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Post by tannis on Jun 9, 2008 11:25:01 GMT
"...Murder Ballads is about more than storytelling. In each song, Mr. Cave meticulously creates a macabre fable and then distills it to a single image of death in much the way a photographer arranges a studio shoot..." New York Times (2/11/96)Murder Ballads (1996) consists of new and traditional murder ballads, a genre of songs that relays the details (and often consequences) of crimes of passion. "Lizie Wan" (KaTe's inspiration for The Kick Inside title track) is a murder ballad. The death count on the entire album comes to 64, or a mean average (rounding) of 6 deaths per song! And yes, the album is profound, deep, and very dark... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_Ballads
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Post by Adena on Jun 9, 2008 11:44:05 GMT
I assume the death count is thanks to O'Malley's Bar and The Curse Of Millhaven. But I still like Song of Joy best. The image of Joy and her children dead at home is as profound as they come, and as distilled as my glass of water to give a crystal image in people's minds...
The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon Do you, sir, have a room? Are you beckoning me in?
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Post by Barry SR Gowing on Jun 9, 2008 11:44:25 GMT
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 9, 2008 17:19:30 GMT
Good links. I especially liked "Where The Wild Roses Grow."
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Post by tannis on Jun 10, 2008 11:23:49 GMT
"HERE SHE IS! That Eye-Filling Gasp-Provoking BLONDE BOMBSHELL!"The 1956 film Yield to the Night stars Diana Dors as a murderess sentenced to hang for shooting her rival down and spending her last days in the condemned cell in a British women's prison. The film received much positive critical attention, particularly for the skilled acting of Dors, who had previously been cast solely as a British version of the stereotypical "blonde bombshell". The storyline in "Yield to the Night" bears a superficial resemblance to the Ruth Ellis case, which had occurred the previous year. However, the film was actually based on the novel of the same title published in 1954 by Joan Henry. The sensational U.S. title, Blonde Sinner, unfortunately ignored the film's (and the novel's) sensitively-explored anti-capital punishment theme, a matter of significant political and social debate in the UK at the time.
CUT and BANNED, TALES OF THE CENSOR Part 3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvfaMdoxGCE
"This is a powerful movie. Diana Dors is the star. She's on screen virtually the whole time and turns in a fine performance. It's not what we expect from Diana Dors: She is not a sex pot or glamor girl". The Smiths used an image of Dors with her face through the bars of the iron bed-head as the album cover to their "Singles" compilation.
THE DIANA-MORRISSEY PHENOMENON www.dianamystery.com/dorscover.htm And Where The Wild Roses Grow is not what we expect from Kylie. Nick Cave had been interested in working with Minogue since hearing "Better the Devil You Know", saying it contained "one of pop music's most violent and distressing lyrics" and "when Kylie Minogue sings these words, there is an innocence to her that makes the horror of this chilling lyric all the more compelling" (wiki). The song's success demonstrated that Minogue could be accepted outside of her established genre as a pop artist. The music video for "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1995) was inspired by John Everett Millais' Ophelia (1851/52).
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 11, 2008 16:48:58 GMT
...and Dead Can Dance's 'Aion' is a jolly good place to start! You know, I finally got around to buying this album... I know, it took me a while, didn't it? But I wanted to say that I really love it so far. Especially The Song of The Sibyl and Black Sun.
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Post by tannis on Jun 11, 2008 17:34:08 GMT
Rosa, enjoy Aion, it's amazing, as is the whole DCD catalogue! ... "Once again the emphasis is on the liturgical and secular music of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance, and of the 12 tracks (nine self-written) only two. ´Fortune Presents Gifts Not According To the Book´ (a parable written by Luis De Gongora) and ´Black Sun´ (a typically apocalyptic tale littered with references to death, disease and famine) are sung in English. The rest (with the exception of three instrumentals) are a mixture of Latin, Spanish dialect, Bulgarian, and Arabic stunningly articulated by Lisa Gerrard. Of these ´As the Bell Rings The Maypole Spins´ complements her tremulous vocals with the mournful skirl of bagpipes, Radharc, suffused with a heady swirl of Arabian strings and The End of Words, a simple chant, stand out as the highlights... Aion is a sumptuously textured work that deserves to be appreciated by more than just established fans." ~ Graeme Kay, Q Magazine.Aionwww.youtube.com/watch?v=RJRsWErKCxADead Can Dance - Saltarellowww.youtube.com/watch?v=AcmpBCXOgVIDead Can Dance - Black Sunwww.youtube.com/watch?v=OzmTdaYMTzk
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 11, 2008 20:18:24 GMT
I'm sure I will. And 'Within The Realm of a Dying Sun' should be coming in the mail soon, as well. I'll tell you what I think of that one, too.
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Post by tannis on Jun 11, 2008 23:40:52 GMT
Within the Realm of a Dying SunQ Magazine: "If pop is a can of bud or a pair of faded jeans, then Dead Can Dance's third album is a monument, a cloister or a stain-glassed window. It combines Brendan Perry or Lisa Gerrard's superb voices, ethereal church choirs, sweeping strings and a brochure of ethnic musics: Middle Eastern, Indian, Moorish, anywhere but London's East End where the couple reside." Rosa, you will really enjoy this album. Perry and Gerrard are awesome. Cantara is one of my favorite tracks...
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 12, 2008 0:30:12 GMT
^ I heard Cantara already from the link you posted a while ago. It is a really marvelous song.
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Post by Adena on Jun 14, 2008 1:50:04 GMT
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jun 14, 2008 22:22:51 GMT
^ Interesting song, and she has a beautiful voice.
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Post by Adena on Jun 15, 2008 4:38:06 GMT
It's impossible to find the songs from Out On My Own unless you have the album... Her early works are definitely her best.
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Post by rosabelbelieve on Jul 9, 2008 1:17:47 GMT
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Post by Al Truest on Jul 9, 2008 1:26:22 GMT
...listening. It would great to be there live. Vocals and a single instrument sound so intimate -e.g. - piano - harp - guitar She sounds like a less pretensious Tori Amos
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