Congrats to Glen and Marketa for their Best Song win

By Mike

February 24, 2008 in Movies, Music

Most of my friends would probably tell you how much I talked about the little movie Once all last year and how I tried to get them all to see it. It was in my top three favorite movies from 2007 and there really was something unique in the way I just fell in love with it.

The big scene I would tell people about was where Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova sang the song Falling Slowly in a music store on their lunch break.

There was such simplicity, passion and beauty in that scene. When I did my top 10 pop culture moments of 2007, it made the list.

Well, the movie was made in 2006, with two handy cams and a budget of around $100,000, and that song was honored with a Best Original Song Oscar Award on Sunday night.

Maybe I’m becoming an old sap, but this movie meant so much to me that I got a bit teary eyed over the win and couldn’t have been happier. Of all the awards given out this year, this was the only one I really cared about. There is just something so cool about two musicians who put so much love and passion into a song and to see them rewarded for it is awesome.

The amazing thing is that I sort of saw it coming when they performed the song earlier in the ceremony. You could see the reaction from the audience before and after, and the love they all had for it was evident.

And when it was read that they won, you could see the happiness on almost everyone’s faces. I think for many people, this was a great win for independent films, musicians and others artists out there.

I also thought it was classy that after Glen gave his acceptance speech and Marketa got cut off, Jon Stewart brought her out after the commercial break and gave her the moment she deserved for winning. She did a great job, as did Glen.

Here is it below. Truly, one of the best moments of the night I felt.

My congrats to them both because they totally deserved it. You can watch their Oscar performance of the song below. And after you watch it, go rent the movie!

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