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Some wonderful music and a great video clip from one of my favorite movies, O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000).
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Somewhere along the way I got sidetracked and did not run across the movie or the music. Definitely sounds like I missed something really good. . .Never too late, is it?
Never too late. Not only a funny movie, but an ode to great taditional music hymns from (mostly) rural southern communities. Even better than the movie is the DVD of the concert where they recorded the music, “Down from the Mountain.” The movie’s good too, but the concert it marvelous. Downright uplifting.
Thanks, Marilyn. Definitely will investigate:>)
O Brother is a favorite of mine, too. I love the Odyssey references and part of the movie’s fun is trying to figure them all out.
George Clooney and the Coen brothers really created a masterpiece with this one. I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard in a theater.
I didn’t get to see it in the theater, but we have it on DVD. and “Down From the Mountain,” which is the DVD of the actual concert, and of course the CD (several I think). It’s wonderful.
You see? College WAS useful! We can pick up literary references
I knew it was good for something! If you have never read the book or seen the movie, check out “Cold Comfort Farm” by Stella Gibbons (the book). It’s Jane Austin meets Lawrence Durrell. A hoot if you were an English major.
I’ve read it and actually blogged about Cold Comfort Farm a while back. I got interested in reading the book because I had seen the movie with Kate Beckinsale and was interested in how the book compared to it. Both were wonderful.
“And there’s always been Starkadders at Cold Comfort Farm….” I love Flora and Aunt Ada. They’re hilarious.
There WAS something nasty in the wood shed! In Douglas Adams book “The Long Dark Tea-time of the Soul,” the name of the suspicious mental institution is “Woods Head,” and he is always mentioning that there’s something nasty going on in the Woods Head. It is one of his few literary references. Stella Gibbons wrote other books, though I haven’t gotten my hands on any of them. They are apparently very popular in England, but not well-known here.
Wonderful! Wonderful! I remember Granddaughter Kaity singing “Down To The River” when she was younger. The music and the scene are right up there with Ford’s “The Grapes of Wrath” (which is on again sometime this week). We need to watch “O Brother” again. It’s been a spell.
It remains one of my favorites. The music is wonderful!
The song, “Down To The River To Pray” was performed by the great Alison Krauss on that Grammy award winning soundtrack for “O Brother Where Art Thou”. I love bluegrass gospel music so I own that soundtrack album and 4-5 other albums belonging to Alison’s credit. She was won more awards than any other female artist still alive.
Because I spent 13 years living in SC & GA I listened to a lot of old time gospel singing. Seniors in my church would hear me playing the O Brother Where Art Thou album on my motorcycle’s stereo and join in singing “I’ll Fly Away” and many more songs featured on the album. Thanks for bringing back this memory.
Yes, and that’s who is singing on the track I used. It in fact announces her name. I have the cd, the DVD of the concert, and the movie. I really love it.