this is why I love RP

Posted 1 month ago by caledonian [ Reply ]

Thought it was The Heavy for a moment
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Not really, just kidding.
This is an absolute classic track.

Posted 8 months ago by springof63 [ Reply ]

You just don't hear enough mouth harp these days.

Posted 1 year ago by chieromancer [ Reply ]

I think all of Ennio's tunes are GREAT! ....produced with tons of "plate reverb" & a LOT of whistling!

Posted 1 year ago by joejennings [ Reply ]

robmerkeldesigns wrote:

Fun fact, both For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars are actually remakes of black and white films called Yojimbo and Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa. Just replace the gunfighters with Samurais and the plots are almost identical, minus the score of course. Excellent films if you get a chance.

Those spaghetti westerns were pretty blatant rip-offs. 'The Magnificent Seven' made it plain they were doing an homage, I think giving Kurosawa screenwriting credits (?)
If I recall correctly, the Kurosawa films were re-tellings of Shakespearean dramas. There's nothing new under the (hot desert) sun.
c.

Posted 1 year ago by cc_rider [ Reply ]

Propayne wrote:

My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.

Virginia? Eh?

Posted 1 year ago by joejennings [ Reply ]

robmerkeldesigns wrote:

Fun fact, both For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars are actually remakes of black and white films called Yojimbo and Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa. Just replace the gunfighters with Samurais and the plots are almost identical, minus the score of course. Excellent films if you get a chance.

Thank You for the info.

Posted 1 year ago by joejennings [ Reply ]

Fun fact, both For a Few Dollars More and A Fistful of Dollars are actually remakes of black and white films called Yojimbo and Sanjuro by Akira Kurosawa. Just replace the gunfighters with Samurais and the plots are almost identical, minus the score of course. Excellent films if you get a chance.

Posted 1 year ago by robmerkeldesigns [ Reply ]

These movies made [for better or worse!] Clint Eastwood into the 'icon' he became. The scores...helped!

Posted 2 years ago by BlackBetty [ Reply ]

Posted 2 years ago by Hippostar [ Reply ]

kingart wrote:

The music is so vibrant and iconic, and did so much to become identified with these movies and the Spaghetti Western subgenre, that it's a real question if Clint Eastwood would have become such a megastar without it.

The music made the movie. Well, at least for me who can sit through the music and enjoy it immensely. Not so with the movie.

Posted 2 years ago by smartn1 [ Reply ]

zurcronium wrote:

I can help but squint as I listen to this.

...while chewing on a usually unlit cheroot cigarillo and drawing a six-gun and shooting seven people while emulating an Akira Kurosawa Japanese movie classic, shot in Spain by an Italian director with a then barely-known American actor on locations intended to resemble Mexico / Arizona. Whew. Serious cross-cultural whiplash jet lag.

Posted 2 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

It would have been interesting to be a fly on the wall back in the 1950s or 1960s in the movie studios when someone was sitting around saying "You know, call me crazy but this Western movie really needs some Italian influenced music."

Posted 2 years ago by timmus [ Reply ]

Propayne wrote:

My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.

Ahhhhahaha love this fact!

Posted 2 years ago by jot [ Reply ]

ICONIC!!!

Posted 2 years ago by joejennings [ Reply ]

zurcronium wrote:

I can help but squint as I listen to this.

I'm reaching for the cigar!

Posted 2 years ago by dmiley [ Reply ]

Long Live Radio Paradise
Thank you Ennio Morricone for A Few Dollars More To me 10 - G O D L I K E

Posted 3 years ago by Tomasni [ Reply ]

The music is so vibrant and iconic, and did so much to become identified with these movies and the Spaghetti Western subgenre, that it's a real question if Clint Eastwood would have become such a megastar without it.

Posted 5 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

Sergio Leon + Ennio Morricone a cinematic marriage made in heaven.

Posted 8 years ago by sajitjacob [ Reply ]

best aspect of the movie!

Posted 8 years ago by fitmartin [ Reply ]

It's great stuff, but I tried to watch some of it last week and was struck by the amount of time which was devoted to shots of "sweat on the brow, waiting for something to happen" moments.

The music, however endures.

Posted 8 years ago by TerryS [ Reply ]

I can help but squint as I listen to this.

Posted 8 years ago by zurcronium [ Reply ]

Love the way Gian Maria Volontè wears the gun belt instead of low slung on the hip. He was a revered Italian actor who's character played as important a role as Clint's

Posted 8 years ago by jbuhl [ Reply ]

LOVE IT!

Posted 8 years ago by Johnnyb0517 [ Reply ]

Northern_Lights wrote:

So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

Morricone was lamenting just this in an article for The Guardian recently.

Posted 9 years ago by fredriley [ Reply ]

Misterfixit wrote:

Oh oh! Not PC! It's now called a "Jaw Harp". Consider yourself whipped with Birkenstock sandals and forced to consume large amounts of granola.

Not when this song was first heard, it wasn't.

Posted 9 years ago by TerryS [ Reply ]

Yeeehhaaaa!

Posted 9 years ago by markus333 [ Reply ]

From another room, I thought this was the theme to Two Mules for Sister Sara. Close, very close..

Posted 9 years ago by jmkate [ Reply ]

PixelPushers wrote:

Another good contender is The Last of the Mohicans. Great original soundtrack that evokes a lot of emotion in the film.

Northern_Lights wrote:

So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

How about Ocean's 11-13

Posted 10 years ago by brkit2012 [ Reply ]

Another good contender is The Last of the Mohicans. Great original soundtrack that evokes a lot of emotion in the film.

Northern_Lights wrote:

So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

Posted 10 years ago by PixelPushers [ Reply ]

Propayne wrote:

My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.

There is an Eastwood to the West of Nottingham. A bit of a dump by accounts I've heard...

Posted 10 years ago by fredriley [ Reply ]

Everyone in the saloon loves this song...

Posted 10 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester [ Reply ]

Northern_Lights wrote:

So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

Same could be said for, Passion, by Peter Gabriel, at least for me.

Love Morricone's iconic work here, btw…

Posted 10 years ago by robertomiller [ Reply ]

Propayne wrote:

My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.

Where? Wiki turns up zilch. Still, that's pretty funny.

Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard [ Reply ]

Rarely does a soundtrack so perfectly match the feel of a film. never gets old.

Posted 10 years ago by Gazraman [ Reply ]

My parents used to live in East Clintwood.

Seriously.

Posted 10 years ago by Propayne [ Reply ]

Northern_Lights wrote:

So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

the mission...your point stands.

Posted 10 years ago by oldsaxon [ Reply ]

kingart wrote:

Clint Eaatwood is now in post-production on "Jersey Boys." Let's see, Ennio Morricone and Frankie Valli. That's a natural fit.

${#Dancingbanana_2}$

Posted 11 years ago by Proclivities [ Reply ]

So great to hear this. Reminds me of when movie music was an important part of the film and not just some recycled chunk of pop music used because it might make a few dollars more. Seriously, when was the last time a movie had a sound track that was in and of itself a piece of creative art? Last I can think of was the original Conan movie from the early 1980's. The soundtrack for that film was a stand alone bit of decent classical music, better than the movie itself.

Posted 11 years ago by Northern_Lights [ Reply ]

Clint Eaatwood is now in post-production on "Jersey Boys." Let's see, Ennio Morricone and Frankie Valli. That's a natural fit.

Posted 11 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

Clint-GOD!

Posted 11 years ago by linzie [ Reply ]

Love this music from a great classic cheesy movie...

Posted 11 years ago by Lazarus [ Reply ]

Whistle...love it. Like in the Kill Bill films. Spaghetti western style.

Posted 11 years ago by nicolewe [ Reply ]

Let's saddle up and head out!

Posted 11 years ago by mrgus [ Reply ]

gypsyman wrote:

Posted 11 years ago by meno2 [ Reply ]

10 all the way. This is brilliant!! Bought "The Man With No Name" three Blu-Ray set of "Fist Full of Dollars", "For A Few Dollars More" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly". No one in my house will watch them with me but the music is wonderful.

Thanks for playing this!!

Posted 11 years ago by Ahnyer_Keester [ Reply ]

cc_rider wrote:

Brutal, Mister.

Dang. I always called them "juice harps." Silly me...........

Posted 11 years ago by MirageRF [ Reply ]

Rated it 6 for the first third, then up to 7 when the choir comes in, then bumped it to 8 when the strings are added.

Posted 11 years ago by krysthal [ Reply ]

Misterfixit wrote:

Oh oh! Not PC! It's now called a "Jaw Harp". Consider yourself whipped with Birkenstock sandals and forced to consume large amounts of granola.

Brutal, Mister.

Posted 12 years ago by cc_rider [ Reply ]

Great song...
But I remember this exact same playlist of the past 5-10 songs, in the same order, from at least 4 years ago!

Posted 12 years ago by rpdevotee [ Reply ]

Poacher wrote:

Because its a bit shit? In terms of a song providing a beat and to dance to, this is rubbish.

So, uh, all songs need to have a beat to dance to? Grow up.

Posted 12 years ago by BCarn [ Reply ]

Classic! My father had an album back in the late 60's of the soundtrack to all the spaghetti westerns done by Clint Eastwood. Reminds me of Dad!

Posted 12 years ago by BCarn [ Reply ]

He snuck a little Townsend Who in there.

Posted 12 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

Boy_Wonder wrote:

For the English out there (and anyone else who appreciates humour).... the Comic Strip's 'Fistful of Travellers Cheques'

Boy_Wonder - "You're going to diiiieeeeee"

Posted 12 years ago by jay299uk [ Reply ]

For the English out there (and anyone else who appreciates humour).... the Comic Strip's 'Fistful of Travellers Cheques'

Posted 12 years ago by Boy_Wonder [ Reply ]

How many times have you seen this movie? I thought so. Wish I had the soundtack

Posted 12 years ago by cohifi [ Reply ]

ubuntourist wrote:

I don't know why I never attempted to try doing this on flute... (Not that it would have sounded great in my hands, but it probably would have been recognizable...) I had forgotten how much I like it.

Maybe Tull will cover it!

Posted 13 years ago by kaybee [ Reply ]

kaybee wrote:

Does anybody understand what the guys are saying in this song?

I think I read somewhere that the chorus doesn't really say anything intelligible. They're just making sounds that Morricone wanted to hear.

If you don't need no stinkin' badges, you don't need no words.

Posted 13 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

audiophelia wrote:

This needs to be followed by Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood".

Really? What about the Pogues, A Pistol for Paddy Garcia?

Posted 13 years ago by Bleyfusz [ Reply ]

cc_rider wrote:

There are not enough songs with a Jews Harp in them. Dang shame.

Oh oh! Not PC! It's now called a "Jaw Harp". Consider yourself whipped with Birkenstock sandals and forced to consume large amounts of granola.

Posted 13 years ago by Misterfixit [ Reply ]

Hannio wrote:

You want visual? Here ya go. Now shut up, punk.

I don't think it's nice . . . you laughin' . . .

Posted 13 years ago by On_The_Beach [ Reply ]

Wondering where Clint's career might have gone without this unusual, tuneful, genre-stretching music. The music is a character in itself. Good Bad and Ugly is masterful.

Posted 13 years ago by kingart [ Reply ]

RussianSancho wrote:

Everybody loves it! Even my cat!

Well, there you have it. Truly the imprimatur of the Gods.

I for one welcome our bewhiskered Overlords.

Posted 13 years ago by kcar [ Reply ]

There are not enough songs with a Jews Harp in them. Dang shame.

Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider [ Reply ]

foothillfreak wrote:

How could this song not make anybody's day?

Because its a bit shit? In terms of a song providing a beat and to dance to, this is rubbish.

Posted 13 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly [ Reply ]

Does anybody understand what the guys are saying in this song?

Posted 13 years ago by kaybee [ Reply ]

Pass the spaghetti, hold the meatballs...............................

Posted 13 years ago by sportskid [ Reply ]

This needs to be followed by Gorillaz's "Clint Eastwood".

Posted 14 years ago by audiophelia [ Reply ]

I don't know why I never attempted to try doing this on flute... (Not that it would have sounded great in my hands, but it probably would have been recognizable...) I had forgotten how much I like it.

Posted 14 years ago by ubuntourist [ Reply ]

Everybody loves it! Even my cat!

Posted 14 years ago by RussianSancho [ Reply ]

Real women do too!!! My wife loves those early Clint spaghetti westerns as much as I do!

Posted 14 years ago by woodchuk [ Reply ]

Morricone, Bjork share Sweden's Polar Music Prize

Posted 14 years ago by HazzeSwede [ Reply ]

yeehaaa

Posted 14 years ago by Dillinquent [ Reply ]

Real men have to like this song!

Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph [ Reply ]

Seriously?

Posted 14 years ago by Beez [ Reply ]

Should follow this with "Happy Trails" by Quicksilver Messenger Service

Posted 14 years ago by paraclete [ Reply ]

How could this song not make anybody's day?

Posted 14 years ago by foothillfreak [ Reply ]

Hi Ho Silver AWAY !!!! - - - - - - - - - >>>> to the dipsy dumpster...

Posted 15 years ago by That_SOB [ Reply ]

people are so visually oriented.......this music tells it's own story without the movie all you have to do is listen

Posted 15 years ago by chrispmcd [ Reply ]

jedley wrote:

I still haven't figured out if the alleged 'genius' of Morricone (or Sergio Leone, for that matter) is authentic or a tongue-in-cheek fabrication by a clique of East Village hipsters that just caught on somehow. I tend to suspect the latter. Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!

Couldn't agree with you less. This piece has a lot of character even standing alone. Obviously the bulk of those who've rated it agree.

Posted 15 years ago by Marr [ Reply ]

Thanks Bill - a default "Man Cave" tune!

Posted 15 years ago by wenatchee [ Reply ]

Thank you so much for playing this!

Posted 15 years ago by rpfan101 [ Reply ]

jedley wrote:

Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!

You want visual? Here ya go. Now shut up, punk.

Posted 15 years ago by Hannio [ Reply ]

godlike.

Posted 15 years ago by milchschnitte [ Reply ]

jedley wrote:

I still haven't figured out if the alleged 'genius' of Morricone (or Sergio Leone, for that matter) is authentic or a tongue-in-cheek fabrication by a clique of East Village hipsters that just caught on somehow. I tend to suspect the latter. Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!

go hard or go home.

Posted 15 years ago by milchschnitte [ Reply ]

Despite all the negative comments, the votes speak loudest! Yee-hah!

Posted 15 years ago by lawman [ Reply ]

I still haven't figured out if the alleged 'genius' of Morricone (or Sergio Leone, for that matter) is authentic or a tongue-in-cheek fabrication by a clique of East Village hipsters that just caught on somehow. I tend to suspect the latter. Either way, this isn't music made for listening. It's the backdrop for a visual narrative and cannot stand on its own. Pleeeease stop playing it, Bill!

Posted 15 years ago by jedley [ Reply ]

You just can't beat the single greatest spaghetti western whistling song on the planet. I've got too many memories of my dad blasting this from the 8-track tape player in the garage while we all did yardwork, whistling our lungs off in unison, to have you friendly but misguided folk mock and disrespect it. Where's my poster paint? I need to make a protest sign!

Posted 15 years ago by sarah [ Reply ]

curious version...

Posted 16 years ago by 2noir [ Reply ]

andrewimft wrote:

Right up there with the dogs barking jingle bells...

I like hearing the dogs a few times a season but that's all.

Maybe for you, but dogs barking jingle bells, not a classic.

Posted 16 years ago by amatura3 [ Reply ]

Right up there with the dogs barking jingle bells...

I like hearing the dogs a few times a season but that's all.

Posted 16 years ago by andrewimft [ Reply ]

Original classic.

Posted 16 years ago by amatura3 [ Reply ]

squidish wrote:

For a few dollars more, we could ask Bill not to play this anymore. I know Morricone is a genius, etc. but that's enough, 'K?

I'm in

Posted 16 years ago by Nala [ Reply ]

huebdoo wrote:

how can you not want to ride a horse to this?

right?

Posted 16 years ago by jarrudy [ Reply ]

the best italian rocker!!!!!

Posted 16 years ago by garp [ Reply ]

how can you not want to ride a horse to this?

Posted 16 years ago by huebdoo [ Reply ]

Outstanding. I can watch all those movies again and again. Eli Wallach is especially memorable. c.

Posted 16 years ago by cc_rider [ Reply ]

Even thought I was busy as heck, I had to come back and comment. What a great version of this song. You just never know what to expect from RP. Thank you!

Posted 16 years ago by Ericac [ Reply ]

Just so y'all know, the wonderful whistler is:

Alessandro Alessandroni (born March 16, 1925 in Rome) is an Italian musician. He plays multiple instruments, including the guitar, mandolin, sitar, accordion, and piano, and has composed over 40 film scores. Being an accomplished whistler, Alessandroni collaborated with his childhood friend Ennio Morricone on a number of soundtracks for Spaghetti westerns. Morricone's orchestration often calls for an unusual combination of instruments and voices. Alessandroni can be heard as the whistler on the soundtracks for Sergio Leone's films A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, and many others.

~ Wikepedia But come to think, didn't Roman males invent the 'wolf whistle'?

Posted 16 years ago by macadavy [ Reply ]

For a few dollars more, we could ask Bill not to play this anymore. I know Morricone is a genius, etc. but that's enough, 'K?

Posted 16 years ago by squidish [ Reply ]

With all my respect to Morricone, I think this song is a perfect follow-up to previous Dengue Fever.

Posted 16 years ago by aragon [ Reply ]

miahfost wrote:

We don't need no stinkin' movie music!

Au contraire! Some of my favorite music is movie music. "Out of Africa" is a masterpiece.

Posted 16 years ago by LaurieinTucson [ Reply ]

dctrpunda wrote:

It's interesting to see these movies improve in their overall classic status as other directors see the genius and borrow elements from them. Fistful -> Few Dollars More -> The G,B, and Ugly: three true classics of the western genre

Posted 16 years ago by Zep [ Reply ]

Posted 16 years ago by DD gypsyman [ Reply ]

Il Brutto

Posted 16 years ago by a_genuine_find [ Reply ]

It all depends on whether you feel lucky today. Well, punk, do ya?

Posted 16 years ago by ThePoose [ Reply ]

For some odd reason, I'm suddenly craving spaghetti!?

Posted 16 years ago by xc_para_puravida [ Reply ]

It's interesting to see these movies improve in their overall classic status as other directors see the genius and borrow elements from them. Fistful -> Few Dollars More -> The G,B, and Ugly: three true classics of the western genre

Posted 17 years ago by dctrpunda [ Reply ]

miahfost wrote:

We don't need no stinkin' movie music!

I agree as far as we talk about 'stinking' music. But in fact this one is everything but stinking, this is composed by a genius... Open your mind...

Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96 [ Reply ]

We don't need no stinkin' movie music!

Posted 17 years ago by miahfost [ Reply ]

Gila_Bob wrote:

The Hollywood WEST

Nope. The Italian WEST.

Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96 [ Reply ]

The Hollywood WEST

Posted 17 years ago by Gila_Bob [ Reply ]

hippiechick wrote:

people whistling really get on my last nerve!

The Seven Dwarves must really piss you off...

Posted 17 years ago by liser [ Reply ]

Molto Bene!

Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit [ Reply ]

AmandaMaria wrote:

Whistling like that always reminds me of Tarantino's "Kill Bill" movies

If anyone happens to watch 'For a Few Dollars More', please note the chimes on the pocket watch that the bad guy uses before he duels... I swear that Tarantino has used it somewhere. Thanks!

Posted 17 years ago by Bone [ Reply ]

hippiechick wrote:

people whistling really get on my last nerve!

You feeling lucky?

Posted 17 years ago by bokey [ Reply ]

This song oozes so much atmosphere that it makes me thirsty!

Posted 17 years ago by DrLex [ Reply ]

Damn, now I'm going to have rent the movie. Saw "For A Few Dollars More" as a kid when it was first run. Been a Clint Eastwood fan since, and a fan of "different" movies as well. This was very different at the time.

Posted 17 years ago by RadioDoc [ Reply ]

WonderLizard wrote:

Nice to see him get his due at the Oscars the other night. Equally hilarious to watch Eastwood read the translation of Morricone's acceptance speech from the cue cards.

clint is fluent in italian (if you'll remember, he didn't have his glasses and had to wing the introduction, which WAS on a prompter) and was interpreting on-the-fly. cemented himself as the coolest man in the world, IMO.

Posted 17 years ago by rah [ Reply ]