Posted on 05/22/2016 1:19:06 PM PDT by mdittmar
I agree, but I am hung up on the zoot suit with a reet pleat.
I wanna see Two Lane Blacktop,the Road Kill guys always talk about it.
Believe it or not, there are a couple of stores out here where you can purchase zoot suits.
The scenes in the piss-yellow hot rod between the young girl and the cool dude.
Even though he disparaged them, I most enjoyed the Beach Boys in the soundtrack, both there and the end.
I think it was the first time that The Beach Boys were given the place of honor: either punctuating the ending of the film or beginning the rolling of the credits (in this instance with All Summer Long).
Later instances:
Never Been Kissed (Don’t Worry Baby)
Almost Famous (Feel Flows)
Love, Actually (God Only Knows
Vanilla Sky (Good Vibrations)
Yeah, rabid BB fan - especially their seldom-played middle period [Pet Sounds through Holland, from which period Cameron Crowe took Feel Flows, from Surf’s Up]. I was the weird one that never got into The Beatles.
I actually wrote a letter to Kay Kyser once. Asked him about some films he was in. Got a nice response back.
Interestingly, “All Summer Long” was from 1964, after the time in which the movie was set, but to me, it seemed appropriate.
Although the film was set on the night of August 31-September 1, 1962, it featured few, if any songs from that year.
Living in West Whittier, Calif. and rooting for the Los Angeles Dodgers to win the NL pennant.
Netflix has it, here is the introduction scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kclrRTgXfrY
My favorite scene is when they pull into Santa Fe and Dennis Wilson assesses all the competition as they cruise by all the muscle cars parked and you can see all these wonderful hot rods from the past go by in his window.
Volare!
Sasha Dabinsky, the One-Armed Violinist
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tD1Cl1L8WFQ
"I've had this taste in my mouth before".
Definitely the chaining of the cops axle LOL. I was 16 when that movie came out. Next would be Toad trying to buy booze. Wolfman Jack really made the movie though.
I can’t believe I saw one of Kay Kyser’s movies. So I know who he is. I also know about ‘Kay Kyser’s Kollege of Musical Knowledge.’
Living in The Bronx.....and knowing that the NY Yankees would go all the way..... Once again. And never dreaming the would have to wait till 77 to pull it off again
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