Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Directed by Byron Haskin
Written by Ib Melchior and John C. Higgins from a novel by Daniel Defoe
1964/USA
Aubrey Schenck Productions
First viewing/Netflix rental
[box] Draper: Friday, you’re gonna learn English if I have to sit on your chest for two months.[/box]
Just what you’d expect from the title and pretty fun to boot.
Two astronauts and a woolly monkey are orbiting Mars when a meteor forces them to eject from the spacecraft in pods and land. One of the Astronauts dies but Kit Draper and the monkey survive. Things look bleak at first but gradually the two find ways of surviving. Later man Friday in the form of an escaped space slave shows up.
This is good-looking Saturday matinee fare. The poster and trailer stress scientific accuracy but fantasy prevails throughout. The monkey was my favorite part.
“This film is scientifically authentic”….”It ain’t necessarily so” LOL
Remember watching this an eon ago in my naive teens and loved it.
So many lost themes _ Messers G Holst & D Bowie just too obvious so let’s have some (perhaps) unknowns.
Wife loves this – ( ooh new upload with a clip e-e-e-ee-ee-ee-eeee)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPA8D7EJfVY
Wife hates this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3R7l7nDuj1o
Me, love ’em both.
I’m with you though the edge goes to The Martian Hop. Just for fun here is the obvious one:
And I rather like this one:
Want to play a game in the comments? I name a song and give a video – In this case “Life on Mars”
You come back with a title (and video) of a song that includes one word in the previous song.
Oh I can do that and a film as well, one that you should have a soft spot for if I’m not mistaken….when musicals were worth watching!…………To Life (hic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss3qxSsdcyw
(Thank heavers you didn’t pick the Carpenters title LOL..Lord that lady could sing, so sad the way she passed.)
“A Day in the Life” by The Beatles. Jeff Beck version from the film Across the Universe (2007) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DPtvr3dGjA
Thanks. Liked the marrying of vision and song at the end.
One of the beautiful ones, theme to Peter Rabbit UK kids series. My kids used to watch this and where I picked it up, fav ever since.
Miriam Stockley – Perfect Day
Thanks for that one Laurie. It’s absolutely beautiful and I don’t think I had ever heard it.
Not much to work with but there’s a lot of song titles with day or days I think.
“Days” by Ray Davies (first recorded by The Kinks) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJt0G7gu5P8
And an earlier version by The Kinks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR3AxsuNmWs
Yes that Miriam Stockley track is just the bees knees….I did think afterwards “oops I’ve boxed Bea in with such a short title” then I thought ahhh she’ll bounce back with Lou Reed’s Perfect Day, but no, something new
Thought “Hard Days Night” but that was too popular LOL then AHA thought of this one
Harry Belafonte – Banana Boat Song (Day-O)
I like the way your mind works!
I thought of a response song right away but picking a version was harder. I listened to rendition after rendition of Leon Russell’s A Song for You and finally went with Ray Charles.
Bonus – the original
Woops…sorry, lost focus – sorry I am, sorry I am, honest I am.
Ropy audio but wanted the visual rather than a still…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85ekOXs1-7k
Leon Russell aside – for me he’ll always be tied in with Joe Cocker from way back when…this used to be on Youtube as a full screen clip but alas that is gone – brilliant song, video, performance time capsule it’s all there….well maybe Leon isn’t all there, those eyes LOL. It’s a personal fav vid.and one of the best examples of “The Light(s) That Burns Twice As Bright”.
Two great videos for the price of one! I love Sam Cooke. I was listening to You Send Me just the other day. Such a tragic end to his life.
Switching genres, here’s one that appeared on film, stage, and many, many cover versions
Send in the Clowns by Steven Sondheim.
Judy Collins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HRtWYYpQCk
Judy Dench https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRtsBV_utZQ
Elizabeth Taylor from the 1977 film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxTbTfsn1iU
(I am the queen of indecision)
How did you know???????????? One of my best of the best that one. Thanks for the alternate versions (they were a big surprise, your indecision was a triumph heh heh). I must say the first one is the “owner” of this song IMHO and I will admit to quickly switching to the studio version, sorry. Lord she had some beautiful moments form the albums around this time….and her eyes, mesmerising. THANKYOU.
“clowns” I knew there was a song that had that in it but could I find it…then I dropped the “s”………..hope I’ll be forgiven for that cheat!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaMX0Cs5Bc4
While the song played, picked this little snippet from the sidebar for interest
Plural to singular and singular to plural are perfectly all right as are tense changes of verbs. Thanks for the story. I love Smokey Robinson and decided to go for the obvious this time.
The Tracks of My Tears by Smokey Robinson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCwkZrj2VT4
Here with Stevie Wonder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7e5FT5Crjw
SIDE POST…had a yen to watch this again (yes, an ad) and thought I’d share……how can you make a road safety ad with no vision of cars, roads, indeed
nothing vehicular whatsoever yet touch brilliance? Hope this is new to you
You Aussies are great with the ads. Gave me a new perspective on seat belts.
re “Ride”, yep understand that reply fully!
“Love that song”….is that “The Pretender” itself? Really like that one myself.
That first “sun” was a bottler version, thanks. Definitely “less is more”
Well if we have the sun then the flip-side must be (for the visuals)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnY84iaxV_g
(but for listening pleasure)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bES7Z8kR7PQ
(ASIDE….LOL)
LOL I had forgotten about here come de judge. I meant I love Here Come Those Tears Again – but also The Prentender and every other song on the album.
Back when Van the Man had hair!!! Love him.
The first thing that came to mind involves a switch of eras and genres and adds some of the most sublime visuals ever made. Night and Day by Cole Porter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydxcHACwX4Y – Fred and Ginger
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaZdj1ZgiP4 – Diana Krall
This is just a hit and run…..brilliant choice of song by the way
Watched this tonight – The Great Passage AKA Fune wo amu 2013
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2315226/
I remember you’re time poor so add it to the list perhaps but do see it. One of those Japanese “people’s lives” movies that they can do so well. I hesitate to say old style but the subject is perfect for those of a pre-mobiles age LOL. You WILL like this & gets the wife stamp of approval also.
NOTE re IMCD – by all means read the plot but do NOT read the user comment by Kicino dated 27 April 2013….well written and positive but riddled with spoilers.
Some nice humour too.
Do you catch all these great Japanese movies on SBS? We used to get SBS when we lived in Papua New Guinea and I got to see so many good foreign films that way. The list so long, the years so short …
Woops saw this after typing “additional”………….yes SBS is fantastic but has to cover all the nations of the world so limited Japanese choices – some there though. Also SBS has become a bit more ratings sensitive (budgetary concerns??) so not as many movies (sport is way up) as a few years ago when you would have been watching.
additional re The Great Passage…I was lucky enough to have access to subs by an identity called “8thSin”…………there were also excellent notes in addition to the translation. The reference site has now gone but is preserved in The Wayback Machine…only read AFTER watching as they are necessarily spoiler heavy – link
https://web.archive.org/web/20140731033029/http://8ths.in/the-great-passage-fune-wo-amu-release-and-notes/
Note if needed, I looked at the site snapshot dated 31 July 2014
..back to business> “Night and Day” as a response was clever. Had me scratching my head as where to fo from that one, but then a flash of inspiration (or a surge of desperation!)….ah, the dividing line between the two…..
Looked hard for a version I was happy with but I either came up with “muddy” or poorly mixed…IMHO this is one song that sounds awful (my wife would say “you can stop there, it is plain awful”) if not given enough sound quality to bring it out. Needs to be played mean too. which means must be an old play – talk about picky LOL. This is not what I’d call excellent but tries hard….probably not to your taste but I love the song when played hard and mean-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O2RV-FpiA0
So I’d better have a backup
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me8EU1wMIoc
as usual for this period little choice in video and audio shaky 🙁
Love Credence and John Fogherty! Not so fond of the Stones song. My response came to mind immediately.
In the Midnight Hour by Wilson Pickett and Steve Cropper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rixhkdO_IdU – video from 1965 – sound is pretty good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4w0kyYmYVo – Wilson with Bruce Springsteen in 1999 – Wilson still in superb voice
Quick ASIDE …stumbled across this note today re Radishes and Carrots (1965)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0204237/
unseen. IMDB 6.4 (no comments) Criticker nothing
intended to be the next project of Yasujiro Ozu after “An Autumn Afternoon”
because of his death Shochiku gave it to Shibuya, Ozu’s assistant on “What Did the Lady Forget?” as a memorial to its greatest director
Full article (very detailed) – note had to access via Google’s cached access as the link crashed (on different browsers) so I’d Google search the above quote, should bring up as the first hit – a block titled “Finished Business by Chris Fujiwara – Moving Image Source”, then use the cached feature (click the tiny dropdown) and you’ll see the article….give me a hoy if you can’t get it.
I’m not getting a detailed article but did see a couple of blurbs. Sounds very interesting. Written by Ozu and featuring Chishu Ryu. I’m there if it ever comes up where I can see it.
This should do it (thanks Wayback Machine)
https://web.archive.org/web/20160305053725/http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/finished-business-20110209
After I posted went asearching…looks like never subbed so both of us will have little channce with this one unless things change 🙁
Thanks for the info! A streaming service here in the US (MUBI) had it at one time so I imagine there are subs somewhere. Lets both keep an eye out.
Nice to find if it’s subbed indeed.
“Now we will resume our normal program”….
Why didn’t this immediately spring to mind!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bjzuSO27fA
(And please God no Oasis [the band that is] songs thanks!)
ASIDE Saw this while looking…thought she’ll go mad over this one…I’d better get in first. LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JJszWo8Aow
(Great song – great band…at any time of day)
Such a nice preemptive Kinks strike! I love that Maria Muldaur song so much. I had the album it came from and don’t remember a single other tune from it. Bit of a one hit wonder.
Coming back at you with “At the Hop” by Artie Singer, John Medora, and David White.
Danny and the Juniors original (1958) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3KjDpvmtwU
Sha-Na-Na at Woodstock (1969) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXLsMszmQpA
Flash Cadillac and the Continental Kids in American Graffiti (1973) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qogQ5-ltjP4
YES prepositions and articles are fair game!
DagNAM, the perfect opening for the “Martian Hop” but I’ve already shot that bullet. Love the comparison between the semi-rigid original vid and the other two….though I think the “dancing in the aisles” shot had a big hint on how it would have been done once the TV cameras were removed. Good choices.
OK, gotta admit I was at loss here on how to follow on…but then…”Hop” = dance so “boogie” will fit….and the sentence “YES prepositions and articles are fair game!”, I could use that….. so cheating my way on…
The original is nice but waaay too long & repetitive IMO. Then I found the original singers 30 odd years on-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKvDh6mcI0o
ASIDE The “surf” twang guitar in the middle drags it back to the 50’s 60’s to make it hop into a fit LOL. Probably never be able to match the “not heard this but it’s beautiful” joy of you hearing Miriam Stockley for the first time but this one may come close I hope. Local one-off by a put together band (containing at least one local super star though). Was never a pop hit in any way, just fluked hearing it the once on the radio, instant fav. 41 views on Youtube arrrggghhh, so lucky it’s there though.
Ahhh, the days of disco. The Zoesong is beautiful.
Coming back to you with the obvious choice. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy by Don Raye and Hughie Prince.
The Andrews Sisters in the Abbott and Castello movie Buck Privates (1941): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8of3uhG1tCI
Bette Midler (1973): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTOzR1sSfFs
Well done, great song, great clip…the Divine Miss M was OK too.
For me this was the obvious one (but your’s shoulda been if I had a memory DOH), sorry but I suspect this will be a “didn’t like that much” LOL. Wife likes it almost as much as she does ACDC! …hope I haven’t popped this one up elsewhere (and get’s back to the original posts as well I just realised he he). Classic LOL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZShVsRM_-c
So in anticipation of your yuk just as hubbie says “like that one” 🙂 we’d better cover with “Sisters” (great clip this)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drGx7JkFSp4
ASIDE ye wouldna ken this lass but it’s trooooooo…..a real fairy tale
Way back when, I had a real liking for these two albums by a fella called Rodriguez. Really obscure and I could never figure out why they were never huge hits (luckily I was in the one of two countries this USA artist actually sold some vinyl)…….fast forward 35 years, and I find apparently I was not alone……in short 2 guys in South Africa also decided in the late 90’s “we gotta find out more about this good but completely unknown stuff” by this guy who was rumoured to have committed suicide…..
and so after abandoning music in ’76, 22 years later Rodriguez had a South African tour and an ongoing career!
The artist
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixto_Rodriguez
The well regarded movie/doco (Academy Award even!) on the resurrection (see there is a film reason)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searching_for_Sugar_Man
Making of the doco (excellent)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jbDKvuwB2s
The first concert, a full house fairy tale
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e70oln-7evM
note original albums have far stronger vocals…best of in a way-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywBE3wf55bM
Music – a coupla singles (I Wonder & Sugar Man) starts with weak joke unfortunately
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSX1-F4mOM0
Crucify Your Mind
No yuk from me on Martian Boogie! Hella fun. Annie and Aretha – how could so much talent FIT on just one stage.
Searching for something to come back at you with. Had just about forgotten this one. Hope it has you shakin’ your bootie.
Boogie Shoes
KC and the Sunshine Band – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux2WXNsqfe8
[For your wife, “Sisters” put me in mind of this pre-lib song I heard again while watching The T.A.M.I. Show the other day.
“You Don’t Own Me” – Leslie Gore
Clip from the movie – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUjeR01wnU
from The First Wives Club (1996) – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_oFL_b719g ]
This Rodriguez stuff is like a fairy tale! Will take some time to check out all your links.
So glad the amazing Rodriguez story was unknown to you…wife will be disappointed by your regard for Martian Boogie…think you might lose some brownie(sville station) points there!
I too thought the “boogie” mine was exhausted but then I literally stumbled across this one that I’d completely forgotten – overlong but still good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=god7hAPv8f0
“You Don’t Own Me” – Leslie Gore – great song that
Before I fluked Earth Wind and Fire was going to switch to “shoes”….and, well you should know what’s coming now, let’s go back to the Pelvis era heh heh
How did I miss that great E W & F song! I love it!!
Hope you don’t consider it cheating, but I’m going to follow the “Shoes” trail now. Think you must know what is coming.
1977 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJKt-DhII_4
1999 (accoustic) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BntVYu3W3is
Now there’s a title that gives you lots of room for a response!
Well I didn’t see but, yes, I should have! Mr Costello, a New Wave hero!!
Bet you think you’re clever…a reply that not only used the song BUT the artist name as well, talk about “raise the bar”, so cruel.
Bah humbug, thought I remembered this one correctly…cop this Miss Clever Clogs LOL
(pardon the annoying subtitles)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-NgDbK9N6g
ASIDE…a teaser…coming soon, perhaps the greatest admiral who ever lived and no, it’s not Nelson or that Jones fella. Yes, there is a movie to keep things relevant of course tee hee.
Can’t top that Elvis tune, which I would never have thought of in a million years. Can’t imagine which admiral you’re aiming at so going with a song from 1963 by Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio.
Quickie post
Was thinking of shoehorning (LOL sorry bad addiction to poor puns) this one in with “shoes = boots” but you’ve made it easy with that upload….a great song, a classic!
You’ll probably not believe this but I actually considered “Boots” before going with The Four Seasons! Two great minds …
Here’s another throwback to the sixties written by Michael Brown, Bob Cahill and Tony Sansone:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uqBTzfcIk4 (couldn’t find an upload with decent video)
also a chart topper for The Four Tops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xu5ynjOlnOg
… and the Aussie version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiu2CWAGmNg
That’s a classic….never heard the Four Top’s version, an excellent cover. Dare I say it, shading the original.
The Australian version – perfect definition of “tries too hard” esp the visuals IMHO. The old is gold here.
The comeback was obvious….and I was completely wrong, thought this was “Walk Right Back”….but I was remembering the “come right back” line DUUHHH. Still I can’t resist exposing my stupidity, can’t let this one slip because I was dumb – one of the great toetappers of all time, I can’t resist singing (hah!) along with that chorus every time-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OuUpOerfT2I
Back on track…well maybe this one then, at least I had the title (audio only sadly)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c048o_KvWsA
ASIDE…daughter takes over-
(a) “how could she like The Martian Boogie”????
(b) “send her this one dad, loved it as soon as you played it for me”….note was a big hit so you might know it (maybe not, I see someone saying didn’t catch on in the US, shame on you yankees) – if not this will be a treat! This is Music.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQqgpqZ9NaY
(c) “Dad what do you think of this one?” modern and very good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CR6M_sqTVqE
The admiral says “I’ve waited hundreds of years to be introduced to Madam Flickers, a little more Time won’t matter” heh heh
I couldn’t understand why Rick Price insisted on adding a couple of notes to the last word of each of the lines of lyrics. Sort of ruined the simplicity of the melody. You are right about the visuals too. Sure doesn’t look like his heart is broken. Thanks for introducing me to the other songs, I liked them. Would be interesting to hear them sans the somewhat distracting video.
Miss Obvious comes back at you with another sixties hit by Hal David and Burt Bacharach
This has been covered hundreds of times mostly at a really morose tempo.
Diana Krall it is again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCwc-5YTBb0
Quickie!!
I think Ms Warwick trumps all here.
We’ve had the Baby Elephant Walk with Hatari, what to do? AHA
Walk Like A Man
I’m gonna be obvious too (hard to get visuals on this one but this will have to do…the sound engineer was a bit creative at the ends but mostly the song is intact. Thoroughly enjoyed the listen to a few clips before settling LOL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaKpo2lFzH8
ASIDE Since we had Nancy bootin’ through I thought I’d throw this in….I’m sure you know she teamed up with Lee Hazelwood in the late 60’s for a few hits. I’ve always loved the two contrasting voices alone, let alone the good songs.
What had escaped me till a couple of years ago is that they reunited in 2010 for an album “Nancy and Lee 3” (which I always wonder and play with a tinge of sadness as Hazelwood died shortly after). There are 2 standout tracks, fortunately both on YouTube-
Barricades and Brickwalls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HG0LER55eA
Good, eh? Then this one which is a masterpiece IMHO…didn’t know that Duane Eddie was big friend and, yep, that’s him on that distinctive guitar-
No, She Won’t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnPUp5BOlag
God this one gets me, perfection.
The country twang and bass-baritone of Lee Hazlewood (thanks!) put me in mind of another such. Written by the singer.
50’s version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wEV58ztuihs
voice has deepened an octave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgB8Oi0Jzk0
the movie connection (2005) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4akqi6YYIJw
What a deep mine “Walk” is……
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owq7hgzna3E
(Is this a chewing gum promotion? LOL)
Just in case….this one is banned…heard it waaaaayyyy too many times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUmE-tne5U
ASIDE Your Johnny Cash pick had me looking at a few more in the sidebar then I come across this Nancy & Lee standard, June seems reluctant at first but by halfway…..
Thanks for the Jackson. Have a feeling it never would have got here otherwise. Your selection allows me to pick up the pace.
A 1975 hit for the singer/songwriter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA
Don’t do it with scissors!
Don’t do it with scissors!…….genuine LOL at that one.
Let’s go for the unexpected and avoid Steppin to the obvious.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VTjGWVibBk
ASIDE ….and a treat! From a movie that you just might have heard of. Stumbled across this roughly two months ago and was transfixed. Fresh off the blocks too.
LOVE IT! Give me some blues to brighten my day. Makes no sense but there you have it.
Danish Symphony Orchestra – FANTASTIC – love those singers.
Back to our regular programming with a tune which was a hit for Ted Daflan and his Texans in the 1940s but is perhaps more famous for this 1962 version.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlI_-feCzo (can’t find a live clip)
There are loads of covers but the best ones don’t have video. I’m partial to Gene Pitney’s cover.
Here’s one by Elton John:
Wasn’t there some French fella born Toulouse??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrVC5dm5fFc
AHEM
In a hurry today soooooooo (just cos it’s obvious don’t mean ya can’t take pride in playing it)
HA HA HA! Good Morning.
Somehow this one popped into my head. Not a hit certainly but I’ve always loved this singer/songwriter.
How d
id them Danes get in again?? WAS in a hurry LOL. Let’s try again
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcQpzwLNPss
ASIDE…since I’m here along with them Danes let’s have some more orchestra…a little known band called Supertramp (you may have heard of them he he) included a fella called Roger Hodgson who has uploaded a number of vids from a 2004 Proms concert – sadly this is another case where a band member slates the old band – one of them is an absolute bottler, handy as I always liked this song anyway with it’s “Britain stands alone” and Winston Churchill references
Two good songs. Thanks.
Above post re jumbled entries wouldn’t have made sense….somehow Gmail had scrambled the entries. It was only clear when I came from typing and sending that I saw your reply which wasn’t there before…and the Danes post was where it should have been.
Let’s get back on track now, dang JumbleMail.
Joni is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQj6h8KpkiQ
……but there’s only one “free” song (beware, it’s another “wife hates this”)…ahhh Poly Styrene, she’s unique….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGROSJbCPV8
much better and not restrained by Top Of The Pops
Well that’s not the WORST punk band I’ve listened to certainly but I’ll stick with Joni.
This might seem a little out of my usual but I love it. A hit in 1974 written by the band.
Dang you bet me to it with FreeBird
I wanted to reply with a 30’s instrumental Free Love by Milton ‘Mezz’ Mezzrow but it was nowhere to be sound….sample here (click on “Free Love” at left, quarter of the page down for a 30 second sample)
https://www.amazon.de/Free-Love/dp/B0052CY0XY
So –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxZjPaFMI9E
Cover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLS3HLEEiWw
Giant Punk ASIDE
“Well that’s not the WORST punk band I’ve listened to certainly” such disrespect for the last genuine flowering of new ways in music (that led to New Wave) so we’d better play you the miracle tune from the dying days of the punk band The Stranglers -First for your derision a punk classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aI9k06dGpg
now the one you will like (note video killed on YouTube so we need to go elsewhere….though the colour is faded and the audio is bit strained in places. The sleazy Cairo cabaret bits are priceless….where did this gem come from??
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xgt5n
and this (again vid killed on YouTube)
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ddrmk
My all time fav though is an American punk pioneer called Jonathon Richman, absolutely noone I know likes his stuff (sad) but this instrumental and the second track (you will love the clip at least, a superb job by the uploader) are just so good – the second one I’ll always remember as the only Richman song I heard liked by a friend – his opinion went something like “his songs are rubbish but that I do like”. Neither are typical Richman by the way
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyMPToh9Yg
(the movie reference 1)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blJldvAPwpQ
(Oh yeah just remembered – the movie reference 2 …how the hell was he chosen??????)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blJldvAPwpQ
Lastly a princely mashup I stumbled across last week
I always look forward to opening up the Robinson Crusoe on Mars thread! It makes my day. You know if you had not identified the Stranglers and Richman as punk I would not have said they were. I think of punk as a band who can’t sing or play their instruments, e.g. The Sex Pistols. These guys can obviously do both. I LOVE that Hospital song. Your last three YouTube links are the same. Don’t know where you were going.
Back to our original programming. Debated between a couple of songs and went with this one written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for a 1964 musical but maybe more famous in this cover.
Oh my God. I tried to reply to your last comment and ended up deleting it! Wanted to let you know that I loved every single one of your links. Maybe I am a fan of punk rock without knowing it. Especially loved the mash-up. It’s amazing how all The Ramones songs sound basically the same and yet I love them all.
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QUOTE of old post-
Thanks for the very kind words….quickie post
Even I don’t know where I’m going….sorry.
I get your definition of punk, for me it is just raw and driving, talented (which does help immeasurably) or not.
(Oh yeah just remembered – the movie reference 2 …how the hell was he chosen??????)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1Ev4kebjq0
Lastly a princely mashup I stumbled across last week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gCWOb7V-b0
…and there I was thinking I might be on something new with the Stranglers & Jonathon! – Glad Hospital caught your fancy! That makes 2 people I know that like it LOL. Gotta try harder I see….this one may be new to you (audio only unfortunately)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMgkXAug6L0
(oh gawd typed this then forgot to actually send it…hours later….)
…and now a quickie – busy (tell a white lie, just watched a loooong, and by the looks pretty much ignored, Korean 1980 detective movie The Last Witness. More important in its country of origin perhaps and including some typical Korean overacting but pretty good overall. Reminded me a lot, though nowhere near as good, of that Japanese movie The Castle Of Sand that I thought was outstanding – epic scale with a dogged detective just travelling and travelling to unravel the case. Interesting that it was butchered by government censorship on release – there is political comment and rampant corruption -(240 mins down to 90) and only restored 30 years later when an almost intact copy was found in the Korean archives) so blew my evening with that length….one for your “I’ll never have time to watch that” list.)
Anyway glad you liked the toons. IMHO the term “punk” had been wrongly looked down upon as far as music is concerned. There was an explosion of talent even if there were many many “one-shots”.
“Maybe I am a fan of punk rock”, no, more a fan of good music and there was a lot of that which was NOT played here at all mostly….and of course we’re cherry picking…there just might be another ASIDE in the air heh heh.
Agree on the Ramones, short samy but oh so good.
I’m looking forward to getting into Korean cinema. And keep the toons coming!
I was Feeling Good too after that one…..boy that quality is hard to follow, but this does it I reckon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gBGFkTI9qo
ASIDE (the last word on punk or thereabouts – a many styled collection of favourites….youtube clips not sorted for best clip, just quick grabs)
Ignoring Blondie, Elvis Costello, XTC, The Stranglers, X-Ray Specs, Talking Heads, Ian Drury
Pioneers
The Saints – (I’m) Stranded………(from Brisbane Oz of all places)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpMwMDqOprc
Sex Pistols………..yep, doesn’t matter whether they could play or not, these are good and broke the music rut
God Save the Queen
Anarchy In The UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvMxqcgBhWQ&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbmWs6Jf5dc&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=0
Jonathan Richman – Roadrunner
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnmHgnPPkkQ&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=34
Classics
The Only Ones – Another Girl, Another Planet…..the best initial minute ever
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKuc3faQAEs&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=9
Flamin’ Groovies…………why this was not a monster hit????????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EI7-ol-TG2o&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=82
Wreckless Eric – Whole Wide World…….11/10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1d6iRjYy7mI&index=84&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
The Runaways – Cherry Bomb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjd01Cup8yw
Buzzcocks – Ever Fallen in Love (With Someone You Shouldn’t’ve?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51OB2YoC4sg&index=1&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
The Dead Kennedys – Holiday in Cambodia…..one of the best songs ever written, well, IMHO, some cracking lines)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KTsXHXMkJA
What to choose from this artiste???
Patti Smith Group – Gloria…….(“jesus died for somebodies sins but not mine”, great line)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPO0bTaWcFQ
(Probably a bit like Nina Simone who reputedly hated the brilliant “My Baby Just Cares for Me”, Parri Smith may hate her atypical
hit which is not punk but is also brilliant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OjW1TDANxk
Punk Poetry yep, really
JOHN COOPER CLARKE – BEASLEY STREET……….mean as all hell
and
I Married A Monster From Outer Space………..A LOT lighter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezm-uJv1dEk
Miscellany I like
Ramones – Sheena Is a Punk Rocker
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snAO0KQpIKk&index=6&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
The Clash – White Riot
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wjmh52fkQJA
Richard Hell & The Voidoids – Blank Generation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDT19fU3a9I
New York Dolls – Personality Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1I4A5yazr4
Devo – Mongoloid
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZDl_R8Zp2E&index=33&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
Iggy Pop – Lust for Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vw
Radio Birdman – Aloha Steve and Danno (Australian)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmH0OeDLGEE
The Skids – Into The Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXVhh7TKgcA&index=3&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
Tom Robinson Band – 2-4-6-8 Motorway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar_saHB60qU&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=16
Lookin’ After Number One – The Boomtown Rats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy7MlpXREew&index=18&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
Siouxsie And The Banshees-Christine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSQK_Ec3QUs&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=20
The Adverts – Gary Gilmore’s Eyes (single 1977)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxxcJzma-Is&index=27&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
Jilted John – Jilted John
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNyhZiWiYYM&index=31&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
The Tubes – White Punks On Dope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFltXDMQsQQ&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV&index=35
Magazine – Shot By Both Sides
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybUqM8jf3mU&index=43&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
Stiff Little Fingers ‘Alternative Ulster’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-it44R3Nwc&index=44&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
Eddie & The Hot Rods – Do Anything You Wanna Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44JomxG4it8&index=52&list=PLS8Ot0D_TB6aouNTr4sAaf4H7SXktITsV
Penetration – Don’t Dictate
I’m going to spend the morning with your playlist as my soundtrack! Will comment later. In the meantime, I’ve just been waiting to come back at you with this 1964 hit written by the singer.
He was on the tv dance shows constantly when I was a kid and was too “rough” for me. Now I love him!
Took me awhile to get through your playlist. I was surprised how many of these songs made me feel like dancing. Others made me feel like putting a bullet through my brain, though. I’m about 50-50 on punk rock I guess. Thanks for the toons, it was fun listening.
Taking a break from some work….
“I’m looking forward to getting into Korean cinema”
FWIW, my amateur opinion, to help the time challenged
If we say Japan’s cinema is 100 Korea would be 50, Taiwan 35 and Thailand 15 – note some people simply love the Korean style so this is subjective.
HK unique, can’t be general here.
China 40(?), (excluding the known big box office movies) again unique, political overtones a real stumbling block to a lot of movies but there is some good stuff. Modern period movies often suffer from wirework but are visually gorgeous. Recommended but not mainstream – Saving Mr Wu (very interesting back story to this one) Highly recommended Coming Home 2014. Also two excellent farce/slapstick verging on the hilarious – Shaolin Soccer and Kung Fu Hustle -watch in that order
The above excludes martial art so (all genres excluding the one man industry that is Jackie Chan)……
Chinese wuxia (sword)- dislike 99% of them, seem to be ballet rather than fighting. Chinese kung fu – again variable but mostly negative even for older “classics”. Modern(ish) exceptions Ip Man 1, Once Upon A Time in China both very very good….in a class of its own Bodyguards and Assassins 2009 action movie 10/10 this one.
Korean, dislike most of them
Exception – very modern physical martial art out of Thailand, Indonesia, Phillipines – some of these have stuntwork and action in a class of its own and can be excellent. **Must** be a top drawer movie as judged by viewer scores is the best guide
Back to Korea – period movies suffer IMHO from Korean history itself, the aristocracy was very arrogant and treacherous so you know how things will end a lot of the time. Insincerity and lies are a staple. Over acting and over emoting is rife in all styles. Modern action movies suffer from the invulnerable hero syndrome a lot. Heck of a lot of romcoms but invariably rife with plastic romances and annoying side stories/charcters. Must read reviews closely and cherry pick. Having said that, these 3 (no, 4) are essential (note 2 of them are series)
Jewel in the Palace. – by a long stretch the best series (bar Mother, from Japan) I have seen from any country. Subject (cooking/palace intrigue) sounds impossible but…despite its huge length I have watched this twice. The lead is sensational but one of the secondary characters is just as good and both their plot arcs are excellently done.
Secret Garden romance series but elevated by two great performances by the leads and genuinely funny bits. I’ve watched this 3 times, sad really.
My Sassy Girl movie romcom despite a sag in the middle exceptional, revtalised the genre in Asia
Nearly forgot – 3 Iron – romance movie. Unique and intriguing. has some faults but it really gets you in.
Taiwan – nothing sensational. Industry hampered by lower funding and smaller population IMHO
Worth watching even so –
A Summer at Grandpa’s (1984)
The Wedding Banquet (1993)
Thailand – amateur hour all over makes good’uns very hard to find
MAID funny
Beautiful Boxer – this was surprisingly good I just remembered. Based on a very unique true story.
Wow, I’m really deficient on my Asian cinema viewing outside of classic Japanese! The only two Korean films I’ve seen are The Housemaid (1960) – pretty weird but I enjoyed it – and Mother (2009), which I also liked a lot. My Chinese cinema viewing is limited to a couple of old ones on the list and some films by Yimou Zhang. Raise the Red Lantern is a great favorite. Yi-Yi from Taiwan. John Woo, Wang Kar-wai, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee flicks from HK. Nothing from SE Asia.
Still stuck in 1964 though!
Forgot – India
I am not a Bollywood fan and have found their action movies mostly unbelievable tripe. Having said that –
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India (2001) one of the best sports based movies you are likely to see – note involves that incomprehensible (to Americans LOL) game, cricket. Even so….
3 Idiots (2009) side splittingly funny once it gets into its stride.
I find some of the old B&W Bollywood films rather sweet. Have you seen anything by Satyajit Ray? I have at least liked, mostly loved everything I have seen by him.
Sorry been snowed under….a quickie aside, you’ll like these (just found through a newly discovered radio station)…as Atnie might say “I’ll be back”!
camellia (Shinjou Hanabi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0MYYkTYoQM
time to love october
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFyo02cPJmw
tokyo ghoul jack nine piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqjOstb6WQ0
Yiruma, – River Flows in You
Thanks very much for the links. I enjoyed them. I’ll be here when you be back.
“Bollywood” see bottom
I thought I sent this last night…not a trace so I must have forgot to hit send….
Bit buried with things at the moment,but from a Japanese internet only radio stream I stumbled across a couple of days ago – I think you’ll like these. Will resume normal sends when I can
camellia (Shinjou Hanabi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0MYYkTYoQM
time to love october
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFyo02cPJmw
tokyo ghoul jack nine piano
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqjOstb6WQ0
Yiruma, – River Flows in You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7maJOI3QMu0
Bollywood – I find the song breaks just too much – and I don’t like the overchoreagraphed plastic songs – much like most J-Pop, K_Pop. Sad.
“Satyajit Ray” I saw a few od his movies many moons ago. Found them Ok only – but that may have been rhe naive younger me??
A song from Bollywood – a stumble across last month – apparently a huge current hit – all sorts of cute (and well done) He is her blind protector
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpebCZEiYYs
same movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=97L9VAGj4Jc
J-Pop done right (hope Billy got royalties LOL)
Thanks for the potpourri of Asian links. The only Asian pop I really know is this mouldy oldie, LOL.
Oh, yes loved this for so long it pains me to remember….used nicely in the Ghibli Up On Poppy Hill
(I love the Ghibli animation style big time)
What a great link! Interesting that both of “todays” songs feature whistling!
DAMN it happened again….my send was invisible so I resent it with a couple of new bits….now I see the “lost” send but not the copy I just sent????
I did see your reply that you’ll “be here”. Thanks.
Well, hello there Mr. Laurie McAnulty! Thanks for putting up with the frustration of WordPress with me.
My site has been playing tricks on me. So frustrating!