ESTELLE WAS STEPHEN'S ONLY WEAKNESS -- AND THEN HE FLEW TOO CLOSE TO THE SUN.
PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on an intimate scene between disaster couple Estelle Miller and Stefan Brückner in DVD cover art to the English-language counterculture/ European/ romantic drama/ art film, "More" (1969), written & directed by Barbet Schroeder in his directorial debut.
Art direction/design by Sumio Takemoto (Graphic Manipulator).
Resolution at 1200x1721 & 1200x849
Which one "wore" it better, though? The horizontal or original horizontal version?
„Revolt against kiddy car compacts. Go '67 Dart!" (Print Advertisement for the so called Dodge Rebellion Operation)
Dodge Dart GT convertible
Although discovered on dusty roads somewhere on Ibiza, it cannot be one of the Dodges produced in Spain under license by truck manufacturer Barreiros at that time. This is because from 1965 to 1971 in Villaverde near Madrid only the 1963 version of the Dart was built. And it was only available as a saloon and estate with a slightly different look. A Dodge Diesel and the Dart 3700 GT followed in 1969. Barely 18,000 of all these Spanish versions were produced.
If you know more than the average European like us about this car, which you hardly ever get to see here, let us know.
Guess what, dear followers? It’s first listen album thoughts time again! This time for the album that comes next chronologically after A Saucerful of Secrets: More!
Cirrus Minor
The bird sounds intro is pretty calming but a bit too long imo. This has a very calming but also kind of ominous vibe (because of the melody and keys). I love the acoustic guitar here! And the keys too. A very calming introduction to the album, which is interesting because normally albums start out with something energetic/that has a punch. It kind of gives me Aphex Twin vibes at the end because of the melody/keys. I like how it grows more and more ominous at the end (it kind of gives me echoes vibes as well).
2. The Nile Song
And then we suddenly get punched in the face with this! A very different vibe from the song before! A very energetic song that is out of character for Floyd’s usual sound. I already heard this song before many times and it is one of my absolute favorite underrated gems from them! I love how heavy and energetic this song is! I kind of wish that more Floyd songs were this energetic. I also adore the drums here! They hit so hard and give the song a head-banging vibe. My absolute favorite part is when someone screams and the guitar goes crazy at this part: 2:50-3:06. I may like this song so much because I like heavier music more in general, and I like it more than Ibiza Bar (which sounds very similar to this song)
3. The Crying Song
I love the xylophone/marimba here! It gives off major spring vibes. The guitar here is also lovely. I like how calming this song is. The vocal harmonies are lovely too! The guitar solo really reminds me of George Harrison a lot.
4. Up The Khyber
The drums here are pretty good. How the keys travel between speakers if you’re listening with headphones is interesting! Otherwise this is kind of a weird song, I don‘t really like it. :/
5. Green Is The Colour
The guitars here are very lovely! And the flute is cute too! I was smiling while listening to this! The high soft and gentle voice from David here is great and makes the song all the more lovely and pleasant to listen to. The keys here are great as well. A very cute song! I love it. It really reminds me of The Beatles more softer ballads. One of my favorites off this album along with The Nile Song.
6. Cymbaline
The drums here are great! The keys as well. I like the soft sound of this song too! The lyrics are very good too as well. The general soft/calming vibes of this album is great! Especially since I am listening to it at night currently where I am. The scatting solo by David is very lovely and great as well and gives the song a lot of charm. This song feels like a summer stroll at night tbh. And the the song suddenly grows more and more ominous and ethereal with the keys, as if there’s a higher presence there with you on your summer stroll. Also one of my favorites along with the songs previously mentioned
7. Party Sequence
The drums here are interesting! Otherwise this is just a boring intermission. Did not like it
8. Main Theme:
Very ominous intro with the gong and keys! This song kind of feels like someone died/the theme of a horror movie. Gives me Saucerful of Secrets vibes as well. It gives the vibes of being in a car and being able to watch a strange extraterrestrial world through the glass going about its daily life while you pass it by. The bass and keys here are especially good!
9. Ibiza Bar
A very energetic song in comparison to the last one! It’s also much more happy than the last one. It’s definitely very similar to The Nile Song, but with very different lyrics! The keys in this song definitely add to the song more than the Nile song (which doesn’t have any). This song feels like a happy ending to a movie tbh. I like this one too, but it feels too similar to The Nile Song for me to love it.
10. More Blues
I love the melody here that the guitar plays! It kind of feels like psychedelic blues tbh. Feels like you’re in a music club where everybody had a little too much to drink and everyone is now trying to chill out.
11. Quicksilver
A very ominous song! The gong and keys definitely contribute the most to this atmosphere. This song feels like you’re in the desert and you’re very dehydrated and hungry, feeling despaired at this situation. It also feels like there is a kind of malicious presence with you, but you don’t know what. This feels like a horror movie soundtrack piece as well. This song honestly reminds me of Aphex Twin as well.
12. A Spanish Piece
The voice caught me very offguard! It really reminds me of the Blue Meanie chief from the Yellow Submarine movie. I don’t like this song honestly because it has these weird outdated/icky stereotypes about Spain/Mexico (the song confuses the two for some reason??) :/ I think it’s supposed to be “funny” because of the accent but it’s doing nothing for me for the reason previously listed
13. Dramatic Theme
As the title says, this definitely is dramatic! The bass line here is particularly cool! It gives me Saucerful of Secrets vibes as well.
In general, the first half of the album is great and calming with a lot of underrated gems, but the second half is kind of… eh? Not that good (With the exception of Ibiza Bar). The small intermission songs are also kind of unnecessary and weird, they don’t contribute anything good to this album. I am definitely mixed on this album… I would probably listen to it again only if I want to sleep (in a positive way of course). I know it’s supposed to be a soundtrack album, and maybe it’s better within the context of the movie, but I’ve never seen it and am solely judging this album by the music alone. Though the underrated gems I mentioned I will definitely listen to again! Next up is Ummagumma and I hope I have enough patience to listen to it! Especially since people either love it or hate it, I’ve heard. We’ll see how I like that album :)
"More" is the third studio album and first soundtrack album by English rock band Pink Floyd. It was released on the 13th of June 1969 in the United Kingdom by EMI Columbia and on the 9th of August 1969 in the United States by Tower Records. The soundtrack is for the film of the same name, which was primarily filmed on location on Ibiza and was the directorial debut of Barbet Schroeder. It was the band's first album without former leader Syd Barret
Pink Floyd - Soundtrack From The Film "More". Año 1969. Edición USA. Reedición 2016. Rock psicodélico, rock progresivo. Pink Floyd Music Ltd. Es el tercer álbum de la banda y también el primer álbum sin contar con la participación de Syd Barrett, ya que este fue expulsado luego del lanzamiento del álbum anterior "A Saucerful of Secrets"; también es la música compuesta y grabada en 1969 para la película More, dirigida por Barbet Schroeder. Pink Floyd - Roger Waters - bajo, gong. - David Gilmour - guitarra, voz. - Richard Wright - teclados, coros. - Nick Mason - batería, percusión. Producción - Pink Floyd - productor. - James Guthrie - remastrizado. - Bernie Grundman - remasterizado. - Joel Plante - remasterizado. Tracklist: A1 Cirrus Minor 5:18 A2 The Nile Song 3:27 A3 Crying Song 3:34 A4 Up The Khyber 2:13 A5 Green Is The Colour 2:58 A6 Cymbaline 4:49 A7 Party Sequence 1:07 B1 Main Theme 5:31 B2 Ibiza Bar 3:16 B3 More Blues 2:12 B4 Quicksilver 7:10 B5 A Spanish Piece 1:05 B6 Dramatic Theme 2:16 #musiccollection #coleccióndemúsica #vinilos #viniloschile #viniloslp #rock #sharemusic #compartirmúsica #lp #vinylrecords #pinkfloyd (en Villa Presidente Rios, Higueras) https://www.instagram.com/p/CodCV5aOcgd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
#Herstory #UnDíaComoHoy #MontserratTresserras i Dou (Olot, Garrocha, 29/9/1930-Ibidem, 26/11/2018) la primera #nadadora española que cruzó el estrecho de Gibraltar en 1957. También atravesó el canal de la Mancha en los dos sentidos, de Inglaterra a Francia, junto con el asturiano José Vitos (1958) y de Francia a Inglaterra (1961), y fue la primera mujer en el mundo que lo consiguió. Además de todo eso, fue la primera mujer que hizo la travesía Concordia-Colón (Argentina-Uruguay), en 1963. En 1969 nadó de Menorca a Mallorca en 21h. y 10', y cruzó el lago Ness en 16h. y 13'. En 1965 intentó la travesía Cabo de la Nave-Ibiza, pero abandonó debido a las fuertes corrientes cuando ya llegaba, después de 55h. Estableció los récords en las travesías argentinas de Santa Fe-Coronda (1962: 8h. 20’) y Santa Fe-Rosario (1963: 27h. 45’). Fue la primera persona en hacer la unión a nado de Concordia-Colón (entre Argentina y Uruguay, 1963: 25h. 20’). En 1970 entró en el International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, siendo la primera nadadora en lograrlo. Formó parte de The Channel Swimming Association como socia vitalicia y vicepresidenta. La organización otorga el premio Montserrat Tresserras Shield a los relevos masculinos (6 nadadores) que cruzan el canal de la Mancha, y de las federaciones británica e irlandesa de larga distancia. Ejerció de observadora oficial en muchos intentos de atravesar nadando el canal de la Mancha y el estrecho de Gibraltar. Además formó parte de la Comisión de Aguas Abiertas de la Real Federación Española de Natación desde 1995 hasta 2002. En noviembre de 2011, con motivo del 50 aniversario de su doble cruce del canal, recibió un homenaje multitudinario por su dedicación a esa causa. La "sirena de Olot", como fue denominada en muchas ocasiones, falleció en su ciudad natal, el 26 de noviembre de 2018 a los 58 años. Fue historiadora y divulgadora de la disciplina por lo cual se publicó el libro Nadando el Estrecho. Sus orígenes y su historia (2008) y protagonizó el libro Montserrat Tresserras, la ganadora del canal (1959). #efemérides #deportistas #mujeresydeporte #educarenigualdad #educarenfeminismo #schooloffeminism https://www.instagram.com/p/CjFQa7cD6a_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
Klaus Grünberg and Mimsy Farmer in More (Barbet Schroeder, 1969)
Cast: Klaus Grünberg, Mimsy Farmer, Heinz Engelmann, Michel Chanderli, Henry Wolf, Louise Wink. Screenplay: Paul Gégauff, Barbet Schroeder, Mimsy Farmer, Eugene Archer, Paul Gardner. Cinematography: Néstor Almendros. Art direction: Néstor Almendros, Fran Lewis. Film editing: Denise de Casablanca, Rita Roland. Music: Pink Floyd.
A vivid downer film, in which a German student (Klaus Grünberg) and an American hippie (Mimsy Farmer) get more deeply involved in drugs, moving from pot to LSD to heroin. More avoids some of the clichés of films about the counterculture of the late '60s -- it doesn't try to re-create the drug experience with camera tricks but instead views its characters externally as it traces their disintegration. It places its more sordid sequences against the beauty of Ibiza to good effect, and the cinematography of Néstor Almendros makes the most of the location, but the film still feels heavy and dated.