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Eetu Pellonpaa 
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 06:19 |
It would be fun to know what's out there... 
Recently I saw a film from late 60's APHRODITE'S CHILD. They pretended performing "Rain and Tears", while they had time from posing in their fancy clothes. Vangelis even gave a kiss to a tush of hellenistic statue, etc...
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 06:53 |
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the movie "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" by Werner Penzel and
Fritz Baumann from 1981 is about the Roman Bunka Band. the movie is
only so-so, but the music is absolutely brilliant (Roman Bunka used to
be guitar player of Embryo; in one episode of the movie they
accidentially meet Embryo on the road and immediately start a session).
the only album of this 3-piece band (Roman Bunka - guitar and oud,
Gerald Luciano Hartwig - bass and sitar, Freddy Setz - drums,
percussion and keyboards) is highly recommended. and it is out on CD
meanwhile (+ some bonus tracks)!
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 11:04 |
Thanks Jean! 
I could find lots of references to this film from the web, but atleast not yet any place, where I could order or download it.
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 14:25 |
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200 Motels!
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 14:39 |
 Man Overboard wrote:
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I have that already! And "Uncle Meat" too...
Do you want to see a movie about dental hygienia? 
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Posted: August 16 2005 at 16:09 |
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Well there's Zabrieske Point with Pink Floyd soundtrack, of which the last minute is the only bit worth watching.
And I suppose Floyd at Pompeii & ELP Pictures count as prog films
as they were both shown at the cinema in the UK in the early 70's.
The Monkey's film Head had a one minute cameo with Frank Zappa walking a cow, surreal!
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 01:57 |
NutterAlert wrote:
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I could check that out. Thanks! I have the two Barbet Schroeder films with Floyd soundtracks, and they are quite fun. What's ZP about?
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 03:16 |
Eetu Pellonpää wrote:
NutterAlert wrote:
Zabrieske Point |
I could check that out. Thanks! I have the two Barbet Schroeder films with Floyd soundtracks, and they are quite fun. What's ZP about?
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The story is a bit disjointed and includes a sex orgy in the Death Valley desert to Grateful Dead music.
Denouncing the real estate and how they are corrupting everyone out to make a buck , and not caring for the environemen t seems to be the main point.
Quite a pleasurable film. Made by Antonioni who had just made Blow-up before this one , about the Swinging London .
Great soundtrack with a superb ending to Floyd adaptiuon of Careful With that Axe Eugene.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 03:51 |
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BaldJean
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 08:50 |
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if you want to see a real porn movie with prog music, I recommend "Body Love" by Lasse Braun, to which Klaus Schulze provided the soundtrack
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 10:49 |
Cool out , my young friend ! From memory, you do not see that much because their skins are covered in sand, but its suggestive enough! I should see it again some time, last time was some 15 years ago!
Not really prog , but Easy Rider is one hall of a movie!
I always wondered about that Schulze tracked porno flick, though !
Is the music any good?
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 11:16 |
Bu!
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 14:07 |
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I didn't know Body Love was a soundtrack ! It's my favourite Schulze album !!!!
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 14:09 |
BaldJean wrote:
if you want to see a real porn movie with prog music, I recommend "Body Love" by Lasse Braun, to which Klaus Schulze provided the soundtrack |
I might just check that out.. Is it any good?
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 16:35 |
the movie version of "Twin Peaks" has a scene in a kind of bar in which
a band plays some kind of "space blues". the scene is about 15 minutes
long, and all that time this wild space blues is playing. the rest of
the soundtrack is not of any interest, but these 15 minutes really rock.
the movie "The Trip", starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, also has
a scene with some wild psychedelic music towards the end (featuring
some nude female dancers with painted bodies  , and I think the "Twin Peak" scene is influenced by this one)
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Posted: August 17 2005 at 19:00 |
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Pink Floyd did the soundtrack to a movie called "More" in 1969.
Excruciatingly boring movie, but good music of course. Apparently they have
an unreleased soundtrack to a movie called "The Committee", some kind of
surreal thriller from 1968.
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Tim
FM, Nash the Slash, Camel
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Eetu Pellonpaa
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Posted: August 18 2005 at 03:44 |
BaldFriede wrote:
the movie "The Trip", starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper, also has a scene with some wild psychedelic music towards the end (featuring some nude female dancers with painted bodies , and I think the "Twin Peak" scene is influenced by this one)
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I bought this two years ago as a DVD from discount campaing for couple €:s, but I haven't yet watched it!  Maybe I'll try this evening...
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Posted: August 18 2005 at 14:54 |
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There is a German tv-movie from 1976 called "Notwehr" ("Self-Defense").
It features Guru Guru as actors, who basically play themselves, only
they are named "Rattenfänger" ("Rat Catchers") in the movie. The
line-up is drummer Mani Neumeier (whose acting is superb, by the way!),
Sepp Jandrisits on guitar, Jogi Karpenkiel on bass and Roland Schaeffer
on saxes and guitar.
The story is this: The Ratttenfänger band moves into a rural area (into
a lonely farm house), but the conservative inhabitants of the village
they moved to distrust them. Tension arises, and finally one of the
associated members of the band (the girl friend of their manager, who
also lives with the band in the movie) is shot by one of the people in
the village. Of course there is a lot of music in the movie, and seeng
the acting of Mani Neumeier is alone worth watching the movie.
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Posted: August 18 2005 at 22:28 |
Koyaanisqatsi is a real head spinner. Music is by Phillip Glass. Not exactly prog, but comes close.
If you're not familiar with this film, it's basically a collage of natural and industrial images from around the U.S. Some done in time lapse (speeded up). The title is the Hopi Indian word for "life out of balance". Highly acclaimed and recommended.
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Posted: August 19 2005 at 01:26 |
BaldJean wrote:
if you want to see a real porn movie with prog music, I recommend "Body Love" by Lasse Braun, to which Klaus Schulze provided the soundtrack |
A history of porn music:
70's - really bad jazz
80's - really bad techno
90's - really bad metal
so is the next logical step for the 2000's really bad prog. (no offense to Klaus Schulze, I'm sure he did a fine job, but could prog be the next genre to be bastardized into bad porno soundtracks?)
Hey wait a second, now you all know what a pervert I am!
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