When The Wild Wind Blows
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 17/06/2023 ----------
Music !!
Well I started off with grand ideas of poking the camera at/into a piano shop ( some costing 50 - 60 thousand pounds ) and then the same with a branch of Guitar Guitar - but to get any sort of shot ( especially the guitar shop that has literally hundreds of guitars on the walls ) I would have needed to go inside and that would make me somewhat obvious !!
Rock music goes down a treat but I cannot play a note , so no musical instruments here .
Therefore , it has to be how I listen to the music - and in the car these days it is the " infotainment " module . It displays car functions , telephone doings ( don't do that - no one ever calls ) , car settings , maps and sat-nav ( don't do that either , I end up disobeying the thing 'cos I do not want to go the way it tells me ) and of course the radio - only have it tuned to Planet Rock or the BBC Local Radio . And then there is the USB player where all the music and of my choice can be found !! Strange though , the volume seems to go up double when rock music is selected .
In this instance we are listening to " When The Wild Wind Blows " by Iron Maiden .
When the Wind Blows is a 1982 graphic novel, created by British artist Raymond Briggs ( author of The Snowman ) commonly known for its critiques against government issued preparations for nuclear war. Utilizing a cartoonish design, this graphic novel follows retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs, and their journey through surviving a nuclear attack on Britain launched by the Soviet Union. The novel was later adapted for different entertainment types including an animated film, talk-show radio segment, and stage play.
The book follows the story of the Bloggs, a couple previously seen in the book Gentleman Jim. One afternoon, the couple hears a message on the radio about an "outbreak of hostilities" in three days time. Jim immediately starts construction of a fallout shelter (in accordance with a government-issued Protect and Survive brochure, which he has collected from a public library), while the two reminisce about the Second World War. Their reminiscences are used both for comic effect and to show how the geopolitical situation has changed, but also how nostalgia has blotted out the horrors of war. A constant theme is Jim's optimistic outlook and his unshakeable belief that the government knows what is best and has the situation under full control, coupled with Hilda's attempts to carry on life as normal.
The Iron Maiden song "When the Wild Wind Blows" from their 2010 album The Final Frontier is loosely based on the graphic novel. In the song, however, the couple commit suicide thinking the tremors shaking up their hideout is the nuclear Doomsday they had been expecting. They are found like this by a rescue team going through the ruins after what was 'merely' a strong earthquake, on "just another day the wild wind blows".
Now have a listen --------------
When The Wild Wind Blows
Shot taken for Saturday Self Challenge 17/06/2023 ----------
Music !!
Well I started off with grand ideas of poking the camera at/into a piano shop ( some costing 50 - 60 thousand pounds ) and then the same with a branch of Guitar Guitar - but to get any sort of shot ( especially the guitar shop that has literally hundreds of guitars on the walls ) I would have needed to go inside and that would make me somewhat obvious !!
Rock music goes down a treat but I cannot play a note , so no musical instruments here .
Therefore , it has to be how I listen to the music - and in the car these days it is the " infotainment " module . It displays car functions , telephone doings ( don't do that - no one ever calls ) , car settings , maps and sat-nav ( don't do that either , I end up disobeying the thing 'cos I do not want to go the way it tells me ) and of course the radio - only have it tuned to Planet Rock or the BBC Local Radio . And then there is the USB player where all the music and of my choice can be found !! Strange though , the volume seems to go up double when rock music is selected .
In this instance we are listening to " When The Wild Wind Blows " by Iron Maiden .
When the Wind Blows is a 1982 graphic novel, created by British artist Raymond Briggs ( author of The Snowman ) commonly known for its critiques against government issued preparations for nuclear war. Utilizing a cartoonish design, this graphic novel follows retired couple, Jim and Hilda Bloggs, and their journey through surviving a nuclear attack on Britain launched by the Soviet Union. The novel was later adapted for different entertainment types including an animated film, talk-show radio segment, and stage play.
The book follows the story of the Bloggs, a couple previously seen in the book Gentleman Jim. One afternoon, the couple hears a message on the radio about an "outbreak of hostilities" in three days time. Jim immediately starts construction of a fallout shelter (in accordance with a government-issued Protect and Survive brochure, which he has collected from a public library), while the two reminisce about the Second World War. Their reminiscences are used both for comic effect and to show how the geopolitical situation has changed, but also how nostalgia has blotted out the horrors of war. A constant theme is Jim's optimistic outlook and his unshakeable belief that the government knows what is best and has the situation under full control, coupled with Hilda's attempts to carry on life as normal.
The Iron Maiden song "When the Wild Wind Blows" from their 2010 album The Final Frontier is loosely based on the graphic novel. In the song, however, the couple commit suicide thinking the tremors shaking up their hideout is the nuclear Doomsday they had been expecting. They are found like this by a rescue team going through the ruins after what was 'merely' a strong earthquake, on "just another day the wild wind blows".
Now have a listen --------------