In a recent CBS Sunday Morning segment, reporter Anthony Mason interviewed singer Rosanne Cash during a trip in the South. Cash discussed the places in the southern states that inspired the songs on her new album, The River & The Thread.
In the video segment below, Cash visits places like Robert Johnson’s grave, a location related to Emmett Till, and the bridge from Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe.” She also shows us the Arkansas boyhood home of her father, Johnny Cash. Check out the interesting story.
What is your favorite location connected to music? Leave your two cents in the comments.
On February 4, 1961, United Artists released The Misfits to mixed reviews. While the movie today has a somewhat iconic status as the last completed film from movie greats Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, at the time of its release, not many people saw the movie about four losers struggling in the West. John Huston directed the film, which also starred Montgomery Clift and Eli Wallach. Playwright Arthur Miller wrote the story for his wife Monroe, although the two became estranged during the filming of the movie.
Perhaps in 1961, viewers did not want to see a depressing black and white film, and even Gable initially had trouble understanding the film. But later critics have been kind to the movie, recognizing it for a story about modern society and the end of the old West. Rotten Tomatoes gives the movie a 100% critics rating, while the audience rating of 79% still shows that viewers struggle a little with the movie.
A recent documentary, Making the Misfits (2002), explores the the subject of the movie and how it was made. Gail Levin directed the documentary, which features interviews with the only surviving lead star of the film, Eli Wallach. Below is part one of the documentary.
Here is part two of Making the Misfits. You might recognize the voice of the narrator, who is actor Brian Dennehy.
Here is the third and final part of the documentary. This part contains some interesting revelations about how they filmed some of the scenes with the horses.
What is your opinion of The Misfits? Leave your two cents in the comments.
Chrysler has corralled some big names for its commercials advocating for beleaguered Detroit, Michigan. After Eminem and Clint Eastwood in past ads, this year’s Chrysler Super Bowl commercial featured the somewhat elusive Bob Dylan, who asks, “Is there anything more American than America?” Check it out.
If you are wondering about the music playing in the background of the commercial, it is Dylan’s “Things Have Changed,” even though an underlying theme of the commercial might be that things have not changed. The song first appeared in the movie Wonder Boys (2000), which starred Michael Douglas.
Dylan is not new to commercials, and the Chrysler television ad was not even Dylan’s only appearance on a Super Bowl commercial this year. His song “I Want You” played in the background of a Chobani yogurt commercial.
What did you think of this year’s Super Bowl commercials? Leave your two cents in the comments.
You may be wondering about the haunting song in this Super Bowl commercial from Chevrolet with the lyrics, “Don’t you ever leave /that is what you said to me. . . .” The television ad is part of Chevrolet’s Purple Roads project supporting the American Cancer Society.
The song is “Don’t Leave,” and the voice is from singer-songwriter Ane Brun. Brun, who was born in Norway, currently lives in Sweden and has released several albums. “Don’t Leave” first appeared on her 2008 album Changing Of The Seasons. More recently, the song appears on her latest collection, Songs 2003-2013. Below is the official video for the song. Check it out.
What do you think of the Chevrolet commercial and the song “Don’t Leave”? Leave your two cents in the comments.
A new video takes us to the locations of some of the famous scenes from the movie Groundhog Day (1993) in Woodstock, Illinois.
The events in the film take place in the location of the famous annual groundhog event in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. But the town used in the film was actually Woodstock, Illinois.
In this video from the Onion A.V. Club, Sean O’Neal visits the locations for much of Groundhog Day, which was directed by Harold Ramis and starred Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell.
Check out the video:
For more on the origin of the holiday and more on how the movie created a feud between Ramis and Murray, check out this story.
Groundhog Day was not the first time that Woodstock, Illinois was featured in a film. Woodstock’s jail and courthouse appeared in Planes, Trains, And Automobiles.
What is your favorite scene in Groundhog Day? Leave your two cents in the comments.
. More recently, the song appears on her latest collection, Songs 2003-2013. Below is the official video for the song. Check it out.
