I remember it was a rather depressing story since Emmet loses the battle of the bands to the hooligans and their rock and roll (they are singing "I Shot the Sheriff" if I remember right - which is an injustice that anyone can win with that terrible song) and then goes back to being poor.
The Riverbottom Nightmare Band wins with their bad-ass signature number, named after themselves. ("The grass does not grow on the places where we stop and stand / Riverbottom Nightmare Band!") I can't find the original on YouTube, but it seems to be frequently covered by grindcore bands. At least they weren't that one guy with the banjo butchering "Barbecue."
It's a version of "The Gift of the Magi," so it's bittersweet by origin, but I think it comes out more sweet than not.
But that drum scene just kept going. I didn't even know what they were trying for by the end of it.
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The Riverbottom Nightmare Band wins with their bad-ass signature number, named after themselves. ("The grass does not grow on the places where we stop and stand / Riverbottom Nightmare Band!") I can't find the original on YouTube, but it seems to be frequently covered by grindcore bands. At least they weren't that one guy with the banjo butchering "Barbecue."
It's a version of "The Gift of the Magi," so it's bittersweet by origin, but I think it comes out more sweet than not.
But that drum scene just kept going. I didn't even know what they were trying for by the end of it.
Samuel Beckett!