Favorite Movie Intros/Songs

Midnight Cowboy - 1969

directed by John Schlesinger

starring Jon Voight

"Everybody's Talkin'" written by Fred Neil and performed by Harry Nilsson

intro filmed in Big Spring, Texas

Cisco Pike - 1972

directed by Bill L. Norton

starring Kris Kristofferson

"Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)" written and performed by Kristofferson

filmed in Hollywood

i'd rather be sorry for something i've done

If you hurt me, you won't be the first or the last

In a lifetime of many mistakes

But I won't spend tomorrow regretting the past

For the chances that I didn't take

'Cause I'll never know 'til it's over

If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you

But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done

Than for something that I didn't do

When you touch me it's easy to make me believe

Tomorrow won't take you away

But I'd gamble whatever tomorrow might bring

For the love that I'm leaving today

And I'll never know 'til it's over

If I'm right or I'm wrong loving you

But I'd rather be sorry for something I've done

Than for something that I didn't do

Yes I'd rather be sorry for something I've done

Than for something that I didn't do

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I've never been a fan of country music... but Kris Kristofferson is becoming my favorite songwriter. I love Jeff, Jim and Bob, but Kris Kristofferson's songs are always so simple but carry so much meaning. They tell stories without being too specific. And even though he doesn't have the greatest voice, the songs are so good it doesn't even matter.

He got a Creative Writing degree in 1958 from Pomona College, then went to Oxford to get his Master's in English Literature. A long time later Pomona gave him an honorary doctorate. And in between all that he flew helicopters in the army, became best friends with Johnny Cash, dated Janis Joplin, got married a few times, had 8 kids, was in a bunch of movies (Cisco Pike-obviously, Billy the Kid, A Star is Born...) and is still writing and performing!! And he is turning 75 this June!!! 

If you're at all interested he did a session with Daytrotter in Fall 09, and you can download the tracks for free. 

http://www.daytrotter.com/dt/kris-kristofferson-concert/20030989-3907.html

One of the songs featured is Sister Sinead, I love these lyrics: 

And maybe she’s crazy and maybe she ain’t

But so was Picasso and so were the saints

And she’s never been partial to shackles or chains

She’s too old for breaking and too young to tame

Wipin' out the traces of the people and the places that I've been

            After finding some Kris Kristofferson records (The Silver Tongued Devil & I   and    Who's To Bless And Who's To Blame) at Leo's in Columbia, MO, my love for Kris Kristofferson has been lit again. I watched Cisco Pike (1972) for the first time last weekend. It's a great little film about Cisco, a guy who used to be a successful musician, then started dealing pot, got in some trouble, then stopped.... then gets forced back into it by a narc...and that is where the real story starts. The soundtrack is by Kristofferson. Karen Black is beautiful. I love their Venice home. I love the early 70's fashions; big fluffy coats, bell bottoms, crazy prints, afros, long shaggy hair.

            If you like Easy Rider, Two Lane Blacktop, Midnight Cowboy, Drugstore Cowboy or.... you get the picture... you should watch it!