70's Songs most Appreciated during April

and where I would put them in my Symbolical House



Roof Top

I'M MANDY, FLY ME

10cc
from How Dare You -76



Front Door

OUT THE BLUE

John Lennon
from Mind Games -73



Hallway

GOING AWAY

Cliff Richard
from 31:st of February Street -74



Kitchen

THE GREAT SUBURBAN SHOWDOWN

Billy Joel
from Streetlife Serenade -74



Parlour

CHERISH

David Cassidy
[composed by Terry Kirkman]
from Cherish -72



Bathroom

SHOW ME THE WAY TO AMARILLO

Tony Christie
[composed by Greenfield and Sedaka]
single -71



Living TV Room

(Could it be that somebody else
is looking into my mind?!?
some other place, somewhere) SOME OTHER TIME

Alan Parsons' Project
from I, Robot -77



Bedroom

ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)

Gilbert O'Sullivan
via retrospective collection



Closet

STAY FREE (in the classroom)

Clash
from Give 'Em Enough Rope -78



Attic

TAKE ME AWAY (far away, when the day is raining)

Art Garfunkel
[composed by Gullickson]
from Fate For Breakfast -79



Stairway

DEATH OF A LADIES' MAN
(Now the master of this landscape, he was standing at the view
with a sparrow of St. Francis that he was preaching to...)

Leonard Cohen
from Death of A Ladies' Man -77



Basement

WORLD OF STONE
(such a long way from home)

George Harrison
from Extra Texture -75



Workroom

CHILDLIKE FAITH IN CHILDHOOD'S END

Van Der Graaf Generator
from Still Life -76



Balcony (of Backyard)

BEND IN THE WATER

Gordon Lightfoot
from Cold on The Shoulder -75



Tool Shed

BICYCLE RACE (I Want to Ride My BiCycle)

Queen
from Jazz -78



Play House

BLACK DIAMOND BAY

Bob Dylan
from Desire -76



(Garden (Border to World))

MY LITTLE TOWN

Paul Simon with Art Garfunkel again
from Still Crazy After All These Years -75






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my House of Simon & Garfunkel songs

Those Returned to most often in My Life

as 16 (17) symbolical Rooms or other parts




Roof Top

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER *



Front Door

MRS. ROBINSON

(...where no one ever goes...
Stroll around the grounds until you feel at home)



Hallway

PATTERNS

(Pieces of a Puzzle... Rat in a Maze)



Kitchen

THE DANGLING CONVERSATION

("And you read your Emily Dickinson
and I my Robert Frost
and we note our place with bookmarkers
that measure what we've lost")



Parlour

BOOKENDS THEME

(preserve your memories)



Bathroom

FOR EMILY, WHENEVER I MAY FIND HER

(your cheeks flushed with the night)



Living TV Room

HOMEWARD BOUND

(...movies and the factories
and every stranger's face I see
reminds me that I long to be...)



Bedroom

WEDNESDAY MORNING, 3 A.M.

(and I watch as her breasts gently rise, gently fall)



Closet

(within) THE SOUND OF SILENCE

(no one dare disturb...)



Attic

KATHY'S SONG

(drizzle of the rain... tapping on my roof and walls)



Stairway

THE 59:TH STREET BRIDGE SONG (FEELIN' GROOVY)

(just kicking down the cobble stones)



Basement

THE BOXER

(laying low,
seeking out for poorer quarters)



Workroom

I AM A ROCK

(I have my books
and my poetry to protect me)



Balcony (of Backyard)

APRIL, COME SHE WILL

(August, die she must)



Tool Shed

HAZY SHADE OF WINTER

(...weaving time in a tapestry...
simply pretend that you can build them again)



Play House

CECILIA **

(when I come back to bed
someone's taken my place)



(Garden (Border to World))

(And we walked off to look for) AMERICA






* "I'm sailing right behind" I always thought was "I'm sailing rather high"

** "You're shaking my confidence daily" I almost thought was "You're shaking my coffee and stay/leave"



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Stairs in Lisbon (Last Steps)

Album Closing Tracks perfect as Album Endings

among the relatively few I've heard many times through music history



1
on Sgt. Pepper

A DAY IN THE LIFE
Beatles -67


2
on Breakaway

SAME OLD TEARS ON A NEW BACKGROUND
Art Garfunkel -75


3
on Space Oddity

MEMORY OF A FREE FESTIVAL
David Bowie -69


4
on Wind And Wuthering

AFTERGLOW
Genesis -76


5
on Funeral

IN THE BACKSEAT
Arcade Fire -04


6
on Death of a Ladies' Man

DEATH OF A LADIES' MAN
Leonard Cohen -77


7
on Män Utan Kvinnor
"Men Without Women"

BARCELONA
Ulf Lundell -97


8
on Blonde on Blonde

SAD-EYED LADY OF THE LOWLANDS
Bob Dylan -65


9
on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

SPIRAL ARCHITECT
Black Sabbath -73


10
on The Original Soundtrack

THE FILM OF MY LOVE
10cc -75


11
on Sheer Heart Attack

IN THE LAP OF THE GODS... REVISITED
Queen -74


12
on Love is The Heart

I CAN WAIT
Di Leva -95


13
on Captain Fantastic & The Brow Dirt Cowboy

CURTAINS
Elton John -75


14
on In The Court of The Crimson King

THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING
King Crimson -69


15
on Piano Man

CAPTAIN JACK
Billy Joel -73


16
on Bok Med Blanka Sidor
"Book With Empty Pages"

BOK MED BLANKA SIDOR
Peter LeMarc -95


17
on Living in The Material World

THAT IS ALL
George Harrison -73


18
on For The Roses

JUDGEMENT OF THE MOON AND STARS
Joni Mitchell -72


19
on Even in The Quitest Moments

FOOL'S OVERTURE
Supertramp -77


20
on Cameo

LEARN TO SAY GOODBYE
Dusty Springfield -73


21
on Izitso

CHILD FOR A DAY
Cat Stevens -77


22
on Out of Time

ME IN HONEY
R.E.M. -91


23
on Demons And Wizards

THE SPELL
Uriah Heep -72


24
on The Doors

THE END
The Doors -67




...to maybe be rearranged soon...






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Blackstar by Bowie

as you know His Last



most Soulful song: I CAN'T GIVE EVERYTHING AWAY

most Imaginative song: BLACKSTAR

most Amusing song: 'TIS A PITY SHE WAS A WHORE

most Beautiful song: DOLLAR DAYS [or second part of Blackstar]

most Strong song: SUE (OR IN A SEASON OF CRIME)

most Sexy song: GIRL LOVES ME

most Grounded song: LAZARUS



Whole Album

(5) compositions

(7) instrumentations

(6) singin' /playin' feelin'

(7) lyrics (incl titles)

(4) variation

(4) synchronization

(3) cover /concept

(7) historical importance

= 43


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 8 x 7 = 56 never exist(?)



Sixth Record Review since I turned fourty



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House of 16 most Recently Seen

movies and series (Re)discovered my last month



Roof Top


THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
[Bowie]
by Nicolas Roeg 1976
(seen for second time)



Front Door(s)


BETTER CALL SAUL
season 1 (episode 1-3)

cousin to Breaking Bad
by Gilligan and Gould 2015



Hallway


STILL ALICE
[Alzheimers]
by Westmoreland and Glatzer 2014



Kitchen


MEDIUM COOL
made of partly real scenes in Chicago
by Haskell Wexler 1968



Parlour


DOWNTON ABBEY
season 4 (episode 3-4)
UK 2013
by Julian Fellowes



Bathroom


GIRLS
season 5 (episode 1-6)
by Lena Dunham 2016



Living TV Room


MR. ROBOT
season 1 (episode 0-1)
by many 2015



Bedroom


WILD TALES (6 movies in one)
by Damián Szifrón
Argentina 2014



Closet


SECONDS
by John Frankenheimer 1966
(seen for second time)



Stairway


INTOLERANCE : LOVE'S STRUGGLE THROUGHOUT THE AGES
by D.W. Griffith 1916



Attic


CONTACT
by Robert Zemeckis 1997
(seen once again)



Basement


PAN'S LABYRINTH [EL LABERINTO DEL FAUNO]
by Guillermo del Toro
Mexico 2006
(seen once again)



Workroom


THE SAINT
Season 1 (episodes 1-5)
by many 1962



Balcony (of Backyard)


WILD
with Witherspoon
by Jean-Marc Vallée 2014



Tool Shed


THE RING CYCLE
short film with Natalie Dormer
by Erin Cramer 2014



Play House


INSIDE OUT
by Del Carmen and Docter
Animation 2015
(seen for second time
including bonus material)





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