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Hope you don't mind, casablancababy, if I impose a song on your thread today. Just found out it's George Harrison's birthday today (he would have been 68 ! ). Here is a simple, beautiful song by him that not many people seem to know about, maybe because it appeared on his final album, "Brainwashed", which not many people seem to know about. Anyway, this song can always make me feel good; George's sweet ringing guitar sound making a little heaven on earth, even during his last days. Run So Far:

I try to separate the art from the artist. This isn't always easy to do; it's hard not to be disillusioned when one hears about bad behaviour on the part of some celebrated person one admires ( whether it be an actor, director, writer, musician, or whoever.) But I do usually forget about the negative baggage the talented one may be carrying when I'm watching a movie; if the film is good, I get lost in the world of the film and give no thought to the personal lives of those involved in the making of said film. Same with music - if I were to boycott or ignore all the music that has been made by people who have led less than stellar lives, I'd be missing out on an awful lot of good music. When I am listening to music, I never think about the foibles of that music's creator. What would be the point? The bad behaviour of the star/ singer/admired one has no direct bearing on their acting, song, or whatever it is that you like them for. Another example: I do not follow golf, and am not a Tiger Woods fan. Nor am I a Tiger Woods " hater"; I'm indifferent to golf, and indifferent to Mr. Woods. However, when all the brou-hah-hah broke out a year and a half ago, concerning Tiger Woods' private life, I could not understand how his personal life choices, immoral or not, had anything to do with his ability to play golf. If I were a fan of the game of golf, the only performance of his about which I'd have had an opinion would have been his performance on the green. Why was he famous? Because of his talent in the game of golf, not because he claimed to live a morally perfect life. I kind of apply the same thinking to arts and entertainment: as long as the individual delivers in the area for which they became famous in the first place, and for which I expect them to deliver -ie, good acting, memorable film-making, great music - I don't care about their private lives. There might be some point at which I'd draw the line on this -especially if the artist specifically presents some kind of moral message in their work which directly contradicts their own actions-in other words, hypocrisy - but this would be the exception.

ZZ Top cloned themselves? (Must admit, I don't know much about them) Rufus Thomas makes the Sun shine with Tiger Man : Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 25, 2011 10:29 AM I have a feeling I might have already posted this at some point -if so, sorry. Well, not really sorry, because it's a pretty good track. It's on a Sun Records anthology I've got.

"You coulda been a somebody ."

Hey, that would **** me off, too. That was kind of mean of Bing. "Make hay (or enjoy your money) while you're young", and all that.

Elliott Smith, an exceptionally talented songwriter, died prematurely by his own hand in 2003. He left a legacy of a few wonderful songs. This is one of them: Independence Day :

kriegerg, I know how you feel about digital technology from your posts on the "Low tech dunce" thread. I understand and respect your opinion about it, and even if I didn't , I know you are right. This is the way almost everything is going to go in the near future. And I did acknowledge that ( I said " I know this is going to be the way of it in the near future" ). While I am not of a grandmother age ( maybe getting there! ) I am someone who dislikes the idea of everything going digital. I am not a "tech" person, nor a person who likes computers or even necessarily the internet (except for this site, I guess ). It makes me sad to know that soon -probably sooner than any of us think - there will be no "hard copy", tangible music recordings, books, movies -all the things I care about.For me, it just isn't the same getting those things on-line. I think I was born in the wrong age.

I really don't like the idea of watching a movie on my television set streamed in from the internet. I know this is going to be the way of it in the near future, but I shall kick and scream as long as I can. Also, if I read ThelmaTodd's post correctly, there would be more than one tcm movie to choose from at any given time. The whole "community" aspect of TCM would disappear; if they do that they might as well just retreat to the internet and become an on-line movie provider, like Netflix or something.

> {quote:title=ThelmaTodd wrote:}{quote} > "It's awful" if TCM doesn't use current technology to offer alternatives. Why not allow embedded videos from TCM's film collection to play on it's website, either free or to subscribers on demand? Using it's current delivery system, TCM is restricted to showing one film at a time from it's vast collection. I would use the website to allow viewers to customize their TCM viewing experience, and I would allow on demand access and downloads to the entire TCM vault. > > Some may complain that they don't like to watch movies on computers. For that I would suggest a bigger internet ready TV screen for one thing. What's the alternative to not doing this? The annual griping over "31 days of Oscar" is one fallout... Well, being a low-tech dunce, I don't care for that idea at all. And I don't want to get a "bigger internet ready TV screen." Plus I doubt I'd have the money for it at this time. I'm happy with the way TCM screens its movies now. Nope, I'd rather just put up with the "31 days of Oscar" fallout. Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 23, 2011 3:46 PM

Great song; although Eric Clapton was the most famous of the three (presumably because of the cult of rock guitar worship in the 60s) drummer Ginger Baker and bassist Jack Bruce (also the main song writer) were no slouches either. Are they synching to the studio version? Sounds like it... (which is ok with me if they are)

1954, directed by Alexander Mackendrick. This film is more widely known as *The Maggie* . http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047085/ Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 23, 2011 3:22 PM (miss-spelt director's name.)

It was around this time a year ago I saw Wilco in concert. This is one of the best rock groups around today. I said "rock", but it's hard to label them, which is something about them I like. They're one of those groups that un-selfconsciously include country, folk, "indie" music (whatever exactly that is), and rock in their music. The night I saw them they rocked pretty hard -they had the audience on its feet from the moment they appeared on stage. I guess what I'm trying to say is, Wilco is a really good band. Here is a live version of one of their most interesting songs, I am Trying to Break Your Heart :

fxreyman, who can blame you for getting all the "complaint" threads mixed up? Last time I checked, there were still at least 4 on the first two pages of "General Discussions". (I'm including this one, too, although I started this as a tongue -in-cheek complaint about the complainers. But it too has become a magnet for complaints -well, what do I expect with a title like "TCM Complaints" ? ) I still don't understand why people seem to have so many "beefs" with Turner Classic Movies. I'm just happy it exists. Now excuse me while I go polish my halo.

Sorry I misunderstood your comment and edited it to mean something you did not intend. I guess I just picked up on what you said about how after reading his son's account of Crosby you "soured on him somewhat". I do know people who will not watch a film if there's someone in it who they disapprove of for how the actor conducts their private life, which seems silly to me, and does not make any productive moral statement. I think I was reacting to those kinds of people, not you. Again, sorry about that.

Woody Allen did put out one or two recordings of his stand-up comedy from the early days (of his career.) From the little I've heard, he was pretty funny - but he found his true calling in film making. (checked you link -the price of the record is $12.95 ?, so I guess it's not considered a rare or special collector's item. Too bad; maybe if you hang on to it, in a few years it might be worth more ? )

> {quote:title=chaney7 wrote:}{quote} > ... Going My Way certainly wasn't one of them. It was just a "small" flick that got big attention/box office sales. After reading about Crosby's life I soured on him somewhat . I try to separate the art from the artist, the singer from the song. If I were to be put off by every actor, writer, film director, or musician who has led a less than irreproachable personal life, I'd be missing out on a lot of great acting, literature, film, and music. Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 22, 2011 12:00 PM

Aretha Franklin with Chain of Fools : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT-On4fSo1M

Well, I kind of liked *Blow Up*, but I can certainly understand those who didn't. As I recall, the first couple of times I saw it, I hated it. I thought it was pretentious and boring. It may be the former, but I no longer find it the latter. And the Yardbirds bit is kind of fun, at least if you're a Yardbirds fan.

Not so cryptic if one has seen the movie. Nah, I was just being dense, like when I sometimes don't get someone's joke (don't you hate that? ) smiley face.

tracey, I don't want to join the ranks of the TCM complainers, but I wish they'd shown *Do the Right Thing* a bit later on in the day. I would have watched it for sure if they had. As it was, I didn't even get around to taping it (hey, I can now say "taping" ) Anyway, I saw *Do the Right Thing* just once, years ago, shortly after it first came out. It made a huge impression on me, I've never forgotten it. It is an exceptionally good movie, and addresses many issues that are just as vital today as they were then. *Do the Right Thing* is too honest to offer pat solutions, but it certainly raises a lot of questions. It is definitely a movie that "makes you think".

Sometimes I publicly embarrass myself. My earlier post about the Yardbirds/ Who was one of those times. Valentine, how I could have been so thick-headed as to not realize you were referring to the destruction of the guitar, I'll never know. Sometimes I'm pretty dumb, i guess. Of course, now that I actually think about it, that's what you meant: you weren't talking about the Who's music or the Yardbirds', you were talking about the frustrated guitarist (Jeff Beck, it looked like -but then Jimmy Page was there, too ?? ) smashing first the amplifier and then his guitar, in anger, just like Pete Townsend did, at first spontaneously, and then, when he realized the crowd liked it, purposely, almost every time he performed. (Of course after a while he got quite tired of this, plus it cost the Who a fortune in guitar replacements, just what they needed after Keith Moon got through tearing up hotel rooms...) Anyway, if I had been using my brain for one second reading your post, I would have known you were talking about the guitar-wrecking, not the music. And of course you're right, they were imitating the Who in that scene. What makes me feel even sillier about this is, I actually even posted a youtube clip of that very scene from *Blow Up* earlier today, on another thread. No excuse.

FATHER OF THE MEMBER OF THE WEDDING (working title: FATHER OF THE CRIED. and CRIED) An angsty young girl tries to enlist her father's assistance in preparing for her sister's wedding. When she insists on a prohibitively expensive dress for the affair, the father bursts into tears at the stress of it all. A dramatic ending finds the father, the young girl, and the bride in a "whine-off", with the three of them competing for the status of whiniest, whingingest, most self-pitying wedding participant. "OMYGOD I want to look my very very best and my hair's a mess and nobody will love me and I'm just too too sensitive for this cruel insensitive world and why will nobody take me seriously and @@" "Nobody, not even my own offspring, can look more hangdog than me." Edited by: misswonderly on Feb 21, 2011 5:46 PM

No movies about families today? In Ontario it is a holiday called "Family Day". (If you have no family, you still have to go to work...)

" LOL " what? People are always saying "LOL" around here, it seems to serve as a catch-phrase ( or catch-acronym ) for anything. I'm sick of "LOL". lol lol lol

tracey, I too love Peter Jackson's *Lord of the Rings* movies, all three of them. He captures the spirit of the books while keeping the films "cinematic". Everything you said in praise of these films, I agree with. And I don't usually like movies over two hours in lenght - but with the LOTR movies, I don't even notice how long they are. (ps - I like Sean Bean as Boromir better than Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn, even though he's only in the first of the three films. But that's a quibble...Mortensen is great, too.)