Photograph courtesy of the Los Angeles Times.
"NIGHTHAWKS" by Edward Hooper.
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NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD PEOPLE TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY!
Miohael Jackson closes with the largest concert in his life, or, ironically, death?
A huge cloud of secrecy numbs his fans as our Nation, once again, mourns a fallen Star, a broken American hero.
We mortals constantly seek The American Dream but usually end up with The Boulevard of Broken Dreams: Exempli gratia, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Humphrey Bogart and Elvis Presley...
Maybe, just maybe, this song was a little too prophetic: "Don't stop until you get enough."
THE BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS IS CALLED, AFFECTIONATELY, "Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame."
CAVEAT EMPTOR: Be careful of what you pray for and be aware of what that brass ring really is, before you grab it...Wayne Dennis Kurtz.
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
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Generally, "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" refers to Sunset Boulevard, due to its historically having both the primary location for live entertainment in the Los Angeles, California metropolitan region and a red-light district.
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" may also refer to:
[edit]Songs
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (song), an Al Dubin/Harry Warren song from the 1954 film Moulin Rouge and covered by Marianne Faithfull
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a 1958 song by Juan García Esquivel
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day song), a 2004 song by Green Day
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a 1984 song from Hanoi Rocks
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a 1957 album by Ferlin Husky
- "Por el Boulevard de los sueños rotos" (Spanish for "On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams"), a 1994 song by Joaquin Sabina
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams (album), a 1989 album (and its title track) by Smokie (band)
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", performed by Diana Krall, 2006 "From This Moment On"
- A line in the Elvis Costello song "Brilliant Mistake" from the album "King of America."
- A line in the Modern Talking song Geronimo's Cadillac (Modern Talking song) from the album In The Middle of Nowhere
[edit]Other works
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams, (watercolor on cardboard, 1984), a Gottfried Helnwein reinterpretation of the Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks, featuring Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart, James Dean, and Elvis Presley in place of Hopper's more anonymous characters. [[1]]
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams, a biography of James Dean by Paul Alexander.
- "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams", a story from Harlan Ellison's 1978 short story collection Strange Wine.
- The Boulevard of Broken Dreams, an underground comix by Kim Deitch.
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams (film), a 1988 Australian film starring John Waters
- "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", by Dianna Krall
- Boulevard Dos Sonhos Desfeitos, song by Ivon Curi, Brazilian singer and composer.
[edit]Other
- Boulevard of Broken Dreams (TV series), a documentary series on the E! television network, about the lives of the individuals who just couldn't make it in Hollywood.
- The selfish and cynical game path in the 1996 PC game The Pandora Directive.
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