21 January 2018

TED - Show Me Love

movie about/around Gärdestad brothers
seen with my sister in a swedish cinema

directed by Hannes Holm -17, released -18
portraying some of Sweden's most prominent music artists
from early 70's to early 90's

in my SnowBlack Movie Spiral :


most Happy Role : TED GÄRDESTAD (by Adam Pålsson)
(accompanied by MARGIT GÄRDESTAD (by Maria Kulle))

most Grumpy Role : TED GÄRDESTAD (by Adam Pålsson)
(accompanied by "his phantom shadow" (by ?? ??))

most Sneezy Role : STIKKAN ANDERSSON (Jonas Karlsson)

most Sleepy Role : HARPO [who was completely absent from this movie]


most Dopey Role : LOTTA RAMEL (by Happy Jankell)

most Doc Role : KENNETH GÄRDESTAD (by Peter Viitanen)

most Bashful Role : BENNY ANDERSSON (by Edvin Bredefeldt)
(or some other in ABBA - not so pop star:ish at all)

most Beauty Role : HELENA ANLIOT (Mikaela Ardai-Jennerfors)




so which Gärdestad SONGS I felt played most Living Roles here :

1. UNIVERSUM [becomes kind of lead motive, a pure ground]

2. HELT NÄRA DIG [together on bus with different psychology]

3. HELENA [while trying to continue to play tennis]

4. EIFFELTORNET [playing on Povel's piano]

5. RÄCKER JAG TILL [conflicting intros during Rehearsal]

6. JAG SKA FÅNGA EN ÄNGEL [more exciting than I realised before]

7. I DRÖM o FANTASI [as Stikkan critically analyses Kenneth's lyrics]

8. SATELLIT [also in slower version, warming up again...]



my experience of full movie as a movie

6 Joy (Happy)
7 Conflict (Grumpy)
5 Thrill (Sneezy)
5 Process (Sleepy)
5 Humour (Dopey)
5 Idea (Doc)
4 Mystery (Bashful)
6 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 43

I give from 1 to 7 stars
for these 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars



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19 January 2018

Escalator with Clifford T. Ward


sung and composed by Clifford T. Ward 1975
which I would've called Baggins' Jigsaw Puzzle

probably one of the most forgotten albums you can imagine??
deeper inside some wardrobes than memories are able to sleep...

anyway a nice discovery for me, clearly
quickly escalating in its calmness
yes, really lights up the very ground of my musical taste!

even if a pair of pieces doesn't makes sense
for example beginning each side with slow, melancholic tracks
like the ending ones wouldn't have been enough soft to lean against


as my Snow Record # 183
by chakra:ish evaluation


most Soulful song : TRESPASS

most Imaginative song : MR. BILBO BAGGINS

most Amusing song : JIG-SAW GIRL

most Beautiful song : WE COULD BE TALKING (by the time this record ends)

most Strong song : A SAD AFFAIR

most Sexy song : CELLOPHANE

most Rooted song : ESCALATOR


Reminds me most of :

Gilbert O'Sullivan
Cliff Richard
Ted Gärdestad
Donovan
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Billy Joel
Elton John
Carole King
Cat Stevens
Art Garfunkel



Whole Album

(7) compositions
(7) instrumentation
(5) singin' /playin' feelin'
(6) lyrics (incl titles)
(4) variation
(2) synchronization
(4) cover /concept
(3) historical importance

= 38

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


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17 January 2018

Memory of a Cut Off Head


almost could have been made in -67
but is psychedelic pop from -17
especially nice orchestrated

by John Dwyer with Brigid Dawson as OCS
which I've never heard in former incarnations


as my Snow Record # 182
by chakra:ish evaluation


most Soulful song : THE REMOTE VIEWER

most Imaginative song : THE BARON SLEEPS AND DREAMS

most Amusing song : ON AND ON CORRIDOR

most Beautiful song : THE FOOL

most Strong song : MEMORY OF A CUT OFF HEAD

most Sexy song : LIFT A FINGER BY THE GARDEN PATH

most Rooted song : THE CHOPPING BLOCK


Above and/or Below everyone : NEIGHBOR TO NONE


Reminds me most often of :

King Crimson
Velvet Underground & Nico
Jefferson Airplane
Traffic
Caravan
Simon & Garfunkel
Belle & Sebastian
Badly Drawn Boy
Donovan
John Lennon
Bridget St. John
Stina Nordenstam
Bright Eyes
Zombies
David Bowie
Love


Whole Album

(3) compositions
(7) instrumentation
(5) singin' /playin' feelin'
(6) titles (incl lyrics)
(5) variation
(3) synchronization
(6) cover /concept
(7) historical importance

= 42

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


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08 January 2018

my House of Jeff Lynne compositions

those I've found most comfortable and/or spiritual
27 very favourites through life

put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces



Roof Top

EVERY LITTLE THING

on Armchair Theatre -90
for Jeff Lynne



Chimney /Stove

PROLOGUE + TWILIGHT

on Time -81
for ELO



Front Door

BOY BLUE
(is back)

on Eldorado -74
for ELO



Hallway

THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES
(And now it begins to shine...)

on Cloud Nine -87
for George Harrison
co-written with



Workroom

SECRET MESSAGES
(calling on me endlessly)

on Secret Messages -83
for ELO



Kitchen

MR. BLUE SKY

on Out of The Blue -77
for ELO



Bathroom

DANGER AHEAD
(the endless summer is dead)

on Secret Messages -83
for ELO



Parlour

NOW YOU'RE GONE
(Your face so young)

on Armchair Theatre -90
for Jeff Lynne



Living TV Room

LIVIN' THING
(terrible thing to lose)

on A New World Record -76
for ELO



Stairway
(down...)


(IS THIS) THE WAY LIFE'S MEANT TO BE (?)

on Time -81
for ELO



secret wardrobe

BLUEBIRD
(work work... but it's only make believe)

on Secret Messages -83
for ELO



Basement

MISTER KINGDOM
(from this empty room the corridors of endless gloom)

on Eldorado -74
for ELO



Broom Cupboard

THE DIARY OF HORACE WIMP
(Go Out and Get Yourself a Wife!)

on Discovery -79
for ELO



Extra Toilet

DIRTY TO THE BONE

on Alone in The Universe -15
for Jeff Lynne's ELO



Bedroom

A LOVE SO BEAUTIFUL
(we let it slip away)

on Mystery Girl -89
for Roy Orbison
co-written with



Stairway
(...up again)


HEADING FOR THE LIGHT

on Traveling Wilburys vol 1 -88
for Traveling Wilburys



Attic

FROM THE SUN TO THE WORLD (Boogie no. 1)

on ELO 2 -72
for ELO



Mirror

ONE WAY LOVE

on Eyes of a Woman -85
for Agnetha Fältskog



Balcony

STANDIN' IN THE RAIN

on Out of The Blue -77
for ELO



Garden

ONE SUMMER DREAM

on Face The Music -75
for ELO



Play Cottage

CONFUSION

on Discovery -79
for ELO



Tool Shed

TIGHTROPE

on A New World Record -76
for ELO



Food Cellar

ALL MY LIFE

on Alone in The Universe -15
for Jeff Lynne's ELO



Fence
(Border to World)


10538 OVERTURE

on Electric Light Orchestra -71
for ELO



Outside
(something else)

XANADU

on Xanadu -80
for Olivia Newton-John



Caravan

LAREDO TORNADO

on Eldorado -74
for ELO



New Home

21:ST CENTURY MAN

on Time -81
for ELO





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07 January 2018

Seven Strong Songs I've Never Heard Before

my first musical body of 2018
during late December - early January




Crown chakra

MEMORY OF A CUT OFF HEAD

"Oh, what a day! I lost my body"

with OCS
from Memory of a Cut Off Head -17

by John Dwyer with Brigid Dawson




Eye chakra

WHEREWITHAL

"Wish I had the wherewithal to attract your attention
You are so nonpareil - you introduce a new elation..."

with Clifford T. Ward
from Home Thoughts -73

by Clifford T. Ward
presented by Gessle as one of the world's "most forgotten artists"


video with a very nice way of presenting his lyrics :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-f1OeUct4k





Throat chakra

cover of GRANDDAD'S FLANNELETTE NIGHTSHIRT :

MIN STÄNDIGA JULKLAPP
"Jag får alltid keps och en halsduk"

with Anders Eriksson (also on ukulele)
swedish lyrics by Claes Eriksson

originally by George Formby
from Let George Do it -40




Heart chakra

SNOWFLAKE

"Keep you till winter when you won't be needing me"

with Sia
from Everyday is Christmas -17

by Sia Furler & Greg Kurstin




Solar Plexus chakra

MY BONFIRE

"burnin' your love letters...
Each letter warm me when it came
but now they're cold in hand"

with Porter Wagoner
from Satisfied Mind -57

by Segal, Whatley




Sex chakra

ON THE OUTSIDE

"You never go anywhere
You say you've nothing to wear"

with The Kinks
bonus track from Sleepwalker -77
or remix -94

by Ray Davies




Root chakra

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE A WALK?

"...tired of the talkies, I prefer the walkies"

with Pat Boone
from Howdy! -56

by Dixon, Rose, Warren
originally for Braodway show Sweet and Low







Bonus Below or Above All

THE KINGDOM OF SILENCE
for Orchestra -03

by Victoria Borisova-Ollas
with Andrey Boreiko conducting




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01 January 2018

ANOMALISA ["you're the only other person in the world"]


a deeply impressing doll stop-motion movie with/for grown-ups
touching existential strings of love and identity

appearantly was first animated film to win in Venice

directed by Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufmann 2015
based on script by Charlie Kaufmann 2005
and/or Francis Fregoli's "Anomalisa"

with music by Carter Burwell


in my SnowBlack Movie Spiral

most Happy Role : LISA the really personal guest on hotel

most Grumpy Role : MICHAEL the writer and main character

most Sneezy Role : BELLA the ex-girlfriend being called up

most Sleepy Role : HOTEL MANAGER (in Michael's Dream)
or most Surrealistic - otherwise Michael could fill the Sleepy part also

most Dopey Role : the Cincinnati Cab Driver

most Doc Role : EMILY Lisa's friend on hotel, a bit more smart and sexy

most Bashful Role : also LISA the really personal guest on hotel

most Beauty Role : EMILY Lisa's friend as she really looks like
(or japanese mechanic doll from "toy store")


and experience of full movie as a movie

4 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

4 Thrill (Sneezy)

7 Process (Sleepy)

4 Humour (Dopey)

6 Idea (Doc)

7 Mystery (Bashful)

5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 43


I give from 1 to 7 stars
for these 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars



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