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Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
Rodriguez never made a blip on the AMERICAN music scene. Rock and folk scenes in other countries can be totally different from the American scene. Do you know how huge the British performer Cliff Richard was, and retrospectively is, in Britain? Here he's a footnote at best. Certain American bands are much bigger in Europe--Nashville's own Lambchop is an example. Jim Reeves was and is certainly big in the U.S., but you might be surprised to find that he was "more popular than Elvis Presley in South Africa" in the 60s, and did some recording in Afrikaans. Sitting here I'm not coming up with an American performer similar to Rodriguez who was totally unknown in the U.S. but highly celebrated in some other country, as if by accident, but there are certainly those who had worshipful followings elsewhere whose devotion went beyond that of American vans--Gene Vincent in Britain, for example. And there are lots of interesting expatriates, like Rocky Roberts, an African American singer who moved to Italy and became very famous there. Here's a really hot record he and the Airedales made in English.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DRu1p47mTk
Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
>>does not exist in your small world<<
You have no idea what size "my" world is, small or large, so keep your speculation on that to yourself.
Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
@bobsguns. Hans Christian Andersen's fable -The Emperor's new clothes is very apt here.
The fact that "this Rodriguez guy" does not exist in your small world, or the rest of mainstream America for that matter, does not make him a lesser talent.
Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
>>His "cult following" was in South Africa.<<
Yes, I saw the "60 Minutes" piece. No need to repeat it.
But the usual folk/protest singers never included this guy. Dylan, Baez, Country Joe, CSN (to an extent) & others, yes. But not this Rodriguez guy. He never made a blip on the music scene as far as I can tell/remember.
Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
His "cult following" was in South Africa. I am guessing you did not get down there very often, though I dare wonder whether you might have found it congenial.
Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
I saw his spot on "60 Minutes" last night. As much as I like to think myself as "in-tune" with 70's music, I have NEVER heard of this guy in any way, shape or form.
His "cult" following must've fit inside a phone booth......
Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
Just saw the film last night, and I must say Rodriguez is now my role model for how I want to live life: not thinking of the future or what might or might not happen, but just enjoying the pleasures of the present moment.
Re: “Rediscovered singer-songwriter Sixto Rodriguez embraces newfound fame through the doc Searching for Sugar Man ”
Wow what an amazing story.!
Re: “Looper uncommonly crafty as action thriller, uncommonly exciting as art film — and great fun as both”
Obviously you'd know better than I, but isn't Joe ignoring "his relationship with himself" -- overcoming a lifetime of selfishness -- ultimately the point?
Re: “Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis, the chilliest Cronenberg ecosystem yet — a billionaire's backseat”
Great a critic that actually gets the movie I think Robert Pattinson show the range he has as an actor and what he is capable off. I wish him well in future he seems a very caring and down to earth young man very refreshing in this day and age.
Re: “The Belcourt's staggering fall schedule highlights a season of riches at the movies”
Apart from the one title mentioned above, "new" will not be a concern at this year's 12 Hours. Just curious: what would you have changed about the order last year?
Re: “The Belcourt's staggering fall schedule highlights a season of riches at the movies”
If they put new crappy horror movies on that marathon i won't even bother going. OLast years list was great but the order sucked.
Re: “The Belcourt's staggering fall schedule highlights a season of riches at the movies”
Glad to see "12 Hours of Terror" returning -- as well as the other horror flicks on the Belcourt schedule. Maybe I'm just a big kid, but for me the month of October is all about horror movies!
Re: “Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis, the chilliest Cronenberg ecosystem yet — a billionaire's backseat”
Hey, a review that actually seems to "get it". Someone familiar with Cronenberg's work. Well done. I'm going to be watching for more reviews by Jason.
Re: “Robert Pattinson in Cosmopolis, the chilliest Cronenberg ecosystem yet — a billionaire's backseat”
I knew Rober Pattinson could act and I think that this film Cosmopolis, is the start to Roberts amazing career.
All of Robs film are very good but at last people are seeing what he is capable off. Good luck to him and the rest of his films.
Re: “Lawless: a still-smashing thriller that pours stout brew from a narrow bottle”
This was a really good film. My wife talked me into going to it after we arrived too late for the movie we went to see, and I was glad we did.
I am not a professional movie critic, so I will just say it's a must see movie.
Re: “How USN grad Jamie Bradshaw used his marketing savvy to make the sci-fi thrill ride Branded — in Russia”
Bite your tongue.
http://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/…
Re: “How USN grad Jamie Bradshaw used his marketing savvy to make the sci-fi thrill ride Branded — in Russia”
So, um, I guess no one here remembers John Carpenter's They Live, right?
Re: “A talk with music supervisor Randall Poster, the secret power behind Moonrise Kingdom's throne”
This is the best movie I have seen this year. The meticuolus details and the excellent cast provided a wonderful suspension back in time to an event of every day life in moment by moment detail. A must see movie!
Re: “Belcourt midnight movie Fight Club's rabid fan base doesn't understand it's taking all the hits”
Uhhh...what?
I'm pretty sure one can be a fan of Fight Club -- even a "diehard" fan -- and not necessarily qualify as "lame," "meek," or not a man. (And, yes, you have slighted my manhood.) But, needless to say, when I watch Fight Club, I am not unnerved; I am not inspired; and I usually do not sit back and bask in the fantasy of being Tyler Durden while wishing desperately that I could break out of the droning monotony of my suburban existence and kick as much ass as he does. At the same time, when I'm watching movies, I'm usually not spending my time thinking up dissertation topics revolving around "the derangement of penis envy."
Watching Fight Club can be a visceral experience, not because of the subject matter, but, because you are in the hands of a master director, arguably at his peak, making a very funny movie, perfectly cast, with a countless number of ridiculously inventive scenes.
Maybe I've missed the hordes of blockheads who loudly espouse Fight Club for its badassed asskickingness, but I've never quite understood all of the overwrought theorizing: this isn't Michael Bay; this isn't Mens Humor: it's Fincher, Pitt, Ed Norton, Helena Bonham Carter, and freaking Meatloaf in a movie about an underground fight club.
Get a grip.