And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
"Downtown (Downtempo)" performed by Anya Taylor-Joy - Well, that was interesting - or was it intoxicating?
I fell in love with this version of the song from the first moment I watched it. She's mesmerizing. And yes, the music is hauntingly beautiful.
It gave me an idea for a dystopian video, but using the official song audio without the addition of the movie dialog. For the video component: scenes from the various BLM riots, especially at night, with the "mostly peaceful" fires consuming...Downtown.
The mere mention of that horrible Jewish lady makes me want to puke. She went from a really talented young singer to the most despicable, intolerable libtard witch and remains so since then.
Go downtown now days, and it's trash, get mugged, or a lot of bums wanting money for drugs. Great voice on that woman, love it, the way the song was done not so much.
Good tune is just that - a good tune. But! Going back to "when Hector was a pup", I remember the first time hearing Nora Jones sing "I Don't Why". It left me slack-jawed. Tune played a lot on the local "smooth jazz" station we had back then. Never tired of it except it set me to thinking she was singing to me - serenata.
That was kind of surreal.
ReplyDeleteBrilliant. Music not vid. I would have thought that Peter Gabriel arranged and produced however I could not find that connection. Strings amazing.
ReplyDeleteOh.... vocals too.
ReplyDeleteTake an upbeat song and feed it Quaaludes. Not my cuppa, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI fell in love with this version of the song from the first moment I watched it. She's mesmerizing. And yes, the music is hauntingly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt gave me an idea for a dystopian video, but using the official song audio without the addition of the movie dialog. For the video component: scenes from the various BLM riots, especially at night, with the "mostly peaceful" fires consuming...Downtown.
This young lady can't hold a candle to Petula Clark's original version.
ReplyDeleteYep.
Delete60 years later I still hear it in the grocery store sometimes.
Got that right
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DeleteThe only 'new' female singer that I've liked in the last twenty years is Norah Jones. The lip syncing and auto-tune thing don't do it for me.
ReplyDeleteLast Night In Soho was the movie but I don’t remember the song being played in it.
ReplyDeleteDifferent. But Meh.
ReplyDeleteI prefer the original version. This was like waking up from a slight overdose of downers the next morning.
Barbara Streisand has an ironical version of "Happy Days Are Here Again." Well worth listening to.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I liked this version of "Downtown." It is always interesting how tempo and voicing can change or even invert the meaning of a lyric.
The mere mention of that horrible Jewish lady makes me want to puke. She went from a really talented young singer to the most despicable, intolerable libtard witch and remains so since then.
DeleteWhy is her religion relevant?????
DeleteI get that her politics may not be your cup of tea... but why is her religion any of your concern?
creepy.
ReplyDeleteI think she's 3D AI....I keep waiting for her eyes to finally drift completely apart and meet in the back of her head. :/
At least they took the hook out of her mouth before recording.
ReplyDeleteGo downtown now days, and it's trash, get mugged, or a lot of bums wanting money for drugs.
ReplyDeleteGreat voice on that woman, love it, the way the song was done not so much.
I'm glad so many liked the original, I thought it was just me. So many old guys just want hard rock.
ReplyDeleteHorrible version and she is tough to look at.
ReplyDeleteI liked it but I am a huge Anya Taylor-Joy fan!
ReplyDeleteGood tune is just that - a good tune. But! Going back to "when Hector was a pup", I remember the first time hearing Nora Jones sing "I Don't Why". It left me slack-jawed. Tune played a lot on the local "smooth jazz" station we had back then. Never tired of it except it set me to thinking she was singing to me - serenata.
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