Ionic-elysian

Somewhere, in a galaxy, far...

I just found this on YouTube. It sickens me that a country that can produce such wonderful talent as this, is being dragged into the mire by its "leaders"!

This is OTTA-Orchestra & Samara State Philharmonic Academic Symphony Orchestra - Royal Safary (sic).

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You're always picking on me, Anne. But I like it! So how's this?---

Only-church

I like it, Jip, and it all goes together!

Church-oppression

Another wonderful Nightwish cover by Natalia Tsarikova.

This time, Creek Mary's Blood. It is nice to hear the finale in English, too.

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No. I leave that to my pension provider.

Live for the day or look to the future?

There are many excellent versions of Roll Over Beethoven but ElO just seem to have the edge over all the others.

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Only-cheese

Oopsie! 2-2, 2-3, 3-3, 3-2. sadly, not 2-4. Sorry, Jim. 😢

Gradual decline leads to insanity.

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Both have their pluses, but I have always leaned to Fall for some reason.

Listen to an old favorite album or try something new?

I have noticed that I often lean before I fall... oh, sorry, did you mean Autumn? 😋

I am always open to something new. One can listen to an old favourite anytime, but what if you missed something new and it never found you again?

Beethoven or Berlin?

Other-only

If it's not windy, an umbrella (I have a light-up one, like in Bladerunner!)

Dismal, rainy winter evening (not windy), or sun-drenched summer day?

Awaken to awe-inspiring music.

All by Myself - Eric Carmen

I was listening to a little Rachmaninoff. Not a composer that I have really listened to, to be honest. Although I am very fond of his Variations on a theme of Paganini.

Anyway, I was listening to this piece, Piano concerto No.2, 2nd movement, when I suddenly realised that it was extremely familiar. I am sure that the music buffs among us will know the song from way back in 1975... don't you?

Thin Lizzy - Whiskey in the Jar

Uptown-edifices

Whisky in the Jar was a great song by Thin Lizzy, Here, Metallica does it no harm at all.

I have just watched a couple of films on Netflix. The first, Hurricane, is a tale of the Polish airmen who fought in the Battle of Britain. It is absolutely dire! The CGI is like a low-grade video game and the portrayal of the RAF and Poles is ridiculous.

In contrast, the second movie is called The War Below. Apparently made with a budget of only £500,000, the photography and acting are superb. It is about a group of miners who tunnelled beneath the German Trenches at Messines Ridge in 1917. Whilst not entirely historically accurate due to the limitations of the budget, it depicts the true story of the biggest man-made explosion ever before experienced. It is said that the explosion was heard in London some 140 miles away. I highly recommend it.

Blockbuster - Sweet

Music, on the rare occasions that I listen to the radio.

Local radio or National radio?

I can say that I am not a fan of Ed Sheeran by any stretch of the imagination. However, here is a more than passable cover of I See Fire by German band, Feuerschwanz.

The song that inspired my story. Ticket to the Moon - ELO

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Wings - Silly Love Songs