tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637487074030262802.post8992615250963976137..comments2022-03-20T11:27:27.777-07:00Comments on The drunkenness of things being various: Donovan - The Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968/ No. 4/ 10 weeks/ Pye)Billy Smarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11808866217501456210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637487074030262802.post-79502127091257959192018-03-04T09:26:17.865-08:002018-03-04T09:26:17.865-08:00Interesting writing. I was listening to a program ...Interesting writing. I was listening to a program on making film scores and saw, for the first time, a man playing a hurdy gurdy. "What IS that?" I wondered. Down the internet bunny hole I went and, a half-hour later, here I am. Now off I go to further enjoy your musings archive.Kjelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14873340033669956373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3637487074030262802.post-38453208030697116622013-08-23T06:32:27.877-07:002013-08-23T06:32:27.877-07:00The song has never impressed me as sounding "...The song has never impressed me as sounding "evil" (to me, it sounds merely whimsical and drug-fueled), but you are not alone in your opinion. Several filmmakers have featured the song while introducing a devilish character onscreen. The indie film L.I.E (a gay cult classic) makes haunting use of the song as the film's avuncular pedophile (played brilliantly by Brian Cox) pulls up in his convertible. David Fincher also famously chose the song to open his film about the "Zodiac" killer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com