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Post by Equus on Jan 28, 2016 16:23:10 GMT
Could have put this into any number of threads but chose here – explanation forthcoming. I was switching TV channels last night and decided to watch Sky Arts. “Breaking The Waves (1996) by Danish director /writer Lars Von Trier – the film is divided into seven different chapters. Each chapter begins with a different impressionistically filmed panorama title frame featuring early 1970s rock music interludes.” The exterior scenes were shot in Scotland: the graveyard was built for the film on Isle of Skye; the church is in Lochailort, the harbour in Mallaig, and the beach in Morar. The interiors were shot at Det Danske Filmstudie, Lyngby, Denmark. I switched over just as Chapter 3 was starting … Had that surreal moment where I couldn’t figure out whether Tull music was in my head or coming from the TV. See Chapter 3 Great film, credited as one of Martin Scorsese favourites. A bit bleak, highly unusual and features great music. A unique blend of Scottish/Danish and Tull….over to you Equus Yes... Lars von Trier... the man who occasionally just shouldn't open his mouth... and I mean that in a loving way... but to be honest... The same could be said about me... I think that Lars is a genius, but he used to study the Nazis, and said something really stupid at a preconference some years ago... Now most people in Denmark know that Lars is one of the good guys... and that he is not a Nazi, but listen to these remarks, and watch Kirsten Dunst's reaction... Lars has a social anxiety disorder, and when he gets afraid of large gatherings of crowds he has a tendency to lose it... but most Danes know that he's really a great and kind person, but a little bit of gaffa tape, probably wouldn't hurt... at the same time he loves the Jewish people, and have had a sincere wish, most of his life, to be one of them... The Jethro Tull tune, Cross Eyed Mary, used in Breaking the Waves, is one of his better moves, but it could have lasted longer... Please don't be too hard on him... Lars did this himself, a couple of months after the Nazi comments...
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Post by nonrabbit on Mar 6, 2016 10:18:21 GMT
Here's a gorgeous wee video that if I may presume, goes a bit of a way to explain what attracted Ian to Skye and fishing.
I find it interesting that Ben - the scallop diver from Skye, uses words like respect ( for the environment) and care for the sea in the same way that Ian did.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 9:22:34 GMT
Apologies Equus I've just deleted your answer to the previous post for Lars Von Trier - for no reason other than administrative stupidity!!
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Post by nonrabbit on Jun 15, 2016 9:27:07 GMT
Beautiful video ( best full screen) by photographer Alastair Corbett set on Skye accompanied by a poem by Rachel Field - If Once You Have Slept On An Island.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 10, 2017 21:55:54 GMT
This is one of the best interviews I've read yet some of the fullest and longest answers from Ian. I've stuck it in this thread as one of the questions is......... Digger: What does your Scottishness mean to you? Ian: It means about as much as being English because my father was Scottish, my mother was English. Essentially I had family backgrounds in two of the four nations that make up our United Kingdom and it’s something I suppose I’ve always carried with me, a sense of Britishness rather than being simply Scottish or English. And although it’s traditional it would appear that we take our nationality after our father rather than mother. I remember as a child finding that rather odd without knowing what the word ‘sexist’ meant – it seemed a little bit odd. It was convenient because having been born and brought up in Scotland I was quite happy to avoid too much Englishness lest I get into yet another fight in the high street for being from Scotland’s southern peninsula. So, I think I probably thought of myself as Scottish up until the age of 12 when I came to live and go to school in England when I had to adopt a rather broader view. Within days of starting school people were trying to call me ‘Jock’ which I actually took real exception to. It’s a bit like being called ‘Chalky’ if you were a Caribbean second generation schoolboy. It did feel a little bit offensive and a bit like targeting you in a sort of a nationalistic way. I think for that reason I’ve never been much of a flag waver and I’ve never really taken to the idea of national pride going too far beyond the terraces of the football stadium. full interview here with some really cool pics www.retrosellers.com/features198.htmA bit more on the topic of Ian's "Britishness" by Ian. "Born in Dunfermline to a Scottish father and English mother, he grew up talking about himself as a Scot, but always felt things were a bit more complicated than that. "I remember as a child thinking that was a bit weird because if there is going to be any decency about us all, we should accord nationality to our mothers rather than our fathers. It’s women who do all the work," Anderson said. www.whatson-north.co.uk/Whats-On/Music/Tulls-Ian-Anderson-is-not-living-in-the-past-21052014.htmAnd again a mention of his version of Deoch An Dorus; "Anderson revealed that he had recorded a song, Deoch an Dorus — the Gaelic parting "drink at the door" — for an album that will be released after September’s independence vote and has re-written the second verse to reflect the possible dissolution of the union." Maybe this is his "something for 2017" Och Aye!!
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Post by JTull 007 on Jan 21, 2017 19:15:35 GMT
I was digging around in the TULL Cavern and found this special case for my Anderson Crest Pin. I was able to scan the card in the back and find some history about "Native Men" & "Broken Men" Linville, North Carolina @ Everything Scottish before the TULL Convention in Vermont '97
This was the beginning of my Scottish look.
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Feb 11, 2017 23:02:15 GMT
I would not have to guess too far that it would be you who would uncover this gem dear woman. Whatever one's opinion is of President Obama, few with working ears and heart and brain would doubt his ability to frame an argument most eloquently. A talent "the Donald" may make the very public mistake of engaging but something of a digression here. What I am getting at is even Obama may well pale in comparison to those words spoken here by a heartbreakingly wise man, means more to me even than his music, a man of remarkably pure vision, not at all surprising to me that the likes of Gorbachev might find him an engaging man, whereas apparently Robert Plant, who at least at this stage of life I like as a man as well, did not. I did take the liberty of repasting it to my Facebook page, though I don't doubt few will actually read it. I mean where's the part where he gets to telling about Jeffrey Hammond getting a blow job anyway? Anyway really appreciate it, further confirmation that I was right about this man 40 years ago, and all the years between. What is it about Plant, the man, that you like? I'm just curious because I don't know much about him, as a person. What I do love about him is the way felt towards his son.
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Feb 11, 2017 23:22:10 GMT
This is one of the best interviews I've read yet some of the fullest and longest answers from Ian. I've stuck it in this thread as one of the questions is......... Digger: What does your Scottishness mean to you? Ian: It means about as much as being English because my father was Scottish, my mother was English. Essentially I had family backgrounds in two of the four nations that make up our United Kingdom and it’s something I suppose I’ve always carried with me, a sense of Britishness rather than being simply Scottish or English. And although it’s traditional it would appear that we take our nationality after our father rather than mother. I remember as a child finding that rather odd without knowing what the word ‘sexist’ meant – it seemed a little bit odd. It was convenient because having been born and brought up in Scotland I was quite happy to avoid too much Englishness lest I get into yet another fight in the high street for being from Scotland’s southern peninsula. So, I think I probably thought of myself as Scottish up until the age of 12 when I came to live and go to school in England when I had to adopt a rather broader view. Within days of starting school people were trying to call me ‘Jock’ which I actually took real exception to. It’s a bit like being called ‘Chalky’ if you were a Caribbean second generation schoolboy. It did feel a little bit offensive and a bit like targeting you in a sort of a nationalistic way. I think for that reason I’ve never been much of a flag waver and I’ve never really taken to the idea of national pride going too far beyond the terraces of the football stadium. full interview here with some really cool pics www.retrosellers.com/features198.htmHello dear, I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of this full interview. It is no longer up on the retrosellers page. Thanks! - Steven
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Post by nonrabbit on Feb 12, 2017 10:02:51 GMT
This is one of the best interviews I've read yet some of the fullest and longest answers from Ian. I've stuck it in this thread as one of the questions is......... Digger: What does your Scottishness mean to you? Ian: It means about as much as being English because my father was Scottish, my mother was English. Essentially I had family backgrounds in two of the four nations that make up our United Kingdom and it’s something I suppose I’ve always carried with me, a sense of Britishness rather than being simply Scottish or English. And although it’s traditional it would appear that we take our nationality after our father rather than mother. I remember as a child finding that rather odd without knowing what the word ‘sexist’ meant – it seemed a little bit odd. It was convenient because having been born and brought up in Scotland I was quite happy to avoid too much Englishness lest I get into yet another fight in the high street for being from Scotland’s southern peninsula. So, I think I probably thought of myself as Scottish up until the age of 12 when I came to live and go to school in England when I had to adopt a rather broader view. Within days of starting school people were trying to call me ‘Jock’ which I actually took real exception to. It’s a bit like being called ‘Chalky’ if you were a Caribbean second generation schoolboy. It did feel a little bit offensive and a bit like targeting you in a sort of a nationalistic way. I think for that reason I’ve never been much of a flag waver and I’ve never really taken to the idea of national pride going too far beyond the terraces of the football stadium. full interview here with some really cool pics www.retrosellers.com/features198.htmHello dear, I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of this full interview. It is no longer up on the retrosellers page. Thanks! - Steven Hello dear, Yes I'm afraid it's gone amiss - unfortunately. I had a root around the website and couldn't find it.
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Feb 12, 2017 15:06:17 GMT
Hello dear, I was wondering if you could point me in the direction of this full interview. It is no longer up on the retrosellers page. Thanks! - Steven Hello dear, Yes I'm afraid it's gone amiss - unfortunately. I had a root around the website and couldn't find it. Thank you for searching.
I'm having a coffee and grooving to This Was. It's a Sunday feeling kinda day, today. A bit rainy and deciding what to do. Great to be home relaxing, nonetheless.
Have a nice day.
-Steven
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Post by Budding Stately Hero on Feb 12, 2017 15:16:43 GMT
Beautiful video ( best full screen) by photographer Alastair Corbett set on Skye accompanied by a poem by Rachel Field - If Once You Have Slept On An Island. I love this!
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Post by rredmond on Jul 16, 2019 13:59:30 GMT
That's awesome. I really miss wearing a kilt!
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Post by maddogfagin on Jul 16, 2019 15:20:08 GMT
That's awesome. I really miss wearing a kilt! Never worn one myself - they look itchy especially if you're not wearing any under garments
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Post by rredmond on Jul 16, 2019 15:27:49 GMT
Surprisingly no.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 2, 2021 15:52:42 GMT
The amazing drone display (click full screen) that replaced the Hogmanay/New Year party in Edinburgh.
I hope they do it every year - it was incredible.
Song - The Old Ghost's Waltz by Skye born musician, Archie MacFarlane
Tullish
"....light your lights: come guard the open spaces from the black horizon...."
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Post by jackinthegreen on Jan 3, 2021 0:15:21 GMT
The amazing drone display (click full screen) that replaced the Hogmanay/New Year party in Edinburgh.
I hope they do it every year - it was incredible.
Song - The Old Ghost's Waltz by Skye born musician, Archie MacFarlane Tullish "....light your lights: come guard the open spaces from the black horizon...." That was incredible n/r, I loved it.
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Post by nonrabbit on Jan 3, 2021 16:32:04 GMT
That was incredible n/r, I loved it. Who knew that drones could be an art form quite apart from the amazing backdrop
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Post by JTull 007 on Jan 4, 2021 2:37:05 GMT
That was incredible n/r, I loved it. Who knew that drones could be an art form quite apart from the amazing backdrop
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