I put a load of music on my ipod bout a week ago, here's the ones i keep coming back to,
Evelyn Evelyn, You only want me 'cause... - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhhVlxYaqgA
Dylan, Let me die.. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVHOiJqUaGA
Nico, Innocent and vain - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jvr17J1Ln0
Laura Marling, I was an eagle - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg4FucEOfmU
The National, I nee - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMhMcXppqcc
Goat, Run to your mama - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0_dka3p-b0
The Dresden Dolls, Girl anachronism - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwgT-7z7-_8
Blind Willie Johnson, Nobody's fault but mine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_o4omd8T5c
Now, Blancanieves.
The greatest adaptation of Snow White I've ever seen, and the best
family film since.. Spirited Away? Babe? Muppets Christmas Carol? no,
better.. When you start comparing it to other family films you realise
how light most of them are. This one is silent and black and white, I
was sceptical of this at first because I don't understand why modern
silent films have to be B&W and set in the 20's, let's have some
colour and contemporary stories in silence please? But this suits the
fairy tale aura of it. And it's dark, grim even. Most of the characters
we're introduced to at the start are dead half way through, love goes
unfulfilled, it has bullfighting, and the most problematic part of the
Snow White story - the kiss by a suitable man (who's willing to take
advantage of a sleeping girl) to wake her up - is given a lovely twist.