Where the Buffalo Roam (1980)
A soundtrack with Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Neil Young has to be great, right?
Well, the soundtrack is better than the film just for it's eclectic song selection alone. But what do expect — or want — from a Hunter S. Thompson film?
Here are the original tracks...
BUFFALO STOMP/Neil Young
ODE TO WILD BILL #1/Neil Young
ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER/Jimi Hendrix
ODE TO WILD BILL #2/Neil Young
PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE/The Temptations
HOME, HOME ON THE RANGE/Neil Young
HIGHWAY 61/Bob Dylan
I CAN'T HELP MYSELF/ Four Tops
ODE TO WILD BILL #3 WITH DIALOGUE/Neil Young
KEEP ON CHOOGLIN'/Creedence Clearwater Revival
ODE TO WILD BILL #4/Neil Young
PURPLE HAZE/Jimi Hendrix
BUFFALO STOMP REFRAIN/Neil Young
This is from Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo Journalist: 1937 - 2005
The blogsophere exploded today as word spread of the death of the father of Gonzo journalism, Hunter S. Thompson.
From Jukebox Graduate:
"I know it is not very modern or PC to admire excess in the fashion he pioneered, and I am heartily tired of drugs claiming the best and the brightest, but there is a tiny part of me that is envious to have missed that decade.He was a legend, he was one-of-a-kind, he was influential on several generations and will likely continue to be. It is so very sad that he could not tame his internal demons and that they won the battle, and it is sad he is no longer on the planet."
From The Rock and Roll Report:
"Hunter S. Thompson was responsible for some of the finest literature in the second half of the twentieth century and it is imperative that this legacy, rather than his drugs of choice become his true epitaph.Hunter was the first author that wrote in a way that was not only entertaining but was brutally insightful, sometimes to a fault and with a depth and passion that could only come from someone with The Gift. Not only that, to me Hunter made literature "cool" something that not even my best English teacher could manage."
On Blogcritics Jim Carruthers writes:
"I was surprised at how affected I was at this news, seeing it on the front page of the newspaper this morning. HST inspired me to do many crazy things as a young man, and inspired me to write. He revealed the man behind the curtain in the sausage factory which passes for journalism in NorthAm.Continued on the next page Page 1 — Page 2
Article comments
1 - Tristan
Photographer for White House child sex ring arrested after Thompson suicide:
http://tomflocco.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=107&mode=&order=0&thold=0
2 - Queequeg.
"There you sit on the edge of your' feather...Expecting to fly..."
3 - hunter thompson was an incoherent waste
There's no one in the world these days who writes the truth ... as he seems to, to me. He spoke to the world and said what people were afraid to say."
That means he would have been edited by the hypocritical double standard bearers here at blogcritics.org.
4 - gonzo marx
i much preferred "Buffalo" as an example pf HST's work, tho F&L in LV was definately a highly accurate translation of the book
i still say that '72 Campaign Trail is some of his finest work ( much of "Buffalo" is taken from that book)
and i do agree with the original article that he soundtrack is most excellent...
Excelsior!
5 - sean kane
does anyone know why when the movie is on tv the soundtrack is completely replaced?
6 - thrasher
Sean - regarding why the soundtrack is different for TV broadcast...
Apparently, the producers of the DVD replaced the original soundtrack with lame 1980's songs. Maybe they didn't want to pay the price for the rights to the original tracks?
So. If you respect HST, do not buy the DVD. Buy the VHS with Bill Murray at a typewriter on the front cover.
7 - Josh Rosen
Hey , do you by any chance know the name of the song that's playing when bill is in the hospital dancing. it's not on the soundtrack
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8 - zach
to those who are confused his internal deamons did not win. He was about having fun and he would have felt trapped if at anytime he could not kill himself so him killing himself is sad but he was bored. there was no more fun to be had. so before thing got to bad for him to even walk he ended it.
9 - k.knight
does anyone know where to get the video of where the buffalo roam where bill is sitting at the typewriter that is the one i am looking for
10 - Lee Livingston
The reason I am here is just like Josh's - do you know the name of the song that is playing during the hospital scene - I think it might be the same guy that plays the role of the wino that takes the super bowl tickets, but I don't know.
I also have the vhs version if anyone is interested I could see how much it is to copy and send.
By the way - I fricken love this movie - it go such low ratings and critics hated it, but I think that is why we have not only the movies we have that are "popular" but why we have the music we have that is "popular"
11 - dan alexander
the song that's playing when bill is in the hospital dancing. it's not on the soundtrack ... and i can't fiind it can somone point me in the right direction pls i realy love that song i will bee very apricietiv ov your efforts
12 - frushtrated
The song in the hospital is "Sugar Pie Honey Bunch" by the Temptations.
13 - frushtrated
Sorry, sorry, sorry - incorrect (and reckless posting) - the song is called I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey bunch) by The Four Tops NOT the Temptations. Sorry for the misinformation. I HATE it when people post incorrect answers to questions like they are authorities. Sorry.