among the ones I've heard original (except four of them)
but find these Glee versions quite as good or even better
from volumes 1, 2, 3, 7 (and christmas 2)
1
MAYBE THIS TIME
on Cabaret
by Rachel Berry & April Rhodes
2
SOMEBODY TO LOVE
on Queen
by Glee Club New Directions
3
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
on Journey
by Glee Club New Directions
4
LEAVING ON A JET PLANE
on Peter, Paul and Mary
by Will Shuester
5
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
on Burt Bacharach (Aretha Franklin)
by Quinn Fabray, Santana Lopez & Brittany Pierce
6
LIKE A VIRGIN
on Madonna
by Berry & St James, Hudson & Lopez, Shuester & Pillsbury
7
DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME // YOUNG GIRL
on Police // Gary Puckett
by Will Shuester (for Rachel while Emma's also listening)
8
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
on Bonnie Tyler
by Rachel Berry with three boys
9
ALONE
on Heart
by Will Shuester & April Rhodes
10
UPTOWN GIRL
on Billy Joel
by The Warblers
11
ONE LESS BELL TO ANSWER // A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
on Burt Bacharach (Barbra Streisand)
by Will Shuester & April Rhodes
12
SANTA BABY
on Eartha Kitt
by Santana Lopez
13
SWEET CAROLINE
on Neil Diamond
by Puck & New Directions
14
POKER FACE
on Lady Gaga
by Rachel Berry & Shelby Corcoran
15
THE LADY IS A TRAMP
on Sammy Davis Jr
by Mercedes Jones & Puck
16
RUMOUR HAS IT
on Adele
by Brittany Pierce, Santana Lopez & Mercedes Jones
17
SMILE
on Lily Allen
by Rachel Berry & Finn Hudson
18
CHRISTMAS WRAPPING
on The Waitresses
by Brittany Pierce
19
I KISSED A GIRL
on Katy Perry
by Rachel Berry & Santana Lopez
20
TRUE COLORS
on Cyndi Lauper
by Tina Cohen-Chang & New Directions
21
DANCING WITH MYSELF
on Billy Idol
by Artie Abrams
22
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU
on Mariah Carey
by Mercedes Jones
23
YOU CAN'T ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU WANT
on Rolling Stones
by Glee Club New Directions
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31 December 2011
28 December 2011
Triangle Drama # 18 : Famous 80's Movies of Dancing or Fighting
that I hadn't seen until now
FLASHDANCE
with Jennifer Beals
by Adrian Lyne -83
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +10
FAME
first Fame-movie (the series came later)
by Alan Parker -80
+3 Acting
0 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +8
ROCKY part III
with Sylvester Stallone, Mr T, Hulk Hogan
by Sylvester Stallone -82
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+2 Thrill
-1 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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FLASHDANCE
with Jennifer Beals
by Adrian Lyne -83
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +10
FAME
first Fame-movie (the series came later)
by Alan Parker -80
+3 Acting
0 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +8
ROCKY part III
with Sylvester Stallone, Mr T, Hulk Hogan
by Sylvester Stallone -82
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+2 Thrill
-1 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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26 December 2011
Swedish Movies with relationships a bit "too free"
Triangle Drama # 23
NATTLEK
= NIGHT GAMES
with Ingrid Thulin, Lissi Alandh, Monica Zetterlund and many more
by Mai Zetterling -66
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +6
SWING IT, FRÖKEN!
= a later follow-up to "Swing it, Scoolmaster!" where the positively provocative pupil has become teacher herself
with Alice Babs, Ingvar Kjellson, Gösta Ekman, Hjördis Pettersson
by Stig Olin -56
+2 Acting
+1 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +5
HAMNSTAD
= PORT OF CALL
with Nine-Christine Jönsson
and other actors that Bergman never re-used
like the locations of Gothenburg
by Ingmar Bergman -48
+2 Acting
+1 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-2 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +3
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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NATTLEK
= NIGHT GAMES
with Ingrid Thulin, Lissi Alandh, Monica Zetterlund and many more
by Mai Zetterling -66
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +6
SWING IT, FRÖKEN!
= a later follow-up to "Swing it, Scoolmaster!" where the positively provocative pupil has become teacher herself
with Alice Babs, Ingvar Kjellson, Gösta Ekman, Hjördis Pettersson
by Stig Olin -56
+2 Acting
+1 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +5
HAMNSTAD
= PORT OF CALL
with Nine-Christine Jönsson
and other actors that Bergman never re-used
like the locations of Gothenburg
by Ingmar Bergman -48
+2 Acting
+1 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-2 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +3
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
24 December 2011
Triangle Drama # 24 : Scandinavian Trolls
Scandinavian "scary comedy" movies where mythological creatures is stepping into our human world - or if it's we who are stepping into their world - making fiction real...
I've just learned the first one is a mockumentary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary
which seems to be a genre with enormous potentials
TROLLJEGEREN
[TROLL HUNTER]
by Andre Ovredal
Norway -10
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+3 Thrill
+3 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +17
OTTO ER ET NAESEHORN
[OTTO IS A RHINO]
based on Ole Lund Kirkegaard
by Rumle Hammerich
Denmark -83
-1 Acting
+1 Scenography
-3 Thrill
0 Humour
+1 Fantasy
-3 Reality
-3 Whole Composition
= -8
RYMDINVASION I LAPPLAND
"Space Invasion in Northern Sweden"
[HORROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN]
by Virgil W Vogel
Sweden (USA) -59
(including bonus short "The Girl in The Glacier")
-3 Acting
0 Scenography
-2 Thrill
-1 Humour
0 Fantasy
-2 Reality
-3 Whole Composition
= -11
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
I've just learned the first one is a mockumentary:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mockumentary
which seems to be a genre with enormous potentials
TROLLJEGEREN
[TROLL HUNTER]
by Andre Ovredal
Norway -10
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+3 Thrill
+3 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +17
OTTO ER ET NAESEHORN
[OTTO IS A RHINO]
based on Ole Lund Kirkegaard
by Rumle Hammerich
Denmark -83
-1 Acting
+1 Scenography
-3 Thrill
0 Humour
+1 Fantasy
-3 Reality
-3 Whole Composition
= -8
RYMDINVASION I LAPPLAND
"Space Invasion in Northern Sweden"
[HORROR IN THE MIDNIGHT SUN]
by Virgil W Vogel
Sweden (USA) -59
(including bonus short "The Girl in The Glacier")
-3 Acting
0 Scenography
-2 Thrill
-1 Humour
0 Fantasy
-2 Reality
-3 Whole Composition
= -11
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
22 December 2011
Last 12 Albums I'm Returning to Before 2011 is Over
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1
COLD ON THE SHOULDER
Gordon Lightfoot -75
2
BEE GEES' FIRST
Bee Gees -67
3
GLEE : THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM volume 2
Glee club New Directions -11
4
THE NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS
The Byrds -68
5
BEGGARS BANQUET
Rolling Stones -68
6
A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU FROM PHIL SPECTOR
The Crystals, The Ronettes and more -63
7
CRYSTAL ILLUSIONS
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 -69
8
DROP ME OFF IN HARLEM
Caroline Wennergren
(sings Ella Fitzgerald) -11
9
BRIGADE
Heart -90
10
KITE
Kirsty MacColl -89
11
A WOMAN AND A MAN
Belinda Carlisle -96
12
WE TOO ARE ONE
Eurythmics -89
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1
COLD ON THE SHOULDER
Gordon Lightfoot -75
2
BEE GEES' FIRST
Bee Gees -67
3
GLEE : THE CHRISTMAS ALBUM volume 2
Glee club New Directions -11
4
THE NOTORIOUS BYRD BROTHERS
The Byrds -68
5
BEGGARS BANQUET
Rolling Stones -68
6
A CHRISTMAS GIFT FOR YOU FROM PHIL SPECTOR
The Crystals, The Ronettes and more -63
7
CRYSTAL ILLUSIONS
Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 -69
8
DROP ME OFF IN HARLEM
Caroline Wennergren
(sings Ella Fitzgerald) -11
9
BRIGADE
Heart -90
10
KITE
Kirsty MacColl -89
11
A WOMAN AND A MAN
Belinda Carlisle -96
12
WE TOO ARE ONE
Eurythmics -89
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19 December 2011
Triangle Drama # 19 : Action Heroes around thirty years ago
hat I didn't watch as a child, actually not seen them until now
ROCKY
by John G Avildsen and Sylvester Stallone -76
first Rocky-movie
with Sylvester Stallone
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC
by Steven Spielberg -81
first Indiana Jones-movie
with Harrison Ford
0 Acting
+1 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +1
RAMBO : FIRST BLOOD part 2
by George P Cosmatos -85
second Rambo-movie
with Sylvester Stallone
+1 Acting
-1 Scenography
0 Thrill
-2 Humour
-3 Fantasy
0 Reality
-3 Whole Composition
= -8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
ROCKY
by John G Avildsen and Sylvester Stallone -76
first Rocky-movie
with Sylvester Stallone
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
INDIANA JONES AND THE RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARC
by Steven Spielberg -81
first Indiana Jones-movie
with Harrison Ford
0 Acting
+1 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +1
RAMBO : FIRST BLOOD part 2
by George P Cosmatos -85
second Rambo-movie
with Sylvester Stallone
+1 Acting
-1 Scenography
0 Thrill
-2 Humour
-3 Fantasy
0 Reality
-3 Whole Composition
= -8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
17 December 2011
kindness of Kandi von Kane
I saw her doing a little burlesque performance in an ordinary, original swedish club (all for a sharity project, giving girls good chances to go to school - even if it ain't so easy as just sending money):
12 December 2011
Older Swedish Movies about a bit forbidden love
Triangle Drama # 15 (containing blindness as well as nudity)
MUSIK I MÖRKER
[MUSIC IN DARKNESS]
by Ingmar Bergman -48
with Birger Malmsten & Mai Zetterling
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
ÄLSKANDE PAR
[LOVING COUPLES]
based on Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1930's)
by Mai Zetterling -64
with Harriet Andersson, Anita Björk, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gio Petré
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +6
DEN STÅNDAKTIGE KYRKOHERDEN ["THE STEADFAST VICAR"]
by Torgny Wickman -70
with Jarl Borssén, Solveig Andersson, Kim Anderzon, Cornelis Vreeswijk
0 Acting
+1 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-1 Humour
0 Fantasy
-3 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= -3
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
MUSIK I MÖRKER
[MUSIC IN DARKNESS]
by Ingmar Bergman -48
with Birger Malmsten & Mai Zetterling
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
ÄLSKANDE PAR
[LOVING COUPLES]
based on Agnes von Krusenstjerna (1930's)
by Mai Zetterling -64
with Harriet Andersson, Anita Björk, Gunnar Björnstrand, Gio Petré
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +6
DEN STÅNDAKTIGE KYRKOHERDEN ["THE STEADFAST VICAR"]
by Torgny Wickman -70
with Jarl Borssén, Solveig Andersson, Kim Anderzon, Cornelis Vreeswijk
0 Acting
+1 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-1 Humour
0 Fantasy
-3 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= -3
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
04 December 2011
Christmas Carols I've felt most deeply for
= favourites during my life so far
0
SOLEADO = WHEN A CHILD IS BORN
spanish original written by Ciro Dammico (1972)
english lyrics by Fred Jay
spanish version "Todo el Tiempo del Mundo" with Manolo Otero (197?)
or
american version with Johnny Mathis (1976)
1
(OH, HOLY NIGHT) = CANTIQUE DE NOËL
music by Adolphe Adam (1847)
lyrics by Placide Cappeau
french version with italian Enrico Caruso (1916)
or
french version with american Joan Baez (1966)
2
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR??
written by Glora Shayne Baker & Noël Regney (1962)
scotch version with Susan Boyle (2010)
3
JINGLE BELLS
written by James Pierpont (1850)
italian version with Adriano Celentano (1972)
4
A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES
written by Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston (1948)
original film version with Ilene Woods & the mice choir (1948)
5
(I GOT) CHRISTMAS ON MY MIND
written by Berry Bjärehög and Benny Andersson?? (1967)
english version with swedish Hep Stars (1967)
6
I SAW MUMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
written by Tommie Connor (1952)
swedish version with Linda Ulvaeus & Agnetha Fältskog (1981)
7
BETLEHEMS STJÄRNA = GLÄNS ÖVER SJÖ OCH STRAND
music by Alice Tegnér (1893)
lyrics by Victor Rydberg
swedish version with Sofia Källgren (1990)
8
(Wish I had a) RIVER
written by Joni Mitchell (1971)
american version with Lea Michelle (of Glee, 2011)
9
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
written by Johnny Marks (1949)
american version with The Crystals, produced by Phil Spector (1963)
10
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
written by John Lennon (1970)
english version with John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1970)
11
SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK
written by Aaron Schroeder & Claude Demetrius (1957)
version with Elvis Presley (1957)
12
SANTA BABY
written by Joan Javits & Philip Springer (1953)
version with Eartha Kitt (1953)
...maybe to be continued...
wWw
0
SOLEADO = WHEN A CHILD IS BORN
spanish original written by Ciro Dammico (1972)
english lyrics by Fred Jay
spanish version "Todo el Tiempo del Mundo" with Manolo Otero (197?)
or
american version with Johnny Mathis (1976)
1
(OH, HOLY NIGHT) = CANTIQUE DE NOËL
music by Adolphe Adam (1847)
lyrics by Placide Cappeau
french version with italian Enrico Caruso (1916)
or
french version with american Joan Baez (1966)
2
DO YOU HEAR WHAT I HEAR??
written by Glora Shayne Baker & Noël Regney (1962)
scotch version with Susan Boyle (2010)
3
JINGLE BELLS
written by James Pierpont (1850)
italian version with Adriano Celentano (1972)
4
A DREAM IS A WISH YOUR HEART MAKES
written by Al Hoffman, Mack David, Jerry Livingston (1948)
original film version with Ilene Woods & the mice choir (1948)
5
(I GOT) CHRISTMAS ON MY MIND
written by Berry Bjärehög and Benny Andersson?? (1967)
english version with swedish Hep Stars (1967)
6
I SAW MUMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS
written by Tommie Connor (1952)
swedish version with Linda Ulvaeus & Agnetha Fältskog (1981)
7
BETLEHEMS STJÄRNA = GLÄNS ÖVER SJÖ OCH STRAND
music by Alice Tegnér (1893)
lyrics by Victor Rydberg
swedish version with Sofia Källgren (1990)
8
(Wish I had a) RIVER
written by Joni Mitchell (1971)
american version with Lea Michelle (of Glee, 2011)
9
RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
written by Johnny Marks (1949)
american version with The Crystals, produced by Phil Spector (1963)
10
HAPPY XMAS (WAR IS OVER)
written by John Lennon (1970)
english version with John Lennon & Yoko Ono (1970)
11
SANTA BRING MY BABY BACK
written by Aaron Schroeder & Claude Demetrius (1957)
version with Elvis Presley (1957)
12
SANTA BABY
written by Joan Javits & Philip Springer (1953)
version with Eartha Kitt (1953)
...maybe to be continued...
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03 December 2011
Triangle Drama # 13 : 3 Terrific Animations
made last decade, about:
Monsters working in a factory with scaring children, until one day a girl becomes scary for them
Animals with all sorts of human brain abilities (or lack thereof) robbing human factories
Humans manufacturing dream sessions with maybe themselves as robots in
MONSTERS INC.
a Pixar production -01
by Pete Docter
+2 Characters
+3 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+3 Fantasy
0 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
FANTASTIC MR FOX
USA -09
by Wes Anderson
on Roald Dahl
+2 Characters
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+3 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
PAPRIKA
by Satoshi Kon
Japan -06
+2 Characters
+3 Scenography
-1 Thrill
0 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
Monsters working in a factory with scaring children, until one day a girl becomes scary for them
Animals with all sorts of human brain abilities (or lack thereof) robbing human factories
Humans manufacturing dream sessions with maybe themselves as robots in
MONSTERS INC.
a Pixar production -01
by Pete Docter
+2 Characters
+3 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+3 Fantasy
0 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
FANTASTIC MR FOX
USA -09
by Wes Anderson
on Roald Dahl
+2 Characters
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+3 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
PAPRIKA
by Satoshi Kon
Japan -06
+2 Characters
+3 Scenography
-1 Thrill
0 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
01 December 2011
Bossanova Samba Songs maybe Best
pieces I have begun to return to
(among the quite few brazilian songs I know, so far...)
1
UPA, NEGUINHO
by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri & Edu Lobo
with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 -68
2
GUANABARA
by Luiz Bonfa & Maria Toledo
with Luiz Bonfa & Maria Toledo -65
3
TEREZA MY LOVE
by Antonio Carlos Jobim
with Antonio Carlos Jobim -70
4
CASA FORTE
by Edu Lobo
with Elis Regina -69
5
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSÉ?
by Burt Bacharach
with Dionne Warwick -68
6
CRYSTAL ILLUSIONS [MEMORIAS DE MARTA SARE]
by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri & Edu Lobo
with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 -69
7
SYLVIAS SAMBA
by Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes [transl. Bengt Haslum]
with Sylvia Vrethammar -69
8
BOINK!
[cover of SAUDADE DA BAHIA]
by Dorival Caymmi
with Lill Lindfors -67
9
VOCÊ
by Roberto Menescal, Ray Gilbert, Ronaldo Boscoli
with Elis Regina -69
10
DINDI
by Aloysio Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto
with Astrud Gilberto -65
11
SAMBA DE DUAS NOTAS (TWO NOTE SAMBA)
by Luiz Bonfa
with Luiz Bonfa & Stan Getz -63
12
GOING OUT OF MY HEAD
by Teddy Randazzo & Bob Weinstein
with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 -66
Bonus
BEATLES BOSSA NOVA ("I want a Beatles for christmas present")
in swedish with Anita Lindblom -64
[cover of Girl From Ipanema]
by Antonio Carlos Jobim
BbB
(among the quite few brazilian songs I know, so far...)
1
UPA, NEGUINHO
by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri & Edu Lobo
with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 -68
2
GUANABARA
by Luiz Bonfa & Maria Toledo
with Luiz Bonfa & Maria Toledo -65
3
TEREZA MY LOVE
by Antonio Carlos Jobim
with Antonio Carlos Jobim -70
4
CASA FORTE
by Edu Lobo
with Elis Regina -69
5
DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSÉ?
by Burt Bacharach
with Dionne Warwick -68
6
CRYSTAL ILLUSIONS [MEMORIAS DE MARTA SARE]
by Gianfrancesco Guarnieri & Edu Lobo
with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 -69
7
SYLVIAS SAMBA
by Baden Powell, Vinicius de Moraes [transl. Bengt Haslum]
with Sylvia Vrethammar -69
8
BOINK!
[cover of SAUDADE DA BAHIA]
by Dorival Caymmi
with Lill Lindfors -67
9
VOCÊ
by Roberto Menescal, Ray Gilbert, Ronaldo Boscoli
with Elis Regina -69
10
DINDI
by Aloysio Oliveira, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Joao Gilberto
with Astrud Gilberto -65
11
SAMBA DE DUAS NOTAS (TWO NOTE SAMBA)
by Luiz Bonfa
with Luiz Bonfa & Stan Getz -63
12
GOING OUT OF MY HEAD
by Teddy Randazzo & Bob Weinstein
with Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 -66
Bonus
BEATLES BOSSA NOVA ("I want a Beatles for christmas present")
in swedish with Anita Lindblom -64
[cover of Girl From Ipanema]
by Antonio Carlos Jobim
BbB
30 November 2011
Musical Stories recently on my screen
Triangle Drama # 17
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
with Disney produced characters
by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
USA -91
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
0 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +11
first season of GLEE
Episodes 11-17
with Amber Riley, Jayma Mays and many more
created by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy
USA -09
+2 Acting
0 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
0 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +10
HAIR
with John Savage, Annie Golden and more
by Milos Forman
USA -79
0 Acting
-2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
0 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +1
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
with Disney produced characters
by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
USA -91
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
0 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +11
first season of GLEE
Episodes 11-17
with Amber Riley, Jayma Mays and many more
created by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy
USA -09
+2 Acting
0 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
0 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +10
HAIR
with John Savage, Annie Golden and more
by Milos Forman
USA -79
0 Acting
-2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
0 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +1
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
26 November 2011
Best Beatles Covers from every time
I've ever head so far...
many of them discovered on "Lennon & McCartney Songbook" or "All You Need is Covers" or "Motown Meets The Beatles".
By "Best" I mean a mix between most Beautiful, most Powerful, most Spiritual, most Unique.
1
Here Comes The Sun
with NINA SIMONE
2
Hey Jude
with WILSON PICKETT
3
Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
with ELTON JOHN
4
And Your Bird Can Sing
with MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS
5
For No One
with EMMYLOU HARRIS
6
Lady Madonna
with FATS DOMINO
7
Something
with ELVIS PRESLEY
8
Good Day Sunshine
with JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS
9
Got to Get You into My Life
with CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS
10
Help!
with DEEP PURPLE
11
Eleanor Rigby
with JOAN BAEZ
12
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
with SILKIE
13
Don't Bother Me
with GREGORY PHILIPS
14
Fool On The Hill
with THE FOUR TOPS
15
Fool On The Hill
with SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66
16
You Won't See Me
with BRYAN FERRY
17
Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
with CIRCULUS
18
Nowhere Man
with THE SETTLERS
19
Strawberry Fields Forever
with CANDY FLIP
20
Across The Universe [...fjärran står hjulen stilla...]
with RAJ MONTANA BAND [DAN HYLANDER]
21
Every Little Thing
with YES
22
Things We Said Today
with CLIFF RICHARD
23
I Call Your Name
with MAMAS AND PAPAS
24
Honey Pie
with NICK SCOTT
25
Your Mother Should Know
with KENNY BALL
26
She's Leaving Home
with SYREETA
27
Step Inside Love
with NINA-BADEN SEMPER
28
She Came in Through The Bathroom Window
with IKE & TINA TURNER
29
Helter Skelter
with SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
30
Help!
with CARPENTERS
31
We Can Work It Out
with STEVIE WONDER
32
I'll Cry Instead
with JOE COCKER
33
Real Love
with REGINA SPECTOR
34
I Will
with ALISON KRAUSS
35
Mother Nature's Son
with GRYPHON
36
Rocky Raccoon
with MARIO MANERI
37
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
with THE MARMALADE
38
I Am The Walrus
with JOHN OTWAY
39
Nowhere Man
with BEE GEES
40
Day Tripper
with SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66
41
From Me To You
with BOBBY McFERRIN
42
Love Me Do
with SANDIE SHAW
43
Please Please Me [Tu Perds Ton Temps]
with PETULA CLARK
44
Come Together
with DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES
BbB
many of them discovered on "Lennon & McCartney Songbook" or "All You Need is Covers" or "Motown Meets The Beatles".
By "Best" I mean a mix between most Beautiful, most Powerful, most Spiritual, most Unique.
1
Here Comes The Sun
with NINA SIMONE
2
Hey Jude
with WILSON PICKETT
3
Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
with ELTON JOHN
4
And Your Bird Can Sing
with MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS
5
For No One
with EMMYLOU HARRIS
6
Lady Madonna
with FATS DOMINO
7
Something
with ELVIS PRESLEY
8
Good Day Sunshine
with JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS
9
Got to Get You into My Life
with CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS
10
Help!
with DEEP PURPLE
11
Eleanor Rigby
with JOAN BAEZ
12
You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
with SILKIE
13
Don't Bother Me
with GREGORY PHILIPS
14
Fool On The Hill
with THE FOUR TOPS
15
Fool On The Hill
with SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66
16
You Won't See Me
with BRYAN FERRY
17
Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
with CIRCULUS
18
Nowhere Man
with THE SETTLERS
19
Strawberry Fields Forever
with CANDY FLIP
20
Across The Universe [...fjärran står hjulen stilla...]
with RAJ MONTANA BAND [DAN HYLANDER]
21
Every Little Thing
with YES
22
Things We Said Today
with CLIFF RICHARD
23
I Call Your Name
with MAMAS AND PAPAS
24
Honey Pie
with NICK SCOTT
25
Your Mother Should Know
with KENNY BALL
26
She's Leaving Home
with SYREETA
27
Step Inside Love
with NINA-BADEN SEMPER
28
She Came in Through The Bathroom Window
with IKE & TINA TURNER
29
Helter Skelter
with SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
30
Help!
with CARPENTERS
31
We Can Work It Out
with STEVIE WONDER
32
I'll Cry Instead
with JOE COCKER
33
Real Love
with REGINA SPECTOR
34
I Will
with ALISON KRAUSS
35
Mother Nature's Son
with GRYPHON
36
Rocky Raccoon
with MARIO MANERI
37
Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
with THE MARMALADE
38
I Am The Walrus
with JOHN OTWAY
39
Nowhere Man
with BEE GEES
40
Day Tripper
with SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66
41
From Me To You
with BOBBY McFERRIN
42
Love Me Do
with SANDIE SHAW
43
Please Please Me [Tu Perds Ton Temps]
with PETULA CLARK
44
Come Together
with DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES
BbB
24 November 2011
Triangle Drama # 14
three drama movies from nowadays (but one of them is four)
BLUE VALENTINE
with Michelle Williams & Ryan Gosling
by Derek Cianfrance
USA -11
+3 Acting
0 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +5
THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS
with Ellen Page
by Bruce McDonald on Maureen Medved
Canada -07
+2 Acting
-2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-2 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +3
4 PSYCHO /MAD GHOST [LUD SEE LUD]
by Khasit Thairaath
by Korngkiet Komsiri
by Phawat Panangkasiri
by Chukiat Sakveerakul
Thailand -11
First short Film :
-2 Acting
0 Scenography
0 Thrill
-2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
-2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= -6
Second short Film :
-1 Acting
+2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-2 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= +2
Third short Film :
+1 Acting
+1 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-3 Humour
0 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= 0
Fourth short Film :
-2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-2 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= -1
TOTAL OF FOUR =
-5
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
BLUE VALENTINE
with Michelle Williams & Ryan Gosling
by Derek Cianfrance
USA -11
+3 Acting
0 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +5
THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS
with Ellen Page
by Bruce McDonald on Maureen Medved
Canada -07
+2 Acting
-2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-2 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +3
4 PSYCHO /MAD GHOST [LUD SEE LUD]
by Khasit Thairaath
by Korngkiet Komsiri
by Phawat Panangkasiri
by Chukiat Sakveerakul
Thailand -11
First short Film :
-2 Acting
0 Scenography
0 Thrill
-2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
-2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= -6
Second short Film :
-1 Acting
+2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-2 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= +2
Third short Film :
+1 Acting
+1 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-3 Humour
0 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= 0
Fourth short Film :
-2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-2 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= -1
TOTAL OF FOUR =
-5
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
23 November 2011
Bee Gees among other Bees
BbB
I'm back to Bee Gees!!!
Realize they started even before Beatles, though they are born after each Beatles member. Bee Gees in the late 60's, when their full albums first appeared, sounds to me like a bit more serious cousin to The Kinks. Now I want to get a whole grip of every phase in Bee Gees' development, since they were not only three brothers, and lived in Australia as well as Britain. Even the american Beach Boys' discography I know better - strange because I loved to listen to Bee Gees many years before Beach Boys.
In high scool it began, while also Burt Bacharach's music reached my heart. I did'nt thought of the similarities then, but there really are some. It is true Burt was more into bossa nova and musical orchestra, Bee Gees a bit more rock-pop oriented but still very soul deep. Even Nina Simone has made natural interpretations of Bee Gees own songs, while Bacharach collaborated with other 60's soul-pop singers as Warwick and Franklin, which automatically attracted more ones like Springfield, Shaw and The Carpenters. Bee Gess later dwelled into different genres, most material yet unknown to me, except their High Civilization 1991. My little sister then had a love for their song Secret Love (and she likes Bacharach too).
But Bee Gees share with Burt a soulful feeling for schlager melodies combined with exotic beats. Beatles of course were close too, especially in the beginning. Bee Gees even covered Please Please Me -63 without knowing yet which big group they will be shown to have got the material from. And both groups could with some of their songs have made gold for the Motown Records, if they had been black. Many good covers of Beatles are made by motown artists. Well, who hasn't covered Beatles? Bee Gees made a beautiful version of Nowhere Man, but sadly enough skipped the good beat which they could have even developed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-e8QjU2WRM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaprCa9m_Mc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2zuNt2EOUY&feature=related&noredirect=1
BbB
I'm back to Bee Gees!!!
Realize they started even before Beatles, though they are born after each Beatles member. Bee Gees in the late 60's, when their full albums first appeared, sounds to me like a bit more serious cousin to The Kinks. Now I want to get a whole grip of every phase in Bee Gees' development, since they were not only three brothers, and lived in Australia as well as Britain. Even the american Beach Boys' discography I know better - strange because I loved to listen to Bee Gees many years before Beach Boys.
In high scool it began, while also Burt Bacharach's music reached my heart. I did'nt thought of the similarities then, but there really are some. It is true Burt was more into bossa nova and musical orchestra, Bee Gees a bit more rock-pop oriented but still very soul deep. Even Nina Simone has made natural interpretations of Bee Gees own songs, while Bacharach collaborated with other 60's soul-pop singers as Warwick and Franklin, which automatically attracted more ones like Springfield, Shaw and The Carpenters. Bee Gess later dwelled into different genres, most material yet unknown to me, except their High Civilization 1991. My little sister then had a love for their song Secret Love (and she likes Bacharach too).
But Bee Gees share with Burt a soulful feeling for schlager melodies combined with exotic beats. Beatles of course were close too, especially in the beginning. Bee Gees even covered Please Please Me -63 without knowing yet which big group they will be shown to have got the material from. And both groups could with some of their songs have made gold for the Motown Records, if they had been black. Many good covers of Beatles are made by motown artists. Well, who hasn't covered Beatles? Bee Gees made a beautiful version of Nowhere Man, but sadly enough skipped the good beat which they could have even developed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-e8QjU2WRM&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaprCa9m_Mc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2zuNt2EOUY&feature=related&noredirect=1
BbB
22 November 2011
styles of music I've listened to most during 2011
BbB
december
???
???
???
???
november
Bossa nova
mostly from the 60's
Soul schlager
mostly from the 60's
october
Glam rock
mostly from the 70's
Progressive rock
mostly from the 70's
september
Swing
mostly from the 30's
Waltz
mostly from the 30's
august
Boogie woogie
mostly from the 50's
Ragtime
mostly from the 1900's
july
Bluegrass, old Country
mostly from the 40's
Blues rock
mostly from the 60's
june
Folkie songs
mostly from the 70's
Musical
mostly from the 70's
may
French chansons
mostly from the 60's
Classical impressionism
mostly from the 1880's
april
Synth pop
mostly from the 80's
Computer-game scores
mostly from the 80's
mars
Organ-based Space rock
mostly from the 70's
Disco rock
mostly from the 90's
february
Motown
mostly from the 60's
Bubblegum pop
mostly from the 50's
january
Jazz schlagers
mostly from the 30's
Beatlesque pop
mostly from the 60's
bBb
december
???
???
???
???
november
Bossa nova
mostly from the 60's
Soul schlager
mostly from the 60's
october
Glam rock
mostly from the 70's
Progressive rock
mostly from the 70's
september
Swing
mostly from the 30's
Waltz
mostly from the 30's
august
Boogie woogie
mostly from the 50's
Ragtime
mostly from the 1900's
july
Bluegrass, old Country
mostly from the 40's
Blues rock
mostly from the 60's
june
Folkie songs
mostly from the 70's
Musical
mostly from the 70's
may
French chansons
mostly from the 60's
Classical impressionism
mostly from the 1880's
april
Synth pop
mostly from the 80's
Computer-game scores
mostly from the 80's
mars
Organ-based Space rock
mostly from the 70's
Disco rock
mostly from the 90's
february
Motown
mostly from the 60's
Bubblegum pop
mostly from the 50's
january
Jazz schlagers
mostly from the 30's
Beatlesque pop
mostly from the 60's
bBb
19 November 2011
11 Old Pieces I Love to Listen to Now
9th Elevator of 2011
Every version here performed by other artists than the songwriter
11
ANY DAY NOW (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
with Chuck Jackson
by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from Any Day Now -62
via Magic Moments : The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection
10
I THINK I LOVE YOU
with The Partridge Family
by Tony Romeo
from The Partridge Family Album -70
9
I'M NOT SAYIN'
with Nico
by Gordon Lightfoot
from not any album as I know -65
8
PLEASE MISTER POSTMAN
with Beatles
by Bateman, Dobbins, Garrett, Gorman, Holland
from With The Beatles -63
7
YOU CAN'T DO THAT
with Diana Ross & The Supremes
by Lennon & McCartney
from Motown Meets The Beatles
6
SOMEBODY TO LOVE
with Lea Michele and the Glee Club
by Freddie Mercury [Queen -76]
from first season of Glee -09
5
THE FAIREST OF THE SEASONS
with Nico
by Jackson Browne & Gregory Copeland
from Chelsea Girl -66
4
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
with Aretha Franklin
by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from Aretha Now -68
3
SOMEWHERE
with Dionne Warwick
by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
from The Windows of The World -67
2
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
with Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison & Kristin Chenoweth
by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from first season of Glee -09
1
DESPERADO
with Carpenters
by Don Henley & Glenn Frey
from Horizon -75
wWw
Every version here performed by other artists than the songwriter
11
ANY DAY NOW (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
with Chuck Jackson
by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from Any Day Now -62
via Magic Moments : The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection
10
I THINK I LOVE YOU
with The Partridge Family
by Tony Romeo
from The Partridge Family Album -70
9
I'M NOT SAYIN'
with Nico
by Gordon Lightfoot
from not any album as I know -65
8
PLEASE MISTER POSTMAN
with Beatles
by Bateman, Dobbins, Garrett, Gorman, Holland
from With The Beatles -63
7
YOU CAN'T DO THAT
with Diana Ross & The Supremes
by Lennon & McCartney
from Motown Meets The Beatles
6
SOMEBODY TO LOVE
with Lea Michele and the Glee Club
by Freddie Mercury [Queen -76]
from first season of Glee -09
5
THE FAIREST OF THE SEASONS
with Nico
by Jackson Browne & Gregory Copeland
from Chelsea Girl -66
4
I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
with Aretha Franklin
by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from Aretha Now -68
3
SOMEWHERE
with Dionne Warwick
by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
from The Windows of The World -67
2
A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
with Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison & Kristin Chenoweth
by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from first season of Glee -09
1
DESPERADO
with Carpenters
by Don Henley & Glenn Frey
from Horizon -75
wWw
17 November 2011
GroundBreaking Albums Reborn
or rather seems to me : to be different now
Triangle Drama # 17
SMiLE
Beach Boys -67
or
THE SMile SESSIONS
Beach Boys -11
Originally Unreleased 1966-67. We've heard half of the songs on other B.B.-albums. This is their first (or last) attempt with this material. "Backing Vocals Montage" seems very good as a bonus bounce to dive deeper into how their waves are really intertwined. I who adored the candy on "real" album Smiley Smile -67, though find myself confronted with a TOO sweet world this time. Moreover I have to melt all the vegetables before saying something more (maybe hasn't already been said).
FRESH CREAM
Cream -66
Felt like just boring blues six-seven years ago. Now sounds like LOVE is trying to bring Roy Orbison and Black Sabbath into the same shape, and succeeding! Here and there extremely creative, while some pieces still feels too one-eyed. "Disraeli Gears" at first seemed a more funny follow-up - now they are the other way around.
VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
Velvet Underground -67
At first I only liked the songs where Nico sings, maybe because of her calming voice. But since listening to Lou Reed's solo works last year, I appreciate all the pieces now. The record handles harmonious melodies as well as dissobidient artfulness. They should have played many of Dylan's songs, it would have sound more interesting than many of his own interpretations. That's less true for Donovan (who I adore more) but that Lou and his friends shows similarities with Donovan on this album is a new discovery now.
wWw
Triangle Drama # 17
SMiLE
Beach Boys -67
or
THE SMile SESSIONS
Beach Boys -11
Originally Unreleased 1966-67. We've heard half of the songs on other B.B.-albums. This is their first (or last) attempt with this material. "Backing Vocals Montage" seems very good as a bonus bounce to dive deeper into how their waves are really intertwined. I who adored the candy on "real" album Smiley Smile -67, though find myself confronted with a TOO sweet world this time. Moreover I have to melt all the vegetables before saying something more (maybe hasn't already been said).
FRESH CREAM
Cream -66
Felt like just boring blues six-seven years ago. Now sounds like LOVE is trying to bring Roy Orbison and Black Sabbath into the same shape, and succeeding! Here and there extremely creative, while some pieces still feels too one-eyed. "Disraeli Gears" at first seemed a more funny follow-up - now they are the other way around.
VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
Velvet Underground -67
At first I only liked the songs where Nico sings, maybe because of her calming voice. But since listening to Lou Reed's solo works last year, I appreciate all the pieces now. The record handles harmonious melodies as well as dissobidient artfulness. They should have played many of Dylan's songs, it would have sound more interesting than many of his own interpretations. That's less true for Donovan (who I adore more) but that Lou and his friends shows similarities with Donovan on this album is a new discovery now.
wWw
15 November 2011
Triangle Drama # 16
Black'n'White movies with a big heart
+ glimpse in the eyes
about characters struggling for love, wealth or just acceptance
a bit distant from ordinary social networks
CITY LIGHTS
with Charlie Chaplin & Virginia Cherrill
by Charles Chaplin
USA -31
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
+3 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +12
DET REGNAR PÅ VÅR KÄRLEK
[It's Raining On Our Love]
with Gösta Cederlund, Barbro Kollberg & Birger Malmsten
by Ingmar Bergman (and Herbert Grevenius)
on Oskar Braaten [Bra Mennesker /"Good People"]
Sweden -46
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +10
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
with Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello, Joseph Cotten
by Orson Welles
USA -42
+3 Acting
+3 Scenography
-1 Thrill
0 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
+ glimpse in the eyes
about characters struggling for love, wealth or just acceptance
a bit distant from ordinary social networks
CITY LIGHTS
with Charlie Chaplin & Virginia Cherrill
by Charles Chaplin
USA -31
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
+3 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +12
DET REGNAR PÅ VÅR KÄRLEK
[It's Raining On Our Love]
with Gösta Cederlund, Barbro Kollberg & Birger Malmsten
by Ingmar Bergman (and Herbert Grevenius)
on Oskar Braaten [Bra Mennesker /"Good People"]
Sweden -46
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +10
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
with Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello, Joseph Cotten
by Orson Welles
USA -42
+3 Acting
+3 Scenography
-1 Thrill
0 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
12 November 2011
Also by Burt Bacharach of course
BB
It was in high school I began to listen to Burt Bacharach. Even though it was 1991 and I never had been to America (still don't) I loved his music more and more.
Here is (not a very favourite list, but) eleven songs I heard many times, before I realized they actually are made by Burt Bacharach:
1
(THERE'S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
with Sandie Shaw
2
WISHIN' AND HOPIN'
with Dusty Springfield
3
MY LITTLE RED BOOK
with Manfred Mann or with Love
4
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
with Gladys Knight, Elton John, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder
5
BABY, IT'S YOU
with The Shirelles
6
WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?
with Tom Jones
7
IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
with The Drifters or Dusty Springfield
8
ARTHUR'S THEME (caught between the Moon and New York city)
with Christopher Cross
9
TOWER OF STRENGTH
with Gene McDaniels
10
CASINO ROYALE
with Herb Alpert
11
MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF
with The Walker Brothers
Some of them I didn't realize until NOW where made by Burt - while hearing the collection "Magic Moments", which also includes older pieces (back to Perry Como) before Bacharach had become really big.
For the most part I first heard his own versions (from daddy's collection). But during the years I've come across covers here and there. Well, in Burt's case the pieces often were written directly for different singers to make, since his main roles were the composer's and the conductor's.
Also a medley of six Bacharach pieces I discover that Carpenter's have made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtNrB4ZHEBU&feature=related
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It was in high school I began to listen to Burt Bacharach. Even though it was 1991 and I never had been to America (still don't) I loved his music more and more.
Here is (not a very favourite list, but) eleven songs I heard many times, before I realized they actually are made by Burt Bacharach:
1
(THERE'S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
with Sandie Shaw
2
WISHIN' AND HOPIN'
with Dusty Springfield
3
MY LITTLE RED BOOK
with Manfred Mann or with Love
4
THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
with Gladys Knight, Elton John, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder
5
BABY, IT'S YOU
with The Shirelles
6
WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?
with Tom Jones
7
IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
with The Drifters or Dusty Springfield
8
ARTHUR'S THEME (caught between the Moon and New York city)
with Christopher Cross
9
TOWER OF STRENGTH
with Gene McDaniels
10
CASINO ROYALE
with Herb Alpert
11
MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF
with The Walker Brothers
Some of them I didn't realize until NOW where made by Burt - while hearing the collection "Magic Moments", which also includes older pieces (back to Perry Como) before Bacharach had become really big.
For the most part I first heard his own versions (from daddy's collection). But during the years I've come across covers here and there. Well, in Burt's case the pieces often were written directly for different singers to make, since his main roles were the composer's and the conductor's.
Also a medley of six Bacharach pieces I discover that Carpenter's have made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtNrB4ZHEBU&feature=related
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11 November 2011
11 loveliest Soul /R&B /Jazz SONGS of 2011
??
1
CHECKOUT TIME
Nick Lowe
2
A NIGHT LIKE THIS
Caro Emerald
3
EN SOMMARDAG SOM STÄNGS AV
[A Summer's Day Bein' Turned Off]
Anna Järvinen
4
GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
Paul Simon
5
BREATH AWAY
Duffy
(Released late -10)
6
PRICE TAG (It's not about the money)
Jessie J
7
6 WEEKS
James Morrison
8
OTIS
Jay-Z & Kanye West
9
THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER
P J Harvey
10
THE CIRCLE MARRIED THE LINE
Leslie Feist
11
TAKE IT ALL
Adele Adkins
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1
CHECKOUT TIME
Nick Lowe
2
A NIGHT LIKE THIS
Caro Emerald
3
EN SOMMARDAG SOM STÄNGS AV
[A Summer's Day Bein' Turned Off]
Anna Järvinen
4
GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
Paul Simon
5
BREATH AWAY
Duffy
(Released late -10)
6
PRICE TAG (It's not about the money)
Jessie J
7
6 WEEKS
James Morrison
8
OTIS
Jay-Z & Kanye West
9
THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER
P J Harvey
10
THE CIRCLE MARRIED THE LINE
Leslie Feist
11
TAKE IT ALL
Adele Adkins
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10 November 2011
11 loveliest Folk /Country SONGS of 2011
??
1
OLD ALABAMA
Brad Paisley
2
I DO
Colbie Caillat
3
ARMS
Christina Perri
4
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
Stevie Nicks
5
(SHE THINKS WE'RE) JUST FISHIN'
Trace Adkins
6
GIRL IN A TRUCK
Kevin Fowler
7
ALL KINDS OF KINDS
Miranda Lambert
8
GEORGIA PEACHES
Lauren Alaina
9
TRAITOR
Richard Buckner
10
TOO DAMN YOUNG
Luke Bryan
11
DRIVE HER OUT
Josh T. Pearson
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1
OLD ALABAMA
Brad Paisley
2
I DO
Colbie Caillat
3
ARMS
Christina Perri
4
FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
Stevie Nicks
5
(SHE THINKS WE'RE) JUST FISHIN'
Trace Adkins
6
GIRL IN A TRUCK
Kevin Fowler
7
ALL KINDS OF KINDS
Miranda Lambert
8
GEORGIA PEACHES
Lauren Alaina
9
TRAITOR
Richard Buckner
10
TOO DAMN YOUNG
Luke Bryan
11
DRIVE HER OUT
Josh T. Pearson
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08 November 2011
11 loveliest Indie Pop /Art Rock SONGS of 2011
??
1
FIRST LIGHT
My Morning Jacket
2
I MIGHT
Wilco
3
NEAT LITTLE ROWS
Elbow
4
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
The Strokes
5
WHAT YOU WANT
Evanescene
6
(WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM) POST BREAK-UP SEX
The Vaccines
7
WAR IN HEAVEN
The Raveonettes
8
UNGRATEFUL
Frankie & The Heartstrings
9
EVERYBODY'S ON THE RUN
Noel Gallagher
10
DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN
Kasabian
11
NEW DIRECTION
The Black Lips
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1
FIRST LIGHT
My Morning Jacket
2
I MIGHT
Wilco
3
NEAT LITTLE ROWS
Elbow
4
UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
The Strokes
5
WHAT YOU WANT
Evanescene
6
(WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM) POST BREAK-UP SEX
The Vaccines
7
WAR IN HEAVEN
The Raveonettes
8
UNGRATEFUL
Frankie & The Heartstrings
9
EVERYBODY'S ON THE RUN
Noel Gallagher
10
DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN
Kasabian
11
NEW DIRECTION
The Black Lips
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07 November 2011
11 loveliest Electronica /Synth SONGS of 2011
??
1
PARADISE
Coldplay
2
CINEMA
Benny Benassi (featuring Gary Go)
3
WEEKEND
Class Actress [=Elisabeth Harper & Mark Richardson]
4
FIRE IN THE HOUSE
Hard-Fi
5
STAY AWAKE
Example [=Elliot Gleave]
6
STRANGERS
White Lies
7
GUILT
Nero
8
HOLD IT AGAINST ME (if I said I want your body now)
Britney Spears
9
CLOUD 4
Brian Eno (and the words of Rick Holland)
10
SITTING ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD
Roxette
11
OUTSIDE INSIDE
The Streets
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1
PARADISE
Coldplay
2
CINEMA
Benny Benassi (featuring Gary Go)
3
WEEKEND
Class Actress [=Elisabeth Harper & Mark Richardson]
4
FIRE IN THE HOUSE
Hard-Fi
5
STAY AWAKE
Example [=Elliot Gleave]
6
STRANGERS
White Lies
7
GUILT
Nero
8
HOLD IT AGAINST ME (if I said I want your body now)
Britney Spears
9
CLOUD 4
Brian Eno (and the words of Rick Holland)
10
SITTING ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD
Roxette
11
OUTSIDE INSIDE
The Streets
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Triangle Drama # 7
dramas about being crazy or not
by living in locked institutions
or by leaving locked institutions
by one's own will or not
one prison
one monastery
one mental hospital
OZ
first season, 8 episodes
created by Tom Fontana
USA [HBO] -97
+3 Acting
-1 Scenography
+3 Thrill
-2 Humour
0 Fantasy
+3 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +8
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
by Milos Forman
USA -75
+3 Acting
-2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +7
OF GODS AND MEN [Des Hommes et Des Dieux]
by Xavier Beauvois
France /Morocco -10
0 Acting
0 Scenography
-2 Thrill
-3 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -7
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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by living in locked institutions
or by leaving locked institutions
by one's own will or not
one prison
one monastery
one mental hospital
OZ
first season, 8 episodes
created by Tom Fontana
USA [HBO] -97
+3 Acting
-1 Scenography
+3 Thrill
-2 Humour
0 Fantasy
+3 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +8
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
by Milos Forman
USA -75
+3 Acting
-2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +7
OF GODS AND MEN [Des Hommes et Des Dieux]
by Xavier Beauvois
France /Morocco -10
0 Acting
0 Scenography
-2 Thrill
-3 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -7
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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06 November 2011
111 movies among imdb Top 250
By this time in my life I've watched 150 among the 250 movies highest voted (by all world's users) on "internet movie database"
and then I mean consciously during the last decade. Here is my list of how much I've appreciated to see each one before I die.
# shows the actual position on their Top 250 by the time this list was made
1. (# 90)
2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY
by Stanley Kubrick -68
2. (# 46)
VERTIGO
by Alfred Hitchcock -58
3. (# 200)
PERSONA
by Ingmar Bergman -66
4. (# 76)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
by Sergio Leone -84
5. (# 120)
BLADE RUNNER
by Ridley Scott -82
6. (# 45)
SPIRITED AWAY
by Hayao Miyazaki -01
7. (# 165)
GROUNDHOG DAY ["Måndag hela veckan"]
by Harold Ramis -93
8. (# 65)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
by Michel Gondry -04
9. (# 193)
8 1/2
by Federico Fellini -63
10. (# 12)
INCEPTION
by Christopher Nolan -10
11. (# 96)
THE STING ["Blåsningen"]
by George Roy Hill -73
12. (# 239)
STALKER
by Andrei Tarkowsky -79
13. (# 48)
THE SHINING
by Stanley Kubrick -80
14. (# 22)
REAR WINDOW
by Alfred Hitchcock -54
15. (# 218)
SHERLOCK JR.
by Buster Keaton -24
16. (# 5)
PULP FICTION
by Quentin Tarantino -94
17. (# 67)
BACK TO THE FUTURE
by Robert Zemeckis -85
18. (# 103)
GRAN TORINO
by Clint Eastwood -08
19. (# 43)
TAXI DRIVER
by Martin Scorsese -76
20. (# 57)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
by Stanley Kubrick -71
21. (# 13)
SEVEN SAMURAI
by Akira Kurosawa -54
22. (# 52)
M
by Fritz Lang -31
23. (# 50)
AMELIE FROM MONTMARTRE
by Jean-Pierre Jeunet -01
24. (# 128)
WILD STRAWBERRIES
by Ingmar Bergman -57
25. (# 229)
ROMAN HOLIDAY ["Prinsessa på vift"]
by William Wyler -53
26. (# 140)
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
by Frank Capra -34
27. (# 27)
SEVEN
by David Fincher -95
28. (# 44)
ALIEN
by Ridley Scott -79
29. (# 86)
BICYCLE THIEVES
by Vittorio de Sica -48
30. (# 61)
MODERN TIMES
by Charles Chaplin -36
31. (# 20)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
by Sergio Leone -68
32. (# 98)
STAR WARS episode VI : RETURN OF THE JEDI
by Richard Marquand -83
33. (# 53)
WALL-E
[Pixar]
by Andrew Stanton -08
34. (# 30)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
by Frank Capra -46
35. (# 159)
SUNRISE
by F.W. Murnau -27
36. (# 82)
SOME LIKE IT HOT
by Billy Wilder -59
37. (# 2) + (# 3)
THE GODFATHER
+ THE GODFATHER part 2
by Francis Ford Coppola -72 /-74
38. (# 152)
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
by Clint Eastwood -04
39. (# 244)
MONSTERS INC.
[Pixar]
by Pete Docter -01
40. (# 118)
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
by Sergio Leone -65
41. (# 1)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION ["Nyckeln till Frihet"]
by Frank Darabont -94
42. (# 24)
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
by Jonathan Demme -91
43. (# 138)
ANNIE HALL
by Woody Allen -77
44. (# 194)
MARY & MAX
by Adam Elliot -09
45. (# 31)
MEMENTO
by Christopher Nolan -00
46. (# 91)
METROPOLIS
by Fritz Lang -27
47. (# 21)
MATRIX
by Andy & Lana Wachowski -99
48. (# 78)
RAGING BULL
by Martin Scorsese -80
49. (# 188)
THE WRESTLER
by Darren Aronofsky -08
50. (# 99)
THE ELEPHANT MAN
by David Lynch -80
51. (# 166)
THE THING
by John Carpenter -82
52. (# 248)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
[Disney]
by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise -91
53. (# 68)
THE THIRD MAN
by Carol Reed -49
54. (# 38)
CITIZEN KANE
by Orson Welles -41
55. (# 247)
RAIN MAN
by Barry Levinson -88
56. (# 8)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
by Milos Forman -75
57. (# 63)
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL [LA VITA É BELLA]
by Roberto Benigni -97
58. (# 83)
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly -52
59. (# 151)
BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID
by George Roy Hill -69
60. (# 93)
OLDBOY
by Chan-wook Park -03
61. (# 77)
RASHOMON ["Demonernas Port"]
by Akira Kurosawa -50
62. (# 207)
THE WILD BUNCH
by Sam Peckinpah -69
63. (# 131)
THE WIZARD OF OZ
by Victor Flemming -39
64. (# 47)
CITY LIGHTS
by Charles Chaplin -31
65. (# 62)
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
by Darren Aronofsky -00
66. (# 110)
THE SEVENTH SEAL
by Ingmar Bergman -57
67. (# 205)
THE EXORCIST
by William Friedkin -73
68. (# 179)
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
69. (# 4)
THE GOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY
by Sergio Leone -66
70. (# 58)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
by David Lean -62
71. (# 187)
GANDHI
by Richard Attenborough -82
72. (# 18)
CITY OF GOD
by Fernando Meirelles & Katia Lund -02
73. (# 202)
LA STRADA
by Federico Fellini -54
74. (# 108)
REBECCA
by Alfred Hitchcock -40
75. (# 224)
ROSEMARY'S BABY
by Roman Polanski -68
76. (# 126)
JAWS ["Hajen"]
by Steven Spielberg -75
77. (# 211)
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
by Carl Theodor Dreyer -28
78. (# 206)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
by Julian Schnabel -07
79. (# 116)
BLACK SWAN
by Darren Aronofsky -10
80. (# 123)
SNATCH
by Guy Ritchie -00
81. (# 14)
FIGHT CLUB
by David Fincher -99
82. (# 107)
DIE HARD
by John McTiernan -88
83. (# 163)
AMORES PERROS ["Kärlekens Hundar"]
by Alejandro Gonzales Inaritu -00
84. (# 40)
AMERICAN BEAUTY
by Sam Mendes -99
85. (# 250)
NOSFERATU
by F.W. Murnau -22
86. (# 26)
PSYCHO
by Alfred Hitchcock -60
87. (# 115)
YOJIMBO
by Akira Kurosawa -61
88. (# 184)
MY FRIEND TOTORO
by Hayao Miyazaki -88
89. (# 133)
TOY STORY
[Pixar]
by John Lasseter -95
90. (# 216)
TRUMAN SHOW
by Peter Weir -98
91. (# 222)
MYSTIC RIVER
by Clint Eastwood -03
92. (# 178)
STAND BY ME
by Rob Reiner -86
93. (# 60)
HOW TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Robert Mulligan -62
94. (# 142)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
by Danny Boyle & Loveleen Tandan -08
95. (# 238)
KILL BILL volume 2
by Quentin Tarantino -04
96. (# 119)
THE GENERAL
by Buster Keaton -26
97. (# 34)
DR STRANGELOVE (or HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB)
by Stanley Kubrick -64
98. (# 11)
STAR WARS : THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
by Irvin Kershner -80
99. (# 169)
DISTRICT 9
by Neill Blomkamp -09
100. (# 10)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS part III : THE RETURN OF THE KING
by Peter Jackson -03
101. (# 125)
THE KING'S SPEECH
by Tom Hooper -10
102. (# 160)
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
by Juan José Campanella -09
103. (# 55)
THE LIFE OF OTHERS
by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck -06
104. (# 104)
UP
[Pixar]
by Pete Docter & Bob Peterson -09
105. (# 192)
THE 400 BLOWS
by Francois Truffaut -59
106. (# 190)
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER ["Trasdockan"]
by Charles Laughton -55
107. (# 223)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ["Låt Den Rätte Komma In"]
by Tomas Alfredson -08
108. (# 87)
PAN'S LABYRINTH
by Guillermo del Toro -06
109. (# 85)
GLADIATOR
by Ridley Scott -00
110. (# 97)
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
by Quentin Tarantino -09
111. (# 182)
TWELVE MONKEYS
by Terry Gilliam -95
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and then I mean consciously during the last decade. Here is my list of how much I've appreciated to see each one before I die.
# shows the actual position on their Top 250 by the time this list was made
1. (# 90)
2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY
by Stanley Kubrick -68
2. (# 46)
VERTIGO
by Alfred Hitchcock -58
3. (# 200)
PERSONA
by Ingmar Bergman -66
4. (# 76)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
by Sergio Leone -84
5. (# 120)
BLADE RUNNER
by Ridley Scott -82
6. (# 45)
SPIRITED AWAY
by Hayao Miyazaki -01
7. (# 165)
GROUNDHOG DAY ["Måndag hela veckan"]
by Harold Ramis -93
8. (# 65)
ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
by Michel Gondry -04
9. (# 193)
8 1/2
by Federico Fellini -63
10. (# 12)
INCEPTION
by Christopher Nolan -10
11. (# 96)
THE STING ["Blåsningen"]
by George Roy Hill -73
12. (# 239)
STALKER
by Andrei Tarkowsky -79
13. (# 48)
THE SHINING
by Stanley Kubrick -80
14. (# 22)
REAR WINDOW
by Alfred Hitchcock -54
15. (# 218)
SHERLOCK JR.
by Buster Keaton -24
16. (# 5)
PULP FICTION
by Quentin Tarantino -94
17. (# 67)
BACK TO THE FUTURE
by Robert Zemeckis -85
18. (# 103)
GRAN TORINO
by Clint Eastwood -08
19. (# 43)
TAXI DRIVER
by Martin Scorsese -76
20. (# 57)
A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
by Stanley Kubrick -71
21. (# 13)
SEVEN SAMURAI
by Akira Kurosawa -54
22. (# 52)
M
by Fritz Lang -31
23. (# 50)
AMELIE FROM MONTMARTRE
by Jean-Pierre Jeunet -01
24. (# 128)
WILD STRAWBERRIES
by Ingmar Bergman -57
25. (# 229)
ROMAN HOLIDAY ["Prinsessa på vift"]
by William Wyler -53
26. (# 140)
IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
by Frank Capra -34
27. (# 27)
SEVEN
by David Fincher -95
28. (# 44)
ALIEN
by Ridley Scott -79
29. (# 86)
BICYCLE THIEVES
by Vittorio de Sica -48
30. (# 61)
MODERN TIMES
by Charles Chaplin -36
31. (# 20)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
by Sergio Leone -68
32. (# 98)
STAR WARS episode VI : RETURN OF THE JEDI
by Richard Marquand -83
33. (# 53)
WALL-E
[Pixar]
by Andrew Stanton -08
34. (# 30)
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
by Frank Capra -46
35. (# 159)
SUNRISE
by F.W. Murnau -27
36. (# 82)
SOME LIKE IT HOT
by Billy Wilder -59
37. (# 2) + (# 3)
THE GODFATHER
+ THE GODFATHER part 2
by Francis Ford Coppola -72 /-74
38. (# 152)
MILLION DOLLAR BABY
by Clint Eastwood -04
39. (# 244)
MONSTERS INC.
[Pixar]
by Pete Docter -01
40. (# 118)
FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
by Sergio Leone -65
41. (# 1)
THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION ["Nyckeln till Frihet"]
by Frank Darabont -94
42. (# 24)
SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
by Jonathan Demme -91
43. (# 138)
ANNIE HALL
by Woody Allen -77
44. (# 194)
MARY & MAX
by Adam Elliot -09
45. (# 31)
MEMENTO
by Christopher Nolan -00
46. (# 91)
METROPOLIS
by Fritz Lang -27
47. (# 21)
MATRIX
by Andy & Lana Wachowski -99
48. (# 78)
RAGING BULL
by Martin Scorsese -80
49. (# 188)
THE WRESTLER
by Darren Aronofsky -08
50. (# 99)
THE ELEPHANT MAN
by David Lynch -80
51. (# 166)
THE THING
by John Carpenter -82
52. (# 248)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
[Disney]
by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise -91
53. (# 68)
THE THIRD MAN
by Carol Reed -49
54. (# 38)
CITIZEN KANE
by Orson Welles -41
55. (# 247)
RAIN MAN
by Barry Levinson -88
56. (# 8)
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
by Milos Forman -75
57. (# 63)
LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL [LA VITA É BELLA]
by Roberto Benigni -97
58. (# 83)
SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly -52
59. (# 151)
BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID
by George Roy Hill -69
60. (# 93)
OLDBOY
by Chan-wook Park -03
61. (# 77)
RASHOMON ["Demonernas Port"]
by Akira Kurosawa -50
62. (# 207)
THE WILD BUNCH
by Sam Peckinpah -69
63. (# 131)
THE WIZARD OF OZ
by Victor Flemming -39
64. (# 47)
CITY LIGHTS
by Charles Chaplin -31
65. (# 62)
REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
by Darren Aronofsky -00
66. (# 110)
THE SEVENTH SEAL
by Ingmar Bergman -57
67. (# 205)
THE EXORCIST
by William Friedkin -73
68. (# 179)
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders
69. (# 4)
THE GOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY
by Sergio Leone -66
70. (# 58)
LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
by David Lean -62
71. (# 187)
GANDHI
by Richard Attenborough -82
72. (# 18)
CITY OF GOD
by Fernando Meirelles & Katia Lund -02
73. (# 202)
LA STRADA
by Federico Fellini -54
74. (# 108)
REBECCA
by Alfred Hitchcock -40
75. (# 224)
ROSEMARY'S BABY
by Roman Polanski -68
76. (# 126)
JAWS ["Hajen"]
by Steven Spielberg -75
77. (# 211)
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
by Carl Theodor Dreyer -28
78. (# 206)
THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
by Julian Schnabel -07
79. (# 116)
BLACK SWAN
by Darren Aronofsky -10
80. (# 123)
SNATCH
by Guy Ritchie -00
81. (# 14)
FIGHT CLUB
by David Fincher -99
82. (# 107)
DIE HARD
by John McTiernan -88
83. (# 163)
AMORES PERROS ["Kärlekens Hundar"]
by Alejandro Gonzales Inaritu -00
84. (# 40)
AMERICAN BEAUTY
by Sam Mendes -99
85. (# 250)
NOSFERATU
by F.W. Murnau -22
86. (# 26)
PSYCHO
by Alfred Hitchcock -60
87. (# 115)
YOJIMBO
by Akira Kurosawa -61
88. (# 184)
MY FRIEND TOTORO
by Hayao Miyazaki -88
89. (# 133)
TOY STORY
[Pixar]
by John Lasseter -95
90. (# 216)
TRUMAN SHOW
by Peter Weir -98
91. (# 222)
MYSTIC RIVER
by Clint Eastwood -03
92. (# 178)
STAND BY ME
by Rob Reiner -86
93. (# 60)
HOW TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Robert Mulligan -62
94. (# 142)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
by Danny Boyle & Loveleen Tandan -08
95. (# 238)
KILL BILL volume 2
by Quentin Tarantino -04
96. (# 119)
THE GENERAL
by Buster Keaton -26
97. (# 34)
DR STRANGELOVE (or HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB)
by Stanley Kubrick -64
98. (# 11)
STAR WARS : THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
by Irvin Kershner -80
99. (# 169)
DISTRICT 9
by Neill Blomkamp -09
100. (# 10)
THE LORD OF THE RINGS part III : THE RETURN OF THE KING
by Peter Jackson -03
101. (# 125)
THE KING'S SPEECH
by Tom Hooper -10
102. (# 160)
THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
by Juan José Campanella -09
103. (# 55)
THE LIFE OF OTHERS
by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck -06
104. (# 104)
UP
[Pixar]
by Pete Docter & Bob Peterson -09
105. (# 192)
THE 400 BLOWS
by Francois Truffaut -59
106. (# 190)
THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER ["Trasdockan"]
by Charles Laughton -55
107. (# 223)
LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ["Låt Den Rätte Komma In"]
by Tomas Alfredson -08
108. (# 87)
PAN'S LABYRINTH
by Guillermo del Toro -06
109. (# 85)
GLADIATOR
by Ridley Scott -00
110. (# 97)
INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
by Quentin Tarantino -09
111. (# 182)
TWELVE MONKEYS
by Terry Gilliam -95
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03 November 2011
Triangle Drama # 21
three written pieces = two short stories and one novel
of Sci-Fi and/or horror fantasy
about human fantasy
JORDEN ÄR EN SAGA ["Planet Earth is A Fairytale"]
by Sven Christer Swahn
Sweden 2004
(in nova sci-fi magazine)
+3 Language
-1 Characters
+1 Thrill
+1 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
by Ray Bradbury
USA 1962
through audio book read by Kevin Foley
+1 Language
+2 Characters
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= +6
THE SILVER KEY
by H.P. Lovecraft
USA 1926
translated to swedish (in mitrania sci-fi magazine)
+1 Language
-2 Characters
-2 Thrill
-3 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -3
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a story worth reading
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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of Sci-Fi and/or horror fantasy
about human fantasy
JORDEN ÄR EN SAGA ["Planet Earth is A Fairytale"]
by Sven Christer Swahn
Sweden 2004
(in nova sci-fi magazine)
+3 Language
-1 Characters
+1 Thrill
+1 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
by Ray Bradbury
USA 1962
through audio book read by Kevin Foley
+1 Language
+2 Characters
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= +6
THE SILVER KEY
by H.P. Lovecraft
USA 1926
translated to swedish (in mitrania sci-fi magazine)
+1 Language
-2 Characters
-2 Thrill
-3 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -3
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a story worth reading
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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01 November 2011
Triangle Drama # 12
Old Sci-Fi which I was surprised to find a bit forced or shallow
First two episodes of series I've never seen before
with 22 years between each
very first episodes of DOCTOR WHO
"An Unearthly Child"
created by Sydney Newman
UK -63
-3 Acting
0 Scenography
-2 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -4
AMAZING STORIES
"Ghost Train" and so on
created by Steven Spielberg
USA -85
-3 Acting
+1 Scenography
-2 Thrill
-1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
0 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -5
FLASH GORDON : SPACE SOLDIERS CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE
"The Purple Death"
by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor
USA -41
-3 Acting
+3 Scenography
-3 Thrill
-2 Humour
-2 Fantasy
-3 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= -11
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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First two episodes of series I've never seen before
with 22 years between each
very first episodes of DOCTOR WHO
"An Unearthly Child"
created by Sydney Newman
UK -63
-3 Acting
0 Scenography
-2 Thrill
0 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -4
AMAZING STORIES
"Ghost Train" and so on
created by Steven Spielberg
USA -85
-3 Acting
+1 Scenography
-2 Thrill
-1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
0 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -5
FLASH GORDON : SPACE SOLDIERS CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE
"The Purple Death"
by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor
USA -41
-3 Acting
+3 Scenography
-3 Thrill
-2 Humour
-2 Fantasy
-3 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= -11
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
31 October 2011
Warriors of OZ
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After almost whole First Season (8 episodes)
of OZ
[Oswald Maximum Security Prison]
where darkened souls makes even more devils of each other,
except those who dares fighting for human trust...
Characters I feel most SYMPATHY for
=their tendencies so far
Warden Tim McManus
Officer Diane Whittlesey
Prisoner Jefferson Keane
Prisoner Kareem Said
Storyteller Augustus Hill
Prisoner Bob Rebadow
Sister Marie Reimondo
Prisoner Miguel Alvarez
Characters whose tendencies I feel most CONTEMPT for
=their tendencies so far
Governor James Devlin
Officer Mike Healy
Prisoner Simon Adebisi
Prisoner Kenny Wangler
Prisoner Jackson Vahue
Prisoner Vern Schillinger
Prisoner Ryan O'Reily
Prisoner Scott Ross
Characters whose tendencies I feel most INTEREST in
=their tendencies so far
Prisoner Kareem Said
Prisoner Nino Schibetta
Prisoner Ryan O'Reily
Prisoner Tobias Beecher
Prisoner Vern Schillinger
Prisoner Huseini Mershah
Warden Leo Glynn
Warden Tim McManus
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After almost whole First Season (8 episodes)
of OZ
[Oswald Maximum Security Prison]
where darkened souls makes even more devils of each other,
except those who dares fighting for human trust...
Characters I feel most SYMPATHY for
=their tendencies so far
Warden Tim McManus
Officer Diane Whittlesey
Prisoner Jefferson Keane
Prisoner Kareem Said
Storyteller Augustus Hill
Prisoner Bob Rebadow
Sister Marie Reimondo
Prisoner Miguel Alvarez
Characters whose tendencies I feel most CONTEMPT for
=their tendencies so far
Governor James Devlin
Officer Mike Healy
Prisoner Simon Adebisi
Prisoner Kenny Wangler
Prisoner Jackson Vahue
Prisoner Vern Schillinger
Prisoner Ryan O'Reily
Prisoner Scott Ross
Characters whose tendencies I feel most INTEREST in
=their tendencies so far
Prisoner Kareem Said
Prisoner Nino Schibetta
Prisoner Ryan O'Reily
Prisoner Tobias Beecher
Prisoner Vern Schillinger
Prisoner Huseini Mershah
Warden Leo Glynn
Warden Tim McManus
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30 October 2011
Triangle Drama # 6
a musical college series (from now about now)
a musical college movie (from -82 about -61)
a swedish punk portrait (from -05 about -82)
GLEE
season 1
first 6 episodes
with Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and many more
created by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy
USA -09
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
GOD SAVE THE KING [TJENARE KUNGEN]
with Josefin Neldén and others
by Ulf Malmros
Sweden -05
+1 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +6
GREASE part 2
with Maxwell Caulfield & Michelle Pfeiffer
by Patricia Birch
USA -82
-1 Acting
+1 Scenography
-3 Thrill
-2 Humour
-2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= -8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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a musical college movie (from -82 about -61)
a swedish punk portrait (from -05 about -82)
GLEE
season 1
first 6 episodes
with Lea Michele, Matthew Morrison and many more
created by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy
USA -09
+3 Acting
+2 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
GOD SAVE THE KING [TJENARE KUNGEN]
with Josefin Neldén and others
by Ulf Malmros
Sweden -05
+1 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +6
GREASE part 2
with Maxwell Caulfield & Michelle Pfeiffer
by Patricia Birch
USA -82
-1 Acting
+1 Scenography
-3 Thrill
-2 Humour
-2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= -8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
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Even More Glee
Watching first season of GLEE, the great drama-comedy about a musical/sports school.
I give the characters - some of them caricatures, others more complex - different plus or minus points for each episode where they play a part. (Mention them with their main occupation as it seems to be). To better see the process, how they're developing or not...
So far, after 8 seen episodes, their attractiveness + human goodness turns out like this to me:
+39
Rachel Berry (musical singer)
+35
Will Schuester (teacher responsible for school's music club)
+35
Emma Pillsbury (student's advicer)
+24
Principal Figgins (headmaster)
+20
Mercedes Jones (R'n'B singer)
+15
Sandy Ryerson (teacher not allowed to teach)
+13
Brittany Pierce (cheerleader)
+12
April Rhodes (old pupil)
+10
Finn Hudson (musical singer and boyfriend)
+8
Burt Hummel (daddy)
+5
Kurt Hummel (dancer)
+4
Tina Cohen-Chang (singer or something)
+2
Noah "Puck" Puckerman (fotball-player)
+2
Artie Abrams (wheel-chair performer)
0p
Jacob Ben Israel (blogger)
-1
Santana Lopez (cheerleader)
-2
Quinn Fabray (cheerleader stripped of her leading role)
-3
Dr Wu (doctor)
-5
Rod Remington (TV producer)
-8
Howard Bamboo (employed)
-14
Kendra Giardi (sister of Terri)
-28
Ken Tanaka (sports teacher)
-42
Sue Sylvester (sports teacher and enemy to school's music club)
-60
Terri Schuester (not pregnant wife)
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I give the characters - some of them caricatures, others more complex - different plus or minus points for each episode where they play a part. (Mention them with their main occupation as it seems to be). To better see the process, how they're developing or not...
So far, after 8 seen episodes, their attractiveness + human goodness turns out like this to me:
+39
Rachel Berry (musical singer)
+35
Will Schuester (teacher responsible for school's music club)
+35
Emma Pillsbury (student's advicer)
+24
Principal Figgins (headmaster)
+20
Mercedes Jones (R'n'B singer)
+15
Sandy Ryerson (teacher not allowed to teach)
+13
Brittany Pierce (cheerleader)
+12
April Rhodes (old pupil)
+10
Finn Hudson (musical singer and boyfriend)
+8
Burt Hummel (daddy)
+5
Kurt Hummel (dancer)
+4
Tina Cohen-Chang (singer or something)
+2
Noah "Puck" Puckerman (fotball-player)
+2
Artie Abrams (wheel-chair performer)
0p
Jacob Ben Israel (blogger)
-1
Santana Lopez (cheerleader)
-2
Quinn Fabray (cheerleader stripped of her leading role)
-3
Dr Wu (doctor)
-5
Rod Remington (TV producer)
-8
Howard Bamboo (employed)
-14
Kendra Giardi (sister of Terri)
-28
Ken Tanaka (sports teacher)
-42
Sue Sylvester (sports teacher and enemy to school's music club)
-60
Terri Schuester (not pregnant wife)
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26 October 2011
Octopus's Pieces of Star
during this October
while Octopus is transforming into Scorpio
THE BIGGEST OCTOPUS
8 pieces I began to love some years before, and much more now
1
FLIGHT (...The White Cave...)
with Peter Hammill
by Peter Hammill
from A Black Box -80
2
REFUGEES
with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill
from The Least We Can Do is Wave To Each Other -70
[also discovered the single version]
3
UNFINISHED SWEET
with Alice Cooper
by Bruce, Smith & Cooper
from Billion Dollar Babies -73
4
ROLL AWAY THE STONE
with Mott The Hoople
by Ian Hunter
from The Hoople -74
5
STAR
with David Bowie or Ziggy Stardust
by David Bowie
from (The Rise And Fall of) Ziggy Stardust -72
6
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
new cover with Cory Monteith, Lea Michele and more
by Journey [Jonathan Cain, Neil Schon, Steve Perry]
from first season of the very good tv-series GLEE -09
7
SING THIS ALL TOGETHER (SEE WHAT HAPPENS)
= the long session
with Rolling Stones
by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
from Their Satanic Majesties Request -67
8
(I GOT YOU LIKE A HAMMER IN A) BED OF NAILS
with Alice Cooper
by Diane Warren, Alice Cooper, Desmond Child
from Trash -89
the smaller octopus
10 pieces that seems really worth the struggling to get a grip by
= never really heard until now
9
DOPO... NIENTE E' PIU' LO STESSO
[Tomorrow... Nothing's More The Same]
with Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
by Nocenzi & Di Giacomo
from Io Sono Nato Libero -73
10
(NO MORE) THE SUBMARINER
with Peter Hammill
by Peter Hammill
from In Camera -74
11
LAST FRAME
with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill
version from Vital : Van Der Graaf LIVE -78
12
PEEL THE PAINT
with Gentle Giant
by Shulman, Minnear, Shulman & Shulman
from Three Friends -73
13
A COMMOTION
with Feist
by Leslie Feist
from Metals -11
14
THE MILK MAN'S MATINÉE
with Edythe Wright singin' and Tommy Dorsey on trombone
by Rafaz, Davis, Denniker
from Music Maestro Please!, Tommy Dorsey vol 1 (1935-39)
15
THE LADY IS A TRAMP
with Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett
by Rodgers & Hart
from Duets part II -11
16
HALL OF DANCE (second movement)
with John Wilson & London Classical Orchestra
by Paul McCartney
from Paul McCartney's Ocean's Kingdom -11
17
ROCK & ROLL
with Velvet Underground
by Lou Reed
from Loaded -70
18
I TURNED INTO A MARTIAN
with Misfits
by Glenn Danzig
from Walk Among Us -82
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while Octopus is transforming into Scorpio
THE BIGGEST OCTOPUS
8 pieces I began to love some years before, and much more now
1
FLIGHT (...The White Cave...)
with Peter Hammill
by Peter Hammill
from A Black Box -80
2
REFUGEES
with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill
from The Least We Can Do is Wave To Each Other -70
[also discovered the single version]
3
UNFINISHED SWEET
with Alice Cooper
by Bruce, Smith & Cooper
from Billion Dollar Babies -73
4
ROLL AWAY THE STONE
with Mott The Hoople
by Ian Hunter
from The Hoople -74
5
STAR
with David Bowie or Ziggy Stardust
by David Bowie
from (The Rise And Fall of) Ziggy Stardust -72
6
DON'T STOP BELIEVIN'
new cover with Cory Monteith, Lea Michele and more
by Journey [Jonathan Cain, Neil Schon, Steve Perry]
from first season of the very good tv-series GLEE -09
7
SING THIS ALL TOGETHER (SEE WHAT HAPPENS)
= the long session
with Rolling Stones
by Mick Jagger & Keith Richards
from Their Satanic Majesties Request -67
8
(I GOT YOU LIKE A HAMMER IN A) BED OF NAILS
with Alice Cooper
by Diane Warren, Alice Cooper, Desmond Child
from Trash -89
the smaller octopus
10 pieces that seems really worth the struggling to get a grip by
= never really heard until now
9
DOPO... NIENTE E' PIU' LO STESSO
[Tomorrow... Nothing's More The Same]
with Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
by Nocenzi & Di Giacomo
from Io Sono Nato Libero -73
10
(NO MORE) THE SUBMARINER
with Peter Hammill
by Peter Hammill
from In Camera -74
11
LAST FRAME
with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill
version from Vital : Van Der Graaf LIVE -78
12
PEEL THE PAINT
with Gentle Giant
by Shulman, Minnear, Shulman & Shulman
from Three Friends -73
13
A COMMOTION
with Feist
by Leslie Feist
from Metals -11
14
THE MILK MAN'S MATINÉE
with Edythe Wright singin' and Tommy Dorsey on trombone
by Rafaz, Davis, Denniker
from Music Maestro Please!, Tommy Dorsey vol 1 (1935-39)
15
THE LADY IS A TRAMP
with Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett
by Rodgers & Hart
from Duets part II -11
16
HALL OF DANCE (second movement)
with John Wilson & London Classical Orchestra
by Paul McCartney
from Paul McCartney's Ocean's Kingdom -11
17
ROCK & ROLL
with Velvet Underground
by Lou Reed
from Loaded -70
18
I TURNED INTO A MARTIAN
with Misfits
by Glenn Danzig
from Walk Among Us -82
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25 October 2011
24 October 2011
my House by the Hat
wWwW
For the sorting hat to put you into one of the four Hogwart's Houses (from Harry Potter's school), this is a surprisingly complex test.
http://www.personalitylab.org/tests/ccq_hogwarts.htm
With 9 X 122 possibilities to make your personal patterns tailormade, it also seems to serve as a ground for psychological research. A test trying to cover more than it can?
My answers where interpreted by this sorting hat as :
73 p for Ravenclaw (air)
70 p for Slytherin (water)
52 p for Gryffindor (fire)
47 p for Hufflepuff (earth)
To be honest, I got even the highest sum for Slytherin at first, since I possess a strongly non-social side among my more human sides (and also a deeply conservative side among my more liberal sides).
But soon I changed some answers to fit better with the smart, spiritual Ravenclaw, which many people (including I) would think suits me best. I already have had an affair with Luna Lovegood ;-)
Then in another, shorter test, though with more moral questions
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/HarryPotter/Docs/Quiz-House.html
I still got Ravenclaw (12 p, closely followed by 10 p each for Gryffindor, Slytherin and Hufflepuff, so my morality seems extremely balanced :-))
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For the sorting hat to put you into one of the four Hogwart's Houses (from Harry Potter's school), this is a surprisingly complex test.
http://www.personalitylab.org/tests/ccq_hogwarts.htm
With 9 X 122 possibilities to make your personal patterns tailormade, it also seems to serve as a ground for psychological research. A test trying to cover more than it can?
My answers where interpreted by this sorting hat as :
73 p for Ravenclaw (air)
70 p for Slytherin (water)
52 p for Gryffindor (fire)
47 p for Hufflepuff (earth)
To be honest, I got even the highest sum for Slytherin at first, since I possess a strongly non-social side among my more human sides (and also a deeply conservative side among my more liberal sides).
But soon I changed some answers to fit better with the smart, spiritual Ravenclaw, which many people (including I) would think suits me best. I already have had an affair with Luna Lovegood ;-)
Then in another, shorter test, though with more moral questions
http://www.thealmightyguru.com/Reviews/HarryPotter/Docs/Quiz-House.html
I still got Ravenclaw (12 p, closely followed by 10 p each for Gryffindor, Slytherin and Hufflepuff, so my morality seems extremely balanced :-))
Which Hogwarts house will you be sorted into?
wWwW
23 October 2011
Triangle Drama # 10
First Episode of series I've never seen before
about discovering Space or the mythology behind
beginning of COSMOS
"The Shores of The Cosmic Ocean"
presented by Carl Sagan
created by Steven Soter, Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan -80
phenomenon most fantastic : Alexandria Library
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
+2 Thrill
-2 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+3 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
beginning of STARGATE ATLANTIS
created by Brad Wright and Robert C Cooper -04
character most captured by : Teyla Emmagan, ancient
0 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
0 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +7
EMPIRE OF DREAMS : THE STORY OF THE STAR WARS TRILOGY
documentary, more of a movie
seen all three "episodes"
created by Ed Singer -04
character most captured by : C-3PO
0 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+3 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
about discovering Space or the mythology behind
beginning of COSMOS
"The Shores of The Cosmic Ocean"
presented by Carl Sagan
created by Steven Soter, Ann Druyan and Carl Sagan -80
phenomenon most fantastic : Alexandria Library
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
+2 Thrill
-2 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+3 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +12
beginning of STARGATE ATLANTIS
created by Brad Wright and Robert C Cooper -04
character most captured by : Teyla Emmagan, ancient
0 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+2 Fantasy
0 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +7
EMPIRE OF DREAMS : THE STORY OF THE STAR WARS TRILOGY
documentary, more of a movie
seen all three "episodes"
created by Ed Singer -04
character most captured by : C-3PO
0 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
0 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+3 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
20 October 2011
Triangle Drama # 11
three classic Sci-Fi master pieces
not movies this time, but in written form
two short stories and one novel
A SOUND OF THUNDER
by Ray Bradbury
USA 1952
translated to swedish (in nova science fiction magazine)
+2 Language
0 Characters
+2 Thrill
+2 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +12
THE WORLD WELL LOST
by Theodore Sturgeon
USA 1953
translated to swedish (in nova science fiction magazine)
+2 Language
+3 Characters
0 Thrill
+2 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +10
THE TIME MACHINE
by H.G. Wells
England 1895
read and listened to in original language
+1 Language
-2 Characters
-1 Thrill
-2 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= -1
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a novel worth reading
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
not movies this time, but in written form
two short stories and one novel
A SOUND OF THUNDER
by Ray Bradbury
USA 1952
translated to swedish (in nova science fiction magazine)
+2 Language
0 Characters
+2 Thrill
+2 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +12
THE WORLD WELL LOST
by Theodore Sturgeon
USA 1953
translated to swedish (in nova science fiction magazine)
+2 Language
+3 Characters
0 Thrill
+2 Humour
+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +10
THE TIME MACHINE
by H.G. Wells
England 1895
read and listened to in original language
+1 Language
-2 Characters
-1 Thrill
-2 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= -1
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a novel worth reading
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
18 October 2011
Triangle Drama # 9
First Episode of series I've never seen before
about big ethic problems
At least OZ (the predecessor to Wire) I'm gonna continue watching
beginning of OZ
[Oswald Maximum Security Prison]
created by Tom Fontana -97
characters most captured by : Kareem Said and Nino Schibetta
+2 Acting
0 Scenography
+3 Thrill
-2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+3 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +6
beginning of THE GOOD WIFE
created by Robert King -09
character most captured by : Richard Cuesta, Judge
+2 Acting
0 Scenography
+2 Thrill
+1 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
beginning of ROOTS
created by William Blinn -77
on book by Alex Haley
character most captured by : Kailuba
+1 Acting
+3 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-2 Humour
-3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -2
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
about big ethic problems
At least OZ (the predecessor to Wire) I'm gonna continue watching
beginning of OZ
[Oswald Maximum Security Prison]
created by Tom Fontana -97
characters most captured by : Kareem Said and Nino Schibetta
+2 Acting
0 Scenography
+3 Thrill
-2 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+3 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +6
beginning of THE GOOD WIFE
created by Robert King -09
character most captured by : Richard Cuesta, Judge
+2 Acting
0 Scenography
+2 Thrill
+1 Humour
-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
beginning of ROOTS
created by William Blinn -77
on book by Alex Haley
character most captured by : Kailuba
+1 Acting
+3 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-2 Humour
-3 Fantasy
+2 Reality
-2 Whole Composition
= -2
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
14 October 2011
Triangle Drama # 8
Three Films about and behind the ART OF FIGHTING
THE WRESTLER
with Mickey Rourke & Marisa Tomei
USA /France -08
by Darren Aronofsky
+3 Acting
+1 Scenography
+3 Thrill
0 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+3 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= +8
KARATE KID part II
with Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio & Tamlyn Tomita
USA /Japan -86
by John G Avildsen on Robert Mark Kamen
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+2 Thrill
0 Humour
0 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +8
YOJIMBO [Bodyguard]
with Toshiro Mifune
Japan -61
by Akira Kurosawa
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+1 Fantasy
0 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
THE WRESTLER
with Mickey Rourke & Marisa Tomei
USA /France -08
by Darren Aronofsky
+3 Acting
+1 Scenography
+3 Thrill
0 Humour
-1 Fantasy
+3 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= +8
KARATE KID part II
with Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio & Tamlyn Tomita
USA /Japan -86
by John G Avildsen on Robert Mark Kamen
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
+2 Thrill
0 Humour
0 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+1 Whole Composition
= +8
YOJIMBO [Bodyguard]
with Toshiro Mifune
Japan -61
by Akira Kurosawa
+2 Acting
+2 Scenography
0 Thrill
+1 Humour
+1 Fantasy
0 Reality
+2 Whole Composition
= +8
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
10 October 2011
Triangle Drama # 5
wWw
Three Sci-Fi films
of an ordinary life sort
but in which people has become dumber than kinda apes
or kinda apes has become smarter than people
...seen for the third time this time...
FAHRENHEIT 451
with Oskar Werner, Julie Christie & Julie Christie
by Francois Truffaut & Jean-Louis Richard
UK /France -66
based on the novel by Ray Bradbury
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+1 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +14
DARK STAR
with Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon
by John Carpenter
UK -74
-2 Acting
+3 Scenography
-2 Thrill
+3 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
PLANET OF THE APES (part 1)
with Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter and more
by Franklin J. Schaffner
USA -68
-2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= -1
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
Three Sci-Fi films
of an ordinary life sort
but in which people has become dumber than kinda apes
or kinda apes has become smarter than people
...seen for the third time this time...
FAHRENHEIT 451
with Oskar Werner, Julie Christie & Julie Christie
by Francois Truffaut & Jean-Louis Richard
UK /France -66
based on the novel by Ray Bradbury
+2 Acting
+3 Scenography
+1 Thrill
+1 Humour
+3 Fantasy
+1 Reality
+3 Whole Composition
= +14
DARK STAR
with Brian Narelle, Cal Kuniholm, Dre Pahich, Dan O'Bannon
by John Carpenter
UK -74
-2 Acting
+3 Scenography
-2 Thrill
+3 Humour
+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality
0 Whole Composition
= +5
PLANET OF THE APES (part 1)
with Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter and more
by Franklin J. Schaffner
USA -68
-2 Acting
+2 Scenography
-1 Thrill
-1 Humour
+1 Fantasy
+1 Reality
-1 Whole Composition
= -1
I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics
wWw
08 October 2011
MasterPieces by Peter Hammill
my favourites among his compositions
(so far, some left to listen to)
many of them performed with Van Der Graaf Generator
made between 1969 to 1980
1
MAN ERG
from Pawn Hearts
2
MIRROR IMAGES
from pH7
3
THE UNDERCOVER MAN
from Godbluff
4
EMPEROR IN HIS WAR ROOM
from H to He Who Am The Only One
5
REFUGEES
from The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
6
MY ROOM (WAITING FOR WONDERLAND)
from Still Life
7
(THIS SIDE OF) THE LOOKING GLASS
from Over
8
HOUSE WITH NO DOOR
[Octopus in]
from H to He Who Am The Only One
9
PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO
from Nadir's Big Chance
10
FACULTY X
from pH7
11
PALINURUS
from The Future Now
12
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
from Pawn Hearts
13
THE LIE [Bernini's SAINT THERESA]
from The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage
14
PILGRIMS
from Still Life
15
LIZARD PLAY
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome
16
SUMMER SONG (IN THE AUTUMN)
from Fool's Mate
17
THE FUTURE NOW
from The Future Now
18
DOOR
from Vital : Vad Der Graaf Live
19
OPEN YOUR EYES
from Nadir's Big Chance
20
OUT OF MY BOOK
from The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
21
WONDERING
from World Record
22
W
bonus track from Pawn Hearts
23
THE WAVE
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome
24
LOSING FAITH IN WORDS
from A Black Box
25
LOST AND FOUND
from Over
26
THE SLEEPWALKERS
from Godbluff
27
AQUARIAN (we move to the Sun in every direction)
from Aerosol Grey Machine
28
GIANT SQUID / OCTOPUS
from H to He Who Am The Only One and/or Aerosol Grey Machine
29
THE MOUSETRAP (CAUGHT IN)
from The Future Now
30
(NO MORE) THE SUBMARINER
from In Camera
31
VISION
from Fool's Mate
32
WILHELMINA
from The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage
33
LAST FRAME
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome
wWw
(so far, some left to listen to)
many of them performed with Van Der Graaf Generator
made between 1969 to 1980
1
MAN ERG
from Pawn Hearts
2
MIRROR IMAGES
from pH7
3
THE UNDERCOVER MAN
from Godbluff
4
EMPEROR IN HIS WAR ROOM
from H to He Who Am The Only One
5
REFUGEES
from The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
6
MY ROOM (WAITING FOR WONDERLAND)
from Still Life
7
(THIS SIDE OF) THE LOOKING GLASS
from Over
8
HOUSE WITH NO DOOR
[Octopus in]
from H to He Who Am The Only One
9
PEOPLE YOU WERE GOING TO
from Nadir's Big Chance
10
FACULTY X
from pH7
11
PALINURUS
from The Future Now
12
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
from Pawn Hearts
13
THE LIE [Bernini's SAINT THERESA]
from The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage
14
PILGRIMS
from Still Life
15
LIZARD PLAY
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome
16
SUMMER SONG (IN THE AUTUMN)
from Fool's Mate
17
THE FUTURE NOW
from The Future Now
18
DOOR
from Vital : Vad Der Graaf Live
19
OPEN YOUR EYES
from Nadir's Big Chance
20
OUT OF MY BOOK
from The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
21
WONDERING
from World Record
22
W
bonus track from Pawn Hearts
23
THE WAVE
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome
24
LOSING FAITH IN WORDS
from A Black Box
25
LOST AND FOUND
from Over
26
THE SLEEPWALKERS
from Godbluff
27
AQUARIAN (we move to the Sun in every direction)
from Aerosol Grey Machine
28
GIANT SQUID / OCTOPUS
from H to He Who Am The Only One and/or Aerosol Grey Machine
29
THE MOUSETRAP (CAUGHT IN)
from The Future Now
30
(NO MORE) THE SUBMARINER
from In Camera
31
VISION
from Fool's Mate
32
WILHELMINA
from The Silent Corner and The Empty Stage
33
LAST FRAME
from The Quiet Zone /The Pleasure Dome
wWw
02 October 2011
Seven Special Songs in my Horse Race
while Octopus still got only seven limbs
Two Top Runners
seems already perfectly strong songs, but do they really last...?
MOONBEAMS
with Michael B Tretow (incl some ABBA-singers)
by Michael B Tretow
from Let's Boogie -76
HAZY DAYS
with Mick Ronson
by Mick Ronson
from Play Don't Worry -75
Three in Progress
comes closer every time...
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill
from Pawn Hearts -71
KNOTS
with Gentle Giant
by Minnear, Shulman, Shulman & Shulman
from Octopus -72
THE DEVIL CAME FROM KANSAS
with Procol Harum
by Gary Brooker & Keith Reid
from A Salty Dog -69
Two Cool Spurters
doesn't seem so good at first, but possesses enormous potential...?
BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG
with Rush
by Lee, Lifeson, Peart
from Fly By Night -75
BACK BEAT BOOGIE
with Harry James
by Harry James
from Concerto for Trumpet (original recordings 1939-41)
777
Two Top Runners
seems already perfectly strong songs, but do they really last...?
MOONBEAMS
with Michael B Tretow (incl some ABBA-singers)
by Michael B Tretow
from Let's Boogie -76
HAZY DAYS
with Mick Ronson
by Mick Ronson
from Play Don't Worry -75
Three in Progress
comes closer every time...
A PLAGUE OF LIGHTHOUSE KEEPERS
with Van Der Graaf Generator
by Peter Hammill
from Pawn Hearts -71
KNOTS
with Gentle Giant
by Minnear, Shulman, Shulman & Shulman
from Octopus -72
THE DEVIL CAME FROM KANSAS
with Procol Harum
by Gary Brooker & Keith Reid
from A Salty Dog -69
Two Cool Spurters
doesn't seem so good at first, but possesses enormous potential...?
BY-TOR AND THE SNOW DOG
with Rush
by Lee, Lifeson, Peart
from Fly By Night -75
BACK BEAT BOOGIE
with Harry James
by Harry James
from Concerto for Trumpet (original recordings 1939-41)
777
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