some sunday afternoon viewing: Saturday Night Fever
we had this soundtrack in our house when it first came out. if i remember correctly it was a promo we got from our cousin (who worked for RCA — i always introduce her as that eh lol)…Saturday Night Fever Original Soundtrack. I’m watching the movie, realizing that of course at that age (around 6 or so) i would have *never* been allowed to watch this movie (although to my recollection there was a PG version of this movie available? — i love the movie itself however because IMO it’s quite realistic and above all unpretensious, at least the way it plays itself out as me watching it in 2005).
the soundtrack then was something special to me. listening again, it is timeless. this soundtrack has had to have inspired my love for the kind of hip hop that i enjoy — soulful, rhythmic, with harmonies. i still wonder why disco got/gets the disdain that it did/has. the only thing i could ever chalk it up to was contempt.
just heard something that struck me (again):
“family raises a priest they think they’ve scored points in heaven”, tony’s brother says (who had recently left the catholic church, much to his behaviourally areligious family’s chagrin), as he leaves the house.
at any rate–perhaps i’m just a kid of the 80’s (yeah i’m sure it’s likely) but this movie is an absolute classic.
