21 April 2017

House of Burt Bacharach Compositions


those spoken most to my heart during life
of course including Hal's lyrics
put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces



Roof Top

MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF



Front Door

REACH OUT FOR ME



Hallway

SOUTH AMERICAN GETAWAY



Kitchen

DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSÉ?



Workroom

MY LITTLE RED BOOK



Bathroom

EVERYBODY'S OUT OF TOWN



Parlour

(Living in a World of) PAPER MACHE



Living TV Room

WINDOWS OF THE WORLD



Stairway
(down...)


I'LL NEVER FALL IN LOVE AGAIN



secret wardrobe

IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE



Basement

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
(when there's no one there)



Bedroom

THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU



Stairway
(...up again)


I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER



Attic

ANY DAY NOW (My Wild Beautiful Bird)



Balcony

WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW (IS LOVE)



Garden

RAINDROPS KEEP FALLING ON MY HEAD



Play Cottage

THE SUNDANCE KID



Tool Shed

TRAINS AND BOATS AND PLANES



Food Cellar

(People Livin' in) TOLEDO



Fence
(border to World)


TOWER OF STRENGTH



Outside
(something else)

ARTHUR'S THEME (Between the Moon
and New York City)





avoid focus on any particular version
tryin' to feel the songs as archetypes

though some main versions always colors everything
as first heard on "Portrait in Music"
and many represented in "Magic Moments" collection



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18 April 2017

Star Wars Plastic Figures I Was Most Fascinated By


concerning mainly the CGR Toys developed during early 80's
among the ones I had or friends had, some of which we switched

an attempt to re-evaluate my psychological preferences
where both scary and cute traits gave high appreciation
as well as mysterious features

just how it felt to watch and hold and play with these plastic figures
(not directly considering the movie characters behind them, which anyway I was mostly unaware of then in real time
and ain't counting bigger machines, ships aso)




1. WICKET W. WARRICK (EWOK)

2. LANDO CALRISSIAN (incl helmet, from R. Jedi)

3. C-3PO

4. YODA

5. BIB FORTUNA

6. PONDA BABA (WALRUS MAN)

7. CHEWBACCA

8. TESSEK (SQUID HEAD)

9. IG-88

10. LUKE SKYWALKER (black with cape, from R. Jedi)

11. WEEQUAY(s)

12. ADMIRAL ACKBAR

13. GREEDO

14. SURGICAL DROID (2-1B)

15. PRINCESS LEIA (in forest suit)

16. PRUNE FACE [became OORIMAARKO]

17. SNAGGLETOOTH

18. IMPERIAL GUARD

19. DARTH VADER

20. OBI-WAN KENOBI

21. R2-D2

22. JAWA(s)

23. REE-YEES (three-eyed)

24. GAMORREAN GUARD

25. THE RANCOR KEEPER

26. LUKE'S FATHER (without masque)

27. HAN SOLO (ordinary)

28. LOGRAY (EWOK)


NIEN NUNB, OOLA, JABBA himself, HAMMER HEAD and more monsters would've come also high - if only some friend had own them then




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06 April 2017

Pleasant April Spirals.... ...Seven Songs Given Most

mental and emotional food

Rediscovered
during 13:th week or around
awaiting spanish trip

upside down Cycling Closer
and closer than ever before

to solve my Musical Labyrinth




Root chakra


APRIL

with Deep Purple
long instrumental episode from Deep Purple -69

which Morricone:ish ride I adore
but would've prefered more mixed
since they jump too abrupt into singin' in the end

"Even though the sun may shine...
...the valley's filled with pain"

by Blackmore & Lord




Sex chakra


MISTER PLEASANT

with Kinks
single -66

based on music hall elements
most successful in central Europe

by Ray Davies




Solar Plexus chakra


MAD IN MADRID

with Baccara

single -77
seems retroactively put on their first album Baccara
but has been B-side to Darling
as well as A-side before my all-time fave Love You Til I Die

by Frank Dostal and Rolf Soja




Heart chakra


FERNANDO

first with Anni-frid Lyngstad
then with whole ABBA

from Frida Ensam -75
and single -76

by Stig Anderson, Benny & Björn




Throat chakra


SWEET BIRD

with Joni Mitchell

"I lay down golden in time
and woke up vanishing...
...powers, ideals and beauty
fading in everyone's hand"

from The Hissing of Summer Lawns -75
by Joni Mitchell




Eye chakra


TENEMENT LADY

"...street hawk stone heart,
mind that swiftly falls apart..."

with T. Rex
from Tanx -73

a tune magically divided in two nice parts
by Marc Bolan




Crown chakra


MISTER KINGDOM

"I can dream of flying high
above the city's cares
and never be afraid of anyone...
...cause once you're through with one world
there's another waiting there"

with Electric Light Orchestra

from Eldorado -74
also later B-side to Turn To Stone

by Jeff Lynne







Above and Below All


A DAY IN THE LIFE
listened with only Paul's base + Ringo's drums

as played in episode 11 of Something About The Beatles




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26 March 2017

Electric Warrior with T. Rex

as my Spring Record # 17:1


Surprisingly enough I never really liked this album until now
when finally it's creativity, sharpness and beauty becomes clear
as I've been blind and deaf for this musical milestone and predecessor
- well, maybe I just gave it fewer attempts than I want to remember?


kinda chakra based evaluation

most Soulful song : LIFE'S A GAS

most Imaginative song : COSMIC DANCER

most Amusing song : THE JEEPSTER

most Beautiful song : GIRL

most Strong song : PLANET QUEEN

most Sexy song : MONOLITH

most Safe song : GET IT ON (BANG A GONG)



My impression is that it sounds like almost nothing else from 1971
though of course one can trace early glam + a big spectrum of styles
which it has given inspiration to more than derived inspiration from

Yet have to discover every else T. Rex record, but according to Electric Warrior
here are some artists I sense most similarities with :
David Bowie, Lou Reed, Queen, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, Per Gessle [Roxette], Belle & Sebastian, Arcade Fire, Sparks, Jefferson Airplane, John Lennon, Donovan, Harpo



Whole Album

(6) compositions

(7) instrumentations

(7) singin' /playin' feelin'

(4) lyrics (incl titles)

(5) variation

(6) synchronization

(3) 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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13 March 2017

Recently seVen seen : Ethical Dramas Deadly Alive


mostly New Turns on Older Contexts

in my SnowBlack Movie + Series Spiral

I give from 1 to 7 stars
again by 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars





THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT

by Jaco Van Dormael
Belgium /France 2015


2 Joy (Happy)

4 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

5 Process (Sleepy)

6 Humour (Dopey)

7 Idea (Doc)

5 Mystery (Bashful)

5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 37





GRBAVICA

by Jasmila Zbanic
Bosnia and others 2006


3 Joy (Happy)

7 Conflict (Grumpy)

6 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

1 Humour (Dopey)

3 Idea (Doc)

5 Mystery (Bashful)

5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 36





BROOKLYN

by John Crowley
UK, Canada, Ireland 2015


6 Joy (Happy)

4 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

4 Humour (Dopey)

3 Idea (Doc)

2 Mystery (Bashful)

7 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 35





A WAR
[KRIGEN]

by Tobias Lindholm
Denmark about Afghanistan 2015


2 Joy (Happy)

7 Conflict (Grumpy)

5 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

6 Idea (Doc)

3 Mystery (Bashful)

3 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 34





LOUDER THAN BOMBS

by Joachim Trier
Denmark, USA and others 2015


2 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

5 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

4 Idea (Doc)

6 Mystery (Bashful)

2 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 33





45 YEARS

by Andrew Haigh
UK 2015


4 Joy (Happy)

6 Conflict (Grumpy)

4 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

5 Idea (Doc)

5 Mystery (Bashful)

2 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 32





CAROL

by Todd Haynes
USA /UK 2015

based on Patricia Highsmith's novel


3 Joy (Happy)

5 Conflict (Grumpy)

2 Thrill (Sneezy)

5 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

3 Idea (Doc)

5 Mystery (Bashful)

6 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 31









Above and Below Everyone, as Bonus


THE NIGHT MANAGER
six episodes of only season

by Susanne Bier
UK /USA 2016

based on John le Carré


2 Joy (Happy)

5 Conflict (Grumpy)

6 Thrill (Sneezy)

3 Process (Sleepy)

5 Humour (Dopey)

5 Idea (Doc)

3 Mystery (Bashful)

4 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 33




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05 March 2017

Spring Song Body House no 17:1

 in which McCartney meets some Rolling Runaway Mamas

music pieces I've (Re)discovered
dreaming of spring half winter through this early March



Bell Tower (Above it All)

EAGLE
ABBA -77



Attic (Crown chakra)

HATS OFF TO LARRY
Del Shannon -61

or THE SEARCH (mountains high)
Del Shannon -61



Bedroom (Eye chakra)

THANKS FOR THE MEMORY
version with The Platters -59

written by Leo Robin & Ralph Rainger -38



Work Room (Throat chakra)

RACONTEUR TROUBADOUR
Gentle Giant -72



Living TV Room (Heart chakra)

MOVIE MAGG
written by Carl Perkins -55

version with Paul McCartney
from Run Devil Run -99

but not really love it, so I zap to :

GETTING CLOSER
McCartney with Wings
from Back to The Egg -79



Kitchen (Solar-plexus chakra)

JIVE AFTER FIVE
Carl Perkins -58

"All day long I'm filling oils... ...cherry sodas and a chocolate shake"



Bathroom (Sex chackra)

WESTGOTISK NIDVISA
Eddie Meduza
from Garagetaper -80

(or more bonus HALLÅ LOUISE!
for A Non Smoking Generation)



Basement (Root chakra)

ONLY MAMA KNOWS
(why she laid me down
in this godforsaken town)

Paul McCartney
from Memory Almost Full -07






Graveyard (Under it All)

O MEIN PAPA!
version with Connie Francis -60

written by Paul Burkhard -39



Secret Stairway (turning Up again)

MOZART's FLUTE CONCERTO no 1

with solist Werner Tripp
and Wiener Philharmoniker -75






More Storage (Root chakra)

MATCHBOX
comparing versions with Jerry Lee Lewis -58
and creator Carl Perkins
(except Beatles Starr already heard countless times)



Wardrobe (Sex chakra)

DIM DIM THE LIGHTS
Bill Haley -56
or GREEN TREE BOOGIE
Bill Haley -56
or (Ready Set Go!!!) RAZZLE DAZZLE
Bill Haley -56



Hallway (Solar-plexus chakra)

(Hon är en) RUNAWAY (Fri som en Byrd)
Håkan Hellström -16



Parlour (Heart chakra)

APRIL LOVE
Pat Boone -57

from film score
feat. Shirley Jones



Front or Back Door (Throat chakra)

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
Medley including :
Promenade, Gnome, Promenade, Sage,
Hut of Baba Yaga, Great Gates of Kiev

Emerson, Lake & Palmer -93
(bonus track to their live -71 album)
based on Mussorgsky



Balcony (Eye chakra)

CONCERTO FOR TWO CELLOS
Concerto in G minor, RV 531

composed by Antonio VIVALDI
performed by Julian & Jiaxin Lloyd Webber -13



Roof Top (Crown chakra)

YOU ARE MY SPECIAL ANGEL
Bobby Helms -57
Bobby Vinton -63
comparing versions, prefer the first





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15 February 2017

House of McCartney Albums

put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces

from each album painted with one track;
the song I feel most strong interest for this time

including Wings but not cover records
nor instrumental, just those Paul has done most things on



Roof Top

RAM
1971
especially Uncle Albert /Admiral Halsey



Front Door

MEMORY ALMOST FULL
2007
especially House of Wax



Hallway

RED ROSE SPEEDWAY
1973
especially Medley (especially Hold Me Tight)



Kitchen

BACK TO THE EGG
1979
especially So Glad to See You Here



Workroom

MCCARTNEY II
1980
especially Temporary Secretary



Bathroom

FLOWERS IN THE DIRT
1989
especially Distractions



Parlour

FLAMING PIE
1997
especially The World Tonight



Living TV Room

WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
1976
especially Beware My Love



smartphone

NEW
2013
especially Looking at Her



Stairway
(down...)


PRESS TO PLAY
1986
especially However Absurd



secret wardrobe

LONDON TOWN
1978
especially Name And Address



Basement

BAND ON THE RUN
1973
especially Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five



Bedroom

VENUS AND MARS
1975
especially You Gave Me The Answer



Stairway
(...up again)


OFF THE GROUND
1993
especially Golden Earth Girl



Attic

TUG OF WAR
1982
especially Ballroom Dancing



Balcony

CHAOS AND CREATION IN THE BACKYARD
2005
especially English Tea



Garden

WINGS WILD LIFE
1971
especially Tomorrow



Tool Shed

MCCARTNEY
1970
especially Moma Miss America



Fence
(border to World)


PIPES OF PEACE
1983
especially Keep Under Cover



Outside
(something else)

ELECTRIC ARGUMENTS (as Fireman)
2008
especially Two Magpies



Grave
(under whole house)


DRIVING RAIN
2001
especially She's Given Up Talking




as a process result of our swedish group's listening
and voting of all his solo works
here in no listing order
since every record becomes better and worse and better





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31 January 2017

L'Avventura by Antonioni

Finally seen his italian, early masterpiece
released -60 and filmed -59

set on Aeolian islands and Sicily

while my mind oscillate
between passionate admiration
and confused indifference



like SnowBlack

most Beautiful character : ANNA (Lea Massari)

+ seven dwarfs

most Happy character : GIULIA (Dominique Blanchar)

most Grumpy character : CORRADO (James Addams)

most Sudden (Sneezy) character : GLORIA (Dorothy De Poliolo)

most Boring (Sleepy) character : SANDRO (Gabriele Ferzetti)

most Crazy (Dopey) character : PRINCE GOFFREDO (Giovanni Petrucci)

most Wise (Doc) character : PATRIZIA (Esmeralda Ruspoli)

most Bashful character : CLAUDIA (Monica Vitti)





or as Roger Ebert viewed this :

"...you would assume the movie was about the search for Anna. It is not. It is about the sense in which all of the characters are on the brink of disappearance; their lives are so unreal and their relationships so tenuous they can barely be said to exist. They are like bookmarks in life: holding places, but not involved in the story."





Whole Movie

7 Beauty (SnowWhite)

4 Joy (Happy)

5 Conflict (Grumpy)

3 Thrill (Sneezy)

6 Process (Sleepy)

2 Humour (Dopey)

2 Idea (Doc)

6 Mystery (Bashful)

= 35


I give from 1 to 7 stars
again by 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars


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25 January 2017

my 55 Most Memorized 50's Movies


Never seen many movies at all from the 50's
but still more than I thought.

Since alot of 50's things feels very
meaningful now, I try to figure out
not which 55 I love most
rather which 55 I remember most of

which in turn reveals something
about how many times I have seen them
or how recently and
grade of great impression they've made

in order of reminiscence
....so far....


1

VERTIGO
by Alfred Hitchcock

2

20.000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA
by Richard Fleischer
via Walt Disney
based on Jules Verne

3

WILD STRAWBERRIES
by Ingmar Bergman

4

LITTLE FRIDOLF....
[all three of four movies]

by Torgny Anderberg
based on Rune Moberg

5

THE MASTER DETECTIVE (BLOMKVIST) LIVES DANGEROUSLY
by Olle Hellbom
based on Astrid Lindgren

6

THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH
by Alfred Hitchcock

7

MIRACOLO A MILANO
by Vittorio de Sica

8

PETER PAN
by Luske, Jackson and Geronimi
via Walt Disney

9

RASHÔMON
by Akira Kurosawa

10

REAR WINDOW
by Alfred Hitchcock

11

IMITATION OF LIFE
by Douglas Sirk

12

ROMAN HOLIDAY
by William Wyler

13

THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY
by Alfred Hitchcock

14

ANASTASIA
by Anatole Litvak

15

AND GOD CREATED WOMAN
by Roger Vadim

16

ONE SUMMER OF HAPPINESS
by Arne Mattsson

17

THE SEVENTH SEAL
by Ingmar Bergman

18

THE WORD
by Theodor Dreyer

19

A MAN ESCAPED
by Robert Bresson

20

THE KARAMAZOV BROTHERS
by Richard Brooks

21

GIRL WITH HYACINTHS
by Hasse Ekman

22

LADY AND THE TRAMP
by Luske, Jackson and Geronimi
via Walt Disney

23

GOOD MORNING [OHAYÔ]
by Yasujirô Ozu

24

LES VACANCES DE MONSIEUR HULOT
by Jacques Tati

25

FUNNY FACE
by Stanley Donen

26

SOME LIKE IT HOT
by Billy Wilder

27

I DUR OCH SKUR
by Stig Olin

28

RATATAA (or THE STAFFAN STOLLE STORY)
by Hasse Ekman

29

SPACE INVASION OF LAPPLAND
by Virgil W. Vogel

30

GODZILLA
by Ishirô Honda

31

THE MAGICIAN
by Ingmar Bergman

32

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN
by Jack Arnold

33

PICKPOCKET
by Robert Bresson

34

JAILHOUSE ROCK
by Richard Thorpe

35

SINGING IN THE RAIN
by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly

36

RIO BRAVO
by Howard Hawks

37

SEVEN SAMURAI
by Akira Kurosawa

38

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER
by Charles Laughton

39

JOURNEY TO ITALY
by Roberto Rossellini

40

SOLOMON AND SHEBA
by King Vidor

41

THE GREAT ADVENTURE
by Arne Sucksdorff

42

SAWDUST AND TINSEL
by Ingmar Bergman

43

LA STRADA
by Federico Fellini

44

THE SEARCHERS
by John Ford

45

PICNIC ON THE GRASS
by Jean Renoir

46

HIROSHIMA, MON AMOUR
by Alain Resnais

47

UMBERTO D.
by Vittorio de Sica

48

THE 400 BLOWS
by Francois Truffaut

49

THE WILD ONE
by Laslo Benedek

50

HOPPSAN!
by Stig Olin

51

IT CAME FROM OUTER SPACE
by Jack Arnold
based on Ray Bradbury

52

THE RED BALLOON
by Albert Lamorisse

53

DREAMS /"WOMEN'S DREAM"
by Ingmar Bergman

54

MADAME DE...
by Max Ophüls

55

ALL ABOUT EVE
by Joseph L. Mankiewicz





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