Does The Strut Ride for Curtis' "Short Eyes" OST
fishmongerfunk
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the subject matter is ultra dark, brutal and perverse (a middle-class pedophile trying to survive in prison) but i really dig this record (the movie isn't too bad either, with curtis in a minor role - my favourite part is when he tells does the guard "nothing doing, just singing some doo wop).
anyhow, i think he digs even deeper into the material than he did on superfly. "doo doo wop is strong in here" is maybe one of the best songs he did (told from the pedophile's point of view). his guitar tone is just impeccable here, what is that combo of effects he is using for the leads?. anyhow, the whole thing is great, yet it doesn't seem to rate very high, even for a blaxploitation OST. i can't recall us every talking about this one. anybody else ride?
you can watch the whole movie here (be warned, it's not for the faint of heart):
anyhow, i think he digs even deeper into the material than he did on superfly. "doo doo wop is strong in here" is maybe one of the best songs he did (told from the pedophile's point of view). his guitar tone is just impeccable here, what is that combo of effects he is using for the leads?. anyhow, the whole thing is great, yet it doesn't seem to rate very high, even for a blaxploitation OST. i can't recall us every talking about this one. anybody else ride?
you can watch the whole movie here (be warned, it's not for the faint of heart):
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Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
ido have doo doo wap on 45
me neither; I ride for the music though.
the pedophile is extra creepy for those that watched the Harry and the Hendersons series in the 90's. All I could think is man that dude has 2 kids and a sasquatch living under his roof now...fucking animal
RZA sampled some dialogue from it if I'm not mistaken.
now just 2
then i found more a few years ago
it keeps popping up sealed in the NY/Nj area
great OST
never saw the film
have no interest in the film
Hot!!'
only guy in the world still using soundclick
old skoolybeathustler
Hey Kala,
Thanks for the lookout, but yo, am I old school!!! Interestingly enough, I found the "Short Eyes" OST up in Milwaukee some years ago. I liked the LP so much I had to sample from it. I've seen the film too, some seriously gritty shit. It's actually not a bad film considering the genre it represents.
Peace,
Big Stacks from Kakalak
agreed (check for a young luiz guzman in the background):
it was odd that the short eyes wasnt necessarily center stage in the film and he definitely wasnt sympathetic AT ALL. lot of good character development with the others and solid acting in general. ice, julio, juan, paco, murphy, mr nek?, etc. Lot of classic speeches and deep dialogues dropped. least of by the pathetic clark kent davis
and yeah freddy fender killed
Pinero was busted for armed robbery right near the set while they were filming the movie, too.
He wrote the "Smuggler's Blues" Miami Vice episode which was one of the series' classics.
As for Curtis' effects chain; it sounds like like a fuzztone into a phaser for the lead breaks.