NMT 18
Everyone say Happy Birthday to Allison. Our bonus tracks will be aimed at her since it's her day and all (and don't the rest of you greedy bastards be looking for special birthday NMT's. I always forget hers, so it's only fair). Happy birthday Alison, uh, I mean Allison.
Our pick this week comes from the movie Once. You may remember this was mentioned way back on NMT 10. The lead singer from the Irish band The Frames is the lead in this film and he sings his own songs in it. I loved this movie and you should all watch it. Now (and this is for Amanda's benefit only, since the rest of you have your men pretty much house broken at this point), it's listed as a musical, but I can assure you it's not at all. There is a lot of music in it and they sing a lot, but it's not like regular musicals where everyone sings what they are doing, they just sing their own songs in proper context, recording, busking on the street, etc. You do get a feel for some of the back story a little from the lyrics, but that's what good songs do.
The story is basically, this guy is a songwriter and sings on the street for change (called busking in Europe) and working with his dad. He meets a Czech woman (hey I think Allison spent time in Czechoslovakia - double bonus) on the street, they hang out, she convinces him to record his songs and go to London to find his ex. That's the short version, but it's really was a great movie that's very personal and is made with heart. It's done very low key, mostly hand held shots so you get that feeling you're watching someone film an actual moment.
Anyways, I won't give it all away. I will tell you that as I understand it, the actors fell in love while making the movie and are dating now. When you watch the movie, you can see it.
I'll set up the part of the film this song comes from: The girl comes back the next day because she wants him to fix her vacuum (that's what he does with his dad) and he takes her to get coffee. They talk about music and how she used to play piano, but doesn't have one in her apartment. She goes to a local music shop during lunch and the owner lets her play for an hour.
So they go to this shop, she sits down at the piano and plays him some wonderful music. She then asks him to show her one of his songs so they can play together. He does and this is what happens:
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly:
Bonus Tracks:
Happy Birthday my dear. Everybody: get your bandannas out.
Damn, the 80's were not kind...
Our pick this week comes from the movie Once. You may remember this was mentioned way back on NMT 10. The lead singer from the Irish band The Frames is the lead in this film and he sings his own songs in it. I loved this movie and you should all watch it. Now (and this is for Amanda's benefit only, since the rest of you have your men pretty much house broken at this point), it's listed as a musical, but I can assure you it's not at all. There is a lot of music in it and they sing a lot, but it's not like regular musicals where everyone sings what they are doing, they just sing their own songs in proper context, recording, busking on the street, etc. You do get a feel for some of the back story a little from the lyrics, but that's what good songs do.
The story is basically, this guy is a songwriter and sings on the street for change (called busking in Europe) and working with his dad. He meets a Czech woman (hey I think Allison spent time in Czechoslovakia - double bonus) on the street, they hang out, she convinces him to record his songs and go to London to find his ex. That's the short version, but it's really was a great movie that's very personal and is made with heart. It's done very low key, mostly hand held shots so you get that feeling you're watching someone film an actual moment.
Anyways, I won't give it all away. I will tell you that as I understand it, the actors fell in love while making the movie and are dating now. When you watch the movie, you can see it.
I'll set up the part of the film this song comes from: The girl comes back the next day because she wants him to fix her vacuum (that's what he does with his dad) and he takes her to get coffee. They talk about music and how she used to play piano, but doesn't have one in her apartment. She goes to a local music shop during lunch and the owner lets her play for an hour.
So they go to this shop, she sits down at the piano and plays him some wonderful music. She then asks him to show her one of his songs so they can play together. He does and this is what happens:
Glen Hansard & Marketa Irglova - Falling Slowly:
Bonus Tracks:
Happy Birthday my dear. Everybody: get your bandannas out.
Damn, the 80's were not kind...
posted by Richard at 8:47 PM
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Happy Birthday Allison. Hope it's a great day.
Great tunes this week. I might actually dig this movie recommendation, for once.
Bring back the '80s!
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