After hearing John Mayer's version of Magnolia, Eric Clapton said Mayer was a master who didn't know just how good he was. Hauntingly beautiful.
I suppose movies are art, even boxing's violence can be a sort of art, so if we can link the two, we could end up with the Reggie and Ronnie's big day out.
This inspired to have a wee listen to double CD I own which holds most of his big French hits of the sixties, seventies and eighties!
BK, if you go to YouTube there's an interesting thing called "Pauvre Lola" by Serge Gainsbourg and France Gall. Interesting because the background music is actually a little-known piece of South African folk music sung by Miriam Makeba, namely "Umqokozo"; one of my personal favourites from this great South African singer. Did not put it up because, although amusing, the silly giggling of the young woman in it was a bit too much for me! However, as I said, "interesting", if nothing else! Edit: Ah, just found this explanation. So, Lola is the diminutive form of Lolita. Makes a bit more sense now, but not much! "Poor Lola", a song that was directed by Gainsbourg to his "Lolita de France", France Gall, who the cult icon had an obsession with in her younger years, along with infamous work by Nabokov. In case the connection is not immediately clear, "Lola" is a diminutive form of "Lolita". Lyrically, this song is about a man trying to hint at a young girl about his somewhat carnal interest in her, but to no avail, as she just laughs."
Last Tuesday one of Australia's great talents, Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu passed away at age 46. The Northern Territory born musician was blind and suffered from both liver and kidney ailments. He had a voice that touched the soul. In the clip below, you may notice that Yunupingu turns a right handed guitar upside down and plays it left handed. A wonderful voice has been lost.
When Ketty Lester was invited along to a show called Rock n Roll Graffiti, she couldn't understand why anyone would want to listen to her. In 1999, aged 65, the wonderful lady filled the room with love when she did a rendition of her smash hit from 1961, Love Letters In The Sand. An elegant, lovely lady.
Caravaggio got a mention on another thread. The beheading of John the Baptist. A massive painting. 12 ft x 17 ft. 1608. please log in to view this image
There was a documentary about John Belushi on UK TV recently. Amazingly he came from a fairly 'conservative' immigrant family, was a quiet and studious and enjoyed playing American Football before his 'rebel' self took over during his comedy/improvisation/theatre/film career took over! Some very good fillums (Animal House and The Blues Brothers) and some duds!