Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack

sfilzen — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 18:16:24 +0000

Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack on “Mr. Blonde” colored vinyl. Today is the 25th anniversary of the film and soundtrack’s release, October 13th, 1992. Film soundtracks always provide background and atmosphere for movies but Quentin Tarantino was a bloody genius on Reservoir Dogs, his first film and soundtrack. Choosing pretty much the least obvious songs for pivotal scenes, he managed to make those film moments unforgettable and iconic, burning the songs and images forever into the viewer’s consciousness. The George Baker Selection’s “Little Green Bag” introduces the movie: the gang and their slow-motion swagger and made me love the song, which I don’t know I ever noticed before. And of course the most disturbing and amazing scene in Reservoir Dogs is during the “Dylan-esque pop bubblegum favorite” by Stealers Wheel, “Stuck in the Middle With You,” when Mr. Blonde (Michael Madsen) dances while brutally torturing Marvin (Kirk Baltz). Other standout selections are “I Gotcha” by Joe Tex and “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Suede. I even like “Coconut” (Harry Nilsson). I love “Magic Carpet Ride” but not Bedlam’s soundtrack version (Bedlam was the only group who recorded original songs for Reservoir Dogs), I’m far more partial to the original by Steppenwolf. Interspersed between the songs are Steven Wright’s KBLY announcements (my favorite is “the Bohemiath”) and choice film dialogue, the Madonna speech spoken mainly by Tarantino is enduringly hysterical (“this cat is like Charles Bronson in The Great Escape: he’s digging tunnels”).

I didn’t actually see Reservoir Dogs until 1993; I was in my senior year at UW-Madison with very little extra cash for the theater. So I waited until it came out on VHS – my roommate had one of those little TV’s with a built-in VCR – and rented it, inviting my friend John over who had seen it already and was obsessed, and my friend Kim, who hadn’t seen it either. I was instantly enthralled and immediately bought the soundtrack (though on CD – it wasn’t released on vinyl until 2012).

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Mixtape Week: “K-Billy sounds of the Super 70’s (A Decade Worth of Erratic Rock-n-Roll for Joe)”

sfilzen — Fri, 05 May 2017 20:33:22 +0000

The fifth and final installment of Mixtape Week comes from me! Titled “K-Billy sounds of the Super 70’s (A Decade Worth of Erratic Rock-n-Roll for Joe),” I made this comp for Joe in the late summer of ’93, either just before or after moving to Milwaukee from Madison. I was OBSESSED with Reservoir Dogs and in a serious 70’s music phase…and Joe was, well, not. To mess with him, I included not only the entire soundtrack to Reservoir Dogs but also my two favorite Parliament/Funkadelic songs, Stevie Wonder, Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd. On Side B I softened up a bit for awhile and included a bunch of 70’s stuff he WOULD like: Germs tracks [earlier in the summer of ‘93 I finally found What We Do Is Secret and I recorded that EP for this mix], the Clash and David Bowie before throwing in just a couple more decidedly not in his top ten: Thelma Houston and the Allman Brothers. This tape was the first of many I made over the years that has received a comment from Joe about my odd musical pairings but I maintain all my comps have a prevailing theme: Songs I Like.

Side A

The George Baker Selection – “Little Green Bag”

Blue Swede – “Hooked on a Feeling”

Joe Tex – “I Gotcha”

Bedlam – “Magic Carpet Ride”

Sandy Rogers – “Fool for Love”

Stealers Wheels – “Stuck in the Middle with You”

Bedlam – “Harvest Moon”

Harry Nilsson- “Coconut”

Funkadelic – “Can You Get To That”

Parliament – “Flashlight”

Rolling Stones – “Can’t You Hear Me Knocking”