One From The Heart, 2012
One From The Heart is a soundtrack album to a Francis Ford Coppola film, written by Tom Waits. The album features Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle. It was released in 1982.
Tom and Crystal sing solo and duet on this album, and their voices complement each other beautifully (this was pre-barking days for Tom, and his voice has a sweetness to it). The songs form a loose narrative, presumably mirroring the action in the film, but I wouldn’t know, I’ve never seen it. What drew me to the album was Tom, who I’ve followed since Swordfishtrombones. While I’m a huge fan of some of the recent albums, particularly Real Gone, the stuff I really love is the early, romantic stuff. One From The Heart does it for me, and it’s funny too.
Here’s Picking Up After You.
In our house this CD can be found: dining room, right-hand bookshelves, second shelf down.
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Thank you John and Denne for title and tag ideas etc. And to Terry for sending me to the shelves, and to Richard at CK Ponderings for being a super-cool collaborator.
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Whoa man!!! You are my hero! Great image and song reference. I thought the movie was so-so but the soundtrack is so over-the-top good. I remember having low expectations just because I wasn’t a fan of Crystal Gayle but it was one of those albums that places talent in a different context and just blows the lid off.
Okay, enough about my thoughts on that recording. About your image. Great composition. The soaped over window, reflections and all the little details in the image are really fantastic. At a glance it may seem pretty basic but when viewing larger and spending time with it – the viewer is witness to an amazing surrealistic journey like wading through crashing surf while crossing the street to work. Add this to my list of faves. You need two books: one for portraits and another for your abstract/art shots like this one.
Hey, thanks so much, Terry! OFTH has to be one of my favourite Tom albums – the contrasting voices make it such a rich listening experience. I’m such a sucker for his lounge bar ballads and Crystal Gayle is a great interpreter of the material (I wasn’t a fan either, but hey).
I’m really glad you like this one. It was another shot I hesitated over posting – seems to be a good sign, ha, ha.
Can’t comment on the song, but the image is great! Nice and simple, but really effective. It’s sad that there are so many opportunities to take images like this at the moment, but hats off to ya, oh collaborator, it works! 🙂
Thanks so much, Richard! 🙂 What a nice comment! Ah, yes, the collaboration…it’s a tough one again!
Tell me about it… Who sets these things?!
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What a fantastic image!! I encourage everyone to enlarge this one and spend some time with it. The composition and details are worth the attention. I like in particular the capture and repetition of the circular theme in the wire, soap stroke, and neon light. The repeat, too, of the rectangles (in the window frames and the light reflections, etc.) is also very cool. Great mix of textures in this one as well. Love it!
Wow, thanks so much, Melanie! Really glad you like it – I posted with some trepidation, so I’m glad it comes across.
I simply cannot go beyong Mobius’ commentary… so, what he said 😉 I did do the stereo effect by listening to the track while the image downloaded which added to my viewing experience 🙂
Excellent! 🙂 Thanks very much, EllaDee!
I find the image so intriguing, it is like looking at an abstract painting.
Yes, that was what I thought when I passed the building – I quickly doubled back and took the shot. Thanks, Leanne.
I love Tom Waits, especially his mellower stuff – it’s so beautiful!
Very intriguing image…
Yes – I agree, he does sadness and world-weariness with such bitter-sweet relish. Thanks very much, Karen.
I’m a big fan of Tom Waits too, though I haven’t listened to any of his new stuff as I’ve been told by a few people it’s not so great – but maybe I’ll check some out sometime.
Real Gone’s very good – quite scratchy and motor-oily.
I’m also a huge Tom Waits fan, and particularly his early stuff too..somehow he seems a little forced in the later ones, although I still love them..This image is fantastic Richard..so much to be seen in it..
Thanks very much, Cath! Yes, that’s what it is with the later stuff – the earlier work was so natural-seeming, like he wasn’t afraid of anything.