The Bar Song


Does anyone know the name of the song that plays when the police chief enters the bar (the one he asks the bartender to turn off)? It's also the song on the DVD menu, and I can't seem to find it on Google.

Any help would be cool

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Anyone? :(

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Anyone? :(

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I am also looking for the song. I thought I'd check in the boards for the phantom of liberty on the off chance that someone else would be looking for the same thing. Sadly, you haven't gotten a reply in months.....

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Keeping hope alive!

Anyone? :(

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Anyone? :(

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Anyone? :(


CELEBRATING ONE YEAR OF THIS THREAD AND NO ANSWERS.

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yeah doesn't anyone know the song?

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I truly think no one does, at this point.


Anyone? :(

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Anyone? :(

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I don't have the DVD on me as I am out of town but is it in the credits somewhere?

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It appears Galaxie Musique is the name of the studio who had done the music for this. Maybe someon can contact them?

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WHERE IS IT

WHERE IS THE NAME OF THIS SONG

I CAN'T FIND ANY CONTACT FOR GALAXIE MUSIQUE

OBVIOUSLY NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE **** THIS SONG IS, BUT SOMEONE MUST! IT WAS MADE AT SOME TIME! IT MUST HAVE A NAME! BY DEFINITION!




WHERE IS IT


TELL ME WHAT THE NAME IS

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What is the name of the song c'mon c'mon C'MON

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We must know! We've waited for years! YEARS!!

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One of you knows. Someone had to have sung it at some point; someone had to record it; some people on the set heard it and someone probably liked it. So WHAT IS IT?

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...anyone? :(

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I will make it my duty to find this out. I will do whatever is necessary. I will leave no stone unturned. Rest assured, the truth will out.


Explode, dogs, if you are not happy.

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Hey I saw this movie called The Phantom of Liberty and there was this song in it (in a bar), what was the name of the song, thanks in advance

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I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THIS

SOMEBODY KNOWS THE NAME OF THIS SONG

IT HAD TO BE MADE AT SOME POINT DIDN'T IT?

I'VE BEEN SEARCHING NOW FOR...OH MY GOD...ALMOST THREE YEARS! THREE. YEARS.

I just refuse to believe this info isn't at there?

...anyone? :(

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Somebody. Tell. Me. What. The. Bar. Song. Is.

I will never give up. I will never stop my quest. Someday...I will know. I will know the name of the song.

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AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

WHAT IS IT

WHAT'S THE BAR SONG

WHAT. IS. IT.

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This has been haunting me for a while too. Is there anybody out there who could tell me what the bar song is?

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4 years, 4 months, 12 days, 16 hours, 37 minutes ago, I asked who sang the song in Phantom of Liberty.

Who would've known, at that point, I STILL WOULDN'T *beep* KNOW

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I ALSO WANT TO KNOW THE NAME OF THE SONG!!!!!!

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- He moves his lips when he reads. What does that tell you about him?

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I'll try to help out…4 years is a long time to wait for an answer. I've seen "The Phantom of Liberty", along with Bunuel's other films, many many times, and am somewhat familiar with his work and working methods. Here is the long story of what I think is behind the radio music in the bar scene. Bunuel almost never used non-diegetic music (music whose source is not visible or implied as direct part of the action) in his films. As a result, unlike say Martin Scorsese or Paul Thomas Anderson, his need for external musical sources was small and his soundtrack listings are tiny or non-existant. The music credit at the end of "Phantom" is given to Galaxie Musique. There's not much information on this company. However, one of the production companies of Bunuel's next film "That Obscure Object of Desire" is listed as Les Films Galaxie - Paris. "The Phantom of Liberty" was filmed almost entirely in and around Paris. My guess is that Galaxie Musique was the musical arm or somehow associated with Les Films Galaxie -Paris. Bunuel or one of his producers was probably familiar with or worked with Galaxie and went to them and said something to the effect "hey we've got this scene where a guy walks into a bar and is annoyed at the canned music, can you come up with a modern rock and roll riff that we could use?" The company then either came up with new riff or took something from their existing stock of songs (if they had a stock). If you're trying to get a copy of the song or you'd like to hear the full length version then you're probably out of luck. It probably doesn't exist. It's too bad because I like that song a lot!! This is only a educated guess on my part but I think the complete lack of any external reference to the song or it's failure to be heard in any other context outside the film points to it being something that was created specifically for the film.

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you wanna know who did that song? well i'll tell ya: JOHN DENVER

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What about the smart phone app kazam or shazam or whatever it is called? Maybe it would know what the song is called? I liked the song too can't believe this information can't be found

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I Shazammed it. Got nothing.

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Year 8 of asking:


anyone? :(

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Hey Johnweaver! I'm so glad you're still here, hahaha. I was thinking about this song again today and I wondered if this thread was still alive. We should hang out sometime!

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Anyone? :(

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The music may not really have a title at all. It seems to be a sample of generic muzak that was commonly pumped into public venues at the time (later found to be a mind control technique often containing subliminal suggestions to get employees to work harder, etc.). As such, Bunuel is using this opportunity to express his loathing for muzak ("canned music") through a character in the film.

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You know...I hate to say it, but....I'm starting to lose faith in the concept this thread can provide me this info.

Today is exactly the 10-year anniversary of this thread, in which I asked for info on the bar song in Buñuel's "Phantom of Liberty". I look at that opening post and remember a simpler time for myself. Note my use of "cool"...note the odd parenthetical...note the implied optimism, where I truly felt, at one point, I could get information which could identify the song.

It has been a long 10 years. People come and go - some check back in I noticed - and we're still here, without a bar song. Maybe the naysayers were right all along, maybe it really was an intentionally bland bit of muzak made for ironic purposes in the film. Heck, if so, then maybe I was a little silly for liking it in the first place (or at least not with Buñuel's creative vision).

I sometimes wonder why I keep going. 10 years...will I be able to visit this thread in the final hours of my life? Maybe the song will be the last thing I see, a cruel irony that I find the info before I can successfully google it. Or maybe this will be my last post to the thread, and this obviously run out gag will move on. Time will tell. But for now...

Anyone? :(

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