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Diablo Cody recommended Gimme Shelter (1970) in Movies (curated)

 
Gimme Shelter (1970)
Gimme Shelter (1970)
1970 | Documentary, Music, Thriller
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"This is documentary in the purest sense: a document. It’s real and sickening, and it feels dirty to watch. And yet there’s something weirdly redemptive about the fact that the Maysles were there. They caught it, they bronzed it like a shoe, and it can’t ever be diminished."

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Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash: Expanded & Remastered by The Pogues
Rum, Sodomy, And The Lash: Expanded & Remastered by The Pogues
1985 | Rock
7
8.0 (3 Ratings)
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Rolling Stone's 440th greatest album of all time
The Pogues' best known album featuring a number of good fun upbeat songs with a post-punk yet Irish folk feel. A mix of original songs, some traditional Irish folk songs and the famous version of the Dubliners' Dirty Old Town.
  
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Britt Daniel recommended Dirty Mind by Prince in Music (curated)

 
Dirty Mind by Prince
Dirty Mind by Prince
1980 | Rock
7.5 (2 Ratings)
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"Dirty Mind is the first one where I feel Prince became the Prince we all know and love. There had been somewhat suggestive lyrics with 'Soft & Wet', which came out earlier, but this is where he went full force with songs like 'Sister' and 'Head'. The record cover, the whole package, really says something to me. Instead of looking like a black guy from Minneapolis, he looks New Wave and you can't really tell what he is. He's got bed springs behind him and the album is called Dirty Mind, the first song is called 'Dirty Mind' and it just hits you over the head with this new direction. Maybe my favourite song on the record is 'Partyup', the last song on it. I understand there's rumours that he sort of traded that song with Morris Day. He said if you give me that song I'll record an album for you or I'll put together The Time For You. It's just an amazing song. Spoon covered it a long time ago for this Prince compilation."

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Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors
Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors
2009 | Alternative, Rock
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"Some of Dirty Projectors’ records were a little bit impenetrable, because Dave Longstreth obviously had some really crazy concepts. A whole record was about Don Henley. Then they moved into stuff that was still really innovative, but a lot easier to understand and enjoy, even if it had very eccentric meters and rhythms and melodies. I collaborated with Dirty Projectors on a couple songs for a charity record, and at our performance at Radio City Music Hall, I met Annie Clark [of St. Vincent], who I was a big fan of already. Then we crossed paths again at a show Björk did with Dirty Projectors at Housing Works [Bookstore in New York]. The Housing Works crew saw Annie and I enjoying the show, and they approached us about doing something together. The idea was that we would do it at the bookstore, which never happened. We certainly donated money to them, but by the time we did an album and tour together, it became a bigger thing than something we could do at Housing Works."

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Gran Torino (2009)
Gran Torino (2009)
2009 | Drama
Clint Eastwood (0 more)
A fine film well directed of course by Clint Eastwood. A simple tale really that is just very well executed. You could almost imagine Walt being a older version of the Dirty Harry character! More of a drama than an action film, it won't be for everyone one.