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read between the lines
the futurist two weeks ago i decided to watch kiss kiss bang bang (the remake, not the first one) for the third time and i decided to wait this time until the credits ended...and whaddya know, the end credits song wasn't by some pop singer in the 80s, it was by robert downey jr. himself.next thing i know, i'm checking both him and val kilmer out online (since they both acted in the above movie and have been among my favourite actors but when i was really into them, the internet hadn't become so interconnected and all there was at the time were outdated fan pages so i kind of gave up and settled for just watching them at the movies) and whaddya know, they both have music albums to their name. i haven't started with val's music yet, but i picked up robert's the futurist and man, i'm wondering how i could've missed it until now! i mean i hadn't doubted that he could sing as well as he could act, since i heard him sing on ally mcbeal and first saw him on only you as a child, but for him to songwrite and play jazz pieces so well...my gosh. some of his songs had a feel of jamie cullum to them, and anything as good as jamie cullum is awesome in my book. haha. i felt like i was floating in the clouds while listening to his songs at work. i also managed to catch the soloist this week in the quiet of a rented screening room with surround-sound system and felt strangely comforted by the deep baritone undertone (haha, stole this word from downey himself) of his voice. made me think of how i have a preference for turning up the bass boost in music players and why i would like the lower range of vocals. i later came up with the answer this week: the deep boom of a man's voice are part of my longings for a father figure in my life. sorry to typecast you as a dad, downey. haha. ha. |
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