Velvet Drive of Cowboy Lynch

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

by David Lynch 2001


a movie which seems to mix together many threads of Lynch's universe

for example the fine 50's/60's feeling of grotesque BLUE VELVET,
some slow humour of short film THE COWBOY AND THE FRENCHMAN,
early monsters in more human shapes,
the whole absurdity of life and every movie,

yet in an impressively clear concept

full of dream-like characters from reality
like an american kind of Fellini-film
or my closest association goes to :
PULP FICTION by Tarantino
though Mulholland Drive is not about drugs

more about consciousness, ghostlike states and maybe reincarnation






my SnowBlack Movie # 1320


Beautiful role 1: LANEY (Rena Riffel)
Beautiful role 2 : DIANE SELWYN (Laura Harring and Naomi Watts)



Happy role 1 : BETTY (Naomi Watts)
Happy role 2 : OLD COUPLE IN CAB


Grumpy role 1 : MR. ROQUE (Michael J. Anderson)
Grumpy role 2 : ADAM KESHER (Justin Theroux)


Crazy role 1 : DAN THE MARE-DREAMER (Patrick Fischler)
Crazy role 2 : JOE MESSING (Mark Pellegrino)


Shy role 1 : BUM (Bonnie Aarons)
Shy role 2 : CAMILLA "THIS IS THE GIRL" (Melissa George)


Explosive role 1 : VINCENZO CASTIGLIANE (Dan Hedaya)
Explosive role 2 : BONDAR (Richard Green)


Exhausted role 1 : RITA (Laura Harring)
Exhausted role 2 : ADAM KESHER (Justin Theroux)


Wise role 1 : COWBOY LAFAYETTE (Monty Montgomery)
Wise role 2 : MADAME COCO (Ann Miller)



7 Characters
4 Scenery
7 Camerawork

6 Thrill
5 Conflict
5 Humour

4 Psychology
5 Philosophy
7 Fantasy

7 Composition
5 Music
7 Concept

= 65


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)






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Lovers' Stairway

Orbison brings Joy behind Sorrow

One of Roy O's first (and as it seems most well-konown) records was made in 1962, with a CRYING masque on the cover. It feels more deeply good for every return. Now my last Orbison period wasn't more than a half year ago. So his compositions and covers means something urgent, reminds me of death and life.

Also in a superficial sense this music is extremely well-polished, but not too nice 'n' sweet since dramatic passion is present. Sounds similar to : Paul Anka, The Platters, Elvis Presley. Most songs are made by Melson + Orbison (two by B.Bryant).




my Summer Album 13 : 8


most Amusing song: LANA

most Beautiful song: SHE WEARS MY RING

most Sexy song: NITE LIFE

most Loving song: LET'S MAKE A MEMORY

most Growing Strong song: (lingers on our) SUMMER SONG

most Smart song: THE GREAT PRETENDER

most Mysterious song: RUNNING SCARED




Overall Album

6 sound

7 melodies

7 accompaniment

3 rythms

7 singin' feeling

4 playin' dynamics

7 concept

3 variation

2 lyrics

2 titles

1 order of tracks

3 cover picture

6 historical importance

= 58


I now give 1 to 7 in thirteen cathegories
where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 13 = 91 never exist(?)




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Orbison in Lynch movie mood

O what a Dream

Blue Roses

= Real backgrounds for my invertion:





Blue Velvet for a Red Lady


under that most mysterious summer



Orbison in orbit


a bad dream of Venus



Replays this moment of your own death












and for my swedish readers another version :





Blå sammet på en röd donna


under den gåtfullaste sommaren



roterar Roy Orbison


jordisk mardröm om Venus



spelar åter upp ditt dödsögonblick







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Round Playground by Frölunda Square Reshaped

Rediscover 60's themes of Henry Mancini

The Great movie music Composer and Conductor

Moon River and Dear Heart I appreciated already in my late 80's, even if they seemed a bit boring. And still of course his music /arrangements feels more beautiful and elegant than exciting or creative. Love Theme From Romeo & Juliet was among the most beautiful I ever had heard in my early 90's.

Henry manages the art of sounding naively romantic without being too sentimental or too superficial or too deeply involved. Although these borders are never far away, he is saved by jazzy elements of some vibrafones and "76 trombones". For me this is actually what you could expect if you put italian roots in the big soil of America.




Two Records in One:
the 1963 Our Man in Hollywood
and 1965 Dear Heart And Other Songs About Love


my Summer Album 13 : 10


most Amusing song: BACHELOR IN PARADISE [Mancini]

most Beautiful song: HOW SOON [Mancini]

most Sexy song: WALK ON THE WILD SIDE [David, Bernstein]

most Loving song: SONG ABOUT LOVE [Mancini]

most Growing Strong song: LOVE THEME FROM PHAEDRA [Theodorakis]

most Smart song: MAN'S FAVOURITE SPORT (IS GIRLS) [Mercer, Mancini]

most Mysterious song: THE GIRL FROM IPANEMA [Gimbel, Jobim, Moraes]




Overall Album(s)

6 sound

7 melodies

7 accompaniment

4 rythms

5 singin' feeling

4 playin' dynamics

3 concept

4 variation

3 lyrics

2 titles

3 order of tracks

5 cover picture

7 historical importance

= 60


I now give 1 to 7 in thirteen cathegories
where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 13 = 91 never exist(?)






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42nd Flute : intermezzo for inverted wood

swedish midsummer





sun shines tonight


over every door and club remain closed


no people are to be seen


in this empty town only the fool


plays his flute for five hundred birds


and bears, deers and foxes 'round a fountain


finally returning to their real houses


from our wild human forest


where women dances with trees


and men then drinks them down in the moss


so far from every hotel balcony


we once more miss our window world of wooden peace


as pigeons stepped into mirrors as pigs







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Younger Than Yesterday with The Byrds

"well, I was so much older then - I'm younger than that now"
via Bob Dylan

Another fantastic record from -67
showing how possible it was to make folk-rock into psychedelica, or psychedelica into folk-rock!!

Heard three other Byrds' albums, but not until this (or the next Notorious one) I reached the essence of their greatness.




my Summer Album 13 : 5


most Amusing song: C.T.A. -102 [McGuinn]

most Beautiful song: THOUGHTS AND WORDS [Hillman]

most Sexy song: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN HER FACE [Hillmann]

most Loving song: MY BACK PAGES [Dylan]

most Growing Strong song: GIRL WITH NO NAME [Hillman]

most Smart song: MIND GARDENS [Crosby]

most Mysterious song: EVERYBODY'S BEEN BURNED [Crosby]



Overall Album

6 sound

5 melodies

5 accompaniment

6 rythms

6 singin' feeling

5 playin' dynamics

4 concept

4 variation

5 lyrics

5 titles

3 order of tracks

4 cover picture

7 historical importance

= 65


I now give 1 to 7 in thirteen cathegories
where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 13 = 91 never exist(?)






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Public Posters in polish Krakow

Days of Future Passed with Moody Blues

"Never before" discovered The Moody Blues closer. And this 1967 album seems so symphonic and thematic that it even may be contraproductive, hiding some great spitutuality by making their psychedelica too nicely polished (though the sound itself is far from perfect).





my Summer Album 13 : 7

including bonus singles


most Amusing song: ANOTHER MORNING (Time seems to stand quite still - in a child's world it always will)

most Beautiful song: DAWN IS A FEELING

most Sexy song: TWILIGHT TIME (from Evening without Sun Set)

most Loving song: NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN

most Growing Strong song: I REALLY HAVEN'T GOT THE TIME

most Smart song: LOVE AND BEAUTY

most Mysterious song: TUESDAY AFTERNOON (alternate mix, without Time to Get Away)



Overall Album

4 sound

6 melodies

7 accompaniment

2 rythms

5 singin' feeling

4 playin' dynamics

6 concept

3 variation

4 lyrics

2 titles

4 order of tracks

5 cover picture

6 historical importance

= 58


I now give 1 to 7 in thirteen cathegories
where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 13 = 91 never exist(?)






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A Night's Day Hard with Star Lennon (And Hardly McHarrison)

Why on earth doesn't Paul sing more songs on Beatles third album?!? John's voice gives it's hard happiness to seven tracks, Paul just takes three. They sing quite together on two, while George gets one, and Ringo none.

Not that this fact would make the record less rich - it's still the most well-fed rock thing they did! Powerful and beautiful!!

But so fast Beatles had to work then, playing for a more and more hungry audience plus in the parallell movie... Maybe a little more of all the light Lennon managed, could have already then been successfully shared among all four???

Always hard to tell in real time - if the process of them becoming potential solo profiles had started to early - that probably would've damaged the band. Here Beatles plays as a BAND more than ever!?!? And nothing else but self-made material makes this the first really really Beatles' album.

As a boy I was bought the "Something New" US-version instead of the original. There "A Hard Day's Night", "You Can't Do That", "Can't Buy Me Love" and two more were left out (but I had heard them on a collection). This was 1982, far from 1964, and in northern Sweden, far from USA. Anyway I got two cover tracks, glad to hear Ringo in Matchbox.

Something New also seems a bit more well suited as an album. Presumably I believe so just because I'm still unused to hear the songs in this original order.




my Summer Album 13 : 3


most Amusing song: I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER

most Beautiful song: IF I FELL

most Sexy song: ANY TIME AT ALL

most Loving song: I'LL CRY INSTEAD

most Growing Strong song: A HARD DAY'S NIGHT

most Smart song: YOU CAN'T DO THAT

most Mysterious song: THINGS WE SAID TODAY



Overall Album

6 sound

7 melodies

6 accompaniment

7 rythms

7 singin' feeling

6 playin' dynamics

4 concept

5 variation

2 lyrics

4 titles

3 order of tracks

4 cover picture

7 historical importance

= 68


I now give 1 to 7 in thirteen cathegories
where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 13 = 91 never exist(?)





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Wheels of Kraków Rolling Still

Grimm & Grimm by Gilliam

THE BROTHERS GRIMM
by Terry Gilliam

UK /Czech /USA 2005

portraying Germany occupied by France in 1811




my SnowBlack Movie # 1318


Happy role: BUNST (Richard Ridings)

Grumpy role: WILHELM GRIMM (Matt Damon)

Crazy role: CAVALDI (Peter Stormare)

Shy role: SASHA (Laura Greenwood)


Explosive role: DELATOMBRE (Jonathan Pryce)

Exhausted role: MAYOR (Roger Ashton-Griffiths)

Wise role: JACOB GRIMM (Heath Ledger)


Beautiful role: MIRROR QUEEN (Monica Bellucci)



4 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

3 Thrill
4 Conflict
5 Humour

2 Psychology
4 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

3 Composition
1 Music
7 Concept

= 52


I now give 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, where 3 is good
and total possible 7 X 12 = 84 never exist(?)





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by SW Jana Street in Krakow