Did you know Clint Eastwood sings? At least that’s what you would technically call it. He actually released an album – Rawhide’s Clint Eastwood Sings Cowboy Favorites, and he even has some songs in the Western musical Paint Your Wagon. In fact, here’s Clint and Lee Fucking Marvin singing a tune together from that one:
Where’s all of this going? Nowhere good. Warner Bros has set up a ‘For Your Consideration’ site for Gran Torino, Clint’s second shot at the Oscars this year, and you can listen to the film’s entire score. Written, of course, by Clint. If you skip to the final track, called simply Gran Torino, you even get to hear Clint doing something like singing on it.
Listening to the lyrics, about ‘my Gran Torino,’ makes me think more and more that this movie must be a straight comedy (there’s also a track called Broken Gnome). The song sounds exactly like something from The Muppet Movie, including the ridiculous croaking singing. Click here, if you dare.
Thanks to Jack Price for pointing this out on one of the most historically slow news days of the year.
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I'm still not convinced this is a real movie.
Paint Your Wagon is REAL? I thought it was just a Simpsons joke…I almost want to see it now out of morbid curiosity…
Pretty sure a day last week was slower, atleast on chud
Clint, you had me at "Get off my lawn!" Nothing will diminish the awesomeness of Gran Torino! Like Snakes on a Plane before it, any indulgences taken will just make it all the sweeter.
The Eastwood who gets composer credit here appears to be Kyle, not Clint. Clint only worked on that last song.
You made Jesus cry Devin. Thanks. :*(
Gonna paint your wagon
Gonna paint it good
Gonna paint it with three coats
'Cause it's made of wood
Oh man that's gold! Eastwood singing sounds like Tom Waits swallowed a jar of broken glass and then had his throat sand blasted.
And a track called 'Son of a Bitch'. Perfect.
Broken Gnome is a great movie. Travolta is teh shit in that bad boy…
it's not just wood, it's pine- ponderosa pine.
Not only does he sing "I Talk to the Trees But they don't listen to me!" he shares a wife with Lee Marvin! "No Name City" is a pretty funny song for those of you tempted to NetFlix this bizzaro movie.
It's right up there with Harrison Ford in "The Frisco Kid".
"Now you gotta ask yourself one question. Do I feel lucky? Go ahead, punk! Get off my lawn!"
Lee Marvin sings like he has a bubble in his throat. Swallow! Say, what is it with actors and their fuckin' singing careers? Costner. Jeff Bridges. Bruce Willis. Lopez. Deschenel. What's her tits from Lost in Translation. Keanu. Phoenix (all of them). Frank Stallone. They all come off so silly.
No one ever seems to remember the awesome "Beers to You" from the sequel to Every Which Way But Loose, Any Which Way You Can (which I prefer). It's a kickass duet between Clint and Ray Charles.
Oh, did I mention it's called "Beers to You"?!?
The music is by Kyle Eastwood, not Clint.
Pain your wagon is a real movie, and it's actually funny.
WTF!??????? This can't be serious.
At least there's actually singing at the end of the Gran Torino track. How could anyone play this shit back and be like – "YES! WEVE GOT IT!" Fuck Dirty Harry. Fuck him dirty.
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