This song is about faith, desperation, soul-searching, and, above all, the human basic need to truly love and be loved: life is not worth living without sharing it with someone we love The singer feels he is getting old and needs someone by his side. He has worked really hard to be where he is,… Read More Queen – “Somebody to Love” (2)
“La signorina Else” ➡️ La donna come oggetto sessuale Tratto da una novella di Arthur Schnitzler pubblicata nel 1924, “La signorina Else” è una spietata radiografia della società – forse non solo di quell’epoca – caratterizzata da superficialità mondana e cupo cinismo, dove una… Read More A teatro: “La signorina Else” 🎭
The title refers to ‘Bohemian’, (Bohemia was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire) which denotes an unconventional person involved in the arts, and ‘Rhapsody’, a fantasy which follows a certain operatic logic, and may be considered as a distortion of Franz Liszt’s “Hungarian Rhapsody”. Its lyrics progress through the central character’s understanding of his condition. Intro… Read More 🎵 Bohemian Rhapsody 🎵 (3) – analysis
“Bohemian Rhapsody” was written by Freddie Mercury for Queen’s 1975 album “A Night at the Opera”. The song is unusual for a popular single and consists of several sections combining disparate musical styles: it is a six-minute suite without a chorus, which begins with an introduction, then goes into a ballad segment, an… Read More 🎵 Bohemian Rhapsody 🎵 (2) – commentary
🎅 Twas the Night before Christmas 🎅 Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there. The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions… Read More 🎅Twas the Night before Christmas🎅
Rosso è l’amore, quel vortice di emozioni che infiamma le viscere e rende ognuno di noi rare eccezioni, in tutto simili al resto del mondo Bianco è di un figlio l’amore incondizionato quando ci prende la mano e sicuro si consegna a noi con affidamento illimitato. D’ argento è l’amore diventato maturo una tranquilla consuetudine… Read More LE ETA’ DELL’AMORE
“Arrangement in Black and White” by Dorothy Parker (1927) (abridged) The woman with the pink velvet poppies twined round the assisted gold of her hair traversed the crowded room at an interesting gait combining a skip with a sidle, and clutched the lean arm of her host. “Now I got you!” she said. “Now you… Read More “Arrangement in Black and White”
INTERVIEW (by Dorothy Parker) The ladies men admire, I’ve heard, Would shudder at a wicked word. Their candle gives a single light; They’d rather stay at home at night. They do not keep awake till three, Nor read erotic poetry. They never sanction the impure, Nor recognize an overture. They shrink from powders and… Read More 👩 “Interview”👩
I Do Not Want To Be Your Weeping Woman (by Alison Boordson) I do not want to be your weeping woman holding you to me with a chain of grief. I could more easily bear the flames of your anger than the frost of your kisses empty of… Read More “I Do Not Want To Be Your Weeping Woman”
“Wonder” is a 2017 American comedy-drama film, based on the novel of the same name by Raquel Jaramillo Palacio, better known by her pen name R. J. Palacio, a graphic designer by day and a writer by night. The novel was inspired by a chance encounter she had with a young girl while she… Read More R. J. Palacio : “Wonder” (1)
