Comments on: MANTOVANI - “Moulin Rouge Theme” http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2003/09/mantovani-moulin-rouge-theme/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:09:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: intothefireuk http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2003/09/mantovani-moulin-rouge-theme/#comment-334895 intothefireuk Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:39:46 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2003/09/mantovani-moulin-rouge-theme/#comment-334895 Not sure it conjures up too many images of Paris for me save for the very light smattering of accordion, but it is a very lovely, soothing piece. I can imagine Marcello's scenario where it fits cosily into post-war Britain's bedtime routine with, perhaps, a cup of Ovaltine and a digestive biscuit. I would definitely be of the school of thought that instrumentals can be far more powerful & endearing than songs, and out of the examples given by Tom, Albatross, Pacific & Green Onions or Time Is Tight would all take some beating. Not sure it conjures up too many images of Paris for me save for the very light smattering of accordion, but it is a very lovely, soothing piece. I can imagine Marcello’s scenario where it fits cosily into post-war Britain’s bedtime routine with, perhaps, a cup of Ovaltine and a digestive biscuit.

I would definitely be of the school of thought that instrumentals can be far more powerful & endearing than songs, and out of the examples given by Tom, Albatross, Pacific & Green Onions or Time Is Tight would all take some beating.

]]> By: Marcello Carlin http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2003/09/mantovani-moulin-rouge-theme/#comment-334834 Marcello Carlin Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:21:59 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/popular/2003/09/mantovani-moulin-rouge-theme/#comment-334834 Once more I think of immediate postwar Britain (even though the tune doesn't directly have anything to do with Britain); people tucking into bed early, perhaps more scared of the future than they care to let on, the world changing around them in ways they can scarcely lead themselves to comprehend, the lingering promise of an imminent better world, maybe too many things still suppressed. So when I listen to this I think of closedown on the Light Programme or the Home Service, a lullaby for an uneasy nation, reassuring, soothing... "It's OK, it's OK...no more bad stuff..." Once more I think of immediate postwar Britain (even though the tune doesn’t directly have anything to do with Britain); people tucking into bed early, perhaps more scared of the future than they care to let on, the world changing around them in ways they can scarcely lead themselves to comprehend, the lingering promise of an imminent better world, maybe too many things still suppressed. So when I listen to this I think of closedown on the Light Programme or the Home Service, a lullaby for an uneasy nation, reassuring, soothing…

“It’s OK, it’s OK…no more bad stuff…”

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