User:Billy Preston69
Hi, my name is Billy_Preston69. I am currently attending sixth form college and am a big fan of Soul singer Billy Preston. I am a musician and have always relied on Wikipedia for useful information.
Musical Tastes
[edit]I enjoy all kinds of music. I also enjoy playing music. These are my favourite musicians
- Elvis Presley
- Little Walter
- Etta James
- Louis Armstrong
- Billy Preston
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Nat "King" Cole
- Dave Brubeck
- B.B. King
- Frank Sinatra
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Dean Martin
- Peggy Lee
- Charles Mingus
- Stephane Grappelli
- Michel Petrucciani
- Thelonious Monk
- Mario Lanza
- Kathryn Grayson
- Duke Ellington
- Lester Young
- Glenn Miller
- Artie Shaw
- Andy Williams
- Perry Como
- Al Hirt
- Dr. John
- Billie Holiday
- Lester Young
- Oscar Peterson
- Tyree Glenn
- Ben E. King
- LaVern Baker
- Smokey Robinson
- Eric Dolphy
Classical Music Tastes
[edit]Other than Jazz, Soul and R&B, the occasional piece of Classical music oft calms and soothes. Here is a list of my favourite Classical Composers
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ludwig Van Beethoven
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Felix Mendelssohn
- Carl Maria von Weber
- Johannes Brahms
- Heinrich Baermann
- Carl Baermann
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Georges Bizet
- Anton Dvorak
- Bela Bartok
- Dmitri Shostakovitch
- Johann Sebastian Strauss
- Richard Strauss
- Richard Wagner
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Samuel Barber
- Charles Ives
- Claude Debussy
- Maurice Ravel
- Frederick Delius
- Ralph Vaughan-Williams
- Modest Mussorgsky
- Gustav Holst
- Frederic Chopin
- George Handel
- Edvard Grieg
- Giacomo Puccini
- Rimsky Korsakov
- Edward Elgar
- George Gershwin
- Steve Reich
- John Adams
- Arnold Schoenberg
- Alban Berg
- Anton Webern
- Joseph Haydn
- George Gershwin
- Igor Stravinsky
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Franz Schubert
- Robert Schumann
- Arcangelo Corelli
- Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti
- Friedrich Von Flotow
- Lucio Dalla
- Eduardo Di Capua
- Maurice Ravel
Pet Hates
[edit]I hate racism and racial ideology. But then again, I do think it is weird why people refer to each other as "nigger" even if they're white. It befuddles me.
Dream Dates
[edit]I have had a massive crush on the following celebrities...
- Taylor Swift
- Scarlett Johannson
- Dita Von Teese
- Kristen Stewart
- Emma Stone
- Emma Watson
- Holliday Grainger
- Keira Knightley
- Charli XCX
- Florence Welch
I have also dreamed about travelling back in time to date the following famous ladies of the silver screen...
- Jane Russell
- Dinah Shore
- Jean Simmons
- Lana Turner
- Ann Miller
- Vera-Ellen
- Rosemary Clooney
- Julie London
- Ava Gardner
- Grace Kelly
- Debbie Reynolds
- Judy Garland
- Marilyn Monroe
- Jean Hagen
- Dinah Shore
- Diana Dors
- Gloria Grahame
- Angie Dickenson
- Juliet Prowse
- Line Renaud
- Rita Moreno
- Veronica Lake
- Miss Jeff Donnell
- Kathryn Grayson
- Vivien Leigh
- Vivian Blaine
The damned list is endless; to say the least.
Fears
[edit]I am absolutely petrified of scarecrows. The fear is apparently called formidaphobia. This was because I saw that Doctor Who episode when the scarecrows came to life; also the fact that a so-called best mate of mine thought it would be funny to push a six-foot seven one right on top of me. I spent two days in therapy trying to recover. It hasn't kicked in yet though. I got my revenge though; I caused him to accidentally fall into a shallow well. The only ones I can stand without ducking behind a cushion or running away is the scarecrow from The Wizard Of Oz, Batman and Live and Let Die.
Beliefs
[edit]I am also a Marxist. I believe that everybody should have an equal access to funds; without the poxy government controlling our money.
I am also a pacifist; but only if the violent actions are bloody unnecessary; they get people killed and cause many global problems. I am Anti-War!
Positions on topical matters
[edit]- Homosexual marriage is alright by me; as long as they are happy.
- Terrorism is destroying our civilisation; violence never solves anything
- Peace throughout the world
- Paedophiles are f***ing disgusting creatures that shouldn't be allowed in decent society
- Child Pornography is disgusting and vile; who'd do that to poor harmless children? The thought of it sickens me!
Accomplishments
[edit]I have written thirteen different romantic styled poems, forty five different pulp fiction-esque novels and sixty different classical inspired symphonies and ensembles
Favourite Movies
[edit]My favourite movies are...
- Psycho 1960 film starring Anthony Perkins
- The Godfather
- The Deer Hunter
- GoodFellas
- Psycho III
- In A Lonely Place
- The Killers
- Vertigo
- To Catch A Thief
- Batman
- Viva Las Vegas
- Rock Around The Clock
- Sun Valley Serenade
- Orchestra Wives
- M*A*S*H
- L.A. Confidential 1997 film
- The Wizard Of Oz
- For Me And My Gal
- A Star Is Born
What I'm passionate about
[edit]This section covers my personal passions.
- I love Jazz music
- I enjoy the company of women
- I like Groucho Marx and Alan Alda as both share similar perspectives on life which I also agree with; what is the point of war? Why should politics have to be so damned difficult?
Idols
[edit]I look up to the following people...
- Martin Luther King
- Karl Marx
- Muhammad Ali
- Harper Lee
- Truman Capote
- Nat "King" Cole
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- Aristotle
- Socrates
- Plato
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Judy Garland
- Dalton Trumbo
- Ludwig Wittgenstein
- James Dean
Favourite Writers
[edit]The following names are my favourite authors. In brackets are my favourite books by said authors...
- James Ellroy (The Big Nowhere, L.A. Confidential, Perfidia)
- Agatha Christie (Murder On The Links, Murder On The Orient Express, Murder Is Easy)
- Raymond Chandler (Farewell, My Lovely, The Long Goodbye, The Lady In The Lake)
- Ian Fleming (Casino Royale, Goldfinger, On Her Majesty's Secret Service)
- Robert Bloch (Psycho, Psycho II, Psycho House)
- Jack Kerouac (On The Road, Maggie Cassidy)
- Ernest Hemingway (To Have And Have Not, The Old Man And The Sea)
- Plato (Plato's Republic, Symposium And Phaedrus)
- Karl Marx (Marx's Manifesto)
- Mickey Spillane (Lady, Go Die!, I, The Jury, Kiss Me Deadly)
- Kingsley Amis (Lucky Jim)
- William Shakespeare (Othello, Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, Hamlet, Richard III, Twelfth Night)
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (Tractatus Logico Philosphicus)
- John Le Carre (The Night Manager, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
- John Dickie (La Cosa Nostra: A History of The Siclian Mafia)