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

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

http://img1.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2015/04/13/mad-men/mad-men-megan-blue-dress.w529.h352.2x.jpg

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

yeah I knew we'd seen that dress before

xp

Different earrings tho.

if she were wearing the same dress and the same accessories that'd be pathological imo

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.

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

saying "etc" tho, i really love

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/

i love them!

That dress is the emotional center of the show.

yeah mad style is awesome

we need Don 'n' Glenn in this thread.

lol

For what it's worth, all I've been talking about is what music I think would make a great ending--what I think would resonate, and what would hopefully work side-by-side with wherever the story ends up. (Or would work as a memorable contrast.) To me that's no different than trying to guess what happens to character A, B, or C. But I'm not predicting by any means. Too many songs.

http://dondraperstaringblankly.tumblr.com

yeah fuck why don't we talk more about tom and lorenzo in this thread

we need Don 'n' Glenn in this thread.

― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn)

http://www.windsorstar.com/cms/binary/6759755.jpg?size=640x420

the show really ought to end with

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DL7-CKirWZE

right guys?

don finally reaches los angeles... thirty years later

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

Someone on Reddit made a Spotify playlist of all the music so far

https://open.spotify.com/user/tharamin/playlist/61tUn3swzw3aQBOxTACxFS

I'm sure some of you saw that weird teaser on AMC last night. There was a shot of Don's fake birth certificate, and the voiceover said something like "This was the first lie on Mad Men; tune in to the final episodes to see the last." Maybe that just means that in this world, somebody's lying about something every week, or maybe it means that there's some big revelation on the way. Or maybe it means nothing and is just meant to get people like me posting on message boards about it.