“We are slowed down sound and light waves, a walking bundle of frequencies tuned into the music of the cosmos, we are souls dressed up in sacred biochemical garments, and our bodies are the instruments through which our souls play their music.”
- Albert Einstein
Neil Young, Patti Smith, & guests singing “Helpless.”
Bachelorette: “Sugarbug.”
Johnny Cash - I Won’t Back Down
In Jean-Luc Godard’s dystopian city of Alphaville, love has been utterly erased. In this scene the film’s heroes, culling from love’s broken shards, poetically re-member the meaning of love, piece by piece.
And on that note, let’s recover further with a wonderful ditty from The Velvet Underground: “I Found a Reason to Believe.”
A shining lesson in how to pour out your soul: Charles Bradley singing “Lovin’ You, Baby” at SXSW, 2011.
Stop Making Sense (Dir. Jonathan Demme, 1999), perhaps one of the best concert films ever made, features the iconic band Talking Heads, full of spark and zest. In this clip, David Bryne makes wonderful use of a living-room lamp while singing “This Must Be the Place.”
Patty Pravo, with a voice that could move mountains, sings “Se Perdo Te” (1968).
Jeff Buckley’s stellar cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
The Proclaimers: “Throw The ‘R’ Away.”
“Everything that shines ain’t always going to be gold.”
Lissie performing a phenomenal cover of Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” — embodying and getting lost in its words.
Allen Ginsberg: “Father Death Blues” (1978).
Big Bird sings a sweet, melancholic song at Jim Henson’s Memorial.
Goldfrapp: “Eat Yourself.”
