I went to watch Django Unchained with a couple of friends and an acquaintance yesterday afternoon. I was not really sure what I was expecting, since I had seen one or two previews, but really didn't know much other than Leonardo DiCaprio was in it and that he seemed like villain (or maybe archenemy?) of the film.
I won't give away what the film is about, but it was much more than I was expecting. It's gory though, a lot than you would think is possible, but that Quentin Tarantino... he knows how to do it.
And Jamie Foxx is stupendous, real flexible in what you would think is a very narrow role of playing a slave.
But whatever the case, I heard this song, just a small snippet, maybe 10-15 sec. while he Django chooses an outfit. And man, what an outfit!
From his final album of the same name finished a week before his death in 1973, "I Got a Name".
Like the pine trees lining the winding road
I've got a name, I've got a name
Like the singing bird and the croaking toad
I've got a name, I've got a name
And I carry it with me like my daddy did
But I'm living the dream he can't live
Live performance
Studio Recording
