Good music and other good stuff on youtube and Facebook
Good music and other good stuff on youtube and Facebook
I hope this doesn't upset the PTB, but I saw this today and thought it needed to be shared. Actually I thought of Estel first because of her love of classical music.
http://www.sonnyradio.com/swanlake_0001.swf
http://www.sonnyradio.com/swanlake_0001.swf
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I agree AJ. Swan Lake is one of my favorite pieces of music.
I was able to see the Mariinsky Ballet do this a while back.

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My sister had sent me this a while back, and I had posted a similar link to it at B77, though I believe your link is a higher quality link. It is amazing.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yk6aXgHME4
Rachael Yamagata
I heard her sing this song on Acoustic Cafe last night. I also like her Elephants, but it's so sad that I try not listen to it much.
Rachael Yamagata

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Oh, I haven't spammed this board yet? So here goes.
I found the full With Fire and Sword on YouTube, with English subtitles. It's an epic based on the classic Polish novel, a romance set on the background of a war that Ukrainian Cossacks (not theseCossacks, these Cossacks) waged against Poland, for independence of sorts.
I highly recommend this movie. I feel certain that PJ took lessons from it, but unfortunately not enough (Tartars peering over a log while two good guys are hiding underneath! Huge wartowers aflame! A fat hero who cares most for food, drink and merriment, but is fierce as a dragon in a pinch!). I defy anyone not to root for the "bad" guy.
My only complaint is, the female lead is very pretty, but otherwise just a prop. But very pretty.
A warning for realistic, violent battles.

I found the full With Fire and Sword on YouTube, with English subtitles. It's an epic based on the classic Polish novel, a romance set on the background of a war that Ukrainian Cossacks (not theseCossacks, these Cossacks) waged against Poland, for independence of sorts.
I highly recommend this movie. I feel certain that PJ took lessons from it, but unfortunately not enough (Tartars peering over a log while two good guys are hiding underneath! Huge wartowers aflame! A fat hero who cares most for food, drink and merriment, but is fierce as a dragon in a pinch!). I defy anyone not to root for the "bad" guy.

A warning for realistic, violent battles.
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I may have to check that out. I've seen some Polish cinema, mostly Kieslowski, and I did see a few names on the actor list, like Zbigniew Zamachowski, whom I loved in "Trzy kolory: Bialy" and "Dekalog, dziesiec" (and Jerzy Stuhr was a great counterpoint to him in both films--it would have been nice to see his name in this as well). Other familiar names include Daniel Olbrychski, Zbigniew ZapasiewiczFrelga wrote:Oh, I haven't spammed this board yet? So here goes.![]()
I found the full With Fire and Sword on YouTube, with English subtitles. It's an epic based on the classic Polish novel, a romance set on the background of a war that Ukrainian Cossacks (not theseCossacks, these Cossacks) waged against Poland, for independence of sorts.
I highly recommend this movie. I feel certain that PJ took lessons from it, but unfortunately not enough (Tartars peering over a log while two good guys are hiding underneath! Huge wartowers aflame! A fat hero who cares most for food, drink and merriment, but is fierce as a dragon in a pinch!). I defy anyone not to root for the "bad" guy.My only complaint is, the female lead is very pretty, but otherwise just a prop. But very pretty.
A warning for realistic, violent battles.
Speaking of Kieslowski, here is one of his student films with a dubbed Polish jazz score by Skalpel; the visuals and music together are a real treat. It is a silent film, but the pictures tell the story, and the music keeps it hopping.
Krzysztof Kieslowski vs. Skalpel - Tramwaj So Far
Unbelievably hot.
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Great stuff, Alatar! Your next role, perhaps?
I haven't seen that movie since it was first in theaters. The group I was with walked out singing the score:
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“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King