O Brother, Where Art Thou? Soundtrack poll

Message Bookmarked

Bookmark Removed

Nearly 20 years since this was released, this piece had me revisiting it https://music.avclub.com/the-mountain-music-of-the-o-brother-where-art-thou-so-1844692631
Which track do you consider ‘bona fide’?

Poll Results

Option	Votes
4. "Down to the River to Pray" - Alison Krauss	8
14. "O Death" - Ralph Stanley	7
2. "Big Rock Candy Mountain"- Harry McClintock	6
10. "Didn't Leave Nobody but the Baby" - Emmylou Harris, Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch	5
6. "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues” - Chris Thomas King	5
16. "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (with band) - The Soggy Bottom Boys	2
15. "In the Jailhouse Now" - The Soggy Bottom Boys	2
19. "Angel Band" - The Stanley Brothers	2
9. "I'll Fly Away" - Alison Krauss, Gillian Welch	2
5. "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (radio station version) - The Soggy Bottom Boys	1
18. "Lonesome Valley" - The Fairfield Four	1
17. "Indian War Whoop" (instrumental) - John Hartford	1
3. "You Are My Sunshine" - Norman Blake	0
8. "Keep On the Sunny Side" - The Whites	0
7. "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (instrumental) - Norman Blake	0
13. "I Am a Man of Constant Sorrow" (instrumental) - John Hartford	0
12. "I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)" - The Cox Family	0
11. "In the Highways" - The Peasall Sisters	0
1. "Po' Lazarus" - James Carter and the Prisoners	0

― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 16 August 2020 20:26 (five years ago)

I waited tables at a steakhouse that had a free jukebox at the entrance filled with bad early oughts pop-country and then this soundtrack. They'd lost the remote to skip songs at some point.

Really enjoyed playing "O Death" and "Po' Lazarus" back to back to back to back for diners.

― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Sunday, 16 August 2020 20:30 (five years ago)

Hard Time Killing Floor Blues

― warm winds and clear skies, Sunday, 16 August 2020 22:44 (five years ago)

Big Rock Candy Mountain, Knoxville represent.

― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Sunday, 16 August 2020 23:28 (five years ago)

An impossible poll! But I am leaning towards Killing Floor, which this movie introduced me to, and which permanently altered my ears.

― american primitive stylophone (zchyrs), Sunday, 16 August 2020 23:51 (five years ago)

Yes the scene where King performs it is really indelible.

― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Monday, 17 August 2020 01:25 (five years ago)

Putting the shitty cover of “I’ll Fly Away” on the soundtrack instead of the Kossoy Sisters’ original (which is played IN ITS ENTIRETY in one scene in the movie and even has the DJ character hype it up with “And I predict you gonna enjoy thoroughly!!”) was such a huge dick move.

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 17 August 2020 01:36 (five years ago)

BTW the Kossoy Sisters’ album Bowling Green from 1956 has “I’ll Fly Away” on it and it is a goddamn MASTERPIECE AND YOU NEED TO BUY IT RIGHT NOW. CAMPFIRE SONGS FTW.

― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 17 August 2020 01:43 (five years ago)

Haven't listened to this for years, Hard Time... is the one that sticks in my mind.

― chap, Monday, 17 August 2020 12:08 (five years ago)

Lonesome Valley.

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 17 August 2020 14:14 (five years ago)

never listened to this actual disc, had no idea the kossoy sisters version of Fly Away wasnt on there, thats fucking nuts. would be my obvious pick if it was there, otherwise tough choice between fairfield four and harry mcclintock

― turn the jawhatthefuckever on (One Eye Open), Monday, 17 August 2020 14:21 (five years ago)

Love this movie deeply, due in no small part to personal memories (like my grandma singing along to every song the first time she saw the movie).

Voted for the Welch/Harris/Krauss song because that song pops into my mind in all the quiet moments of my life.

― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 17 August 2020 15:23 (five years ago)

hard time killing floor blues

But I could have easily chosen any other song in here.

― ✖✖✖ (Moka), Monday, 17 August 2020 15:55 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 23 August 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

Not many polls where I can hear all the songs in head at first glance, but I guess I listened to this one a lot back in the day.

― enochroot, Sunday, 23 August 2020 22:51 (five years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 24 August 2020 00:01 (five years ago)

fairfield four got robbed

― sound of scampo talk to me (El Tomboto), Monday, 24 August 2020 00:31 (five years ago)

I went for the sexy one.

― Cow_Art, Monday, 24 August 2020 03:03 (five years ago)

You must be logged in to post. Please either login here, or if you are not registered, you may register here.