SOUNDTRACK: NEKO CASE-“Man” (2013).
It was Neko Case who got me out of my NPR summer music doldrums. From her new, wonderfully titled album The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You, comes this fast, rocking track.
It has everything that Neko does great—fast, clever lyrics over a simple but propulsive beat. There’s a cool, unexpected guitar squiggle at the end of each verse that just makes the song seem that much faster. But it is just an uptempo stomper from the great Case.
The song slows down in the middle with just a bass and drums and then as Case starts singing about her manliness, a harpsichord plays over the back giving it a nicely pompous air. Which is quickly deflated by the buzzy guitar solo. The song is clever and pointed and very well done.
The only thing missing is a great Neko Case wail, but the song (and the lyrics) are too fast for her to hold any notes for too long. I’m really excited about this new album from her,.
[READ: June 18, 2013] “Scenes of the Crime”
The New Yorker doesn’t often tell you when something is an excerpt, but this time they tell us right up front. This is an excerpt from an upcoming Ridley Scott film written by McCarthy called The Counselor.
Although I am told that I would love McCarthy, I have never read him with any seriousness. And from what I have heard of his writing I don’t think I would like him. This excerpt is more or less a useless attempt to try and get any sense for McCarthy as a writer.
There is no dialogue. Rather, it is just a series of scenes–shot after shot, establishing the action of the movie.
I have no idea if there is dialogue in the movie or not. I would be really impressed if there was no dialogue during these scenes and this whole sequence took twenty some minutes–with no dialogue at all. That would be pretty cool. (more…)
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