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    H. P. L.'s undefeatable thread of ancient, odd and frankly embarassing Italian pop-rock

    in Music Of The Spheres

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    Christmas is a time of gifts and treats and I'm gonna give you all some treats in the coming weeks.

     

    Let's start with Modesty Blaise herself, the one and only Monica Vitti, singing a very strange and weird song about... sauerkraut!!

    It's a song that's been around a long time and almost everyone knows it, it's what you'd call a drunken song or a paesant song, anyway here it goes. She's wonderful!!

     

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    in Video Vertigo

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    http://i.imgur.com/itdfl0e.jpg

     

    So let me see if I understand...this guy was the agent, the girl, the boy, the bomber and the baby as well?? I wonder if he was Robertson as well? :AlienSmiley:

    I thought that myself, really! After all they had the same moustache!! Apart from that, did you like it?

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    in Video Vertigo

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    Hey I get the feeling you didn't like the Crank films, I thought they were pretty funny and entertaining in an over the top way.

    Actually I'm saving the Crank movies for a time when I'll be alone to watch them. I can sit my wife through Statham movies where he plays the cop, and she will TOLERATE the Driver series, but the Crank premise is off limits. I remember when a promo for the first movie came up on tv and she said: what kind of s*it is that??

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    in Video Vertigo

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    http://www.primissima.it/images/uploads/before_i_go_to_sleep.jpg

     

    Do you ever miss the good old mysteries, just like old Hitchcock used to make 'em? Well, this is clearly an effort to make a "Hitch" movie in 2014, and Ridley Scott producing notwithstanding, it looks and feels like a B-movie.

    I like Mark Strong's presence, and Firth plays the creep quite expertly. Even Kidman isn't annoying. All in all, an ok movie but nothing more.

    What are you sick of?

    in Random Samples

    Posted · Edited by H. P. L.

    I am sick and tired of being sick and tired.

     

    Now who did sing this song? It was a girl but for the life of me I can't remember....

    :huh: It must of been in the 90's or later.... ;)

    Must've been. Not that I would know anyway. ;)

    :P to both of you.

     

    It was 2004. Yeah, I know.

     

    Rolling Stone names top albums of 2014; U2, Springsteen take top two spots.

    in Music Of The Spheres

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    :blink: Just glad I haven't heard of most of them....

    I guess I should be grateful I haven't heard any. :codger:

     

    Guys, I love you all, I really do, but come on, how can you be so proud in not knowing new music? Music is the blood of life, I can never stop exploring, tasting, discovering... The moment I say I don't want to hear new music will be the moment I die.

    I don't really care about music anymore other than Rush. I'm sixty. I know that is hard for you to comprehend having never been that old.

     

    There's more to life than being up on bands and musicians. :)

    I have to take issue with this statement. Not that being up on bands and musicians is the most important thing ever, but still being excited about music, at any age, should be something that's invigorating for anyone who still enjoys any kind of music, regardless of genre.

     

    But, I suppose it could be different for people. I just can't see myself turning any age and thinking, "Well, I'm done with music except for Rush [or insert other band name here]." That would be depressing for me, especially after music has gotten me through many tough times, while also helping me celebrate the joyous times. But that's me.

    How old are you?

     

    You were right about one thing. That's you.

     

    There was a time in my life - quite a long while in fact - when music was all I had. No one here will ever know or could ever know what it has meant to me in my life.

     

    I tell you this because you seem to think that because you now think the way you do, you will always. That is not always the case. Life has a way of changing your priorities.

    I feel every word our palindrome friend has said.

    I have an issue too with the use of the old phrase "There's more to life than...". Don't you think it's kinda... preachy? I know you too well to even think you meant that. After all, you're a Quadrophenia fan! :cool:

    But still, you know I'm no spring chicken either. So far curiosity and discovery have defined my life, maybe it will change. But I fear that if I'll ever come up with saying "I don't know anything about this, it's too new for me", I'll say it with a shade of regret.

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    in Video Vertigo

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    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8c/Event_horizon_ver1.jpg

    How did you like it? It's the one where the crew has those strobelight flashbacks about having an orgy? I thought it was really bad at the time...

     

    I didn´t see any flashbacks about orgies - they had flashbacks with lost relatives. Maybe you watched an unrated version?

     

    Overall, the visuals are impressive - I found it hard to believe it was done in 1997. But in spite of all the gore and original idea, the plot drags a little bit, and you can easily predict every scene on the second half of the movie. No wonder it was a box office flop.

    I seem to remember that the ship travelled to some kind of dimension and all the crew turned evil and had an orgy and then killed each other, snuff movie style, but it was all told in flashbacks so fast that they could give you seizures. It's practically all I remember about this movie, aside the design of the ship.

     

    I followed my pal Treeduck on his path to Jasonstathamness and watched this:

     

    http://cdn11.ne.be/movies/9271/30441.jpg

     

    It was ok. Jason's London accent is almost undecipherable I had to watch it dubbed. I was going to say that it too much "realistic" to be a Statham movie, until the finale. Anyway, I loved the character of this hard-headed, dirty, bad to the bone London cop but he's respectful of gays. It was like, that's progressive thinking for ya!

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    in Video Vertigo

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    I am enjoying this new take on the "existential" SF of the 70s. This movie reminded me a lot of Solaris and, of course, the ever-looming shadow of 2001 is, well, looming over all the time.

    I have to say it features the worst Michael Caine I've seen recently. He's totally on autopilot here. The thing that struck me most is the design of the robots. They look like clunky refrigerators but can really surprise you!

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    in Video Vertigo

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    OK guys, what about a Hindi remake of "Knight and Day"?

     

    Hey, come back here!!

     

    Seriously, if you thought the original was somehow over the top, this one will take you to the stratosphere. On acid.

    Super-sexy superstar Rhitik Roshan thrashes Tom Cruise like you would step over an ant. Think "Jason Statham with long hair and a flair for comedy and a gun". The action scenes, the dialogues, everything is so grotesque you can't stop laughing.

    Super-sexy superstar Katrina Kaif gets all the blockbuster roles lately, I don't particularly like her, and she's quite bland in this. Even worse than Cameron Diaz was.

    If you want to laugh, mostly self-consciously, this one could carry you through the night. Or not.

     

    Let it be said that Roshan is a really great actor, there's plenty of proof about that. When he does blockbusters, he just goes with it and has fun, almost like a self-parody of his super-macho image.

    H. P. L.'s undefeatable thread of ancient, odd and frankly embarassing Italian pop-rock

    in Music Of The Spheres

    Posted

    OK, I might as well use the momentum kindly gifted by Herr Foghorn to post something serious.

    No, really?

     

    OK, let's discover together another Cantautore. You remember then? 70s, left wing, intellectual, Dylan-obsessed, new themes, MEANINGFUL LYRICS and all? Very good!!

    So let's get down to Rome and listen to one of the most beloved singer-songwriters of the last 40 years: Antonello Venditti.

     

    In the pantheon of the Italian Cantautori, Venditti is, if you please, the singer of youth. The fleeting season of life full of promises, hopes and dreams. That said, he's also a very keen performer who covered a lot of english songs in italian, thus gaining a lot of hit singles.

     

    Here's one of my favourites:

     

     

     

    And another one: it starts like the everyday story of a schoolgirl, until at the end it is revealed that she's pregnant...

     

     

     

    WOW !!! I would imagine that theme would have attracted a lot of controversy in a place like Italy.

    In a way yes, it was groundbreaking. But also it was a perfect picture of the times (early 70s).

    Getting more into details, the songs is told through the POW of the boyfriend, who looks like a slacker student in University while Sara, the girl, is in high school. The most cruel line in the song goes "His love will be enough for you", letting slip the fact that slacker-father is going to dump her once the baby is born.

    The funny thing is, you never notice this while singing along to the song. Not so long ago my wife and I were listening to "Sara" on the radio and she went: it never occurred to me what kind of a dirtbag is depicted in this song! And I've been listening to it for more than 30 years!

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