Croix Parler

[Croix]

I'd like to use this pace for miscellaneous matters that don't fit elsewhere

Thanks

Croix

[CMF]

Croix,

sorry to butt in but wanted to thank you for posting on a thread i had responded to. When more information was given and i saw the circumstances i found it difficult to reply again. You covered everything in yours, thank you.

cmf

[Croix]

Dear CMF~

I really appreciate your saying that - thank you. As I said in my post to you yesterday I too have to pause at times, it's the only way to try to keep safe.

Croix

[Guest_322]

Hi Croix and gang,

I am so sorry about the Pentatonix Bohemian Rhapsody recommendation. That was me. I didn't expect it to be a trigger for you but clearly it was an oversight on my part. My apologies. Oh dear.

London Underground and Barber of Seville Overture sound like mood lifters that you enjoy. I'll have to check them out some time. I'm glad they helped give you a much needed lift.

Hmm...that's an interesting take on Conan. I'm not sure but it's definitely possible that he feels distant from mainstream life. I wouldn't be surprised if that was the case. I agree that he does have a way with lyrics. Did you know he has synasthesia and specifically for music?

I love Chase Holfeder's minor key arrangements. Gives familiar songs an alternative angle.

Dottie x

[Guest_322]

Hi again,

I'm very late to board the Bjork train. She's been around for ages but I didn't really pay much attention to her music till the past couple of months.

I get that her music won't be for everyone as it's pretty polarising. I think most people either love or hate her sound. It divides. Personally, I think she's a music visionary.

Joga, Unravel, Stonemaker and Bachelorette gave me goosebumps. Her music has the power to transport you out of this world. I was listening to Bachelorette at uni one day, and completely forgot where I was at one point as well as what I was meant to be doing (heading to my next class). That's how powerful her music can be. In saying that, her music isn't to everyone's taste.

Also, she gives the most fascinating interviews. She explains her creative process so well. I recommend watching Charlie Rose interview her. He's an amazing interviewer as he really engaged with her and asked intelligent questions about her music (no gossipy questions from him).

She explained in the interview that it's sound that draws her in and is her true love. It's not so much the lyrics but it's the sound. When I heard her say that, I thought "me too!"

That's why I don't really analyse lyrics very much or try to find meaning in music. For me, it's about the sound and the deep feelings that sound can stir in us. It's about tone, pitch, combination of instruments (or lack thereof), how words placed next to each other sound (and less so about what they mean), etc and the feelings stirred by those sounds. I'm not saying that's the case for everyone but that's certainly the case for me.

Her sound comment really struck a chord with me. I used to- still am- fascinated by sound. As a kid, I would often replay scenes in movies again and again just to hear a sound. I'm not just talking about songs or music but also the crunching of leaves in a scene, a steel cap boot on a footpath, raindrops, a drawer slammed shut ...just whatever captured my attention and I would replay it repeatedly. I would fixate on details that other people didn't seem to care about (and not care about things that others cared about haha).

Dottie x

[Croix]

Dear Dottie et al.~

No oversight on Bohemian Rhapsody, triggers cannot be aniticpated all the time, all good. BTW I loved your quote about the playlist today, it's you. As for citing Simon and Garfunkel - that's my era, not yours:)

Thanks for introducing me to Björk, I did not know her before. For once the whole music clip, sight, sound words captured me all at the same time, that was Bachelorette, I did not get the chance to do my usual analysis - well not the first time anyway:)

I've played a fair number of her clips now, and enjoyed them, in fact Virandi has interested me to the extent of ordering the film Immortel (ad vitam) to see it in context.

It's interesting the sound portion of film plays a big part for you, not just the score, but the effects too.

I once saw a dance troop expressing Ravel's bolero, the whole thing lead by just a hint of a steam engine, not seen, almost subconscious, gave the mechanical flavor, made the piece.

The rain hiss in Seven Samurai does the same, giving depth and significance. These are however 'features', I guess you were referring to 'effects' which all meld together to give the feel or emotion of the scenes, reinforcing or leading the visuals - like the creaky slam of a screen door (forget which movie that was -maybe The Bridges of Madison County?). Footsteps in the sewers of The Third Man.

Anyway captivating thoughts.

Croix

[Guest_322]

Hi Croix,

Thanks for your generous and forgiving comments about my earlier music recommendation. Well, I think Sound of Silence has stood the test of time. I think the test of time is a marker for good music.

I'm glad you're enjoying Bjork's music and music videos. She's a fascinating artist. I think she's an artist in the truest sense of the word.

Well, I think that both features and effects play a role. The parts come together to make the whole. I am rather curious about the rain hiss in Seven Sumarai that you mentioned. Partly because as soon as I read it, I visualised rain and the associated sound.

Sound is interesting. I've always been fascinated by it. People's voices are also interesting- accents, pitch, inflections, pauses, volume, etc. Some people are fascinating to listen to- not always because of the content of the conversations- but because of how they use their voice. If you sit in any random busy cafe, just listen to the voices around you...I'm obviously a shameless eavesdropper haha. So nosy...I always wonder about their lives too. Are they happy? What makes them tick? Are they working? Studying? Do they feel fulfilled? Unapologetically nosy haha.

Dottie x

[Moonstruck]

You're a smart bloke Croix...and you're a clever one too Dottie. Can you explain the meaning of this phrase

"It was meant to be".....or "it wasn't meant to be".....that some folk toss off to explain some disaster, trauma, pain, loss, in order to make you feel better!! What does it MEAN exactly? to quote a famous red haired politician..."Please Explain"

[Croix]

Dear Moon~

I'm not smart enough I'm afraid. I tend to think it is just a set of words, somebody thinks they ought to say something but don't know what, so out this phrase comes.

The only phrase I know - and pardon me for mentioning it - is s***t happens. Very useful, fits many occasions. When I thought I might have had the big C last year I applied this phrase quite vigorously.

Actually I thought that phrase might have come from Professor Julius Sumner Miller - along with Why is it so? He'd get someone from the audience who was silly enough to put their hand up and get them to explain why the boiled egg went inside the milk bottle or whatever experiment he was demonstrating.

You are probably far too young to remember any of that, anyway I'll take your word for it that is came from a redhead polly.

If somebody has been talking about the pet, the story isn't over yet is is?

Croix (who has just demonstrated his lack of culture 😞

[Moonstruck]

the latest is in my Over thinking Paranoid Thoughts thread........

If you enjoy movies that show the futility of life...the "s...t happens" aspects of it with no reason...do watch Look Both Ways. Aust movie stars William McInnes, Justine Clarke..and written by Willliam's late wife Sarah Watt. Main character finds out he has cancer. Strangely enough, his real life wife Sarah Watt DID find out she had cancer when filming had begun.....she since passed away. Her fantasy on the screen was actually being lived out by her as she directed it..must have felt weird.

I love that movie..about how lives with nothing in common are sort of intertwined..and they try to make sense of tragedy when there is no sense or reason to be found. I think you'd like it. William McInnes (Sea Change) is superb in it.....worth watching.

[Croix]

Dear Moon~

I looked up Look Both Ways, it does not sound that happy. Does it have an ending that makes one sad?

Thanks

Croix