Nadja Michael as Salome. There’s a lot of poetic licence used in the portrayal of Salome that simply isn’t evident in the historical and biblical texts. But it makes for great theatre. Salome the daughter of Herodias (formerly the wife of Philip the Tetrarch) who had left Philip for his brother Herod Antipas (which is what John the Baptist was making a fuss over, and in the end got him killed). There was one daughter from her marriage to Philip – Salome. Salome was invited to dance for her step father at court on his birthday. The dance is not described anywhere, and much modern interpretation is speculation. However, the fact that Herod promised on oath to to give Salome whatever she asked for because her dance was pleasing tells us that it was in the least alluring and sensual given his reaction.
Breathless
You were huddled as the music began,
and slowly you unfolded
with such grace,
we held our breath.
You reached upwards,
your body ripe.
You swirled, dipped and turned,
your eyes wild,
hair ablaze,
fabric unfurling.
The air was so thin,
we were breathless.
©Paul Cannon
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Have you even seen the Smashing Pumpkins video “Stand inside your love”? it’s based of a version of the story of Salome, the lyrics are rather interesting.
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Yes, fascinating, kind of like Hitchcock meets Wilde, meets gothic opera. Thank you for sharing, I must go back an listen to that video again.
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I’ve always been fond of the Pumpkins, just saw their reunion tour concert. Although, Corgan admits to being a pagan or a gnostic, his music often does seem to at least touch on a transcendent search instead of just talking about drugs, women, and modern cultural things.
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Yes, I agree wholeheartedly with what you’re saying, I enjoy his writing and view too. I think he’s maybe dipped into a little psychoanalysis? He approaches some topics as if he’s reflecting personally from that view.
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Yes, he does, plus artistically on the album that this song is on is a concept album— Machina—which he creates an alter ego, Glass. I believe he was suppose to have a graphic novel with it that never materialized.
Although I do enjoy the layering sounds of the older albums, the concepts and lyrics of adore and machina I find more creative in the smaller volume compared to Mellon Collie.
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Yes, that is how I would express it too, adore my fave though. Pity about the graphic novel.
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Yes! Adore is my favorite! There’s not many of us! I really like the song “eye” which is in the same era.
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Yes, although I’d forgotten that one, so thanks for the reminder
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Your words conjure this so well
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Thank you Lyn
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ah a sensuous piece of history and a very sensual poem Paul 🙂
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Thank you Kate, I knew you’d get it.
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