16 posts tagged “movie”
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The song is a cover of the classic Cramps (myspace) 1980 song from their album, Songs The Lord Taught Us. As with the original and the cover, they both feature that distinctive guitar riff and, er, campy and moody vocals. I'm not sure what the deal is with the Chico Fellini cover, but there's about 45 seconds of "extra" jewelery box music at the end. I only ask because I had to boost up my volume to catch it.I was a teenage werewolf, braces on my fangs!
Anyway, what the song is ultimately about is "growing pains" of a teenage werewolf, and I'm assuming describes the 50s film (having never seen it myself). The 50s horror film of the same name, starring a young Michael Landon, of Little House on the Prairie fame was so successful that it inspired other films such as "I Was a Teenage Frankenstein", "I was a Teenage Mummy", "I Was a Teenage Serial Killer", and "I Was a Teenage Intellectual", etc.
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As a bonus, here's also the most famous Wizard Rock band, Harry and the Potters (official / myspace) with their song "My Teacher is a Werewolf". In fact, here's even more Werewolfy songs from previous year's entries.
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10/31/2009 18:48:22 ♥ vu (
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MAD MAXINE
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I was in a bit shock to read that, simply because the last thing I heard about Mad Max 4 was that the movie would take place with Mad Max's son (Mel Gibson to play the aging father). If the Theron rumor is true, does that also mean that Mad Max 4: Fury Road have been re-written? Tom Hardy (who incidentally shares the same name as my favorite depressing writer, Thomas Hardy) is to play the villain.
Well, one thing is certain is that the movie will be written and directed by the original creator, George Miller. Perhaps a great release date would be December 2012, you know the year the world ends?
BILL COSBY RELEASES ALBUM
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I saw this announcement and was very intrigued by it. Bill Cosby has a music album? What? Does he rap? The answer is: "Cosby does not rap or sing on the album".
Still, I'll be looking further into it. In the meantime, I have downloaded his title track, "State of Emergency" for free off his website, billcosby.com.
Looking at the merchandise, I see that the best deal seems to be CD with digital tracks and book for $24.99. The extra deluxe edition seems kind of expensive for all of the above plus a "16 page artwork booklet" and 12 x 16 giclee album artwork poster. Still, it may be worth it if you consider that Bill Cosby autographed the poster. All physical items will be shipping November 24, 2009 - just in time for Christmas.
You can watch Bill Cosby on ustream.tv/billcosby and twitter fans can add @BillCosby.
GLEE
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Columbia Records announced that they are releasing the soundtrack for Fox's Glee for November 3rd. I will have to admit that as much hype surrounding this show, I have not really gotten into it - based on my viewing of its pilot episode.
Still, as a cover lover, I am interested in some of their covers (particularly "Don't Stop Believin'" and "Bust a Move". Full tracklisting:
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1. “Don’t Stop Believin’”
2. “Can’t Fight This Feeling”
3. “Gold Digger”
4. “Take a Bow”
5. “Bust Your Windows”
6. “Taking Chances”
7. “Alone”
8. “Maybe This Time”
9. “Somebody to Love”
10. “Hate On Me”
11. “No Air”
12. “You Keep Me Hangin’ On”
13. “Keep Holding On”
14. “Bust a Move”
15. “Sweet Caroline”
16. “Dancing with Myself”
17. “Defying Gravity”
BATMAN: THE MUSICAL!
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Starting today October 23rd, Cartoon Network will be airing Batman: The Brave & The Bold's “Mayhem of the Music Meister!” which features the voice and singing talent of Neil Patrick Harris as the Music Meister.
In conjunction with the aired episode, the soundtrack, Batman: The Brave & The Bold: Mayhem of the Music Meister! will also be made available digitally on amazon and iTunes.
10/23/2009 11:22:20 ♥ vu () ♥weheartmusic.com♥twitter.com/weheartmusic♥news.weheartmusic.com
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(500) Days of Summer is a movie about love, sure, but it's also a movie about music. These songs build bridges between Tom and Summer and they tear them down. They can make you dance and they can make you cry. They describe how we feel and express emotions that just couldn't get out any other way. Music is the soul of this movie.
- director Marc Webb
Of course, I'm familiar with all bands on the soundtrack, most of these songs I already have on various albums. Particularly, I'm keen on the old stuff. I mean who can say no to Hall & Oates' "You Make My Dreams" as you picture Daryl Hall's legs flapping. Or just give into Morrissey as he whines "Please, Please, Please, Please, Please, Pease, Please, Please, No Really Please Let Me Get What I Want". Or reflecting on a time of innocence with Simon & Garfunkel's sweet and harmless "Bookends".
If there is a theme on this soundtrack, it's that these are all love songs. While as usual, the more established alternative acts (Regina Spektor, Feist, Wolfmother) does a great job with their love songs, the unknown artists (at least to me) on this compilation actually does a great job introducing themselves to me. I was particularly impressed with "She's Got You High" by Mumm-Ra (are they named after the Thundercats' arch-nemesis? If so: AWESOME).
As a cover lover, I noticed there are two on the album. As I previously mentioned, "Please...." by She & Him does an excellent job with the cover, although it sounds pretty much like the original. Singer Zooey Deschanel does not bother changing the lyrics from a male's perspective (and there's no hint of desperation in her vocals) and M Ward does his best Johnny Marr jangly guitar. No problem here, it's just that I've heard this before.
The really weird wild-card in this bunch is current-spouse of French President Nicolas Sarkozy and Italian model-turned-singer, Carla Bruni. To be fair, she's been releasing music since 2002, and her acoustic-folk French song, "Quelqu'un m'a dit" does a nice job as a break between all the English-based songs.
It should be interesting to see where the soundtrack play in the movie, so let me know if you see (500) Days of Summer. The romantic comedy movie is currently playing at selected theaters near you, while the soundtrack is available now via the great Sire Records. There's always Amazon and iTunes (iTunes version includes the actors singing "Sugar Town", "Here Comes Your Man" and "At Last").
Trivia: The movie will be released in Australia on October 1st, where the soundtrack actually have two Aussie bands: The Temper Trap and Wolfmother.
08/01/2009 22:16:06 ♥ vu ()
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I think most critics didn't really like S.Darko, and I don't understand why. If they remotely liked the original film, this film is practically the same movie - in both tone and writing. What's back? The iconic bunny mask, the liquid thing, strange imagery, the countdown, reversal of film/time-theory, Daveigh Chase, sleepwalking, etc.
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My only fear is that they continuously release additional sequels. You know, like we didn't need Hellraiser 5, 6, 7, and 8 (all awful direct-to-video).
The soundtrack is quintessential 90s alternative: Catherine Wheel's "Black metallic", Dead Can Dance's "The Carnival is Over", Cocteau Twins' "Heaven or Las Vegas", and one particular song made me smile a shameful smile that I own "Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe" by Whale from their debut album, We Care. As far as one-hit wonders goes, this was it for the Swedish band. They sort of just fell off the face of the planet (I didn't even know they had a sophomore album, All Disco Dance Must End In Broken Bones).
So if you enjoyed Donnie Darko, you really have to see S Darko. This is a straight-to-DVD/Bluray movie (released last Tuesday, May 12th on 20th Century Fox), so you will have to either rent or buy it. As for a soundtrack, there is no announcement for an official soundtrack.
05/18/2009 03:21:06 ♥ vu ()
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So I'm at home right now with a lack of voice, upset stomach, tireness, violent coughs, uncontrollable running nose, all the wonderful things you get with a flu. I know there is a scientific explanation for these random mucas, but I have always wondered why it happens and why our body can't just, you know, stop the mucas from just coming out.
So picture this: tissues plugging my noses - sexy, huh?
(It is 11am).
Anyway, I'll be taking it easy today, maybe re-read The Watchmen as I just saw the movie in theater over the weekend and was really impressed. As an old comic book fan (especially when it comes to the genius of Alan Moore), I loved it - but I am not so sure about the general population that is interested in a 'popcorn' flick, you know? The movie is dialogue-heavy, but Zack Snyder balanced it extended action sequences.
Rorschach is awesome in the movie. Anytime he's on screen and speaking his lines, he's just mesmerizing.
There were a few things that was left out, which is understandable as you need to keep the movie to a decent time. The murder of the original Nite Owl, the throwing of the Nostalgia perfume bottle, the back story of the cops investigating the new Nite Owl, as well as the origin of the ink-shifting fabric were left out. Understandably that these are minor details, and I can understand the omissions. Still.... it's amazing what they were able to squeeze in, just the title sequence of the original Minutemen handled a lot of the back stories of the original heroes in the 40s.None of you seem to understand. I'm not locked up in here with you. You're locked up in here with ME!
So, if you like comics, this movie was made for you. For the rest of you - the movie might not be compelling enough to get to you into the theaters.
(It is now 1am, been laying in bed for the rest of the day, can't rest anymore. May drive to walmart to pick up some Tylenol Flu and food as I haven't eaten all day.)
Despite my previous efforts in telling you that BMG Music Club is a great way for people to discover new music - I was just informed that as of June 30, 2009, that BMG will cease to exist. They are switching their efforts over to yourmusic.com.
I did went to the new website to check it out.
PROS:
CONS:
So there's several things I think is wrong with this program, but I won't go into all the details. Let's just put it this way: I'm just not fond of reoccurring paying for something (especially if currently I already have more than enough advance music promos to write about).
I think if you're a teenager with a $7 budget for music per month, this will be awesome for you. Me? Not so much the awesome.
(It is now Tuesday, also did not venture out to Wal-Mart...)
I have said that Guitar Hero and such games are a great way for bands to monetize on their music. I think Metallica is smart in making this happen.
Fans can now rock out to 28 Metallica's tunes, as well as 21 additional songs chosen by Metallica (some of them includes Queen, Thin Lizzy, Social D, and Motörhead). It looks like a solid game in terms of music content.
I'm not a fan of pre-ordering games (it's like you're so committed to it, you know?), but you do get a bonus item(s) if you pre-order from certain store. The details on Guitar Hero Hub said you get a 2nd drum peddle at Gamestop, tattoo arm for Best Buy, and drumsticks at Game Crazy.
03/10/2009 10:21:04 ♥ vu ()
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Talking to people, I get the impression that no one is really all that excited about the new X-Files movie that was just released on Friday. Admittedly, since I'm an old-school X-Philer, I own every X-Files season on DVD (defnitely not looking to re-buy it on bluray).
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I am going to see the movie today (Sunday) - in the meantime, enjoy this little tribute article to The X-Files music.
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Obviously, with the success of the television show, an album "inspired by the X-Files" called Songs in the Key of X was released in early 1996. The compilation sold very well, partly due to the popularity of the show and its respectable artists on the credits, such as Nick Cave, Soul Coughing, and Danzig.
There's even a PM Dawn remix of the X-Files theme that sounds a Spaghetti Western dance mix. A very interesting mix, but I did prefer the original songs. Soul Coughing did a great job on their song "Unmarked Helicopters", about men in black.
It wasn't long before Mark Snow's original soundtrack for the television show was released, called The Truth and the Light: Music from The X-Files. The music are taken from the first three seasons (1993-1995) - including that familar X-Files Theme song. Some of the songs are nice and relaxing, but as they were designed to be background music, nothing really stood out for me. There is an occassional dialogue excerpt from the show mixed into some of the songs, but outside of that this album is meant only for hardcore X-File fans.
When the first movie, Fight the Future, hit the theaters, back in '98, the soundtrack was also released. I picked this up through our friends the BMG. The track listing seems to compile the typical artists of that time period (notably Ween, The Cure, & Better Than Ezra).
I believe all the songs were written especially for the movie, and the ones I used to listen to a lot was The Dust Brothers's version of "The X-Files Theme", Noel Gallagher (Oasis)'s "Teotihuacan", and The Cardigans' "Deuce". The last song seems more like a love song, I'm not sure where it actually appeared in Fight the Future, but it's been years since I saw that movie. It's actually one of the few X-Files DVD that I'm missing because when I bought it originally (via the internet), that company went bankrupted and never shipped my DVD.
This finally brings us to the new soundtrack, The X-Files: I Want to Believe, which was released a few days ago, July 22nd. I have only picked it up hours today, so I haven't really listened to it. Mark Snow does most of the instrumental stuff, but there are two songs of note on here: "Broken" by Unkle and what sounds like a rap song called "Dying 2 Live" by Xzibit.
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In the bonus segment of this article, here are songs that were inspired by the television show. From Britpop, comes Catatonia with their song, "Mulder and Scully". I used to really love this song, but it sort of wore thin when I realized that there were only a handful of great songs from their 1998 International Velvet. Although this won't be an in-depth article on Catatonia, I do have a most of their releases that I want to talk about (particularly Cerys Matthews' solo material). |
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As far as I know, "Extremis" was the only song that's ever released by Gillian Anderson. With an mixer outfit called HAL (a nod to 2001: A Space Odyssey?). With the techo beats and Anderson's deep, sexy voice (with loads of heavy breathing), it comes off (haha) like a porno song. I actually don't know much about HAL, or where Anderson's music career is right now, but what I do know is that back in 1997, "Extremis" ruled the various trance/ambient compilation CDs. I remember all the entertainment television show was talking about Gillian Anderson's venture in music. Too bad nothing ever came of it, because, "Extremis" is a pretty good song. |
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Bree Sharp's "David Duchovny" was a big hit for her, possibly a
one-hit wonder if you ask me. She's released one additional album since
her 1999 debut, A Cheap and Evil Girl. Looking over at her myspace, there seems to be an indication of a brand new 2008 album called Robots in Love. Anyway, this stalker song is really about the actor that plays Agent Fox Mulder, it's quite funny - especially at the end when she says "I'm gonna kill Scully." |
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Not to be outdone is Yellow Sloth Chicken Broth's lustful song about Gillian Anderson, the actress that plays Agent Dana Scully. The punk song complains how she never shows off her cleavage (except on the internet), and it's pretty forgettable. It's safe to say that he wants to be with her in a three way or something? You can find this song on their Party Of Four (1998) album. |
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![The X-Files: I Want to Believe [Theatrical Release]](http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd970e4cda4cd500fa968b6b0e0002-200pi)
I'm choosing my words carefully, as to not give you any spoilers.
First of all, you do not need to know any X-Files before venturing to see this movie, it does hold up to a stand-alone film... but it does help to have known the show as there are winks that only loyal fans would understand.
I did enjoy the film overall, but I believe if you don't care about the X-Files, this would come off as a pretty standard crime/police movie with a little bit of the unknown/supernatural.
I've seen a LOT of movies, and what works here is the "real life" coppers and evildoers. I like it when the movie is grounded in reality - and it plays off like "Silence of the Lambs", where you're given bits of clues and you sort of "piece together" the story as it unfolds.
Where the movie fail is the incredibly, unbelievable, even ridiculous premise. You will know what I'm talking about once you've seen the film.
Other failure: relationships of Fox and Dana. Who is asking for this??? Not me. The movie would've worked if we never know (it would've been better if you didn't know). The unveiling of the answer hit you like a brick in the face, WTF.
If you like crime drama/thriller, this might be a movie for you - if you've never cared for the X-Files or thrillers, skip this movie. For X-Files fan, you must see this movie. It feels good to see it on the big screen, and I'll pick up the bluray of this when it's released.
Comcast's internet services have been sporadic, at best, the last few days, so I never got around to my regular and multi-posts yesterday - but I suppose that is all for the best as it seems Emelia's taking charge in my absent. This article below is dedicated to her, as I know she is a big dork when it comes to comic book movies (as I am).
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THE WATCHMEN (Film)
Ain't it Cool (oh god, I
hate that name) recently posted a photograph of the Minutemen, which, I
will have to admit, made me really excited about this upcoming The Watchmen film.
If you've read my Jack the Ripper article, you'll realize what a massive Alan Moore fan I am, but my reaction to hearing about The Watchmen movie was less than enthused. This is especially because the film versions (League of the Extraordinary Gentlemen, V For Vendetta, From Hell, etc) never really live up to the complexity and imagination of the comic book version. I suppose you can argue the same for movie adaptation of books, but seeing as comics are a visual medium, essentially storyboards, it would be easier to adapt into motion pictures, no?
So far, I've enjoyed all of Watchmen's director, Zach Snyder's previous works. His debut film was the remake of Dawn of the Dead, with an homage to the original George Romero feature, but adding the "fast zombies" ala 28 Days Later. His adaption of Frank Miller's 300 was incredibly faithful, almost a shot-by-shot of Miller's art. I ended up buying the Bluray version of this movie, even though I had already own the 2-disc DVD version. The only problem I have with this film is that it just seems like one gigantic fight sequence (which is basically what the comic book version was like- so no fault on Snyder's part).
With 300, Snyder demonstrated that he understands the source material and it really does translate well onto the big screen, so I am actually kind of excited to see what he does with the very long and complicated storyline of The Watchmen. To be honest, I think the film should be done in two or three parts if it were to include everything and please its core audience... but seeing this photograph of the Minutemen shows his attention to detail (this photo appears throughout the comic book in the background, often obscured by distance or objects).
THE WATCHMEN (Comics)
Of course I own all the original 12
issues limited baxter series, plus the trade paperback, plus the
Absolute Edition, plus various interviews, magazines such as Wizard and I thought I would give you a little insight on the origin of the characters of the Watchmen.
Originally Moore had an idea about writing a story of the MLJ/Archies superheroes, about a murder mystery surrounding the death of The Shield. I think because of licensing issues (which might not be a factor because DC Comics eventually published these characters, including the Black Hood, on their Impact series), The Charlton characters, as suggested by DC Vice President Dick Giordano, were used instead.
Captain Atom, Blue Beetle, Peacemaker, Nightshade, Peter Cannon... Thunderbolt, were originally drafted, however seeing as major characters would be killed and not wanting to create continuity nightmares, Alan Moore and artist Dave Gibbons created original characters in replacement of these Charlton superheroes: Dr Manhattan, Nite-Owl, the Comedian, and Ozymandias.
THE MINUTEMEN
Preceding The Watchmen were the golden age superheroes called The
Minutemen, from 1939 to 1949. Although the comic book briefly mention
these characters (appearing in mostly in scattered flashbacks),
detailed background were given to each characters.
Here are the liner notes for the original Silk Spectre, as written by Moore:
Very much in the tradition of the original Phantom Lady, the Silk Spectre was voluptuous to the extreme and even had the honour of appearing in her own brief line of pornographic Tijuana bibles along with such other real life notables as Mae West. Born in 1926, she took up her secret idenity in 1942, age eighteen. In later years she confessed that this was because she had a crush on an obscure then-popular super-hero called himself Hooded Justice, and by the time she had learned on that the super-hero gossip grapevine that he was in fact a well-known gay sadomasochist, she was too deeply involved in extricate herself. Although in her early career she used a number of tricky scientific weapons based upon her knowledge of chemistry, she abandoned these when a preparation blue up, badly burning one hand. After this point she wore a single glove to conceal her admittedly slight disfigurement. Most people took it as a further erotic enhancement to her costume rather than concealment of a blemish, and she became more popular than ever. A famous moment in her career came when underworld czar Jimmy Fantucci gave himself up to the polic rather than shoot her.
None of the above were mentioned in the comic - but this kind of microscopic details in her background makes for a wonderful writer that Moore truly is.
MUSIC
The Canadian band, The Watchmen, formed in 1988, got their name from the Alan Moore book. I was surprise to find out that they were pretty successful - although it seems popular in the regional sense.
The band really took off in 1992 with their debut album, McLaren Furnace Room and had a couple of his singles: "Cracked" and "Run and Hide", both were widely played on rock stations in Canada.
In the next few years, although critically acclaimed, did not do so well, commercially. That all changed with their 1998 gold-certified album, Silent Radar with the first of the big hits: "Stereo".
In addition to the audio tracks, fans were treated with a special CD-activated key to access videos and extra music on the band's website - this was really ahead of its time in '98. They even won several awards for this album, including a MuchMusic Award (Canada's answer to MTV) for "Best of Use New Technology".
By 2001, The Watchmen with Slomotion experimented with industrial sound and manufactured drums to replacing their departing drummer, Sammy Kohn. It wasn't long until the band realized they couldn't carry on and by 2003, the band broke up.
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As for Zach Snyder, people rarely knew that he started his career as a music director, he shot one of my favorite Morrissey video, "Tomorrow". For those who haven't seen it, it's a one-take shot of Morrissey singing his song while walking down the street through various corridors and alleys.
The video was later remixed with various shots of the bands, probably to make it look more "interesting" for MTV's audience. I have read Morrissey's memos about this video, and he hated the remixed video version.... I believe only the original one-take version appears on his various video compilations, The Malady Lingers On (1992) and Oye Esteban! (2000). It drives completists like myself mad because the remix version have never been officially released. See also the video for "Our Frank".
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Speaking of Morrissey, apparently he announced a new album that he will call Years Of Refusal, and will be out sometime in September of 2008. Also, according to True to You, everyone's least favorite Morrissey album, Southpaw Grammar, is expecting a remastered edition with new artwork in July. You're kidding, right?
The good news is that they are adding additional tracks to the album, which is fine because the original release only contain barely 8 tracks.
Also, check out the latest video for "All You Need is Morrissey", (ahem) I mean "All You Need is Me".
Morrissey is doing what he does best in this video, being a goofball.
By the way, this has been the strangest themed-post: Alan Moore, The Watchmen (comics, film & band), Zach Synder, and, of course, Morrissey. You can always read more about the Mozzer on W♥M :)
Links:
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morrissey-solo.com
true-to-you.net
zack-snyder.com
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I think I just saw the best music movie recently. It's called Once and it stars Glen Hansard, from The Frames[W♥M], and Markéta Irglová. The movie has a documentary feel to it because of the low quality of film (and often poor lighting) and also has very few cuts and seems like it's mostly hand-held cameras.
The story is a realistic look at two struggling musicians, stricken with poverty in Dublin, Ireland, was written and directed by John Carney, who was briefly in The Frames as a bassist. As the movie draws to a conclusion, you quickly realize that it's life and you don't necessary get what you desire. Although the movie ended positively, I was actually quite sad at the end of the film.
So, in real life, apparently after the movie was wrapped up, Irglová and Hansard are now dating. They are perfect for each other, really, as the movie really captured their chemistry on screen. What a darling couple!
Anyway, all the songs in the soundtrack were written by Hansard and/or Irglová. The one song that I really enjoyed was "If You Want Me".
I'll set you up: in the movie, Hansard gives Irglová some CDs of music he's composed. Irglová listens to the music on a portable CD player and it runs out of batteries. So in her pajamas, she goes down the store and buys some fresh batteries and walks home, singing the words she's just made up.
A perfect night shot, with very few cuts - and a usage of a crane.
03/29/2008 05:43:06
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The Swell Season Tour Dates
04/23/08 Orpheum Theatre-SOLD OUT Phoenix, Arizona
04/25/08 Coachella Festival Indio, California 04/26/08 Paramount Theatre-SOLD OUT Oakland, California 04/27/08 McDonald Theatre-SOLD OUT Eugene, Oregon 04/28/08 Keller Auditorium-SOLD OUT Portland, Oregon 04/30/08 The Moore-SOLD OUT Seattle, Washington 05/01/08 The Wilma Missoula, Montana 05/02/08 The Depot Salt Lake City, Utah 05/03/08 Ellie Caulkins Opera House-SOLD OUT Denver, Colorado 05/05/08 The Uptown Theatre Kansas City, Kansas 05/06/08 The Pageant-SOLD OUT Saint Louis, Missouri 05/07/08 The Orpheum Theatre-SOLD OUT Minneapolis, Minnesota 05/08/08 The Riverside Theatre-SOLD OUT Milwaukee, Wisconsin 05/10/08 Royal Oak Theatre Royal Oak, Michigan 05/11/08 Allen Theatre at Playhouse Square Cleveland, Ohio 05/12/08 Brown Theatre Louisville, Kentucky 05/13/08 The Cobb Theatre Atlanta, Georgia 05/15/08 Meymandi Concert Hall-SOLD OUT Raleigh, North Carolina 05/16/08 Toad’s Place Richmond, Virginia 05/17/08 Meyerhoff Symphony Hall-SOLD OUT Baltimore, Maryland 05/19/08 Radio City Music Hall-SOLD OUT New York, New York 05/20/08 The Tower Theatre-SOLD OUT Upper Darby, Pennsylvania 05/28/08 Passionkirche Berlin, Berlin 05/29/08 Deutsches Schauspielhaus Hamburg, Hamburg 05/30/08 Primavera Festival Barcelona, Barcelona 06/13/08 Bonnaroo Manchester, Tennessee 06/15/08 The Chicago Theatre-SOLD OUT Chicago, Illinois 06/16/08 Overture Arts Centre-SOLD OUT Madison, Wisconsin 06/17/08 Chicago Theatre-SOLD OUT Chicago, Illinois 06/18/08 Chicago Theatre-SOLD OUT Chicago, Illinois 06/22/08 Telluride Bluegrass Festival Telluride, Colorado |
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[this is good] The Swell Season (Glen and Marketa) are currently touring. They will be here, in Minneapolis, on May 7th. Unfortunately the show is sold out! Check out their recording of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" on the I'm Not There soundtrack. Lovely!
"Paddy's Lamentation" is an Irish traditional song. It tells the story about a starving Irish farmer who left the green of Ireland to sail to America for opportunities. Instead, he finds himself in a middle of an American Civil war. The best lines in the song has got to be about his time serving under General Thomas Meagher.
General Meagher was he said, if you get shot or lose your head
Every murdered soul of youse will get a pension
Well meself I lost me leg, they gave me a wooden peg,
And by God this is the truth to you I mention
I believe the song is actually based on a real Paddy or Patrick, can anyone verify this for me? I thought I read about the real origin on the liner notes for Sinead O'Connor's Sean-Nos Nua album, but that's currently out on loan.
The first version of this song that I've heard is O'Connor's version, which is fairly recent. So basically I believe it's also my favorite version. What made this version so good is that she added additional lyrics (perhaps these lyrics were dropped over the years to shorten the song?).
In the liner notes, she did credit hearing this song for the first time by Mary Black (mary-black.net). In my research on her version first appeared on the compilation De Danann - Anthem in 1985, but I have the soundtrack to Long Journey Home which uses the same recording.
Apparently, Black is quite famous in her homeland of Ireland since 1983. In 1989, she released No Frontiers which is one of the best-selling albums of up to that time period. By the time Babes in the Wood in 1991, it went straight to #1 in the Irish charts.
After 25 years in the industry, Black is still producing music and recently release Full Tide in 2005.
Linda Thompson (myspace.com) has a pretty neat version on the Gangs of New York sountrack.
I
actually own and love this Martin Scorsese film. Who knew Leonardo DiCaprio
could pull off as Irish?
Daniel Day-Lewis is absolutely amazing in this film.
Anyway, Thompson's version doesn't have any music, but she carries the song very well with just her voice.
I don't know much about her, except she was married Richard Thompson, of Fairport Convention fame. Fairport Convention was considered by many as the first electric-folk band.
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Speaking of bands I know nothing about, Dhalia's Lane (dhalia.de) has a live version of "Paddy's Lamentation" available on their website. It was recorded fairly recently, last September 2007 at Sänger Berk Demiray.
Since I'm far too lazy to get the German information translated, I can guess that they're a folk/celtic band from Germany. They seem to be quite busy, with their entire tour dates planned out through the whole year!
Looking at their full discography on de.wikipedia.org, I was able to determine that they were previously known as Wild Silk (1995-1999), but changed their name to Dhalia, then finally Dhalia's Lane.
I don't know why they changed their names, but I'm guessing it's probably due to changing band members or Dhalia might have been too common... Perhaps someone can translate some German for me?
One of my sister's favorite band is Flogging Molly (floggingmolly.com) has a song called "Paddy's Lament" on their latest album, Float.
Listening to the song, it doesn't seem like it shares anything with the traditional song - except for its title. Still the song's not half bad!
If you're not familar with Flogging Molly, they are a seven-piece band from Los Angeles, California - currently on tour according to their myspace.
Their sound is best described as mostly Irish traditional, with a weird mix of punk and even country.
The band's name came from their regular routine of playing every Monday night at Molly Malone's pub.
We used to play there every Monday night and we felt like we were flogging it to death, so we called the band Flogging Molly
Lastly, I have "The Storyteller (Paddy's Song)" by Pentagle (jacquimcshee.co.uk). The song has nothing to do with "Paddy's Lamentation", but I couldn't help but notice the Irish-type song and that "paddy" name.
This original band broke up in 1973, but a new incarnation appeared shortly after 1981.
The new Pentagle was the band responsible for this song, available on their 1991's album Think of Tomorrow .
Interestingly enough, "pent"agle always has five band members, and they have a pentagram symbol from Sir Gawain's shield...
Last year, the original band members were awarded the BBC Radio 2's Lifetime Achievement award. The original Pentagle reunite for a 12 date UK tour.
Well that's pretty it for me for "Paddy's Lamentation". If you know of other covers, please drop me a line!
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| Hellou wrote: Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 6:39 PM |
Hello you,
I`ve read your news about Dhalia`s Lane. I am Diana Hübner and want to give a short information. The singer in front of the photo isn`t me. It`s Anna Hachulla. But the voice is mine. I`ve leaved the band in summer 2008, now she is the only female singer. :-)
Greetings Diana
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The first time I saw Donnie Darko, it blew me away. I absolutely loved the movie, especially the 80s soundtrack. The best song on the soundtrack, has got to be "Mad World" by Gary Jules.
Now, the first time I heard it, I didn't even know it was a cover of a Tears for Fears! The Jules song is completely stripped down and different than the 'Fears version, although I believe much of the credit is due to Michael Andrews who provided much of the haunting score for the film.
Since the film wasn't so successful on its first launch in 2001, the score soundtrack wasn't available until 2002 (due to demands from the growing cult fans of the film). The entire soundtrack was orchestra, except for the "Mad World" featuring Gary Jules on vocals.
In 2004, coinciding with the re-release of the film as a "Director's Cut", the soundtrack was re-issued with a 2-disc set. The first disc includes all the 80s pop songs featured in the film, while the second disc is the original 2002 score. Unfortunately, I believe the new soundtrack was only released in the UK.
Since I bought bought both DVDs (original cut and Director's Cut), I have to say that I prefer the original much better than the Director's version. Although there is an additional 20-30 minutes in the new version, I honestly didn't need those extra details. Part of what made the movie really fascinating to me was that I started making up things (filling in the gaps with my imagination) in the missing parts. I didn't need to see the time-travel or explanations.
I guess I have a real appreciate for the film editors, Sam Bauer & Eric Strand, who did an amazing job putting the film together and getting rid of the unnecessary parts - but still made it a watchable film.
My biggest complaint was the opening bicycling riding sequence which dropped the original "The Killing Moon" by Echo and the Bunnymen, in favor of INXS's "Never Tear Us Apart" song.
See for yourself and let me know which one you prefer:
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I understand that INXS was originally intended for this scene (probably due to copyright issues, it was dropped for Echo and the Bunnymen). Well this caused some problems because suddenly the scene with the wonderful Church's song, "Under the Milky Way", is now replaced with "The Killing Moon" in the Director's cut.
Although these are just little gripes that I have, both version of the film is still worth checking out.
If you're thinking of buying the DVD, I do suggest picking up the Director's Cut DVD because it comes with a bonus DVD with special features. For collectors, there is an oversized Tin Box (with Frank on the cover) covering the Director's Cut and a bonus Frank the Bunny pewter necklace.
Tip: I used DVDFab to import chapter 1 of both DVDs into an AVI file. Then I used the free Windows Movie Maker to edit the chapter to just the section I wanted to talk about. I love DVDFab, and about last year, they added a feature to let you import movies into iPod and PSP. You can try out the full software for 30 days to see if it works for you.
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| Mark wrote: Nov 25, 2007 3:22 PM |
My favorite song on the soundtrack is "Manipulated Living", which has that real machine-like sound. It makes me think of Bjork, Tricky, the soundtrack to Dark City, and Marilyn Manson all at the same time.
