Comments on: The great Elizabethtown road trip

By: Traveling Penny

Traveling Penny — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:15:00 +0000

I enjoyed your blog, mostly because I’ve always felt like my life needed a soundtrack. I liked the movie, more because I could relate to the small town life, the relatives and what not. Then there was the road trip. I grew up with a road trip every year. As an adult, I missed that. My daughter and I took a road trip after her graduation, inspired by the Elizabethown road trip. It was great fun and I advise everyone to take at least one in their lifetime.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:55:00 +0000

Thanks!

Searched for more info about the Elisabethtown soundtrack and the song “you have to listen loud with open windows”….in german you say “manche lieder muss man einfach laut hÃ¶ren”

greetings from germany
dom

By: jdjaded

jdjaded — Thu, 29 May 2008 00:14:00 +0000

I know that your post about this movie is mondo old, but here’s my two cents: the last 20 minutes has everything to do with the movie. it’s the idea that now that his obligation to his father is fulfilled, it’s time that he take care of what he owes himself. this road trip is only the beginning of his journey…especially now that he’s finally awake. i.e. “Long Ride Home” by Patty Griffin, also part of his riding mix

ok so you didn’t love the movie but at least you managed to grasp one of the most important concepts Crowe was putting forth: maybe it’s time for you to stop floating through existence as you think it’s supposed to be; maybe it’s time for you to take the wheel and plot a course.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:34:00 +0000

If you think your life doesnt have a soundtrack, then what drives this blog? I think we all have that special music that sends us back to a special place or time, one of the things that connects us all thru our favorite music. I am in my mid 50′s and grew up driving cross country and love the road trip sequence. There is nothing like a trip off the super slab, to see the real America

By: SINEDDIE

SINEDDIE — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:28:00 +0000

PS.
Ryan Adams bores me ……
but rock on anyway!

By: SINEDDIE

SINEDDIE — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 20:27:00 +0000

ahhh…but doesn’t your life really have a soundtrack??? mine does…
for example…i walked into work today…almost no one there….the intro to PUBLIC IMAGE by PIL starts in my haed..
“HELLO…HELLLLO…HELLO? HA HA HA “….
OR MAYBE I’M JUST WEIRD…

By: heather

heather — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:02:00 +0000

chip,
i do agree that it felt disjointed; i think i would have liked it better if that last 20 minutes was just an independent vignette, kind of avant-garde, not having to fit with anything else. maybe the reason that i liked it was precisely because it was so disjointed from the rest of the movie!

By: chip

chip — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:00:00 +0000

I actually really disliked the last 20 minutes of this movie for the same reasons that you loved it. It felt tacked on, like Crowe was thinking, “Oh crap, I need to fit some more music into this movie, how can I do that?”

By: Joshua Lachkovic

Joshua Lachkovic — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 16:41:00 +0000

Heya, been loving this blog for a long time. And loved the exact same thing in this movie. the soundtrack scrapbook thing. and the jeff buckley name drop from no where “youre now passing over the river where jeff buckley drowned” it was like woah!…

nice blog entry as usual.
Josh.
xxxx

By: tim

tim — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 19:51:00 +0000

Your blog is SUPER, but how could you mention the E-Town soundtrack w/o mentioning “Where to Begin” from My Morning Jacket. Great song (although their new record is HIGHLY overrated…HIGHLY)

-tim

ps. The guys from MMJ played the cover band in the movie singing “Freebird”