「High Fidelity」-Rock On!

 "What came first.the misery or the music?" Rob asks at the very beginning of the film.
   "What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music? " From the opening words, High Fidelity will make you laugh and fall in love with it.
　　


  The movie's main plot is Rob recounting his past breakups via his favorite organizing device, the Top 5 List. He purposely excludes his most recent girlfriend, Laura, from it. He is trying to deal with her leaving him for a strange, world music-listening, martial arts-doing freak named Ian (Tim Robbins). Then he decides to look up all his old girlfriends, and in the process finds out a lot about himself. A movie about a man on a journey discovering why he's become the man he is and making decisions to change his future.


  Having read the very good 尼克 Hornby novel of the same name I looked forward to "High Fidelity" quite a bit, but I never expected it to be as good as it is. This is easily one of the best comedies of all time for its laughs alone - but what separates it from other comedies (particularly new-age ones) is that it's a very poignant multi-layered tale that focuses, primarily, on males - and why we are as we are. Love, life, relationships, music, movies, hobbies, jobs, ticks, ups, downs - everything is here.

That's all.

 

------------List about all the music involved in the movie-----------------------
             1. "You're Gonna Miss Me" - The Thirteenth Floor Elevators
　　　　2. "I Want Candy" - Bow Wow Wow
　　　　3. "Crocodile Rock" - Elton John
　　　　4. "Crimson And Clover" - Joan Jett & The Blackhearts
　　　　5. "Seymour Stein" - Belle & Sebastian
　　　　6. "Jacob's Ladder" - Rush(guitar solo Barry is singing on entrance)
　　　　7. "Walking On Sunshine" - Katrina and the Waves
　　　　8. "Little Latin Lupe Lu" - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
　　　　9. "Baby Got Going" - Liz Phair
　　　　10. "Little Did I Know" - Brother JT 3
　　　　11. "I'm Wrong About Everything" - John Wesley Harding
　　　　12. "I Can't Stand The Rain" - Ann Peebles
　　　　13. "I Just Called To Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder
　　　　14. "The River" - Bruce Springsteen
　　　　15. "Baby, I Love Your Way" - perfomed by Marie de Sal （麗莎 Bonet's ？）
　　　　16. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" - The Vaselines
　　　　17. "Cold Blooded Old Times" - Smog
　　　　18. "Janie 瓊斯" - The Clash
　　　　19. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
　　　　20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana
　　　　21. "White Light/White Heat" - The Velvet Underground
　　　　22. "Radiation Ruling the Nation" - Massive Attack vs Mad Professor
　　　　23. "On Hold" - Edith Frost
　　　　24. "Hyena 1" - Goldie
　　　　25. "I'm Gonna Love You Just A Little More Babe" - Barry White
　　　　
　　　　26. "Only The Lonely" - Roy Orbison
　　　　27. "God Save The Queen" - Sex Pistols
　　　　28. "Always See Your Face" - Love
　　　　29. "Soaring And Boaring" - Plush
　　　　30. "Leave Home" - The Chemical Brothers
　　　　31. "Four To The Floor" - John Etkin-Bell
　　　　32. "Loopfest" - Toby Bricheno and Jan Cryka
　　　　33. "Who Loves The Sun" - The Velvet Underground
　　　　34. "Robbin's Nest" - 伊利諾 Jacquet
　　　　35. "Rock Steady" - Aretha Franklin
　　　　36. "The Killin Moon" - Echo & The Bunnymen
　　　　37. "Suspect Device" - Stiff Little Fingers
　　　　38. "Dry The Rain" - The Beta Band
　　　　39. "We Are The Champions" - Queen
　　　　40. "I'm Glad You're Mine" - Al Green
　　　　41. "Your Friend And Mine" - Love
　　　　42. "Shipbuilding" - Elvis Costello and The Attractions
　　　　43. "Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You" - Bob Dylan
　　　　44. "Behind Closed Doors" - Charlie Rich
　　　　45. "Get It Together" - Grand Funk Railroad
　　　　46. "Fallen For You" - 席拉 Nicholls
　　　　47. "Oh! Sweet Nuthin' " - The Velvet Undergound
　　　　48. "This India", Harbhajhn Singh and Navinder Pal Singh
　　　　49. "Tread Water" - De La Soul
　　　　50. "The Moonbeam Song" - Harry Nilsson
　　　　51. "Juice (Know The Ledge)" - 艾瑞克 B. and Rakim
　　　　52. "Doing It Anyway" - Apartment 26
　　　　53. "What's On Your Mind" - 艾瑞克 B. and Rakim
　　　　54. "Good And Strong" - Sy 史密斯
　　　　55. "Mendocino" - Sir Douglas Quintet
　　　　56. "The Inside Game" - Royal Trux
　　　　57. "Leader Of The Pack" - The Shangri Las
　　　　58. "Dead Man's Curve" - Jan & Dean
　　　　59. "Tell Laura I Love Her" - Ricky Valance
　　　　60. "One Step Beyond" - Madness
　　　　70. "You Can't Always Get What You Want" - Rolling Stones (immediate disqualification because of its involvement with "The Big Chill")
　　　　71. "The Wreck Of The Edmund Firzgerald" - Gordon Lightfoot
　　　　72. "The Night 芝加哥 Died" - Paper Lace
　　　　73. "Chapel of Rest", Dick 華特
　　　　
　　　　74. "Many Rivers To Cross" - 吉米 Cliff
　　　　75. "Angel" - Aretha Franklin
　　　　78. "You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" - Gladys Knight
　　　　79. "Most Of The Time" - Bob Dylan
　　　　80. "I Get The Sweetest Feeling" - Jackie Wilson
　　　　81. "Lo Boob Oscillator" - Stereolab
　　　　82. "The Anti-Circle" - The Roots
　　　　83. "Everybody's Gona Be Happy" - The Kinks
　　　　84. "Homespun Rerun (Cornelius Remix)" - High Llamas
　　　　85. "Hit The Street" - Rupert Gregson-威廉斯
　　　　86. "Let's Get It On" - performed by Jack Black
　　　　87. "I Believe (When I Fall In Love It Will Be Forever)" - Stevie Wonder
　　　　88. "My Little Red Book" - Love
　　　　89. "Sin City" - The Flying Burrito Brothers
　　　　90. "New Rose" - The Damned
　　　　91. "Hit It And Quit It" - Funkadelic
　　　　92. "Shipbuiling" - Elvis Costello and The Attractions
　　　　93. "Mystery Train" - Elvis Presley
　　　　94. "Spaced Cowboy" - Sly & The Family Stone
　　　　95. "Summertime Blues" - Blue Cheer
　　　　96. "The Upsetter" - Lee 'Scratch' Perry
　　　　97. "Let's Get It On" - Marvin Gaye
　　　　98. "Sound And Vision" - David Bowie
　　　　99. "Dirty Water" - The Standells
　　　　100. "Dancing Barefoot" - Patti 史密斯
　　　　101. "Me And My Baby Brother" - War
　　　　102. "Grandma's Hands" - Bill Withers
　　　　(the "Let's Get It On" of the book)
　　　　103. "Got To Get You Off My Mind" - Solomon Burke   舉報