7/18/06: Vincent Gallo:
          Recordings of Music for Film (2002)

The e-mails are nice, folks, and stay in touch—but this site has no plans to write up “The Trees” by Rush. We made our own small contribution to that National Review article, but it sure wasn't “The Trees.” There are better examples of combining Atlas Shrugged with H.R. Pufnstuf.

That's not to say that RightWingTrash doesn't support progressive rock. (During a brief period in the '70s, "bad" meant "good" and "progressive" meant "visionary.") We’re all excited about this week’s big Saga show. Never mind if they’re the synth-pop stars of prog. You have to respect Saga just for taking 28 years to finish that concept album about Albert Einstein and the aliens.

Lately, though, our prog hero has been Vincent Gallo—and we don’t make that endorsement lightly. We admire his outspokenness as an actor and director. But in addition to being a Republican, our downtown denizen is brave enough to be an outspoken fan of Yes.

You can hear some of that influence in Gallo’s own recorded works—including Recordings of Music for Film, featuring minimalist ramblings from the soundtracks of films like The Way It Is and Buffalo '66. This collection, however, also features liner notes worth the full retail price.

He’s writing a lot less on VincentGallo.com, so you’ll want this print version of Gallo's typically perfect putdowns of his Leftist contemporaries. Consider this take on 1982:

The captain of the late-’70's/early-’80's New York Indie film scene was a filmmaker named Eric Mitchell. He made some slightly interesting films like Underground U.S.A. and Red Italy. He looked like John Garfield, only he was filthy and French. He lived in that creepy building on Third Street where people like John Lurie lived. They got their apartments really cheap from the city by convincing the city that they were mentally ill and couldn’t work. They convinced me, too.

This site reserves the right to fink out on Gallo if he ever says anything too controversial. Still, we support the man (and his music) just for joining Ann Coulter and Sean Hannity in that increasingly rare class of Republicans—especially in Manhattan—who don't worry about getting disinvited from certain dinner parties. We’ll respect Gallo even more if he ever comes through with a concept album.

Make it your own: Recordings of Music for Film is easily available—but don’t buy a used copy, or Gallo might track you down and give you a hard time.

 

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