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Picking Up The Pieces (Difford
Picking Up the Pieces or Pickin' Up the Pieces may refer to: Film and television * ''Picking Up the Pieces'' (film), a 2000 film directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Woody Allen * ''Picking Up the Pieces'', a 1985 television movie starring Margot Kidder Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian and American actress and activist. She amassed List of Margot Kidder performances, several film and television credits in her career spanning five decades, including her bes ... * ''Picking Up the Pieces'' (TV series), a 1998 British medical drama Music * ''Picking Up the Pieces'' (Jewel album), 2015 * ''Picking Up the Pieces'' (Seventh Day Slumber album), 2003 * ''Pickin' Up the Pieces'' (Fitz and the Tantrums album), 2010 * ''Pickin' Up the Pieces'' (Poco album), 1969 ** "Pickin' Up the Pieces" (song), the title song * "Picking Up the Pieces" (Difford & Tilbrook song), 1984 * "Picking Up the Pieces" (Paloma Faith song), 2012 See also * Pic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picking Up The Pieces (film)
''Picking Up the Pieces'' is a 2000 black comedy film directed by Alfonso Arau and starring Woody Allen, David Schwimmer, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Kiefer Sutherland, Cheech Marin, and Sharon Stone. Plot Tex is a butcher who kills his unfaithful wife Candy. After cutting up the body, Tex buries most of her body parts in the desert in New Mexico. A blind woman accidentally trips over Candy's hand, which has not been buried. Picking it up, her sight is restored, and she proclaims the hand to be the "Hand of the Virgin Mary." The hand then becomes the talk of the village and people flock there to heal themselves. This ranges from a crippled man growing new legs, a teenager being relieved of his acne and a little person having his manhood enlarged. Tex hears of these miracles, and attempts to retrieve the hand while being pursued by patrol officer Bobo who was one of his wife's lovers. Eventually, Tex and the officer track down the hand, with Tex's theft of the hand undoing all the m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margot Kidder
Margaret Ruth Kidder (October 17, 1948 – May 13, 2018) was a Canadian and American actress and activist. She amassed List of Margot Kidder performances, several film and television credits in her career spanning five decades, including her best known portrayal of Lois Lane (1978 film series character), Lois Lane in the original Superman in film#Salkind/Cannon film series (1978–1987), ''Superman'' films (1978–1987). Her accolades included two Canadian Film Awards, an Daytime Emmy Awards, Emmy Award, a Genie Awards, Genie Award and a Saturn Awards, Saturn Award. Born in Yellowknife to a Canadian mother and an American father, Kidder was raised in the Northwest Territories as well as several Canadian provinces. She began her acting career in the 1960s, appearing in low-budget Canadian productions and winning the 21st Canadian Film Awards#Special Awards, Canadian Film Special Award in 21st Canadian Film Awards, 1969. She first received attention for appearing in the comedy film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picking Up The Pieces (TV Series)
''Picking Up the Pieces'' is a British medical drama about an ambulance service team. It aired on ITV between 29 October and 17 December 1998 and was produced by Central Television. Premise The series follows the lives of a team of paramedics and emergency medical technicians with the North Area Ambulance Service, facing life and death situations in the fictional city of Matherton. Production The series was filmed in the Derbyshire town of Ilkeston, using the real life ambulance station and vehicles in the series. The opening and closing theme of the series was created by Kirsty MacColl after she was contacted by the series producer to write a theme with a Northern Soul feel. Cast Main *Amanda Abbington as Louise Hunter (Staff Nurse) *Simon Chadwick as Tony Anzari (Emergency Medical Technician) *Ken Christiansen as Geoff Squires (Emergency Medical Technician) *Terence Hillyer as Alan Boddington *Des McAleer as Bill Tansey (Ambulance Manager) *Diane Parish as Lisa Gee (Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picking Up The Pieces (Jewel Album)
''Picking Up the Pieces'' is the twelfth studio album from American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on September 11, 2015, through Sugar Hill Records. Self-produced, the album is said to be a bookend to her 1995 debut album, '' Pieces of You''. Background and writing The announcement for the album came on July 1, 2015, as part of Jewel's monthly "EDA INCLUSIVE" series on her website. In the same post she describes the writing process: "My focus for this CD was to forget everything I have learned about the music business the last 20 years and get back to what my bones have to say about songs and words and feeling and meaning...It took real effort to clear my thoughts and have no rules and just create - going back to my folk/American roots that I began with." The album features new material as well as songs Jewel has been playing live since the mid-nineties but never recorded. One of the new tracks, "My Father's Daughter," is a collaboration with Dolly Parton. Production Jew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picking Up The Pieces (Seventh Day Slumber Album)
''Picking Up the Pieces'' is the third studio album by American Christian rock band Seventh Day Slumber. It was first released on April 8, 2003 on Word Entertainment, and then re-recorded and re-released upon their signing to BEC recordings on October 10, 2005. It sold 40,000 copies. Track listing 2005 Remastered Edition ∗An EP compilation of early demos that the band recorded in their first years. Personnel credits adapted from Discogs. 2003 version ;Seventh Day Slumber * Joseph Rojas – vocals, production, guitars * Rusty Clutts – drums * Joshua Schwartz – bass * Jeremy Holderfield – guitars ;Additional personnel * Michael Omartian – additional guitars * Chris Omartian – additional guitars * Tony Palacios – mixing * Richard Dodd – mastering * Jim McCaslin – engineering * Annette Reischl – layout 2005 version ;Seventh Day Slumber * Joseph Rojas – vocals, guitar, engineering, * Joshua Schwartz – bass * Ryan Fryoux — drums * Jeremy Holderfiel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickin' Up The Pieces (Fitz And The Tantrums Album)
''Pickin' Up the Pieces'' is the debut studio album by American band Fitz and the Tantrums, released on August 24, 2010, by Dangerbird Records. After the success of their home-recorded debut EP, '' Songs for a Breakup, Vol. 1'' and touring, Dangerbird signed the group, who immediately began work on ''Pieces''. The band drew inspiration from various musical tastes, including Motown records and soul music, and recorded the album in vocalist Michael Fitzpatrick's living room, which he dubbed Dillon Street Studios. It was produced by Fitzpatrick and Chris Seefried. Upon its release, ''Pickin' Up the Pieces'' charted at number one on ''Billboard'' Top Heatseekers and received generally positive reviews from music critics. Background Michael Fitzpatrick, vocalist, founded the group shortly after a break-up. Having a hard time after the breakup, Fitzpatrick came to the conclusion that he needed to release the energy through creativity and get a focus and direction, for the sole purp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickin' Up The Pieces (Poco Album)
''Pickin' Up the Pieces'' is the debut album by country rock band Poco, released in 1969. It was one of the earliest examples of the emerging genre of country rock. Several of the songs date back to Richie Furay's days in Buffalo Springfield. An early version of "What a Day" was included on the ''Buffalo Springfield'' box set in 2001. Bassist Randy Meisner appears on the album but quit the band shortly before the record was released. Meisner's exit was the result of his anger from being excluded (at Furay's insistence) from participation in the final mix playback sessions for the album, as only Messina and Furay were to complete production. His image was removed from the painting on the cover and replaced with the dog seen at the far left. His bass parts and backing vocals were left in the mix, but his lead vocals were removed, and new versions were sung by George Grantham. He is not credited as a group member on the completed album, but is listed in the credits as providing "su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pickin' Up The Pieces (song)
"Pickin' Up the Pieces" is the first song recorded by pioneer country rock band Poco. Written by founding member Richie Furay, the song was the title track of Poco's first album. History After Buffalo Springfield broke up, members Richie Furay and Jim Messina decided to make a band with pedal steel guitar The pedal steel guitar is a console steel guitar with pedals and knee levers that change the pitch of certain strings, enabling more varied and complex music to be played than with other steel guitar designs. Like all steel guitars, it can play ... player Rusty Young, with whom they had recorded the Furay-penned Springfield song "Kind Woman". This was Furay's first Poco-intended song. According to Young, "Richie played 'Pickin' Up The Pieces' for us back in 1967. ... It was obviously a comment on leaving one thing behind and carrying on," referring to the breakup of Buffalo Springfield and the new beginnings with Poco. Attitude and Impact The single, though not commercial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picking Up The Pieces (Difford & Tilbrook Song)
''Difford & Tilbrook'' is the only studio album released by Difford & Tilbrook. Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook were the main songwriters in the new wave band Squeeze until their 1982 breakup. The duo continued to write songs together, and in 1984 released this self-titled effort. Because Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook have always been the songwriters and only constant members of Squeeze, ''Difford & Tilbrook'' is often considered to be a Squeeze album in all but name. Several remastered tracks from this album have been included on Squeeze compilations such as ''Piccadilly Collection'' and ''Excess Moderation'' (both released in 1996), and tracks "Hope Fell Down" and "Love's Crashing Waves" have regularly been included in Squeeze setlists since 2010. Tony Visconti produced the album, but A&M rejected his mix, and brought in Eric Thorngren to do a new mix. Background ''Popdose'' described the circumstances around the album's recording as "less than ideal". Glenn Tilbrook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Picking Up The Pieces (Paloma Faith Song)
"Picking Up the Pieces" is a song by English recording artist Paloma Faith from her second studio album ''Fall to Grace''. Produced by Nellee Hooper and written by Faith, Wayne Hector and Tim Powell, it was released as the album's first single on 18 May 2012. Faith revealed "Picking Up the Pieces" was inspired by the issues and insecurity of dating someone who is recovering from a previous relationship. The artwork for the single was revealed on 5 April 2012. "Picking Up the Pieces" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 7, making it Faith's first Top 10 single and her highest charting single in the UK until "Only Love Can Hurt Like This" (2014) peaked at number 6. Critical reception of the song has been positive. The song's accompanying music video was directed by Emil Nava and it was released on 12 April 2012. The video features Faith portraying a woman who is in "a tempestuous relationship" with her boyfriend. As the video progresses it shows Faith's relationship with her bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
