Astrud Gilberto with or without Turrentine

a sweet as well as soulful blend between bossa nova
and schlager jazz (with some country blues slings)
as it just could've been and was made around -71

as my Spring Record # 18:2


Glorious songs in a nicely shifting string of pearls
but quite dubious or strange taken as an album
"Gilberto with Turrentine"

Why is this saxophonist half of the title?
when he's playing only on four tracks
[could've been great as an EP stuffed with samba]

while more tracks are played by the flutist,
the guitarist(s), organ, percussions
and many strings creating the windy, dreamy space

where probably sax should've sound too sharp
or too happy if would've danced every time with Astrud
whose beauty often is based on melancholy
(except in the whisling tune here she wrote herself)

Well, I'm just beginning to know Gilberto
= many albums and songs to go......



by kinda chakra based evaluation

most Soulful song : BRAZILIAN TAPESTRY
[composed by Eumir Deodato]

most Imaginative song : SOLO EL FIN (for all we know)
[composed by Fred Karlin a.o.]

most Amusing song : JUST BE YOU (Bonus)
[composed by Astrud Gilberto]

most Beautiful song : WHERE THERE'S A HEARTACHE (there must be a heart)
[composed by Bacharach and David]

most Strong song : ZAZUEIRA
[composed by Jorge Ben]

most Sexy song : PONTEIO
[composed by José Carlos Capinam and Edú Lobo]

most Rooted song : TRAVELING LIGHT
[composed by Deodato and Everett]


Above and/or Below everyone : TO A FLAME (instrumental)
[composed by Stephen Stills]



Furthermore than other Bossa artists, this Reminds me most of : Francoise Hardy, Gordon Lightfoot, Sandie Shaw, Mia Martini, Monica Zetterlund, Cat Stevens and of course Burt Bacharach by many singers


Whole Album

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

= 37

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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Seven Strong Songs Never Really Heard Before

just flashed by some times during the years
without me realizing how splendid they are

as my fourth Musical Body of 2018




Crown chakra

ABOVE AND BEYOND (the sun)

"Is it any wonder I'm alive?!?"

with Bee Gees
from Size isn't Everything -93




Eye chakra

THE ARBITER [Opening Ceremony of CHESS]

"From square one I'll be watching all 64"

with Björn Skifs
early version -84
before premiere of the musical




Throat chakra

Ta Mig TUSEN DAGAR HÄRIFRÅN
[Take Me THOUSAND DAYS AWAY FROM HERE]

about some imagined last Rock'n'roll king actually in Moscow
contrasted to same kind of longing a girl in New York carries

with Perssons Pack 
feat. Jacob Hellman
from Äkta Hjärtan [True Hearts] -91




Heart chakra

ASK ME IF I CARE

with Lemon Pipers
from Green Tambourine -68

(via collection Love Beads And Meditation
containing their both albums)




Solar Plexus chakra

ZAZUEIRA

with Astrud Gilberto and Stanley Turrentine
from Gilberto with Turrentine -71




Sex chakra

LITTLE BITTY PISSANT COUNTRY PLACE

"just lots of good will and maybe one small thrill"

with Dolly Parton & co
from movie The Best Little WhoreHouse in Texas -82




Root chakra

BOOGIE BLUES

with Gene Krupa (drums) 
and Anita O'Day (singing)

from collection Let Me Off Uptown, this piece -45







Below or Above All

WORLD

"Now I've found
that the world is Round"

with Bee Gees
from Horizontal -69





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my House of Recently Seen Movies

a finally well-sorted mess

of which ones I've watched during 2018 so far

some big movies taken me months
of returned attempts to follow through

like the Hollywood version of Russian War & Piece
and especially the 7h long Hungarian work Sátántangó

while others immediately experienced

here put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces




Roof Top

[JÄTTEN] = THE GIANT
by Johannes Nyholm

Sweden -16

Waited more than a year, now finally seen!

Front Door

RUSHMORE
by Wes Anderson

USA -96

Hallway

BALLAD OF A SOLDIER
by Grigori Chukrai

Soviet -59

Kitchen

I, DANIEL BLAKE
by Ken Loach

UK -16

Workroom

RIFIFI
by Jules Dassin

France -55

Bathroom

NOCTURNAL ANIMALS

by Tom Ford

USA -16

Parlour

PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK
by Peter Weir

based on Joan Lindsay

Australia -75

Living TV Room

BLADE RUNNER 2049
by Denis Villeneuve

USA -17

begun to check it on Bluray
then in Cinema "Retro" (including the original -82)

and so repeated ready on Bluray

Stairway (down...)

SÁTÁNTANGÓ
by Belá Tarr

Hungary -94

[so far seen part 1-6 of 9]

Secret Wardrobe

THE DAUGHTER

by Simon Stone

Australia -15

Basement

JURASSIC PARK
by Steven Spielberg

USA -93

Bonus Toilet

ELLE

by Paul Verhoeven

France -16

Bedroom

AMERICAN HONEY

by Andrea Arnold

UK -16

Stairway (...up again)

WAR AND PEACE
by King Vidor

USA -56

based on Lev Tolstoj 1869

Attic

NÄRVARANDE

about photographer Georg Oddner

by Jan Troell

Sweden -03

Balcony

SHANE
western with Alan Ladd
by George Stevens -52




Garden

THE GREAT ADVENTURE
by Arne Sucksdorff

with wild animals of Sweden -53

+ also a bunch of his amazing short film documentaries

Play Cottage

EXPLORERS
with Ethan Hawke as kid
by Joe Dante

USA -85

Tool Shed

HIBERNATUS
with Louis de Funès
by Edouard Molinaro

France /Italy -69

Food Cellar

NANOOK OF THE NORTH
with Arctic Canadian Inuits

by Robert J. Flaherty

USA -22

"a silent documentary"

with music by Silverman -76

Fence
(border to World)

THE GUNS OF NAVARONE
by J. Lee Thompson

UK /USA -61

Outside
(something else)

ARRIVAL
by Denis Villeneuve

USA -16

based on Ted Chiang

and left some seen out

which I've already write about

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VERY Like Best Piece of LEGO

a very Very VERY Spiritual Record
Realise once more this must be
Pet Shop Boys' most madly funny
and seriously exciting work
Released in -93
never discovered it in Real time
as I did with Behaviour before that
but Very cathed up
one decade later, rolled like crazy
though I knew as little of pop-electronica
as I still wouldn't normally listen to today
with a really orange cover
now goes green as
my Spring Record # 18:1
by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Soulful song : (as you leave the) THEATRE (in the end we pretend)

most Imaginative song : YOUNG OFFENDER

most Amusing song : I WOULDN'T NORMALLY DO THIS KIND OF THING

most Beautiful song : TO SPEAK IS A SIN

most Strong song : ONE IN A MILLION

most Sexy song : A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW

most Rooted song : DREAMING OF THE QUEEN


Above and/or Below everyone : YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS MAD


Whole Album

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

= 44


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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