Zitat von coastieYou're being unusually quiet today, cookie. Is everything alright?
That's funny, you're the second person who asked me that this afternoon. I wasn't aware of it, myself, but always good to get any feedback. Was a little quiet on the emails today (goes that way sometimes), but busy on the phones, so maybe a little distracted. Will try and make sure I'm more "noisy" tomorrow
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I played Peter Schilling's "Major Tom Coming Home" (after todays Last Bite, Space Oddity). A great track. Got a fair bit of airplay at the time in the UK, but never made it.
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Pat, have you ever seen this fabulous documentary film about that autistic piano player who succeeded in playing Rachmaninov's piano-concert which nobody could play before him and which was considered as unplayable. He succeeded after having tried all his life when he had found his wife who discovered his talent and promoted him. - Unfortunately I forgot the name of that guy and also the title of the movie
Zitat von alecPat, have you ever seen this fabulous documentary film about that autistic piano player who succeeded in playing Rachmaninov's piano-concert which nobody could play before him and which was considered as unplayable. He succeeded after having tried all his life when he had found his wife who discovered his talent and promoted him. - Unfortunately I forgot the name of that guy and also the title of the movie
Alec, I would love to see the movie. If you remember the name please send it to me.
Women are like phones: They like to be held, talked to, and touched often. But push the wrong button and your ass is disconnected!
Zitat von alecPat, have you ever seen this fabulous documentary film about that autistic piano player who succeeded in playing Rachmaninov's piano-concert which nobody could play before him and which was considered as unplayable. He succeeded after having tried all his life when he had found his wife who discovered his talent and promoted him. - Unfortunately I forgot the name of that guy and also the title of the movie
Alec, I would love to see the movie. If you remember the name please send it to me.
Pat - I've googled it - and I was successful: The name of the movie is 'Shine' - its the true story about the bipolar (?)* pianist "David Helfgott" : This is the wikipedia-page : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_(film) I remember the film (have seen it about 10 years ago) being phantastic: So if you can get the DVD und if you like Rachmaninov - get it... Though I am not sure if he plays the full concerto in the film - but for sure there is a CD
*/ I am not sure if "BPD" is the correct expression or diagnosis - but from what I know about BPD it could be (??) - its not 'autism'
Yes the film is phantastic and also touches the longtime hushed up or misjudged theme of mental disorder though maybe only in a superficial way... Critics also say that the film is not close enough to authenticy and that more emphasis should have been put on David Helfgott's disorder. But all in all it is a great film not only from the musical side but also to open our minds to be more careful in our judgements about people who are different from us. Anyway Its worth to get the DVD (or video)
Yes the film is phantastic and also touches the longtime hushed up or misjudged theme of mental disorder though maybe only in a superficial way... Critics also say that the film is not close enough to authenticy and that more emphasis should have been put on David Helfgott's disorder. But all in all it is a great film not only from the musical side but also to open our minds to be more careful in our judgements about people who are different from us - they could be geniuses, far above us so called 'normalos'..... Anyway Its worth to get the DVD (or video)
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