Perfect day by Wenders

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David Lynch

David Lynch, 1946/01/20 - 2025/01/16.
A multitalented artist and the filmmaker of dreams and nightmares.
Suffering from emphysema since at least 2022, Lynch was evacuated from his home due to the Southern California wildfires happening since 7 of January. "These events preceded a terminal decline in his health", Deadline Hollywood reported.
He wrote many songs, mostly lyrics for songs to be played in his movies.
"Sycamore Trees" and "The World Spins" were some of those songs brilliantly used in his weird dreams put in films.






Thank you very much Mr Lynch.

Dead Can Dance, The Serpent's Egg, The Host of Seraphim, 35 years

The Host of Seraphim is the kind of song that we can never forget and it marks a generation. It is the first song from the album The Serpent's Egg from the duo Dead Can Dance, having the iconic voice of Lisa Gerrard singing in glossolalia. Here's the studio version in this unofficial video combining Gregory Colbert's footage from his film Ashes and Snow which goes so well together with this song. Besides, Colbert used Lisa's musical compositions in that very work of art of his. Apart from Dead Can Dance live presentations, The Host of Seraphim has also been performed by orchestras and choirs with Lisa or other singers . Still, I believe the Dead Can Dance make the purest and the thrillingest performances, as this one shown here, from their concert in Lisbon last year.

Lost In Translation and Alone In Kyoto 20 years ago

Alone In Kyoto was composed and performed by Jean-Benoît Dunckel and Nicolas Godin, the French electronic music duo Air for the amazing soundtrack of the bittersweet movie Lost In Translation.

new body rhumba

Can't wait any more. I've been waiting for a nice live recording of this song to make this post. There's only this one.

Song on the Beach and Photograph

Only released to the public 10 months ago, these beautiful but very sad pieces were composed by William Butler (from Arcade Fire) and Owen Pallett for the 2013 science-fiction romantic drama film Her.

Badalamenti

Angelo Badalamenti will be always remembered for working for David Lynch. Both were masters of creating atmospheres and suspense.
It's been a terrible end of the year, so many great artists are dying lately and I haven't mentioned most of them like Wilco Johnson, who was a reference in a totally different style and I even have one of his records ...
So Julee Cruise, who sang for Twin Peaks, left us six months ago and now, on December 11th, Badalamenti also left us. He was 85.

adventure's times

August is holidays and adventures time.

Jan Hammer composed on 1984 this "Crockett's Theme" also known as "Miami Vice Theme", for the kitschy crime drama television series Miami Vice. However, it's a beautiful composition even today.
It's a "song" composed for electronic instruments. But here's Jan Hammer playing it live with the help of the jazzy Tony Williams Group. Tony Williams is a jazz drummer best known for playing with Miles Davis during 5 years as with other notable jazz composers like Chet Baker and Herbie Hancock.

Julee

And sometimes we almost forget the ones we love most. Julee Cruise is gone. Angels never go to Hollywood is the only post I've ever made with Julee Cruise. 15 years ago.

Julee was fighting against her health problems long ago, maybe one of the reasons why she's been away from the public. Julee's sweet and smooth voice became known worldwide after Angelo Badalamenti suggested her to David Lynch to sing their movie songs. Twin Peaks became a big success and a cult classic. We cannot imagine Twin Peaks without Julee's voice. So long, Julee.

30 years, 1991 - The Year Punk Broke

1991: The Year Punk Broke, is a documentary motion picture focused on the 1991 Sonic Youth European tour and also featuring Nirvana, Dinosaur Jr., Babes in Toyland, Gumball and The Ramones.

I'm deranged

walking back

David Holmes "69 police" made in the year 2000 for "Ocean's Eleven" soundtrack.
Have a nice weekend :)

António Sérgio, 11 years after

António Sérgio, was the most important promoter of alternative and underground music in Portugal and one of the most appreciated in Europe. He was a radio show director, a journalist and a record producer. Also he worked as a disc jockey.
His radio shows were often absolutely artistic atmospheres*. As the example below, a repost about a radio show presented on Tuesday, 3 of February, 2009. Can anyone imagine a radio show overture and sequence like this at midnight?

António Sérgio died of acute myocardial infarction, exactly 11 years ago.

*(This is why I lose my mind when people classify this kind of professional as "radialista" a cheap Brasilian expression that doesn't even have a translation in any language).

Diamonds are forever

Sean Connery, 1930 - 2020

remembering, 40 years after

But love, love will tear us apart again

Bonnie and Clyde

You've heard the story of Jesse James? Of how he lived and died?
If you're still in need of something to read, here's the story of Bonnie and Clyde.
Now, Bonnie and Clyde are the Barrow gang. I am sure you all have read how they were and still.
And those who still are usually found dying or dead.
They call them cold hearted killers. They say they are heartless and mean.
But I say this with pride. That I once knew Clyde when he was honest and upright and clean.
But the laws fold around kept taking him down and locking him up in a cell
'Til he said to me: "I'll never be free", so I'll meet a few of them in hell
If a policeman is killed in Dallas, and they have no clue or guide
If they can't think or find, they just wipe their slake clean and hang it on Bonnie and Clyde.
If they try to act like citizens and rent them a nice little flat
About the third night they're invited to fight by a sub gun's rat tat tat.
Some day they'll go down together. They'll bury them side by side.
To few it will be grief to the law a relief. But it's death for Bonnie and Clyde

from Suspiria

Have a nice Friday :)

Have a lovely new year :)

sing holly, go whistle and ivy

Polly Jean Harvey singing An Acre of Land, an English folk song.

Have a beautiful week :)

38 years ago