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Post by lostjockey on Mar 5, 2015 16:12:58 GMT
From any field of the arts (music, film, painting, books etc) choose an artist and make a suggestion for their masterpiece. The following poster can then make a counter-proposal or, if they don't know or don't care. put forward a new name.
So, Elton John - Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. Made when he was at the (brief) peak of his powers and crammed with great songs and it's beautifully produced (by Gus Dudgeon of course). Someone Saved My Life Tonight may the single finest thing he ever did (this only works for certain of my generation, my kids think he's a joke)
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Post by donavan on Mar 5, 2015 17:34:32 GMT
Mark E Smith & The Fall A New Face In Hell Nothing wrong with our kids thinking these people are jokes. Just shows it's working as it should do.
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Post by peggs on Mar 5, 2015 23:47:50 GMT
I am unfamiliar with Mark E Smith & The Fall, so will put forth a new proposal. Jackson Browne's self titled debut album (often called Saturate Before Using) from 1972. It captures the burgeoning southern California sound that influenced so many other artists in the years to come. Quiet and introspective with messages of pain, longing, resignation and acceptance, Browne's plaintive tenor and simple arrangements reflect a changing of guard in popular music. Doctor My Eyes, a Top 40 hit in the US, takes on a completely different meaning when heard in the context of the album. The highlight of the record for me is Something Fine; two voices (Browne and David Crosby) and a guitar that make for musical perfection.
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Post by Mr Tein on Mar 6, 2015 8:53:20 GMT
I will go for the relatively unknown Clifford T ward and the wonder ful song Home Thoughts From Abroad.
This is a fairly unorthodox structure and a bit of a one hit wonder moment in pop history but it is a beautiful song, quintessentially English, emotional and probably crosses out of the pop idiom such that anybody could enjoy it
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Post by peggs on Mar 7, 2015 3:25:00 GMT
That's a very nice song, Mr. Tein.
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Post by Nonsuch Ned on Mar 7, 2015 14:34:50 GMT
I'm not really a "photography guy" but I like what I like... and after discovering Vivian Maier's semi-posthumously discovered photography (basically on her death-bed when collectors stumbled on her largely undeveloped rolls of film in junk sales)... I liked. crisply shot, perfectly framed, a wealth of personality on every face filmed (except for maybe in her own self-portraits), a revealing look into the periods the films were shot. So many masterful shots. www.vivianmaier.com/For some reason, this is the one that always comes to memory... these two guys... I SO want to know what that guy is saying... There are so many more "poignant" pictures in her portfolios, but this is the one I "like" the most.
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Post by Suzi on Mar 7, 2015 20:44:34 GMT
I watched a documentary about Vivian Maier not long ago featuring the Maloof Collection of her photography. She just had a knack for photographing real life. An absolutely strange women; worked as a nanny all of her adult life (briefly for Phil Donahue) Funny, she kept years of her work to herself.
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Post by donavan on Mar 7, 2015 20:55:53 GMT
Coronation Street.
Lost its way a bit, but still special.
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Post by Mr Tein on Mar 9, 2015 15:26:05 GMT
okay this is cool
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Post by cicadashell on Mar 9, 2015 17:52:53 GMT
okay this is cool ftfy we went on a tour of falling water once, it was beautiful. go in the spring if you can, when the dogwood are flowering. i remember how the guide made an obligatory wisecrack about engineers predicting that the house would collapse into the creek and end up in the gulf of mexico. of course everyone chuckled at the thought of those stodgy engineers, because here we are today and isn't it wonderful? silly engineers. i wanted to raise my hand and ask how much the foundation has spent on restoration to keep the house from doing what, exactly? collapsing into the creek? (answer: at least 10 million USD). but i didn't spoil the party, because i don't want to spoil the party.
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Post by lostjockey on Mar 9, 2015 19:05:08 GMT
Hitchcock. Really difficult to say which is his masterpiece. The critics tend to go for Vertigo but I find it unconvincing. James Stewart is an actor I adore but, for me, he just doesn't work in that role and the whole premise is on shaky ground. I was lucky enough to see a screening of Psycho last week with a 40 piece orchestra (fantastic score by Bernard Hoffman) and I loved it. The ending, with all that unnecessary exposition (not to mention the ludicrous performance by the "psychiatrist") is horrible but the rest of the movie gels for me. I like Rear Window, Rope and The Birds very much but I think Psycho does it for me.
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Post by Mr Tein on Mar 10, 2015 10:10:24 GMT
Hitchcock. Really difficult to say which is his masterpiece. The critics tend to go for Vertigo but I find it unconvincing. James Stewart is an actor I adore but, for me, he just doesn't work in that role and the whole premise is on shaky ground. I was lucky enough to see a screening of Psycho last week with a 40 piece orchestra (fantastic score by Bernard Hoffman) and I loved it. The ending, with all that unnecessary exposition (not to mention the ludicrous performance by the "psychiatrist") is horrible but the rest of the movie gels for me. I like Rear Window, Rope and The Birds very much but I think Psycho does it for me. For a long time my favourite was Vertigo. If nothing else it contains his masterpeice "shot" looking down the church staorcase - which has now become a filmmakers cliche... even appeared in the simpsons. But I do feel his masterpeice is North by north west, The acting, The plot. The set ups. brilliant. Recently my elder duaghter has been making a big deal about horror films - so I got her to watch the birds. She now undrstands the difference between modern stab and slash films and true horror.
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Post by lostjockey on Mar 10, 2015 10:16:18 GMT
Hitchcock. Really difficult to say which is his masterpiece. The critics tend to go for Vertigo but I find it unconvincing. James Stewart is an actor I adore but, for me, he just doesn't work in that role and the whole premise is on shaky ground. I was lucky enough to see a screening of Psycho last week with a 40 piece orchestra (fantastic score by Bernard Hoffman) and I loved it. The ending, with all that unnecessary exposition (not to mention the ludicrous performance by the "psychiatrist") is horrible but the rest of the movie gels for me. I like Rear Window, Rope and The Birds very much but I think Psycho does it for me. For a long time my favourite was Vertigo. If nothing else it contains his masterpeice "shot" looking down the church staorcase - which has now become a filmmakers cliche... even appeared in the simpsons. But I do feel his masterpeice is North by north west, The acting, The plot. The set ups. brilliant. Recently my elder duaghter has been making a big deal about horror films - so I got her to watch the birds. She now undrstands the difference between modern stab and slash films and true horror.
Good on your daughter, sadly my son isn't there yet, he'd prefer Final Destination to Psycho purely because the latter is in black and white. North by North West is great I agree.
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Post by Mr Tein on Mar 10, 2015 10:17:44 GMT
For a long time my favourite was Vertigo. If nothing else it contains his masterpeice "shot" looking down the church staorcase - which has now become a filmmakers cliche... even appeared in the simpsons. But I do feel his masterpeice is North by north west, The acting, The plot. The set ups. brilliant. Recently my elder duaghter has been making a big deal about horror films - so I got her to watch the birds. She now undrstands the difference between modern stab and slash films and true horror.
Good on your daughter, sadly my son isn't there yet, he'd prefer Final Destination to Psycho purely because the latter is in black and white. North by North West is great I agree.
My daughters hate Black and white films ( except Sin City of course)
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Post by Mr Tein on Mar 10, 2015 10:19:19 GMT
Actually trying to think now LJ what is Disneys masterpeice. My favourite film is Jungle Book but feel his best is probably still Snow White - a truly iconic film.
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