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Angelo Badalamenti — Laurens Walking
Album: The Straight Story
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Released: 1999
Length: 4:06
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 goodenough wrote:

Weeks of  algorithm "curated" playlists on Spotify might turn up a couple of interesting sounds. Fifteen minutes of listening to Radio Paradise with playlists curated by human beans and I've already found three songs that are absolute belters. And this is one of them.🐨



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Posted 3 months ago by quarryhillosteo    [ Reply ]
I heard earlier today of David Lynch passing away. Badalamenti was an inspired composer for his films.
Posted 4 months ago by Myrtle_L    [ Reply ]
Love this movie.
Posted 6 months ago by tumbledad    [ Reply ]
Life means Zendo, and becoming at peace with oneself. (Allan Watts, Hermann Hesse)
Posted 1 year ago by Pitjes    [ Reply ]
Just wonderful.
Posted 2 years ago by McBuggins    [ Reply ]
Great music for a great film.
Posted 2 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
 tumbledad wrote:

Double melancholy as I listen to this song and replay the movie's plot while remembering that the great character actor, Richard Farnsworth,  died by suicide. 

A quick search reveals he had terminal cancer and was in excruciating pain. So yeah, it's still melancholy, but maybe a tad less so.
Such a wonderful movie, regardless.
c.

Posted 3 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
The little riff on human beans below is a sentimental reminder (as if this music wasn’t already), of when I was trying to come up with a nickname for our daughter. Scout was already taken, the readers among us will know how, I was searching for something humble but with goodness and a link to something that had a wee connection to mythology. This: Bean. ❤️❤️❤️
Posted 3 years ago by mach-hog    [ Reply ]
This hit hard, heart-achingly beautiful
Posted 3 years ago by BlackDog1121    [ Reply ]
A beautiful touching film with a perfect soundtrack.  Gorgeous
Posted 3 years ago by johnrudyk    [ Reply ]
Double melancholy as I listen to this song and replay the movie's plot while remembering that the great character actor, Richard Farnsworth,  died by suicide. 
Posted 3 years ago by tumbledad    [ Reply ]
 goodenough wrote:


So what do you really hope they are, Chimpanzees, uh? Of course they are human beings, don't you recognise word play when it's used?🐨



As english is not my mother tongue - no, apparently not.
But your tone - if one can say that about something written - appears a bit aggressive. Calm down, please.
Posted 3 years ago by Lemmes    [ Reply ]
 Lemmes wrote:


Well, I hope, neither Bill nor Rebecca are actually human beans! 


So what do you really hope they are, Chimpanzees, uh? Of course they are human beings, don't you recognise word play when it's used?🐨
Posted 3 years ago by goodenough    [ Reply ]
 norbertZ wrote:
Great Song. Great Movie.

8 --> 9  


Missed this one - thanks for the tip! I'm always a big fan of both Angelo Badelamenti (perhaps best name ever) and Lynch.
Posted 3 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Bumped from 6 to an 8. I must’ve been in a bad mood when I heard this the first time.
Posted 3 years ago by keenevision    [ Reply ]
 goodenough wrote:

Weeks of  algorithm "curated" playlists on Spotify might turn up a couple of interesting sounds. Fifteen minutes of listening to Radio Paradise with playlists curated by human beans and I've already found three songs that are absolute belters. And this is one of them.🐨



Well, I hope, neither Bill nor Rebecca are actually human beans! 
Posted 3 years ago by Lemmes    [ Reply ]
Great Song. Great Movie.

8 --> 9  
Posted 3 years ago by norbertZ    [ Reply ]
 goodenough wrote:

Weeks of  algorithm "curated" playlists on Spotify might turn up a couple of interesting sounds. Fifteen minutes of listening to Radio Paradise with playlists curated by human beans and I've already found three songs that are absolute belters. And this is one of them.🐨


Maybe that gets at the true meaning of eclectic... a wide ranging taste in music of a particular essence. The algorithms of amazon, spotify and pandora have never worked for me at all. I don't like all the music Bill does, but his taste is very aligned with mine at some kind of mystical root. 
Posted 3 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Weeks of  algorithm "curated" playlists on Spotify might turn up a couple of interesting sounds. Fifteen minutes of listening to Radio Paradise with playlists curated by human beans and I've already found three songs that are absolute belters. And this is one of them.🐨
Posted 4 years ago by goodenough    [ Reply ]
 jwallstrom846 wrote:
      
 

You would like the movie. 
I really enjoyed the movie. Not sure I can explain why.
c.

Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
      Larrygrrl wrote:
This is so beautiful I want to cry.
 

You would like the movie. 
Posted 4 years ago by jwallstrom846    [ Reply ]
The Twin Peaks guy? I like👍
Posted 4 years ago by cassanjp    [ Reply ]
Love it!!!
Posted 5 years ago by Luki    [ Reply ]
Where's the log lady now!  Brilliant! 
Posted 5 years ago by LoveRParadise    [ Reply ]
Alexandra wrote:
This is gorgeous
 

Yes. So is your name .
Posted 5 years ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
This is so beautiful I want to cry.
Posted 6 years ago by Larrygrrl    [ Reply ]
 sirtezza wrote:
A five minute intro to nowhere..... 
 
I can see your point, but sometimes the journey matters more than the destination?
I'm certainly happy with it!!
Posted 6 years ago by Egctheow    [ Reply ]
this is why i listen to RP. another new one
Posted 6 years ago by jambo    [ Reply ]
That was very nice.... a beautiful interlude.
Posted 7 years ago by Netsirk97    [ Reply ]
 sirtezza wrote:
A five minute intro to nowhere..... 
 
Sometimes music doesn't need to take you anywhere, it's OK to be lifted gently, carried with the flow for a short while before being carefully deposited back to your place of comfort. {#Drunk}
Posted 7 years ago by carlos65    [ Reply ]
This... this is nice. Very nice.
Posted 8 years ago by dewhead    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of another great movie, Eastern Promises, when Armin Mueller-Stahl explains the right way to play a violin: making the wood cry.
Posted 8 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
This is gorgeous
Posted 8 years ago by Alexandra    [ Reply ]
sweet music for a fine, slo film  
Posted 8 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
A five minute intro to nowhere..... 
Posted 8 years ago by sirtezza    [ Reply ]
Perfect for the story~captured the essence of the emotions~
Posted 9 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
very nice
doesn't sound like it was written for a movie 
Posted 9 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 sum wrote:
muito boa, essa musica xd
 

Looks like he 3rd'd it before me.{#Wink}
Posted 9 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 mkrueck wrote:

I second that!

 

I'll third that!
Posted 9 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:
Bill is there any recording NOT in RP's collection? Please answer using a Venn diagram.
 
{#Lol} That would be quite an undertaking.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 BMTR wrote:
{#Notworthy} wonderful music to a wonderful movie

 
and
Posted 10 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
 BMTR wrote:
{#Notworthy} wonderful music to a wonderful movie

 
I agree {#Daisy}
Posted 10 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
{#Notworthy} wonderful music to a wonderful movie
Posted 11 years ago by BMTR    [ Reply ]
Moody. Helps to be in the right mood. I am.
Posted 11 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
Couldn't make it further than the first 30 seconds or so.  2
Posted 11 years ago by Johnny_Wave    [ Reply ]
 smdeeg wrote:


Funny, but not very accurate. It is literally David Lynch meets Disney, and if you're familiar with his work you can see it's him, but without all the evil.  Sweet and slow, small in scope, and well crafted, the end made my girlfriend (now wife) sob a bit.  And, as is typical with Lynch, great music by Angelo Badalamenti.  I rather liked it, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.

 
The real Alvin Straight's path took him about an hour north of where I grew up.  I remember seeing him on the news and everything.
The movie still gives me a homesick lump in my throat.
Posted 11 years ago by Stave    [ Reply ]
Hi All
this us the closest thing you have played to Irish traditional music and I recommend you try some more TRAD 
Posted 11 years ago by James_Conlon    [ Reply ]
 photolew wrote:
Its songs like this from an artist I've never heard of until 3 min ago is why I am an RP junkie

 
I second that!
Posted 11 years ago by mkrueck    [ Reply ]
Bill is there any recording NOT in RP's collection? Please answer using a Venn diagram.
Posted 11 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
 mladek wrote:

The slowest road movie ever made
 
If you didn't already know, it's a true story. David Lynch goes Americana. Strange, but true. In that sense, at least, it's The Elephant Man. 
' 
Posted 12 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Badalamenti is amazing... one of my favorite movie scores.  Beautiful, evocative music.
Posted 12 years ago by winotron    [ Reply ]
muito boa, essa musica xd
Posted 12 years ago by sum    [ Reply ]
Its songs like this from an artist I've never heard of until 3 min ago is why I am an RP junkie
Posted 12 years ago by photolew    [ Reply ]
 RKeaton wrote:
English film critic Mark Kermode calls this movie "Forrest Gump on a tractor".
 
The slowest road movie ever made
Posted 12 years ago by mladek    [ Reply ]
After a minute or so, I realized it wasn't just a long intro to a song, but the song. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Posted 12 years ago by mrgus    [ Reply ]
Yes, this.  More please.
Posted 12 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
Verrrry nice. And touching movie too.
Posted 12 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
 RKeaton wrote:
English film critic Mark Kermode calls this movie "Forrest Gump on a tractor".
 

Funny, but not very accurate. It is literally David Lynch meets Disney, and if you're familiar with his work you can see it's him, but without all the evil.  Sweet and slow, small in scope, and well crafted, the end made my girlfriend (now wife) sob a bit.  And, as is typical with Lynch, great music by Angelo Badalamenti.  I rather liked it, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.
Posted 13 years ago by smdeeg    [ Reply ]
 RKeaton wrote:
English film critic Mark Kermode calls this movie "Forrest Gump on a tractor".
 
Must See Cinema!
Posted 13 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
English film critic Mark Kermode calls this movie "Forrest Gump on a tractor".
Posted 13 years ago by RKeaton    [ Reply ]
beautiful
Posted 13 years ago by dolumo    [ Reply ]
I really liked that quirky little movie.

And Badalamenti is The Sh*t!  {#Music}

Posted 13 years ago by peter_james_bond    [ Reply ]
 coding_to_music wrote:
Sounds like music for Prairie Home Companion, or a Ken Burns PBS special

Nice enough... 
 
Let's multi-task !  Seriously....I have noticed some of the BEST PEOPLE here on RP, and you are one of them......Cheers
And Keep Coding

Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
Sounds like music for Prairie Home Companion, or a Ken Burns PBS special

Nice enough... 
Posted 14 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
Oh, that movie was so poignant! And funny.
Posted 14 years ago by Antigone    [ Reply ]
Reminds me a little of the Deadwood theme song.  I'm liking it.
Posted 14 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
You really should play this song! 
Posted 15 years ago by spaced_7    [ Reply ]
 icatapult wrote:
I am suprised this is the only Angelo Badalamenti on RP, and even more suprised that this song has not even been played. I am sending a request now.
 

Ditto! More Angelo! {#Exclaim}
Posted 15 years ago by Bosami    [ Reply ]
I am suprised this is the only Angelo Badalamenti on RP, and even more suprised that this song has not even been played. I am sending a request now.
Posted 18 years ago by icatapult    [ Reply ]