Built For Speed with Stray Cats

Obviously some could make real classical Rock'n'Roll even in the early 80's. Best attempt I've heard since Rockpile. Actually Dave Edmunds has co-written "Rock This Town" while almost everything is Brian Setzer's work.

as my Summer Album 14 : 62




most Grounded song: REV IT UP & GO (Big Old Bum)

most Sexy song: JEANNIE, JEANNIE, JEANNIE

most Strong song: RUMBLE IN BRIGHTON

most Beautiful song: LONELY SUMMER NIGHTS

most Amusing song: RUNAWAY BOYS

most Mysterious song: STRAY CAT STRUT

most Soulful song: ROCK THIS TOWN




Overall Album

6 compositions

5 instrumentations

7 feeling

2 philosophy

2 timeline (order of tracks)

3 concept (titles, cover picture)

7 historical importance

= 32


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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a Brasilian-Swedish Dance-Society

Performing at The Carnival of Hammarkullen

Bossanova Swap Meet with Atomic Swing

as my Summer Album 14 : 61


Atomic Swing is a swedish group I should have discovered closer during early 90's, never really realised how they play like the best bands in the world! This second record has less hits than their first, but right now every tune seems a superhit!




most Grounded song: STUCK ON A WORN-OUT RHYME

most Sexy song: LIKE A JOHN NEEDS A YOKO

most Strong song: MOON AGE REVOLUTION

most Beautiful song: ENVY MOON

most Amusing song: TEENAGE DIVINA

most Mysterious song: BOSSANOVA SWAP MEET

most Soulful song: HOODOOD IN MAMOU




Reminds me most of
R.E.M.
Rolling Stones
Traffic
Kinks
David Bowie
Jack Bruce
George Harrison




Overall Album

4 compositions

7 instrumentations

7 feeling

3 philosophy

4 timeline (order of tracks)

3 concept (titles, cover picture)

6 historical importance

= 34


I now give 1-7 for each cathegory
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 7 = 49 never exist(?)






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Monkey Road of Gibraltar

Fourth Music Chakra Race of 2014

14 Pieces which Rode Closer and Closer to my Heart
or just made most rounds

during late April through middle of May

Here's my most important "Horses"
two for each chakra





Crown chakra


1
I AM... I SAID (stuck between two shores)

driven by Neil Diamond
from Stones 1972


2
BETTER GET HIT IN YOUR SOUL

driven by Charles Mingus
from Mingus Ah Um 1959





Brow /third EYE chakra


3
PALLAS ATHENE

driven by Fennesz
from Bécs 2014


4
DIAMONDS & RUST

driven by Joan Baez
from Diamonds & Rust 1975





Throat chakra


5
ENTER THE UNINVITED

driven by Ian Anderson
from Homo Erraticus 2014


6
GOD MUST BE A BOOGIE MAN

driven by Joni Mitchell
from Mingus 1979





Heart chakra


7
CLOSER TO HEAVEN

driven by Alan Parsons' Project
from Gaudi 1987


8
TUESDAY AFTERNOON (and The Sun is Still Shining on The World)

driven by Stonecake
from Under The Biketree 1991





Solar Plexus chakra


9
SPANISH KEY

driven by Miles Davis and many more electric jazz musicians
from Bitches Brew 1970


10
ROCK THIS TOWN
[written by Brian Setzer with Dave Edmunds]

driven by Stray Cats
from Built for Speed 1982





Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11
GRANADA

driven by Baccara (and far from only them)
from Baccara 1977


12
APEMAN

driven by The Kinks
from Lola Versus The Powerman and The Money-go-round 1970





Root chakra


13
STUCK ON A WORN OUT RHYME

driven by Atomic Swing
from Bossanova Swap Meet 1994


14
RUN AROUND

driven by Jefferson Airplane
from Jefferson Airplane Takes Off 1966









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ALHAMBRA (the mystery of...)

seVen seen : Dying Stars and Living Love

my Recent discoveries
or Rediscoveries in the swedish cases

High Flying Films
my 5:th tower of 2014





Crown chakra


DET SJUNDE INSEGLET = THE SEVENTH SEAL
by Ingmar Bergman 1957


Roles I Remember most

Mars : SQUIRE JÖNS (Gunnar Björnstrand)
Venus : MIA /MARY (Bibi Andersson)
Mercury : MONK (Anders Ek)

Neptune : STARING GIRL (Gunnel Lindblom)
Uranus : KNIGHT BLOCK (Max von Sydow)
Saturn : DEATH (Bengt Ekerot)
Jupiter : JUGGLER JOF /JOSEPH (Nils Poppe)






Brow /third EYE chakra


SPIRITS OF THE DEAD
[HISTOIRES EXTRAORDINAIRES]

three short stories in one movie
made in France /Italy 1968

by Roger Vadim
by Louis Malle
by Federico Fellini

based on Edgar Allan Poe


Roles I Remember most

Mars : CONTESSA FREDERIQUE DE METZENGERSTEIN (Jane Fonda)
Venus : FRIEND OF COUNTESS (Francoise Prevost)
Mercury : WILLIAM WILSON (Alain Delon)

Neptune : TOBY DAMMIT (Terence Stamp)
Uranus : GIUSEPPINA (Brigitte Bardot)
Saturn : WILLIAM WILSON (Alain Delon)
Jupiter : THE BLACK HORSE (some horse)







Throat chakra


THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP
by Powell & Pressburger
UK 1943


Roles I Remember most

Mars : LIEUT. CLIVE CANDY as younger (Roger Livesey)
Venus : BARBARA WYNNE (Deborah Kerr)
Mercury : HOPPY (David Hutcheson)

Neptune : PEBBLE (Phyllis Morris)
Uranus : THEO KRETSCHMAR-SCHULDORFF (Anton Walbrook)
Saturn : EDITH HUNTER (Deborah Kerr)
Jupiter : GENERAL CLIVE CANDY as older (Roger Livesey)






((to be put in the small turquoise chakra

also saw RESAN TILL DEJ ["THE JOURNEY TO YOU"]
by Stig Olin 1953
with Alice Babs and more swedish singers))






Heart chakra


CITY GIRL
by F.W. Murnau

made 1930 (as this german director worked in Northern America)


Roles I Remember most

Mars : MAC (Richard Alexander)
Venus : LEM himself (Charles Farrell)
Mercury : KATE herself (Mary Duncan)

Neptune : MOTHER TUSTINE (Edith Yorke)
Uranus : GIRL ON TRAIN (Helen Lynch)
Saturn : FATHER TUSTINE (David Torrence)
Jupiter : BUTCH (Patrick Rooney)






Solar Plexus chakra


I TAKET LYSER STJÄRNORNA ["GLOWING STARS IN THE CEILING"]
by Lisa Siwe
based on Johanna Thydell

Sweden 2009
with extra nice music scores, for example "Oh Suzy!"by Secret Service


Roles I Remember most

Mars : ULLIS (Mika Berndtsdotter Ahlén)
Venus : JENNA (Josefine Mattsson)
Mercury : SAKKE (Samuel Haus)

Neptune : PER (Måns Nathanaelson)
Uranus : MOTHER LIV (Annika Hallin)
Saturn : GRANDMOTHER (Anki Lidén)
Jupiter : TEACHER (Kim Lantz)






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


NEVER ON SUNDAY
by Jules Dassin
Greece /USA 1960


Roles I Remember most

Mars : ILYA (Melina Mercouri)
Venus : HOMER THRACE (Jules Dassin)
Mercury : JORGO (Titos Vandis)

Neptune : ILYA (Melina Mercouri)
Uranus : MR. NOFACE (Alexis Solomos)
Saturn : HOMER THRACE (Jules Dassin)
Jupiter : JORGO (Titos Vandis)






Root chakra


GAME OF THRONES, FOURTH SEASON episodes 1-4

by D.B. Weiss and David Benioff 2014
based on George R.R. Martin


Roles I Remember most

Mars : DAVOS SEAWORTH (Liam Cunningham)
Venus : MARGAERY TYRELL (Natalie Dormer)
Mercury : PRINCE OBERYN MARTELL (Pedro Pascal)

Neptune : GILLY (Hannah Murray)
Uranus : RAMSAY SNOW (Iwan Rheon)
Saturn : TYWIN LANNISTER (Charles Dance)
Jupiter : SANDOR "THE HOUND" (Rory McCann)





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Another Guess of Thrones

And then the fourth season of Game of Thrones were running in full spring blossom.

I won't reveal (like no one haven't already done it...) who dies in the great second episode...

...just give my guesses of who the murderer can be - or why not a combination of at least two?!

Seen three episodes of the fourth, and read very little.

So my horizon takes place in the following order of possibility = their motives mixed with capabilities:


1) Olenna Tyrell

2) Tywin Lannister

3) Margaery Tyrell

4) Petyr Baelish = Littlefinger

5) Jaime Lannister

6) Sansa Stark

7) Prince Oberyn of Dorne

8) King Joffrey

9) Cersei Lannister

10) Tyrion Lannister

11) Stannis Baratheon
(via mirror and Melisandre)

12) Lord Varys

13) Brienne of Tarth

14) Podrick Payne






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Cortége Again Around Chalmers' University

Amazing Songs By The Monkees

Many many many rounds I've let The Monkees roll during last week. This happens through a big collection "The Works" including 68 tunes, which becomes a great part of everything from their nine main albums, from 1966-70.

How peculiar this is my first real meeting with The Monkees! Reminds me of every psychedelic bubblegum band I've ever had extremely easy to appreciate. The most tasteful band of them all seems to be the one I'm discovering last. (But feels like I've listened to Monkees in my past life...?)

Most songs are composed by Tommy Boyce + Bobby Hart, many by Michael Nesmith, yet alot by Gerry Goffin + Carole King,  and two gems by Neil Diamond. Only a few were penned by the monkey Micky Dolenz himself.

Now the 6 x 4 songs I like most, gets their recent place in this list:



1. Through The Looking Glass

2. Mary Mary

3. I'm a Believer

4. Randy Scouse Git

5. Words

6. Never Tell a Woman Yes



7. Daydream Believer

8. What Am I Doing Hangin' Round?

9. Writings Wrongs

10. (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone

11. I'll Be Back Upon My Feet

12. Daily Nightly



13. Look Out! (Here Comes Tomorrow)

14. Pleasant Valley Sunday

15. Valleri

16. Saturday's Child

17. Star Collector

18. Porpoise Song (Theme From Head)



19. Take a Giant Step (Outside Your Mind)

20. Listen to The Band

21. Don't Listen to Linda

22. Me Without You (You Without Me)

23. (Come Out of Your) Dream World

24. The Door into Summer







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High Flying Films, my 4:th Tower of 2014

Another Fourteen Films Recently Seen





Crown chakra


1
DONGGAM [DITTO]

by Jeong-kwon Kim
South Korea 2000


2
THE LITTLE PRINCESS
["Without Lying Down"]
silent movie
by Marshall Neilan, USA 1917
earliest version of Frances Hodgson Burnett's novel





Brow /third EYE chakra


3
DJÄVULENS ÖGA = THE DEVIL'S EYE
by Ingmar Bergman 1960


4
LA COLLECTIONNEUSE
by Eric Rohmer
France 1967





Throat chakra


5
I DUR OCH SKUR
by Stig Olin

with Povel Ramel and Alice Babs
Sweden 1953


6
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP
by Powell & Pressburger
UK 1943





Heart chakra


7
DOCTOR SNUGGLES : THE SENSATIONAL BALLOON RACE
only episode I had never seen before

by Joop Visch via Jeffrey O'Kelly
UK and Netherlands 1979


8
PLANES
[from above the world of Cars]
another big animation
by Klay Hall 2013





Solar Plexus chakra


9
WADJDA ["THE GREEN BICYCLE"]
by Haifaa Al-Mansour

Saudi Arabia 2012


10
THE GREAT BEAUTY [LA GRANDE BELLEZZA]
by Paolo Sorrentino

Italy 2013





Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
by Woody Allen 2008

seen again


12
MITT LIV SOM HUND = MY LIFE AS A DOG
by Lasse Hallström
based on Reidar Jönsson
Sweden 1985

strangely enough first time for me




Root chakra


13
DET STORA ÄVENTYRET = THE GREAT ADVENTURE
with wild swedish animals

by Arne Sucksdorff 1953


14
[NÄRKONTAKT :] THE FOURTH KIND
kind of UFO-documentary

"There are four kinds of alien encounters. The fourth kind is abduction."
by Olatunde Osunsanmi 2009







the numbers are not for comparing value here


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Third Music Chakra Horse Race of 2014

14 Songs which Rode Closer and Closer to my Heart
or just made most rounds
during late Mars through early April

Here's my most important "Horses"
two for each chakra




Crown chakra


1
RETURN TO FOREVER

driven by Chick Corea
featuring Flora Purim
from Return to Forever 1972


2
THE ENDLESS ENIGMA part 1 + part 2

driven by Emerson, Lake & Palmer
from Trilogy 1972




Brow /third EYE chakra


3
FLY BOY BLUE /LUNETTE

driven by Elbow
from The Take Off and Landing of Everything 2014


4
FLYGPRINSESSAN ["THE FLIGHT PRINCESS"]

driven by swedish Pontus & Amerikanerna
from Kasino 1998




Throat chakra


5
DEN GAMLA VAKTPARADEN ["THE OLD PARADE MARCH"]

driven by Povel Ramel, Oscar Rundqvist & Bibi Johns 1951
from "Karameller, Det Bästa med Povel Ramel"


6
16 SHELLS FROM A THIRTY-OUGHT-SIX

driven by Tom Waits
from Swordfishtrombones 1983




Heart chakra


7
HANG ON TO A DREAM

driven by The Nice [including Keith Emerson,
via Tim Hardy]
from Nice 1969


8
EUFORIA
[= cover of SUMMER HIGHLAND FALLS]

driven by Helen Sjöholm
from Euforia [covers of Billy Joel] 2010




Solar Plexus chakra


9
SPIRIT

driven by Future Islands
from Singles 2014


10
MILES RUNS THE VOODOO DOWN

driven by Miles Davis and many more electric jazz musicians
from Bitches Brew 1970




Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11
THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS

driven by The Monkees
from Instant Replay 1969


12
MOST EXCLUSIVE RESIDENCE FOR SALE

driven The Kinks
from Face to Face 1966




Root chakra


13
ETERNITY'S BREATH part 1 + part 2

driven by Mahavishnu Orchestra
from Visions of The Emerald Beyond 1975


14
I'LL BE HERE IN THE MORNING

driven by Don Williams [via Van Zandt]
from Reflections 2014






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