“Make Art! Make Art!”
The Best Song Oscar was bestowed on “Falling Slowly” from “Once” last night. If you haven’t seen it yet, rent it soon. It proves you can make a movie for no money, with no actors or fancy cameras, no CONFLICT (not even “Little Buddah” or “Kundun” can say that) you can engage an audience with brilliant songs and a simple story. People will respond to real emotion every time.
This was all the more wonderful that they beat out the 3 songs nominated from song Disney-fantasy-princess crap called “Enchanted.” Singer Glen Hansard said today he felt “like a plumber at a flower show.” What musician hasn’t felt that way before?
If you didnt see the acceptance speeches, they were truly memorable, with Hansard repeating “Make art! Make art!” at the end, then John Stewart breaking the rules and letting Marketa Irglova come back after the commercial and give her speech. It was a great moment for songwriters:
“This is such a big deal, not only for us, but for all independent musicians and artists who spend so much of their time struggling,” Irglova said. “No matter how far out your dreams are, it’s possible…this song was written was from a perspective of hope, and at the end of the day, hope connects us all.”
BTW, Hansard, lead singer of The Frames, was the young guitarist in the classic band movie “The Commitments” from 1991.
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