| re: Walter Hill movie Crossroads - a Bad For Good reference? | |
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Vin 02:30 pm UTC 02/19/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Walter Hill movie Crossroads - a Bad For Good reference? - Rob 11:38 am UTC 02/19/14 |
| I'd also throw out there that the concept of being built for comfort versus speed has been around for awhile, and Jim is probably not the first person to mine that contrast in creative writing. I'd bet there are songs that use a similar lyric that predate Bad for Good, though I can't say I'm aware of any. > The song's called Willie Brown Blues & was written > specifically for the movie by Ry Cooder & Joe Seneca in > 1986 (or thereabouts). > > So, could be coincidence, or (given Cooder's involvement > in Streets of Fire) could be that he was aware of Bad For > Good and just liked the line. It is a pretty cool lyric > after all. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_(1986_soundtrack) > > > I was watching the movie Crossroads a 1986 movie directed > > by Walter Hill, who of course directed Streets Of Fire, > > and at about 1 hour 5 minutes there is a Blues number > > being played and it has the lyric "not built for comfort, > > built for speed" or something very similar... > > > > Curious - is that line from a traditional Blues song? Or > > somehow the line from bad For Good has ended up in the > > songwriters consciousness and ended in a non > > traditional-Blues song? OR the reverse a line from the > > past has slipped into Jims consciousness and made it onto > > Bad For Good? > > > > Anyways a pretty good movie > > > > heres a link to clip of the song > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7Lo7hgcKic > > > > > > | |
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