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Rob: What came first, the music or the misery? People worry about kids playing with guns, or watching violent videos, that some sort of culture of violence will take them over. Nobody worries about kids listening to thousands, literally thousands of songs about heartbreak, rejection, pain, misery and loss. Did I listen to pop music because I was miserable? Or was I miserable because I listened to pop music?



Trivia about High Fidelity:
  • Part of the movie was filmed outside of Lane Technical High School. This occurred during a regular school day and the students were not allowed onto the portion of the lawn where filming occurred. They were also not allowed near the windows of the rooms looking out onto the lawn.
  • The hero shares his name with an obscure '70s recording artist whose records would undoubtedly be found in the store: Robert Gordon (III).
  • After his vision of Bruce Springsteen, Rob says the words "Good luck, goodbye" which is the last line of the Springsteen song "Bobby Jean".
  • Barry says that Rob is wearing a "Cosby" sweater, imitating Cosby, Bill's voice as he says this. Star Bonet, Lisa starred in "Cosby Show, The" (1984).
  • Rob says he is an educated guy who has read books like "Love in the Time of Cholera". This book plays an important part in another John Cusack movie, Serendipity (2001).
  • "Vintage Vinyl", another record store mentioned in the film, is a real store in Evanston, Cusack, John's hometown.
  • The Chinese characters on Rob's No. 6 jersey say "Hong Kong".
  • In the scene where Rob (Cusack, John) talks with Liz (Cusack, Joan) after Laura's (Hjejle, Iben) father's funeral, a Danish flag and pictures from Denmark are visible on the mantelpiece just behind the actors. Iben Hjejle is Danish.
  • In several scenes, Rob is wearing a Wax Trax! Records t-shirt. The lot in Chicago that houses Rob's record store, Championship Vinyl, was once a Wax Trax! Records store.
  • The majority of flyers and stickers on the front of the register stand are bands either from Chicago or on Chicago record labels, including Urge Overkill, Falling Wallendas, Veruca Salt, and Liz Phair. These bands have members that are known to hang out in Wicker Park (one of the filming locations), and the local bar The Rainbo Club, where the "proposal" scene was filmed.
  • The Marie DeSalle CD Rob pops in has the following tracks listed on it: - 1. Baby I Love Your Way - 2. Patsy Cline Times Two - 3. Ghostbusters - 4. Beat It - 5. Baby Got Back - 6. 911 is a Joke - 7. I Will Survive - 8. Mmm Bop - 9. My Heart Will Go On - 10. You Can't Have It - 11. The Time is Now
  • Neil Peart, Gary Weinrib and Alex Zivojinovich, listed in the credits for writers of the song "Jacob's Ladder", are the real names of the members of Rush (Neil Peart, Geddy Lee, and Alex Lifeson ).
  • This is the eighth film in which Cusack, John and Cusack, Joan have appeared together. The others are Class (1983), Sixteen Candles (1984), Grandview, U.S.A. (1984), Broadcast News (1987), Say Anything... (1989), Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) and Cradle Will Rock (1999)
  • The guitarist playing with Marie DeSalle when they see her at Lounge Ax is Jeff Parker from Chicago bands Tortoise and Isotope 217.
  • Johnson, Alan S. ("Man in Store") is the lead singer of the band U.S. Maple. A U.S. Maple poster is plastered on the store's counter.
  • When Rob sees that the skaters have taken a Joni Mitchell record he asks them if there is a revival underway. This is a possible reference to another work by Nick Hornby, About a Boy (2002), where Will wonders if a Joni Mitchell revival is underway.
  • Records that are shown in more than one context. Examples: "Cut" by The Slits is for sale at Rob's first record store, and is visible when Rob meets Laura when he is a deejay. "Double Nickels on the Dime" by The Minutemen is on display in Rob's apartment, and it is among the records that Justin and Vince steal from the store.
  • One of the CDs stolen by the Vince and Justin is Plush's "More You Becomes You." Liam Hayes, singer, songwriter and keyboardist for Plush, appears in the bar scene where Rob recalls meeting Laura.
  • In the flashback when Rob and Laura are listening to Ian have sex upstairs, the book Laura is reading is entitled "Love Thy Neighbor".
  • Rob's sticker-covered "little black book" is a Chandler's assignment notebook, a required item for every student at Evanston Township High School, John Cusack's alma mater.
  • When we first see Rob's record store, Rob walks across the store exposing many record covers in the background. One record that stands out is a record by the group, Index. Index were a 1960s garage band from Grosse Pointe, Michigan.
  • In Rob Gordon's store, there are posters and sticker featuring several US Hardcore Punk bands (Warzone, Bad Brains, Blood for Blood, and etc.) who had all released material on Chicago-based label Victory Records.
  • The members of Rush are credited for Jacob's Ladder. However, this song is not played during the film.
  • John Cusack and the screenwriters wrote the script with Jack Black in mind for the role of Barry, who nearly turned the role down but reconsidered.


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