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Easy enough to find, but I see I failed to include the link to Lady G's Chopin:
It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.Comment
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Sorry my attempt at savage irony failed . When I read that Kanye West is worth $3.2 billion dollars - much more than all the classical composers in history put together - including all the ones now sitting at home unperformed - I realised that essentially the game is up...but it was fun while it lasted.Originally posted by oddoneout View PostComment
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I'm sure Gaga enjoyed her duets with Tony Bennett (showing off a very beautiful voice) or her perhaps less distinctive
Chopin vids, but she became Gaga through her unforgettably brilliant electro-power pop, like Poker Face, Paparazzi, Bad Romance and Born This Way. Even now I can't watch Born this Way without tears of joy and release and and fulfilment. Wiggin' out round the listening room!
(Remember the Glee cover of it? Kurt singing dont be a drag just be a queen...
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A rich and complex creativity, but I think those songs are how she'll be remembered, and the startling vids that she made for them. Check them out on youtube.
(...if u don't like the sci-fi.... patience now.... the music is gonna get you, the music is gonna get you...)
or take Glee without the SFX...
But.... but but but....!
Beyond the pop, her performance opposite the equally wonderful Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born was rich, deep, devastating. Utterly compelling. A film I can watch over and over. And certainly not Shallow, Shallow.... But nor are her the best of her lovable pop creations.Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 26-09-20, 15:56.Comment
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For me Yes to A star is born but No to her electro-power pop - which is fine if your choice is an unpleasant noise, lacking a tune and with poor diction. Then Jayne, as has been clear for a long time there is room for all tastes both on the forum and in the World at large, the listening devices and what goes on them!Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostI'm sure Gaga enjoyed her duets with Tony Bennett (showing off a very beautiful voice) or her perhaps less distinctive Chopin vids, but she became Gaga through her unforgettably brilliant electro-power pop, like Poker Face, Paparazzi, Bad Romance and Born This Way. Even now I can't watch Born this Way without tears of joy and release and and fulfilment. Wiggin' out round the listening room!
A rich and complex creativity, but I think those songs are how she'll be remembered, and the startling vids that she made for them. Check them out on youtube.
(...if u don't like the sci-fi.... patience now.... the music is gonna get you, the music is gonna get you...)
But.... but but but....!
Beyond the pop, her performance opposite the equally wonderful Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born was rich, deep, devastating. Utterly compelling. A film I can watch over and over. And certainly not Shallow, Shallow.... But nor are her the best of her lovable pop creations.Comment
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...but her voice here is nothing like your description......Originally posted by cloughie View Post
....she does what she wants with that lovely vocal instrument, whether naturally miked or electronically transformed....she and Brad C wrote this wonderful song together, with a lyric that speaks especially to us in 2020, and probably to all agonised souls for ever...
We're far from the shallow now....Comment
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Fine, you enjoy it if you wish. End of!Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View Post...but her voice here is nothing like your description......
....she does what she wants with that lovely vocal instrument, whether naturally miked or electronically transformed....she and Brad C wrote this wonderful song together, with a lyric that speaks especially to us in 2020, and probably to all agonised souls for ever...
We're far from the shallow now....Comment
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[/I]Beyond the pop, her performance opposite the equally wonderful Bradley Cooper in A Star is Born was rich, deep, devastating. Utterly compelling. A film I can watch over and over. And certainly not Shallow, Shallow.... But nor are her the best of her lovable pop creations.[/QUOTE]
In what seems like pre-history I Came out of the Vue Cinema once after seeing a Met Opera and bumped into the crowd leaving A Star Is Born . The audience was 95 percent female 16- 50 and virtually every single one was in tears . Oh yes and there were a few very sheepish looking men. The somewhat more stoical over 60 audience for the Opera emerged dry eyed . That’s either a tribute to the power of popular art or The fact that when you reach that age you’ve been knocked about so much tragic plots don’t have the same impact.Comment
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[QUOTE FROM HELDENLEBEN] ....In what seems like pre-history I Came out of the Vue Cinema once after seeing a Met Opera and bumped into the crowd leaving A Star Is Born . The audience was 95 percent female 16- 50 and virtually every single one was in tears . Oh yes and there were a few very sheepish looking men. The somewhat more stoical over 60 audience for the Opera emerged dry eyed . That’s either a tribute to the power of popular art or The fact that when you reach that age you’ve been knocked about so much tragic plots don’t have the same impact.[/QUOTE ENDS FROM HELDENLEBEN]Originally posted by Heldenleben View Post
(QUOTE THING GONE STRANGE AGAIN.... HOPE DISTINCTIONS CLEAR....JLW)
Well I doubt its so categorical..... if you only knew, only knew, how much I've been "knocked about"....
.....and that is the very reason which such a film as Star speaks to me so deeply....so deeply.... some things can't be put right and there are few consolations....
Stoical? Great Concept & one does aspire, but...God ....I should be so lucky, lucky lucky lucky... (as Kylie sang)....
(PS not into blokes myself but Bradley Cooper is a damn fine looking & sounding example of the male of the species...& BTW directed Star, for which huge credit is due. Improving with age like a fine wine, I liked him in American Sniper, and the adorable Rocket Racoon can do no wrong with me, but Jack Maine must be his best assumption to date...)
Sorry what was this thread about again...?..Essential classic films, right ?
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I find that as I've got older I've become more tearful over music. If I'd emerged from a performance of Peter Grimes I'd have been in floods - not so much from the story but from the impact of the music. And as for Bach....Originally posted by Heldenleben View PostComment
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I've found that irony - be it savage or gentle - is employed at one's peril around here!Originally posted by Heldenleben View Post
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... I have been noticing for a good while now that JSB is been played on Radio 3 with increasing frequency. Which is A Good Thing.Originally posted by hmvman View PostComment
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Yes LMcD listen to your Lady Gaga electronically enhanced recordings, never mind the words and keep your powder dry for more important things!Originally posted by LMcD View PostI've found that irony - be it savage or gentle - is employed at one's peril around here!Comment
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