#789 Cameron Crowe on Almost Famous, Opinions on Miley Cyrus & MF Doom

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🗓️ 8 January 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week, hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot celebrate the 20th anniversary of the beloved music movie Almost Famous. They revisit Jim’s interview from back in the day with writer and director Cameron Crowe. They’ll also review the new release from Miley Cyrus, bid farewell to rapper MF Doom and hear from some listeners.

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Featured Songs:

Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Simple Man," Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), MCA, 19731. Lynyrd Skynyrd, "Simple Man," Lynyrd Skynyrd (Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd), MCA, 1973

Simon & Garfunkel, "America," Bookends, Columbia, 1968

Stillwater, "Fever Dog," Almost Famous, Dreamworks, 2000

Stillwater, "Love Thing," Love Thing (Single), not released, 2000

The Replacements, "Within Your Reach," Hootenanny, Twin/Tone, 1983

Miley Cyrus, "Plastic Hearts," Plastic Hearts, RCA, 2020

Miley Cyrus, "Midnight Sky," Plastic Hearts, RCA, 2020

Miley Cyrus, "Night Crawling (feat. Billy Idol)," Plastic Hearts, RCA, 2020

Miley Cyrus, "High," Plastic Hearts, RCA, 2020

Miley Cyrus, "Bad Karma (feat. Joan Jett)," Plastic Hearts, RCA, 2020

Madvillain, "All Caps," Madvillainy, Stones Throw, 2004

Madvillain, "Accordian," Madvillainy, Stones Throw, 2004

Shonen Knife, "We're A Happy Family," Osaka Ramones, P-Vine, 2011

Nana Adjoa, "She's Stronger," Big Dreaming Ants , Bloomer, 2020

Carpenters, "We've Only Just Begun," Close To You, A&M, 1970

Ulver, "Russian Doll," Flowers Of Evil, House of Mythology, 2020

Pylon, "Working Is No Problem," Gyrate, DB, 1980

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0:00.0	You're listening to sound opinions and later in the show we're going to review the seventh album from pop star ever shifting genre recording artist Mili Cyrus and Greg will memorialize the rapper M.F. Doom and we hear from some of our listeners.
0:16.4	But first, almost famous, 20 years later.
0:19.4	I'm glad you were home.
0:21.5	I'm always home.
0:22.4	I'm uncool.
0:23.0	Me too.
0:25.0	You're doing great, yeah.
0:28.0	The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.
0:35.0	Is it my advice to you?
0:37.0	And I know you think these guys are your friends.
0:40.0	If you want to be a true friend to him, be honest and unmerciful.
0:47.0	That's a little bit of a clip from the 2000 movie Almost Famous featuring the late Philip Seymour Hoffman
0:54.2	as the rock critic Lester Bangs, Jim's Hero.
0:57.0	This week we're revisiting an interview Jim did
0:59.1	with the writer and director of the film, Cameron Crow.
1:02.3	Back when it first came out over 20 years ago.
1:05.4	We both love this movie for a lot of reasons, one being that's probably one of the few, if only, movies
1:10.5	about a rock critic.
1:11.9	That's absolutely right, Craig. I don't know where you were. I don't remember 20 years ago
1:16.7	because he certainly would have talked to both of us, but I did this for sound opinions in another
1:21.9	incarnation down at Chicago Recording Company, almost famous
1:26.4	takes place in 1973. And it's the story of the teenage music critic William Miller, the autobiographical stand-in for the director, writer
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