Liam Ireland

Joined November 2020

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E Type Jaguar
In 1961 it took the world by storm. Enzo Ferrari said it's the most beautiful car in the world. The Museum of Modern Art said it's a work of art. It is sexual seduction on wheels, with the pulling power of a rocket to the moon I am in love.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Mona Lisa
Enigmatic and monumental, with a subtle modeling of form, of both the face and hands, complete with an unreal, illusory atmosphere. Rendered in soft and sensual tones, she smiles in a homely yet seductive way. Her knowing, inviting eyes seem to follow you, no matter where you go. Che bello.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Hotel California
A sinister-sounding story about the opulent, hedonistic excesses of LA nightlife. It is a haunting tale of a journey from innocence to experience, of overindulgence in sensual pastimes, set to music. A driving rhythm, rasping lead vocal, rich harmonies, and a killer dueling guitar solo, seductively beckon the awestruck listener.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
I'm Not In Love
How to tell a woman you love her? By using reverse psychology and saying you don't love her. How do you make a hit record? By making it six minutes long. The recording techniques used here by 10cc helped to change the way music was recorded for generations to come.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Bohemian Rhapsody
I was never a great fan of Queen, mainly due to my homophobic dislike of their camp image. Then I heard this song and I was no longer a homophobe. This lushly produced, multi-layered, mock opera cum heavy progressive rock song blew my mind baby. I am a changed man.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
A Whiter Shade Of Pale
The anthem that launched the 1967 'Summer of Love'. A song where classical music meets pop. One of the most commercially successful pieces of music, an enduring classic. A song that to this day nobody ever gets tired of listening to. Soulful vocals, a melancholic tone, mysterious lyrics, bliss.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Psycho
An iconic Hitchcock thriller that struck fear and foreboding into the hearts and souls of everybody who dared to view it. A suspenseful tale that made a nation of lone women afraid to check in at any quiet motel. Never again could any woman take a shower without feeling afraid.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Tug Of War
Here is McCartney finally stepping out of the shadow of the Beatles with a beautifully produced album full of musical gems. The lushly produced title track sings to me at a very deep level about my intimate relationships, to the point of tearing up. The orchestration is to die for.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
A Lesson To Be Learned From 2001 Space Odyssey
At a time when Artificial Intelligence, AI for short, ranks very high on the international current affairs agenda, it would be very remiss of us indeed not to cast our minds back to the 2nd of April 1968. On that day, what is arguably the greatest epic science fiction movie ever made, was released to a highly expectant general public. I am talking, of course, about the Stanley Rubick and Arthur C. Clarke film, 2001 Space Odyssey.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Futurism
2001 Space Odyssey
An epic cinematic masterpiece that addresses the age-old questions of who are we, where did we come from and where are we going. The journey explores our past, present, and future and takes us to our ultimate destination in some far-flung Utopia, deep in outer space. To infinity and beyond.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Critique
Waiting For Godot
Samuel Beckett was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1906 and passed away in Paris thirty four years ago in 1989. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature fifty four years ago in 1969.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in BookClub
On Reaching Out To A Lost Child
It is now some nine years since I lost contact with my thirteen-year-old son. At the time of the loss, I was sad and angry in equal measure. It was all so unnecessary and served no purpose except to exact revenge, by a super vindictive, mentally unstable, ex-wife, determined to destroy the only thing that I had left from my marriage to her.
By Liam Ireland2 years ago in Families