There can never be too much Vincent. For me, there can never be too much of Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet ballet score. When he first offered it to be choreographed, it was rejected as being too difficult to dance to. Dancers weren't used to so much passion in the music they danced to (think of the schmaltzy Tchaikovsky ballet scores). In this piece from the finale of Act 2, Romeo has just killed Juliet's cousin Tybalt in revenge for his killing of Mercutio. In Nureyev's production at least, Juliet wants to be hugged and comforted by Romeo, and she wants to beat him and spurn him for killing her cousin. The anguish in the music is one of the most powerful things I have ever heard. Ideal to set Elton and Guy's angry passion to.
My favourite movie version of 'Romeo and Juliet' is still the DeCaprio/Danes one from a few years ago. OK, you can burn me at the stake after S7 of C.I. has finished!
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ReplyDeleteah, so sexy. it would be absolute ecstasy to be the woman underneath that MAN.
awesome piccies! ;)
ReplyDeleteand i LOVE prokofjew! in the documentary i edited about the orchestra they had an encore with prokofjew. my ab fav part of the whole concert! (and they had some good ones in the rest of it like sheherazade and the sorcerer's apprentice)
GULP! OMG! I think I just swallowed my . . . GUM! LOL
ReplyDeleteOh. The book I was talking about where I get my weird words from is called "The Superior Person's Second Book of Weird and Wondrous Words." I also have the first one, but I can't find it. They're written by Peter Bowler.
ReplyDeleteHe must be an amazing lover in real life.
ReplyDeleteBobby's girl here, Alright, Val!
ReplyDeletejulie...
ReplyDeleteSnarkangel, you crack me up.
*WOW* My brain just melted! As did my panties!
ReplyDeleteGreat Val, loved those pictures of his booty, but she is so homely and cold that it is hard to believe it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great music and the great show. Jean
this and the previous one
ReplyDeleteare simply perfect... I think
Vincent and all his characters
are worthy of a little culture
The music certainly works well with the passion of Guy & Elton..and as always you used the best pictures :-)
ReplyDeleteI was going to watch Logan's episode tonight,but I'm not sure I feel like it after that
I just scrolled down and was wondering why Botophucket put that nastygram on this post!?!
ReplyDeleteIt's back - but smaller, 'cos I loaded it directly from my computer to BLogger.
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