[Roger Penn]

Very nice! The best to you and yours!

[Roger Penn]

Good grief. This list could be endless.

Just immediately coming to mind without even thinking about it are:

Led Zeppelin – Thank You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12KbOAc8vmk)
Dido – Thank You (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w)
Beth Hart – Thankful (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9ggIalNId8)

And if I started thinking I’m sure I could come up with about 50 more.

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[Roger Penn]

ROFL!!!

[Roger Penn]

Have to agree with you on that one, Jürgen. I enjoyed the film the first time I saw it but it was that song in particular that smacked me in the face and made me want to see it again! (At the time you couldn’t just stream the movie or the song; the only way to hear it again was to go see the movie again!). Now it’s one of my favorite movies and was thrilled to see it make the leap to Blu-ray.

However, when it comes to soundtracks overall, some really stand head and shoulders above others. Most of them, for me, aren’t the popular ones, (Dirty Dancing, the Bodyguard, et. al.). It’s also not fair to discuss a “regular” (compilation) soundtrack alongside those that are from a move specifically about music (Once, Almost Famous, et. al.) or biopics (Walk the Line, Bohemian Rhapsody, et. al.). And then there are those made in reverse; instead of finding great music to go with the film, they write a film to go with the music (Mama Mia, numerous Beatles and Elvis films). Then there is also the niche of films along the same lines but based on a specific album (The Wall, Tommy, etc.). And of course, films made from stage musicals (Les Mis, Phantom, hundreds of others including, again, Mama Mia) don’t even count.

And of course, a soundtrack is a completely different thing than a score, which opens up a whole other world of great music and artists/composers.

Having said all that, I think one of my favorite compilation soundtracks is Garden State. In fact, Zack Braff won a Grammy for it.

[Roger Penn]

Jacki is right, and there’s no easy way around it. The way around is to use third-party software capable of recording YouTube videos and then send the file itself or post it to a shared space such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or an FTP server. Note that this is also technically illegal, so I didn’t say to do it…I just said that’s the way around it. 😀

[Roger Penn]

OK, we’ll go off the rails with something totally different. Careen was sort of a local supergroup, and this song sounds like a cross between The Cars and Cheap Trick, but it’s such brilliantly crafted pop-rock that it should have been huge. Unfortunately, the band threw in the towel right after this and the record never got distribution.
https://youtu.be/18sqKkiYzxE?si=zQMMl9Z2fwLcIBr2

[Roger Penn]

Wow! Thanks for that! You mentioned 4 greats among the many he recorded with and I was thinking yeah, but did he work with Badfinger? Turns out, YES! LOL.

[Roger Penn]

I’m usually good at seeing things like that, especially when someone points them out, but it took my several times before it really looked like a wolf. I mean, it was clear what you were seeing but it looked more to me like a ‘possum or something until I realized that the problem was that I was pausing it. When you just let it play the motion blur makes it look much more wolfy.

[Roger Penn]

I think this is your best poem to date, Jacki. Bravo.

[Roger Penn]

That’s an interesting point about the languages. Probably true for most places/languages that aren’t the native language of Hollywood. One of the greatest things about Netflix is the access to so many international works.

[Roger Penn]

I’ve driven from Portland to Anchorage (and back) twice. It’s a very long trip. But the scenery is unmatched anywhere.

[Roger Penn]

Incredible! It lacks the angelic harmonies that are the hallmark of the original, but some unbelievable vocal acrobatics nonetheless.

[Roger Penn]

Very nice! Sounds like a cross between Harry Nilsson and Arlo Guthrie!

[Roger Penn]

Nice!

[Roger Penn]

So many times that has happened, and many of those lost recordings are fantastic! I’m hoping that they all get stored in a vast library in heaven and we’ll have an eternity to enjoy them all.