Feb 22, 2007



















Marie-Antoinette: "This is ridiculous."

Comtesse de Noailles: "This, Madame, is Versailles."

Throwback Thursday V

Both of tonight's throwback songs come from one of my favorite movies of 2006, Sofia Coppola's take on the tragic tale of Marie Antoinette. If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend you do so. Much like she managed to do with Tokyo in Lost In Translation, Coppola turns Versailles into her own canvas - retelling an old story in bold colors and larger than life decadence. Part of what made the movie jump to life was the perfect soundtrack. At first I wasn't sure how songs by artists like The Cure, Gang of Four, and The Strokes would possibly fit in with France in the 1700s, but they meshed perfectly with the feel of the film. Both of these songs soundtracked memorable scenes in the movie, but each are just as enjoyable as new wave classics in their own right.

Siouxsie and the Banshees - "Hong Kong Garden"
Bow Wow Wow - "Aphrodisiac"

(get the Marie Antoinette soundtrack here)

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