Glamorous Brooding

[PrettySquareGal]

I like to indulge in a good session of brooding, perhaps melancholy now and again. Does anyone have any suggestions for being blue, retro style such as any particular music (I know Sinatra is a must), settings, attire, etc? I like to do Golden Age as well as Victorian...

 

[jake_fink]

Get Boulevard of Broken Dreams' boxed set, that's a whole weekend of brooding. Duke Ellington's Indigoes might work. A lot of Artie Shaw is magnificently brooding to me, though your mileage may vary.

Don't forget to drink a lot and smoke too much.




PS BBD can be found here: http://www.wga.org/uploadedFiles/news_and_events/101_screenplay/101press.pdf

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Get Boulevard of Broken Dreams' boxed set, that's a whole weekend of brooding. Duke Ellington's Indigoes might work. A lot of Artie Shaw is magnificently brooding to me, though your mileage may vary.

Don't forget to drink a lot and smoke too much.




PS BBD can be found here: http://www.wga.org/uploadedFiles/news_and_events/101_screenplay/101press.pdf

Thanks. My problem is that I don't drink or smoke anymore, but I do like a good Dairy Queen Blizzard.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Dingy bar. Bottle of bourbon.

bk

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Thanks. My problem is that I don't drink or smoke anymore, but I do like a good Dairy Queen Blizzard.

I just reread this. That's funny- I wrote that it's a problem that I don't drink or smoke! :eusa_doh: It's not,except for brooding purposes.

 

[Maj.Nick Danger]

Nah,....brooding is counter-productive.

You gotta accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative,........and don't mess with Mr. Inbetween!

 

[PrettySquareGal]

You gotta accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, latch on to the affirmative,........and don't mess with Mr. Inbetween!

Nah, occasional melancholy is good for my creative edge. I don't stay there, it propels me forward.

 

[Hemingway Jones]

Think Rick at his Cafe Americain. "All the gin joints in all the world and she walks into mine."

 

[mysterygal]

and don't forget as you're watching all these movies, to go buy yourself a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

 

[PrettySquareGal]

and don't forget as you're watching all these movies, to go buy yourself a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream

Of course.

 

[scotrace]

First, get the soundtrack for "Bridges of Madison County" and play the Johnny Hartman tracks.
I suggest the book Lincoln's Melancholy by Joshua Wolf Shenk as a look into how a pro broods - and how the 19th century had a far better understanding of depression than we, especially in relation to romanticism and creativity.

Coleman Hawkins' Body and Soul (as heard in the Color Purple) can get you going. Artie Shaw's Begin the Beguine is good for the trip back to the surface, along with a cloudy day, a porch swing and, well, bourbon.

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

MP3: Music to brood by...

Music to brood by:

1.3 meg MP3: Art Mooney "Sunset to Sunrise" (Late 40s)

Swing High,
- Cousin Hepcat

 

[herringbonekid]

musically i'd have to recommend miles davis' "ascenseur pour l'echafaud" (lift to the scaffold). you can't get much more downbeat than that.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

I am *sad* to say that I am thrilled at the moment!

Thank you for that MP3 Cousin Hepcat! I am listening right now (actually on my third time. ) Absolutely haunting. It's perfect.

Scotrace- Thank you for that book recommendation. I just checked my local Borders and it's in stock! Lincoln is my favorite president and to learn more about him and Victorian brooding makes me happy.

Thanks, herringbonekid.

 

[PrettySquareGal]

Think Rick at his Cafe Americain. "All the gin joints in all the world and she walks into mine."

Yes, I can work with that.

 

[Naama]

I wonder that no one mentioned Billie Holliday! I don't even think that it matters which song you hear, it's just her (beautiful) voice..... There's so much sadness in this voice :cry:

Naama

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

I am *sad* to say that I am thrilled at the moment!

Thank you for that MP3 Cousin Hepcat! I am listening right now (actually on my third time. ) Absolutely haunting. It's perfect.

Well that's just too bad.

Try this on:

MP3: Billie Holiday "Some Other Spring" (late 30s)

 

[Cousin Hepcat]

I wonder that no one mentioned Billie Holliday! I don't even think that it matters which song you hear, it's just her (beautiful) voice..... There's so much sadness in this voice :cry:

Naama

Well Naama, what do you know! hadn't even seen your post yet on the next page. just proves great minds think alike.

This place is so cool... (slurred)I love you guys! :cry: :beer:

Swing High,
- Cousin Hepcat

 

[filmnoirphotos]

Coltrane, Davis, gin and tonic, and that late night club on the south end where you never see a shiny car parked.....

 

[magneto]

On the down-beat

Oh dear, you can't brood properly without listening to the broodingest Golden Era hit of all time!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloomy_Sunday