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Consecutive Compendium of Culture – Gimme Gimme Gimme great grooves, grand graphics, glorious glimpses of the gogglebox

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Going forward (I know) to the next letter in the alphabet, please give generously to the glossary of good taste (?) in music, film, art, books, etc of any cultural goodies beginning with ‘g’.

Getting things started, here’s a guitarist by Gauguin:

and Ghost Town:

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    • Lovely song and sweet video – such fresh complexions!
      For those of us who don’t speak Elvish*:
      Vad var det vi sa (What did we say)
      När vi sträckte ut våra armar (When we reached out our arms)
      vad var det vi sa (what did we tell)
      När vi två tittade ut ifrån berget (When we two looked out from the mountain)
      vad var det vi skrek (what was it we screamed)
      När drömmar bar oss bortom stan (When dreams carried us beyond the town)
      å en dag ska vi härifrån (On one day we here)

      vi sa: vi ska ta över (we said, we will take over)
      vi ska ta över världen (we will take over the world)
      vi ska bli stora (we should be large)
      vi ska bli mäktiga, ha ha (we’ll be mighty, ha ha)
      och vi ska göra jorden hel (and we must make the earth full)
      ja vi ska göra vattnet rent (yes we’ll do the water clean)
      och vi ska aldrig skada (and we will never harm)
      varandra mer (each other more)

      och vi ska slåss (and we must fight)
      ja, vi ska slåss mot Goliat (Yes, we should fight Goliath)
      så tro på mig för jag vet att (so believe in me because I know)
      du är modigast (You are the bravest)

      Vad var det vi sa (What did we say)
      som vi aldrig nånsin skulle glömma (we never ever forget)
      vad var det vi såg (what was it we saw)
      i soluppgången vid sjön (in the sunrise at the lake)
      vad var det vi skrek där (what was it we screamed where)
      på vägen hem över fotbollsplan (on the way home of football)
      en dag ska vi härifrån (someday we will from here)

      ni ska ta över (You will take over)
      ni ska ta över världen (You will take over the world)
      ni ska bli stora (You must be large)
      ni ska bli mäktiga, ha ha (you shall be mighty, ha ha)
      och vi ska göra jorden hel (and we must make the earth full)
      ja vi ska göra vattnet rent (yes we’ll do the water clean)
      och vi ska aldrig skada (and we will never harm)
      varandra mer (each other more)

      och vi ska slåss (and we must fight)
      ja, vi ska slåss mot Goliat (Yes, we should fight Goliath)
      så tro på mig för jag vet att (so believe in me because I know)
      du är modigast, du kan (you are courageous, you can)
      ____________________
      *Tee Hee!

      • G is for Google translate…not 100% correct there Sal, and certainly lacking some poetic beauty.
        But a heroic effort!

        Here you go, Sal, just a little clean-up of the biggest errors:

        What was it we said
        when we held out our arms
        What was it we said when the two of us
        was looking out from the mountain top
        What was it we shouted
        when dreams carried us beyond our town
        Oh one day we will get out of here

        We said: we will take over
        we will take over the world
        We will grow up
        we will be powerful
        And we shall heal the world
        yes, we will make the water clean
        and we shall never harm
        each other again

        And we will fight
        Yes, we will fight Goliath
        So believe in me because I know
        that you are the bravest

        What was it we said
        that we were never ever going to forget
        What was it we saw
        by sunrise at the lake
        What was it we shouted there
        on our way back home across the football pitch
        One day we will get out of here

        You will take over
        you will take over the world
        You will grow up
        you will be powerful
        And we shall heal the world
        yes, we will make the water clean
        And we shall never harm
        each other again

        And we will fight
        yes, we will fight Goliath
        So believe in me because I know
        that you are the bravest, you’re able

    • I remember seeing Gentle Giant on that episode of BBC’s Sight and Sound In Concert when it was first broadcast. Somebody posted a link to the full concert on YouTube, and I’ve watched it since a couple of times. What I never appreciated at the time was just how good they were live. So tight, and so together.

  15. Hmmm …. there’s a band I really like, which starts with a G. The name escapes me, though. San Francisco band. 1965-1995. Famous for taking industrial amounts of drugs. Two and a half thousand gigs, traded by tapers over the years. Followed by a particularly obsessive group of fans. Famous for playing long sets full of songs with endless guitar noodling.
    Ooooh, the name’s on the tip of my tongue. You must know ’em. They sometimes had two drummers, and a female vocalist who couldn’t sing very well. You can buy about 300 different live albums, all of which basically conmtain the same songs. Led by a rather hairy, beardy guitarist whose surname also began with a G.

    No, it’s no good. I can’t think of the name.

  18. Gattaca

    Every idea in this film still seems plausible, more so. It works as both a sci-fi film and as an homage to film noir and, at its heart, is a superbly realised morality tale

  19. ..and how many times did I have to watch it before I copped their apartment had a helical staircase (despite the fact that it features so prominently in one of the best scenes in the film)..

  34. John Grant – GMF

    Superb video – well conceivedd and filmed, great acting performance (if it is acting (it does look very natural in places) and nicely balancing the melancholy of the song with a touch of humour.

  36. Gun – Race With The Devil

    featuring Paul and Adrian Gurvitz

    Later covered by Girlschool

    Adrian Gurvitz returned to public consciousness in 1982 after writing a classic in his attic because he was an addict

  37. If we ever do a thread on bands that were poised on the edge of greatness, but blew it, this lot will be front runners:

    Bonus points for spotting all the lyrics stolen from other songs…I count four (but one is a little tenuous)

  41. The Goodies

    Never reveered in quite the same way as The Goons or Monty Python. Often regarded as a bit of a kids show,
    In a way, I suppose it was being more slapstick than the others.
    Not all of it stands up fantastically well today (then again there are bits of Python that fall flat too), but still worth a watch

  45. Gasman : Odd to you.
    A punk group from Sandviken (sweden) that I discovered because I wanted to buy an amplifier from the lead singer.
    His solo act goes by the name Saint Jimi Crycket club.

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