  8. Archie Bunker Hawkeye Pierce George Costanza
  9. My wife was in Spring last weekend visiting her twin sis (no pics). She told me how the aggy BIL made a total ass of himself after they won game 1 by drunkenly screaming, whooping & cursing at the moon from his backyard. He's friends with most of his neighbors & everyone's known him to be a drunken, loud buffoon over the years. I'm wondering what got destroyed by him throwing it in their pool last night after the loss?
  10. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit.
  11. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit. Losing keeps them hungry? They've gotta be some starving corpse sonsabitches after 85 years of not winning shit.
  12. Oilers tied it 1-1 on a beautiful breakaway.
  13. And this isn't the site motto because....?
  14. Binged all 3 + watched the Fincher version again this weekend. Although the Swedish version (mostly) followed the source material more closely, they also ignored some aspects completely (like the Blomkvist/Erika relationship & its impact on Lisbeth's actions). Overall, they were ok. I still preferred Fincher's interpretation.
  15. You clicked on a link from PRONG HORN. What on earth did you expect?
  16. That makes sense. Same thing happened w/ Master & Commander as I recall.
  17. Does this mean every other scene will begin with someone having coffee and sandwiches? 😉 Or, on the positive side, is Blomkvist having sex with every other woman he encounters and if so, are they hot?
  18. Yeah, Claire Foy played her in The Girl in the Spider's Web which I think was based on the unfinished 4th book by Stieg Larsson. I've never watched it & have heard nothing about it that makes me want to seach for it. Apparently both Craig & Mara really liked their characters & wanted to make the next 2, but Fincher said he wasn't interested & that was the end of it.
  19. Anyone seen it/recommend? I really enjoyed the Finch version w/ Craig & Mara. I'm still shocked that it flopped & they scrapped plans for the other 2. I'm almost through reading the books after a friend loaned them to me the other week. Mrs GOTJ is going to be out of town this weekend & I'm thinking about binging the Swedish trilogy but before I fork over the money to stream them or do the free trial then drop dance I thought I'd ask the crowd. The books are so-so, but the Lisabeth Salander character is compelling. I know the Swedish actor who portrays her received a lot of accolades for her performance. Worth it or nah?
  20. Rob Lowe comes across as a very self-aware dude. I've heard him do some guest DJing on E Street Radio & he talks candidly about being a kid with a crazy dream of being an actor, not knowing how he was going to accomplish that goal, but knowing it would take a lot of work & determination to get anywhere. He doesn't bitch like some & complain he's not taken seriously as an actor because he's handsome. He knows his limitations & accepts that he gets work because he's a very good looking character actor. That's not a bad career 40 years down the road.
  21. Black Magic Woman by Santana--which seems to be playing on a radio station at all times somewhere in San Antonio--is example 1A for me. I'm switching channels before the sustain on that first note rings.
  22. On my drive home yesterday I passed a car hauler on 183N loaded with CTs. Since traffic was creeping along at about 30 mph I could watch the other drivers on the road laugh as that hauler full of stupid passed by. Maybe Elmo's sending a couple dozen of them to Amarillo and gonna sink 'em nose first into the ground to create Cybertruck Ranch?
  23. "It's Joe Biden's fault that I vetoed critical infrastructure spending in the state that I govern, Florida. Now it's Biden's responsibility to spend federal tax dollars to clean up this mess. Because woke Joe Biden is bad for America and Florida! " They'll eat that up while having the Early Bird dinner at The Villages.
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