24 November 2017

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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17 November 2017

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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13 November 2017

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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04 November 2017

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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24 October 2017

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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22 October 2017

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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19 October 2017

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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17 October 2017

Repeat When Necessary with Dave Edmunds


the very best 1979 connection to Elvis and other real rock'n'roll

as my Autumn Album # 175

by kinda chakra based evaluation


most Soulful song : QUEEN OF HEARTS
[by Hank DeVito]

most Imaginative song : GOODBYE MISTER GOOD GUY (Come Back Teenage Queen)
[by Billy Murray]

most Amusing song : GIRLS TALK
[by Elvis Costello]

most Beautiful song : (if you can't love me forever) TAKE ME FOR A LITTLE WHILE
[by Trade Martin]
a good complement to Springfield's splendid version

most Strong song : CRAWLING FROM THE WRECKAGE
[by Graham Parker]

most Sexy song : SWEET LITTLE LISA
[by Cowart, DeVito, Cowart]

most Rooted song : (Sometimes) BAD IS BAD
[by Huey Lewis]



Whole Album

(6) compositions

(5) instrumentations

(7) singin' /playin' feelin'

(3) lyrics (incl titles)

(4) variation

(5) synchronization

(3) 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(?)





Thought this was Edmunds' best solo, but now Get It from -77 feels even better...


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13 October 2017

The 101-year-Old Man Who

Skipped Out on The Bill and Disappeared

a movie I couldn't resist seeing while still quite new
during same evening which appeared to contain the death of my friend's 93-year-old father

made in Sweden 2016 with german and other locations

directed by Måns Herngren & Felix Herngren
written by Felix Herngren & Hans Ingemansson
based on Jonas Jonasson


most Happy Role : AMANDA EINSTEIN (by Erni Mangold)

most Grumpy Role : JULIUS JONSSON old companion (by Iwar Wiklander)

most Sneezy Role : HANS the neighbour on "other side" (by Daniel Steiner)

most Sleepy Role : INSPECTOR ARONSSON (by Ralph Carlsson)

most Dopey Role : ERLANDER the monkey (by Crystal the Monkey)

most Doc Role : CIA-AGENTS (by Colin McFarlane & Eleanor Matsuura)

most Bashful Role : HÅKAN the psychiatrist (by Eric Stern)

most Beauty Role : MIRIAM the thirsty wife (by Shima Niavarani)


while Main Role ALLAN KARLSSON (by Robert Gustafsson) manifests a potential bit of everyone



my full experience of the movie as a movie

3 Joy (Happy)

4 Conflict (Grumpy)

6 Thrill (Sneezy)

2 Process (Sleepy)

7 Humour (Dopey)

5 Idea (Doc)

4 Mystery (Bashful)

3 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 34


I give from 1 to 7 stars
for these 8 aspects of dwarfs
they become maximum 56 stars



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11 October 2017

Seven Strong Songs never heard before

or more
during early October, my musical body



Crown chakra

TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT

with Eagles
from One of These Nights -75

by Henley, Frey, Meisner




Eye chakra

CO JE TO MEZI NAMI

with Jiri Schelinger -75
from collection Jsem Pry Blazen Jen

by Oldrich Riha and Frantisek Ringo Cech




Throat chakra

THE HOUSE SONG
"This house goes on sale every wednesday morning,
taken off the market in the afternoon"

with Lee Hazlewood
from Love And Other Crimes -68

by Lee Hazlewood




Heart chakra

I CAN'T STAY HERE TONIGHT

with Smokie
from Bright Light And Back Alleys -77

by Norman and Spencer




Bonus Middle chakra

KÄNNS SOM FÖRSTA GÅNGEN
("mitt i regnbågen finns en färg som ingen kan känna igen")

with Per Gessle & Linnea Henriksson
from En Vacker Dag -17

by Per Gessle




Solar Plexus chakra

ULVINDE

with Myrkur
from Mareridt -17

by Amalie Bruun




Sex chakra

TEENAGE KICKS

with The Undertones
from The Undertones -79

by John O'Neill




Root chakra

WORN OUT SUITS, BRAND NEW POCKETS

with Dave Edmunds
from Get It -77

by Dave Edmunds







Bonus Below All

DEAD FLIES
"and your phone knows more about you
than your daddy or your mother"

with Alice Cooper
from Paranormal -17

by Alice Cooper




Bonus Above All

MOZART : HORN QUINTET

with Jeno Keveházi and Kodály Quartet -91

by Mozart



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06 October 2017

Songs about Cousins & Talk with Undertones

Getting a real orange, hungry feeling
for Chocolate & School
of earliest 80's post punk rock
as Hypnotised by The Undertones

I'm Returning to this splendid album
sharp and cosy, tough and funny
too unknown to be true

Happen to discover this vitamine pill
five autumns ago while studying everything
although I'm normally into softer songs
and would feel empty without piano otherwise

as my Autumn Album # 178


by kinda chakra based evaluation

most Soulful song : MORE SONGS ABOUT CHOCOLATE AND GIRLS

most Imaginative song : WHAT'S WITH TERRY

most Amusing song : MY PERFECT COUSIN

most Beautiful song : WEDNESDAY WEEK

most Strong song : GIRLS THAT DON'T TALK

most Sexy song : HYPNOTISED

most Rooted song : UNDER THE BOARDWALK
[good cover of Drifters]



Reminds me most of : Jam, Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, Gyllene Tider, Xtc, Sparks, Dave Edmunds, Alice Cooper, Who, Wire


Whole Album

(4) compositions

(3) instrumentations

(7) singin' /playin' feelin'

(5) lyrics (incl titles)

(6) variation

(4) synchronization

(6) cover /concept

(6) 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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