tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post4991703409186751053..comments2023-11-22T01:14:54.298-08:00Comments on amor mundi: Xanadu Helps Make Amor Mundi More PositiveDale Carricohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811055279887722298noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-9715409059886330722008-03-29T17:37:00.000-07:002008-03-29T17:37:00.000-07:00BTW, whose 'do came first -- Olivia's, orPrincess ...BTW, whose 'do came first -- Olivia's, or<BR/>Princess Di's? Inquiring minds, and all that. . .jimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-49892945044927224122008-03-29T17:34:00.000-07:002008-03-29T17:34:00.000-07:00I have an (analog) laserdisc of Olivia Newton-John...I have an (analog) laserdisc of Olivia Newton-John from<BR/>ca. 1980 with a number of her popular tracks on it,<BR/>some of which seem to have made their way to You Tube.<BR/><BR/>One track in that video collection -- "Hopelessly<BR/>Devoted" -- has always intrigued me, because of a tiny<BR/>detail that the (otherwise identical, but perhaps too<BR/>low-rez) You Tube version seems to lack. No -- I take<BR/>that back; it's **barely** visible. In the closeup at the<BR/>end, in the next-to-last repetition of the phrase "hopelessly<BR/>devoted to you", at the moment when she tosses her head<BR/>for the embellishment of the final syllable (oooh,<BR/>oooh ooh ooh), a perfectly-timed tear (which is<BR/>probably glycerine; it doesn't seem to have enough<BR/>surface tension to be water, but still. . .) falling<BR/>from her left eye (the right side of the picture)<BR/>tumbles away from her face at just the perfect instant.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how many takes it took to get **that** right?!<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJpyG3PXoKwjimfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04975754342950063440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5956838.post-53424982992551587432008-03-26T22:17:00.000-07:002008-03-26T22:17:00.000-07:00Dangit, now I'm obsessing over ELO as a result of ...Dangit, now I'm obsessing over ELO as a result of being reminded of "Xanadu". :P All your fault!<BR/><BR/>Seriously, this is some great stuff...Anne Corwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04940566603711834053noreply@blogger.com