Dolly Parton: Coat of Many Colors

 Dolly Parton 1946-2026.

Steve Carver: Lone Wolf McQuade (trailer)

Chuck Norris 1940 - 2026.

Robert Duvall: I've Decided to Leave Here Forever

 Robert Duvall 1931 - 2026.

Jaco Pastorius & Word of Mouth at the Pori Jazz Festival on Jul 15, 1983

"We are vain and we are blind / I hate people when they're not polite"

"The opposition's tongue is cut in two / keep off the street 'cause you're in danger"

"It comes on like a bomber, a long distance drummer / if you can't hear the beat you must be deaf"

"A warning to anyone still in command / of their possible future to take care"

The Dream Is Always the Same

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"I love the passing of time / never for money / always for love / cover up and say goodnight . . . say goodnight"

"In this life, what is our fate?"

"Protons, neutrons / I ate a rock from the moon / got shocked once; shocked twice / let's see, what it can do"

"I sold the Renoir and the TV set"

"L'enfer du nord Paris-Roubaix / La Côte d'Azur et Saint-Tropez"

"Hevoset!" * Sonja Lumme: Ratsasta luoksein * music by Hillel Tokazier, lyrics by Jukka Nurmela * arranged by Laszlo Sandor Varga * released in 1983 * apparently directed by Kimmo Kuusniemi

"Loving would be easy if your colors were like my dreams / red, gold and green..." * Culture Club: Karma Chameleon * written by George O'Dowd, Jon Moss, Mikey Craig, Roy Hay & Phil Pickett * produced by Steve Levine * released on Sep 5th, 1983 * directed by Peter Sinclair

"Sometimes you hope / it's only an illusion / don't hope, it's better so / but children power / will win, I am sure" * P. Lion: Happy Children * written by Pietro Paolo Pelandi * produced by Davide Zambelli * released in Sep 1983

"I thought I was mistaken / I thought I heard your words / tell me, how do I feel? / tell me now, how do I feel?" * New Order: Blue Monday * shortened version * written by Gillian Gilbert, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris & Bernard Sumner * produced by New Order * released on Mar 7, 1983

"There was a time / when all on my mind was love" * Depeche Mode: Love, in Itself * written by Martin Gore * produced by Depeche Mode (Andy Fletcher, Dave Gahan, M. Gore, Alan Wilder), Daniel Miller & Gareth Jones * released on Aug 22, 1983 * directed by Clive Richardson

"Cool babies / strange but not a stranger / I'm an or-di-na-ry guy" * Talking Heads: Burning Down the House * music by David Byrne, Chris Frantz, Jerry Harrison & Tina Weymouth, lyrics by D. Byrne * released originally in May 1983 * footage from the 1984 film Stop Making Sense, directed by Jonathan Demme, shot at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood in Dec 14-16, 1983