versiunea 1.3. redux (incl. ROCKLAND & alinland)
saw the streaming in France, unfortunately not Present in Birmingham live
This is the Ozzy family tree pic.
but my friend Teddy Tudose was there and this is what he wrote:
https://sunetelive.ro/recenzie-black-sabbath-back-to-the-beginning-ozzy/
https://x.com/BlackSabbath
"Dance with the Devil"
Sinners is an unexpected mix of black Americana, Southern Gothic horror, vampire fare, legends and racial tale told on Blues rhythms and chords. With a twist of folk-lore, religion and superstition. And Blues. Did I say Blues ?
It's also an epic western (epic on scope and duration, 2hr. 17 min.), the deal with the devil, Robert Johnson's style, KKK and moonshine in 1932's Louisiana.
Shades of Walter Hill (stylistically lots of his films, his style -think Last Man Standing, and major plot point: Crossroads), Tarantino & Rodriguez (From Dusk' Til Dawn and Coogler says The Faculty was an inspiration), John Carpenter (The Thing, Vampires), Kathryn Bigelow (Near Dark),
Beautfully shot in Super 70 Panavision by Autumn Durald Arkapaw (Wakanda Forever) and presented in IMAX (shot on a ratio of 2.76 : 1), Sinners is acted with intensity and seriousness (Michael B. Jordan in a dual role, Delroy Lindo as Delta Slim, Hailee Steinfeld as the white hottie, brit Jack O'Connell as Remmick) and scored magnificently by Ludwig Göransson in his 4th collaboration with Ryan Coogler (after Black Panther, BP: Wakanda Forever and Creed).
Miles Caton mesmerizes as Sammie Moore, the made-up kid musician played in his old age by none other than Mr. Legend, Buddy Guy. Reason enuff for any blues aficionado to see the film !!! On the BIG Screen, brother, and if you live close to an IMAX environment, pls. go there !
Add to this a grand soundtrack companion.
And a pulsating original score by Ludwig Göransson-who admires the blues since a kid in Sweden, did his homework seriously and this represents a tribute to his father. His credits are on banjo / music / musician: banjo / musician: resonator guitar / resonator guitar / score producer.
The Sinners Band:
Cedric Burnside -drums
Lester Snell-piano
Lars Ulrich-drums
Eric Gales-guitar
Alvin Youngblood Hart-guitar
Christophe "Kingfish" Ingram -guitar
Bobby Rush-harmonica
Buddy Guy-resonator guitar
Miles Caton-resonator guitar
Rave reviews, powerful BO, makes this a rare bird. Act one is slow, so give it time to warm up, it'll stay with ya afterwards.
4 out of 5, 8 out of 10 !!!
...well, it's them... The Usual Suspects...Keef, the Coop, Iggy, a lot of septagenuarians, even octogenarians there...All the young Dudes ! even Metallica ! Keeping on rocking in (not so much) a Free World anymore, agree Neil-yo;)?
Top 2022 albums here. Top 2023 Soundtracks here.
Song of the year is but, yes, The Beatles-Now and Then
1. The Rolling Stones-Hackney Diamonds -well Mick and Keef are 80 !
Ronnie is the young gun here ;) -76!
Mess it Up , featuring a Nicholas Hoult on the run...directed by Calmatic !
2. Peter Gabriel -I/o (after 20 years...) -73 !
3. Alice Cooper -The Road -at 75 !!!
&
-Iggy Pop-Every Loser -76! (sorry, I missed ya man in EC, hopefully catch-up this year!!!)
Ian Hunter -Defiance part One -83 !!!
Yusuf (Cat Stevens)-King of a Land (75!)
Nils Lofgren -Mountains (72!)
***also Neil Young (78!) put not one, not two but three albums out, Before and After, an album with Lofgren, Molina and Talbot (All Roads Lead Home) and a re-release of Chrome Dreams.
Metal album of the year (that's how Metal I can get;) : well, Hetfield is 60 now but the meaning of 72 is Eighteen-Forever !!!
Metallica-72 Seasons
Greta Van Fleet-Starcatcher
(third album of the band, same Zeppelin, some Queen, still epigonic but better...their best yet) -well, these guys are so young (but old souls;) it doesn't even compute ;)
Pop:
Duran Duran -Dance Macabre (well, these guys are just in their sixties, so...), espc. for Supernature and Psycho Killer with a touch of Paint it Black...;)
***
Guilty pleasure (and not only GP) album of the year:
Dolly Parton -Rockstar (Dolly is 78 !!!), now, that's a cover album if there ever was one ;)
Try the super extended version (30 songs!!!). So many great guests here. Top RnR royalty. Loved her duet with Rob Halford (Bygones)! Also World on Fire, great song. Magic Man, with Ann Wilson. Heart of Glass, with Debbie Harry. And that duet with Stevie Nicks, bad-ass witches, no Eastwick. "What has Rock and Roll ever Done for You". Indeed :D
Guitar top three:
Steve Lukather-Bridges
Trevor Rabin-Rio
Steven Wilson-The Harmony Codex
Blues
Danny Bryant-Rise
*****
Danny Bryant will be playing for the 1st time in Romania for Transilvania Blues Nights in Brasov at Rockstadt on Jan. 20th 2024 !!!!
well, that gig was cacelled, but we got this instead -Copeland & Wragg -The Last Sundown, definetly will be on my list of albums of 2024 !!!
Congratulations to all involved ! Colectiv / Collective nominated at the BAFTA's.
My review here (in Romanian)
Colectiv can be seen in Romania on HBO.
And a cool conversation between director Alexander Nanau, Joe Berlinger (director of Metallica: Some Kind of Monster) and Lars Ulrich (drummer of Metallica) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piw-G-tb9L8
