adrmb

I hate grades out of ten. I hate grades. I hate stars. But the album is superb :)

But rating is life (incredibly useful for cataloging preferences XD), star ratings are life, but:
a) we would need half stars like in rateyourmusic
b) Filmscoop has instilled in me an absolute preference for the decimal scale.

Anyway, I didn’t know what to write ahah, but really yes, best Italian singer-songwriter.

Cataloging is systematic. I've realized that I can't catalog all my shades of preference :D

Pft, you're such a literary type u.u

Wonderful album. I would have given it 9 and 3/4, or maybe even 10--.

Eh, I want to listen to Mezzogiorno sulle Alpi first XD

The ones that follow are even better...

Hype :^)

The musicians playing in here... Wow. Anyway, yes, the then-new Alice was incredible in my opinion. "Park Hotel" is a beautiful album, but what luludia says about at least two of the subsequent albums is true.

But that truly moves me.

But ahah why

Because it’s wonderful to find new admirers of this album.

I'm already spamming it everywhere and in every lake u.u

Beautiful, beautiful.

Let's be clear here, I would have given it a 5 regardless just for the beauty of the cover. XD

One of the most beautiful and akin to the music of the album that I have ever seen.

Here someone is getting proggarloizzando... ;-)

Ugh! :( I meant to say "proggarolizzando"

AHAHAHAH And I would even speed up the process without any unimorts involved e.e

@[adrmb] I found this tag just because I listened to it today and came to read something about it here. Absurd, who knows how long ago you tagged me haha. Anyway, I love Ant, definitely one of my favorites from when I was listening to mostly prog, and I'm getting back into it after a long time. The album is uniquely beautiful, but a special mention goes to Master Of Time, the demo/bonus track, which I think is one of the best things he's done.

Regarding the characterization of the characters, I have something to say...

I meant to say that they seemed faithful to those in the book XD

that I haven't read. Then I only saw the first movie.

Get them back, the saga is very beautiful in my opinion.

When I have time...

Brafo, I'm awaiting your opinion u.u

On books or movies? Because I hate reading.

The only one I liked almost as much as the book

@[tonysoprano] I was talking about books XD Movies are really terrible, but I find the books decent and enjoyable. But if you don't like reading... XD

I noticed on your profile that you are also passionate about Japanese animation. That's a good thing.

Even though I truly know very few anime/anime films.

I just finished watching 'Anne of Green Gables', it was beautiful ^
Anyway, I still don't know many, but I have an adoration for Takahata. XD

I particularly appreciate Japanese comics, even though I've never had continuity with this interest.

Here, I’m really lacking in manga; I’ve only read 'Death Note.'

I have read (and I recommend) Devil Man, Berserk, Monster (the BEST), Full Metal Alchemist, and Claymore.

Thank you very much! ^^

interesting...

@[Onirico] let me know if you manage to get it back!

Right. In terms of story and characters, this is the younger brother of Snow White; I can't stand any of them except the villain, who, however, has half the charisma of the witch from '37.

Yes, but Aurora is a great character u.u, she's very modern, lively, and mischievous in the little screen time she gets. I quote the creator of the Disney Compendium when he says that half of her drawn eyebrow artistically sinks 'Maleficent' ahahah. And Maleficent rules, I'm sorry u.u XDD But it's mainly thanks to Marc Davis's animation, he worked so hard to make her always cold and composed (note that she is practically the opposite of the neurotic Cruella, what a great Davis). And the suspense-filled scene with the spindle? ^

But indeed Maleficent is a mean villain, no doubt about it. But I prefer the neurosis of Cruella; it gives me more anxiety. I'm talking about characterizations, not animations, which are unquestionable. However, the real show stealer is always Queen Grimhilde with her psychedelic hallucinogenic transformations in "Little Bastard Chemistry" mode. It's too impressive. Aurora may be what you say, but she still annoys me :D And "Maleficent" doesn't need to be buried by anything; it does just fine on its own :D

By the way, have you read Fellini's opinion on the gothic part of Snow White? ^

No. What does it say?

One aspect that particularly impressed me was perhaps the least obvious, yet it was consistently present in all of his films: a more unsettling, darker, more sinister aspect, reminiscent of a gothic fairy tale, a dark fairy tale. The parts that seem the most beautiful, the most successful, were precisely those that pertained to this ability of his to evoke - always with the same sign, so enveloping, curvilinear, soft, fluffy - to evoke atmospheres that are truly gloomy, almost like a horror film.

One of the most beautiful sequences, also for its touch of great psychological finesse, is precisely when the queen, overwhelmed by jealousy because she learned that there is someone in the realm more beautiful than herself, tries to create a fruit, a poisoned apple to make Snow White bite it. Here we see a psychological finesse of a great author: the queen, in order to make the apple more enticing, more irresistible, tends to make it so beautiful, so luscious, that almost she herself is tempted, that almost she herself would like to bite this poisoned fruit. And at one moment, she offers it to a black crow (...), which recoils in fright.

On that occasion, Fellini extended the discussion to other Disney works, such as Pinocchio (1940), where he talked about the scene in which the wooden puppet and Lampwick turn into "donkeys," comparing it to the scene present in the original work by Carlo Collodi: "While in Collodi it had the buffoonish and moralistic tones of a punitive metamorphosis, in Disney the scene took on the truly unsettling tones of a horror film; it was the metamorphosis of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." Ahhhhh ^
Ale Montosi Blog: Biancaneve, Disney e l'horror: tra le critiche degli adulti e gli elogi di Federico Fellini <-- source u.u

He's right, but after all, "Snow White" was a German fairy tale from the early 19th century that already had this somewhat gothic and dark fairy tale aspect, and the Disney movie captures that well. Traditional fairy tales can sometimes be quite creepy, not to mention horror films.

And the flocks of birds even more. (And guess whose fault it is, rip)

:D That movie has always given me terrible anxiety, but it hasn't reflected in reality. I don't freak out over flocks of birds.

F*** YOU, yes, one day I heard them chirping everywhere, and out of nowhere a leaf hit me in the face and I nearly had a heart attack.

We are all psychologically vulnerable. Imagine someone who watches "Snow White" and then develops a fear of apples XD Not to mention the people who, after "It," start beating up clowns at birthday parties.

Oh my God, now that you mention it, my grandparents told me that when I was little I got an insane anxiety about wheelchairs, and when my grandmother used one temporarily in the hospital, I went totally crazy, help XDD

That, however, didn’t come from the movies; it was all yours. I’m convinced I enjoy listening to psychedelic music without taking acid because of certain elephants, can you believe it?

*coff coff* Heidi *coff coff* Clara *coff coff* the little goats say hello to you *coff coff*

Well, that snippet has truly become iconic ahuahuahuahu

Yes, but it's a bit worrying. I watched something about Pollon as a kid on TV, but oh, I don't remember a damn thing.

Same, at the end I remember it had like a butterfly emblem, I laugh, but nothing more lol. As for mythology, as a kid I used to devour the little books of Banane D'Oro, I don’t know if you know them.

No. I rediscovered Greek mythology thanks to classical high school. Before that, I only had the distorted view from "Hercules," and just imagine the shock of discovering 1) how brutal they actually were 2) what the real relationship and bond between Heracles and Hera was.

I discovered wonderful stories in those 5 years. Gruesome to the limit. Panic. Death everywhere, torture, damnation, annoying and whimsical characters, scenes that today’s splatter can sweep the floor with, eyeballs popping out, hangings, wars, and the madonna! There's "Oedipus Rex," that bestial masterpiece by that crazy guy Sophocles, it's the first thriller in history :D

Yes yes, everything is nice, but nothing compared to the versions of Cicero that used to earn me nice 9s hehe. I really should get back to mythology anyway.

#teamclassico To continue the saga of misfortunes (Sofocles is one of my favorite authors, in case it wasn’t clear) "Oedipus at Colonus" and especially "Antigone." Another story of mishaps and anguish from which there is no escape. And you can tell that up on Olympus they were really indulging, huh.

No, seriously, "Antigone" is terrible, #tearsinrain. I think I experienced high school a bit differently than you. I did better in literature than in grammar; I've never let go of mythology (I'm the kind of weirdo who re-reads the Iliad just for fun), while I really struggled much more with translations (well, Latin wasn't too bad, but Greek—brrr...). Unless the story I had to translate really grabbed me (psychologically engaging). And I ended up with some "beautiful" stories even with the translations. The trial of Catiline? A blast. But that was history; gruesome mythology is more fascinating because the brutalities are fantasy. ;)

Oh dear, I remember the titles and the general storyline, but I've wiped the content from my mind, I'm so ashamed ahah. When I finish my exams, I'll get back to them lol.

...We have never made the Iliad...
RIP.

And what the hell kind of classic was #liceofamocomecepare? XD We spent eons or something like that on the Iliad...

Well, I too remember a lot of things broadly in literature, but not in Greek or Roman because I'm really passionate about it, so I often revisit those. However, certain Italian literature, for instance… Who the hell remembers that? But go ahead, bring them back, those pages are dripping with blood, watch out XD

In the first year, we had a screwed-up teacher who gave us two bullshit sheets in September with the summaries of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and then we jumped straight into the Aeneid (which was supposed to be in the second year's syllabus). On the bright side, the following year we studied 'I Promessi Sposi' with the new teacher, and I really love them.
Do you know how to read in meter?

Latin? I had learned it. Will it be like riding a bike? No, because I didn’t keep applying the technique afterwards... I got it, the difficult one was pro-Roman Empire :D But am I the only one who did these things both in Gymnasium and in high school? I’ve always had prepared, capable, and passionate teachers about the subject. Even in Italian literature. However, I still don’t like "I promessi sposi." But so much earlier Italian literature does appeal to me, a lot. Unfortunately, I had a terrible luck with English literature, which I fortunately love on my own; if it had depended on my teacher...

And with all due respect for Virgilione, trivializing these two Homeric works is criminal.

I... in fifth grade I got really into the math program, laughing.
Me too, a loser in English; our teacher was super prepared, but he didn’t command respect, so during his classes there was always an insane mess. So, well... was your teacher a bitch instead? XD

Anyway, you're making me nostalgic for the classics, help, I want to go back.

The worst of the worst, even if not helped by those fucking elements in class (in fact, from you, as from me, there shouldn’t have been all that chaos okay the professor needs to keep control, but a little, I say a little self-control, there was no limit from us...) ended up becoming boring, arrogant, and definitely essetierreoennezetaa with everyone. And no, I didn't like how she treated the subject. But we did well in Milton, I have to admit that.

Not me. Let's not exaggerate XD

It's just that, I don't know, when I think about it I feel a bit of nostalgia; I believe I could have delved deeper into the various literatures. If I went back now, I'd probably tackle everything with more rigor and passion, definitely.

"I don't like 'Pocahontas' but it's not that horrible either, so sooner or later I'll watch 'The Hunchback.' The only Hugo I know is 'Les Misérables,' of which I've seen a few adaptations. I liked the films more than the book :D Anyway, it's obvious that it's for kids and the themes are treated in a certain way, more sweetened, especially in the Disney of the '90s, but I'll watch it as a curiosity and for entertainment, I don't expect Satoshi Kon XD Oh, and there's no denying it, your link clearly refreshed my memory on two things: the characters in 'Beauty and the Beast' are drawn poorly, just look at Belle as soon as she appears in your link; the sets of 'Beauty and the Beast' are extraordinary, just open your link and pause on the first image, really cool. So, alternating drawings. "Then I adore the whole dark, decaying, and paradoxically enveloping atmosphere that is created." You keep staying FAR AWAY from "Once Upon a Time (the cool Disney movies)," okay?

Yes, yes, you’re absolutely right about the first statement; the thing is, I don’t like Disney when it tries to moralize with such complex themes (it's a different matter when it uses allegory, like in Alice—you can draw all the reflections you want from it, but the screen adaptation “boils down” to a pure hallucinogenic experience). It doesn’t have the background for it; I prefer it on simpler, straightforward stories that it can flesh out (the most obvious example is 'Cinderella', but 'The Jungle Book' also comes to mind). Then I can fully appreciate the work in animation/storytelling/atmospheres, all the rest, basically.
I need to rewatch Kon, especially 'Millennium Actress'. XDD
But seriously, I was thinking about starting OUAT in late summer, help XD

Kon is serious business; you have to rewatch everything at least once a year by law. Jokes aside, let's be serious: "OUAT, I was thinking of starting it in late summer, help." You're right to ask for help, just forget it, it's a mess beyond redemption #saveatleastyourself

Once I come out of the tunnel of 'The Tale of the Princess Kaguya', you'll see
Oooh, do you know Hosoda? Today and tomorrow they’re showing one of his films, GO, GO, GOOO!

What will we see? Kon, I want to hope :D Seriously, OUAT has reached a point where it waved goodbye to ridiculousness and then surpassed it like Gassman in the famous movie. With the middle finger. I don't know Hosoda and I looked up his resume: he's someone who made films about Digimon and one about One Piece (a series I have fragmented memories of and mixed opinions about). Not a great start, recommend me something that can lift my spirits.

Well, for sure tonight it's 'Citizen Kane' u.u
So, shoot 'The Girl Who Leapt Through Time' (my favorite), then 'Wolf Children' and finally 'Summer Wars'. Anyway, none stands out as a masterpiece, but they're all rather noteworthy products in my humble opinion.

Alright. I've gotten my passion for cinema back, so I'll catch up on them. Will you be watching "Citizen Kane" for the first time?

Ah good, well then I'm waiting for the review on Omohide poroporo hehe

Yesss, the first one, #hype

My friend, when I watch a movie there’s a 90% chance that I’ll write about it 6 months later so #bepatient

"Yesss, the first" I'm sorry, really, I can't resist, forgive me immagine:kane-spoiler-1973.png?3e4165

Soon you are dead.

Uhm, how is this?
(Well, I have to watch 'Tokyo Ghoul' now XD)

Ken Shiro? Never seen it? It's awesome. Hilarious/dark. Post-apocalyptic setting, crazy fights, and cool characters. Super stylish. Not to mention iconic.

"Tokyo Ghoul" is missing for me. What is it?

Mmmhmmh. We'll see u.u

Anime has two seasons, it's like a cult of vampires (?) (But I've only seen one episode, so I know very little :D)

Come on, "Hokuto no Ken" is a must :D Vampire set, so I have to watch it for sure. Ugh.

I still feel nauseous thinking about Toilette, can you believe it?

Here's a list of movies that will help you get rid of that nausea, if you want ;)

Please proceed.

"Let Me In" (but you might already know this) avoid the American remake like the plague. "Only Lovers Left Alive," "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night," "Byzantium," "What We Do in the Shadows" (wonderful black comedy). All from 2008 to 2014. From Japanese animation, "Blood: The Last Vampire" and the two "Vampire Hunter," especially the second one.

No, I had never heard them before. XD
Thank you!

They are all great films. "Let the Right One In," a Swedish gem, is the one that feels most like a masterpiece, though.

You're welcome, I've only seen the first of Tuailait, I waved and today I don't even think about it. I was much worse off with Buffy...

The sequels are even worse. XD My sister monopolizes the TV every time they air them, rip to me. #miasorellaeilcinemadueretteparall ele

#don’tmakeittoolong

My condolences, anyway :D

To re-evaluate Kristen Stewart, there’s "Sils Maria" anyway. To re-evaluate Pattinson, there’s #buonanotte.

I tried to show her the scene from the you-know-what catwalk... nothing at all, help.

Come on, in the family, one with normal tastes is enough :D Of course, taken out of context, the scene with the pastry might not have the same effect on me either, who knows.

Well, my father is saved too; his flaw is that he's too obsessed with Kubrick and is a bit picky about everything else XD. But the discomfort with that film, MY GOD, I was in a loop for like a month XD (even though I never understood if the final flashbacks were added later or originally conceived by Leone; maybe you can help me with that).

Ah, I wouldn’t know, I guess it has always been like this, conceived like this, from what I know.

Are you the only movie buff in the family? XD

Yes. I mean, my family likes watching movies too, even good ones. But they tend to choose randomly and alongside the good stuff, they watch a lot of crap that’s better left alone. Still, we can definitely watch some great movies together.

Alright, enough internet for today, let's go do something constructive :D

Microeconomics, bye. Have a good evening!

Nothing. But I will manage to get you to add that missing star if I play my cards right. :D

T O M O R R O W

No. Not tomorrow. You still don't have the part for this track, also because I still need to finish it :D

I will reply to the message in about an hour.

In fact, I meant, tomorrow I'll read the first thirty XD

You can only say #zublime.

@[hjhhjij] fifth star is coming, he is re-adding Foxtrot as a personal preference 😂

Sorry, you can't change the rating; when there are comments under the collected work, it can't be modified ahahahahahahahah muahahahahhaha you have to delete it and resubmit ahahahahahah

Well, it was symbolic lol who cares about the little stars AHAH

The two standout tracks, however, are Supper and Can-Utility. Now, Supper is extraordinary, inspired, delicious, eclectic, but Can-Utility: the best of the band condensed into five minutes, there’s EVERYTHING: the delicate beginning of Hackett that gives way to yet another extraordinary mellotron embroidery by Banks, evocative, then an exhilarating duet with Collins: and finally Banks takes back the dominance of the keyboards and concludes with baroque patterns.

I completely agree with you about Can-Utility; if we were to playfully choose the twenty best tracks by Genesis, it would definitely be in the top 5. Supper's Ready would be in the top 3.

Which are the other two, Musical and Firth?

Actually no, not Firth, I mean Entangled 😂

"The Musical Box" is undisputed number one for me. But after that, there are no positions that are too precise, as it should be. I can tell you which ones I would place among the top 10, but they are interchangeable.

I really like the choice of "Entangled." A lot. Because it's another one I would put in my top 5.

And then "The Lamia."

The Lamia is my personal number 1, but then yes there would be too many that would fit, too many.

But of course. For me, it's impossible to rank even the albums that came out between '70 and '76, let alone the songs.

Yes, instead, Selling in last position 😈

MMm yes, in the end the last position (which would still keep them distanced by 2-3 spans in quality compared to the post '77 albums) would be played out between him and "Wind and Wuthering," then I'll put "Trespass." And then, I don’t know, among the 4 that remain, I really don’t know. I would have once said "Foxtrot," but now I don’t know.

Both in Selling and in W&W, if you think about it, there’s Rutherford who’s being a pain in the ass as an author with "More Fool Me" and "In Your Own Special Way."

Let's say that my favorite remains Foxtrot precisely because I find it a perfect progressive album. I know many (the Internet is a very dark place) who actually think that the tracks on side A are quite underwhelming. I mean, how can they say such a thing with that ridiculously beautiful flute solo in "Get 'em out," ahahah? Not for me; I wouldn't skip any track, and at least for me, all of them could potentially be their representatives. Then I would include "Lamb" for its modern sound and "experimentalism," and then, well, as you say... with albums that have "Entangled," "Stagnation," "Mad Man Moon," "Seven Stones," "the little box," how can you choose? I mentioned "Selling" mainly because I digest "Battle" poorly (but couldn't they have placed "Twilight Alehouse" instead?), and "More" and "the cupboard" don't say anything to me either, but at least they are harmless.

AH, More was drafted?

What I remember is really about Michele Pluto Ruterfio. "I Know What I Like" puts me in disagreement; for me, it's a remarkable pop piece, a demonstration of how they knew how to do these things well when they wanted to, moreover with a perfectly fitting text that only the Gabriel of that time could have thought of (the narrative from the perspective of the mower as satire/snippet of everyday English life). I understand that "Battle" is a bit intricate and verbose because it's practically a theater show all by Gabriel (those problems of a disbanded band and conflicts that marked Selling), but for what it is, it’s excellent; the lyrics are a blast. However, yes, "Twilight Alehouse" don’t get me started, it's true, its inexplicable absence from the studio albums of Genesis is the worst thing about the band in the 70s, aside from Hackett's departure from the group.

So if I could remove something, staying within the timing, then sure, I would choose it over Battle, that's for sure. But it is what it is. I'll gloss over the comments on the A side of "Foxtrot" because it just makes me laugh a bit. "Watcher of the Skies" and "Get'em Out By Friday" (but also the gorgeous "Time Table," huh) being underwhelming is just, like, absurd.

In my opinion, the fact that Selling is an album born from contrasts is very apparent once you get to know the context of the album. For instance, I always feel a little hesitant when I consider that it is somewhat unanimously regarded as their best album (perhaps due to the grandeur of the compositions that recall Court?).

It is considered the best/more representative (even though for me it is neither) because it was the most successful and managed to make the greatest impact on the imagination of the time and perhaps even today, and this is also to its credit, in addition to being a "standard" example in that 1973 of a now-typical way of making music.

The masterpieces of Genesis, in my taste and in chronological order, are:
White Mountain
The Musical Box, Fountain of Salmacis
Watcher of the Skies, Time Table, Horizons, Supper's Ready
Dancing with the Moonlight Knight, Firth of Fifth, The Cinema Show
The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway, Fly on a Windshield, Lilywhite Lilith, Anyway, The Lamia
Dance on a Volcano, Mad Man Moon, A Trick of the Tail
One for the Vine, Blood on the Rooftops
Turn It On Again
Fading Lights

What a wonderful album! I completely agree with your assessment, adrmb.

Be careful, because at least "Dance on a Volcano" deserves a place among their Olympic masterpieces for me.

It's just half a notch below that :D

you can't hear much of what is to come, but a little bit you can!

I quote, at times they show brilliance!

I get why the music is beautiful... It's Hisaishi, not Marco Mengoni xD

Anyway, beautiful movie, one of my favorites from Miazachi. Those dreamy atmospheres...

Kek, anyway, to clarify, my favorite of his is Porco Rosso.

Anyway, Hisaishi on Kaguya is like D I O.

For me, Kaguya is the best from Studio Ghibli.

I ADORE TAKAHATA MASTERRACE

And immediately after, Omohide Poro Poro.

Did you know that Porco Rosso is the only one of his that I haven't seen?

What I miss, pardon :)

RECOVER LESTO TOGETHER WITH TAKAHATA

It's funny how the most successful chapters of the paper saga correspond to the most horrifying film adaptations...

The fifth, my beloved fifth T.T

They are all three in a row. The books I remember most fondly are chapters 4-5-6. The most dreadful movies are 4-5 and 6. What precision.

I also quote the commas, senpai ahah

(Thanks to the double feast Michelangelo infinite and episode of Ulisse ahah)

Stunning! For those who have the chance, I also recommend the Scrovegni Chapel and Padua painted by Giotto.. (you triggered this mental association)..

You know what I miss? I'm making a note of it!

It's wonderful..

Something divine: a nice bottle of Chianti.

Well: with me, you break down a door that never existed... and anyway, out of territorial pride, there are Bonarda from Oltrepò from a few "artisan" wineries that deserve to be passed down to future generations.

Ah. You say that the Sistine Chapel is beautiful then? :D

Well, I've painted better... (at least that's what the director of the asylum where I was a distinguished guest used to say)...

Yes, hj, very pittoVesca ;)

It is known that surnames have a "royal" origin. For generations, the Buonarroti family has been considered skilled in the trade of knife sharpening. He took revenge on the reputation this way.

Beautiful, but in my opinion, to fresco the Sistine Chapel, he should have called Giorgio Cavazzano, no doubt about it.

Oops, it was the fourth, not the fifth, I really need to brush up on art history, no doubt about it.

In what sense 'metallic' effect?

It's a "hard" but smooth sound, I can't quite explain it XD It's the impression it gives me.

It's simply a great album!

For some time now, I've been listening almost exclusively to 'Animali' and 'The final cut.' It remains an absolute masterpiece.

It didn't blow my mind, but it was still a good movie.

Solo reazioni di sospiri

why not?

It inspires me..

@[CosmicJocker] check it out and let me know!

Printed at my keyboardist's print shop in Chivasso 😀

Where these anecdotes come from

Second? And what is the first then?

Isn't it the prophecy?

Of course, it’s me who is foolish, sorry.

I still have to approach Zerocalcare; I'm not very drawn to his drawing style, but your two lines have sparked a bit of curiosity in me. Write a full review if you have the time and desire.

Well, I took advantage of the definitions just for the lack of hassle in writing a review, but who knows 😂 Anyway, the drawing style isn't really among my favorites, but there's substance, though you have to come to terms with a goofy tone and nerd references, which are a trademark of Zerocalcare.