Tag: Inspiration

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Numbah! I’m Your Man

“Listen, I don’t need you to care
I don’t need you to understand, yeah
All I want is for you to be there
And when I’m turned on, if you want me
I’m your man”

Just devoured Chris Smith’s Wham! documentary on Netflix. I was an 80’s kid and we had Wham’s The Final (vinyl record!) at home. I’ve always loved George and Andrew’s songs – so many luminous numbers – I’m Your Man is up there with my other favourites: Club Tropicana, Everything She Wants, If You Were There and one of the best intros (ever) on Young Guns.

80’s Luminosity 🤩 Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael in Club Tropicana, 1983.
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A Welsh Dragon to breathe fire into your day

I’ve always been struck by the level of gravitas and charge Anthony Hopkins brings to his roles. He has an amazing ability to embody the acute vulnerability of the human condition in all its limitation and then, through some kind of iron willpower, to take full possession of the forces of Nature and show us what is possible. In the clip above, one sees this in the man himself – I too, wish to someday be an ‘old fool’ like Hopkins.

Some of my favourite Anthony Hopkins characters:

Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs
William Parrish in Meet Joe Black
Col. William Ludlow in Legends of the Fall
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Numbah! Fleur Bleue

What I love about this one: the smooth jazzyness over the joyful bass rhythm; the catchy brass signature; the ever-changing movements – like secret doors opening up to unexpected passages and grooves.