"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 Nick 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 （Lisa Bonet's ？）
16. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam" - The Vaselines
17. "Cold Blooded Old Times" - Smog
18. "Janie Jones" - 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" - Illinois 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" - Sheila 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)" - Eric B. and Rakim
52. "Doing It Anyway" - Apartment 26
53. "What's On Your Mind" - Eric B. and Rakim
54. "Good And Strong" - Sy Smith
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 Chicago Died" - Paper Lace
73. "Chapel of Rest", Dick Walter
74. "Many Rivers To Cross" - Jimmy 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-Williams
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 Smith
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
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