MAD MEN on AMC - Seasons 7(a) & & 7(b)

Please tell me it's not Nasri.

i liked megan, too. and to think, she could have had a decent career as a tv actress in new york if don hadn't pulled her out of her soap opera to move west.

pretty much! it seemed really fortuitous that they were going to move, then the whole thing fell apart

Really surprised by that Carnival Of Souls stuff. The car scenes reminded me of it before Peggy's organ scene. If only Bert's face appeared at the car window instead of him in the car.

When Don rubbed Betty's shoulders and talked about possible love interests I assumed that was a sign that he still occasionally has sex with her. Anyone else?

no.

nah

no i think that one tryst they had post marriage was 'it' and nothing since.

Yeah, she laughed and said (maybe after he's mentioned another woman, think it was fiancee Megan)something like, "Having sex is *not* the way to get close to you." So if they do, it's just something that happens occasionally, no biggie. The kitchen scene is another reminder of how superfluous he's getting to be. (A woman who knew Roger in Paris before the War recalled, "You seemed like a minor character in your own life.")
Another good Fresh Air interview with Weiner, and Gross plays some very early excerpts that connect with recent scenes in ways I didn't expect (stream, dl, transcript)
http://www.npr.org/2015/05/07/404904172/mad-men-creator-on-don-drapers-losses-and-the-end-of-the-road
Kinda wished they'd waited a few more weeks, but he'll be back at some point.

I was just listening to After The Goldrush and half the tunes could close this show.

ooooooh yes

birds ftw

Gold Rush would be great--I'd especially love it to be "Cripple Creek Ferry" or "Till the Morning Comes." Someone mentioned "Take It Easy" above; I could absolutely see that happening, especially if Don is headed for California, even though it would be far from my own choice.

The piece I mentioned a couple of days is posted now--my guesses, and Scott Woods' guesses, as to what that last song will be.

https://heardjustwhatiseen.wordpress.com/

you folks sicken me

LOL

Praise from Caesar!

Could even see something from Deja Vu, Grissom--preferably not a Nash song.

Odds the last song is not in my iTunes library -- 1:10

You love lots of early-'70s soul, and I still could see them ending that way--Stevie Wonder, say, or the Spinners.

Better not be Bowie's "All The Mad Men"

L.A.'s fine, but it ain't home
New 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.

But I got an emptiness deep inside
And I've tried
But it won't let me go
And I'm not a man who likes to swear
But I never cared
For the sound of being alone

"I am"... I said
To no one there
And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... said I
And I am lost and I can't
Even say why
"I am"... I said
"I am"... I cried
"I am"... I said

I was joking, but this is pretty on the nose!

holy shit.

Did you ever read about a frog
Who dreamed of bein' a king
And then became one
Well except for the names
And a few other changes
If you talk about me
The 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.)

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.

man you guys are really fixated on this song thing

credits music is p far down the list of things that are great about this show imo

Quantum Leap already had this sort of thing on lockdown anyway.

lol

Last episode is Sam Beckett leaping into Don's body and sorting out all the harm he caused?

more like all the HAMM he caused

HAMM I AM

who drinks at work, I am the Hamm

Oh boy.

would you drink it with a fox, would you drink it in a box

still wondering if sally made it to school

http://www.ebeercans.com/images/large/OI-377.jpg

St. Paul!

clearly the correct music to lead into the new "lawyer men" spinoff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQtDjR255qY

credits music is p far down the list of things that are great about this show imo

― Οὖτις, Friday, 8 May 2015 16:27 (1 hour ago) Permalink

Needless to say, strongly disagree--at or near the top for me.

And no one heard at all
Not even the chair
spoiler

if i thought credit music was the best thing about a show id probs listen to music instead idk

haha yes

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.

peggy rollerskating vs. peggy on motorcycle

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.)

music choices are important! obv not a be-all end-all but they have significance and can make a scene even more poignant

"Affects," not "effects." Teacher, duh.

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.

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