tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post1126987497234723179..comments2024-02-06T16:17:25.826+00:00Comments on THE GRĂNMARK BLOG: Sleazy, sweaty, brassy... the music behind noir moviesScott Gronmarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15118026157459333174noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-39623296299733374482019-07-15T07:38:49.295+01:002019-07-15T07:38:49.295+01:00The French Quarter in New Orleans was made real by... The French Quarter in New Orleans was made real by the author of " A Confederacy of Dunces".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-4997006519548150862019-05-09T09:22:36.678+01:002019-05-09T09:22:36.678+01:00In their early days, Lee Brilleaux and Wilko Johns...<br />In their early days, Lee Brilleaux and Wilko Johnson were in a London pub and the barmaid said, "Yes gentlemen?"<br /><br /> "Gentlemen? Before you is the cream of English pub rock, we'll have two pints of your best and twenty Bensons"<br /><br /> Barmaid comes back and says " What's the name again?"<br /><br /> Dr Feelgood.<br /><br /> No, the cigarettes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-1762562261589215502019-05-03T18:21:24.611+01:002019-05-03T18:21:24.611+01:00Agreed, you can't get much sleazier than '...Agreed, you can't get much sleazier than 'French Quarter.'<br />I'm sure Bernard Hermann 'used' parts of this in Taxi Driver and those 8 or 9 beats on the kettle drums in Touch of Evil also reminds one of the cab moving wrathe-like through the escaped subway 'fog.'<br />Enough of that film, the principal actor's absurd posturing of late, yes you Robert, has diminished it in my eyes a smidgen, whereas these glorious scores plus all the rest stand the test of time. <br />Thank you Mr. Gronmark excellent piece. southern mannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2215553202978284468.post-1100460579416981442019-04-28T23:11:11.126+01:002019-04-28T23:11:11.126+01:00Great themes and a wonderful connection between th...Great themes and a wonderful connection between the score and the film. i am sure that lurking somewhere is the figure of bachelor Johnny Cool - yes, you heard me right the first time, strictly liquor, love and laughs. And he's got a dark brown overcoat..<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Ex-KCSnoreply@blogger.com