Donald "Duck" Dunn

[Dunhovrin]

Apropos nothing:- for those of us who spend most of the 80s On A Mission From God today's papers have the obituary of Donald "Duck" Dunn. He died, aged 70, in his sleep whilst on tour with Steve Cropper.

Been a while since I watched the movie. Time to introduce the kids to it.

"We had a band powerful enough to turn goat's p*ss into gasoline".

PS Besides being in "Murph and the Magitones" he was also in the Mar-keys who's hit "Last Night" was the end theme to Bottom.

[diginagain]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like a revisit is in order. I hate Illinois Nazis

[Roadster280]

"It's 101 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes. It's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

[Adam Nams]

"I say we give the blues brothers one more chance"

"Why not? If the **** fits, wear it."

It's dark and we are :cool::cool:

[Yellow Sun]

"It's 101 miles to Chicago. We've got a full tank tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes. It's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."

Hit it!

YS:ok:

[earswentpop]

How many miles to Chicago?

The Blues Brothers - YouTube

[Training Risky]

The name of the place is...Bob's Country Bunker!

We do both kinds of music: Country, and Western!

RIP Donald. :(

[earswentpop]

... features in this short refresher of some of the best lines in the BB. Enjoy.

Blues Brothers - all the epic lines - YouTube

[Roadster280]

Bugger! In my humble defense, I haven't seen the movie in 10 years!

[Busta]

There are only three films you ever need to see, John Belushi is in two of them.

Nothing matters very much, most things don't matter at all.

Animal House and Blade Runner are the other two.

[Ivor Fynn]

"pretty funny eating corn on the cob with no F**king teeth"

Time to watch again.

Ivor

[Roadster280]

We got BOTH kinds of music, Country AND Western.

[welchbloke]

One of my favourites has always been:

Are you the Police?

No Ma'am we're musicians

Or:

Sh*t

What

Rollers

No

Yeah

Sh*t

Edited: To remove casual abuse of the apostrophe :rolleyes:

[Gene Genie]

A brilliant film, obviously. First saw it in my late 20s. As a musician, he was much more than one film. He played with Booker T & the MGs and also with Otis Redding, Clapton et al. However, as part of this film he and the others (he died touring with Steve Cropper) helped expand my (and it seems many others) musical horizons; for that I'll always be grateful.

2 fried chickens and a coke

And some dry white toast...

Cheers

Gene

[AdLib]

RIP Donald.

"Get out, and don't come back until you've redeemed yourselves!"

[TURIN]

Chicken wire?

[antisthenes]

Gav

Did we still have the visor covers when "the preacher" was the boss of 230?

"How much for the little girl?"

[Could be the last?]

..........." one used prophylactic":ok:

[Not_a_boffin]

"Who is that girl......?"

[Rob Courtney]

wasnt it "4 fried Chickens and a Coke".

Frank Oz and Stephen Speilberg had cameos in the film as well!

[Not_a_boffin]

"Hut! Hut! Hut! Hut! Hut!" etc...

[porch monkey]

"I've always loved you".

[Craven Moorhed]

"disco pants & haircuts, wow this mall has everything !"

[Training Risky]

"They broke my watch!"

"If you say no, Elwood and I will come back here for breakfast, lunch and dinner, every day of the week"...."OK you got me, I'll play".

:cool:

[Hammer Head Too]

Early 80's at Binbrook doing Q, 7 day lock in. 3 movies were played in 24 hour stints.... Rambo-First Blood, Lampoons Animal House and Blues Brothers. I know the words !! Blues Brothers is still an epic ;);)

[thunderbird7]

Gav, thanks for the badge.

First ORD I did, I had to go to Daly Plaza... Booker T - now that's proper music..

[Dunhovrin]

Daly PlazaMe too. Also nearly got run over visiting Lower Wacker Drive. Still haven't made it to Lake Wassipimanie.

OK [Thread Drift Red], for a last remaining "Mission from God" badge - who said:

"They broke my watch!"

and who is sitting next to him?

And what is the significance of the billboard in

"it's that ****box Dodge again"?

[Not_a_boffin]

The two cops in their car upside down in the mall?

They were also hiding behind the billboard in their car when Jake & Elwood were evading the Good Ole Boys?

[thing]

Another legend gone. RIP the man with the pipe. Spent many years in a Blues Brothers band (I was Steve Cropper minus the beard and talent), had some of the best laughs I've ever had. Best time to be young too, mid sixties Stax and Motown.

[*Zwitter*]

Billboard was for 'See you next Wednesday' another John Landis screenplay and a running gag in his films

[chopabeefer]

Gentlemen - I give you the legend - John Candy...

'This is car number...what car are we?'

'Five Five Sir'

'This is car number fifty five...we're in a truck!'


and the RAF stalwart - the living homage to the Blues brothers...

' Who'd like an Orange whip? Orange whip? Orange whip? Three Orange whips.'

and from Mr Ackroyd..

'Its got cop shocks, cop brakes and it's a model made before catalytic coverters so it runs good on unleaded gas,. whaddya say - is this the new blues mobile or what?

(Belushi) Fix the cigarette lighter (having thrown it out of the window).

Genius

[Dunhovrin]

Zwitter -10/10. Apparently it's his first ever, non-filmed screenplay. One of the girls I now work with had a date with John Landis's son - for a Friday. I told her to text him "See you next Wednesday".

Now name the two "other cops". Clue ".. a chicken that had no bone".

I think that Stax sound that drove the Blues Brothers through the 80s also drove the Commitments through the 90s.