Obscured by Bokeh

Obscured by Bokeh

Someone commented on Rajini Rao  post about a Syd Barrett video http://goo.gl/u2W5l so it popped into my notifications.

I figured it’s time to share some Pink Floyd. Then I thought I should find something obscure. Although I ♥ all things Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon can be shared only so many times. Ditto for The Wall. Then I thought, I haven’t listened to Obscured by Clouds in a long time.

So here is Childhood’s End on Obscured by Clouds. Obscured by Clouds was Pink Floyd’s soundtrack for the French film La Vallée, which is about a woman who goes on a search of a mysterious hidden valley in the bush of New Guinea. The album was released in 1972 and reached number 1 in France, 6 in the UK, and 46 in the US :(. The album cover, which I sadly miss with CDs and DVDs, is a perfect example of Bokeh (intentional blur, out of focus, photography).

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

Another interesting tidbit, check out the other users of the EMS VCS3 synthesizer, which was used on Obscured by Clouds.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_VCS_3#Notable_users

#PinkFloyd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcR2AuiRMvg

Before there was Pop Idol and American Idol there was the Eurovision Song Contest.

Before there was Pop Idol and American Idol there was the Eurovision Song Contest.

Poupée de cire, poupée de son was the winning song for Luxembourg by French singer France Gall, then a teenager.

The lyrics have a lot of double meanings. Poupée de cire, poupée de son can be translated as wax doll, sawdust doll. Mindless, boneless. There’s irony in the implications about being a puppet as France Gall was just a teenager.

Here’s the Wiki

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

Sorry Jerry Kilimnik I don’t have a link to the dubstep version. Misha Belle I’ll update if I find a cool remix, but I like the original as-is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5aeeSmkPwQ