Favorite Quotes from High Fidelity (2000, Frears)

Submitted by yvgeny on Fri, 10/14/2005 - 08:51
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  • Barry: "Rob, top five musical crimes perpetuated by Stevie Wonder in the '80s and '90s: go. Sub-question: is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins, is it better to burn out or fade away?"

  • Rob: "Charlie, you f*&king bitch-- let's work it out!"

  • Barry: "God. Do you even know your daughter? There's no way she likes that song. Oops, is she in a coma?"

  • Barry: "How about the Jesus and Mary Chain?"
  • Barry's Customer: "They always seemed..."
  • Barry: "They always seemed what? They always seemed really great is what they always seemed. They picked up where your precious Echo left off, and you're sitting around complaining about no more Echo albums. I can't believe you don't own this f&*king record. [tosses the record to the customer and walks away] That's insane. Jesus."

  • Barry: "You bastard! That's so good - that should have been mine... The night Laura's daddy died. Sha na na na na na na na na! Brother what a night it really was. Mother what a night it really... angina's tough! Glory be!"

  • Barry: "Couldn't you be any more obvious than that, Rob. How about, I don't know-- the Beatles? How about f*$king- f%#king Beethoven? Track one, side one of the Fifth Symphony? How can someone who has no interest in music own a record store?"

  • Barry: "Oh, kind of a new record. [to customer] In a minute... Very nice, Rob. A sly declaration of new classic status slipped into a bunch of safe ones- very pussy!"

  • Barry: "A Cosby sweater!"

  • Customer: "Do you still have that French import Beefheart, Safe As Milk?"
  • Barry: "Um, let's... [in a sing song] se-ee-ee-ee-ee-ee..."

  • Barry: "You don't have it? That is perverse. Don't tell anybody you don't own f%*king Blonde on Blonde. It's gonna be okay." [sighs deeply and hugs customer]

  • Rob: [surveying stolen records]"Ryuichi Sakamoto, Sigue Sigue Sputnik, Breakbeats, Serge Gainsbourg. What are you guys, stealing for other people?"
  • Shoplifting skaters: "No, those are for us."
  • Rob: "You guys slamming to Joni Mitchell now?"
  • Skaters: "You're like so bigoted to look at us and think you know what we listen to."

  • Barry: "Hey, it's half past the monkey's ass. Let's go."