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Argo almost starts off with someone starting a Led Zeppelin record in the US Embassy in Iran.

 

But the thing that pisses me off is, it starts playing When The Levee Breaks, which is freaking weird, since that song is the second to last song on the record and the record clearly plays on outside of the record.

 

"Misty Mountain Hop" isn't as foreboding

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I don't know if it's necessarily fair to include stuff that takes place during vinyl's heyday. I mean, Freaks and Geeks is another one where vinyl is featured...but it takes place during the Vietnam era, so it makes sense for it to be in there. Y'know?

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I don't know if it's necessarily fair to include stuff that takes place during vinyl's heyday. I mean, Freaks and Geeks is another one where vinyl is featured...but it takes place during the Vietnam era, so it makes sense for it to be in there. Y'know?

i haven't been 'counting' stuff that takes place where you would naturally expect to see TT/vinyl, like record store movies or movies about music industry or people, like you say, when records were the major format...just been surprised at the sheer volume of instances where you wouldn't necessarily expect it to show up and it being so featured in several specific shots even...

 

and, btw, freaks & geeks is set in 1980-81, not really the Vietnam era. US got out of 'Nam in 1974.

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i haven't been 'counting' stuff that takes place where you would naturally expect to see TT/vinyl, like record store movies or movies about music industry or people, like you say, when records were the major format...just been surprised at the sheer volume of instances where you wouldn't necessarily expect it to show up and it being so featured in several specific shots even...

 

and, btw, freaks & geeks is set in 1980-81, not really the Vietnam era. US got out of 'Nam in 1974.

You're right, Lindsay wears that army jacket or whatever from V-nam, so that makes sense. I just remembered it being mentioned a couple times. It's been a while since I watched that show.

 

Also, I wasn't referring to you necessarily, but to the other people who are putting stuff set in periods that saw high amounts of vinyl as featuring it.

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I don't know if it's necessarily fair to include stuff that takes place during vinyl's heyday. I mean, Freaks and Geeks is another one where vinyl is featured...but it takes place during the Vietnam era, so it makes sense for it to be in there. Y'know?

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