Son of Sam Peckinpah

[tarnsand]

Ben Johnson, Ernie Borgnine are two of my favourite actors but there was something about Warren Oates that made you believe he really was a tough likeable shootist. He died way too young. Ernie Borgnine sheds a tear when talking about Warren Oates, Lee Marvin. They were close friends.BTW, great song! Thanks for vid. Cheers

[DJmiguels1]

Nice homage to Sam! R.I.P. to two great artists who died too soon.

[MagicMarmalade]

Thanks!! Love the music!!!!

[MagicMarmalade]

Love the music to this video-can you please tell me who performs it and the name of the song.?*

[nobodysgonnaknow]

@MagicMarmalade It's called "Son of Sam" by Elliott Smith. The album version is a full on rock version and opens his album Figure 8. This is the acoustic demo version. Dig around a bit on the internet and you should be able to find it.

[skumrock]

Wow, that is some crap music, I'd kill myself too

[dojufitz]

He nade an interesting story about honor....and commiment, amongst men,,,,,,,,,,,,stupid Mecians should have hadled him over....arrogance get you kills in the and,

[bluesmol73]

Shit, what a movie... in November 12th, that means yesterday, 40th anniversary, and I saw it again, and like always... this is my favourite movie, a classic, a great story, great characters, and great performances, incredible...

[Manfiztek]

Killer western of all time.

[shellystonespoop]

Wow. I totally didn't know any of that. I was going to look for a cool Peckinpah clipshow, and stumbled upon this. I'm also a huge Elliott fan, and I thought this was pretty damn cool.

[shqfy]

sam peckinpah was the son of sam?no shit:)

[xaipherx]

Bah!!!...Sergio Leone Rulez!!!!

[MuellerHorst]

Sergio Leone made Sphagetti Western. All very light fare. No comparison to Sam Peckinpah !!!

[classiclistener01]

@MuellerHorst -m Great comment! You, like me, must love those slow-motion action shots, and, the 1897 Winchester 12-guage shotguns!?!?  Me, too! Love Peckinpah! :)

[gell7]

one of the best westren ever

[bowuthegreatdemon]

"Shiva open her arms now,to make sure I don´t get to far" and the bunch prpares for destruction =D

[failsafe939]

fantastic soundtrack to one of my favourite movie scenes (from one of my favourite films), wicked and beguiling, if I was one tenth as brave as those guys I would be die happy, thanks

[redcatholic]

The slight delay on his voice is incredible. In fact, the production on his voice is just amazing.

[rlbigfish]

@ submitter: seriously? what about "couple killer each and everytime?" that's exactly what the son of sam killer was, and elliott was obviously making a play on the idea of "killing a couple". i mean i can't decipher the rest of the song at all but that much i made out.

[michaelwright999]

the best of the best

[howardyearone]

I think the music is just fine.I really like the harp cutting in at about 1:42. The lyrics, not so much. Here you have four grown up men, armed to the teeth, walking toward certain death and a kid voice singing lyrics that nobody understands. Oh, and god bless Warren Oates.

[willchallis]

it ment something to him and you were invited to listen in... they are good lyrics.

[cholulasaucehot]

god bless warren oates

[howardyearone]

Oh yeah!!!

[ildemart]

GOOD BLESS TOU TOO

[Samotrase]

God bless William Holden!!!!

[howardyearone]

Him too, for the Wild Bunch and Picnic.

[Samotrase]

yeah, Picnic is GREAT - WH was great.

[robjp07]

Top film! absolute classic! peckinpah is in a class of his own for his originality! But bad choice of music. WHY??

[robjp07]

You can see where tarantino got his idea for the scene in reservoir dogs with them strutting down the street from here?

[Nacherer]

o yea ;j

[ohworldgirl]

I think also the name for Kill Bill. That's my wild assumption in Pat Garrett and Billy the kid, Billy kills Bell and afterward the other guy says something like Billy Why'd you Kill Bell - but it sounds like "Kill Bill". the line stands out so much in your mind that I could see Tarantino remembering this and I'm quite sure he's a fan of Peckinpah - I'm mean - who isn't!?

[mattttttti]

true or false

does not matter

either seperate or togetherthis song and this movie are unforgetable

maybe the story should be true

maybe we can rewrite the story

and maybe we could quote maxwell scott in the Man who shot Liberty Valence

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend."

[nybh77]

The scene shown here was a brilliant improvisation created by Sam Peckinpah the day it was shot. This pussified song does nothing except show the musical shallowness of who ever posted this. Jerry Fielding did a masterful job, thank you very much. But this is the human race and not everyone gets it.

[NitaBMe]

it's a great song, esp. this version. and while the reference to wild bunch may not fit the bill, why exactly is it an insult to peckinpah? both are forms of art and neither invalidates the other.

[jaypiscopo]

Extraordinary! Thank you!

[MadScout]

Lame, and a insult to Peckinpah.

[hserokdivad]

"I'm not sure exactly what it's about because it's just sort of like telling someone a dream you had last night. There are some destructive figures in it, 'Son of Sam', Shiva... but Shiva's also associated with creativity... I'm not sure... it's just an impressionistic song about destruction and creativity, I guess; if it's about anything." -Elliott Smith on Son of Sam

[hserokdivad]

wtf??

"That lyric is a particularly bizarre one to me, I didn't know if that phrase, I'm on tour with someone named Sam for a long time, there's Uncle Sam, but I don't know, I couldn't figure out anything specifically about that song so except it seemed to be about creativity and destruction, but you know, people don't listen to lyrics in rock songs." -Elliott Smith on Son of Sam

[thecreaturewalks]

Agreed. I dont know if thats all true, but if it is, right on, and if it isn't...right on anyway, it was fun to watch.

[nskunza]

This is very clever. Interesting, although I wonder how you made this connection? It certainly isn't an obvious one.