Friday, August 12, 2005
freaky friday tune-up for the week-end - or - an exposé on the arts...
"All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that God sent into the human body."
-Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
Ok now - the arts, nowadays, are not exactly serving the best well-meaning noble desires of mankind... or the artists' themselves for that matter...!
Most are in it for the money - the long list of one-hit wonders that live off the residuals of their lone hit forevermore is growing exponentially each day... and then there are those who want to leave a "legacy" behind - all of it is vanity!
No - there aren't any Hildegards around today - not in today's music business! Napster was a fine way to put them all back in their place - now it's gone but others have picked up where it left off... ;)
Now, to bash some more well-deserving "stars"...
Is that true... British band Coldplay must be out of ideas and NOT be all that hot anymore... Coldplay... not hot... hahaha... Must be all the marital strife their lead singer is encountering with his beloved Gwyneth that is getting to the band, methinks... she is no Yoko Ono, but then Coldplay are not the Beatles either... if they are trying to recapture the success obtained with their single "Yellow"... with a follow-up titled - "Low"... They should have gone with "Yell" instead... get it... Yell... Low... OK... Never mind...
NEXT -
Robbie Williams has got to be the vainest of them all - and he craves the love of the public - he will be anything the public wants him to be. For once, it wasn't someone out to tarnish his reputation (and ruin the credibility of videos like FEEL, where he is making out with still Splashy after all these years and NOT one-eyed one bit Daryl Hannah - isn't she happy now that his mommy won out and she was NOT the princess bride of Camelot's heir, the dashing but poor pilot JFK Jr... hmm? But that is another story...) - no, Robbie himself started the rumors that he might be gay. But I think he's gone back to his true calling now - good robbie, good boy...
NEXT -
You gotta love (...) those medieval-sounding bands that are popping out of the woodwork and bringing back to the forefront CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM THE MIDDLE-AGES (for those who actually like TRUE MUSIC and not simply raucous sounds that are NOISE and nothing else - most definitely NOT "music"...!). Kudos, for all that they did and still do, to the likes of ERA, ENIGMA, DEEP FOREST, BLACKMORE'S NIGHT, DEAD CAN DANCE, Enya, Loreena McKennitt (see? And she was most certainly part of that Lilith Fair thing - but when one is luminous and when one loves, above all else, the Truth - one can give credit where credit is due!) and the talents behind the project of bringing to life the music and legacy of Hildegard Von Bingen today, certainly! :)
Not too sure about those time-confusing (as confused) Medieval Baebes though... *lol* - They sound their parts; however, they must know they would not have fared well in those times dressed like that - or made up like that! They burned b... I mean, witches in those days, you know! They remain better than the scrumptious Dixie Chicks for most music aficionados out there though, I am sure...
NEXT -
Bobby Darin is lucky not to be around anymore to see Kevin Spacey play him like a smug jerk who barely knows how to move and dance on stage - go back to that limping stance you were on, K.S. - as in Keyser Soze that is!
NEXT -
Speaking of smugginess - time to settle an old score with... the Roses! Now, surely this will not degenerate into a new war of the roses... eh? Which Roses are that again, you ask? No - not the Stone Roses... no, not the Pete Roses of this world... GUNS N ROSES - yeah... THEM! They could not possibly have been more full of themselves than they were in their extended but still relatively short proverbial "fifteen minutes of fame"... They did not realize how FORTUNATE they were to even have FANS... to travel the world... to make a living doing what they did! They would bad mouth their "fellow musical groups" saying things like "man - like... why do they even bother?" (...) - and this was not Axl or Slash speaking (did Slash EVER speak - or ever have a hair trim for that matter?) - no, this was the third-ringer or fifth wheel in the band! Same guy would also complain "about the food" - seems like the band could not appreciate fine cuisine when in Europe for instance - they NEEDED their all-american greasy junk food to be sustained in their rowdy ways... goodie. And, of course, Axl had his problems relaxing (prompting fans to create the slogan - you guessed it - "relax axl"!) and he was substantially less than appreciative of some fans - walking off stage in Montréal most notably and cancelling the show that had barely started in the process... (Not that I disagree with giving Montréal the cold treatment though - but why then even show up? I would have simply sung "I-I-I- ain't gonna play Sun City... or Montréal for that matter!" - and never made the trip! But of course, how can one refuse free air travel... eh?).
I want to settle the score with G N R over the cuisine comment - you punks can choke on burgers for all I care, but don't bash GOOD FOOD when you can't tell the difference between eggs benedict and run-of-the-mill poached eggs! The ONLY good song you ever truly produced was November Rain anyway - and Ah-nold's assessment at the end of the videoclip shot for T2 (that you had the mere luck to score, being trendy at the right place and at the right time I guess...) was the right one - you guys would be indeed a WASTE OF AMMO... *lol*
Ah - good ol' governator - trust him to always say it like it is! Trust me too for that same reason... might mean that I will also get elected someday into (some kind of) office, unexpectedly...? Now THAT certainly is another story entirely... ;)
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Wow, that is a great quote from Hildegard! It is very luminous! ;) I have never heard her music, but am sure it is luminous being that she was a nun.
Oh Yes, ENIGMA, DEEP FOREST, & ENYA are all great bands in my book! They each have their own Luminous qualities that they share with the world! I recommend them all for everyone to listen to! Sing on you luminous artists of voice and instrument! Keep on bringing us more of your captivating music!
I think it was last year, that Guns-N-Roses was part of the entertainment for some music awards show. I Can't remember which one it was, but I think Axl was DRUNK !! The performance just wasn't very good at all in MY opinion!! After that I lost any respect I might have had for them before that.
I had liked a couple of their songs, and one of them they sang at the awards show. They sang and played it so bad, that it totally ruined the song for me! "Sweet Child Of Mine" was the song that they played that night. I actually changed the channel when I heard how bad they were! Out of all the bands that were mentioned in the blog today, Guns-N-Roses has got to be the worst!
What happened to them? They went down the tubes fast!
They are no longer in the Jungle, they are in a SWAMP!
Their Guns have rusted, and their Roses have withered and died!
The axle that binds the two slashed tires has lost his grease and all the wheels have quit turning. Need I say more? I think not, Guns-N-Roses Sweet Child has run away for good!
Luciano,
That is a great quote by Hildegard of Bingen. Thanks for introducing me to her. Like I have before, I ended up saying a lot more than I thought I would.lol What you wrote inspired me, and I got on a roll talking about Guns-N-Roses! hehehe
Have A Very Luminous Night (\ô/)
((HUGS))
Countess
Oh Yes, ENIGMA, DEEP FOREST, & ENYA are all great bands in my book! They each have their own Luminous qualities that they share with the world! I recommend them all for everyone to listen to! Sing on you luminous artists of voice and instrument! Keep on bringing us more of your captivating music!
I think it was last year, that Guns-N-Roses was part of the entertainment for some music awards show. I Can't remember which one it was, but I think Axl was DRUNK !! The performance just wasn't very good at all in MY opinion!! After that I lost any respect I might have had for them before that.
I had liked a couple of their songs, and one of them they sang at the awards show. They sang and played it so bad, that it totally ruined the song for me! "Sweet Child Of Mine" was the song that they played that night. I actually changed the channel when I heard how bad they were! Out of all the bands that were mentioned in the blog today, Guns-N-Roses has got to be the worst!
What happened to them? They went down the tubes fast!
They are no longer in the Jungle, they are in a SWAMP!
Their Guns have rusted, and their Roses have withered and died!
The axle that binds the two slashed tires has lost his grease and all the wheels have quit turning. Need I say more? I think not, Guns-N-Roses Sweet Child has run away for good!
Luciano,
That is a great quote by Hildegard of Bingen. Thanks for introducing me to her. Like I have before, I ended up saying a lot more than I thought I would.lol What you wrote inspired me, and I got on a roll talking about Guns-N-Roses! hehehe
Have A Very Luminous Night (\ô/)
((HUGS))
Countess
Comparing quotes - what the venerable Hildegard had to say about the arts and one such as Friedrich had to say too, many centuries later...
Art is the proper task of life.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I still think Hildegard is the best! :)
Don't you all agree?
Good!
"All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that God sent into the human body."
-Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
You cannot best the "breath of God" - nope! But of course, a nitwit like Nietzsche would try to...
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Art is the proper task of life.
Friedrich Nietzsche
I still think Hildegard is the best! :)
Don't you all agree?
Good!
"All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that God sent into the human body."
-Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179)
You cannot best the "breath of God" - nope! But of course, a nitwit like Nietzsche would try to...
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