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Baz Luhrmann: Prince’s Song for ‘The Great Gatsby’ Was Scrapped for Lana Del Rey’s ‘Young and Beautiful’

https://variety.com/2022/film/global/baz-luhrmann-bafta-1235389531/

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Reply #1 posted 10/01/22 11:22pm

funkbabyandthe
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Baz should be the one directing a prince biopic.
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Reply #2 posted 10/02/22 1:48am

nayroo2002

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Sooooo

What's the song???

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #3 posted 10/02/22 4:54am

leecaldon

Would loved to have seen a Prince song woven throughout that movie. I wonder what song it was, what he wanted to replace it with, and why he didn't want Luhrman to have the original.

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Reply #4 posted 10/02/22 5:52am

EnglishGent2

nayroo2002 said:

Sooooo

What's the song???

A new version of Love Thy Will B Done. Here's a clicky link to a different article, with the song mentioned. I did read elsewhere that the alternate song Prince worked on for this project was The Breakdown, but I don't have a link for that.

https://www.mentalfloss.c...never-hear

One day Rap might start being helpful instead of remaining willfully ignorant, posting unclickable links which help nobody. For some reason they deem it better for every single person reading their posts to have to copy and paste the link to have any clue what the article is about, instead of themselves adding url tags around the text, which takes approximately 2 seconds and would help the entire org. It's such a shame because I'm sure their linked articles are interesting and would promote discussion but they just continue to be the most annoying person posting links on the org. Just don't understand what they are trying to achieve.

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Reply #5 posted 10/02/22 6:20am

LoveGalore

Pretty underwhelming if he thought LTWBD or Breakdown was a good song for this soundtrack.
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Reply #6 posted 10/02/22 9:47am

nayroo2002

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"Love, Thy Will Be Done" is one of the greatest songs he gave away, IMHO.

Also, IMHO, Martika's recording, although a CC, works much greater than Prince's original.

Now I'm overly curious as to how this "new" version sounded.

Other than that, "The Breakdown" could've worked with fireworks instead of lasers...

"Whatever skin we're in
we all need 2 b friends"
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Reply #7 posted 10/02/22 11:45am

LoveGalore

nayroo2002 said:

"Love, Thy Will Be Done" is one of the greatest songs he gave away, IMHO.


Also, IMHO, Martika's recording, although a CC, works much greater than Prince's original.


Now I'm overly curious as to how this "new" version sounded.


Other than that, "The Breakdown" could've worked with fireworks instead of lasers...



But what the fuck does either song have to do with TGG in any way, even sort of?
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Reply #8 posted 10/02/22 1:32pm

funkbabyandthe
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Baz luhrman often uses songs that are unrelated or dont fit

Eg using doja cat in the recent elvis film
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Reply #9 posted 10/02/22 4:18pm

LoveGalore

funkbabyandthebabysitters said:

Baz luhrman often uses songs that are unrelated or dont fit

Eg using doja cat in the recent elvis film


Sure I guess. Isn't nirvana in a movie like that too. Idk it's weird for me.

And they still don't feel like the kind of songs appropriate for that movie or the aesthetic. I would expect something a little more fun. Like 319 or Endorphinmachine.
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Reply #10 posted 10/02/22 10:41pm

funkbabyandthe
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Yeah i mean im not sure it works but i dont mind the way its not what you expect either

I.like the energy of his films though
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Reply #11 posted 10/03/22 2:00am

Vannormal

nayroo2002 said:

"Love, Thy Will Be Done" is one of the greatest songs he gave away, IMHO.

Also, IMHO, Martika's recording, although a CC, works much greater than Prince's original.

Now I'm overly curious as to how this "new" version sounded.

Other than that, "The Breakdown" could've worked with fireworks instead of lasers...

The new version probably had a Welton touch to it. wink

(Yeah, ... i'm mean).

wink

Agree. Martika's version is also imho better than Prince's

"The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves. And wiser people so full of doubts" (Bertrand Russell 1872-1972)
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Reply #12 posted 10/03/22 12:05pm

Genesia

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LoveGalore said:

nayroo2002 said:

"Love, Thy Will Be Done" is one of the greatest songs he gave away, IMHO.

Also, IMHO, Martika's recording, although a CC, works much greater than Prince's original.

Now I'm overly curious as to how this "new" version sounded.

Other than that, "The Breakdown" could've worked with fireworks instead of lasers...

But what the fuck does either song have to do with TGG in any way, even sort of?


Nothing. It's part of the hideous trend of making historical material more "interesting" by adding anachronistic foofaraw.

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #13 posted 10/03/22 1:56pm

LoveGalore

Genesia said:



LoveGalore said:


nayroo2002 said:

"Love, Thy Will Be Done" is one of the greatest songs he gave away, IMHO.


Also, IMHO, Martika's recording, although a CC, works much greater than Prince's original.


Now I'm overly curious as to how this "new" version sounded.


Other than that, "The Breakdown" could've worked with fireworks instead of lasers...



But what the fuck does either song have to do with TGG in any way, even sort of?


Nothing. It's part of the hideous trend of making historical material more "interesting" by adding anachronistic foofaraw.



Deliver me. I can't stand it.

Whatever new marvel movie had some guns n roses shit all throughout it and it took me out every time. It's a really terrible trend.
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Reply #14 posted 10/03/22 3:02pm

Genesia

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LoveGalore said:

Genesia said:


Nothing. It's part of the hideous trend of making historical material more "interesting" by adding anachronistic foofaraw.

Deliver me. I can't stand it. Whatever new marvel movie had some guns n roses shit all throughout it and it took me out every time. It's a really terrible trend.


It's everywhere. Every time I watch Hidden Figures and that Pharrell Williams song comes on, I think, "The women's story isn't powerful enough? We have to have Pharrell jolting us out of it?" Hans Zimmer's score was beautiful and innovative - and I have nothing against Pharrell Williams. It just took me out of the story.

We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves.
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Reply #15 posted 10/03/22 4:04pm

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I can imagine christopher tracy performing at one of jay's parties tho
although the time period is about a decade or so off, I can see it lol

May U Live 2 See The Release of Parade SDE
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Reply #16 posted 10/04/22 12:58am

Madhouse6

Like Prince took 6 months developing a song for a specific project 😂😂😂
He never took that long on a album before he was bored and moved on
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Reply #17 posted 10/04/22 1:18am

JorisE73

Madhouse6 said:

Like Prince took 6 months developing a song for a specific project 😂😂😂 He never took that long on a album before he was bored and moved on



This is like when Prince claimed he wrote In A Large Room with No light especially for his Montreux Jazz shows in 2009, just hype BS.

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Reply #18 posted 10/04/22 1:28am

Madhouse6

nayroo2002 said:

"Love, Thy Will Be Done" is one of the greatest songs he gave away, IMHO.


Also, IMHO, Martika's recording, although a CC, works much greater than Prince's original.


Now I'm overly curious as to how this "new" version sounded.


Other than that, "The Breakdown" could've worked with fireworks instead of lasers...



The Breakdown actually fits really well if listen to the lyrics and would flow instrumentally throughout the movie
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Reply #19 posted 10/06/22 12:52am

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Madhouse6 said:

nayroo2002 said:

"Love, Thy Will Be Done" is one of the greatest songs he gave away, IMHO.

Also, IMHO, Martika's recording, although a CC, works much greater than Prince's original.

Now I'm overly curious as to how this "new" version sounded.

Other than that, "The Breakdown" could've worked with fireworks instead of lasers...

The Breakdown actually fits really well if listen to the lyrics and would flow instrumentally throughout the movie

I've never seen the film and I'm not a fan of Lana's music, but I know her vibe and sound. I also just looked up what her song is like and where it was used in the movie, and cross referenced it with The Breakdown. I too fully believe Breakdown would have fit well in the movie, were it used (and I think a really talented org memeber should edit the song into the film now)

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