Francesc Candel
You've got a friend... taxi driver.
Betty Noyes - Baby Mine / Walt Disney's Dumbo (Original Soundtrack Recording 1957)
Arcade Fire - Baby Mine / Dumbo (2019)
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David Lynch directed in 1980, the film "The Elephant Man" based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, known as "The Elephant Man". Merrick was born in 1862 in Leicester. A year and a half after his birth, he began to suffer from malformations throughout his body, a process that accelerated and worsened at the age of five. Joseph Merrick suffered from Proteus syndrome, a hereditary genetic syndrome that manifests itself in the embryonic phase, due to a mutation in the human genome. This syndrome causes excessive skin growth, abnormal bone development and the formation of tumours in the upper half of the body. Joseph Merrick wandered for years at fairs and freak shows, where he was displayed for cruel mocking. Despite his illness and ill-treatment, Joseph Merrick was sweet-natured and polite, demonstrating in the last years of his life, where he achieved some peace and quiet, that he was a person of above average intelligence. Courage and bravery in overcoming his illness were his life's goals, always with gentleness, delicacy, politeness and in the face of society's rejection. Merrick died in 1890, at the age of 27. You can find this information in more detail at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merrick. David Lynch's film is highly recommended. A sad and very hard film to watch, which shows us the goodness that can be kept in the soul, even being a strange and different person and showing us the other side of the coin, the cruelty and wickedness of those who consider themselves... "normal people".
The Elephant Man Trailer. Director's film, David Lynch 1980
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Other songs / films
¡Hatari! Director's film, Howard Hawks 1962 - Baby Elephant Walk, Henry Mancini OST
J. Pat O'Malley, Disney Studio Chorus - Colonel Hathi Elephant March / The Jungle Book (OST, 1967)
Tame Impala - Elephant / Elephant (EP 2012)
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Bernard Herrmann – Theme From Taxi Driver / Taxi Driver, Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Carole King - You've Got a Friend / Tapestry (1971)
Cuando estés deprimido y con problemas y necesites un poco de cuidado amoroso y nada, nada vaya bien, cierra los ojos y piensa en mí. Y pronto estaré allí para iluminar incluso tu noche más oscura. Sólo tienes que gritar mi nombre y sabes, que dondequiera que esté, vendré corriendo para verte de nuevo... invierno, primavera, verano u otoño... Tienes un amigo...
Image dedicated to Dumbo and Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" and all Dumbo's and Merrick's in this world.
You've got a friend... taxi driver.
Betty Noyes - Baby Mine / Walt Disney's Dumbo (Original Soundtrack Recording 1957)
Arcade Fire - Baby Mine / Dumbo (2019)
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David Lynch directed in 1980, the film "The Elephant Man" based on the true story of Joseph Merrick, known as "The Elephant Man". Merrick was born in 1862 in Leicester. A year and a half after his birth, he began to suffer from malformations throughout his body, a process that accelerated and worsened at the age of five. Joseph Merrick suffered from Proteus syndrome, a hereditary genetic syndrome that manifests itself in the embryonic phase, due to a mutation in the human genome. This syndrome causes excessive skin growth, abnormal bone development and the formation of tumours in the upper half of the body. Joseph Merrick wandered for years at fairs and freak shows, where he was displayed for cruel mocking. Despite his illness and ill-treatment, Joseph Merrick was sweet-natured and polite, demonstrating in the last years of his life, where he achieved some peace and quiet, that he was a person of above average intelligence. Courage and bravery in overcoming his illness were his life's goals, always with gentleness, delicacy, politeness and in the face of society's rejection. Merrick died in 1890, at the age of 27. You can find this information in more detail at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Merrick. David Lynch's film is highly recommended. A sad and very hard film to watch, which shows us the goodness that can be kept in the soul, even being a strange and different person and showing us the other side of the coin, the cruelty and wickedness of those who consider themselves... "normal people".
The Elephant Man Trailer. Director's film, David Lynch 1980
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Other songs / films
¡Hatari! Director's film, Howard Hawks 1962 - Baby Elephant Walk, Henry Mancini OST
J. Pat O'Malley, Disney Studio Chorus - Colonel Hathi Elephant March / The Jungle Book (OST, 1967)
Tame Impala - Elephant / Elephant (EP 2012)
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Bernard Herrmann – Theme From Taxi Driver / Taxi Driver, Original Soundtrack Recording (1976)
Carole King - You've Got a Friend / Tapestry (1971)
Cuando estés deprimido y con problemas y necesites un poco de cuidado amoroso y nada, nada vaya bien, cierra los ojos y piensa en mí. Y pronto estaré allí para iluminar incluso tu noche más oscura. Sólo tienes que gritar mi nombre y sabes, que dondequiera que esté, vendré corriendo para verte de nuevo... invierno, primavera, verano u otoño... Tienes un amigo...
Image dedicated to Dumbo and Joseph Merrick, "The Elephant Man" and all Dumbo's and Merrick's in this world.