A musical interlude. Helen’s building iPod playlists and has put together a few for the States. The first item is Brazilian songsmith Caetano Veloso’s ‘Soy Loco Por Ti, América’. You may have caught Veloso in Almodovar’s Talk to Her, accompanying himself on the guitar as he sang to a small crowd on the evening passeggiata.
The music for Talk to Her supported the film beautifully; Helen dashed out and bought the soundtrack straight away. Another film I’ve just seen that has a memorable soundtrack is the highly recommended Pieces of April with Stephin Merritt songs sprinkled through it and the marvellous, You, You, You, You, You (sung by Katherine Whalen) over the end credits:
I just want to go to sleep and dream again ‘Cos every dream I dream’s a dream of dreamy little you…
Merritt stands comparison with Cole Porter for his witty lyrics and singable tunes. There’s a bit in Reno, Dakota that goes,
Reno, Dakota, there’s not an iota of kindness in you Alas and alack you just don’t call me back, you make me feel blue Pantone 292
I checked out Pantone 292 and it is a shade of blue.
Yesterday, Helen was ironing along to Vivaldi (Four Seasons, I know, it’s cheesey). She was listening to the remaster of the 1970 Neville Mariner version and for comparison we swapped between it and an old LP she had, conducted and played by someone else. The Mariner version was at least twice as fast. Putting on a vinyl record seemed very strange.
