Paul Mauriat died. I am a fan of Brit rock, but if I choose one music which strikes the right chord it would be "Love is blue". ((but it was originally recorded by Vicky Leandros and the song was written by Andre Popp, not by him). How can I describe that feeling? The music strikes a nerve / my weak point more than the right chord. My dog had to howl when an ambulance came or I played a harmonica and she looked; an unconditional reaction for which she didn't know the reason she had to do it. My reaction to "Love is Blue" is similar to this. I like the song, but it's a little bit uncomfortable because the reaction is more physical than emotional....When I hear "Love is Blue," I do roll over (not really, I feel like that). Strange?
By the way, his "El bimbo" is used as BGM for magic shows so often. So our image for "El Bimbo" is Magic show BGM in this country. Even for amateur magicians, it is a schtick to sing "tali lali lali---" by themselves. In Japan, the most famous magician would be Mr. Maric, you can check out some of his work on youtube (1.2.3.4) and in his official site. In the youtube movie, you saw a lady, she is "Princess Tenko". She has a show in Las Vegas and Kim Jong owns the entire Princess Tenko doll collection. But my image of her (maybe most Japanese too) is "she is weird": crazy make-up, no age discernable (I've seen her since I was an elementary school girl but she does not change at all), air of vulgar prosperity, etc. I heard she would get married to a Hollywood actor some years ago (it was said Jean Claude van Damme), but she has not done it yet.
Recently Cyril is the hottest magician, I think. He is an American who has Japanese and French parents. Do you know him? Is he popular in the U.S? I found many his movies in youtube. I like this, he went to Chinatown in Yokohama. Check it out.
Anyway, please quietly happy! This is life. We want to accept life bravely, bold, and never smiled.Do you think so?
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Posted by: Theodosius | Thursday, November 30, 2006 at 11:01 PM
Really Cyril is not so famous in the U.S.! He is American nanoni-ne
Posted by: Mari | Wednesday, November 15, 2006 at 01:51 PM
I've never seen Cyril on US TV either, but from Mari's links he seems to be quite good. He seems to be a street magician? This trend of making magic in the streets using common objects was revamped here in the US by David Blaine. Is he popular in Japan? Here is a youtube link for David Blaine's magic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EurvzZtQL8&mode=related&search=
Posted by: Eddy | Friday, November 10, 2006 at 04:35 PM
I've never seen Cyril the magician on American television, but I have seen quite a few videos of him around the Web. I was particularly amazed by one where he walked into a restaurant in Roppongi, went to an apparently random glass-topped table, and started pushing objects such as coins and salt shakers through the glass. This guy is good.
Posted by: bshock | Friday, November 10, 2006 at 05:00 AM