April 30, 2005
Your New Favorite Song.
Soundtrack for an Imaginary Wes Anderson Film, Track #2.
I don't think this actually fits: a short meticulous and Baroque-sounding composition, like the ones Mark Mothersbaugh writes, would be better, but Robert Pollard's "Dr. Fuji and Henry Charleston (Zoom Variation)" is such a sweet instrumental gem that I just had to include it in the mix.
Pollard's album Zoom, by the way, is four tracks of sheer pop perfection, almost as if these were outtakes from Bee Thousand or Alien Lanes. In my book it's already some of the best music I've heard all year (you'll read a longer review in December).
Hear it (192 kb, 2.43 mb).
Posted by the wily filipino at April 30, 2005 05:11 PMGlad to see you are continuing with this slightly wacky idea (though unfortunately I couldn't download the tune). I was thinking about this the other day and came up with a few tunes I'm sure Wes would like. I know you are a fan of Gillian Welch so how about barroom girls ("oh the night came on down like a party dress"). Perhaps something from Shonen knife? I thought you were little harsh on Lou Reed in your original post -- so I'd propose something from Berlin, his darkest and greatest album (to sort of book-end with the Cale). Finally, you noted that "Oo la la" (written by the great Ronnie Lane) had made it onto a previous soundtrack, so if there is a place for British pop songs, why not "Jeepster" by T Rex?
Posted by: torn on May 3, 2005 01:49 AMThe download should work now -- I think the filename was too long.
I don't mind Lou at all, and neither did Anderson ("Stephanie Says" was on the Tenenbaums soundtrack after all). But song by song, my preference would still be for Cale -- "Hanky Panky Nohow" vs "Romeo Had Juliette," for instance...
And yes, there will be a few Brit Invasion songs coming up...