It is no exaggeration to say Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is, so far, the best rendition of Batman on the silver screen. Unlike the live action films, it manages to capture the very essence of the Dark Knight; the loneliness, the guilt and the tragedy, giving the character an almost mythic quality.
The main theme by Shirley Walker is, likewise, the most powerful. Based on Danny Elfman’s theme for Batman: The Animated Series, it surpasses the wonderful original. A brass fanfare is followed by a dark, heroic and epic gothic choir. Magnificence.
The Soul Cages is a very personal album for me. It helped me cope with a very painful part of my life, and today I still find it the most emotionally intense album I have ever had the pleasure to experience. If you read this, Mr Sumner, thank you.
Wild Wild Sea in particular resonates powerfully, as if it is a scene I have seen in my own dreams. Here is a fantastic performance of it, recorded for MTV Unplugged.
Loser-X “In the 19th century, music was seen as a highly valued treasure with fundamental and near-mystical powers of human communication,” North told the BBC. No more: “The degree of accessibility and choice has arguably led to a rather passive attitude towards music heard in everyday life.
“The accessibility of music has meant that it is taken for granted and does not require a deep emotional commitment once associated with music appreciation.”
I know i’m old fashioned, but I didn’t know I was a throwback to the bloody 19th century.
The Sky I Scrape is hosting an MP3 of Pearl Jam’s cover of Love, Reign O’er Me. As I have mentioned in an earlier post, it seems Pearl Jam is recording the song for the new Adam Sandler movie “Reign Over Me”.
Mashups featuring the Beatles have come fast and thick since the unveiling of “The Grey Album” by DJ Danger Mouse, who has since gone on to achieve great fame as one half of Gnarls Barkley.
“Hate” was apparently released in December 2006 though I have just found out about it, and it is a both homage and parody of so far the only official Beatles mashup album “Love” (which is brilliant by the way). Downloads of MP3 files still available from the website now, but given how touchy EMI was over previous Beatles mashups, I will not be surprised to find them gone very soon.
There are of course purists who have expressed outrage over it, but turn off your mind, relax and you will find that it is quite good.
I Feel Good on television was one of my earliest musical memories. Of course I did not know until years later that it was a James Brown tune. It still makes me want to dance (and I hate dancing!).
Reign Over Me (2007) | Trailer (English) feat. Adam Sandler & Don Cheadle
Never thought I would say this, but I am actually looking forward to the release of the next Adam Sandler movie “Reign Over Me”. Pearl Jam does a killer cover of The Who’s Love, Reign O’er Me and I am totally looking forward to owning the complete performance.
The bit of Pearl Jam goodness comes in the last 30 seconds of the trailer.
After years of on and off aborted snail mail attempts to snag this bootleg, I finally got it, thanks to dimeadozen.org. Thank you, DIME users. Thank you, MS (taper). The only references to this concert that I can Google for are a contemporary fan review, and a description of the concert on Five Horizons and an interview from local Singapore magazine Big O.
The experience literally changed my life.
Taper MS
Source ECM-939 > DAT-M > DAT1 48khz
Transfer DA-20 > Monster coax > Dio 2496 > Soundforge 6.0 (resample to 44.1) > CDWave > FLAC
Disc I:
Intro
Release
Go
Last Exit
Spin the Black Circle
Tremor Christ
Corduroy
Not For You
Lukin
Even Flow
Dissident
Animal
Deep
Jeremy
Rearviewmirror
Immortality
Alive
Disc II:
Blood
Daughter/(ABitW-II)/(WMA)
Little Wing (tease)
Why Go
Porch
Sonic Reducer (with Mark Arm)
Eddie did a parody of Richard Marx’s Right Here Waiting, right before Blood which was utterly brilliant. If memory serves me correctly, Richard Marx performed at the same location (the Indoor Stadium) a day before Pearl Jam did. Lyrics according to Five Horizons:
whatever you do wherever you are you can fuck [?]
wherever you piss wherever you shit make sure not to fall asleep in it
wherever you pee [?] wherever you spit make sure you’re not caught by the cops
don’t want to be caned don’t want to be shot i just wanna… rock
