you folks sicken me
― he quipped with heat (amateurist), Friday, 8 May 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
LOL
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 8 May 2015 15:40 (nine years ago) link
Praise from Caesar!
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 8 May 2015 15:55 (nine years ago) link
Could even see something from Deja Vu, Grissom--preferably not a Nash song.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:03 (nine years ago) link
Odds the last song is not in my iTunes library -- 1:10
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:09 (nine years ago) link
You love lots of early-'70s soul, and I still could see them ending that way--Stevie Wonder, say, or the Spinners.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:14 (nine years ago) link
Better not be Bowie's "All The Mad Men"
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:15 (nine years ago) link
L.A.'s fine, but it ain't homeNew York's home,But it ain't mine no more
Neil Diamond's I Am...I Said. Affectively used in that Harvey Keitel/Kate Winslet movie where he rescues her from a cult or something.
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:19 (nine years ago) link
But I got an emptiness deep insideAnd I've triedBut it won't let me goAnd I'm not a man who likes to swearBut I never caredFor the sound of being alone
"I am"... I saidTo no one thereAnd no one heard at allNot even the chair"I am"... I cried"I am"... said IAnd I am lost and I can'tEven say why"I am"... I said"I am"... I cried"I am"... I said
I was joking, but this is pretty on the nose!
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:20 (nine years ago) link
holy shit.
Did you ever read about a frogWho dreamed of bein' a kingAnd then became oneWell except for the namesAnd a few other changesIf you talk about meThe story's the same one
Someone just suggested exactly that on Facebook. (I mentioned in my piece getting the idea for the New Seekers from you, Dan.)
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:21 (nine years ago) link
Only 2 recentish MM songs that spring to mind being on my phone are "Is That All There Is" and "Porpoise."
Should probably download "Stranger on the Shore" one of these days, tho.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:23 (nine years ago) link
man you guys are really fixated on this song thing
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:26 (nine years ago) link
credits music is p far down the list of things that are great about this show imo
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
Quantum Leap already had this sort of thing on lockdown anyway.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:30 (nine years ago) link
lol
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:31 (nine years ago) link
Last episode is Sam Beckett leaping into Don's body and sorting out all the harm he caused?
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:35 (nine years ago) link
more like all the HAMM he caused
― dan selzer, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:37 (nine years ago) link
HAMM I AM
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:38 (nine years ago) link
who drinks at work, I am the Hamm
― ultimate american sock (mh), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:41 (nine years ago) link
Oh boy.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:44 (nine years ago) link
would you drink it with a fox, would you drink it in a box
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:48 (nine years ago) link
still wondering if sally made it to school
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 16:54 (nine years ago) link
http://www.ebeercans.com/images/large/OI-377.jpg
― Sir Lord Baltimora (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 8 May 2015 17:09 (nine years ago) link
St. Paul!
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 8 May 2015 17:12 (nine years ago) link
clearly the correct music to lead into the new "lawyer men" spinoff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtDjR255qY
― entry-level umami (mild bleu cheese vibes) (s.clover), Friday, 8 May 2015 17:29 (nine years ago) link
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:27 (1 hour ago) Permalink
Needless to say, strongly disagree--at or near the top for me.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
And no one heard at all Not even the chairspoiler
― dow, Friday, 8 May 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
if i thought credit music was the best thing about a show id probs listen to music instead idk
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 19:56 (nine years ago) link
haha yes
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
If the music were just used over the credits, I'd partially agree. But the greatest moments have been music that started before the credits, at least once well before ("Tomorrow Never Knows"), and it's the effect that the music has in combination with what's happening. Peggy at the elevator, and the way she smiles as "You Really Got Me" starts; Don and his kids as "Both Sides Now" played; Don standing in front of his vacant apartment as "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" began. As I always acknowledge, this effects me more than most people. But I don't think you can isolate the songs from what is happening as they play.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2015 20:06 (nine years ago) link
peggy rollerskating vs. peggy on motorcycle
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:07 (nine years ago) link
Directors know this; that's why Scorsese and the Andersons and Tarantino and Baumbach and others take such care with music. (And sometimes they overstep, or miss the mark.)
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
music choices are important! obv not a be-all end-all but they have significance and can make a scene even more poignant
― slothroprhymes, Friday, 8 May 2015 20:08 (nine years ago) link
"Affects," not "effects." Teacher, duh.
― clemenza, Friday, 8 May 2015 20:09 (nine years ago) link
I'm not saying music choices aren't important! just that in this show they're not really very central to what I like about it. They use it well and there's a bunch of moments that I appreciate that I can point to ("Just a Gigolo", "My Way", "On a Carousel" etc.) but there's other elements - first and foremost the characters, but also the integration of minor period details, the excellent way dream/ghost/drug sequences are handled, the design, the ability to swing between pathos and broad comedy - that are all way more important to me.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 20:24 (nine years ago) link
is the much ballyhooed (and booed) blue minidress that megan wore recently the same dress she was wearing when she picked don up from the airport in Cali and wouldnt let him drive
like, shes trying to go back to cali (and career) via dress
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
http://img1.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2015/04/13/mad-men/mad-men-megan-blue-dress.w529.h352.2x.jpg
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
oh and also:
http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/0c9109c71ea0524d9fe840f91fabd67bb94a26a9/r=537&c=0-0-534-712/local/-/media/USATODAY/USATODAY/2013/06/20/1371760246000-XXX-mad-men-s6-poster-vertical-vertical-029--1306232104_3_4.jpg
peep what hes holding hands with. its the same dress!
this dress is a big deal imo
more important than credit music
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
yeah I knew we'd seen that dress before
xp
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
Different earrings tho.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
if she were wearing the same dress and the same accessories that'd be pathological imo
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
obviously both the soundtrack and the costuming are integral to the thematic and character developments of the show, in addition to contributing to the sense of setting. this show has typically been exceptional in deploying both of these elements of storytelling, no question. but that said, i think prognosticating on songs that might be used in the show is similar to predicting what color don's necktie will be next episode.
― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Friday, 8 May 2015 20:58 (nine years ago) link
i was mostly jk about the credits btw. i enjoy hearing what they pick etc but yeah i dont really care to place bets on what it will be next week, etc
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 21:03 (nine years ago) link
saying "etc" tho, i really love
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 21:04 (nine years ago) link
if you're interested in the costuming, the website tom & lorenzo (typically devoted to criticizing celebrities' looks at their red carpet appearances) has done an excellent episode-by-episode series on the clothes worn in the series. there are moments when it veers into weird thematic tea-reading ("what do these colors MEAN?") but it does a very good job delineating the costumes in terms of the show's time period, and tracking the evolution of characters and the upheavals of 60s & 70s fashion in general through the lens of the characters' attire. recommended if you're into that sort of thing:
http://tomandlorenzo.com/tag/mad-style/
― gwyneth anger (patron sailor), Friday, 8 May 2015 21:07 (nine years ago) link
i love them!
― jello my future biafriend (roxymuzak), Friday, 8 May 2015 21:08 (nine years ago) link
That dress is the emotional center of the show.
― schwantz, Friday, 8 May 2015 21:12 (nine years ago) link
yeah mad style is awesome
― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 21:22 (nine years ago) link