I like the fact after the hilarity of the whole film, this song, in it's overall tone and lyrics, isn't really meant to be satirical. That's why, I feel, it is sung at the end of the movie, to tell the audience, "Hey, stop thinking about funny; this song is to send you on your way." Love this song...
when i first saw this movie i thought these were all like legit songs from the 60s and was amazed to find christopher guest actually wrote every song in this movie. that is one talented dude!
@klarebear7211 Although Christopher wrote a lot of songs for the film, I think this one (and most of the Mitch & Mickey songs) was written by Eugene Levy (or so it says on the soundtracks imdb page). Still I agree, Christopher is a talented dude with talented friends!
This song is so soothing. I heard it for the first time in the ending of A Mighty Wind, where it's originally played in the movie, but i couldn't quite catch the feeling of it as much as i could right now. I love this movie because of what it has brought to folk music: it's like, with a mockumentary, they have recandled a fondness for folk music that seemed dorment in too many people. Please make a sequel!
@hunterdownn No, they're not lip synching the vocals and they're actually playing their instruments. That's one of the single most amazing things about this movie - the actors had to understand their characters enough to be able to WRITE and play their own songs!
I absolutely LOVE these two. Total superb chemistry, comically, musically. What talent!!!! I love this whole acting troop. Did you see "best in Show" Hilarious! And, these two sing "dog" songs too!
@captainwiggles777 Also, may I recommend the movie, "Best in Show". This is a brilliant spoof likewise about the dog show community. The characters are not so different from people we all know, that is why it is so funny. We finally have permission to laugh at the people we see every day. That's what makes these movies so fun and bring us so much happiness. Thanks to Christopher Guest and all of this tremendous company of players for bringing us so much joy.
@MrBobbybrus I've seen that one too! One of my favourite scenes is when Jane lynch says that her family model worked quite well for her family until her mother committed suicide .
HBO's been showing Mighty Wind a lot and I had it on not paying attention --then, in the background I heard this awesome song --this song and I saw it was part of the credits and that Eugene Levy wrote it. What a great find in a surprising place!
I sometimes wish folk music would make a comeback. I was born in '75 and that era is way before my time, but the music just puts you at ease and in a good mood. No wonder I always liked Simon and Garfunkel.
The part I like is the dichotomy. That really is Eugene and Kathrine! Sure its parody, but at the same time you can't "Spinal Tap" Folk music to the same ridiculous extremes as rock. I think this song more than any other pays a serious om-age to the better part of folk. A Spinal Tap moment would have to be the Folksmen practicing the Spanish civil war number! LOL!
Years ago, as my fiancee lay in bed in a hospital, I sang this song to her, meaning every word with all my heart. My deepest hope is that she heard me. Thank you for sharing...
the crew of actors who made this movie is brilliant. i'd go see anything they came up with. i love the fact that all the lines are improvised. that's brave
This movie is wonderful. And the best part is the Mitch and Mickey storyline. Their reconciliation at the end is so touching and the power it had to bring all the groups together was great.
What a wonderful song! I love 'A Mighty Wind" (and I"m old enough to have lived thru the era being gently satirized). Katherine O'Hara's portrayal in this film is actually one of the most poignant bits of acting I've ever seen. I was expecting her to play the part much broader, for laughs like she did with her hilarious characther in "Best In Show" - and yet she played it straight -- and created such a complex, poignant, sweet character. Just great!
I don't understand why they didn't use this song in the film! You hear it in the credits, but this is my favorite song from the entire film. When I hear it, I almost forget, this is a comedy? They do such a good job, how is it this movie didn't win any awards??? It's amazing. I'm glad it was included in the special features on the DVD. Love this film.
this has done wonders for the autoharp.. the more films that include the autoharp (which Catherine O'Hara is playing) such as Walk the Line and this film, the better!! fantastic!!
@softshoes hahahahah "handles" ive never heard that before. youre soooo romantical and sweet. (watch someones gonna comment and say something mean now) *waits*
Christopher Guest once said he did not like the word "mockumentary" to describe this film and I can see why. No one and no muscial style is mocked but the back story is hilarious. It is a fictional documentary about groups that did not exist in history but surely could have and the music is go good that the songs could have been actual hits in the early to middle 1960s.
I know there is a slightly different version of this video. This one is a bit faster than the other one and the other one also shows slightly different angles. Anybody know what I'm referring to? I can't seem to find it on Youtube anymore.
Catherine O'Hara does a beautiful job playing with the harmonies on this song. She and Levy are more entertaining that Ian and Sylvia, who I think their characters were loosely based on.
They really did capture one of the many strains of contagious mental illness that saturated American society from the 1950's through the 1970's. Death from drug addiction, excess and lack of common sense has done a great service to my generation. We are very thankful that these folks didn't last very long and that the ones who did are nearly completely mentally incapacitated at this point in history. Bravo!
@NouveauKnot - With all due respect I would have to disagree with you. While it is true that the 1960s and 1970s had its bad points like any other era in history but it also had good things going on also. I think you are just looking at that bad and ignoring the good.
@MsMelinette Agreed. This song should have been up for the Oscar instead Kiss at the End of the Rainbow. This song is just beautiful. It's impossible to not tap you foot and nod your head from side to side as a feeling of happiness comes over you.
@MsMelinette Having seen this movie before, I was delighted recently to purchase it at a discount store for the sum of $3.00. The DVD is played often. It is a moving tale. "A Might Wind" is a mockumentary, but it isn't. It is a tale of characters that have to be close to actual people and performers. If they do not exist, we must believe there were persons just like them. That is our hope. The music in the film is powerful and evoking. I agree with your assessment of this song entirely.
BRAVO!!!!! I can't believe how great this concert was, and it's only made for a movie! This is one of my all-time favorite songs (my boyfriend thinks i'm soft, LOL)! But Eugene's & Catherine's voices just give me shivers, and brings tears (good ones!) every time... thanks so much to Chris, Eugene, Catherine, Parker, and all the cast~ "Best in Show" & "A Mighty Wind" are 2 of my favorite movies in recorded history. absolutely BRILLIANT!! u guys nailed the folk scene...
I like the fact after the hilarity of the whole film, this song, in it's overall tone and lyrics, isn't really meant to be satirical. That's why, I feel, it is sung at the end of the movie, to tell the audience, "Hey, stop thinking about funny; this song is to send you on your way." Love this song...
bcdside 6 days ago
i'm sick of that change-up trailer. i'm never going to watch that movie now.
taffysaur 1 month ago
when i first saw this movie i thought these were all like legit songs from the 60s and was amazed to find christopher guest actually wrote every song in this movie. that is one talented dude!
klarebear7211 2 months ago
@klarebear7211 Although Christopher wrote a lot of songs for the film, I think this one (and most of the Mitch & Mickey songs) was written by Eugene Levy (or so it says on the soundtracks imdb page). Still I agree, Christopher is a talented dude with talented friends!
AlexanderAndTheGreat 1 month ago
I had no idea either could sing so well.
Scottwax 2 months ago
isnt that that guys dad from american pie
thecadencroy 3 months ago
@thecadencroy Sure is.. Eugene Levy! Talented guy!
lightsuperlink 3 months ago
@lightsuperlink i can tell i never knew! this is great
thecadencroy 2 months ago
@thecadencroy And the from the Home Alone movies.
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@thecadencroy It's Eugen Levy from SCTV.
wisconsindeathtrip 2 months ago
1 person slipped and tripped on the plant that was in the hallway........
SuperThunderlips 3 months ago
Best song in the film.
LazlosPlane 3 months ago
This song makes me want to cry.
stuffsbeastlyballad 3 months ago
Great song with a beautiful melody! I totally agree that this is the best song in the movie.
fbrown172 4 months ago
The Christopher Guest troupe has some talented mofo's.
willieboomer23 5 months ago
@willieboomer23 Heck yes they do!! Ever seen Best in Show? or This is Spinal Tap? Same guys!
lightsuperlink 3 months ago
We had friends sing this song at our wedding (autoharp and everthing)!
PoMoDave 5 months ago 2
This song brings tears to my eyes.
TheHyde55 6 months ago
pure class
motney555 7 months ago
they actually had to learn how to play instruments in this movie
MyQuesnel 7 months ago
The best song in the movie, and it wasn't in the movie.
However, if you get the DVD this is in the deleted scenes.
JudahDG 7 months ago 3
This is one of the greatest songs ever written!
HPIshannon 7 months ago 3
@HPIshannon I agree! Well written!
shrubbmeister1 7 months ago
two of my all-time favorite songs come from a mockumentary. Why am I not surprised?
KURTHUNT 8 months ago
I got my virginity back when I first saw Mitch & Micky live.
secretilluminaughty 8 months ago 2
This song is so soothing. I heard it for the first time in the ending of A Mighty Wind, where it's originally played in the movie, but i couldn't quite catch the feeling of it as much as i could right now. I love this movie because of what it has brought to folk music: it's like, with a mockumentary, they have recandled a fondness for folk music that seemed dorment in too many people. Please make a sequel!
ViktorByron 8 months ago
r they lips synching this song?
hunterdownn 8 months ago
@hunterdownn No, they're not lip synching the vocals and they're actually playing their instruments. That's one of the single most amazing things about this movie - the actors had to understand their characters enough to be able to WRITE and play their own songs!
bassbot69 8 months ago
I absolutely LOVE these two. Total superb chemistry, comically, musically. What talent!!!! I love this whole acting troop. Did you see "best in Show" Hilarious! And, these two sing "dog" songs too!
PeggySue1013 9 months ago 2
@PeggySue1013 You should also check out "waiting for guffman" it's brilliant
captainwiggles777 8 months ago
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MrBobbybrus 8 months ago
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MrBobbybrus 8 months ago
@captainwiggles777 Also, may I recommend the movie, "Best in Show". This is a brilliant spoof likewise about the dog show community. The characters are not so different from people we all know, that is why it is so funny. We finally have permission to laugh at the people we see every day. That's what makes these movies so fun and bring us so much happiness. Thanks to Christopher Guest and all of this tremendous company of players for bringing us so much joy.
MrBobbybrus 8 months ago
@MrBobbybrus I've seen that one too! One of my favourite scenes is when Jane lynch says that her family model worked quite well for her family until her mother committed suicide .
captainwiggles777 8 months ago
I absolutely LOVE these two. Total superb chemistry, comically, musically. What talent!!!!
PeggySue1013 9 months ago
They harmonize beautifully. Those are some truly talented people.
singleh27 10 months ago
Fan-Freakin'-Tastic song and film!!!!
UncleAndy13 10 months ago
So sad he didnt get the kiss.....
BraniusBalki 10 months ago
HBO's been showing Mighty Wind a lot and I had it on not paying attention --then, in the background I heard this awesome song --this song and I saw it was part of the credits and that Eugene Levy wrote it. What a great find in a surprising place!
jdgssf 10 months ago
@jdgssf I said the same thing, a truly great song!
fan4life34 3 months ago
I sometimes wish folk music would make a comeback. I was born in '75 and that era is way before my time, but the music just puts you at ease and in a good mood. No wonder I always liked Simon and Garfunkel.
ekobal1 10 months ago
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@ekobal1 You are 100% correct!!!!!
fan4life34 3 months ago
I love Eugene Levy.
MsThebeMoon 10 months ago
Not easy to find a song on YouTube that features an autoharp solo, huh?
slatersgarage 10 months ago
This song is amazing. I always watch the credits so I can hear it.
prorobo 10 months ago 3
I can't believe Jim's dad (American Pie) can sing like this. I love Eugene Levy. All of them really.
jenndear12 10 months ago
Great thing about guest's movies is that you always end up caring about these ridiculous characters you spent an hour and half laughing at.
ebandd 11 months ago
HEY WHA HEPPENED!?
spamup567 11 months ago 12
@spamup567 "I don't think so!"
Tara23721 10 months ago
@spamup567 i was saying that for about a year after that movie came out.
everything that went wrong, i'd be 'wha' haaappen! i cehn't do my woooohk!'
taffysaur 1 month ago
Are they actually singing live ?
DesertAndStars 1 year ago
levy = talent
cupcakechagrin 1 year ago 5
The part I like is the dichotomy. That really is Eugene and Kathrine! Sure its parody, but at the same time you can't "Spinal Tap" Folk music to the same ridiculous extremes as rock. I think this song more than any other pays a serious om-age to the better part of folk. A Spinal Tap moment would have to be the Folksmen practicing the Spanish civil war number! LOL!
EddieGoregor 1 year ago 4
Years ago, as my fiancee lay in bed in a hospital, I sang this song to her, meaning every word with all my heart. My deepest hope is that she heard me. Thank you for sharing...
zahir13 1 year ago 5
more people should do harmonies with the female voice below the male - it's a much more melancholic sound
basehead617 1 year ago 14
@basehead617 Agreed, I always much preferred singing my harmonies below the male. And I'm not an Alto, I just love the sound.
laurenlikespie 3 months ago
Could someone please do a video with lyrics to this song. I haven't found one yet. Also for Kiss at the end of the Rainbow, that would be awesome!!
j2henning 1 year ago
the crew of actors who made this movie is brilliant. i'd go see anything they came up with. i love the fact that all the lines are improvised. that's brave
freedo333 1 year ago 2
Really a great song on it's own merit.
johnnyd63 1 year ago 2
This movie is wonderful. And the best part is the Mitch and Mickey storyline. Their reconciliation at the end is so touching and the power it had to bring all the groups together was great.
Dakotaangel1 1 year ago
Oh, it makes me tear up every time I hear it.
What a lovely, sweetly precious song.
need4news 1 year ago 2
I heard it half asleep in the middle of the night and thought it was Simon & Garfunkel.
I was wrong.
TheOriginalWASTEMAN 1 year ago 3
Why wasn't this song at least included on the album?!
pumpkinheadedmf 1 year ago
@pumpkinheadedmf
It IS on the album, definately.
jocon307 1 year ago
@jocon307 Oh, I just looked it up. Apparently it's a video or something? I got it burned for me so it was left off. Glad I found this, though!
pumpkinheadedmf 1 year ago
What a wonderful song! I love 'A Mighty Wind" (and I"m old enough to have lived thru the era being gently satirized). Katherine O'Hara's portrayal in this film is actually one of the most poignant bits of acting I've ever seen. I was expecting her to play the part much broader, for laughs like she did with her hilarious characther in "Best In Show" - and yet she played it straight -- and created such a complex, poignant, sweet character. Just great!
urianlynne 1 year ago
Eugene Levy is a master and a legend. Who'da ever expected this from him.
hogcontroller 1 year ago 4
I don't understand why they didn't use this song in the film! You hear it in the credits, but this is my favorite song from the entire film. When I hear it, I almost forget, this is a comedy? They do such a good job, how is it this movie didn't win any awards??? It's amazing. I'm glad it was included in the special features on the DVD. Love this film.
AmatoRe07 1 year ago 2
This is one of the greatest love songs of all time.
jocon307 1 year ago 3
I could listen to this soundtrack over and over and it's *SO* good...especially to come from such a silly movie.
noway222 1 year ago
this has done wonders for the autoharp.. the more films that include the autoharp (which Catherine O'Hara is playing) such as Walk the Line and this film, the better!! fantastic!!
mostlythemusic 1 year ago
Just watched this again last night. Forgot how good it was! This is a great song - it is how you feel when you're in love.
has25252 1 year ago
Brilliant song! Every once and a great while a good folk tune will come bubbling up from all that rap and commercial stuff. We need more!
Houdini774 1 year ago
this song was cut from the film, but exists as a video bonus on the cd.
theatermike 1 year ago
ugh lol as simple as their harmonizing is its just AWESOME. love singing this song. i need someone to sing mitch's part though :(
MariaAdelina 1 year ago
@MariaAdelina Awww, I couldn't carry a tune if it had handles but I'll sing it with you. Every woman needs a Mitch hope you find yours.
softshoes 1 year ago
@softshoes hahahahah "handles" ive never heard that before. youre soooo romantical and sweet. (watch someones gonna comment and say something mean now) *waits*
MariaAdelina 1 year ago
@MariaAdelina
If anyone is mean to people they never meet then they have bigger problems and we don't need to concern ourselves. You just keep singing away.
softshoes 1 year ago
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I have this movie on VHS and this song isn't in it! D: what gives??
sisforshenanigans 1 year ago
I have this movie on VHS and this isn't in the version I have! D: what gives?
sisforshenanigans 1 year ago
Christopher Guest once said he did not like the word "mockumentary" to describe this film and I can see why. No one and no muscial style is mocked but the back story is hilarious. It is a fictional documentary about groups that did not exist in history but surely could have and the music is go good that the songs could have been actual hits in the early to middle 1960s.
D4g4marc4 1 year ago
I love this song so much. It's how you feel when u r in love
littlesunii 1 year ago
is that danny thompson on bass
jazzymay89 1 year ago
I know there is a slightly different version of this video. This one is a bit faster than the other one and the other one also shows slightly different angles. Anybody know what I'm referring to? I can't seem to find it on Youtube anymore.
sshelget 1 year ago
This is my favourite song from the movie. I love all of them, but this one... I don't know why, but it makes my heart sing!
Emmamalou 1 year ago
My husband and I love this movie. I love her voice.
contactolaura 1 year ago
i LOVE these two... almost as much as i love Spinal Tap.
TerryOShea 1 year ago
Catherine O'Hara does a beautiful job playing with the harmonies on this song. She and Levy are more entertaining that Ian and Sylvia, who I think their characters were loosely based on.
Ruprect0987 1 year ago
So sad about Mitch and Micky.... so sad.
BraniusBalki 1 year ago
Hard to imagine a happier song.
mattkaslow 1 year ago
They really did capture one of the many strains of contagious mental illness that saturated American society from the 1950's through the 1970's. Death from drug addiction, excess and lack of common sense has done a great service to my generation. We are very thankful that these folks didn't last very long and that the ones who did are nearly completely mentally incapacitated at this point in history. Bravo!
NouveauKnot 2 years ago
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ktlam1955 1 year ago
@NouveauKnot - With all due respect I would have to disagree with you. While it is true that the 1960s and 1970s had its bad points like any other era in history but it also had good things going on also. I think you are just looking at that bad and ignoring the good.
ktlam1955 1 year ago
I TOTALLY LOVE THIS SONG, BRAVO !!!
Harphoney 2 years ago
This is absolutely the best song in the movie, too bad it didn't fit... I just love it, and the movie too
MsMelinette 2 years ago 43
@MsMelinette this video is on the soundtrack as a bonus. definitely a great movie
BggstHm 1 year ago
@BggstHm I know, and it's on the movie special features too!
MsMelinette 1 year ago
@MsMelinette
You are right, it IS the best song. But of course, the plot required a focus on the "kiss at the end of the rainbow".
Thank goodness for youtube, that we can see this great performance of this great song.
Of course I am still torn over which version of "never did no traveling" is best.
That song is so good for me, since I never did no traveling any how.
jocon307 1 year ago 2
@MsMelinette Agreed. This song should have been up for the Oscar instead Kiss at the End of the Rainbow. This song is just beautiful. It's impossible to not tap you foot and nod your head from side to side as a feeling of happiness comes over you.
Karmy2112 10 months ago
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MrBobbybrus 8 months ago
@MsMelinette Having seen this movie before, I was delighted recently to purchase it at a discount store for the sum of $3.00. The DVD is played often. It is a moving tale. "A Might Wind" is a mockumentary, but it isn't. It is a tale of characters that have to be close to actual people and performers. If they do not exist, we must believe there were persons just like them. That is our hope. The music in the film is powerful and evoking. I agree with your assessment of this song entirely.
MrBobbybrus 8 months ago
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MsMelinette 2 years ago
No movie has even made me feel better.
Flatchnitz 2 years ago 52
two of the most talented singers/actors/comedians of our generation...love them!
berkeleyhome 2 years ago
I LOVE THEM haha, the movie cracks me up!!!! but I love folk music ...
joeygirlmb 2 years ago
BRAVO!!!!! I can't believe how great this concert was, and it's only made for a movie! This is one of my all-time favorite songs (my boyfriend thinks i'm soft, LOL)! But Eugene's & Catherine's voices just give me shivers, and brings tears (good ones!) every time... thanks so much to Chris, Eugene, Catherine, Parker, and all the cast~ "Best in Show" & "A Mighty Wind" are 2 of my favorite movies in recorded history. absolutely BRILLIANT!! u guys nailed the folk scene...
elevatorbabe8 2 years ago
what a great song!! Eugene Levy & Catherine O'Hara rock. Thanks Chris Guest!
HummaKavoula 2 years ago