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    "Titanic" (1997) on TCM - yey or nay?

    in General Discussions

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    *I'm not sophisticated and hardly what one would call a snob. I was just sticking up for those of us who like the film.*

     

    I know you are not. I just replied or clicked on the post message because you were the last...

     

    I hope your health bodes well for you and may you have many more happy years in front of you...

    "Titanic" (1997) on TCM - yey or nay?

    in General Discussions

    Posted

    Who gives a bleep what some of you sophisticated snobs think...

     

    Titanic, 1997 version, is a wonderful film...again...great film...

     

    My favorite quote...

     

    Well, yes, ma'am, I do... I mean, I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

    Jake's off topic music thread...

    in Your Favorites

    Posted

    By Kris Kristofferson

     

    Posted Apr 15, 2004 12:00 AM

     

    Johnny Cash was a biblical character. He was like some old preacher, one of those dangerous old wild ones. He was like a hero you'd see in a western. He was a giant. And unlike anyone else I've known, he never lost that stature. I don't think we'll see anyone like him again.

    Of course, the first thing he'll be remembered for is the originality of his music. The first time I heard Johnny Cash was when he released "I Walk the Line" in 1956. It was unlike anything I'd ever heard. Elvis had had a lot of hits by that point, but "I Walk the Line" was completely different. It didn't sound much like any of the country music that was popular at the time, either. There was a kind of dark energy around John. My first hero, when I was a kid, was Hank Williams, and he had a similar energy. You could tell they were both wild men.

     

    As a songwriter, I've always loved his lyrics. At the beginning of his career, John released a bunch of powerful songs in a very short time. For me, the best one was always "Big River." It's so well-written, so unlike anything else. The lines don't even seem to rhyme. "I met her accidentally in St. Paul, Minnesota/And it tore me up every time I heard her drawl." His imagery was so powerful: "Then you took me to St. Louis later on, down the river/A freighter said she's been here/But she's gone, boy, she's gone/I found her trail in Memphis/But she just walked up the block/She raised a few eyebrows, and then she went on down alone."

     

    The first time I saw John live, I was on leave from the Army, visiting Nashville. He was playing the Grand Ole Opry, and I was watching from backstage -- and he was the most exciting performer I'd ever seen. At the time, he was skinnier than a snake, and he was just electric. He used to prowl the stage like a panther. He looked like he might explode up there. And in fact, there were times when he did. A couple of nights at the Opry, he knocked out all of the footlights. I think they banned him for a while after that. But they banned Hank Williams, too. They were a pretty conservative crowd.

     

    The main thing about John, though -- the thing that everybody could sense -- was his integrity, the integrity of his relationship with his music, with his life and with other people. He stood up for Bob Dylan when everyone in the music business was criticizing Dylan's move from folk to electric. And he did the same for me, in the Eighties, when I was taking a lot of criticism for going down to Nicaragua. Once I was opening for him in Philadelphia, and I dedicated a song to Mumia Abu-Jamal, who is on death row there. After I got offstage, they told me the police had gone ballistic and that I'd have to go back out and apologize. John heard about it and said, "You don't have to apologize for anything on my show." That's the kind of guy he was. Throughout his entire career, he stood up for the underdog.

     

    I thought the last album John did, The Man Comes Around, was terrific. I remember driving on my tractor mower and listening to it on my headphones and just weeping. His version of "Danny Boy" kills me every time.

     

    I think he'll be remembered for the way he grew as a person and an artist. He went from being this guy who was as wild as Hank Williams to being almost as respected as one of the fathers of our country. He was friends with presidents and with Billy Graham. You felt like he should've had his face on Mount Rushmore.

     

    [From Issue 946 ? April 15, 2004]

     

    RollingStone

    Jake's off topic music thread...

    in Your Favorites

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    B'days for 02/26...

     

    Fats Domino...*New Orleans Legend*

     

     

     

    Johnny Cash...The Man In Black...The Great One...passed away

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7K4jH7NqUw

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lhf9U5Wf3Q&feature=related

     

    Mitch Ryder...

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2FZ7nGCZNc&feature=related

     

    Michael Bolton...

     

     

     

    Bob Hite...passed away...Canned Heat..

     

     

     

    Some fantastic music and history...

     

    Happy trails to you and may you live long and prosper...

     

    Jake...

    Favorite line from movie.

    in Hot Topics

    Posted

    >*Injun will chase a thing till he thinks he's chased it enough. Then he quits. Same way when he runs. Seems like he never learns there's such a thing as a critter who'll just keep comin' on. So we'll find 'em in the end, I promise you. We'll find 'em, just as sure as the turnin' of the earth.*

    The Searchers John Wayne (Ethan Edwards) 1956

     

    The Immortal John Wayne

    Jake's off topic music thread...

    in Your Favorites

    Posted

    >"If I Needed Someone." Great guitar work and interesting chord structure.

     

    Mr George Harrison was one of the greatest guitarist who ever lived...he still lives through his music...

     

    I grew up with The Beatles and remember them appearing on their first Ed Sullivan show...my sister cried...

     

    "As the Beatles' lead guitarist, George Harrison never played an unnecessary note. In his solos and fills, he prized clarity and concision above all things. But every note made history, from the Cavern Club R&B frenzy of his breaks in "I Saw Her Standing There" to the hallucinogenic splendor of his contributions to Revolver and the matured elegance of his work on Abbey Road. John Lennon and Paul McCartney dominated the Beatles' revolutionary course through 1960s pop, but Harrison defined the musical character of those innovations in his explorations of studio technology, tonal color and Indian scales. At the same time, he never strayed from the terse, earthy qualities of his first love, 1950s rockabilly, and his biggest idol, Sun Records star Carl Perkins. Harrison's final album, Brainwashed ? recorded in the years before his death from cancer in 2001 ? features some of his finest twang. "

     

    RollingStone

     

    A great guitar riff...

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyUtmEPb6mA&feature=related

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