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Welcome to the Jungle.

      Song hunters who are always ready to use Shazam. Film lovers who'd never miss the chance to criticise. Whether you're a melomaniac, a cinephile of any kind or just a curious person willing to lose some time. Please take a seat, for you're now in the right place, and (maybe) the right time.      Let's start with the aim of this blog. I'll put it simply: I love movies and I love music. I do love both disciplines as parents must love their twins, and my humble intention here is nothing but to share my passion for what's become an enjoyable and common practice in the past few years: to catch the moments when magic occurs, when both arts converge in the most strong and pleasant synergy.  For example, I can remember the first time I saw Will Hunting singing "Afternoon delight" to piss off the poor psychologist that Prof. Lambeau assigned to him. It's the same song which sounds as Will finally drives to California and the screen fades to black. Wh
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Clowns to the Left of Me, Jokers to the Right

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[This post contains spoilers from “Reservoir Dogs”]    God save the 70s, ladies and gentlemen. Four years before “Afternoon Delight” reached the top of the US Hot 100, another song was unexpectedly elbowing its way through the chart’s Top 10. The tune was the legendary “Stuck in the Middle With You” [1.] , and its popularity totally surprised the Scottish band, Stealers Wheel, who were relying on “Late Again” and “You Put Something Better Inside Me” as the singles on their album.    It’s common knowledge that Gerry Rafferty, guitarist and lead vocalist along with Joe Egan, didn’t hold the music industry in such high esteem (to say the least); so it’s not surprising at all that some of their songs depict such a decayed world through the use of very obvious, almost brazen lyrics. Within these satirical songs there’s “Stuck in the Middle With You”. The hit was born after a pre-signing dinner, which, in words of Rafferty, felt “like one of those scenes from the Last Supper” (I’m p
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Sky Rockets in Flight

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[This post contains spoilers from "Good Will Hunting"]    In 1976, Starland Vocal released "Afternoon Delight", a song which would become one of those unforgettable, timeless pieces of work. The single reached number one in the US Hot 100 in July of the same year and gave the band their first golden record. When analyzing the lyrics, even the most pure and innocent human being (if such a thing still exists) will realize that it's basically, as Stephen Silver said in one of his articles, an ode to midday fornication. Of course, one is never one hundred percent sure what a songwriter had in mind as he was penning the lyrics but, come on, Bill Danoff wasn't thinking about political complaints when he came up with "Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night?" or "Thinkin' of you's workin' up my appetite".    As for the musical part, I personally find it to be a real afternoon-morning-evening-whatever-time-
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