Who Are You? with The Who

At first hard to appreciate, but now among the richer... I am impressed!

This album was my earliest experience of them, even before Who's Next (when I just had heard Tommy as movie with the other artists)

my Spring Record # 1502




most Soulful song: GUITAR AND PEN

most Imaginative song: 905 [Mother was an incubator]

most Amusing song: NEW SONG

most Beautiful song: NO ROAD ROMANCE (bonus track)

most Strong song: HAD ENOUGH

most Sexy song: SISTER DISCO

most Grounded song: MUSIC MUST CHANGE



genre
trying to blend together punk and progressive rock [some say] as the very poles - maybe just possible to navigate between - while taking some parallell disco steps (not for real?)


(3) compositions
a bit monotonous, too stifled blocks, though surprisingly wide inside... I would shorten the last title track and round off with "No Romance on The Road" instead

(7) instrumentations
I love layers of synths and strings, especially in rock music

(6) playin' feelin'
still alive...!

(5) lyrics (incl titles)
Townshend as well as Entwistle are struggling to take a place in their own time, from simple statements to fun social analysis to serious sci-fi

(2) synchronization + variation
toying with so different fields, yet the album feels unfinished, like even more new Who-sounds  would've proved their musical mastership

(6) cover picture
nice symbolism - why do these rockers stand/sit among all those electronical things?!

(4) historical importance
fans seem to have been deeply disappointed - but to still be The Who in -78 was probably a great work, fascinating to follow


= 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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Tortoise no 2 : Too close

or not to be a Turtle 





wish his stone to be


and not to be her turtle


tired of sleep in rain




as their sun turns streets to dust


looser steps make love awake








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seVen seen : Old Boys or Young Men with Big (mis)Fortunes

my Recent Movie Discoveries

Third Tower of 2015
through chakra system






Crown chakra


NEBRASKA

by Alexander Payne
USA 2013


most memorable role : WOODY GRANT (Bruce Dern)


7 Characters
2 Scenery
4 Camerawork

3 Thrill
6 Conflict
5 Humour

7 Psychology
4 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

3 Composition
3 Music
6 Concept

= 52






third EYE chakra


THE KID

by Charles Chaplin
USA 1921


most memorable role : THE TRAMP (Charlie Chaplin)


4 Characters
5 Scenery
7 Camerawork

5 Thrill
4 Conflict
6 Humour

4 Psychology
4 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

5 Composition
3 Music
4 Concept

= 56






Throat chakra


AMERICAN GRAFFITI

by George Lucas
USA 1973


most memorable role : DEBBIE (Candy Clark)


5 Characters
4 Scenery
2 Camerawork

5 Thrill
3 Conflict
6 Humour

3 Psychology
1 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

3 Composition
7 Music
5 Concept

= 46






Heart chakra


BOYHOOD

by Richard Linklater
USA 2014


most memorable role : SAMANTHA (Lorelei Linklater)


6 Characters
3 Scenery
3 Camerawork

4 Thrill
4 Conflict
5 Humour

7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

5 Composition
6 Music
6 Concept

= 57






Solar Plexus chakra


THE KID WITH A BIKE

by Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Belgium /France 2011


most memorable role : CYRIL CATOUL (Thomas Doret)


4 Characters
3 Scenery
5 Camerawork

6 Thrill
7 Conflict
1 Humour

6 Psychology
3 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

3 Composition
3 Music
5 Concept

= 48






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


COSMOPOLIS

by David Cronenberg
Canada 2012


most memorable role : TORVAL (Kevin Durand)


4 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

4 Thrill
3 Conflict
2 Humour

4 Psychology
3 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

3 Composition
1 Music
5 Concept

= 47






Root chakra


BEAU TRAVAIL [GOOD WORK]

by Claire Denis
France, Djibouti 1999


most memorable role : COMMANDER GALOUP (Denis Lavant)


4 Characters
6 Scenery
5 Camerawork

3 Thrill
6 Conflict
1 Humour

7 Psychology
5 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

2 Composition
2 Music
4 Concept

= 49










Bonus Above Every Boy


GIRLS, season 4
(episode 1-6)

by Lena Dunham
USA 2015


most memorable role : ADAM SACKLER (Adam Driver)


6 Characters
2 Scenery
2 Camerawork

7 Thrill
6 Conflict
6 Humour

7 Psychology
4 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

6 Composition
5 Music
5 Concept

= 61





I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)





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my Second Music Chakra Tower of 2015

15 Pieces Climbing Closer to my Heart
some once again, some never before





Crown chakra


1

A HAZY SHADE OF WINTER (it's a springtime of my life)

with Simon & Garfunkel
written by Paul Simon

from Bookends 1968


2

GENESIS

with Slade
written by Powell, Lee, Holder, Hill

from Beginnings 1969






Brow /third EYE chakra


3

THE VOICE OF NECAM

with Steve Hackett
written by Steve Hackett

from Spectral Mornings 1979


4

NEW YORK MINING DISASTER 1941
(Mr. Jones, do you know what it's like on the outside?)

with Bee Gees
written by Barry Gibb and Robin Gibb

from Bee Gees' 1:st 1967






Throat chakra


5

LARKS' TOUNGES IN ASPIC part 1

with King Crimson
written by Wetton, Cross, Muir, Bruford, Fripp

from Larks' Tounges in Aspic 1973



6

A HOUSE NEEDS A ROOF

with Tony Banks, sung by Jayney Klimek
written by Tony Banks

from Bankstatement 1989






Heart chakra


7

DRIVE

with The Cars
sung by Benjamin Orr
written by Ric Ocasek

from Heartbeat City 1984


8

PINE APPLE RAG

with Alexander Peskanov
written by Scott Joplin

from Piano Rags vol. 1






Solar Plexus chakra


9

BLACK SWAN

with Caroline Wennergren
written by Eklund, DeLuna, Bobruk

from Swedish Melody Festival 2015


10

I'M NOT YOUR STEPPIN' STONE

with The Monkees
written by Bobby Hart and Tommy Boyce

from More of The Monkees 1967






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11

ALL FOR SWINGING YOU AROUND

with The New Pornographers
written by Carl Newman

from Electric Version 2003


12

BROOKLYN OWES THE CHARMER UNDER ME

with Steely Dan
written by Donald Fagen and Walter Becker

from Can't Buy a Thrill 1972






Root chakra


13

THE HOMECOMING

with Camel
written by Andy Latimer and Susan Hoover

from Nude 1981


14

AND THE WHEELS KEEP TURNING
(She Was The BackBone
to Your Life and Your Plans)

with Tony Banks
written by Tony Banks

from The Fugitive 1983










Above And Below Everyone


15

OLD MEDLEY : DANCE ON A VOLCANO, THE LAMB LIES DOWN ON BROADWAY, THE MUSICAL BOX, FIRTH OF FIFTH, IN YOUR WARDROBE and more pieces

with Genesis
sung by Phil Collins
written by Gabriel, Banks, Collins, Rutherford, Hackett

from Genesis Live : The Way We Walk, Vol. 2 1992







these numbers don't compare value in between, just gives spiritual structure


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111 Directors I've seen three or much more Movies by

presented in order of how fantastic their works seems to be in my eyes now, and how deeply moving they feel

Most of them discovered between 2003-07 when I really began to get a grip of "the world of film"...



1

Ingmar Bergman
36 seen


2

Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger
5 seen


3

Andrei Tarkovsky
8 seen


4

Krzysztof Kieslowski
17 seen


5

Eric Rohmer
16 seen


6

Richard Linklater
9 seen


7

Wes Anderson
6 seen


8

F.W. Murnau
6 seen


9

Buster Keaton
7 seen or more


10

Tage Danielsson
8 seen


11

Woody Allen
16 seen


12

Terry Gilliam
8 seen


13

Lars von Trier
11 seen


14

Francois Truffaut
10 seen


15

Hayao Miyazaki
7 seen


16

Spike Jonze
4 seen


17

Sergio Leone
5 seen


18

Federico Fellini
9 seen


19

John Carpenter
7 seen


20

Shamyl Bauman
4 seen


21

Hasse Ekman
8 seen


22

Charlie Chaplin
5 seen or more


23

Claes Eriksson
6 seen (+ theatre 'n' TV-programs)


24

Carl Theodor Dreyer
5 seen


25

Clint Eastwood
7 seen


26

David Lynch
9 seen


27

Jee-woon Kim
3 seen


28

Vittorio de Sica
3 seen


29

Luis Bunuel
7 seen


30

Luc Besson
6 seen


31

Jean-Pierre Jeunet
4 seen


32

Martin Scorsese
6 seen


33

Quentin Tarantino
7 seen


34

Alain Resnais
4 seen


35

Ridley Scott
4 seen


36

Stanley Kubrick
7 seen


37

Ruben Östlund
3 seen


38

David Cronenberg
10 seen


39

Dario Argento
10 seen


40

Ki-duk Kim
8 seen


41

Jean-Luc Godard
9 seen


42

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne
3 seen


43

Carl Johan De Geer
5 seen


44

Fritz Lang
4 seen


45

Milos Forman
4 seen


46

Michel Gondry
4 seen


47

Louis Malle
5 seen


48

Gustaf Molander
3 seen


49

Ulf Malmros
5 seen (+ series)


50

Robert Altman
4 seen


51

George Roy Hill
3 seen


52

Paul Grimault
6 seen


53

Chris Renaud
3 seen


54

Jan Svankmajer
many short animations


55

Chan-wook Park
6 seen


56

Roman Polanski
12 seen


57

Paul Verhoeven
4 seen


58

Steven Spielberg
8 seen


59

Christopher Nolan
5 seen


60

Alfred Hitchcock
9 seen


61

Agnes Jaoui
3 seen


62

Jerry Lewis
4 seen


63

Jacques Tati
5 seen


64

Lasse Åberg
7 seen


65

Janne Halldoff
6 seen


66

Joseph W Sarno
5 seen


67

Aki Kaurismäki
8 seen


68

Mai Zetterling
4 seen


69

Steven Soderbergh
5 seen


70

Hideo Nakata
3 seen


71

Michael Haneke
6 seen


72

Hannes Holm (incl. Måns Herngren)
6 seen


73

Lasse Hallström
11 seen


74

Hasse Alfredson
6 seen


75

Pier Paolo Pasolini
6 seen


76

Michelangelo Antonioni
3 seen


77

Peter Greenaway
5 seen


78

Robert Zemeckis
6 seen


79

Blake Edwards
4 seen


80

Jacques Demy
4 seen


81

Kay Pollack
3 seen


82

Susanne Bier
4 seen


83

Ulrich Seidl
4 seen


84

Billy Wilder
3 seen


85

Bernardo Bertolucci
5 seen


86

Tim Burton
6 seen


87

Takashi Miike
5 seen


88

Tinto Brass
6 seen


89

Lukas Moodysson
8 seen


90

Daniel Fridell
3 seen


91

David Fincher
9 seen


92

Tomas Alfredson
5 (or 8) seen


93

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
3 seen


94

Roy Andersson
6 seen


95

Arne Mattsson
4 seen


96

Peter Jackson
3 seen


97

Akira Kurosawa
4 seen


98

Colin Nutley
7 seen


99

David Lean
4 seen


100

Francis Ozon
3 seen


101

Suzanne Osten
3 seen


102

Ken Loach
3 seen


103

Jan Troell
6 seen


104

Francis Ford Coppola
3 seen


105

Robert Bresson
3 seen


106

Bo Widerberg
5 seen


107

Werner Herzog
5 seen


108

Pedro Almodovar
3 seen


109

Claude Chabrol
4 seen


110

Orson Welles
4 seen


111

James Cameron
5 seen





(a special manuscript writer star goes to Charlie Kaufman

and the actor price to Harold Lloyd)



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seVen (Re)seen : isolated People Possess some Poltergeist

Second Tower of 2015

my Recent discoveries or mostly Rediscoveries

among "scary classics" with fragments of horror, rather extreme psychological states in "ordinary family" dramas, including ghosts






Crown chakra


THE SHINING

by Stanley Kubrick
UK /USA 1980
based on Stephen King 1977


most memorable role : DICK HALLORANN (by Scatman Crothers)


5 Characters
7 Scenery
7 Camerawork

7 Thrill
6 Conflict
3 Humour

6 Psychology
3 Philosophy
7 Fantasy

5 Composition
4 Music
6 Concept

= 66






third EYE chakra


POLTERGEIST

by Tobe Hooper
based on Steven Spielberg
USA 1982


most memorable role : DIANE THE MOTHER (by JoBeth Williams)


5 Characters
6 Scenery
7 Camerawork

6 Thrill
2 Conflict
3 Humour

4 Psychology
3 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

5 Composition
4 Music
7 Concept

= 58






Throat chakra


CUBE 2 : HYPERCUBE

by Andrzej Sekula
based on Sean Hood

Canada 2002


most memorable role : MRS. PALEY (by Barbara Gordon)


2 Characters
6 Scenery
3 Camerawork

5 Thrill
6 Conflict
3 Humour

4 Psychology
6 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

4 Composition
2 Music
7 Concept

= 53






Heart chakra


THE HUNTERS [JÄGARNA]

by Kjell Sundvall
Sweden 1996


most memorable role : LEIF BÄCKSTRÖM (by Lennart Jähkel)


5 Characters
6 Scenery
4 Camerawork

6 Thrill
7 Conflict
4 Humour

6 Psychology
2 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

2 Composition
5 Music
3 Concept

= 52






Solar Plexus chakra


POSSESSION

by Andrzej Zulawski
France /West Germany 1981


most memorable role : ANNA and HELEN (by Isabelle Adjani)


3 Characters
2 Scenery
4 Camerawork

6 Thrill
6 Conflict
1 Humour

5 Psychology
2 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

1 Composition
3 Music
2 Concept

= 38






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


(NOT TO MENTION) ALL THESE WOMEN
[FÖR ATT INTE TALA OM ALLA DESSA KVINNOR]

by Ingmar Bergman
his first colour film
Sweden 1964


most memorable role : CORNELIUS "THE COMPOSER" (by Jarl Kulle)
with a special star to : CECILIA (by Mona Malm)


6 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

4 Thrill
4 Conflict
5 Humour

5 Psychology
5 Philosophy
6 Fantasy

5 Composition
5 Music
4 Concept

= 62






Root chakra


RPOINT

by Su-chang Kong
South Korea 2004


most memorable role : SGT. JIN CHANG-ROK (by Byung-ho Son)


3 Characters
6 Scenery
4 Camerawork

6 Thrill
5 Conflict
2 Humour

5 Psychology
2 Philosophy
7 Fantasy

3 Composition
5 Music
7 Concept

= 55







I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)







Below everyone


RE-ANIMATOR

by Stuart Gordon
USA 1985
based on H.P. Lovecraft 1922


most memorable role : DR. HILL (by David Gale)


2 Characters
2 Scenery
2 Camerawork

4 Thrill
4 Conflict
2 Humour

1 Psychology
3 Philosophy
5 Fantasy

2 Composition
3 Music
6 Concept

= 36






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Artists and Bands I've heard most Albums by

among the "at least 3 albums" listened to = totally 181 music artists

(collections are in general not counted here, only original works, or if the compilation consists of such in retrospective, plus some specially collected (live) versions)


"to have heard an album" I define now as having listened to every track on it, at least three times... and still keeping some rememberance of the whole concept as well as special parts...

in some cases the number of albums tells how much I love their music - in other cases just how many/few records they have made

music creators like Burt Bacharach, Fats Domino, Louis Armstrong, Paul Anka and Owe Thörnqvist I've listened alot to though it doesn't show here




22 albums heard of


Ulf Lundell



18 albums heard of


David Bowie



15 albums heard of


Beatles
(24 if we'd count collections with singles and versions)



14 albums heard of


Cat Stevens
(incl Yusuf)

Cornelis Vreeswijk



13 albums heard of


Genesis

Gordon Lightfoot

Peter LeMarc



12 albums heard of


Paul McCartney
(solo wihout Wings)



11 albums heard of


Donovan

Thomas Di Leva



10 albums heard of


Elton John

Björn Skifs

Björn Afzelius



9 albums heard of


Electric Light Orchestra

Sparks

Elvis Costello (incl Impostors /Attractions /Roots)

Magnus Uggla

Anders Glenmark (incl Gemini and Glenmarks)

Lill Lindfors



8 albums heard of


Van Der Graaf Generator

Leonard Cohen

Joni Mitchell

Billy Joel

Dan Hylander (incl Raj Montana Band)

ABBA



7 albums heard of

Yes

Who

Alan Parsons' Project

Pet Shop Boys

Mike Oldfield

Dusty Springfield

Ted Gärdestad



6 albums heard of


King Crimson

Procol Harum

Peter Hammill

Roxy Music

Nick Lowe (incl Rockpile)

Rolling Stones

John Lennon

Uriah Heep

Black Sabbath

Elvis Presley

Roy Orbison

Joan Baez

Nina Simone

Stina Nordenstam

Py Bäckman (incl Raj Montana Band)

Niklas Strömstedt

Agnetha Fältskog

Ola Magnell



5 albums heard of


Fleetwood Mac

Carly Simon

Simon & Garfunkel

Wings

Beach Boys

Kinks

Queen

Alice Cooper

Deep Purple

Supertramp

10cc

Janne Schaffer

Camel

Jean Michel Jarre

Alphaville

Ultravox

Siouxsie & The Banshees

Kate Bush

Mia Martini

Buffy Sainte-Marie

Bob Dylan

Lars Winnerbäck

Stefan Sundström

Kajsa Grytt (incl Malena)

Roxette

Per Gessle

Eva Dahlgren

Orup

Mauro Scocco

Carola



4 albums heard of


Pink Floyd

Steve Hackett

Klaus Schulze

Jon Anderson

Bryan Ferry

Brian Eno

Talking Heads

Stranglers

Eurythmics (incl Tourists)

Arcade Fire

New Pornographers

Slade

Scorpions

Manfred Mann's Earth Band

Led Zeppelin

George Harrison

Bridget St. John

Byrds

Buffalo Springfield (incl Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young)

Judee Sill

Mamas & Papas

Hep Stars

Cliff Richard

Charlie Rich

Neil Diamond

Sandie Shaw

Francoise Hardy

Belle & Sebastian

Björk

Regina Spektor

Madonna

Lena PH

Pernilla Wahlgren

Army of Lovers

Anni-Frid Lyngstad

Uno Svenningsson

Nils Erikson

Sophie Zelmani (Edkvist)

Lisa Ekdahl

Alf Hambe

Alice Babs

Gösta Linderholm



3 albums heard of


Traffic

Jefferson Airplane

Caravan

Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention

Gentle Giant

Jethro Tull

Rush

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Tangerine Dream

Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

Phil Collins

Randy Newman

Paul Simon (solo)

Art Garfunkel (solo)

a-ha

Depeche Mode

Morrissey (incl The Smiths)

Lou Reed

Madness

Boomtown Rats

Human League

Jam

Xtc

Todd Rundgren

Harpo

Mott The Hoople

Thin Lizzy

Ozzy Osbourne

Prince

Boney M

Kylie Minogue

Bee Gees

Neil Young (incl Crazy Horse)

Incredible String Band

Carpenters

David Cassidy (incl Partridge Family)

Helena Vondrácková

Kate & Anna McGarrigle

of Montreal

Joanna Newsom

Madeleine Peyroux

Fiona Apple

Frida Hyvönen

Göran Fristorp

Björn Holm

Marie Fredriksson

Joakim Thåström

Pugh Rogefeldt

Gasolin (incl Kim Larsen)

Totte Wallin

Tomas Ledin

Eldkvarn

Streaplers

Smokie

Europe

Adolphson & Falk

Pontus & Amerikanerna

Toby Keith




0W0

my First Music Chakra Tower of 2015

15 Pieces Climbing Closer to my Heart
(these numbers don't compare value in between, just gives spiritual structure)





Crown chakra


1

EARTHRISE

with Camel
written by Peter Bardens and Andy Latimer

from Mirage 1974


2

CAR ON A HILL

with and by Joni Mitchell
from Court And Spark 1974






Brow /third EYE chakra


3

THE CAMERA EYE

with Rush
written by Lifeson, Lee and Peart

from Moving Pictures 1981


4

HEATHAZE

("Time to stop this dreaming, must rejoin the real world
as revealed by orange lights and a smoky atmosphere")

with Genesis
written by Tony Banks

from Duke 1980






Throat chakra


5

CO SKRÝVÁS V OCICH

with Flamengo
written by Ivo Plicka and Karel Kahovec

from Paní v Cerném 1967-72


6

KARN EVIL 9
[all three parts finally heard together]

"Welcome back again to the show that never ends"

with Emerson, Lake & Palmer
written by Keith Emerson and Greg Lake (plus maybe Peter Sinfield)

from Brain Salad Surgery 1973






Heart chakra


7

TAKE THIS LONGING
"...the troops have passed. I stand in ruins behind you, with your winter clothes..."

with and by Leonard Cohen
from New Skin For The Old Ceremony 1974


8

SÅ LÅNGT MINA ARMAR RÄCKER
("betraktat skuggor på min tapet...")

with and by Peter LeMarc
from Det Som Håller Oss Vid Liv 2003






Solar Plexus chakra


9

PISSENISSE (Skit i Vad Jag Gör!)

with and by Nanne Grönvall
from Jag Måste Kyssa Dig 2007 [I Got to Kiss You]


10

(I Love You More Than I Did) WHEN YOU WERE MINE

with Cyndi Lauper
written by Prince

from She's So Unusual 1983






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


11

BROOKLYN BABY

with Lana del Rey
written by Barrie O'Neill and Lana del Rey

from Ultraviolence 2014


12

RANDY SCOUSE GIT

with The Monkees
written by Micky Dolenz

from Headquarters 1967






Root chakra


13

MR. GREEN GENES
("Eat your shoes
Don't forget the strings and socks!!
Even eat the box you bought them in
You can eat the truck that brought them in")

with The Mothers of Invention
written by Frank Zappa

from Uncle Meat 1969


14

WHISPER IN THE NIGHT

with Electric Light Orchestra
written by Roy Wood

from Electric Light Orchestra 1971







Above And Below Everyone
So Far That My Arms Can Reach Now


15

BLOOD ON THE ROOFTOPS

"Let's skip the news boy! We make some tea
The arabs and the jews boy - too much for me"

with Steve Hackett
written by Phil Collins and Steve Hackett

from Genesis Revisited II 2012












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Mad Ladder

Mad Ladder stands in the middle of a snow field, wide and winding. All day long reaching for the moon... Mad Ladder never grasps it, just gets too tired when evening falls. Down on his bed of snow again, this heavy earth seems to be the home of Mad Ladder. Maybe he believes he is a mountain??? Many living creatures tries to climb his empty stairs. At least he thinks they try - why otherwise pretend to climb...?! Camels come and reindeers go, exchanging a trace of sadness. Mad Ladder feels he would also like to climb, although another ladder. What if she would lead down instead... then the moon could be found somewhere under this snow?? That should make Mad Ladder much gladder! With one hand he immediately dives deep into the white. But his other hand still wants to strive high, up through the dark sky. Once again Mad Ladder gets his mind broken and his heart confused.





same words in a more poetic version:


Mad Ladder stands in the middle
of a snow field,
wide and winding. All day long
reaching for the moon...
Mad Ladder never grasps it, just gets too
tired when evening falls. Down on
his bed of snow again,
this heavy earth
seems to be the home of Mad Ladder. Maybe
he believes he
is a mountain???
Many
living creatures tries to climb
his empty
stairs. At
least he thinks they try - why
otherwise pretend to climb...?!
Camels come
and reindeers go,
exchanging a trace
of sadness. Mad
Ladder feels he would also like to climb,
although another
ladder. What if she
would lead down
instead... then
the moon could be found
somewhere under
this snow??
That should
make Mad Ladder much gladder!
With one hand
he immediately dives
deep into the
white.
But his other hand still
wants to strive high, up through the dark sky.
Once again Mad
Ladder gets
his mind broken
and his heart confused.
 






inspired by Camel's music plus even more a phrase of Emerson, Lake & Palmer, maybe written by Crimson's Sinfield, to be found here :

sadder ladder still can turn to glad




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my Process of GENESIS

I've listened to Genesis for almost exactly ten years. Now I try to make a reconstuction of the timeline, along which I fell in love with each piece.

So it's not an ordinary best of Genesis list. Still every track here has passed the gates into the deeper parts of my heart and memory.

To make the picture even more full, some special solo works of either Banks, Collins, Hackett, Rutherford or Gabriel is mentioned in between the mainly group creations.




first

FIRTH OF FIFTH
from Selling England by The Pound -73


second

MAD MAN MOON
from A Trick of The Tail -76


third

SNOWBOUND
from And Then There Were Three -78


fourth

THE CHAMBER OF 32 DOORS
from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


fifth

TIME TABLE
from Foxtrot -72


sixth

SHADOW OF THE HIEROPHANT
from Voyage of The Acolyte -75


seventh

AFTERGLOW
from Wind and Wuthering -76


eighth

RIPPLES
from A Trick of The Tail -76


ninth

UNDERTOW
from And Then There Were Three -78


tenth

FROM THE UNDERTOW
from A Curious Feeling -79


eleventh

SEVEN STONES
from Nusery Cryme -71


twelveth

BETWEEN THE TICK AND THE TOCK
from Smallcreep's Day -80


thirteenth

CUL-DE-SAC
from Duke -80


fourteenth

VISIONS OF ANGELS
from Trespass -70


fifteenth

ENTANGLED
from A Trick of The Tail -76


sixteenth

IN THE AIR TONIGHT
from Face Value -81


seventeenth

BURNING ROPE
from And Then There Were Three -78


eighteenth

THE CARPET CRAWLERS
from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


nineteenth

I DON'T REMEMBER
from Peter Gabriel 3 -80


twentieth

KEEP IT DARK
from Abacab -81


twenty-first

TURN IT ON AGAIN
from Duke -80


twenty-second

HANDS OF THE PRIESTESS (part 1 + part 2)
from Voyage of The Acolyte -75


twenty-third

THE LAMIA
from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway -74


twenty-fourth

THE SPIRIT OF GRAVITY
from Seven (a Suite for Orchestra) -04


twenty-fifth

THE VIRGIN AND THE GYPSY
from Spectral Mornings -79


twenty-sixth

THE BATTLE OF EPPING FOREST
from Selling England by The Pound -73


twenty-seventh

WATCHER OF THE SKIES
from Foxtrot -72


twenty-eighth

MAMA
from Genesis -83


twenty-ninth

INVISIBLE TOUCH
from Invisible Touch -86


thritieth

WHERE THE SOUR TURNS TO SWEET
from From Genesis to Revelation -69


thirty-first

IN THE WILDERNESS [Music, all I hear is Music]
from From Genesis to Revelation -69


thirty-second

I CAN'T DANCE
from We Can't Dance -91


thirty-third

STAGNATION
from Trespass -70


thirty-fourth

BLOOD ON THE ROOFTOPS
from Wind and Wuthering -76


thirty-fifth

A WINTER'S TALE
from From Genesis to Revelation -69


thirty-sixth

NARNIA
from Please Don't Touch -78


thirty-seventh

SILVER RAINBOW
from Genesis -83


thirty-eighth

HEATHAZE
from Duke -80


thirty-ninth

ONE FOR THE VINE
from Wind and Wuthering -76


fourtieth

LIVING FOREVER
from We Can't Dance -91


fourty-first

THE LIE
from A Curious Feeling -79


fourty-second

AFTER THE ORDEAL
from Selling England by The Pound -73




some also interpreted on Genesis Revisited (II) by Steve Hackett -12







and of course, long before every piece here


LAND OF CONFUSION
from Invisible Touch -86

plus

I WISH IT WOULD RAIN DOWN
from But Seriously -89





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Seven Favourite sorts of Beer

my latest discoveries, in a field of reality where I'm still very light green, but with a heavy dark taste, working on become more brown or golden :)



1

STORM KING IMPERIAL STOUT
american from Victory

7 my experience /personal preference
6 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 19



2

CHIMAY BLEUE
belgian, trappist

7 my experience /personal preference
6 originality in the taste
5 beauty of label & bottle

= 18



3

YOUNG'S DOUBLE CHOCOLATE STOUT
british

5 my experience /personal preference
6 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 17



4

ERDINGER WEISSBIER KRISTALL
german, wheat

6 my experience /personal preference
7 originality in the taste
4 beauty of label & bottle

= 17



5

ST. ERIKS ORANGE (WINTER PORTER)
swedish

6 my experience /personal preference
4 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 16



6

ST. PETER'S CREAM STOUT
british

7 my experience /personal preference
5 originality in the taste
4 beauty of label & bottle

= 16



7

LAGUNITAS HOLIDAY ALE
american

5 my experience /personal preference
4 originality in the taste
6 beauty of label & bottle

= 15








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seVen seen : dragons goes interstellar

very First Tower of 2015
or Last Tower of 2014

my Recent Discoveries
among Relatively New Movies






Crown chakra
(watched it in cinema)


INTERSTELLAR

by Christopher Nolan
USA /UK 2014


most memorable role : MURPH
(as girl by Mackenzie Foy
and as woman by Jessica Chastain)


5 Characters
7 Scenery
6 Camerawork

7 Thrill
5 Conflict
2 Humour

6 Psychology
5 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
6 Music
7 Concept

= 63






third EYE chakra
(seen with swedish voices)


LORAX

by Kyle Balda & Chris Renaud
USA 2012
based on Dr. Seuss


most memorable role : GRAMMY NORMA


6 Characters
7 Scenery
5 Camerawork

5 Thrill
3 Conflict
6 Humour

5 Psychology
3 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
6 Music
7 Concept

= 60






Throat chakra


AMERICAN HUSTLE

by David O. Russell
USA 2013


most memorable role : SYDNEY PROSSER (by Amy Adams)


7 Characters
6 Scenery
3 Camerawork

5 Thrill
3 Conflict
5 Humour

2 Psychology
2 Philosophy
4 Fantasy

3 Composition
7 Music
5 Concept

= 52






Heart chakra


HALLÅ HALLÅ

by Maria Blom
Sweden 2014


most memorable role : MARY (by Karin Ekström)


6 Characters
2 Scenery
2 Camerawork

6 Thrill
7 Conflict
5 Humour

6 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

4 Composition
2 Music
3 Concept

= 51






Solar Plexus chakra


LOCKE

by Steven Knight
UK 2013


most memorable role : IVAN LOCKE (by Tom Hardy)
= only visible one


5 Characters
1 Scenery
2 Camerawork

4 Thrill
6 Conflict
2 Humour

6 Psychology
3 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

6 Composition
1 Music
7 Concept

= 46






Sex chakra /Sacred chakra


NYMPHOMANIAC (vol 1)

by Lars von Trier
Denmark /UK 2013


most memorable role : YOUNG JOE (by Stacy Martin)


2 Characters
1 Scenery
6 Camerawork

3 Thrill
4 Conflict
4 Humour

5 Psychology
5 Philosophy
3 Fantasy

4 Composition
3 Music
2 Concept

= 42






Root chakra


HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON part 2

by Dean DeBlois
USA /Canada 2014


most memorable role : TOOTHLESS


3 Characters
6 Scenery
5 Camerawork

2 Thrill
2 Conflict
4 Humour

4 Psychology
2 Philosophy
2 Fantasy

3 Composition
1 Music
3 Concept

= 37






I now again give stars from 1 to 7
where 3 is good and total possible 7 x 12 = 84 never exist(?)





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