The Academy got it right when they gave the best song Oscar to Once's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for "Falling Slowly," beating back the three entries from the Disney Enchanted machine. "Make art, make art," Hansard said in a tart Irish brogue, keeping his hortatory remarks blessedly to the point. And then, after those misogynist, unfeeling bad guys in the orchestra pit cut off Irglova before the Czech cutie pie could get one word out, good guy Jon Stewart brought her back out, so she could talk about how the Oscar was "such a big deal for all other independent artists ... So fair play to those who to dare to dream. Hope at the end of the day connects us all, no matter how different you are." 'Twas a beautiful thing.
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Dan Deluca is the music critic for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Comments (2)
It was great that Once took the Oscar - their performance was terrific last night too. The mix sounded a little off but their talent made up for it. Great song and great guitar.
Would they have beat out Eddie Vedder in your / anyone's opinion? I am a big PJ fan but that Into the Wild did nothing for me thru 2 listen's - maybe I need to go back and try it again.
Posted by Joe | February 25, 2008 4:09 PM
Posted on February 25, 2008 16:09
I am so thrilled that 'Once' won this Oscar and so appreciative of John Stuart to take the initiative to get Marketa back out to allow her to speak. She was so eleoquent and sincere. Glen's joy and thrill was infectious, but they both deserved to have a say. Our whole family loved the movie and the soundtrack. Actually, we had just returned from 5 days in Ireland on Sunday afternoon. A trip that was in part, inspired by having seen the movie last fall.
Posted by Hillary Shemin | February 27, 2008 12:06 PM
Posted on February 27, 2008 12:06