Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980)

Nancy Mette: Lee

Quotes 

• J.T. : So listen, what-what kind of music do you like?

  Lee : Oh, progressive rock mostly.

  J.T. : Which is that?

  Lee : Oh, King Crimson, Yes, Genesis, Rush...

  J.T. : Right, right. Heavy metal goes to college.

• Jeff Andrews : My problem is the repetitiveness. Y'know... wine, women, and whiteline fever, over and over. Whereas, progressive is existential. You got these chromatic melodies, right? To use for, like, a springboard into all kinds of experiments. Even the backbeat is full of nuances. You know that there's a central rhythmic idea going on, but you're never quite sure when it's going to pop up. Now, you-you put your, ah, your-your counterpoint on top of that, your passing tones, your arpeggios, your polyrhythms, your parallel scales, your focal harmonies... and it's uncertain, right? It's exploratory. It's like life.

  Lee : Right. Exactly. I mean, with country, it's like you're being told a story that you've heard before. But with progressive, it's like you're going into unknown territory. Exactly.

  Amy : [to Jeff]  Are you in music, too?

  Jeff Andrews : Drugs.