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Why did you link a reference to one of the living greats of rhythm and blues to a story about a mausoleum ?

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Probably not a good idea anymore to name an act after something famous, nobody will find you on the Internet

Also, another note - I think the discography is missing a soundtrack - "Crossroads" in the mid 80's. Amazon has the CD, with some good reviews for the bluesy stuff, and negative reviews for what was left out from the movie, the more metal stuff.

Maybe because of the blues musician of that name - I remember contributing to a brief conversation about him hanging off the Taj Mahal article. Let me check.
There we are, try this :- http://www.h2g2.com/forumframe.cgi?thread=5412&forum=564

I remember watching a film called Southern Comfort (which I won't watch again) and thinking, "I know this music, I know this" all the way through.
Mr Cooder strikes again I believe, although I never did find out for sure.

Well, he must have done part of the "Southern Comfort" soundtrack, his 2-CD "Music by Ry Cooder" includes "Theme from Southern Comfort", a pretty good movie music piece IMHO, sets a feeling for southern swamps - not too far from Houston, where I live. I haven't seen the movie, so I can't say whether the theme works - my review book gives it good marks, sounds like an even more violent update of "Deliverance" from a decade earlier, which I do like.

Yes, that'a a good comparison. It probably makes more sense than Deliverance, in that 'they who got it' deserved it to a great extent.

I'm not particulaly keen on this type of film, mindless violence (even mindful violence) doesn't make me happy and joyful.

Personally I like being happy.

Yup, violence/depression/misery isn't particularly my thing either. but looking down the list of Ry Cooder's soundtracks, there's not a lot of comedy/upbeat there . The closest looks like "Crossroads", which still has violence. I guess that's why they call it the blues.

I guess he wasn't invited to the soundtrack of "High Fidelity", a pretty funny movie IMHO.