31 December 2014
Music Pieces I've Heard Most Times During 2014
Which in many cases mean I love them, but still in many cases that I'm struggling hard to get a grip of the actual piece. The first ones I surely have heard more than fourteen times now, and everyone on this list at least seven times. I will not mention more than one song from the same album (no matter how many times I've heard the rest).
1
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
The Monkees
from Instant Replay -69
2
MOONLIGHT SHADOW
Mike Oldfield with Maggie Reilley
from Crisis -83
3
RAINY, WINDY, SUNSHINE (RODEO ROAD)
Bellamy Brothers
from Let Your Love Flow -76
4
BEST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS
Kris Kristofferson
from Kristofferson -70
5
TAKING IT ALL TOO HARD
Genesis
from Genesis -83
6
EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING TO HIDE EXCEPT FOR ME AND MY MONKEY
Beatles
from The Beatles -68
[White Album]
7
LIFE IS WHITE
Big Star
from Radio City -74
8
DOGGERLAND
Ian Anderson
from Homo Erraticus -14
9
MAN ON THE ROCKS
Mike Oldfield
from Man On The Rocks -14
10
LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE
first Paul Young's version
from No Parlez -83
then Waylon Jennings' version
from Love of The Common People -67
11
"KOREAN VERSION OF PACHELBEL'S CANON"
from movie The Classic -03
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMaXdjuukTk
12
SOUTH SIDE OF THE SKY
Yes
from Fragile -72
13
THE GRAND VIZIER'S GARDEN PARTY, part 2
Pink Floyd
from Ummagumma -69
14
INDOOR GAMES
King Crimson
from Lizard -69
15
PIZZA AND PINBALL
Rumer
from Into Colour -14
16
ORANGE LADY
Weather Report
from Weather Report -71
17
BLUEBIRD
Electric Light Orchestra
from Secret Messages -83
18
RETURN TO FOREVER
Chick Corea
(featuring Joe Farrell and Flora Purim)
from Return to Forever -72
19
MAD WORLD
Tears For Fears
from The Hurt -83
20
LAVENDER
Marillion
from Misplaced Childhood -85
21
BEAUTIFUL AND BLUE
Badfinger
from Magic Christian Music -70
22
WHITE MOUNTAIN
Genesis
from Trespass -72
23
IN A BIG COUNTRY
Big Country
from The Crossing -83
24
THE ROAD AND THE MILES TO DUNDEE
Andy Stewart
from Scottish Top 20 Songs
25
DEN HÄR VÄGEN (ringlar ner i dalen, hänger över stup)
Ulf Lundell
from I Ett Vinterland -00
26
SÖNDERMARKEN
Lars Winnerbäck
from Söndermarken -03
27
HUSET VI BYGGT
Pontus & Amerikanerna
from Kasino -98
28
STUCK ON A WORN OUT RHYME
Atomic Swing
from Bossanova Swap Meet -94
29
MAGAZINE
The Proper Ornaments
from Wooden Head -14
30
NORMAL PERSON
Arcade Fire
from Reflektor -13
31
ORDINARY MAN
Gordon Lightfoot
from Don Quixote -72
32
TONIGHT
from West Side Story, different versions:
Marnie Nixon & Jimmy Bryant
from original movie -61
or with Nashville Symphony Orchestra -02
33
THOUSAND NEEDLES
Lea Michele
from Louder -14
34
FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF NIGHT
Bonnie Tyler
from Faster Than The Speed of Night -83
35
SAD BITCH
Arca
from Xen -14
36
I WANNA BE SEDATED
Nanne Grönvall [cover of Ramones]
from My Rock Favourites -11
37
IT DOES NOT ROCK
[I'M YOUR FUCKING HARPIST]
Ursula Burns -14
38
BETTER GIT IT IN YOUR SOUL
Charles Mingus
from Mingus Ah Um -59
39
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
Tom Waits
from SwordfishTrombones -83
40
NO LOVE DYING
Gregory Porter
from Liquid Spirit -14
41
THE KÖLN CONCERT, part 1
Keith Jarrett
from The Köln Concert -75
42
HONESTY
Billy Joel
from 52nd Street -78
43
COLD AS CHRISTMAS (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR)
Elton John
from Too Low for Zero -83
44
ON MY WAY TO WORK
Paul McCartney
from NEW -13
45
I'LL BE HERE IN THE MORNING
Don Williams
from Reflections -14
46
THE WAY I'M LIVIN'
Lee Ann Womack
from The Way I'm Livin' -14
47
SWEET AMARILLO
Old Crow Medicine Show
from Remedy -14
48
WATERMELON MAN
Herbie Hancock
from Head Hunters -73
49
MILES RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN
Miles Davis + many more
from Bitches Brew -70
50
IN A WORLD OF OUR OWN
Yes
[Jon Davison, Alan White]
from Heaven And Earth -14
51
FLY BOY BLUE /LUNETTE
Elbow
from The Take Off and Landing of Everything -14
52
THE ENDLESS ENIGMA, part 1
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
from Trilogy -72
53
ETERNITY'S BREATH, part 1
Mahavishnu Orchestra
from Visions of Emerald Beyond -71
54
GHOSTS, FIRST VARIATION
Albert Ayler Trio
from Spiritual Unity -64
55
ON REFLECTION
Gentle Giant
from Free Hand -75
56
DANCING WITH THE MOONLIT KNIGHT
Genesis
from Selling England by The Pound -73
57
HAT AND BEARD
Eric Dolphy
from Out to Lunch -64
58
SNAGGLEPUSS
John Zorn
from Naked City -89
59
DOG BREATH, IN THE YEAR OF THE PLAGUE
Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention
from Uncle Meat -69
60
(I'M NOT YOUR) STEPPIN' STONE
The Monkees
from More of The Monkees -67
61
I WAS GONNA CANCEL
Kylie Minogue
from Kiss Me Once -14
62
NO REPLY
Beatles
from Beatles For Sale -64
63
JEANNIE JEANNIE JEANNIE
Eddie Cochran -58
64
ROCK THIS TOWN
Stray Cats
from Built For Speed -83
65
WHY'D YOU COME IN HERE LOOKING LIKE THAT?!
cover of Dolly Parton
Jill Jonsson
from Music Row -07
66
SEND ME AN ANGEL
Harp Twins
[cover of Scorpions]
from youtube -13
67
LITTLE MAGGIE
Robert Plant
from Lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar -14
68
GARDEN PARTY
Marillion
from Script For a Jester's Tear -83
69
CUSP OF ETERNITY
Opeth
from Pale Communion -14
70
BÉCS
Christian Fennesz
from Bécs -14
71
MR BLUE
Yazoo
from You And Me Both -83
72
LOOP DE LI
Bryan Ferry
from Avonmore -14
73
DIRTY WORK
Steely Dan
from Can't Buy a Thrill -72
74
ABBA UNDELETED
ABBA, Remix by Michael B. Tretow
from Thank You For The Music -94
O0O
26 October 2014
seVen seen : Hotel at The Edge of Time
10:th tower of 2014
my Recent Discoveries
among Recently Made Movies
I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)
Crown chakra
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
by Wes Anderson 2014
loosely based on Stefan Zweig
filmed in Germany [Saxony] and Poland
6 Characters
7 Scenery
7 Camerawork
5 Thrill
3 Conflict
6 Humour
4 Psychology
2 Philosophy
7 Fantasy
6 Composition
4 Music
7 Concept
= 64
third EYE chakra
EDGE OF TOMORROW
by Doug Liman 2014
based on Hiroshi Sakurazaka
3 Characters
5 Scenery
5 Camerawork
6 Thrill
5 Conflict
2 Humour
4 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy
4 Composition
2 Music
7 Concept
= 54
Throat chakra
HER
by Spike Jonze 2013
based on Spike Jonze
6 Characters
4 Scenery
3 Camerawork
6 Thrill
6 Conflict
5 Humour
7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy
4 Composition
3 Music
7 Concept
= 62
Heart chakra
THE LEGO MOVIE
by Christopher Miller, Phil Lord 2014
5 Characters
7 Scenery
5 Camerawork
3 Thrill
4 Conflict
4 Humour
4 Psychology
6 Philosophy
4 Fantasy
3 Composition
3 Music
6 Concept
= 54
Solar Plexus chakra
"THE REUNION" [ÅTERTRÄFFEN]
by Anna Odell, Sweden 2013
based on Anna Odell
5 Characters
2 Scenery
3 Camerawork
6 Thrill
7 Conflict
2 Humour
7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
4 Fantasy
6 Composition
2 Music
6 Concept
= 55
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
LA VIE d'ADÈLE // "BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR"
by Abdellatif Kechiche 2013
based on Julie Maroh
6 Characters
5 Scenery
5 Camerawork
7 Thrill
6 Conflict
2 Humour
6 Psychology
2 Philosophy
3 Fantasy
2 Composition
3 Music
3 Concept
= 50
Root chakra
MUD
by Jeff Nichols 2012
based on Jeff Nichols
5 Characters
6 Scenery
3 Camerawork
6 Thrill
7 Conflict
1 Humour
6 Psychology
4 Philosophy
3 Fantasy
3 Composition
3 Music
4 Concept
= 51
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14 October 2014
YELLOW ALBUM (a Too Big Reconstruction)
...if, in another dimension, I would reconstruct a Beatles double album, based on material from Yellow Submarine, Sgt Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour and their singles between late -66 to early -68 [according to Recording dates], then I would build it like this, a calendar of holes in the ocean...
A-side
1. Penny Lane
2. Magical Mystery Tour
3. I Am The Walrus
4. When I'm Sixty-Four
5. With a Little Help From My Friends
[including end of ...Club Band]
6. All Together Now
7. Yellow Submarine
B-side
8. Hello Goodbye
9. Hey Bulldog
10. Being for The Benefit of Mr. Kite
11. Your Mother Should Know
12. Within You Without You
13. Strawberry Fields Forever
C-side
14. Fixing a Hole
15. The Inner Light
16. Fool on The Hill
17. Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
18. Flying
19. Lovely Rita
D-side
20. All You Need is Love
21. Only a Northern Song
22. Lady Madonna
23. It's All Too Much
24. A Day in The Life
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14 September 2014
SouthKorean Movies I'm Still Thrilled by The Beauty of
With many more fantastic to experience, here's the ones I've seen so far... Presented in order of my appreciation, as I remember them now after some check-ups.
1
THE CLASSIC
[KEULRAESIK]
2003
by Jae-young Kwak
2
A TALE OF TWO SISTERS
[JANGHWA, HONGRYEON]
2003
by Jee-woon Kim
3
TIME
[SHI GAN]
2006
by Ki-duk Kim
4
CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST
[PALWOLUI CHRISTMAS]
1998
by Jin-ho Hur
5
DITTO
[DONGGAM]
2000
by Jeong-kwon Kim
6
R-POINT
[ARPOINTEU]
2004
by Su-chang Kong
7
I'M A CYBORG, BUT THAT'S OK
[SSA-I-BO-GEU-JI-MAN-GWEN-CHAN-A]
2006
by Chan-wook Park
8
POETRY
[SHI]
2010
by Chang-dong Lee
9
RESURRECTION OF THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
[SUNGNYANGPALI SONYEOUI JAERIM]
2002
by Sun-woo Jang
10
OLDBOY
[OLDEUBOI]
2003
by Chan-wook Park
11
SAMARITAN GIRL
[SAMARIA]
2004
by Ki-duk Kim
12
LOVER'S CONCERTO
[YEONAE SOSEOL]
2002
by Han Lee
13
WHISPERING CORRIDORS 3 : WISHING STAIRS
[YEOGO GOEDAM 3 : YEOWOO GYEDAN]
2003
by Jae-yeon Yun
14
CUT
= segment of THREE EXTREMES
2004
by Chan-wook Park
15
A MOMENT TO REMEMBER
[NAE MEORISOKUI JIWOOGAE]
2004
by John H. Lee
16
BOW
[HWAL]
2005
by Ki-duk Kim
17
IL MARE
[SIWORAE]
2000
by Hyun-seung Lee
18
ACACIA
2003
by Ki-hyeong Park
19
CHILLING ROMANCE also called SPELLBOUND
[O-SSAK-HAN YEON-AE]
2011
by In-ho Hwang
20
SPRING, SUMMER, AUTUMN, WINTER... AND SPRING
[BOM YEOREUM GAEUL GYEOUL GEURIGO BOM]
2003
by Ki-duk Kim
21
MY SASSY GIRL
[YEOPGIJEOGIN GEUNYEO]
2001
by Jae-young Kwak
22
INTO THE MIRROR
[GEOUL SOKEURO]
2003
by Sung-ho Kim
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07 September 2014
99 Absolutely Best ABBA songs
in other words everyone!
Another session of ABBA-listenings has filled my last week - for which time in the history...?
So now I feel the simple passion for making a complete list - of how much I adore every song, compared to each other. Even though this will drown in everyone elses ABBA listings, I have some really unexpected darlings.
Last time I did this was during final days of -04, before new year -05, soon ten years ago. Discovered every bonus track and version I hadn't heard until then... many via the box "Thank You For The Music" compiled -94.
Believed I would feel almost the same for them now, but some tunes have actually fallen from the tower, while others have risen surprisingly high.
At least tried to weigh in the lyrics as much as the music and moods of the melodies. And since very exact positions are relative, I've also taken the chance to make my list a bit poetic (as I use to do).
1
ME AND I
2
HONEY, HONEY
3
HASTA MAÑANA
4
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
5
SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS
6
DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW?
7
SUZY-HANG-AROUND
8
ME AND BOBBY AND BOBBY'S BROTHER
9
MAMMA MIA
10
MOVE ON
11
DISILLUSION
12
HEAD OVER HEELS
13
RING RING
14
ROCK ME!
15
LOVE ISN'T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH)
16
WHEN I KISSED THE TEACHER
17
SUPER TROUPER
18
PEOPLE NEED LOVE
19
THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME
20
MY LOVE, MY LIFE
21
OUR LAST SUMMER
22
ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN
23
I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO
24
WATERLOO
25
THE VISITORS
26
I WONDER (DEPARTURE)
27
THE PIPER
28
EAGLE
29
ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER TRAIN
30
ANDANTE, ANDANTE
31
THAT'S ME
32
KING KONG SONG
33
HEY HEY HELEN!
34
HAPPY HAWAII = WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME?
35
I AM JUST A GIRL
36
SITTING IN THE PALMTREE
37
CHIQUITITA
38
BANG A BOOMERANG
39
"ABBA UNDELETED"
different sessions compiled by Michael B. Tretow
40
HOLE IN YOUR SOUL
41
ONE OF US
42
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU
43
YOU OWE ME ONE
44
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
45
LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME
46
SUMMER NIGHT CITY
47
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
48
MERRY-GO-ROUND
49
NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA
50
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
51
I'M A MARIONETTE
52
I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK
53
LOVELIGHT
54
GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG
55
SO LONG
56
I HAVE A DREAM
57
LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM
58
FERNANDO
59
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU
60
DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON)
61
DREAM WORLD
62
ANGEL EYES
63
SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY
64
THE KING HAS LOST HIS CROWN
65
AS GOOD AS NEW
66
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
67
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
68
I AM THE CITY
69
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NIGHTS
70
S.O.S.
71
INTERMEZZO NO. 1
72
SANTA ROSA
73
TROPICAL LOVELAND
74
CRAZY WORLD
75
WHAT ABOUT LIVINGSTONE
76
ROCK'N'ROLL BAND
77
DUM DUM DIDDLE
78
DANCING QUEEN
79
KISSES OF FIRE
80
HAPPY NEW YEAR
81
JUST LIKE THAT
82
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO
83
HE IS YOUR BROTHER
84
SOLDIERS
85
UNDER ATTACK
86
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
87
CASSANDRA
88
PUT ON YOUR WHITE SOMBRERO
89
ARRIVAL
90
WATCH OUT!
91
MY MAMA SAID
92
I SAW IT IN THE MIRROR
93
ELAINE
94
THE NAME OF THE GAME
95
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT)
96
TIGER
97
VOULEZ-VOUS
98
LOVERS (LIVE A LITTLE LONGER)
99
ON AND ON AND ON
wWw
Another session of ABBA-listenings has filled my last week - for which time in the history...?
So now I feel the simple passion for making a complete list - of how much I adore every song, compared to each other. Even though this will drown in everyone elses ABBA listings, I have some really unexpected darlings.
Last time I did this was during final days of -04, before new year -05, soon ten years ago. Discovered every bonus track and version I hadn't heard until then... many via the box "Thank You For The Music" compiled -94.
Believed I would feel almost the same for them now, but some tunes have actually fallen from the tower, while others have risen surprisingly high.
At least tried to weigh in the lyrics as much as the music and moods of the melodies. And since very exact positions are relative, I've also taken the chance to make my list a bit poetic (as I use to do).
1
ME AND I
2
HONEY, HONEY
3
HASTA MAÑANA
4
WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE
5
SLIPPING THROUGH MY FINGERS
6
DOES YOUR MOTHER KNOW?
7
SUZY-HANG-AROUND
8
ME AND BOBBY AND BOBBY'S BROTHER
9
MAMMA MIA
10
MOVE ON
11
DISILLUSION
12
HEAD OVER HEELS
13
RING RING
14
ROCK ME!
15
LOVE ISN'T EASY (BUT IT SURE IS HARD ENOUGH)
16
WHEN I KISSED THE TEACHER
17
SUPER TROUPER
18
PEOPLE NEED LOVE
19
THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME
20
MY LOVE, MY LIFE
21
OUR LAST SUMMER
22
ONE MAN, ONE WOMAN
23
I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO, I DO
24
WATERLOO
25
THE VISITORS
26
I WONDER (DEPARTURE)
27
THE PIPER
28
EAGLE
29
ANOTHER TOWN, ANOTHER TRAIN
30
ANDANTE, ANDANTE
31
THAT'S ME
32
KING KONG SONG
33
HEY HEY HELEN!
34
HAPPY HAWAII = WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE ME?
35
I AM JUST A GIRL
36
SITTING IN THE PALMTREE
37
CHIQUITITA
38
BANG A BOOMERANG
39
"ABBA UNDELETED"
different sessions compiled by Michael B. Tretow
40
HOLE IN YOUR SOUL
41
ONE OF US
42
KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU
43
YOU OWE ME ONE
44
THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC
45
LAY ALL YOUR LOVE ON ME
46
SUMMER NIGHT CITY
47
TAKE A CHANCE ON ME
48
MERRY-GO-ROUND
49
NINA, PRETTY BALLERINA
50
MAN IN THE MIDDLE
51
I'M A MARIONETTE
52
I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK
53
LOVELIGHT
54
GONNA SING YOU MY LOVESONG
55
SO LONG
56
I HAVE A DREAM
57
LIKE AN ANGEL PASSING THROUGH MY ROOM
58
FERNANDO
59
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR YOU
60
DANCE (WHILE THE MUSIC STILL GOES ON)
61
DREAM WORLD
62
ANGEL EYES
63
SHOULD I LAUGH OR CRY
64
THE KING HAS LOST HIS CROWN
65
AS GOOD AS NEW
66
TWO FOR THE PRICE OF ONE
67
THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL
68
I AM THE CITY
69
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE NIGHTS
70
S.O.S.
71
INTERMEZZO NO. 1
72
SANTA ROSA
73
TROPICAL LOVELAND
74
CRAZY WORLD
75
WHAT ABOUT LIVINGSTONE
76
ROCK'N'ROLL BAND
77
DUM DUM DIDDLE
78
DANCING QUEEN
79
KISSES OF FIRE
80
HAPPY NEW YEAR
81
JUST LIKE THAT
82
THE WAY OLD FRIENDS DO
83
HE IS YOUR BROTHER
84
SOLDIERS
85
UNDER ATTACK
86
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
87
CASSANDRA
88
PUT ON YOUR WHITE SOMBRERO
89
ARRIVAL
90
WATCH OUT!
91
MY MAMA SAID
92
I SAW IT IN THE MIRROR
93
ELAINE
94
THE NAME OF THE GAME
95
GIMME! GIMME! GIMME! (A MAN AFTER MIDNIGHT)
96
TIGER
97
VOULEZ-VOUS
98
LOVERS (LIVE A LITTLE LONGER)
99
ON AND ON AND ON
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30 August 2014
27 August 2014
Seventh Music Chakra Race of 2014
14 Pieces which Rode Closer and Closer to my Heart
or just made most rounds
during late summer
almost into autumn
Here's my most important "Runners"
two for each chakra
Crown chakra
1
WHITE MOUNTAIN
driven by Genesis
from Trespass 1970
2
(one) STEP BEYOND
driven by Yes
from Heaven & Earth 2014
Brow /third EYE chakra
3
THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
music by Michel Legrand
lyrics by Bergman & Bergman
driven by Dusty Springfield
from Dusty in Memphis 1968
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0ZljYnObOI
or in Neil Diamond's version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OohatUzO-gQ
4
ORABIDOO
driven by Mike Oldfield
from Five Miles Out 1982
Throat chakra
5
JUST THE SAME
driven by Gentle Giant
from Free Hand 1975
6
IT DOES NOT ROCK [FUCKING HARPIST]
driven by Ursula Burns
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3HlLh1ZJU4
Heart chakra
7
SUPER TROUPER
driven by ABBA
from Super Trouper 1980
or by Camera Obscura, a scottish cover
8
YOU BRING OUT THE BEST IN ME
composed by B. Findon, M. Myers
driven by Carola
from Främling [Stranger] 1983
Solar Plexus chakra
9
JAG SAKNAR DEJ
körd av Ulf Lundell
från I Ett Vinterland 2000
eller i fin version av Frida Andersson 2013
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIHWsXB3k1U
10
EPITAPH including MARCH FOR NO REASON and TOMORROW AND TOMORROW
driven by King Crimson
from In The Court of The Crimson King 1969
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
11
PAMELA JO
driven by Donovan
from Barabajagal 1969
12
MRS. JONES (Your baby's growing up)
driven by Badfinger
Bonus track from Magic Christian Music 1970
Root chakra
13
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
driven by Tom Waits
from Swordfishtrombones 1983
14
MÅNSKUGGA = swedish version of MOON SHADOW
(om jag mister mina ben /if I ever lose my legs)
composed by Cat Stevens
driven by Lill Lindfors
from Kom Igen! 1973
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18 August 2014
17 August 2014
seVen seen : for Spice of Space they Run in Silence, not so Alone After All
8:th tower of 2014
my Recent (Re)discoveries
among quite classic Movies and Series
with stars from 1 to 7
Crown chakra
DUNE
by David Lynch, USA 1984
based on Frank Herbert 1965
not the very first version
[Jodorowsky made one]
but the only official movie
Finally I managed to repeat whole
[the characters should've been presented in the beginning
as that perfect portrait gallery in the credits afterwards]
...got easier when they got to the planet;
found the film more fantastic than expected
5 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. BARON VLADIMIR HARKONNEN (Kenneth McMillan)
2. REVEREND MOTHER HELEN MOHIAM (Sian Phillips)
3. STING (Feyd Rautha)
4. PAUL ATREIDES (Kyle MacLachlan)
5. SHADOUT MAPES (Linda Hunt)
6. PITER DE VRIES (Brad Dourif)
7. ALIA (Alicia Witt)
Brow /third EYE chakra
["SAYAT NOVA"] THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATES
by Sergei Parajanov
Soviet Union 1968
based on armenian poems by Sayat Nova
4 stars
Roles who impressed me most
NO ONE, JUST THE PICTURES AND SYMBOLS
Throat chakra
BLACK-ADDER
season one
and a bit of two
by Rowan Atkinson and Richard Curtis, UK 1983
by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, UK 1986
6 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. QUEEN ELIZABETH I (Miranda Richardson)
2. EDMUND, DUKE OF EDINBURGH (Rowan Atkinson)
3. PERCY (Tim McInnerny)
4. KING RICHARD IV (Brian Blessed)
Heart chakra
SILENT RUNNING
directed by Douglas Trumbull
written by Steven Bochco, Michael Cimino, Deric Washburn
USA 1972
4 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. FREEMAN LOWELL (Bruce Dern)
2. DRONE 1 + DRONE 2
Solar Plexus chakra
MARATHON MAN
based on William Goldman
by John Schlesinger, USA 1976
5 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. JANEWAY (William Devane)
2. ELSA (Marthe Keller)
3. DOC (Roy Scheider)
4. BABE (Dustin Hoffman)
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
FLASHDANCE
by Adrian Lyne
USA 1983
6 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. ALEX OWENS (Jennifer Beals)
2. HEELS (Durga McBroom)
3. RICHIE BLAZIK (Kyle T. Heffner)
4. NICK HURLEY (Michael Nouri)
Root chakra
THE QUIET EARTH
based on Craig Harrison
by Geoff Murphy, NEW ZEALAND 1985
5 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. JOANNE (Alison Routledge)
2. ZAC (Bruno Lawrence)
3. API (Pete Smith)
Below and Above everyone
Very First Episodes of some British Television Series, like
DR. WHO
1963
PADDINGTON BEAR
1976
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY
1977
BENNY HILL
1980
wWw
14 August 2014
Man On The Rocks by Mike Oldfield
And now the old master has done a pure rock-pop record.
Even though the compositions slowly gets alot better and better (taken as songs) I still have a hard time comprehend this being an Oldfield creation. Even harder so since a guy, Luke Spiller, sings every tune - no female at all.
The product sounds as something between a Queen, McCartney, U2 and Scorpions album, with some glimpses of Zeppelin, and everyone else.
OK, most classic Oldfield ingredients can still be traced, and it's really nice to hear they're not dead. Nevertheless I can't as usual give his (or their) instrumentations my fullest admiration. That would be easy in a longer piece of Oldfield, especially his super-inventive hour of AMAROK.
Man On The Rocks works on a more collective ground of arena rock (seldom my highest interest). Maybe it's simply because Mike focus so well on guitar playing this time... that I just miss some tubular bells and rythmic extravagance.
Hard to find something ground-breaking here. Even climbs close to the edge to boredom... Anyway the music's too powerful and beautiful to fall - stands tall.
as my Summer Album 14 : 68
most Soulful song: DREAMING IN THE WIND
most Mysterious song: CASTAWAY
most Amusing song: SAILING
most Beautiful song: FOLLOWING THE ANGELS (down)
most Strong song: MAN ON THE ROCKS
most Sexy song: NUCLEAR
most Grounded song: IRENE
Overall Album
7 compositions
3 instrumentations
6 feeling
3 lyrics
4 synchronization + variation
5 concept (titles, cover)
3 historical importance
= 31
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 7 = 49 never exist(?)
wWw
13 August 2014
12 August 2014
42 favourite songs from -83
Sometimes wonder if any period can come more far away from my music taste than 1983...? However there's still enough of splendid pieces to fill a whole castle - at least of sand.
(in this list I don't count the many swedish songs I've also heard, just those in english)
1
OLYMPIA
Jon Anderson
2
MOONLIGHT SHADOW
Mike Oldfield feat. Maggie Reilly
3
MAD WORLD
Tears For Fears
4
(KEEP FEELING) FASCINATION
The Human League
5
FLASHDANCE... WHAT A FEELING!
Irene Cara
6
UPTOWN GIRL
Billy Joel
7
SECRET MESSAGES
Electric Light Orchestra
8
LOVE ISN'T LOVE... [STRANGER = FRÄMLING]
Carola
9
SWEET DREAMS (ARE MADE OF THIS)
Eurythmics
10
TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE HEART
Bonnie Tyler
11
THE HEAT IS ON
Agnetha Fältskog
12
KARMA CHAMELEON
Culture Club
13
ONLY YOU
The Flying Pickets [cover of Yazoo]
14
ROCKIN' GIRLS
Sparks
15
ROCK THIS TOWN
Stray Cats
16
GARDEN PARTY
Marillion
17
THE SPELL
Jon Anderson
18
(AIN'T NOTHING GONNA) BREAK MY STRIDE
Matthew Wilder
19
SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY
U2
20
AVERAGE PERSON
Paul McCartney
21
LOVE OF THE COMMON PEOPLE
Paul Young
22
TO LOVE
Agnetha Fältskog
23
TIME AFTER TIME
Cyndi Lauper
24
COLD AS CHRISTMAS (IN THE MIDDLE OF THE YEAR)
Elton John
25
PILGRIMAGE
R.E.M.
26
TAKING IT ALL TOO HARD
Genesis
27
WHISPERS OF THE NORTH
Gordon Lightfoot
28
IN A BIG COUNTRY
Big Country
29
OKINAWA
Indochine
30
NOBODY'S DIARY
Yazoo [Alison Moyet]
31
YOU CAN'T HURRY LOVE
Phil Collins [cover of Supreems]
32
MOTHER
Police
33
SUFFER THE CHILDREN
Tears For Fears
34
MORE THAN A PARTY
Depeche Mode
35
I TAKE THE DICE
Duran Duran
36
SIXTY SHELLS ON A THIRTY-OUGHT-SIX
Tom Waits
37
DANGER AHEAD (the endless summer is dead)
Electric Light Orchestra
38
ROMEO
Donna Summer, from Flashdance
39
RED RED WINE
UB 40 [cover of Neil Diamond]
40
FEELS LIKE HEAVEN
Fiction Factory
41
THE SINKING FEELING
The The
42
CENTRE OF ETERNITY
Ozzy Osbourne
Probably will present 41 more songs soon...
Recalled many memories from around 1983 during last months, a time when I started school and yet knew nothing about the contemporay culture, but began to be conscious about something outside there, the pop phenomenon...
wWw
08 August 2014
Many Many Versions of Moonlight Shadow
...now as an ode to the full moon, maybe...
Mike Oldfield created this song in 1983. Then more covers have been made than I could've dream of, mostly by female singers.
with Oldfield and Maggie Reilly
FULL version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sWmBcJRxrrA
7 stars
with Oldfield and Maggie Reilly
single version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e80qhyovOnA
6 stars
with The Shadows
covered three years after Oldfield's original
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tyYb3yXLhI
6 stars
with Ruslana
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k01w9sHnn2o
5 stars
with Aselin Debison
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRe6F2-NuQ0
5 stars
with Dana Winner
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUMk_37VFHg
5 stars
with Juliane Werding
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB3_NQguHQo
4 stars
with Miriam Stockley
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD11FpDa3NY
4 stars
with Skylark
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soepZ5dVpyE
4 stars
with Deathlike Silence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UOAwakPdtk
4 stars
with Vox Angeli
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45afGINYah8
4 stars
with Koto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cepiRKYipHY
3 stars
with Kokia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKqjl64M1U
3 stars
with Marcela Morelo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEDU258vgt4
3 stars
with Nolwenn Leroy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54NC5QuImlU
3 stars
with Oldfield and Anita Hegeland
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yOFZVbGKhg
2 stars
with Annie Haslam
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_x5SsgTeoU
2 stars
with Groove Coverage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5YqorFOp_4
2 stars
with E-rotic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDlKbvoHDNw
1 star
wWw
27 July 2014
Genesis with Genesis
...in 1983 they still were only three: Collins, Banks and Rutherford, while many says their prog-rock had become really pop(ular). Anyway, to me this is a strong and beautiful collection of Collins persona, easy to confuse with his close solo albums, but at the same time contains those dynamic harmonies they always have mastered (already under Gabriel's hand).
as my Summer Album 14 : 67
most Soulful song: SILVER RAINBOW
most Mysterious song: THAT'S ALL
most Amusing song: ILLEGAL ALIEN
most Beautiful song: TAKING IT ALL TOO HARD (to heart)
most Strong song: MAMA
most Sexy song: JUST A JOB TO DO
most Grounded song: HOME BY THE SEA [second and first parts]
Reminds me most of
Supertramp
Cat Stevens
Camel
Marillion
Elton John
Alan Parsons' Project
Overall Album
5 compositions
7 instrumentations
6 feeling
4 lyrics
5 synchronization + variation
4 concept (titles, cover)
5 historical importance
= 36
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 7 = 49 never exist(?)
wWw
23 July 2014
Honest with Dave Stewart and his Spiritual Cowboys
Stewarts "solo" album from 1991 (short after Eurythmics) contains four of my favourite pieces ever. But maybe I'm the only one to choose the wildflower "You're Lost", the post-ELO:esque "Fade Away", the short intermezzo "Impossible" and most of all the surrealistic story "Cat With a Tail"?
First four tracks on the actual album I could easily have got along without - if he would've spared "Love Shines (on every little thing)" for this record. Maybe Dave could have been the sixth Travellling Willbury by that time?!
as my Summer Album 14 : 66
most Soulful song: (Find them all before they) FADE AWAY
most Mysterious song: IMPOSSIBLE
most Amusing song: CAT WITH A TAIL (a total stranger)
most Beautiful song: YOU'RE LOST (forever from my memory)
most Strong song: HERE SHE COMES
most Sexy song: FOOL'S PARADISE
most Grounded song: CROWN OF MADNESS
Reminds me most of
Peter Gabriel
Jeff Lynne
George Harrison
Overall Album
4 compositions
6 instrumentations
6 feeling
5 lyrics
3 synchronization + variation
3 concept (titles, cover)
7 historical importance
= 34
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 7 = 49 never exist(?)
wWw
18 July 2014
Madame McLennons Wax Museum (not so sexy)
Some twisted mirror images inspired by Sexy Sadie, the hottest honey pie on Beatles White Album. Here I maybe have "made a fool of everyone" as Lennon sings in the song, or rather tried to understand their characters a bit better...
Lucy Diamond,
where in this sky
can we see nude ones in disguise?
El'nor Rigby,
whose face you wear?
Are we all lonely out of fear?
Sergeant Pepper,
which submarine
do you prefer, the pink or green??
Lovely Rita,
what will we pay?
to get our bus along your way...
Miss Madonna,
your mum's still big!
I'd like you also more a pig
Mr. Mustard,
how do you mean?
Are you as mean as Mr. Bean?
Sexy Sadie!
we melt like wax
Your body makes it hard relax
John & Yoko!!
how do you sleep??
is there some secret you still keep?
Dearest Prudence,
why be so shy?
it's only love and that is why
Blackbird Baby,
who paints you white?
The Eggman Walrus wants a bite
Captain Marvel,
what did you kill?
some minutes or Bungalow Bill?
Joan of Maxwell,
when are you free?
to see museums here with me!
Desm and Molly!!
Ha-ha ha-ha!!
Have you been taken ob-la-da??
Girl Norwegian,
not made of wood?
your birch bark fills our neighbourhood
George McKenzie
plays real guitar
when there were yet no Rocky Starr...
909
17 July 2014
Sixth Music Chakra Race of 2014
14 Pieces which Rode Closer and Closer to my Heart
or just made most rounds
during June into July
Here's my most important "Runners"
two for each chakra
Crown chakra
1
WONDERFUL LAND
driven by Mike Oldfield
cover of The Shadows
from QE2 1980
2
LIFE IS WHITE
driven by Big Star
from Radio City 1974
Brow /third EYE chakra
3
ROCKY RACCOON
driven by The Beatles
from "White Album" 1968
also Esher Demo
also version from Anthology Box
4
THE GRAND VIZIER'S GARDEN PARTY (part 2 : Entertaintment)
driven by Pink Floyd
from UMMAGUMMA 1969
Throat chakra
5
HAT AND BEARD
driven by Eric Dolphy
from Out to Lunch 1964
6
RUN OF THE MILL
("Everyone's got choice
when to or not to raise their voices")
driven by George Harrison
from All Things Must Pass 1970
Heart chakra
7
HÄR ÄR DU ETT HÅN
(Du är så fin!)
"HERE YOU ARE SOME SCORN"
("You are so fine!")
driven by Anna Järvinen
from Man Var Bland Molnen 2009
8
LADY, LADY, LADY
driven by Joe Esposito
[Keith Forsey, Giorgio Moroder]
from FLASHDANCE (Original Soundtrack) 1983
Solar Plexus chakra
9
WATCH ME BLEED
driven by Tears For Fears [Roland Orzabal]
from The Hurting 1983
10
SEXY SADIE
driven by The Beatles
from "White Album" 1968
also Esher Demo
also version from Anthology Box
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
11
SUN
driven by The Proper Ornaments
from Wooden Head 2014
12
IN THE DUST
driven by Atomic Swing
from A Car Crash in The Blue 1993
Root chakra
13
IN A BIG COUNTRY
driven by Big Country
from The Crossing 1983
14
NEW BLOOD, OLD VEINS
driven by Ian Anderson
from Homo Erraticus 2014
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14 July 2014
by Pandora's door
Adorable Pandora!
How would your
box even be
able to contain
every pain in
our whole world...?
Hardly possible!
not even for a story
to be so mean
in giving you such
a bomb to hold...
I must have missed some other door
in your divine
castle, Pandora...?
Probably it's just
every man
and woman who
full of loneliness
opens their own
curiosity and then
naked
like in Paradise
full of regrets
doesn't have the nerve to keep
themselves open
for neither biggest pleasure
or greatest pain
again and again?!?
Why must millions
of them blame
you for their shortcoming
to live and love like
proud whores
paying apples with apples...
How come
people among people
projects their same old shame
on you;
for their need for only
one goddess
the holy virgin
which they never
had been able to fulfill
yet...
Anyway,
you dared to return
to this fucking BOX
quite empty of experience,
'cause now I finally
got a missing puzzle piece :
You not just opened
it once
but you opened it twice!!
So clever and
how beautiful, Pandora!
First time
sick madness went out
and second time
the world became full of hopefulness...!
Perhaps our sorrows of
your box is just
potential -
if we forget to grasp some
ground and reach to
the bottom
of things...
Probably our hope
lies in how much
of each content we
make us able to see...!
(but in this case
I might still be blind)
wWw
13 July 2014
The Hurting with Tears For Fears
...never realised the makers of single Sowing The Seeds of Love, already had made such a splendid record in 1983, softly hard and seriously soaring. Still haven't got the least bored by listen to it every night for a week. And my experience of their music must be less painful than their concept gives hints about...
as my Summer Album 14 : 63
most Grounded song: WATCH ME BLEED
most Sexy song: MAD WORLD
most Strong song: THE HURTING
most Beautiful song: MEMORIES FADE (but the sky still lingers)
most Amusing song: SUFFER THE CHILDREN
most Mysterious song: THE PRISONER
most Soulful song: CHANGE
Reminds me most of
Alphaville
Ultravox
XTC
Human League
Overall Album
6 compositions
7 instrumentations
6 feeling
3 philosophy
4 timeline (order of tracks)
3 concept (titles, cover picture)
5 historical importance
= 34
I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 7 = 49 never exist(?)
wWw
07 July 2014
seVen seen : Pink Panthers, Yellow Dogs and Perverted Birds
7:th tower of 2014
my Recent Discoveries
among Movies and Series
with stars from 1 to 7
Crown chakra
THE BIRDS
by Hitchcock
USA 1963
6 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. THE BIRDS (many different birds : seagulls, crows and love birds)
2. ANNIE HAYWORTH (Suzanne Pleshette)
3. MELANIE DANIELS (Tippi Hedren)
4. MITCH BRENNER (Rod Taylor)
Brow /third EYE chakra
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
by Jonathan Miller
based on Lewis Carroll
UK version 1966
5 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. ALICE (Anne-Marie Mallik)
2. FROG FOOTMAN (John Bird)
3. MAD HATTER (Peter Cook)
4. KNAVE OF HEARTS (Peter Eyre)
Throat chakra (with a Touch of the smaller Turquoise Thymus)
THE PERVERT'S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY
by Sophie Fiennes
UK 2013
4 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. SLAVOJ ZIZEK in THIS VERY MOVIE (Slavoj Zizek)
presenting his philosophy throung dissecting many movies
2. LAURA in BRIEF ENCOUNTER (Celia Johnson)
"I wish you'd stop talking. I wish you'd stop trying and trying to find things out."
3. MOTHER SUPERIOR in SOUND OF MUSIC
inspiring Maria to reach out... even in a sexual way?
4. ALEX in CLOCKWORK ORANGE (Malcolm MdDowell)
approaching two dream girls in big record shop
Heart chakra
KEULRAESIK : THE CLASSIC
by Jae-young Kwak
South Korea 2003
7 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. JOO-HEE, the mother as young (Son Ye-jin)
2. JOON-HA, a boy in the old days (Jo Seung-woo)
3. JI-HYE, the daughter now (also Son Ye-jin)
4. TAE-SOO, another boy in the old days (Ki-woo Lee)
movie tune interpretation/transformation of Pachelbel's Canon?! which is also played in the movie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMaXdjuukTk
Solar Plexus chakra
"YELLOW DOG" [GULA HUND]
by Hasse Alfredson & Tage Danielsson
Revue show for television
Sweden 1966
6 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. Lazy Woman with Unperfect Garden (Sonya Hedenbratt)
2. News Reporters Pretending to Swim (Hasse & Tage)
3. Poet (Gösta Ekman)
4. The Door-knocking "Whore Apprentice" (Birgitta Andersson)
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
BARBARELLA
by Roger Vadim
based on Jean-Claude Forest
France 1968
in english language
3 stars
Roles who impressed me most
(though the characters are empty shells, I just adore the aestetics)
1. PROFESSOR PING (Marcel Marceau)
2. CONCIERGE /DURAND-DURAND (Milo O'Shea)
3. BARBARELLA (Jane Fonda)
4. THE BUDGIE BIRDS (many budgies)
Root chakra
THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
by Rober Wiene
based on Carl Mayer and Hans Janowitz
Germany 1920
6 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. DR. CALIGARI (Werner Krauss)
2. JANE OLSEN THE GIRL (Lil Dagover)
3. ALAN THE FRIEND (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski)
4. CESARE THE SOMNAMBULIST (Conrad Veidt)
Below and Above everyone
PINK PANTHER
the animated
episodes 14-27
showed 1964-67
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Pink_Panther_cartoons
mostly by Hawley Pratt
music by Henry Mancini
6 stars
Roles who impressed me most
1. THE GREEN ASTERISK (in episode Pink Punch)
2. PINK PANTHER AS SUPERHERO (in episode Super Pink)
3. THE SHEET GHOST (in episode Pink Panic)
4. GRANNY FLASH THE DRIVER (in episode Pink Pistons)
my seven favourite episodes
1. THE PINK BLUEPRINT (18)
2. PINK PUNCH (15)
3. VITAMIN PINK (17)
4. PINK POSIES (27)
5. GENIE WITH A LIGHT PINK FUR (22)
6. PINK-A-BOO (21)
7. PINK PANIC (26)
wWw
30 June 2014
Back with your Back in Brazil
my transformation of Back in The U.S.S.R. on Beatles White Album
the lyrics through a kind of distorted looking glass
[intro flight, from Ringo to Rio]
[first verse]
Feathers fill the jungle air with city sun,
shining all around your waist
By the way banana stocks grows pretty fun
Girl, you've got a fruitful taste!
[R A]
You're Back with Your Back in Brazil
Please Gimme Some Samba Until...
I'm Back on My Back in Brazil
[second verse]
Never been some place like this, a paradise
B! seems like two golden boobs
If I'm still awake tomorrow - will your dice (??)
roll us up to 22
[R B]
I'm Back on My Back in Brazil
Please Gimme Some Samba Until You're
Back with Your Back in
Back with Your Back in
Back with Your Back in Brazil
[stick]
Some of Chile's cheerleaders blows my mind
They dance like life were short
But Rio still shows a better kind
No tortoise never run run run run, run run run run, runs for sport
[solo]
[third verse]
Show us straight to big round things like cocoanuts,
pineapples so full of joy!
Let us hear your finger bells cling close to butts;
drum another dream for boys!
[R A]
You're Back with Your Back in Brazil
Please Gimme Some Samba Until...
I'm Back on My Back in Brazil
[outro flight]
Dance while Ringo play now!
[though Starr never did on this track...
well, I even used to believe Ringo was the one who sang it
but McCartney can do magic]
909
the lyrics through a kind of distorted looking glass
[intro flight, from Ringo to Rio]
[first verse]
Feathers fill the jungle air with city sun,
shining all around your waist
By the way banana stocks grows pretty fun
Girl, you've got a fruitful taste!
[R A]
You're Back with Your Back in Brazil
Please Gimme Some Samba Until...
I'm Back on My Back in Brazil
[second verse]
Never been some place like this, a paradise
B! seems like two golden boobs
If I'm still awake tomorrow - will your dice (??)
roll us up to 22
[R B]
I'm Back on My Back in Brazil
Please Gimme Some Samba Until You're
Back with Your Back in
Back with Your Back in
Back with Your Back in Brazil
[stick]
Some of Chile's cheerleaders blows my mind
They dance like life were short
But Rio still shows a better kind
No tortoise never run run run run, run run run run, runs for sport
[solo]
[third verse]
Show us straight to big round things like cocoanuts,
pineapples so full of joy!
Let us hear your finger bells cling close to butts;
drum another dream for boys!
[R A]
You're Back with Your Back in Brazil
Please Gimme Some Samba Until...
I'm Back on My Back in Brazil
[outro flight]
Dance while Ringo play now!
[though Starr never did on this track...
well, I even used to believe Ringo was the one who sang it
but McCartney can do magic]
909
29 June 2014
Mad Alice not Opening Her Mirror
my transformation of Dear Prudence
on Beatles White Album
Lennons lyrics through a bit distorted looking glass
still about (wrong kind of) meditation :
Mad Alice, will you stay in your cave?
Mad Alice, like the earliest grave?
The clouds are out
Our town is black
Your moon is white
This track leads back
Mad Alice, will you live anyway?
Mad Alice, close that magazine!
Mad Alice, truth lies in between...
The world is mad
Some owls can laugh
Your mouse is dead
on photograph
Mad Alice, will you realise you dream?!
Feel them near, near, near...
Hear them fear, fear, fear...
See them here!
Mad Alice, why we hear you moan?
Mad Alice, be a woman soon?
The sun will take
my glasses on [no, off]
So let us feel
more glad than tough
Mad Alice, don't you want another room?
909
on Beatles White Album
Lennons lyrics through a bit distorted looking glass
still about (wrong kind of) meditation :
Mad Alice, will you stay in your cave?
Mad Alice, like the earliest grave?
The clouds are out
Our town is black
Your moon is white
This track leads back
Mad Alice, will you live anyway?
Mad Alice, close that magazine!
Mad Alice, truth lies in between...
The world is mad
Some owls can laugh
Your mouse is dead
on photograph
Mad Alice, will you realise you dream?!
Feel them near, near, near...
Hear them fear, fear, fear...
See them here!
Mad Alice, why we hear you moan?
Mad Alice, be a woman soon?
The sun will take
my glasses on [no, off]
So let us feel
more glad than tough
Mad Alice, don't you want another room?
909
24 June 2014
Crossing Zebra Road
originally intended to be an inverted reflection of "Why Don't We Do it in The Road?", but rather became something along the lines of "Revolution part 1"
Some miles ahead of Abbey Road
a year or two before The Beatles' end
we discovered a more specially chocking
zebra crossing which twisted our minds
with unbelievably BLACK stripes
on a very WHITE, unwinding street
well, yes monkey, you saw right!
but we heard a bird complain from left:
"Why do people like to cross this zebra
more than any other fucking thing?!
Why can't they treat every street as equals?!"
then while our old brown shoes
stepped on that crazy creature
so curiously but lazy
for the 4.444:th time
like Beatles rolled over Beethoven
our reason began to (r)evolve:
"How boring if no road were unique...!
and if every street deserved the same
amount of attention - then
how could we dare to adore...?
and why would one bother to love anymore
one's favourite zebra some more than some horse?!"
19 June 2014
17 June 2014
White Bird (my first white beatle)
Transformation inspired by BlackBird, maybe most melodic track on Beatles' white album
a tune I thought was written in India but just found out it was born in Scotland?!
White bird screaming in the morning sun
takes that student hat
down to the bay,
rides away
We will always long for
her to visit us some day
Beetle fly!
beetle fly!
out of the black
into summer white
Seagull cry!
seagull cry!
out of your nest
to some city bright
White bird screaming in the morning sun
makes me shake these knees
of love and fear
- if comes near...
We were always dreaming
she would visit us some day
wWw
a tune I thought was written in India but just found out it was born in Scotland?!
White bird screaming in the morning sun
takes that student hat
down to the bay,
rides away
We will always long for
her to visit us some day
Beetle fly!
beetle fly!
out of the black
into summer white
Seagull cry!
seagull cry!
out of your nest
to some city bright
White bird screaming in the morning sun
makes me shake these knees
of love and fear
- if comes near...
We were always dreaming
she would visit us some day
wWw
14 June 2014
seVen seen : Last Gravity of The World
Rising Down
6:th tower of 2014
my Recent discoveries
among movies and series
with stars from 1 to 7
Crown chakra
GEORGE HARRISON : LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
by Martin Scorsese
USA /UK 2011
4 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. RAVI SHANKAR (Ravi Shankar)
2. PATTIE BOYD (Patti Boyd)
3. GEORGE HARRISON (George Harrison)
4. RINGO STARR (Ringo Starr)
5. ERIC CLAPTON (Eric Clapton)
6. PHIL SPECTOR (Phil Spector)
7. MUKUNDA GOSWAMI (Mukunda Goswami)
Brow /third EYE chakra
THE WORLD'S END
by Edgar Wright
UK 2013
7 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. ANDY KNIGHTLEY (Nick Frost)
2. PETER PAGE (Eddie Marsan)
3. BASIL THE OLD WISE FOOL (David Bradley)
4. GARY KING HIMSELF (Simon Pegg)
5. TEENAGE TWINS (Charlotte + Francesca Reidie)
6. MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN (Steve Oram)
7. STEVEN PRINCE (Paddy Considine)
Throat chakra (with a Touch of the smaller Turquoise Thymus)
MONICA Z
(A LINGONBERRY BRANCH IN A COCKTAIL GLASS)
by Per Fly based on Peter Birro
Sweden 2013
Seen for second time now
felt much better than first disappointment
Should though be quite separated from the real persons
4 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. STURE B. (Sverrir Gudnason)
2. BENGT N. (Kjell Bergqvist)
3. BEPPE W. (Johannes Wanselow)
4. ELLA F. (Amelia Fowler)
5. MONICA Z. (Edda Magnason)
6. VILGOT S. (Oskar Thunberg)
7. TAGE D. (Jörgen Thorsson)
Heart chakra
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX
First Season, episodes 1,2,3,4
by Sally Wainwright and Samuel Donovan
UK 2012
6 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. GILLIAN (Nicola Walker)
2. CAROLINE (Sarah Lancashire)
3. JOHN (Tony Gardner)
4. CELIA (Anne Reid)
5. ALAN (Derek Jacobi)
6. PAUL (Sacha Dhawan)
7. ROBBIE (Dean Andrews)
Solar Plexus chakra
LA BOHÈME
by King Vidor 1926
USA with Parisian material
based on Puccini's opera
5 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. MIMI (Lillian Gish)
2. VICOMTE PAUL (Roy D'Arcy)
3. MUSETTE (Renée Adorée)
4. COLLINE (Edward Everett Horton)
5. MADAME BENOIT (Mathilde Comont)
6. RODOLPHE (John Gilbert)
7. THEATRE MANAGER (Frank Currier)
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
AGENT 007 : DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
by Guy Hamilton
UK 1971
based on Ian Fleming
4 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. MR. WINT & MR. KIDD (Bruce Glover & Putter Smith)
2. BLOFELD & BLOFELD (Charles Gray)
3. THUMPER & BAMBI (Trina Parks & Lola Larson)
4. PLENTY O'TOOLE (Lana Wood)
5. SHADY TREE (Leonard Barr)
6. TIFFANY CASE (Jill St. John)
7. JAMES BOND (Sean Connery)
Root chakra
GRAVITY
by Alfonso Cuarón 2013
USA with russian and chinese material
6 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
2. MATT KOWALSKI (George Clooney)
3. MATT KOWALSKI (George Clooney)
4. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
5. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
6. MATT KOWALSKI (George Clooney)
7. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
Far Away from Everyone
Below as Well as Above
[DEN OFRIVILLIGE GOLFAREN] "THE ACCIDENTAL GOLFER"
by Lasse Åberg
Sweden 1991
5 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. FIONA McDOUGALL (Margo Gunn)
2. STIG-HELMER OLSSON (Lasse Åberg)
3. RODERIC McDOUGALL (James Logan)
4. GROUND PROTECTOR BERGLUND (Claes Månsson)
5. FARMER OLOFSSON (Bertil Nordström)
6. METTE GULBRANDSEN (Hege Schoyen)
7. OLE BRAMSERUD (Jon Skolmen)
8. ROSIE THE BARTENDER (Gerrie Ferguson)
wWw
6:th tower of 2014
my Recent discoveries
among movies and series
with stars from 1 to 7
Crown chakra
GEORGE HARRISON : LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
by Martin Scorsese
USA /UK 2011
4 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. RAVI SHANKAR (Ravi Shankar)
2. PATTIE BOYD (Patti Boyd)
3. GEORGE HARRISON (George Harrison)
4. RINGO STARR (Ringo Starr)
5. ERIC CLAPTON (Eric Clapton)
6. PHIL SPECTOR (Phil Spector)
7. MUKUNDA GOSWAMI (Mukunda Goswami)
Brow /third EYE chakra
THE WORLD'S END
by Edgar Wright
UK 2013
7 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. ANDY KNIGHTLEY (Nick Frost)
2. PETER PAGE (Eddie Marsan)
3. BASIL THE OLD WISE FOOL (David Bradley)
4. GARY KING HIMSELF (Simon Pegg)
5. TEENAGE TWINS (Charlotte + Francesca Reidie)
6. MOTORCYCLE POLICEMAN (Steve Oram)
7. STEVEN PRINCE (Paddy Considine)
Throat chakra (with a Touch of the smaller Turquoise Thymus)
MONICA Z
(A LINGONBERRY BRANCH IN A COCKTAIL GLASS)
by Per Fly based on Peter Birro
Sweden 2013
Seen for second time now
felt much better than first disappointment
Should though be quite separated from the real persons
4 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. STURE B. (Sverrir Gudnason)
2. BENGT N. (Kjell Bergqvist)
3. BEPPE W. (Johannes Wanselow)
4. ELLA F. (Amelia Fowler)
5. MONICA Z. (Edda Magnason)
6. VILGOT S. (Oskar Thunberg)
7. TAGE D. (Jörgen Thorsson)
Heart chakra
LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX
First Season, episodes 1,2,3,4
by Sally Wainwright and Samuel Donovan
UK 2012
6 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. GILLIAN (Nicola Walker)
2. CAROLINE (Sarah Lancashire)
3. JOHN (Tony Gardner)
4. CELIA (Anne Reid)
5. ALAN (Derek Jacobi)
6. PAUL (Sacha Dhawan)
7. ROBBIE (Dean Andrews)
Solar Plexus chakra
LA BOHÈME
by King Vidor 1926
USA with Parisian material
based on Puccini's opera
5 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. MIMI (Lillian Gish)
2. VICOMTE PAUL (Roy D'Arcy)
3. MUSETTE (Renée Adorée)
4. COLLINE (Edward Everett Horton)
5. MADAME BENOIT (Mathilde Comont)
6. RODOLPHE (John Gilbert)
7. THEATRE MANAGER (Frank Currier)
Sex chakra /Sacred chakra
AGENT 007 : DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
by Guy Hamilton
UK 1971
based on Ian Fleming
4 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. MR. WINT & MR. KIDD (Bruce Glover & Putter Smith)
2. BLOFELD & BLOFELD (Charles Gray)
3. THUMPER & BAMBI (Trina Parks & Lola Larson)
4. PLENTY O'TOOLE (Lana Wood)
5. SHADY TREE (Leonard Barr)
6. TIFFANY CASE (Jill St. John)
7. JAMES BOND (Sean Connery)
Root chakra
GRAVITY
by Alfonso Cuarón 2013
USA with russian and chinese material
6 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
2. MATT KOWALSKI (George Clooney)
3. MATT KOWALSKI (George Clooney)
4. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
5. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
6. MATT KOWALSKI (George Clooney)
7. RYAN STONE (Sandra Bullock)
Far Away from Everyone
Below as Well as Above
[DEN OFRIVILLIGE GOLFAREN] "THE ACCIDENTAL GOLFER"
by Lasse Åberg
Sweden 1991
5 stars
Roles which impressed me most
1. FIONA McDOUGALL (Margo Gunn)
2. STIG-HELMER OLSSON (Lasse Åberg)
3. RODERIC McDOUGALL (James Logan)
4. GROUND PROTECTOR BERGLUND (Claes Månsson)
5. FARMER OLOFSSON (Bertil Nordström)
6. METTE GULBRANDSEN (Hege Schoyen)
7. OLE BRAMSERUD (Jon Skolmen)
8. ROSIE THE BARTENDER (Gerrie Ferguson)
wWw
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