This week Bear has chosen “Dragons” as our red hot theme. Here in the Land of the Rising Sun, I can appreciate the cultural 
traditions, lores of mythical dragons and legends yore. In Japan, the dragon is symbolic of power, wisdom, strength, force for good, wind/water. Dragons in the West traditionally symbolize strength, ferocity, and wealth. They are a destructive force, but are also considered guardians. The Japanese and the East in general see dragons differently. In Japanese traditional art, dragons are generous, benevolent forces that use their strength to do good for mankind. Wisdom is another trait assigned to dragons. These positive attributes have made dragons among the most popular of Japanese style tattoos.
So I’ll start off with The Immigrant Song, covered brilliantly in the movie: Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. This is my favorite Led Zepp bootleg (with the blistering solo). Venue: Nippon Budokan Hall, City: Tokyo, Japan, Date: September 23rd 1971, Bootleg Record: Flying Rock Carnival 1971
Dragons are part of our classical mythology depicting forces of good vs evil. From Richard Wagner’s Opera, DAS RHEINGOLD part 3 “dragon solo” from 3rd act, Siegfried was about to kill Fafner (the dragon) in the opera.
Cool video: WAX TAILOR feat. Charlotte Savary – Dragon Chasers
Clint Mansell – Requiem for a Dream, pics from deviantArt.com
Two Steps From Hell – Heart of Courage (Invincible)
Astrid Goes For A Spin – How to Train Your Dragon
Chasing the Dragon Live – Epica – The Classical Conspiracy
Radioactive – Lindsey Stirling and Pentatonix (Imagine Dragons Cover)
“Lair of the Dragon” – Heavy Classical Music
Chinese Opera – Dragon Boat Tune – sung by Song Zuying – Vienna
Red Dragon Opera Scene, Felix Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Scherzo
Hans Zimmer – 503 (Chevaliers de Sangreal), performed by violinist Joshua Bell from the soundtrack Angels & Demons
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Wow! I enjoyed this Dragon post1 Did you see the flutist (Midsummer…) stop to glare when the wrong note was hit by fellow next to him .:-D It was funny. 😀 I think my favorite was Astrid goes for a spin, and of course the Bergeron piece. Girl With Dragon Tatoo excerllent book series. T’was all Stieg Larsson wrote, before he died 😦 I have not listened to an entire Wagner opera. Only bits and pieces. I did not know that a tuba solo even existed. Thank you 🙂 Wax chasers..Hmmm. Requiem for a Dream .. how did you know about dragon illustrations? ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
I am wondering, are you a closet poetess?
あなたを残しての私の無礼を言い訳
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Hi Bear, so glad you enjoyed the music! LOL, that was a funny moment in the movie, the flutist was so bad he caught the attention of Hannibal Lecter – good enough reason to eat him haha.
Stieg Larson is brilliant, one of my favorite mystery series, I actually appreciated his detailed writing, which added so much richness to the story. Wagner operas are known to be long.. really long. His four opera series constitute Der Ring des Nibelungen, epic in scope but tedious in execution.
I don’t know much about illustrations, but I’m sure Lisa and Johnny could shine light on this subject. I simply googled “videos with dragons” and voila!
I do like writing poetry when I have some alone time to create. Poetry is soulspeak, trying to express the inexpressible with words. Paradoxically, at times, words take us further from the truth… 😉
Watashi wa anata ga sukida!
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What’s the theme for next week?
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I’m heading back to the states for Thanksgiving! Let’s go with “Attitude of Gratitude” for next weeks’ theme. Have fun. 😛
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That sounds just fine to me.
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I love the definitions. Awesome 🙂
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Many thanks lovely Lisa! ♥ 🙂 ♥
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