Year 2 of Lockdown, Day 80
4 June 2021 07:04 pmHappy pride to this post (it's a Tumblr classic <3)
BBC: The LGBT history you probably didn't learn in school
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Two tree petitions:
Rare and magnificent Mimosa tree in the heart of Chelsea is being cut down.
Stop the destruction of 67 oak and 3 beech trees on Oakdown Farm warehouse site.
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Daily Dimash 12: Confessa+The Diva Dance
Yay! Diva Dance Day! \o/ \o/ \o/
So, for Episode 12 Dimash first sang Confessa (Italian song, by Adriano Celentano) which would have been a perfectly great song all on its own. Very gorgeous, very passionate.
But he then throws in The Diva Dance on top of that! Because why not sing The Impossible Song as well? As I’m sure you know, The Diva Dance is the song sung by the alien in The Fifth Element - you can watch the scene here, although if you are not familiar with the film it’ll spoil a LOT. Basically it was written as being un-singable by a human and (afaik) the singer who recorded it for the movie sang the notes individually and they then put them together electronically. The funny thing is that so many people go ‘OMG is Dimash an alien?!?!’
Of course the fact that it’s supposed to be impossible hasn’t stopped singers tackling it since (more about this under the cut — Dimash is not the first, although I’m pretty sure he’s the first male). Anyway, here he is on The Singer:
Now he also performed it at his Bastau concert, so you can get it in isolation (only 1:41 long, it's a short piece). I give you The Greatest Singer in the World:
But my favourite version requires a longer explanation, so I’ll put it under the cut:
( This is one of the most beautiful and magical vocal duets I have ever heard. )
Dimash Masterpost
BBC: The LGBT history you probably didn't learn in school
~~
Two tree petitions:
Rare and magnificent Mimosa tree in the heart of Chelsea is being cut down.
Stop the destruction of 67 oak and 3 beech trees on Oakdown Farm warehouse site.
~~
Daily Dimash 12: Confessa+The Diva Dance
Yay! Diva Dance Day! \o/ \o/ \o/
So, for Episode 12 Dimash first sang Confessa (Italian song, by Adriano Celentano) which would have been a perfectly great song all on its own. Very gorgeous, very passionate.
But he then throws in The Diva Dance on top of that! Because why not sing The Impossible Song as well? As I’m sure you know, The Diva Dance is the song sung by the alien in The Fifth Element - you can watch the scene here, although if you are not familiar with the film it’ll spoil a LOT. Basically it was written as being un-singable by a human and (afaik) the singer who recorded it for the movie sang the notes individually and they then put them together electronically. The funny thing is that so many people go ‘OMG is Dimash an alien?!?!’
Of course the fact that it’s supposed to be impossible hasn’t stopped singers tackling it since (more about this under the cut — Dimash is not the first, although I’m pretty sure he’s the first male). Anyway, here he is on The Singer:
Now he also performed it at his Bastau concert, so you can get it in isolation (only 1:41 long, it's a short piece). I give you The Greatest Singer in the World:
But my favourite version requires a longer explanation, so I’ll put it under the cut:
( This is one of the most beautiful and magical vocal duets I have ever heard. )
Dimash Masterpost
