Mark Angelil » Retro

Jack Kerouac and The Beat Generation

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 09:08:56 +0000

I don’t remember how I came to read “On the Road” but this book really inspired my teenage years and still does. It made me discover the writings of Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation.

Lucien Carr, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs.

The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn, like fabulous yellow Roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars…

Jack Kerouac “On the Road”

Music was also an influential part of the movement :

Charlie Parker – My Old Flame

11 My Old Flame (Charlie Parker)

Blow in her face

admin — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:05:49 +0000

and she’ll follow you anywhere.

Classic of the day : Led-Zeppelin Babe I’m Gonna Leave You

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:13:49 +0000

If you have to leave your holiday flirt and you feel kind of sad then listen to Robert Plant’s distress in this song.

Led-Zeppelin Babe I’m Gonna Leave You 1969 (written by Anne Bredon and was first recorded by Joan Baez in 1962)

04 Babe I’m Gonna Leave You

Classic of the day : The Beatles – She’s So Heavy

admin — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:31:09 +0000

Be sure not to forget this one, it may not be a radio hit but damn it’s good!

The Beatles – She’s So Heavy 1969

06_-_I_Want_You__She_s_So_Heavy_

Classic of the day : Van Morrison – I’ll Be Your Lover, Too

admin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:52:35 +0000

The seventies were definitely a great decade for music. Van Morrison – I’ll Be Your Lover, Too (1970)

Paying homage to Serge Gainsbourg

admin — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 18:10:35 +0000

He’s a genius, a model, an inspiring artist, a person of exquisite taste and I don’t want to wait for the birthday of his death or whatever to pay him an homage.

Classic of the day : Joan Manuel Serrat – Contigo en la distancia

admin — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:17:04 +0000

Recorded live on Antena 3 TV presented by Encarna Sanchez.