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King of Comedy (movie soundtrack)–387

MVC Rating: 4.0/$$

I remember buying this 1983 compilation soundtrack for one song. Van Morrison’s ‘Wonderful Remark.’ A great great song that at that time appeared on no other albums; it was written explicitly for this movie.

Yet I believed it was as good as anything Morrison has done — and that’s alot.

Now there are other good songs on here, some like the Pretenders’ ‘Back on the Chain Gang’ I already had (and loved). Since then the ‘Wonderful Remark’ cut has been on several compilation albums.

Listening to the soundtrack, I almost want to see the Martin Scorcese movie starring Jerry Lewis and Robert DeNiro. A black comedy it was blistered by critics at the time but now seems to have fallen into the good graces of some critics.

Play list with links from rateyourmusic.com

Here’s Van Morrison video. This song was worth the admission for me, esp. because it was unreleased at the time. but as you can see there’s other good songs here.

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Sayings to live by, or adjacent to, or in the same block of

NOTE: A different version of this is posted on AL.com here.

One day recently, I happened to be hanging around with myself and overheard some of the things I say. I’m a fan of Steven Wright so some sounded like him. Some sounded like Mark Twain on a day when he wasn’t feeling well. Will Rogers? Well Will he?

Anyway here they are. My joy would be that you stick them on that refigerator called Facebook.

  • I have a memory disorder. I remember things before they happen. After they happen?  Not so  much.
  • Heard of food for thought? Well I’ve got some thoughts give me some food.
  • One of the symptoms of Lewy body dementia is hallucinations. I had one yesterday but it turned out I was dreaming that I was  hallucinating.
  • Digital divide, digital first, digital upload, middle  digital.
  • Life is what happens when you’re sitting in traffic.
  • I’m learning to feel deja vu on demand.
  • I know it sounds paranoid, but I’m paranoid.
  • I believe in God because I don’t want to have to learn quantum physics.
  • Think quickly, speak slowly
  • I don’t want to get out of my comfort zone.
  • Where is my comfort zone?
  • Eat early  and often.
  • Love is not saying you have a pimple on your nose. But do you have to say your sorry if you do?
  • Freedom is just another word for having left your cell phone at home.
  • Dylan said you got to keep on keeping on but  I’m not sure what I’m keeping on.
  • I like writing quotes from myself because I don’t have to fact check them.
  • A simile is like a word/ a metaphor is a word. That’s my analogy anyway.
  • Mark Twain said everything except for  those things Will Rogers said.
  • My guilty pleasure philosopher is Socrates because he was too lazy to write all of his sayings down. Instead, he enlisted Aristotle and Plato.
  • Steven Wright asks if you are in a spaceship going  the speed of light, what happens when  you turn the lights on.? I ask what happens if your going the speed of sound and you turn the radio on?
  • I see a lot of dogs walking people these days.

If  you like those, then, well, read them again. I got no more. At least right now.