#the man who couldn't understand why curt didn't fit into his glam fantasy
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I don't think my answer will surprise anyone. It HAS to be Gimme Danger.
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What is the best scene in Velvet Goldmine?
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#First - EWAN FUCKING MCGREGOR ATE THIS SCENE UP. CAME HUNGRY AND LEFT FULL.#his performance is just absolutely incredible - SO much more heart-tearing than the original song imo#the bisexual lighting? iconic#the SCORES of reaching hands of the fans!!! the ocean of adoration and craving that's right there at curt's feet. i feel it so tangibly#they're all there for him reaching for him - but he's hardly paying them any mind. because this performance isn't for them.#Curt never even looks at the audience during this performance. he's always looking up or out or beyond#this performance is for HIM. and it's for BRIAN.#and the kicker is he doesn't realize that Brian is actually THERE#this song is the perfect vehicle for curt to try and vocalize his angst#(try being the key word bc does he succeed? does this performance actually exorcise any of his demons?)#@holy-loki thinking of that conversation about how this performance 'strains for catharsis but never actually reaches it'#Curt is on his knees mourning his relationship with Brian. One he knows turned sickly and poisonous#but one he misses all the same.#the first verses we see him begging for some kind of respite - 'feel with you at ease' 'kiss me like the ocean breeze'.#he wants love and release from his pain and maybe Brian was the key to that at one point. Brian had saved him once. Maybe he could again?#but then the chorus comes in and the begging gives way to anger and goading#i feel like he's daring Brian to do something - 'swear you're gonna feel my hand'#(honestly i feel like i lost the plot on what i'm trying to say but i'll just keep going lol)#THEN - MY FAVORITE PART - THE WRITHING. OH GOD THE WRITHING#i just love how physical this performance is. like curt cannot properly express himself without involving his whole self in it#CAN YOU FEEEEEEEL IT#just fucking tearing his throat apart BEGGING TO FEEL SOMETHING FROM THE MAN WHO ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO COMPLETELY SHUT HIM OUT#the man who saw curt for the mess he is and said 'no thank you'#the man who couldn't understand why curt didn't fit into his glam fantasy#the man who turned his back on him in the studio - who shouted nasty things at him from the window#who opened the curtain and dropped it#GOD imagine being Brian and seeing this and then just. just walking away?#could never be me#the fact that Mandy was there too to witness this?#let me ramble about THAT for a second.
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