What Would the Setbacks Do?
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Answer Me Sith...
November 11th, 2004
C Festelson writes:
HI Setbacks,
I recently viewed the new Star Wars III: Revenge Of The Sith trailer, and am eagerly anticipating this movie being released.
My personal preference for Darth Maul as the Sith apprentice is quickly fading as I see the sequences where Annakin and Obi Wan fighting.
Sometimes, what I like to do is listen to Setbacks music as I take part in my own personal chat groups where me and my friends discuss Sith and Jedi fights, and attempt to draw conclusions on what we have seen in the short trailer on the official website. I particularly enjoy listening to “One Track Mind” and turning the volume down on my television when watching the opening battle in Return Of The Jedi, where Luke kicks the crap out of everyone on the desert hover, as Boba Fett gets eaten alive by the Tarant pit. My friends and I play “Clone Wars” with the volumes turned down, during LAN parties as well. I like “Let’s Get Faded” whenever I see Yoda. What is your favorite Setbacks songs to watch Star Wars movies dubbed over with?
 Trevor |
Listen FESTLESON! You are on the right track with The Setbacks/Star Wars mix, but you're way off.
We weren't going to tell anyone this, but rather let people find out themselves, but so far no one has stumbled onto this. Steve will probably donkey punch me for letting this leak, but here goes: If you put on our latest CD and listen to it at the same time as watching the movie Beverly Hills Ninja with the sound off, I think you'll find a lot of interesting things happen that parallel the music and lyrics. Just press play on the CD when the Sensei/narrator begins to tell the story "Twenty five years ago, an ancient legend of this sacred art came alive. It spoke of a foreign child who would come among us and become a Ninja master unlike any other..." Obviously since our EP is only 20 minutes long, it won't last the whole movie. Luckily the movie is very repetitive, so just put the cd on repeat and it works again and again. We also tried to do this with our first cd, but we had trouble doing it. It sort of works with the movie Over The Top with Sylvester Stallone. |
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 Steve |
Woah - this is a seriously retarded question. Setbacks music should not be played before, during or after any Star Wars movie or video game. While our music does have it's place, it doesn't hold a candle to tracks like White Zombie's "More Human Than Human" or Garbage's "I Think I'm Paranoid" when it comes to sheer agressiveness - be it pumping combatants up for a major light saber confrontation or simply accompanying the planning stages of a Jedi tactical maneuvre. On the ligher side, tracks like Robbie Williams' "Millenium" and Dido's "Thank You" work really well with romantic interludes or as a post-battle "calm down" track. Please never listen to Setbacks music in any Star Wars context again. |
 Paul |
Awaiting wisdom... |
 Chris |
I have to admit, that I can't really see our music in synchronization with anything related to Star Wars. Sorry. The idea of our anthemic search and destroy classics coupled with a screen capture of Yoda in the swamps of Dagobah traning Luke to lift the X-wing out of the sludge using the force....ahhh....I can't put it together. With that, or any scene in Star Wars. You can feel free to do what you like with it, assuming that you paid for the CD, but my official say is that you suck, especially for having LAN parties.
I will however make some suggestions that are in my opinion much more effective if you insist on doing this. Ones, that I might add, are much more appropriate. Last year, I watched The Wizard Of Oz in sync with Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon, and had been thinking about how to pull this off properly. Here are some of my gems: 1. Cue "One Track Mind" with the exact beginning of the film "The Color Purple" with Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, and Oprah Winfrey. Really, I won't give it away, but it is pretty trippy. Our amazing riffs will surely change the visual theme of this film. 2. Try " Little Girl" with "Mr. Destiny" with Jim Belushi and Renee Russo. Hilarious. 3. Begin playing "Message" from our self titled debut at the exact moment that the asteroid hit Paris, France in "Armageddon" with Ben Affleck and Liv Tyler. Awesome times. For that matter, try the same song at the beginning of the scene where Bruce Willis gets blown up at the end of the movie. 4. Cue "Perfect Silence" at the part where Mr. Anderson/Neo gets his mouth fused shut in the first Matrix movie. This is really awesome. 5. Begin blaring "Get Er' Up" at the part where John Candy is making that giant pancake for the kids in "Uncle Buck". Hello! |