bgn122
Desk Clerk II
I love when she smiles!
Posts: 99
|
Post by bgn122 on Nov 17, 2008 15:25:00 GMT -5
OMG!
Believe it or not, but yesterday I listened to "True Colors" like 10 times!
I'd never guess that they'd play this song at the end of THIS episode.
Coincidence?
;D
|
|
|
|
Post by teledetective on Nov 17, 2008 23:28:33 GMT -5
Okay, so, if we add boxman's points, including the one that I forgot to add last week, the standings come to this...
---
Eurache: 2 1/2
boxman: 2 1/2
Naj: 1 1/2
coldfan74: 1
teledetective: 1
bgn122: 1
Electrophile: 1/2
---
Eurache, you and boxman are tied! Meanwhile, Naj's first-place position is pretty much kaput.
Also, the songs...
"Habenera" - from the opera Carmen
"Black Steel In The Hour of Chaos" - Public Enemy
"Pump It Up" - Technotronic
"Back To Life (However Do YOu Want Me)" - Soul II Soul
"Free Fallin'" with "Va Pensiero" - original composition
"True Colors" - Cyndi Lauper
...
...
...I can't be the only one who dislikes the fact that the mainstream songs used were mostly rap songs. It just seems so...wrong when we have better music for the time period in question (1989) that we can name off the top of our heads.
|
|
boxman
Lilly's Bedroom 
Philly Reporter [/color]Foxy Boxy [/color]
Posts: 2,514
|
Post by boxman on Nov 17, 2008 23:59:09 GMT -5
Okay, so, if we add boxman's points, including the one that I forgot to add last week, the standings come to this... --- Eurache: 2 1/2 boxman: 2 1/2 Naj: 1 1/2 coldfan74: 1 teledetective: 1 bgn122: 1 Electrophile: 1/2 --- Eurache, you and boxman are tied! Meanwhile, Naj's first-place position is pretty much kaput.  I'm coming to getcha, Eurache!  LOL... In 20/20 hindsight, it makes sense to me. There's the "public enemy" bag thief; and the creative school was filled with dancers... I'm just glad I threw in that Soul II Soul since all my other guesses were in the wrong genre!  Okay, guys, I'm putting on my Music Geek hat for a moment... Phew, so I wasn't the only one to notice it.  The "Habenera" of Bizet's opera Carmen, sung be Nadia at the beginning, is a classic, who hasn't heard that tune before. Found that choice interesting too, Carmen, a woman loving her freedom and free life, getting killed in the end... (though by a scorned lover) Cool! So starting the episode with "Carmen" could have been a curveball hint about the killer if someone was analyzing the music, huh? |
|
|
|
Post by Naj on Nov 18, 2008 14:50:11 GMT -5
|
|
ali
Senior Detective
Social One[/color]
Posts: 560
|
Post by ali on Dec 4, 2008 14:39:28 GMT -5
Okay, guys, I'm putting on my Music Geek hat for a moment... The opera excerpt (it's a chorus, technically, not an aria) that Nadia superimposes over "Free Fallin'," is "Va' pensiero," from the third act of Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Nabucco." "Nabucco" tells the story of the exile of the Hebrews to Babylon after the destruction of the Temple. In this scene, the Hebrews are standing on the banks of the Euphrates singing of their beloved homeland. Here are the lyrics Nadia sang (translated from Italian): Fly, thought, on wings of gold;
go settle upon the slopes and the hills,
where, soft and mild, the sweet airs
of our native land smell fragrant!
Oh, my country so lovely and lost!
Oh, remembrance so dear and so fraught with despair!
Yet further proof that the music people on this show are freakin' geniuses; they got a mention of gold AND the longing for one's homeland. Very good analysis, cellogal! When I watched the episode for the first time I was astonished: I didn't expect to hear the Va Pensiero! Although the (very) bad pronunciation ( suelo is Spanish!!! This song will certainly dubbed in Italian version) and, in my opinion, the disputable arrangement, I was touched. It was immediately clear for me the meaning of this music: the homesick, the longing for homeland, and also the will to fight for that; in fact the Va Pensiero is one of the most important musical symbols of Italian unification, cause the lyrics were a good metaphor of the condition of Italian people under the Austrian dominion (during the wars for independence the choir were interpreted by the audience of the theatres). Apart from the historical (important for me) and metaphorical (important in this contest) meanings, the choice of this music is the confirmation that Cold Case is one of the best shows I ever seen, never banal in every detail. |
|
