Thursday, 25 October 2007
Gotta Sing! Even Though It's Not A Musical...
posted @12:01 p.m. by Richard Kelly
Another top-ranking Top Ten from Listmania 2007: Shamini Sriskandarajah delighted us all with this witty, fond and discerning selection of magical movie moments where characters suddenly feel like a song is in order, whether or not they have a backing track...
Saturday, 29 September 2007
Acapella Fellas: Ten Impromptu Sing-Songs
posted @11:20 a.m. by Richard Kelly
How do you rate your singing voice then? Better than Bob Dylan? Worse than a scalded cat? I myself would not get far on The X Factor, unless, perhaps, my little daughter were among the judges. So, lately I was delighted to hear Schindler’s Ark novelist Thomas Keneally on Desert Island Discs, choosing Shane MacGowan’s 'Fairytale of New York' amid a more illustrious classical selection. ‘The thing is’, Keneally opined, ‘it’s a deeply lyrical song, by a bloke who can’t sing.’ All this preamble is leading us, naturally, toward songs and singers in movies...
