Since today is Marlon Brando’s birthday, it only seems appropriate that today’s song of the day should come from the soundtrack of one of his films. (I’ll also be watching this film later tonight.)
From 1979’s Apocalypse Now, here is the haunting music that plays as Willard and the boat approach the infamous bridge that is built every day so that it can be destroyed every night.
Jedadiah Leland wrote and very good review on the 1986 crime drama At Close Range (dir. by James Foley) that brought up some nostalgic memories growing up as a teenager during the 1980’s. Pretty much every teenage boy had a crush on Madonna when she first debut and the years following. I wasn’t immune to such a crush.
The latest “Song of the Day” is Live to Tell”, a song that Madonna co-wrote and co-produced with songwriter and film composer Patrick Leonard for At Close Range who also happened to star her-then husband Sean Penn. “Live to Tell” was a major departure for the pop-centric Madonna in that it was a bluesy, torch ballad that evoked feelings of regret and the scars of childhood tragedy.
Even Madonna’s look in the accompanying video shows her in a much more toned-down and mature image that brought to mind singers and actresses of the 1940’s and 50’s. Ironically, while the song itself was one of Madonna’s least controversial releases during her early years, her performance of the song during 2006’s Confessions Tour was seen as controversial by the Roman Catholic Church due to her hanging from a cross on stage.
Live to Tell
I have a tale to tell Sometimes it gets so hard to hide it well I was not ready for the fall Too blind to see the writing on the wall
A man can tell a thousand lies I’ve learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me
I know where beauty lives I’ve seen it once I know the warmth she gives The light that you could never see It shines inside you can’t take that from me…
A man can tell a thousand lies I’ve learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me…
The truth is never far behind You’ve kept it hidden well If I live to tell the secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again?
If I ran away I’d never have the strength to go very far How would they hear the beating of my heart…? Will it grow cold? (will it grow cold?) The secret that I hide Will I grow old? How will they hear? When will they learn? How will they know…?
A man can tell a thousand lies I’ve learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me…
The truth is never far behind You’ve kept it hidden well If I live to tell the secret I knew then Will I ever have the chance again…? A man can tell a thousand lies I’ve learned my lesson well Hope I live to tell the secret I have learned till then it will burn inside of me…
Yes, it’s April Fools Day. I guess today’s song of the day is the obvious choice but no matter! (Don’t start any jokes today that you can’t finish.)
I started a joke which started the whole world crying But I didn’t see that the joke was on me oh no I started to cry which started the whole world laughing Oh If I’d only seen that the joke was on me
I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said ‘Till I finally died which started the whole world living Oh if I’d only seen that the joke was on me
I looked at the skies running my hands over my eyes And I fell out of bed hurting my head from things that I said ‘Till I finally died which started the whole world living Oh if I’d only seen that the joke was on me Oh no that the joke was on me
Songwriters: Barry Gibb / Maurice Ernest Gibb / Robin Hugh Gibb
As today is Terence Hill’s birthday, it seems only appropriate that our song of the day should come from Ennio Morricone’s score for My Name Is Nobody.
Today’s song of the day was not specifically written for the Kill Bill soundtrack but that’s still the film that I’ll always associate it with. Here to help us celebrate Quentin Tarantino’s birthday, it’s Tomoyasu Hotei and Battle Without Honor or Humanity.
My latest pick for “Song of the Day” takes me back….way back to those early days post-high school. Only a couple years removed from graduating high school and maneuvering my ways through the turbulent seas of what would be my college years, it was only typical that music would be one of the few things that would anchor things for me during my Adrift Years.
Stone Temple Pilots is part of what I consider as the Big Four of alternative rock of the 1990’s or as some would label that particular sound as “grunge”. Alternative rock, grunge or just plain old hard rock, Stone Temple Pilots made their mark in the early 90’s rock scene with the second single off of their 1993 debut album Core.
“Plush” has always been one of my favorite songs of that era. I played that song on repeat and was one of my go-to Stone Temple Pilots track until “Interstate Love Song” a year later came along. The song was carried by Scott Weiland’s iconic vocals and its dark lyrics. I never knew how dark a song “Plush” was until finding out from a Weiland interview that it was based on a true story of a girl who had been kidnapped and murdered in the early 90’s.
Whether a song inspired by a true-crime story or a metaphor for a failed relationship (as Weiland has said the lyrics represented), “Plush” will remain one of those songs from my young adult years that I would revisit every year to reminisce.
Plush
And I feel that time’s a wasted go So where you goin’ ’til tomorrow? And I see that these are lies to come So would you even care?
And I feel it And I feel it
Where you goin’ for tomorrow? Where you goin’ with the mask I found? And I feel, and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her Will she smell alone?
And I feel so much depends on the weather So, is it rainin’ in your bedroom? And I see that these are the eyes of disarray So would you even care?
And I feel it And she feels it
Where you goin’ for tomorrow? Where you goin’ with the mask I found? And I feel, and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her Will she smell alone?
When the dogs do find her Got time, time to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it When the dogs do find her Got time, time to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it
Where you goin’ for tomorrow? Where you goin’ with the mask I found? And I feel, and I feel when the dogs begin to smell her Will she smell alone?
When the dogs do find her Got time, time to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it When the dogs do find her Got time, time to wait for tomorrow To find it, to find it, to find it
Since today is David Lean’s birthday, it only seems appropriate that today’s song of the day should come from the film that is regularly acknowledged as being Lean’s masterpiece, 1962’s Lawrence of Arabia. Composed by Maurice Jarre, here is one of the greatest film scores of all times.
Through the Shattered Lens 