Showing posts with label Tarzan of the Apes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tarzan of the Apes. Show all posts

Monday, December 09, 2013

Phil Collins


Phil Collins is one of the most important pop musicians ever. Apart from his solo career, he has been front man, drummer and keyboard player of the band Genesis during its most successful years. He has also participated in several films as an actor and as the music composer.
Here you have a sample of his music:

The first one, with Genesis, is called "Mama".


His very first hit, "In the Air Tonight".


And, finally, Phil doing what he does the best: a drums solo.


For more information about the biography of Phil Collins, check these links:

Monday, September 23, 2013

Edgar Rice Burroughs


Edgar Rice Burroughs (Chicago, September 1, 1875 – Encino, March 19, 1950) was an American novelist; creator of Tarzan, Burroughs also published science fiction and crime novels. Burroughs often portrayed Africans, Arabs or Asians as evil or comic, but the stories contain elements that have kept them 'politically correct'.

For more information about the biography of Edgar Rice Burroughs, check these links:


Tarzan of the Apes


Tarzan of the Apes is the first of twenty-four novels in the Tarzan/Adventures of Lord Greystoke series by Sir Edgar Rice Burroughs.

Tarzan was born in the African jungle to Lord John and Lady Alice Clayton. After the death of his parents, Tarzan was taken and raised by the ape Kala. Tarzan grew knowing nothing of his "human" life, always thinking that he was an ape. With the help of the books and tools left in what was once the hut where Tarzan's parents lived, he was able to teach himself to read and write, but not to speak.

Years later, an American gentleman and his daughter Jane visited the jungle in hopes of finding buried treasure. Instead, they found Tarzan, who worked to protect them. The Americans and other men in their group did not stay long, they returned to America. Tarzan was so in love with Jane that he followed her to America and once again protected her, but he returned to the jungle when Jane decided to marry another man.


Son of Man (Disney's Tarzan OST)

One of the most known versions of Tarzan is the one from the Disney Factory. The music of the film was composed and performed by Phil Collins. The main title form the soundtrack is called Son of Man.


You can read the lyrics of this song following this link.