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Post by sarayamodel on Feb 25, 2005 23:19:57 GMT -5
 Now- I don't know whether the majority of DD fans are just too young to recall the 80's music- But, I do remember that time period... even as a young teenager, and Tears for fears songs like "Mad World" 1983 and "Head over heels" 1985 were way*OLD* already by the late 80's!!! By then- GUNS -n- ROSES were the big teen thing, as well as Salt n Peppa, Whitsnake, Motley crue, etc.... DOYYY!!! I don't know about the rest of you- but THAT REALLY bugs me about the movie- Other than that it's an awesome movie for the most part......
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Post by Phil on Feb 26, 2005 5:49:54 GMT -5
Yeah, but the music was also picked because it fitted well with the plot and feeling of the film.
Can you honestly imagine a guns and roses song being in DD ?
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Post by Omnipotent on Feb 26, 2005 16:39:10 GMT -5
Salt-N-Pepa?
Hahahaha
I can picture Donnie break dancing on the cardboard now.
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Post by John on Feb 26, 2005 20:15:47 GMT -5
Salt-N-Pepa? Hahahaha I can picture Donnie break dancing on the cardboard now. Haha ;D Okay so yeah maybe Echo and the Bunnymen, The Church and Tears for Fears weren't the "coolest" bands in 1988 (although "Under the Milky Way" is a 1988 song) do you think music by Guns 'n' Roses has any place in a movie like Donnie Darko? I don't think so! Richard Kelly (assuming he chose the music?) wasn't thinking in terms of what was the most popular music at that time, he was probably thinking in terms of what music from that general time period would best fit the movie. |
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Post by h4m on Feb 27, 2005 5:14:16 GMT -5
personally i think he would have picked whatever music as long as it was before 1988.. if he liked classical we could have heard some Mozart...
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Post by Hatch on Feb 27, 2005 5:22:35 GMT -5
The lyrics to the songs fit the ideas put forth in the film. Also, during the director commentary he says that these were the songs he listened to while writing the film.
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Post by greedy on Feb 27, 2005 13:19:33 GMT -5
u also have to remeber the music we heard was not the music the cast heard the characters if they were to listen to music it would be what is popular like what was being played at the party how ever to set the mood u have to use feeling not timne approptiate music just like a knights tale faboulus music for that movie and it made the mood the creators where looking for
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Post by satanicecstasy on Mar 9, 2006 13:50:56 GMT -5
I think the music is perfect for 1988. I listen to music which predates 2006. Lyrically 'Head Over Heels' is perfect, what with the lyric about '...funny how time flies...' - most of the songs are leftfield, with the exception of the track by INXS. Populist music like Def Leppard and Fleetwood Mac (both were big sellers in 1988) would have made it a populist film.
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Post by greedy on Mar 11, 2006 14:57:14 GMT -5
very true i never thought of it like that EXALT
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Post by terabyte on Mar 20, 2006 19:25:15 GMT -5
I thought the music was amazing. Every song on it was great, in my opinion.
"Under The Milky Way Tonight" is such an incredible song, so were the rest of course, but this one just stuck to me. Just something about it..
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Post by greedy on Mar 22, 2006 0:46:21 GMT -5
i agree and the originator of this thread failed to realize the purpose for the music......
it's a shame really
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Post by Shikonmaggot on May 9, 2006 21:13:28 GMT -5
it fit...and i like it...so it's all good
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Post by Milz on Jun 16, 2007 10:05:39 GMT -5
Firstly, I think the music has been chosen well to fit all the situations.
I love the bit in the school when the boys are taking drugs and the headmaster walks past without noticing anything and the lyrics go: "gentle persuasion".
I think it's a big thing in the film that the music is not "normal" for the year the film is set, it fits the alternative narrative structure of the film much better this way.
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Post by brighteyes on Dec 7, 2007 17:40:34 GMT -5
I agree, the music was chosen for effect, just like in every other movie.
Also, I think the movie can be forgiven for not depicting a completely realistic view on what teenagers music tastes were in the late 80's, especially considering the theories it banters about.
Another thing, I know Radiohead released their first studio album five years after 1988, but some of their songs seem so suited to the film in the kind of mood they project. Especially Karma Police, Paranoid Android, Motion Picture Soundtrack and Creep.
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Post by Some Kind of Mystery on Jan 10, 2008 16:23:40 GMT -5
Would you really care if the music had been made after 1988 if it was what fit best? Seems silly to me.
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