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Originally Posted by Phreak
Believe me, no one is using an Audioslave song for popularity.
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Well it sure as hell isn't for lyrical depth or technical prowess. Anyway, despite being out of the public eye for 20+ years, Jimmy Spicer of Dollar Bill Y'all fame IM'ed me and asked to have his thoughts included in my monumental thread.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Spicer
They should've used that other rock n' roll mish-mash: Velvet Revolver. Scott Weiland bellowing about cocaine and alcohol would've added a jaunty, decadent feel to the proceedings.
I was just bitching about the use of pop music in movies the other day, likely sparked by the use of Audioslave in 'Collateral' (I also happened to catch part of the excreable 'SWAT' the other day, and what a lot of kitchen sink bullshit that was. 'Shattered' by the Rolling Stones! 'Just Because' by Jane's Addiction! And no rhyme or reason to any of it!). Don't get me wrong; pop music can and often does enhance movies, but in 'Collateral', the use of Audioslave seemed a bit... arbitrary? It just didn't have the conviction of 'Layla' in 'Goodfellas' or 'Strawberry Letter 23' in 'Jackie Brown' or 'Fuckin' In The Bushes' in 'Snatch'. Does Michael Mann have a personal affinity for Audioslave? Or did some snot-nosed assistant flip him a disc of passable 'L.A. at night' music? I'd have to guess the latter.
Beck could've been brilliant. 'Runners Dial Zero' or 'Already Dead', perhaps. Moribund, man. And he's an L.A. guy, so there's that.
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