Songs about filmmakers

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Inspired by Le Tigre's hilarious "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes?"

So, who else has written songs about film directors?

Off the top of my head: "Brakhage" by Stereolab, and "Clint Eastwood" by Gorillaz -- but I'm not sure they're even about the people they're named after.

Help me out here!

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 20 March 2003 15:52 (twenty-three years ago)

"Andy Warhol", David Bowie.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 20 March 2003 15:54 (twenty-three years ago)

"Michelangelo Antonioni", Caetano Veloso

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 20 March 2003 15:56 (twenty-three years ago)

"Gondry", Max Tundra.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:00 (twenty-three years ago)

"Martin Scorsese", King Missile.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

"Stanley Kubrick", Mogwai.

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:01 (twenty-three years ago)

there is also ekkehard ehlers "plays john cassavantes"

― marcg (marcg), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Were any of the other subjects on Ehlers Plays filmmakers?

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

e=mc2 - b.a.d.

― piscesboy, Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Ah! Good one, piscesboy.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:23 (twenty-three years ago)

i dont think any other plays subjects were filmmakers. actually, just checked allmusic and:

hubert fichte
cornelius cardew
albert ayler
robert johnson

fichte was a poet, i think? the others all drummers...

― marcg (marcg), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Just remembered -- "Pier Paolo," Blonde Redhead.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)

"Debaser," Pixies

― largehearted boy (largeheartedboy), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:48 (twenty-three years ago)

What is the point of "What's Yr Take on Cassavetes"? It would seem insufferably smug if it weren't so obviously tossed-off.

Scott Walker's "Farmer in the City" is also about Pasolini, sort of. I think somewhere in his '80s catalog Dylan has a tune about Peckinpah but I'm forgetting the name.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, right: Louis Philippe's "Jean Renoir."

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 20 March 2003 16:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I guess I find "What's Yr Take" funny because there's no real point to the song. Whereas "Hot Topic" feels a little too educational (solidarity!), I like that "What's Yr Take" is essentially a banal conversation. I like imagining the band sitting around and having that conversation, and then saying, "Dude, let's turn that into a song!" Plus, it's catchy.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:08 (twenty-three years ago)

"Roman" by the Gol Gappas and "Roman P" by Psychic TV.

Conversely, there's Herzog's "Aguillera, Wrath of God".

― Tag (Tag), Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:22 (twenty-three years ago)

the ballad of paul yates - the philistines jr

― jel -- (jel), Thursday, 20 March 2003 17:53 (twenty-three years ago)

"Harmony Korine" performed by Kahimie Karie, written by Momus

― theodore fogelsanger, Thursday, 20 March 2003 18:51 (twenty-three years ago)

"Andy Warhol" by Bowie and sundry other Andy Warhol songs.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 20 March 2003 19:22 (twenty-three years ago)

"Cassavetes" by Fugazi

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 20 March 2003 20:19 (twenty-three years ago)

"A film by Kenneth Anger" Comet gain
Think they have asong about Pier paolo also

― Jens (brighter), Thursday, 20 March 2003 20:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Dali's Car - Captain Beefheart
Manta Ray (?) - Pixies

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 20 March 2003 20:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, you know, Komeda also has a song called "Focus" -- about Man Ray.

― jaymc (jaymc), Thursday, 20 March 2003 20:52 (twenty-three years ago)

file under cheap and passing mentions:

"what's the frequency kenneth?" - rem (linklater)
"one week" - barenaked ladies (kurosawa)

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 20 March 2003 20:53 (twenty-three years ago)

"Steven Spielberg Give Me Some of Your Money", Moe Moskowitz and the Punsters

― dave q, Thursday, 20 March 2003 21:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Does "Disney Girls" count?

― dave q, Thursday, 20 March 2003 21:40 (twenty-three years ago)

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