This is day two of my 3 Days 3 Quotes challenge. I have always liked this sentence, which I read was by Bob Dylan. I believed it, though I had never seen it in any Dylan song or book. I just discovered it was actually a Bob Marley quote :D. Anyway, still it is a great one, so here it comes:
“Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet” – Bob Marley
MONTREAL, QUE.: MAY 17, 2012 — Musician Bob Marley, from Marley, a documentary film directed by Kevin MacDonald, courtesy Seville. HANDOUT
I really appreaciate all of my nominees, which I believe are wonderful. I wish you good luck, my fellow bloggermates.
Thank you once again Anju for the nomination. I recommend you all to visit her blog flollowing the provided link: https://anjusworldblog.wordpress.com/
First of all I just want to show my gratitude to Anjum (Anju’s world blog) to be so kind as to nominate me for this exciting challenge. She’s such a lovely lady and her blog so great. Her site it’s always filled with wise sentences, firm determination, friendly attitude and contagious kindness. Visit her blog following the above link, you will not regret it. She is always inspiring as a smile at dawn, when the day begins.
When I was a kid and I was going to school, the entrance to the building had a bow and an inscription above the arch. Every day when I walked in I was reading it, thinking about it. I didn’t really understand the meaning, but I could never forget it. Being an adult I became aware of how thoughtful the sentence was, and what an awesome truth it left written in my mind. So I wanted to bring it here for all of you to read. This is the first quote, which I learned it comes from the Holy Bible, St. John The Vangelist 8:31-36, quoting Jesus Christ words to those who believed in him:
“the Truth Will Set You Free” – Jesus Christ
I always interpreted it as stating that you remain slave of your own lies, which makes a lot of sense, though maybe that’s not exactly what Jesus meant.
This one was the title of a Douglas Sirk melodramatic movie, starred by Lana Turner, a favorite actress of mine. It was a great movie, indeed, as many other Sirk’s works.
I will add that Lana Turner is also one of Bob Dylan’s favorite actresses, which I mention on a mere whim, as it allows me to include the name of my favorite performing artist. Something that will be a hallmark of my production in this blog.
The film was dealing with racism and other crucial subjects such as class and gender issues. Anyway, not my intention to talk about the movie here, but the R.E.M. song I’m sharing:
Imitation Of Life
Charades, pop skill
Water hyacinth, named by a poet
Imitation of life
Like a koi in a frozen pond
Like a goldfish in a bowl
I don’t want to hear you cry
That’s sugarcane that tasted good
That’s cinnamon, that’s Hollywood
C’mon, c’mon no one can see you try
You want the greatest thing
The greatest thing since bread came sliced
You’ve got it all, you’ve got it sized
Like a Friday fashion show teenager
Freezing in the corner
Trying to look like you don’t try
That’s sugarcane that tasted good
That’s cinnamon, that’s Hollywood
C’mon, c’mon no one can see you try
No one can see you cry
That sugarcane that tasted good
That freezing rain, that’s what you could
C’mon, c’mon on no one can see you cry
Sugarcane
This sugarcane
This lemonade
This hurricane, I’m not afraid
C’mon, c’mon no one can see me cry
This lightning storm
This tidal wave
This avalanche, I’m not afraid
C’mon, c’mon no one can see me cry
That sugarcane that tasted good
That’s who you are, that’s what you could
C’mon, c’mon on no one can see you cry
That sugarcane that tasted good
That’s who you are, that’s what you could
C’mon, c’mon on no one can see you cry
Isn’t it a fascinating song? Don’t even know what it is all about, but suggests a lot. A huge flow of feelings and emotions. Looks like there’s something happening between the two characters, the singer/songwriter (as it is written in first person again) and the one he describes as “a Friday fashion show teenager freezing in the corner.” What a startling description. We can trace the between-the-lines relationship which seems to be broken or impaired, but still no one can see any of them cry. Hiding emotions, showing mettle trying to appear normal.
Metaphors are incredible, “like a koi in a frozen pond,” so powerful. Their relationship looks like crumbling down and, as he replays the past, “this sugarcane, this lemonade,” he can foresee the “lightning storm, this tidal wave” destroying what was left. The firmness in his attitude allows him to face the facts without fear, “this avalanche, I’m not afraid,” even if he has to bite the bullet to hide the tears.
While facing the storm he can still have a few words to say to his partner about how he felt, what his partner meant to him, what the other one could have done or avoided. That’s why I love the repeated chorus lines in the end:
“That sugar cane that tasted good
That’s who you are, that’s what you could C’mon, c’mon on no one can see you cry“
As the other did not, the performer sings as if meaning something like “you better don’t cry, save your tears now” when saying “no one can see you cry.” The clever notion in the structure turns out to be the comparison between the two of them, since both apparently are equally suffering. It undoubtedly means an equally heartbreaking outcome for both partners, both of them must hide the tears.
Whatever the reason, how the lyrics are constructed or the impact of a stirring string of chords, I can’t help but feel moved by the way Michael Stipe sings this song. Every time he intones the chorus I have to remind myself: “C’mon, c’mon on no one can see you cry.“
The Hypnotist Collector
R.E.M. black & white picture retrieved from http://pitchfork.com/features/interview/8712-rem/
This one song always meant a lot to me, so as soon as I found this in one of my fellow bloggermates I knew I should reblog it… In memory of an old boomer and the good times we had
I always loved the joyful euphoria deployed in this fantastic pop song by The Cure. It’s friday, and no, I’m not in love yet, but I feel like that, so I’m sharing this odd clip of this wonderful song with all of you:
The song doubtlessly share a contagious joy of life, a fine mood, the happiness of loving someone. But the strange thing about it comes from the fact that it does only happen because it’s Friday and that’s the day. Yeah, the only one day along the week that the character, or the singer/songwriter (as he wrote it in first person), may feel so good. And that’s for me the most interesting matter, what makes the song different and impressive. In my opinion it makes a huge impact because it makes one think about what’s not being said. What happens to him the rest of the week? What makes him feel the way he does every other day in the week, from Saturday to Thursday?
Friday I’m In Love (The Cure)
I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don’t care about you
It’s Friday I’m in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn’t even start
It’s Friday I’m in love
Saturday wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday never hesitate…
I don’t care if Monday’s black
Tuesday, Wednesday heart attack
Thursday never looking back
It’s Friday I’m in love
Monday you can hold your head
Tuesday, Wednesday stay in bed
Or Thursday watch the walls instead
It’s Friday I’m in love
Saturday wait
And Sunday always comes too late
But Friday never hesitate…
The song, “Friday I’m In Love,” was also included in this official compilation of singles
Dressed up to the eyes
It’s a wonderful surprise
To see your shoes and your spirits rise
Throwing out your frown
And just smiling at the sound
And as sleek as a shriek
Spinning round and round
Always take a big bite
It’s such a gorgeous sight
To see you eat in the middle of the night
You can never get enough
Enough of this stuff
It’s Friday
I’m in love
I don’t care if Monday’s blue
Tuesday’s grey and Wednesday too
Thursday I don’t care about you
It’s Friday, I’m in love
Monday you can fall apart
Tuesday, Wednesday break my heart
Thursday doesn’t even start
It’s Friday I’m in love
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The Cure – Robert Smith
Sounds funny, cause he describes how it feels every single day of the week in just a line each day. But the feelings are of sadness and desolation, might even be terrible, but he doesn’t even care. Let’s say that it doesn’t matter what happens the rest of the week. As far as Friday comes, nothing else matters. So, just like in Bob Dylan’s “Most Of The Time,” the most relevant words in the song are those never said, the ones hidden from the world. You may think about it.
Released on the 1973 Band On The Run, Let Me Roll It by Paul McCartney & Wings is one of the best songs on an album brimming with highlights. What we have in this article are the isolated vocals from the song including McCartney’s lead vocals and the backing vocals by the rest of the band. Take a listen:
Beyond the horizon, behind the sun
At the end of the rainbow life has only begun
In the long hours of twilight ‘neath the stardust above
Beyond the horizon it is easy to love
My wretched heart’s pounding
I felt an angel’s kiss
My memories are drowning
In mortal bliss
Beyond the horizon, in the Springtime or Fall
Love waits forever for one and for all
Beyond the horizon across the divide
‘Round about midnight, we’ll be on the same side
Down in the valley the water runs cold
Beyond the horizon someone prayed for your soul
I’m touched with desire
What don’t I do?
I’ll throw the logs on the fire
I’ll build my world around you
Beyond the horizon, at the end of the game
Every step that you take, I’m walking the same
Beyond the horizon the night winds blow
The theme of a melody from many moons ago
The bells of St. Mary, how sweetly they chime
Beyond the horizon I found you just in time
It’s dark and it’s dreary
I ponder in vain
I’m weakened, I’m weary
My repentance is plain
Beyond the horizon o’er the treacherous sea
I still can’t believe that you’ve set aside your love for me
Beyond the horizon, ‘neath crimson skies
In the soft light of morning I’ll follow you with my eyes
Through countries and kingdoms and temples of stone
Beyond the horizon right down to the bone
It’s late in the season
Never knew, never cared
Whatever the reason
Someone’s life has been spared
Beyond the horizon the sky is so blue
I’ve got more than a lifetime to live lovin’ you
Siri and Selma recently read in Amy Sackville’s quietly written novel “Orkney“:
Siri und Selma lasen letztlich in Amy Sackvilles ruhigem Roman “Orkney”:
“looking out to the North nothing but the birds scattered, crashing ocean, and beyond to where it meets the sky, a line called the hilder, they say in these parts; a line sometimes luminous, sometimes obscure.“
Far North midnight sun in Norway
As brave Bookfayries they immediately got the idea to find out what might be to be found behind the horizon. A bold task. For centuries there was this conception shared by old and young mariners that behind the horizon , behind the line where the sky rest on the sea, you fall into a horrible abyss. So we strictly forbade our beloved Bookfayries to sail behind the horizon under the menace of getting no pocket money any more.
It’s time to take up the idea I had a week ago (Clean Cut Kitchen), and talk about that Dylan video my friend Laurent posted on Facebook back then. It was an official video using footage taken from the cult classic movie “Renaldo and Clara.” The film, directed by Bob Dylan, was shot in 1975 while touring the USA with his Rolling Thunder Revue. It was made in the “cinema verité” style following D.A. Pennabaker documentary shooting techniques based on Dziga Vertov‘s Kino-Eye theory. The video shows Dylan’s face in a close up taken by a static camera.
My friend introduced his post like this: “Just look at his face.”
I had already seen it. In fact, I have it in my collection as it was released on the DVD included on the Limited Edition of the Bootleg Series Vol. 5 – Bob Dylan Live 1975 (2002.)
Never thought of it from a technical point of view, though. This time, however, for some reason, I started watching it as a filmmaker, from a professional perspective.
I just thought it was not only an astonishing live version, but the filming of his performance in such a close up was superb. Laurent said to me that, to be true, this was the essence of his Bobness. Hahaha! Well, it is true, it really captured the essence of Dylan’s performing art but, as I said, someone put the lights on the right places, set the camera up in the right location… and someone else took the exceptional shoot with the right angle, the suitable objective and the accurate diaphragm aperture. What is more, it had to be taken with a teleobjective, which implied it was easy to run out of focus when the performer moved his head, so the cameraman was probably concerned to keep the image focused all the way through. Of course, the filmmaker was Dylan himself, but I guessed he must have had someone very good an expert to advice him.
Following my friend Laurent indications I googled Howard Alk, editor and cameraman, to find out he was a long time friend and collaborator of Bob Dylan, who was responsible for the filming and photography of “Renaldo and Clara.” They also worked together on the movie edition. Looks like, though uncredited, he was also a collaborator in Pennabaker’s “Don’t Look Back” and helped Dylan out with the editing task on “Eat The Document.”
A frame from “Eat The Document” documentary movie
So, regarding this Tangled Up In Blue video footage, we must conclude Howark Alk was brilliant; someone with amazing skills as a film maker, as cinematographer. No doubt he was also a great light operator and cameraman. Those jobs might have been made by two different fellow technicians of the camera team, but in this case it seems like it was all Alk’s work. Sadly, he died too soon, at 52, in January 1982. He had just filmed a few concerts of Bob Dylan’s 1981 tour. May he Rest In Peace.
I’m so excited! First of all I want to thank Sascha Darlington for honoring me with such award. For me it is my first award ever, and I feel so happy that someone thought of me for the recognition that I will always be grateful to her, because it makes me aware of how relevant our readers and followers are, as she mentioned quoting her nominator, Michael J. Fite.
Same as herself, I am also surprised and moved of how great this community is, accepting and supporting each other. I completely agree with her words, “It’s like some of the best people have convened to share their talents with other appreciative people and not just their talents, but their comments and their time.” So true… and just wonderful!.
And, the same way she did, apart from Sascha, I also want to thank you everybody. Blogging it’s becoming a fascinating experience for me and it is all because of you: I couldn’t make it without you. Cheers!
What Are The Rules For The Blogger Recognition Award?
For all the nominees, here are the rules if you choose to accept:
Write a post to show your award
Give a brief story of how your blog started
Give two pieces of advice to new bloggers
Thank whoever nominated you, and provide a link to their blog
Select 15 other blogs you want to give the award to.
How Did I Start Blogging?
Simply, I always wanted to share my interest about music and my collector’s obsession with someone else. In fact, with as many people as possible. I became co-founder of a p2p site called Hungercity, where I could satisfy such inclination. But since the site is now defuncted I was missing the contact with other people I could share my interests, including not only music, but movies, reading, poetry… and when somebody told me about the blogging expèrience, I didn’t doubt it for a second. Since then, I have learned a lot more than I ever thought I would and been inspired and supported by many of you. So, thanks to you, this is an ongoing passion.
Advice To New Bloggers
Interact with your followers. If someone “likes” your post, try to reciprocate. Yes, I realize that it’s not always possible to do it immediately. But try to find as much time as you can for that and make comments as often as you can.
Pay attention to format and readability. (I know that this is a bit dryer than the previous advice I gave, but you will realize it’s nonetheless essential.) Break up huge paragraphs (this is a very important question to care about.) WordPress provides you with a nifty little “proofread writing” tool. It’s shown in this image:
It’s that highlighted box with the ABC and check mark. If you click on that before publishing, there’s a good chance you won’t publish anything misspelled. Unfortunately, as you may verify yourselves, it doesn’t add the words that you forget if you type too fast. And it doesn’t correct crazy wording, for which Sascha, from whom I borrowed these advices (Thanks again, Sascha!,) can also attest.
Blogs I Nominate
Please accept this award, but know that you don’t have to. However, I appreciate all the kindness and support that you’ve shown to me. Many thanks.
El Coleccionista Hipnótico 