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But otherwise, the music in Goldmine is one of its main treasures. The soundtrack combines vintage Eno, Roxy Music and T Rex (reportedly, David Bowie wouldn grant the rights to his work), with some new songs written especially for the film performed by bands like Pulp and Shudder to Think. The older music, especially, is used beautifully: Just after Curt Wild and Brian Slade meet, we see them whirling around in little amusement park cars, the world dark around them except for some candy colored lights, set to Lou Reed plaintive, sweetly (and deceptively) deadpan of Love. You have probably seen a picture of the funny looking "penny farthing" or "high wheeler" bicycles the ones with a huge front wheel and a tiny rear wheel. You might even have seen someone riding one in a parade or in a movie. These bicycles became popular starting in 1870, but by the turn of the century were replaced by the "safety bicycle." A bicycle from 1900 or 1910 looks almost exactl