Thanks for the correction. We'll have to agree to disagree on that theme, tho. IMO, it was... something he didn't spend a lot of time composing. Like how Stevie hit "play" in his Casio to write I Just Called To Say I Love You. Maybe not that bad but close. got old pretty quick. I didn't hate the tune, but I did change the station once or twice upon hearing the "ch-ch-ch-ch-ch"
I definitely prefer his Blade Runner soundtrack to Chariots of Fire. But then, John Williams' Raiders of the Lost Ark soundtrack remains among my favorites.
But I didn't take Sounders to say it was a great work of art---just memorable, which it certainly is. In fact, it's way more memorable than the film itself. I Just Called is dreck, especially from an artist as amazing as Stevie. But I'm sure he laughed all the way to the bank with it.
Unpopular opinion. First time poster, so watched Frankenstein the other day and I thought why does he insist on reanimating a 6'6 nearly 7ft corpse instead of an imp or one that is 4'5 or less first and then see the outcome?
Welcome and condolences! IIRC in the novel it was to make the plumbing easier, in which case the large one would be the prototype.
Yeah, I intentionally used memorable - recognizable would have been another option, perhaps a better one at that. Personally, I've never seen the movie - all I know of it is the music set against a backdrop of some guys running (maybe on a beach - but I could be confusing it with something else).
About two Cambridge runners, one who is Jewish facing ant-semitism, and the other a devout Christian, running at the 1924 Olympics.
to borrow a line from High Fidelity..... Rob, top five musical crimes perpetuated by Stevie Wonder in the '80s and '90s. Go. Sub-question: is it in fact unfair to criticize a formerly great artist for his latter day sins, is it better to burn out or fade away?
I loved them as a young teen, then kinda hated them for years because they seemed pretentious and overrated (and they WERE). I think it's safe to say they were not a top-tier band and don't merit consideration with genuinely great But now? I've kinda grown fond of them with the passage of time and a change in my perspective. My current perspective on them is that once you don't take them seriously and just see four young guys trying their best to scratch the itch to do something different, you can actually appreciate the songs that landed (not all of them did--there are a lot of clunkers in their catalog). I also think that their best stuff was disproportionately towards the end--I MUCH prefer songs like "LA Women" or "Riders on the Storm" to the bloated pomposity of "The End", for example. They leaned in on the aspects of their sound--the not-particularly hard-rocking jazz trio backing a drunk beatnik 'poet' who was more persona than wordsmith--that kept them from being a great rock band, and just kinda owned what they were. So by the end, they were no longer a second-rate psychedelic band, but a first-rate version of themselves. So I don't consider them a great band, but I've to come to appreciate them for doing the best they could for who they were, and doing something that was a least a little bit original, if only sporadically worth standing the test of time.
I liked Chariots of Fire. Seen it probably 2 or 3 times on cable, but not in the past 25 or 30 years, at least. As a runner, I did like the movie, and liked the aspect of the amateur v. professional athlete. Raiders of the lost Ark is definitely the most lasting (as are most Spielberg movies). I actually have that movie. On Golden Pond was boring to me the only time I saw it. But both my mom and her parents resonated with it and like(d) it. Never seen Reds. What is Atlantic City? This is the first time I'm hearing of it.
They're all that and the T-Shirt for When The Music's Over and The End all by themselves. Light My Fire would be more respected if it hadn't been released as a single.
I see "The End" as a dated relic. Agree "Light My Fire" is a good song that's been overplayed. I find "When the Music's Over" a little too ponderous and sing-songy. Not saying you're "wrong" just that I have a very different take. On the other hand: "People Are Strange" is very underrated; personally I think it's one of their most timeless and lasting songs, easy to overlook because it's so understated. "Roadhouse Blues" is a classic, too.
I have my Sirius/XM settings to list and show artists currently playing so I can toggle quickly between 1st Wave, Lithium, XMU, and AltNation. If I see Echo & the Bunnymen pop up, I quickly toggle there----only to be disappointed if it's People Are Strange rather than The Cutter or Rescue or Killing Moon. Lost Boys a fun flick though, don't get me wrong.
Great line. I need to have my son watch this now---see if it resonates with him. And Ebony & Ivory is also awful.
The Doors are overrated in some ways, because of the premature death of their drunk imbecile of a lead singer. OTOH, The Doors are also underrated, because of their lineup of a 3 piece band + that same drunk imbecile of a lead singer.
I've mentioned before why I don't take awards shows seriously. Not the Academy but the Grammys. 1997, Album of the year category. Choices were Celine Dion's Falling Into You, Beck's Odelay, Fugees's The Score, Smashing Pumpkins Mellon Collie, and a movie soundtrack which the name escapes me. Beck, Smashing Pumpkins, Fugees all would've been good choices. Three different sounds but all memorable. The winner? Celine Dion. And I've tried listening to that album. Three, four times just to see if I'm missing something and I don't hear it. The biggest issue is it sounds mid-late 90s. There's a couple of decent songs that I think would be great if that album went that direction but again, it sounds mid-late 90s.
Doors are brilliant but yes, Jim Morrison was an idiot. Honestly though, the band itself is great. Jazz influenced drummer, classically trained keyboardist, and a guitarist whose background is flamenco. That's awesome.