![]() Early reviews of the film from both critics and audiences praised the storytelling, animation, and music, but one song in particular stood out. Of course, the most evident example for why the film’s “failure” was only a financial one comes with one of its most notable songs. The Blue Fairy appears while “When You Wish Upon a Star” plays. Its popularity at the time made it a worthwhile project for Walt Disney Animation Studios to tackle early on in its history. The book by Italian author Carlo Collodi was still sort of new when Walt had his hands on it since it was only published in 1881. ![]() While Ferguson’s version of The Adventures of Pinocchio was translated into English, the book had been translated into a number of languages as it was one of the most popular children’s books during its time. Lead photo courtesy of D23 Lessons from Snow Whiteĭuring the production of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), animator Norman “Fergy” Ferguson brought the literary version of the story of Pinocchio into the studio for Walt Disney to read. Below, we’ll share more facts about this iconic film. This classic film brought Disney its first competitive Academy Award for a feature film and also introduced us to Figaro, a cat Walt loved so much he decided to make him Minnie’s personal pet. With or without Auto-Tune.Ahead of its wider theatrical release, Pinocchio premiered at New York’s Center Theatre on Feb.7, 1940. And regardless of the seemingly endless pain and obvious tragic circumstances that had to occur for the album to formulate, 808s & Heartbreak is a Kanye West masterpiece. The album in and of itself was an act of liberation for the rapper. There would have been no My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy–his 2010 follow-up–if there was no 808s & Heartbreak. So in reality, “Pinocchio Story” is a microcosm of everything 808s & Heartbreaks is. But because of who Kanye West is, and because he’s never been one to shy away from opportunities to showcase exactly what he stands for, the move comes across as sincere and emotive rather than corny or flippant. ![]() Let’s face it: there aren’t many rappers (or artists, for that matter) who can sing the lines “There is no Gucci I can buy / There is no Louis Vutton to put on / The is no YSL that they could sell / To get my heart of out of this hell / And my mind out of this jail” and still be taken seriously. Take, for example, this insertion during his VH1 Storytellers performance: Various forms of the verses have since worked their way into many Kanye West live performances and each time he recites the lines, it ends up being one of the more plaintive moments of each evening. The most interesting facet of this all, though, is that it works. Thrown on the CD as a bonus track, the live performance from Singapore features a freestyling West rapping about everything from YSL to “what it’s like to live a real life”. It’s West looking back at this moment of his life captured on record and adding reflective pain to the actual pain. “Pinocchio Story” is essentially a reaction to a reaction. It’s the purest and most honest form of hip-hop heartbreak.Īnd that’s all followed by a bootleg, no less. It’s weaving a way through the pain and suffering a string of awful experiences can provide, only to finally reach the journey’s end to find no resolution, no proverbial light at the end of a tunnel. The most poignant moment? The song’s chorus of the three-times repeated “Goodbye my friend / Will I ever love again?”, followed by the final line of the final (official) track the CD offers, the finely nuanced change from the former to “Goodbye my friend / I won’t ever love again”. Those two emotions bleed through “Coldest Winter” more than they do on any other track. If there was one thing West wanted to convey on 808s, it was the combined notion of confusion and doubt. One listen of the soothing, synth-y verses battling the African drum-laden chorus is completely and utterly indicative of the entire work as a whole. What also adds to the intelligence of the move is the placement of “Clodest Winter” on the album. The initial recital is aimed at the raw emotion the rapper is seemingly beginning to feel, while the follow-up utterance is more reflective-almost as though the man is questioning the thoughts and actions that have plagued his recent memory. ![]() The call-and-response of such lines as “On lonely nights, I start to fade / Her love’s a thousand miles away” sums up the record perfectly: It’s a battle-a battle within himself. Instead of offering a last glimmer of hope for the future, West takes the opposite approach with these two songs aimed at putting the final nail in a coffin that holds his happiness. Kanye West ends the most introspective pop-hop album to date, 808s & Heartbreak, with the tandem of “Coldest Winter” and the bonus “Pinocchio Story”, two tracks that prove a worthy end to the angst and hopelessness the rapper’s fourth studio LP is smothered in.
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