Reakythèque
@reakytheque.bsky.social
Waiting for the gift of sound and vision. Unpopular spin-off from @reaky.bsky.social
#NowPlaying Am I the only Beatles fan who loves Beatles for Sale? Yes, the exhausted Fabs resort to limp covers for some of it, but Eight Days a Week is one of their finest, Baby’s in Black, I’m a Loser and No Reply see them experimenting, and Rock and Roll Music surges from the speakers.
For a noir centred on a double-crossed getaway driver who after five years in jail is out to settle scores and get the money he missed out on, Cry Danger has a breezy, easy-going tone. It’s almost a hangout movie with jaunty Dick Powell, his new veteran buddy and an unabashed b-girl pickpocket.
It’s Tony Bennett’s centenary. He was the king of the big finish, a big-lunged belter, and you can hear Italy in every sustained note.
Loved the You’re Not Alone Bowie show at The Lightroom. Quite close in feel to Brett Morgan’s Moonage Daydream in its chaptering Bowie’s work thematically. The size and immersive nature of the footage is overwhelming and often moving, and the 1978 Earl’s Court footage gorgeous.
#NowPlaying Unfailingly joyous - those chord changes! Rock Your Baby has a claim to being where disco started. It was George McCrae’s only hit, and is really the work of KC and the Sunshine Band.
On 19 November, @quitemodern.bsky.social chose Sweet Smell of Success (Alexander Mackendrick, 1957).
On July 30, @reaky.bsky.social chose The Lost Continent (Michael Carreras,1968).
