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While the song was arguably cheesy, the scene overall was, again arguably, about Donna realising that James was infatuated with Maddy.
In defense of "Just You...." ... it is one of my favorite scenes in all Twin Peaks. Surreal! The scene is something out of this world, a rupture in the flow of lynch's "realistic" depiction of things, and something that sets up the horrors that shortly follow (including my all-time favorite scene of Frank Silva as Bob).
Re: James's singing-- everyone's a critic, while few people can actually sing. My stance is, "Who cares if a falsetto is good?" Bad singing has a rich history, including the inimitable voice of our current Nobel Laureate in Poetry, Robert Allan Zimmerman, a different BOB.
What's more, I love the multi-generational recursion to ever-more threadbare "rebel" archetypes-- Wally Brando. for me, stands as the apotheosis of the cartoonish James Hurley-as-James-Dean. The 'Rebel Without a Cause" trope is exposed as decadent, stultifying, putrescent. A theme echoed, IMO, by the many muscle cars--classic and of more recent vintage-- in The Return.
"Sheriff Truman, do you want to see my new car? It's a two-thousand---"
Pretty savvy, if you ask me.
«It's a two thousand...» made me laugh as well. ?
His voice must have changed; surely 25 years is long enough for nuts to drop from the tree.
His voice must have changed; surely 25 years is long enough for nuts to drop from the tree.
I read somewhere it was pitch shifted for the track. Dunno how true that is but anyhow, the squeaky thing isn't too hard to manage for most competent singers. I mean, the BeeGees built a career out of it.
Mind you, they were bloody horrible.
I quite like Jive Talkin but then again that's cause I do tend to talk a lot of jive
I quite like Jive Talkin but then again that's cause I do tend to talk a lot of jive
I don't believe the original series would be diminished one bit were James, Donna, and Maddy all completely erased from history. Also, the pre-disco Bee Gees were wonderful and then disco happened.
I don't believe the original series would be diminished one bit were James, Donna, and Maddy all completely erased from history. Also, the pre-disco Bee Gees were wonderful and then disco happened.
With this is admittedly off topic (solidarity in contempt for "Just You..." being the putative topic...?) ... ...And, recognizing that I have no stake in making claims about Bee Gees talent, accomplishment or historical significance...
... It's nevertheless unfair and more than a little inaccurate to blame "disco" for Saturday Night Fever... Better perhaps to instead blame Saturday Night Fever for the mass-media disco fad that so perturbed and preoccupied Steve Dahl and others for the rest of the decade, culminating in Chicago's 'Disco Demolition Night....'
The two 'discos' ("disco," as a musical style avant la lettre and 'disco' as a mainstream cultural phenomenon) had little to do with each other, sociologically; for the musical style, queer-underground POC communities in Manhattan (c.f. this, and this) and Gamble and Huff at Philly International would be good places to start .... Thus Saturday Night Fever and Barry Gibb's falsetto, in hindsight, look more like a mainstreaming of subcultural trends than "disco happening to The Bee Gees...."
In fact, here Bushnell (me) must double down: I love a male voice straining in its upper register (e.g., Otis Redding, Prince...) ... a unique and interesting vocal tradition and the only method to this end short of castration (Alessandro Moreschi ) or silly techniques like recording at reduced speed.... until digital pitch-shifters/vocal transformers and "chopped and screwed" hip hop production....
Well, pardon the ... er... rant. woof.
But y'all are James haters.
What if he belted out a 12-minute prog rock classic. Something from Camel, maybe?
I won't deny the BeeGees - pre, post or mid disco - had talent. Having an appreciation of their talent, however, never translated into liking 'em. Don't matter, though; there's room in the world for all sorts of music.
Unless it's James Hurley singing that damn song.
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What if he belted out a 12-minute prog rock classic. Something from Camel, maybe?
Something from Rush would probably fit in his vocal range. 😉
Perhaps Carl has a more versatile wind instrument and can play us some Jethro Tull.
Perhaps Carl has a more versatile wind instrument and can play us some Jethro Tull.
No we're talking!!! I'm holding out hope for another musical performance from Carl of any sort....
Perhaps Carl has a more versatile wind instrument and can play us some Jethro Tull.
Dirty bearded men...
Perhaps Carl has a more versatile wind instrument and can play us some Jethro Tull.
Thick as a Brick?
Fire walk with