TH: Yeah but I think the best pop music is always like that. I think pop music needs to be. Why do you think people connected there? Your songs are very dramatic. Who are your songs about and what influences that drama? She was very kind and looked after me in hospital.
I wrote the song while I was in hospital. What was wrong with you? TH: I got in to a bit of a scuffle and was glassed in the face which was a bit of a horrible moment and I was in hospital for a very long time. TH: We did think of getting someone like Kylie. I mean it was right at the end of making the record.
It was a great little thing. It was right at the end of making the record. When people call you The Hurts is it the worst thing in the world? But it just says Hurts everywhere.
The only The is the The at the start of the word Theo. TH: That would be the Irish tribute band. I think if you were called The Hurts everything would be different. TH: Yeah I think that too. General Comment This song is about a man who is just going to suicide "On a bridge across the seven", he also says he is in trouble and he doesn't want company, but a woman Susie makes him change his mind and they fall in love at first sight.
She says "Dont let go, never give up, it's such a wonderful life.. There was an error. Song Meaning I got this from Wikipedia: In an interview with entertainment website Digital Spy lead singer Theo Hutchcraft said of the song: "It's basically based on two extremes: the first being a man who wants to kill himself and the second being love at first sight.
He's standing on the bridge about to jump and he's stopped by a woman. They see each other and fall in love. She basically says, 'Come with me, it's all going to be fine'. The song only offers a snippet of someone's life, so we don't know what happens at the end of it. No Replies Log in to reply. General Comment Oh, I love this song. He disappeared in and his car was found abandoned near the Severn Bridge a few weeks after.
He was presumed dead, but I like to think that this song describes what happened to him instead. TwistedKaraoke on April 02, Link. General Comment More than a passing resemblance to "talktalk"'s "it's my life" This so gives me such determination not to give up - even though i'm not particularly suicidal at the moment!
Really sweet story about this desperate guy thinking of jumping from the bridge - but instead meeting a voracious, passionate lover instead. I feel sad for his family, who have lost him in either scenario but happy that at least they found each other. George Bailey not only embodies this conflict, he provides the object lesson for its resolution.
He fights the temptations of self-interest every time he tries but fails to"shake the dust off [that] crummy little town. To do otherwise would condemn Bedford Falls to Potter. Even George and Mary's planned honeymoon, financed by their hard earned rainy day money, is too risky to the fabric of the community.
George Bailey is Capra's consummate peoples' hero using his money and his business only as a way of helping family, friends, and community. Herein lie the essence of Capra's Americanism and his model for generating a wonderful life--a people's capitalism. Such a capitalism exists when one's commitment to giving takes priority over self; when the well being of the self is rooted in the well being of the community, and when the profit motive is employed to meet societal needs, rather than stock dividends.
Like many Depression era Americans, Capra had little faith left in the promises of laissez-faire i. What is good for Potter is emphatically not good for Bedford Falls.
The humane capitalism of Capra's film was not inevitable. A possible alternative is glimpsed, should the"true American" succumb to the temptations of unbridled individualism.
It is"Pottersville," a place marred by divorce, broken families, pornography, shootings and police chases; an existence that"makes men want to get drunk fast," according to Nick the bartender.
Pottersville turns the innocent flirtations of Violet Bicks, easily accommodated in the nurturing environment of Bedford Falls, into prostitution and self-destruction. It is an all against all, spiritually unrewarding society where the entrails of misery and alienation are easy to find--kind of like L.
Judging from the film's ending, Capra did not think Pottersville was likely. There were far too many George and Mary Baileys dedicated to the well being of others. Moreover, Capra saw the values of a people's capitalism enduring since they were consistent with the ethics of the heavens.
After all, George's guardian angel, Clarence, had to help others before he could earn his wings. No, once committed to the core values of a people's capitalism, the U. Without a people's government, a people's capitalism seems inconceivable. Capra also looked too optimistically at suburbia as a location where his core values could prosper, and off the mark in assuming"Bailey Park" would protect Americans from the Henry Potter's of the world.
Suburbia has proven to be quite accessible to the corrosive influences of corporate interests. The post World War II suburbanization of the working class eroded much of what remained of community values. With its porchless houses, lack of significant social space, suburbia fostered not community, but runaway consumerism.
Such an existence made it easy for Americans to turn inward and ignore all but self. Instead of community identity flowing smoothly from the interaction of people and personalities, as in Bedford Falls, suburbia took on the identity imposed from without, enveloping all under the now familiar signs of the Wal Marts, Starbucks, Best Buys, and Costco's. So complete is the corporate takeover of the culture, teachers of our time can either identify their students either by name or corporate logos.
Finally, Capra's ideal America is sexist and racist to a degree. From all indications, he had a hard time envisioning women outside the role of housewife. After all, Mary, a college graduate, only finds fulfillment in"turning a house into a home" and being"on the nest.
Annie, the Baileys' maid, makes a number of references to her desire for a husband and family, but we can't like her chances. She is the only black in Bedford Falls, and, for all the warmth and comfort found in the Bailey home, I'm not sure even they are ready to accept inter-racial marriage. Capra's critique of big money capitalists is all but lost in today's mainstream culture. Instead of people's heroes, our culture displays a steady menu of the"greed is good" ethos of ABC's John Stossel, the Social Darwinism of"Survivor"and the mean spirited, though now somewhat blemished conservatism, of Rush Limbaugh and Bill"one armed bandit" Bennett.
America seems to have lost its stomach for a sustained critique of the rampant pursuit of personal wealth over civic responsibility. This is as much so politically as culturally. Our current president gives huge tax breaks to the wealthiest 1 percent under the cynical banner of"fairness" to all taxpayers. Indeed, the most visible"George" of our time has come a long way from Bedford Falls.
Democrats currently lined up to challenge Bush seem equally reluctant to campaign against America Inc. So too the words of Eugene V. Debs, who insisted that"money constitutes no proper basis for civilization. I want Capra's civic mindedness, and critique of the rich and wellborn worked back into the fabric of the culture.
Perhaps then we can revitalize our struggle for all to have a wonderful life. Please enable JavaScript to view the comments powered by Disqus.
I am a republican, and pleased to laearn that Capra was also. This article aided me in compiling my research paper, to be turned in to a TA who neveer saw the movie I didn't have to worry about the seemingly contradictory theme of "pro-socialism and Capra's conservativeness: Anyway, I love this movie.
Are you saying his book is false? If so, please cite examples. It always translates into a cheap police state run by murders and thugs. Capitalism isn't perfect far from it as a matter of fact John, My interpretation of the article had little to do with the author advocating stricter controls over the market. Patterville is not an economic system, it is a frame of mind.
It can exist whether you live in a highly regulated economy or a totally free market. The point is how welath is percieved and what people will do to get it, not a lamentration against capitalism.
Sorry, I just saw this article today, and I feel compelled to comment. If what Professor Nobile is saying is true, we might expect to find our Pottersvilles in those parts of the world where there markets are freest, and our idyllic Bedford Fallses in those places where businesses are most highly taxed and most heavily regulated. But when I think of Pottersville, large cities come to mind, and it is in these cities where the most liberal politicians are elected think of Detroit, San Francisco, Cleveland, Chicago, New York, etc.
On the other hand, there are plenty of Bedford Fallses still around--but you'll find them in the so-called Blue states which went for Bush in , which have a solid record of electing Republicans, and which are known for having low taxes and relatively few regulations on business. Please, don't recommend Charlie Sykes. That guy is nothing but a wind-up conservative whining automaton. If you're ever in Southeast Wisconsin, avoid his radio program.
The Wizard of Oz, the book, was written as political allegory. So, it's hardly a shock or much of a stretch to see the film that way.
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