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I hope it was an enjoyable journey.

Thanks, Lisa! Glad you enjoyed the song and video too! The Ashley Judd films are Come Early Morning (which I also used for my video, "Magnet and Steel" by Walter Egan) and The Passion of Darkly Noon (which I also used for The Who "Behind Blue Eyes" and "The Acid Queen" and "Underture" from Tommy). The Naomi Watts films are, of course, Mulholland Drive, one of the best films ever made by the best film director in modern history, David Lynch, the movie Adore (also known as Adoration and Perfect Mothers), and unfortunately, I forgot the last film and it will take forever to track it down on my hard drive. I wish I could have done two thumbnails as this is Naomi's video as much as it is Ashley's. I think both are the greatest actresses of the 21st Century and Ashley I have been following since the 1990s. I was glad David Lynch finally found a role for her in Twin Peaks: The Return. She should have been in one of his other films I think; I don't know how she got overlooked for so long.

@@mikemunrowsretro8973 Thank you so much I also found it interesting that u stated Summer 1982 was one of the slowest turnover of Top 40 singles and albums in US music history. Any idea why that was? Thx again

@@lisabenneett4735 Hi Lisa! Partly to the death of disco in 1980 and the existing rock bands from the 70's, although putting out newer material, began to sound stale. Blondie was a big driving force, but the album they put out in '82 did horribly, and it was not a very good album. Many of the bands and artists that did not fare so well in '82, did exceptionally well later in the 80's. Why rock got stale? Bad timing, bad luck. But it is bound to happen from time to time. Thankfully, MTV came along and pulled everything back together when they went nationwide in September.

Glas this one is finally getting some attention. Thanks!

Thanks so much! I'd really like to do more from Tommy, and this was the third, but the second video I did, "Underture," which is 10 minutes and 19 seconds, got age-restricted here, but I think is still viewable on Vimeo. It got restricted here at YT over a comedy scene appearing at the end which came from Twin Peaks: The Return (2017) ... the one where Naomi Watts (Janey E) and Kyle MacLachlan (Dougie) are in bed and Janey E goes nuts. So, you watch almost ten minutes of a video that is otherwise okay, but at the end the last 13 seconds, sorry Mike, but we have rules. There was a time on TH-cam when ANYTHING that director David Lynch filmed was allowed, nudity or not. Not anymore. The thing is far funnier than erotic. All it takes is a few seconds of "bad" content and a great video is age restricted. I don't like putting up age restricted stuff anyway because, once the subscribers have seen it, it seems to be hidden from the general audience. That wasn't true back in the Teens, but it seems to be the case now. For that matter, once the channel audience sees a video ... any video ... it seems to die, unless some good Samaritan comes along and gives it a good shove upwards.

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Hi Mora! I guess Jimi will always be alive in a sense, his music and the influence of his music on later artists anyway! He was very innovative, of those who died young starting 1969, I think he had the greatest chance of remaining relevant in the future and in our time. Blues and jazz never really go out and are reused in other formats, even today. I removed that first video as you asked; but I thought it important because you are a poet as well. Poetry is no small thing; I wrote it and published it for 25 years. All my playlists are set to "most popular" so the video on top is always the one that got the most views. I'm sorry to hear about what happened on Vimeo. They are blocking EVERYONE from Europe on Vimeo ... or certain countries in Europe? That is strange. I know a lot of TH-cam videos are blocked in Russia these days. I wish that Ukraine war would end so we can all get back to normal. Anyway, Vimeo seems to be going downhill. If a feature does not work, 65% of the time they will not even fix it. Twice on Vimeo my total views dropped from 1200 a day to one to two hundred a day. The first time was after March 2021 for about a year, then I recovered. The second time started about six to eight months ago, I think that's right, they claimed 55 of my videos infringed copyright. I am still not clear if copyright companies notified Vimeo or who it was. So, they restricted all 55 to "private" ... which is like a worldwide block. Two of them were pulling in hundreds of views a day while the other 53 were only getting small views. I am guessing those two popular ones were the ones somebody wanted to shut down, and the other 53 were just to make it look good. One of them I was able to place at Dailymotion, but not the other. As a result, the total daily views on my 800 plus other videos at Vimeo have suffered greatly. That may be yet another reason why that happened ... to render my Vimeo account unpopular. I suspect someone posing as a copyright agent, a phony, was behind it. I can't prove it, but these days takedowns should be unnecessary when blocking is available. Thus, I am always suspicious of takedowns because when I conduct research into the companies, sometimes they simply do not exist on any search engine or else they are old companies that used to patrol the Internet back in the Aughts and early Teens but have since gone inactive or have a different mission these days. I think the agents are actually jealous enemies of mine, posing as agents for non-existing companies or else ones that are defunct. But I can't prove it legally, so the platforms have no choice but to obey, even if criminals are demanding a takedown. I know it is not Thanksgiving in Spain but have a happy holiday of some kind on Thursday, anyway ... make it a feast day! Thanks Mora!

If Pink Floyd had a heart, Richard Wright was it.

I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!

Thanks!

I always liked Lee Remick in films, always found her attractive. Quite so here and in Blake Edwards' other film made at the same time, The Days of Wine and Roses. What a contrast. Sadly, Lee is no longer with us, dying at the young age of 55.

You're welcome, Ross! Did this one shortly after my previous channel took off big time in spring 2017. Popularity increased my output causing me to look in directions I never had considered. Unfortunately, that also got me into trouble (but not on this video). Thanks!

I'm surprised you have gotten no replies. Are you still looking?

@mikemunrowsretro8973 Yes I am still looking and to tell you the truth there is a challenge going on right now among guys to see who is going to be the first one to pick me up with a bouquet of flowers and a box of candy go out on a nice dinner date during the sunset and maybe to a movie or a night out on the town no night cap. The problem is I am in California Crescent City, California to be exact.

@@mikemunrowsretro8973 Yes I am.

This song was enough to scare anybody to death back in the day!

Thanks Ross! Indeed, the sound is so distinctive just hearing the opening is enough to transport me back to a placed where it seems impossible that 38 years could have possibly passed by. It still sounds so modern, but I think the music may have been a bit ahead of its time in 1986 as well. Some of the 80s music and some of the 90s too was highly progressive.

I don't like bullies either. I have been on the receiving end of bullying at different times of my life, even this year. Three cousins of mine I will NEVER again speak to. I should add though I wasn't really doing this video as statement on disability or bullying, but to dramatize the song in the rock opera Tommy. I think though, the band was a bit cruel with this song. But then again, that may have been necessary to show the full extent of Cousin Kevin's malicious nature. What can I say, we learn the worst about human nature from the awful people in our lives who taught it to us so well.

@mikemunrowsretro8973 I like that. You reply has really taught me well. Thank you sir. God bless you and keep you. I hope you have better luck in your life and I hope that you can get on and try to forget the bullies from your cousins. I know it is easier said than done though

You're welcome, Ross! Thanks!