Not the car. I don't know anything about cars. And I tried to watch the movie but stopped halfway through because I didn't like how people were getting beaten up. Apparently it's a brilliant movie, but I'm really fussy with movies unfortunately, which is one of my faults. I wish I was one of those people who could watch any genre and enjoy everything, but no. I had to be picky and not appreciate great films. One of my faults that I'm really annoyed about.
Anyway, I digress. 'Gran Torino,' the song, that was written for the movie, is what I absolutely love. I discovered it when I was at my nonna's house one day and just flicking through the channels with her and commenting on the amount of rubbish that is on during the day, when all of a sudden I came across a Michael Parkinson masterclass show featuring the musician, Jamie Cullum. He is a contemporary jazz-pop musician who is incredibly talented. The way he talks about music and demonstrated how he composes, was mind-blowing. And being a jazz fan myself (absolutely love Frank Sinatra, who I've mentioned in an earlier Music Monday post), I was fascinated to hear his works and instantly fell into complete adoration for 'Gran Torino.'
The song is a narration of the transformation the protagonist undergoes within the movie, with the point of view of the old man who lived his life in bitterness and loneliness, but when he (in the movie) comes across and makes the unlikely friendship with an Asian teen, he realises that he has been seeing the world in the wrong way. It's quite inspirational saying: "so tenderly your story is nothing more than what you see or what you've done or will become" telling the listener to "stand strong" and asking whether they feel as if they "belong in [their] skin." I think those are quite powerful lyrics that transcend wider than the context of the movie, and out to the individual listener.
The song and movie (I'm sure) leaves the listener with the ultimate message of: "your world is nothing more than all the tiny things you've left behind." The character had only demonstrated love and affection towards his Gran Torino car, but by the end, he feels love and affection towards others. It's a sad song too, because he lived so much of his life without this; "I drink instead on my own," it's a song of reflection for anyone who listens to it. But not only are the lyrics so deep, but the piano is stunning. The type of song you'd listen to on your own late at night.
Anyway, I digress. 'Gran Torino,' the song, that was written for the movie, is what I absolutely love. I discovered it when I was at my nonna's house one day and just flicking through the channels with her and commenting on the amount of rubbish that is on during the day, when all of a sudden I came across a Michael Parkinson masterclass show featuring the musician, Jamie Cullum. He is a contemporary jazz-pop musician who is incredibly talented. The way he talks about music and demonstrated how he composes, was mind-blowing. And being a jazz fan myself (absolutely love Frank Sinatra, who I've mentioned in an earlier Music Monday post), I was fascinated to hear his works and instantly fell into complete adoration for 'Gran Torino.'
The song is a narration of the transformation the protagonist undergoes within the movie, with the point of view of the old man who lived his life in bitterness and loneliness, but when he (in the movie) comes across and makes the unlikely friendship with an Asian teen, he realises that he has been seeing the world in the wrong way. It's quite inspirational saying: "so tenderly your story is nothing more than what you see or what you've done or will become" telling the listener to "stand strong" and asking whether they feel as if they "belong in [their] skin." I think those are quite powerful lyrics that transcend wider than the context of the movie, and out to the individual listener.
The song and movie (I'm sure) leaves the listener with the ultimate message of: "your world is nothing more than all the tiny things you've left behind." The character had only demonstrated love and affection towards his Gran Torino car, but by the end, he feels love and affection towards others. It's a sad song too, because he lived so much of his life without this; "I drink instead on my own," it's a song of reflection for anyone who listens to it. But not only are the lyrics so deep, but the piano is stunning. The type of song you'd listen to on your own late at night.
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