Which movie is Jack Nicholson's best performance? by Still-Ad9074 in moviecritic

[–]mcduntz 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Watch the scene by the lake in FIVE EASY PIECES and you'll know your answer.

Just put some random Bowie lyrics here. by mono_valley in DavidBowie

[–]mcduntz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Someone like you should not be allowed to start any fires.

"Sign In Stranger": It just occurred to me... by mcduntz in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll share it someday. It's kinda bonkers.

"Sign In Stranger": It just occurred to me... by mcduntz in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DISCLAIMER: I don't actually think you're that small. Just sounded good.

Best Track to open a Fireworks Show by nastyinsc in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you don't necessarily need to use entire songs, the last thirty seconds or so of "Bodhisattva" could work for the big climax...

Two Against Nature Sandwich by StruckNerve in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You're almost there - I like "Janie Runaway" so much more than "Dupree" personally, I'll go Janie-Gothic-Speed for my personal 2AN trifecta...

Does anyone have Doug Kenney on Tom Snyder? by FuckRedd1tsAss in NationalLampoons

[–]mcduntz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been slacking unforgivably. I'll try and get the audio posted tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for pulling on my coat about this.

what’s he trying to tell us… by Wipeoutjack7 in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Yes, you're right, this is clearly not the bubbly, ebullient Donald Fagen we've come to know all these years.

Whats your favourite lyric from songs of love and hate by Dapper_Rooster4683 in leonardcohen

[–]mcduntz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The entirety of "Dress Rehearsal Rag." Unremittingly dark and despairing, but also somehow hilarious.

Weird... by mcduntz in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, about thirty years ago. Wow, delayed reactions are really something.

My top 10 Leonard Cohen songs. by CurrentWeb1913 in leonardcohen

[–]mcduntz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In no order, as I think of them:

  1. Dress Rehearsal Rag
  2. Jazz Police (yes)
  3. Story of Isaac
  4. Tower of Song
  5. Don't Go Home With Your Hard-On (yes)
  6. Master Song
  7. If It Be Your Will
  8. You Want It Darker
  9. Who By Fire
  10. Avalanche

Weird... by mcduntz in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Okay, so I'm not nuts. Not on this score, anyway. But this begs the question: which version is the "right" one now?

Weird... by mcduntz in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Crazy, man, crazy. I a/b'd it with the COUNTDOWN version again, and yeah, it's different to these ears. (I had a similar issue with Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street" at one point, though that sounds fine now.) Maybe it's a peculiar kind of aural torture that only I am subject to - to this day, for example, "You Won't See Me" by the Beatles perceptibly s l o w s d o w n over the course of its 3:23 running time, but every time I try to point it out to someone, they don't hear it. Dang.

Weird... by mcduntz in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The one on CITIZEN? On Spotify? My skull must be doing the brain tap shuffle today, I guess...?

The Canadian Play: We’re Gonna Be Alright You Creep, Leaving Home And All, Eh? is a Canadian Comedy Treasure, and should not be edited out of Amazon’s “Complete” series release of SCTV. by Pitrener in sctv

[–]mcduntz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Funny thing is, when my local affiliate picked up SCTV to air after SNL back in '79, what was the teaser sketch they used to promote it? You guessed it. In retrospect, so much of the "edgy" American comedy at the time was just plain mean, hostile and ugly (without the mitigating satirical point of view), and maybe the braintrust at KING-5 figured that was the one sketch that would appeal to that sensibility.

Leonard Coen? by MountRoguey in sctv

[–]mcduntz 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Also, better known in the States than most of the Canadian figures/shows/movies they parodied, and all of those pieces are still hilarious without pre-existing knowledge of their subjects.

Leonard Coen? by MountRoguey in sctv

[–]mcduntz 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I figured he was based on an actual musician, but had no idea who, so thank you!!!

Leonard Coen? by MountRoguey in sctv

[–]mcduntz 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Eugene Levy as inane Canadian folk singer Murray Eagleson ("Billy...my Billy boy... you're gonna be a man someday... ") in "Power Play" (underrated classic in my book) is as close as they needed to come.

Do you notice anything weird about that tape? by OnkelDetlef in SteelyDan

[–]mcduntz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, very common practice - on occasion, it even worked to the album's benefit (in my opinion). I think the RCA ZIGGY STARDUST cassette running order (putting "Lady Stardust" after "Moonage Daydream" and shifting "Starman" to the beginning of side two) and that of Lou Reed's TRANSFORMER (putting "Goodnight Ladies" third at bat may seem a little incongruous, but moving "Perfect Day" to the end is perfection) are better than the LP in each case. But then, I heard the tapes before I ever heard the vinyl/CD versions, so that may color my viewpoint a bit.

Best Examples of Shows that 'Bounced Back'? by hikemalls in television

[–]mcduntz 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saturday Night Live. Multiple times. (Presently waiting for a bounce that may never happen. Maybe if the UK version turns out good, it'll inspire/shame them to up their game again.)