my House of 80's Movies

those I've Returneded to most
= not a special darlings list
but a portrait of pieces which has coloured my life

much comedy as well as serious sci-fi

among half very ordinary

and some from Sweden since I live here

here put in my inner Rooms and symbolical spaces
two in each [2 x 22 = 44 films]




Roof Top

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

by Steven Spielberg

RAIN MAN

with Dustin Hoffman

Front Door

CLOCKWISE

with John Cleese

JÖNSSON-LIGAN

[first five movies about them]

with Gösta Ekman




Hallway

DEKALOG
= 10 shorter movies

by Krzystof Kieslowski

AKIRA

by Katsuhiro Otomo

Kitchen

LE RAYON VERT [THE GREEN RAY]

by Eric Rohmer

PLASTPOSEN [THE PLASTIC BAG]

with Jon Skolmen

Workroom

KARATE KID

by John G. Avildsen

THE THING

by John Carpenter

Bathroom

BLUE VELVET

by David Lynch

OCTOPUSSY

with Roger Moore

Parlour

FANNY AND ALEXANDER
by Ingmar Bergman

NOSTALGIA

by Andrei Tarkovsky

Living TV Room

TRON

by Steven Lisberger

POLTERGEIST part I + POLTERGEIST part II

with Heather O'Rourke

Stairway
(down...)

LABYRINTH

with Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie

BLADE RUNNER

by Ridley Scott

Secret Wardrobe

SEX LIES AND VIDEOTAPES

with James Spader

VIDEODROME

by David Cronenberg

Basement

THE SHINING

Kubrick based on King

DAS BOOT

by Wolfgang Petersen

Bonus Toilet

POSSESSION

with Isabelle Adjani

GÖTA KANAL or WHO PULLED THE PLUG?

by Hans Iveberg

Bedroom

THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS

with Dolly Parton

(THE GIRL WHO FELL) OVERBOARD

with Goldie Hawn

Stairway
(...up again)

BACK TO THE FUTURE

by Robert Zemeckis

STAR WARS part VI : RETURN OF THE JEDI

by George Lucas

Attic

DEAD POETS' SOCIETY

by Peter Weir

[A PRINCE IN NEW YORK] COMING TO AMERICA

with Eddie Murphy

Balcony


SÄLLSKAPSRESAN part II : SNOWROLLER

with and by Lasse Åberg

STAND BY ME

Spielberg based on King

Garden

THE SACRIFICE

by Andrei Tarkovsky

RONJA THE ROBBER'S DAUGHTER

based on Astrid Lindgren

Play Cottage

GREMLINS

by Joe Dante

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S SEX COMEDY

by and with Woody Allen

Tool Shed

BRAZIL
with Terry Gilliam

THE FLY

by David Cronenberg

Food Cellar

A FISH CALLED WANDA

with Michael Palin

THE SHARK WHO KNEW TOO MUCH

by Claes Eriksson

Fence
(border to World)

PLATOON

by Oliver Sone

ELEPHANT MAN

by David Lynch

Outside
(something else)

DROWNING BY NUMBERS

by Peter Greenaway

LE DERNIER COMBAT [THE LAST COMBAT]

by Luc Besson

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Blue Velvet leading heavenly through Bloody Darkness

a deeper study than before of Blue Velvet
Rediscovered Movie 18:1

Realise how well it fits into the world of Lynch *
sowing seeds for Twin Peaks as well as Mulholland Dr.
making a human story of Eraserhead's surreal phenomenons

also intriguing how much here shows in rather Red
not at least Dorothys dress and appartment
even though her dreams may be more blue

with music by Angelo Badalementi + some early 60's themes


in my SnowBlack Movie Spiral


most Happy Role : SANDY (Laura Dern)

most Grumpy Role : JEFFREY (Kyle MacLachlan)

most Sneezy Role : FRANK (Dennis Hopper)

most Sleepy Role : SOMEONE'S CUT-OFF EAR (?? ??)

most Dopey Role : BEN "THE CLOWN" (Dean Stockwell)

most Doc Role : DETECTIVE WILLIAMS (George Dickerson)

most Bashful Role : NO ONE and /or EVERYONE

most Beauty Role : DOROTHY (Isabella Rossellini)



* completely unknown to me then 1986
as begun to glimpse his mysteries 2001


my experience of full movie now

3 Joy (Happy)
6 Conflict (Grumpy)
7 Thrill (Sneezy)
7 Process (Sleepy)
3 Humour (Dopey)
4 Idea (Doc)
7 Mystery (Bashful)
5 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 42


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



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Seven Strong Songs Never Heard Before

my third Musical Body of 2018




Crown chakra

FOXLIGHT

"Even if the pieces change
and only the journey still remains"

with Wobbler
from From Silence to Somewhere -15




Eye chakra

LIVING FOREVER

"they've gone and changed the rules again
...too much of what they said wasn't so"

with Genesis
from We Can't Dance -91




Throat chakra

PAPER BAG and/or GEYSER
[kinda same theme in them]

with Circuit des Yeux
from Reaching for Indigo -17




Heart chakra

MYSTERIES OF LOVE

with Julee Cruise
from film score to Blue Velvet -86

lyrics by David Lynch
music by Angelo Badalementi




Solar Plexus chakra

CREATURE COMFORT

"on and on, I don't know if I want it"

with Arcade Fire
from Everything Now -17




Sex chakra

ANGELS AND DEVILS THE FOLLOWING DAY

"the artist was tender but suffered from guilt...
the other would take me and feel no remorse...
and the one who was gentle hurt me much more..."

with Monica Törnell
[by Dory Previn]
from Understanding Eye -17




Root chakra

A RIDER ON A WHITE HORSE

"going nowhere - I've always been here"

with Lee Hazlewood
from Back On The Street Again -77







Below or Above All

VINTERÄNGEL

["I will give you faith
so you can keep on carry me"]

with Marie Fredriksson
from I en Tid som Vår -96



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Radio Museum with Good Old Apparatus

a Really Beautifully Filled Corridor
in Lindholmen of Gothenburg

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If You're Feeling Sinister with Belle & Sebastian

feeling quite bright and very spiritual
already a twenty-two-year-old album
but almost timeless (or -67:ish)


as my Snow Record # 186
by chakra:ish evaluation


most Soulful song : FOX IN THE SNOW

most Imaginative song : JUDY AND THE DREAM OF HORSES

most Amusing song : ME AND THE MAJOR

most Beautiful song : MAYFLY

most Strong song : THE STARS OF TRACK AND FIELD

most Sexy song : SEEING OTHER PEOPLE

most Rooted song : GET ME AWAY FROM HERE, I'M DYING


Reminds me most of :

Donovan
Simon & Garfunkel
Bridget St. John
Burt Bacharach
Velvet Underground



Whole Album

(6) compositions
(7) instrumentation
(5) singin' /playin' feelin'
(6) lyrics (incl titles)
(5) variation
(4) synchronization
(2) 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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Picnic at Hanging Rock

strangely enough never seen by me until now

made in Australia, released the golden year of 1975
showing a girl school's dreamlike outdoor day in 1900

directed by Peter Weir who I afterwards realised had made Dead Poets' Society which I saw in contemporary time

including a magical music score by Bruce Smeaton



in my SnowBlack Movie Spiral

most Happy Role : MIRANDA ST. CLAIR (Anne-Louise Lambert)

most Grumpy Role : MRS. APPLEYARD (Rachel Roberts)

most Sneezy Role : SARA WAYBOURNE (Margaret Nelson)

most Sleepy Role : MICHAEL FITZHUBERT (Dominic Guard)

most Dopey Role : ALBERT CRUNDALL (John Jarratt)

most Doc Role : MISS McCRAW (Vivean Gray)

most Bashful Role : MARION QUADE (Jane Vallis)

most Beauty Role : MADEMOISELLE DE POITIERS (Helen Morse)



my experience of full movie

4 Joy (Happy)
4 Conflict (Grumpy)
5 Thrill (Sneezy)
6 Process (Sleepy)
2 Humour (Dopey)
6 Idea (Doc)
7 Mystery (Bashful)
7 Beauty (SnowWhite)

= 41


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

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Seven Strong Songs I Never Returned to Until Now

as I never really got them some years ago

my Second Musical Body of 2018




Crown chakra

THE FIRST GIRL ON THE MOON

with Roxette
from Crash! Boom! Bang! -94

written by Per Gessle




Eye chakra

ONE SUMMER DREAM

with Electric Light Orchestra
from Face The Music -75

written by Jeff Lynne




Throat chakra

THE PEBBLE AND THE MAN

with Bridget St. John
[born Bridget Anne Hobbs]
from Songs For The Gentle Man -71

written by Donovan

"Happiness runs in a circular motion"




Heart chakra

I REALLY LOVED HAROLD

"so I don't think that Heaven will wanna love me"

with Melanie
from Born to Be -68

written by Melanie Safka


[actually more of a discovery
also swedish version with Monica Törnell
as presented through Gessle]




Solar Plexus chakra

HEART OF ROME

with Elvis Presley
from Love Letters From Elvis -71

written by Alain Blaikley, Ken Howard, Geoff Stephens




Sex chakra

COMING DOWN AGAIN

with Rolling Stones
from Goats Head Soup -73

written by Jagger & Richards




Root chakra

FOX IN THE SNOW

with Belle & Sebastian
from If You're Feeling Sinister -96

written by Stuart Murdoch







Bonus Below or Above All

FIFTY YEARS AFTER THE FAIR

with Aimee Mann
from Whatever -93

written by Aimee Mann




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TED - Show Me Love

movie about/around Gärdestad brothers
seen with my sister in a swedish cinema

directed by Hannes Holm -17, released -18
portraying some of Sweden's most prominent music artists
from early 70's to early 90's

in my SnowBlack Movie Spiral :


most Happy Role : TED GÄRDESTAD (by Adam Pålsson)
(accompanied by MARGIT GÄRDESTAD (by Maria Kulle))

most Grumpy Role : TED GÄRDESTAD (by Adam Pålsson)
(accompanied by "his phantom shadow" (by ?? ??))

most Sneezy Role : STIKKAN ANDERSSON (Jonas Karlsson)

most Sleepy Role : HARPO [who was completely absent from this movie]


most Dopey Role : LOTTA RAMEL (by Happy Jankell)

most Doc Role : KENNETH GÄRDESTAD (by Peter Viitanen)

most Bashful Role : BENNY ANDERSSON (by Edvin Bredefeldt)
(or some other in ABBA - not so pop star:ish at all)

most Beauty Role : HELENA ANLIOT (Mikaela Ardai-Jennerfors)




so which Gärdestad SONGS I felt played most Living Roles here :

1. UNIVERSUM [becomes kind of lead motive, a pure ground]

2. HELT NÄRA DIG [together on bus with different psychology]

3. HELENA [while trying to continue to play tennis]

4. EIFFELTORNET [playing on Povel's piano]

5. RÄCKER JAG TILL [conflicting intros during Rehearsal]

6. JAG SKA FÅNGA EN ÄNGEL [more exciting than I realised before]

7. I DRÖM o FANTASI [as Stikkan critically analyses Kenneth's lyrics]

8. SATELLIT [also in slower version, warming up again...]



my experience of full movie as a movie

6 Joy (Happy)
7 Conflict (Grumpy)
5 Thrill (Sneezy)
5 Process (Sleepy)
5 Humour (Dopey)
5 Idea (Doc)
4 Mystery (Bashful)
6 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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Escalator with Clifford T. Ward

sung and composed by Clifford T. Ward 1975
which I would've called Baggins' Jigsaw Puzzle

probably one of the most forgotten albums you can imagine??
deeper inside some wardrobes than memories are able to sleep...

anyway a nice discovery for me, clearly
quickly escalating in its calmness
yes, really lights up the very ground of my musical taste!

even if a pair of pieces doesn't makes sense
for example beginning each side with slow, melancholic tracks
like the ending ones wouldn't have been enough soft to lean against


as my Snow Record # 183
by chakra:ish evaluation


most Soulful song : TRESPASS

most Imaginative song : MR. BILBO BAGGINS

most Amusing song : JIG-SAW GIRL

most Beautiful song : WE COULD BE TALKING (by the time this record ends)

most Strong song : A SAD AFFAIR

most Sexy song : CELLOPHANE

most Rooted song : ESCALATOR


Reminds me most of :

Gilbert O'Sullivan
Cliff Richard
Ted Gärdestad
Donovan
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Billy Joel
Elton John
Carole King
Cat Stevens
Art Garfunkel



Whole Album

(7) compositions
(7) instrumentation
(5) singin' /playin' feelin'
(6) lyrics (incl titles)
(4) variation
(2) synchronization
(4) cover /concept
(3) historical importance

= 38

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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Memory of a Cut Off Head

almost could have been made in -67
but is psychedelic pop from -17
especially nice orchestrated

by John Dwyer with Brigid Dawson as OCS
which I've never heard in former incarnations


as my Snow Record # 182
by chakra:ish evaluation


most Soulful song : THE REMOTE VIEWER

most Imaginative song : THE BARON SLEEPS AND DREAMS

most Amusing song : ON AND ON CORRIDOR

most Beautiful song : THE FOOL

most Strong song : MEMORY OF A CUT OFF HEAD

most Sexy song : LIFT A FINGER BY THE GARDEN PATH

most Rooted song : THE CHOPPING BLOCK


Above and/or Below everyone : NEIGHBOR TO NONE


Reminds me most often of :

King Crimson
Velvet Underground & Nico
Jefferson Airplane
Traffic
Caravan
Simon & Garfunkel
Belle & Sebastian
Badly Drawn Boy
Donovan
John Lennon
Bridget St. John
Stina Nordenstam
Bright Eyes
Zombies
David Bowie
Love


Whole Album

(3) compositions
(7) instrumentation
(5) singin' /playin' feelin'
(6) titles (incl lyrics)
(5) variation
(3) synchronization
(6) cover /concept
(7) 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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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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