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Post by Ludders II on May 5, 2024 17:15:03 GMT
I was at this concert about 6 weeks ago. I love The Planets.  |
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Post by Deleted on May 5, 2024 17:27:55 GMT
Uranus is the best
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Post by Ludders II on May 5, 2024 17:50:19 GMT
Mars and especially Neptune for me. But they're all great. |
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Post by Ludders II on May 7, 2024 13:32:44 GMT
I've heard this literally thousands of times, and my first thought is always: 'How the hell did he do it?'
Meanwhile here's his last ever recording, just a few weeks before his unimely death in 1953, at only 43 years old.
A more 'modern' style in his last few years, but you can hear his love of big bands in his accompaniment, emulating a horn section.
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Post by burrunjor on May 19, 2024 10:25:12 GMT
Honestly Xena had the absolute best soundtrack of any show. Its music was just so primal, savage, powerful and feminine which suited her and her enemies like Callisto and Alti about as well as the sinister, eerie, alien theme of 60s Who suited Hartnell's Doctor.
Studio: How much female empowerment do you want in this series?
Producers: YES!
I definitely think that Wonder Woman's awesome theme was inspired by the Xena music. It has that same tribal, feminine quality.
Said it before, said it again. Never been more jealous of a cello than in this video LOL.
Incidentally for my character Gina Queen of the Forest, who is basically my version of Xena and Wonder Woman (and obviously based on Gina Carano, who should be playing a character like them not, instead of Ncuti playing f*cking William Hartnell, or Jodie playing William Hartnell in some pathetic, misguided attempt at female empowerment.)
I was thinking of using this old song from Alex Harvey as her theme, it's called Booids. It kind of sounds like a Xena/Wonder Woman type theme. It's got that same wild, feminine, don't f*ck with me or I'll cut your balls off quality to it LOL.
I mean obviously if I ever went pro we'd have to come up with a different theme, but for now I think this would be good for Gina. Any thoughts?
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Post by burrunjor on May 19, 2024 18:10:09 GMT
I have to say looking back at those, whilst Alti might be my favourite villain, Callisto's theme is the best. Ironically it starts off a bit more basic than the others, but as soon as it gets started when the women start chanting it really takes off. It's hard to describe the effect it has as it's just so surreal, but I almost feel like I'm listening to her twisted, broken, bitter, tormented mind. You can almost hear all that pain of Callisto seeing her five year old sister burn alive, and the rage that pushes her to murder kids when she's grown up. Huddson Leick who played Callisto was absolutely f*cking sensational btw. How many villains first appear cutting a young boys neck open, but you still feel sorry for them? Why the f*ck she quit acting along with Claire Stansfield AND Eliza Dushku I have 0 idea? Seriously what the f*ck happened? In this age of we love strong women, why idd three of the absolute best chuck it? Hudson's a yoga teacher now and really nice. I chatted to her on insta and she was very sweet and polite. (Kind of a surreal feeling to see someone you watched when you were a child and she seemed so distant and big reply to you.) She often posts Xena stuff there and she was very approachable. It's good that she looks back on it with fondness, but honestly she should have been a Hollywood A-lister. I'd have personally loved to see her as Harley Quinn and Christopher Heyerdahl as the Joker. He's an amazing actor, and his performance as the serial killer turned Vampire Sam in Van Helsing made me think of the Joker. The horrible, child like, sing song voice of his as he casually tore people's tongues out and collected their fingers was pure nightmare fuel. I would have loved to see him as an old school Joker. In the villain's first appearance he is completely mysterious, and it is hinted is supernatural in origin in various ways. For instance no explanation is given for why his face is permanently white, and he has no motives other than to torture and kill people. He doesn't even laugh that much, though he does have a permanent smile. He is eerily calm and very methodical. He announces that he is going to kill someone at a certain time, and despite Batman and Robin and the Police's best attempts to try and protect his victims, he always manages to slip by and kill people. It's left open ended as to whether or not he is just really crafty, or again if there is something supernatural in origin there. The best example of this is the scene when we see one of his victims playing cards with a police man and when it reaches the time the Joker said he was going to kill him, the victim is relieved only for the cop to reveal he is the Joker in disguise. Again whether the disguise was just really good, or if the cop was possessed it's left open ended. Finally the Joker also has super strength to some extent. Despite his wirey, almost withered frame, he kicks the absolute shit out of Batman when they fight.   At that point Batman had fought plenty of supernatural creatures, with one of his first recurring foes being a vampire/werewolf hybrid, so it wasn't out of the question the Joker could be some mysterious undead ghoul, or a curse on Gotham itself. Of course as the years went on and the comic was critiqued for its violent content, they softened the Joker up, revealed how his face became permanently white and made him a comedy character. Then when they went back the way they tried to combine the two versions, by having him still be funny and playful, but this time he actually does kill people. As much as I love the later Jokers, we haven't seen the original ever properly represented on screen. We saw bits of it with Heath Ledger and Cameron Monaghan's performance as Jeremiah, but I'd love to see a full on horror movie, borderline supernatural Joker like this, and his Harley Quinn would similarly be a mysterious woman who was just as sick, monstrous and evil as he was. You'd maybe know a bit about her past like that she was a doctor at Arkham who left one day, and then vanished for two years, but not enough. To me Heyerdahl and Hudson would have been f*cking terrifying in those roles, but sadly he's probably too old now and she's retired. I suppose I can always hope for an animated version to do that (though not if egomaniac James Gunn remains in charge.)   The happy couple. To be fair I'd still probably rather have dinner with them than the Tenth Doctor and Rose LOL. |
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Post by Cherry Pepsi Maxil on May 20, 2024 10:05:28 GMT
The Blade Runner score by Vangelis.
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Post by Ludders II on Oct 10, 2024 18:05:29 GMT
Next week I finally get to experience a live performance of my favourite Wagner piece, as performed by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
Program:
Debussy Pelléas and Mélisande: Suite
C. Schumann Piano Concerto
Wagner Tristan and Isolde: Prelude and Liebestod
R. Strauss Die Frau ohne Schatten: Symphonic Fantasy
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Post by Ludders II on Oct 23, 2024 11:34:29 GMT
All brilliant musicians, but my mind always blown by J.J. Johnson and how the hell he managed to play a trombone with such an incredible degree of accuracy and articulation. |
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Post by UncleDeadly on Oct 27, 2024 15:06:32 GMT
All brilliant musicians, but my mind always blown by J.J. Johnson and how the hell he managed to play a trombone with such an incredible degree of accuracy and articulation. Now that's quality television. Yes indeed, Bebop trombone. Rather him than me...  Lot of crap, slide-reliant trombonists out there with no sense of pitch, especially on the British trad scene. Lips trills, mate! If you can't play it like Teagarden then put it down..! Always good to see Howard McGhee; horribly underrated trumpeter due to his personal difficulties, yet second only to Dizzy IMO. What do you think of Stitt? Obviously a great player but do you think he successfully developed his own voice away from the Parker influence? |
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Post by Ludders II on Oct 27, 2024 15:52:22 GMT
All brilliant musicians, but my mind always blown by J.J. Johnson and how the hell he managed to play a trombone with such an incredible degree of accuracy and articulation. What do you think of Stitt? Obviously a great player but do you think he successfully developed his own voice away from the Parker influence? Not really, no. Much like a whole host of Djangophile guitarists never escaped from his shadow. Bireli Lagrene did it, but then he's the nearest thing to genius that I've ever witnessed with my own eyes. He can be like Django,Joe Pass, George Benson and Frank Gambale all rolled into one, and then some. But I digress... Don't get me wrong I love listening to Stitt, but for me he was still kinda trapped in Parker's amber, even if that's still a pretty good place to be. I agree with you about McGhee though. Pure artistry, and I feel he didn't live in anyone's shadow. Not even Dizzy. But yeah, there's a lot of great Jazz 625's on YouTube. The Wes Montgomery one is phenomenonal. His version of Impressions made me want to burn my guitar. 😆 |
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Post by Ludders II on Nov 12, 2024 6:31:21 GMT
Talking of Charlie Parker....
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Post by Ludders II on Nov 14, 2024 7:06:15 GMT
Someone made their own reconstruction for this video, from scant bits of surviving footage of Django playing with his second incarnation of the Hot Club of France in the 1940's, with Hubert Rostaing on clarinet, replacing Stephane Grappelli's violin. The original line up was touring in England when WWII broke out, and Django returned immediately to Paris, whilst Grappelli opted to stay in London. The line up also replaced one of the rhythm guitarists with a drummer. In this case, André Jourdan, featured alongside Eugène Vées on rhythm guitar, and Emmanuel Soudieux on double bass. This recording is from a live broadcast on French radio in 1947. Django called this tune 'Féerie', named after a a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. Féeries blended music, dancing, pantomime, and acrobatics, as well as magical transformations created by designers and stage technicians, to tell stories with clearly defined melodrama-like morality and an extensive use of supernatural elements. The genre developed in the early 19th century and became immensely popular in France throughout the nineteenth century, influencing the development of burlesque, musical comedy and film. Although only a quintet, Django, amongst other things, was influenced by big bands, particularly Duke Ellington, and this arrangement reflects that, with Django comping in the style of a horn section. The video, whilst obviously not accurate to the music, is pretty well done, and captures the atmosphere of the piece. It's quite good fun! |
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Post by UncleDeadly on Nov 17, 2024 10:31:38 GMT
Talking of Charlie Parker.... Shit. I...dont...think...i've...seen...this...😲. Already i see James Moody, Phil Woods and Jimmy Heath. That's, like, 20 years of BBC Jazz programming in 5 seconds. Cheers. Ludders. Bookmarked! |
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Post by UncleDeadly on Nov 17, 2024 10:38:01 GMT
Someone made their own reconstruction for this video, from scant bits of surviving footage of Django playing with his second incarnation of the Hot Club of France in the 1940's, with Hubert Rostaing on clarinet, replacing Stephane Grappelli's violin. The original line up was touring in England when WWII broke out, and Django returned immediately to Paris, whilst Grappelli opted to stay in London. The line up also replaced one of the rhythm guitarists with a drummer. In this case, André Jourdan, featured alongside Eugène Vées on rhythm guitar, and Emmanuel Soudieux on double bass. This recording is from a live broadcast on French radio in 1947. Django called this tune 'Féerie', named after a a French theatrical genre known for fantasy plots and spectacular visuals, including lavish scenery and mechanically worked stage effects. Féeries blended music, dancing, pantomime, and acrobatics, as well as magical transformations created by designers and stage technicians, to tell stories with clearly defined melodrama-like morality and an extensive use of supernatural elements. The genre developed in the early 19th century and became immensely popular in France throughout the nineteenth century, influencing the development of burlesque, musical comedy and film. Although only a quintet, Django, amongst other things, was influenced by big bands, particularly Duke Ellington, and this arrangement reflects that, with Django comping in the style of a horn section. The video, whilst obviously not accurate to the music, is pretty well done, and captures the atmosphere of the piece. It's quite good fun! Ha. Well, squint and you might just buy it. In that respect it's not really any worse than Norman Granz's film of Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins, is it..? 😆 "What are you doing?" "I'm making a film about improvisation" "Oh right, so the aim is to capture improvising musicians in the act of spontaneous creation" "Exactly" "So, what are you doing now?" "I'm booking an artists' studio, so i can get the musicians to mime to playback..." |
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Lot of crap, slide-reliant trombonists out there with no sense of pitch, especially on the British trad scene. Lips trills, mate! If you can't play it like Teagarden then put it down..!