Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Recurring Dream

I opened my eyes and found myself laying on the floor surrounded by darkness and fog.

I got up from the floor and looked around.  But I saw nothing in all directions.

I extended my arms here and there, tried to feel for any object.

I started walking aimlessly in the hopes that I would arrive at some path or even a wall.

The air felt cold and heavy.  Every breath I took ensued a piercing sensation in my chest.

I spotted a dimly lit figure of a girl up ahead.  No amount of squinting of the eyes, nor waving away the fog made the vision any clearer.

The figure slowly approached me.  As the girl came closer, I looked at her face.  I couldn't make out what she looked like.

There was something familiar about her because I surprisingly dropped to my knees as she approached.

She reached out her hand to touch my cheek.  The warmth of her hand was pleasant.

My quiet frustration increased because I still couldn't recognize who she was.

She placed her hand on my head and smiled.

She started walking away from me.  I tried to reach out to her but somehow created more distance between us.

I tried to call out to her, not a sound came out from my mouth.

As the figure faded away, I started crying not even knowing why I was all of a sudden in tears.


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Breakin' Down

Regardless if this admission shows my age or not, glam rock was right up there for me as grunge was back in the 90s. Skid Row's Subhuman Race album was part and parcel of my musical fixations back then. I loved the album and practically all the songs in it, regardless of the lack of attention it got compared to Skid Row's earlier albums. It was unfortunate their monster of a vocalist Sebastian Bach was kicked out of the band after this album. The vocalist that came after Bach never really did it for me.

As with a lot of glam bands back in the day, I always loved the fact that they would slip some cheesy yet very cool ballad amongst all their heavier songs. Skid Row's Subhuman Race album had one particular ballad that kinda just stuck to me ever since high school. The title of the song is "Breakin' Down". Today at work, I was listening to this song on repeat over and over again (Yes, I do obsess over songs like this at times). I've been trying to find a way to sort out things in my head given that even people that I care about dearly have grown tired of hearing me vent. I figured this song could help me get by on my own. So as soon as I got home, I picked up my guitar in the hopes that I can learn to play and sing it. I could play it, but the singing part... Well, let's just say Bach is just way too good to be emulated by most. LOL!

This was part of the soundtrack for an old movie called "The Prophecy". I found the official video on YouTube. So I decided to share the video and the song's prose with you in this post.



Breakin' Down
by Skid Row

What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that

Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down

As if you thought the rain could wash away the day
And could heal you
Not for a second did I believe it
Not for a minute did I believe that

Within your need you lie alone
This empty space you call your home

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down
If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down

What was it you once said
That there would be things in life that couldn't be
Not for a second did I believe you
Not for a minute did I believe that

If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down
If you just let me in
I wouldn't let you break down
'cause I'm breakin' down


As always, I found a live version of the song. I actually found a better quality one than the one below. But the audio had a static hiss when Bach's vocals would clip, aside from the fact that he looked thoroughly stoned off his ass. LOL! So this MTV one will have to do. Just don't mind the corny MTV UK VJ that introduces Skid Row. LOL!



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Saturday, December 11, 2010

Spartacus: Blood and Sand

Spartacus depicts extreme sensuality, brutality and language that some viewers may find objectionable.

The show is a historical portrayal of ancient Roman society and the intensity of the content is to suggest an authentic representation of the period.


Badass...


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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

How Soon Is Now

I've been listening this song on repeat all day at work for some odd reason. Today was largely undefined for me as how I felt about it. Admittedly, I first got into this song because it's the opening theme song of an old TV series called Charmed. Yes, I know what you're thinking. And yes, I watched Charmed for the same reasons I watched another old TV Show, Baywatch. I'm a guy after all. After a while, I started liking the song itself.

I eventually found the full song of the cover theme song done by a band called Love Spit Love. And that's what I was listening to all day on my iPod. I found a video of the song weaved in with Charmed clips on YouTube. Here is the video.



I also found out that the original version of this song was written by The Smiths (a band that my bassist Islaw absolutely loves). This song and Islaw's influence got me into The Smiths in the first place. I found a live video of this version on YouTube as well.



As I was writing this post, I found a girl duo/group that covered this song by The Smiths. They're called "t.A.T.u.". The video of one of their TV live performances is below. I just had to slip this in last minute.



I like this version too. LOL! But what's funny is that I like all three versions of this song for varied reasons.


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