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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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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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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PIANO by Benny Andersson

purely his old melodies
in new naked shapes

silently shining
their chorus of timeless beauty
from Sweden 2017

even if I would love some cello
or other instrument as companion

and though I sometimes
prefer him to play more dramatical
a bit less restraint

best element is you still can hear
the richness of full productions
in simply this piano


as my Snow Record # 181
by chakra:ish evaluation


most Soulful song : SOMEONE ELSE'S STORY

most Imaginative song : EN SKRIFT I SNÖN ["a writing in the snow"]

most Amusing song : THANK YOU FOR THE MUSIC

most Beautiful song : MY LOVE, MY LIFE

most Strong song : I LET THE MUSIC SPEAK

most Sexy song : THE DAY BEFORE YOU CAME

most Rooted song : I GOTT BEVAR ["in safe keep"]


Above and/or Below everyone : MOUNTAIN DUET


Whole Album

(7) compositions

(4) instrumentation

(5) playin' feelin'

(5) titles (otherwise lyrics)

(3) variation

(4) synchronization

(6) cover /concept

(7) historical importance

= 41


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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Infinity with Journey

a fully grown album which seems more
and more to be on my Top 100 of whole Universe

their first record with Steve Perry
who 1978 brought the missing
golden pieces to this band
by both singing and composing mastership

although I appear to like same skills in keyboardist Gregg Rolie

Produced by Roy Thomas Baker
which must have sharpened the sweet tunes
into even more creative
progressive hard pop?!


as my Snow Record # 180
by chakra:ish evaluation


most Soulful song : FEELING THAT WAY

most Imaginative song : OPENED THE DOOR

most Amusing song : LÃ DO DÃ

most Beautiful song : ("here we stand so") PATIENTLY

most Strong song : WINDS OF MARCH ("you are my child")

most Sexy song : LIGHTS

most Rooted song : WHEEL IN THE SKY ("don't know where I'll be...")



Reminds me most of : Queen, Smokie, Scorpions, Europe, Uriah Heep, Alice Cooper, Toto, 10cc, Genesis


Whole Album

(6) compositions

(6) instrumentations

(7) singin' /playin' feelin'

(3) lyrics (incl titles)

(6) variation

(6) synchronization

(4) cover /concept

(7) historical importance

= 45


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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Christmas Christmas with Cheap Trick

could be the most exciting christmas album of this year!?!
[well, haven't heard any other yet]

very well-loaded with exploding rock covers
and three own [which I thought were covers too]


as my Snow Record # 179
by chakra:ish evaluation

most Soulful song : (CHRISTMAS CHRISTMAS) OUR FATHER OF LIFE
by Cheap Trick themselves

most Imaginative song : FATHER CHRISTMAS
based on Kinks *

most Amusing song : MERRY CHRISTMAS, I DON'T WANNA FIGHT TONIGHT
based on Ramones

most Beautiful song : REMEMBER CHRISTMAS
based on Harry Nilsson

most Strong song : MERRY XMAS EVERYBODY
based on Slade

most Sexy song : I WISH IT COULD BE CHRISTMAS EVERYDAY
based on Roy Wood

most Rooted song : PLEASE COME HOME FOR CHRISTMAS
based on Charles Brown



Whole Album

(7) compositions

(3) instrumentations

(6) singin' /playin' feelin'

(5) lyrics (incl titles)

(4) variation

(3) synchronization

(5) cover /concept

(7) historical importance

= 40


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




* from original Kinks lyrics :

"Father Christmas, give us some money!
We got no time for your silly toys...
...Give my daddy a job, cause he needs one -
He's got lots of mouths to feed."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPPCPqDINEk


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Hard Rock Ballads I must have Heard Most

times during my life...
in order of how often
rather than how good


1. WIND OF CHANGE
Scorpions -90

even though I'd rather say SEND ME AN ANGEL from same album


2. PRISONERS IN PARADISE
Europe -91


3. WILD WILD ANGELS
Smokie -76

and/or WHAT CAN I DO from same album


4. WISE MAN
Uriah Heep -77

which could've been replaced by CIRCLE OF HANDS


5. THE PRICE
Twisted Sister -84


6. WOMAN
Scorpions -93

and/or UNDER THE SAME SUN from same album


7. NEVER SAY GOODBYE
Bon Jovi -86


8. CARRIE
Europe -86

even though I'd rather say TIME HAS COME from same album

 


9. BLIND
"It started to Snow in the middle of July"
Deep Purple -69


10. AFTERGLOW
Genesis -77

[maybe not exactly hard rock, but suits here anyway]


11. HELL IS LIVING WITHOUT YOU
Alice Cooper -89

if you don't call POISON a ballad(?) - otherwise would come higher
 

12. HOW DOES IT FEEL?!?
Slade -72


13. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
Led Zeppelin -71

or maybe even more times THE RAIN SONG


14. FEELING THAT WAY
Journey -78


15. IN THE LAP OF THE GODS
Queen -74


16. MEGALOMANIA
Black Sabbath -75




17. LADY STARLIGHT
Scorpions -80


18. ANGIE
Rolling Stones -73


19. JULY MORNING
Uriah Heep -71

which could've been replaced by ECHOES IN THE DARK


20. DESPERADO
Eagles -73


21. WILD ONE
Thin Lizzy -75


22. THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS
Mott The Hoople -74

[partly a completely other genre, but suits here anyway]


as my recent attempt to catch
which tunes the genre consists of
one criterion is they should be performed by bands




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Face The Heat with Scorpions

Released in -93
Still don't know
wheter the record feels really good or quite bad
only sure it has potential to shine far more powerful
than it's reputation as a bleak shadow

When I was 18
during early -94 in my wildest winter ever
as I walked home from my friend cross a snowy graveyard
listened to some tracks here many times
(even more than Crazy World from three years before)
feeling like the "scorpion I am"
caught between control and fear
contempt and longing love

as my Autumn Album # 181
by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Soulful song : WOMAN ("I cannot live, I cannot die")

most Imaginative song : DESTIN [bonus track]

most Amusing song : NIGHTMARE AVENUE

most Beautiful song : UNDER THE SAME SUN

most Strong song : ALIEN NATION ("in the garden of Eden time is running out")

most Sexy song : HATE TO BE NICE

most Rooted song : LONELY NIGHTS ("I go back to the places we've been")


in my opinion (and many others?) they should've put in one more ballad
plus one more extremely hard in style of the opening track
and passed a pair of faster middle rockers to bonus material

though I often skipped half of the tunes
so now finally get a full impression
of the twelveth album by these german Scorpions

though I'm still like a stranger in the heavy metal world
I've felt more related to Scorpions than most other bands


Whole Album

(4) compositions

(4) instrumentations

(7) singin' /playin' feelin'

(4) lyrics (incl titles)

(5) variation

(2) synchronization

(5) cover /concept

(3) historical importance

= 34


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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BURGOS Big Buildings in Spanish Streets

including the Cathedral 3:rd biggest in Spain

See All Her Faces by Dusty Springfield

just got a deeper glimpse of the seventh album
with this Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien

very well-performed, like a multi-sided door
released -72
leading between Memphis, the most renown
into her follow-up Cameo (which I adore even more)


as my Autumn Album # 173
by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Soulful song : SOMEONE WHO CARES
[by Alex Harvey]

most Imaginative song : SEE ALL HER FACES
[by Jim Lacey, Jeff Alexander Ryan]

most Amusing song : GIRLS, IT AIN'T EASY
[by Payne, Dunbar, Wayne]

most Beautiful song : COME FOR A DREAM
[by Jobim, Duran, Tanega]

most Strong song : WHAT GOOD IS I LOVE YOU?
[by Mike Rashkow, Ellie Greenwich]

most Sexy song : CRUMBS OFF THE TABLE
[by Payne, Dunbar, Wayne]

most Rooted song : LET ME DOWN EASY
[by Simon, Stillman]


Above and/or Below everyone : YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
"I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
...so much pain my eyes refused to see"
[by Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer]



Reminds me most of : Just Dusty (and too many more to mention)


Whole Album

(7) compositions

(7) instrumentations

(7) singin' /playin' feelin'

(6) lyrics (incl titles)

(5) variation

(2) synchronization

(4) cover /concept

(4) 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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Series episodes seen last week (at least seVen + one)

during week 42


most Joy (Happy)

DOWNTON ABBEY
Last season, very last episodes
from 2015


most Conflict (Grumpy)

LAST TANGO IN HALIFAX
Fourth season, both episodes
= Christmas special 2016


most Thrill (Sneezy)

DALLAS
Second season, episode 4-5
Bypass + Black Market Baby
from 1978


most Process (Sleepy)

HIGH CHAPARRAL
First season, episode 6 [or 19]
Gold is Where you Leave it
from 1968


most Humour (Dopey)

ALBERT & HERBERTS JULKALENDER
Lucka 6-9 : En Rörig Dag - Lutfisken
from 1982


most Idea (Doc)

COLUMBO
Second season, episode 1
Étude in Black
from 1972


most Mystery (Bashful)

THE MAGICIANS
First season, episode 1-2
Unauthorized Magic + The Source of Magic
from 2015-16


most Beauty (SnowWhite)

THE YOUNG POPE
First season, episode 7
from 2016




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my House of Dusty Springfield songs

those spoken most to my heart during life

as her voice remind me of many pearls this Rusty Autumn
[as well as splendid composers]

24 very darlings
put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces



Roof Top

I JUST WANNA BE THERE

[Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson]



Chimney /Stove

LET ME DOWN EASY

[John Simon, Allan Stillman]



Front Door

LEARN TO SAY GOODBYE
"to the Only Life I ever knew"

[Bradford Craig, Hugo Montenegro]



Hallway

THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND
"like a Door that keeps Revolving..."

[Legrand, Bergman & Bergman]



Kitchen

I'VE GOT A GOOD THING

[Mort Shuman]



Workroom

WHEN THE LOVELIGHT STARTS...

[Holland, Dozier, Holland]



Bathroom

(if you can't love me forever) TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE

[Trade Martin]



Parlour

IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE

[Burt Bacharach & Hal David]



Living TV Room

REPUTATION

[Brian Spence]



Stairway
(down...)

YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME

[Pino Donaggio, Giuseppe Donaggio,
Vito Pallavicini, Vicki Wickham,
Simon Napier-Bell]



secret wardrobe

(I can't remember) THE COLOUR OF YOUR EYES

[Norma Tanega]



Basement

CHAINED TO A MEMORY

[Kay Rogers, Richard Ahlert]



Extra Toilet

IF IT DON'T WORK OUT

[Rod Argent]



Bedroom

I CLOSE MY EYES AND COUNT TO TEN

[Clive Westland]



Stairway
(...up again)

HOW CAN I BE SURE?
"...where I stand with you...
in a world that's constantly changing"

[Cavaliere, Brigati]



Attic

DON'T FORGET ABOUT ME

[Gerry Goffin & Carol King]



Mirror

SANDRA
"She's a great little house wife..."

[Barry Manilow, Enoch Anderson]



Balcony

I THINK IT'S GONNA RAIN TODAY

[Randy Newman]



Garden

SUMMER IS OVER

[Clive Westlake, Tom Springfield]



Play Cottage

(I Ain't) MAMAS LITTLE GIRL (no more)

[Dennis Lambert, Brian Potter]



Tool Shed

I CAN'T GIVE BACK THE LOVE I FEEL
(for You... that's a Part of Me)

[Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, Brian Holland]



Food Cellar

WHAT GOOD IS I LOVE YOU?

[Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Michael Rashkow, Phil Spector]



Fence
(Border to World)

IN PRIVATE

[Pet Shop Boys]



Outside
(something else)

THE OTHER SIDE OF LIFE

[David Gates]








Bonus Just Discovered

I'M COMING HOME AGAIN
"can't Remember Why I went away"

[Bruce Roberts, Carole Bayer Sager]



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