Off Topic The Arts Thread (Paintings, Music etc)

Wow, that's amazing Swanny. I've never heard that before.

 

^^^^^^^

One of my Dad's favourites.

 

Mine too. He also liked the Al Bowly version.

 

Just read a great book. Had never heard of it but my wife picked it up at a London bookshop called Persophene (who publish mainly little know books by women authors).
The book is A Fortnight in September by R C Sherriff, who is mostly famous for his play Journey's End. It is a book about an ordinary family going on holiday (you guessed it in September) to Bognar. Nothing much happens but the hopes, dreams and disappointments of a small group of people wrap you up like a warm blanket. For those who went on a family holiday in the 50s and 60s (despite the story being set in the 20s) will resonate with your feelings. I couldn't put it down.

 

I now own double CD compilations of most of my Dad's favourite singers and combos/orchestras (mostly Jazz) and now understand how my love of the Blues was nurtured: Robert Johnson, John Lee Hooker, Muddy Waters, Led Zeppelin, Walter Trout, Buddy Guy and others.

 

One of the last great rock voices Chris Cornell sadly left us in 2017.This one is from his second band Audioslave which was put together with three of the lads from RATM.That scream in the middle is bloody brilliant.Black Hole Sun was another great track from Sound Garden which is one of the best tunes from the early 90s.Im sure he's making some great noise upstairs with Cobain and Co

 

The Avalon Jazz Band with singer Tatiana Eve-Marie:

Cole Porter's "I love Paris" (composed in 1953):

and...………...

J'attendrai:

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"J'attendrai" is actually a French version of the Italian song "Tornerai" (Italian for "You Will Return"[2]) ISWC: T-005.001.119-2 composed by Dino Olivieri (music) and Nino Rastelli (lyrics) in 1936, said to be inspired from the Humming Chorus of Puccini's Opera "Madame Butterfly". It was first recorded in 1937 by both Carlo Buti and Trio Lescano (accompanied by the Italian jazz quartet Quartetto Jazz Funaro[3]),[4] and become a huge hit in Italy.
The French lyrics were written by Louis Poterat,[5] and "J'attendrai" became an instant success. Rina Ketty's version was followed the same year by one of Belgian chanteuse Anne Clercy, and both Tino Rossi and Jean Sablon recorded it in 1939. When France was occupied in 1940, it quickly became the big French war song, with the love song's title being interpreted as meaning waiting for peace and/or liberation."

Source: Wikipedia.

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Just stumbled across an excellent Drama/Thriller on Amazon Prime Video (just before it is taken-out on 26th April). It is the 2015 film "Remember".

Excellent performances from veteran actors Christopher Plummer and Martin Landau, plus a succession of fine cameo appearances from Bruno Ganz, Jürgen Prochnow, Heinz Lieven, Henry Czerny, Liza Balkan, and Dean Norris.

A really good movie; a co-production of Canada and Germany.

 

Aaah; Captain von Trapp, Herr Schicklgruber, 'Der Alte' and the guy from Mission Impossible in the same fillum; Amazon research underway!

 

Not the best recording of "La Mer" but certainly a different rendering by Julio Iglesias (orchestral accompaniment quite good however), which appeared at the end of the excellent movie "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". Had to laugh at a few of the YouTube comments, especially the one "There is a mole in the comments"

 

Just 'binged' on Cambridge Spies; great performances by the four leads.

 

Dave.

 

Ray and Willie. A classic.

 

Televisual output:

Series 3 of 'Follow The Money' pumpin' the latest series of 'Line Of Duty'.

Series 2 of 'Berlin Station'; loving the story however the beautiful Thomas Kretschmann as a neo-Nazi has me struggling! On a much more frivolent matter I would not mind being interrogated (and possibly lightly tortured) by the stunning Mina Tander.

 

Joy Division at their peak, Ian's intense eyes and unique dancing is intriguing. This is the only time I've heard a proper song that is going in four different directions but still sounds right if you know what I mean.

 

Gipsy Kings - "Pharaon"

 

Nice song I stumbled across a few years ago with a title apt for this forum.I don't know much about the singer other than he is an English chap living in Poland

 

"Mississippi Pussycat" played by Rico on Yamaha Tyros 4 Roland G70: