Phew! Im almost out of breath!
just couldnt help rushing in with this last review before winding up 2005 - folding it nicely, smoothing away all the crumples nicely with my hands and stashing it into my memory box where rests 2004, 2003 and the rest of my past years.
Be warned folks.festivity’s in the air! and its contagious! anyone being solemn will be charged of misconduct and slapped a fine where deemed inappropriate!
No new movies seen, no new books read.so what do I do? A review on songs seemed the best bet. Was inspired to write on inspirational ones:) Now, im just a normal chap. I get inspired by the most stupid of things.and turned off by the most inspirational ones.
And anything from washing ur filthy undergarments to saving the world are things, which can be done when u get inspired. So dont ask me what I do when I get inspired.sometimes I just lie on my bed and stare at the fan turning.it cant get any more inspirational than that:)
So my list of songs, in no particular order would go something like this. They have nothing in common other than, well, the fact that they inspire me.
- When All is Said And Done - ABBA
Here’s to us one more toast and then we’ll pay the bill
Deep inside both of us can feel the autumn chill
Birds of passage, you and me
We fly instinctively
When the summer’s over and the dark clouds hide the sun
Neither you nor I’m to blame when all is said and done
In our lives we have walked some strange and lonely treks
Slightly worn but dignified and not too old for sex
We’re still striving for the sky
No taste for humble pie
Thanks for all your generous love and thanks for all the fun
Neither you nor I’m to blame when all is said and done
It’s so strange when you’re down and lying on the floor
How you rise, shake your head, get up and ask for more
Clear-headed and open-eyed
With nothing left to try
Standing calmly at the crossroads, no desire to run
There’s no hurry any more when all is said and done
I grew up on ABBA, my dad was a great fan. I am no less.
This is the only song that can make me jump up from my bed on a sleepy sunday morning and sharpen my ear at the window, if I even thought I had heard a faint semblence of it from the streets below. One of the songs I’d like to take with me on my trip afterlife. Would warm me on those long, cold, lonely nights in hell:)
- Blue Bayou - Linda Ronstadt
I feel so bad I got a worried mind
I’m so lonesome all the time
Since I left my baby behind
On Blue Bayou
Saving nickels saving dimes
Working till the sun don’t shine
Looking forward to happier times
On Blue Bayou
I’m going back someday
Come what may
To Blue Bayou
Where the folks are fine
And the world is mine
On Blue Bayou
Where those fishing boats
With their sails afloat
If I could only see
That familiar sunrise
Through sleepy eyes
How happy I’d be
I love the Linda Ronstadt version and ABSOLUTELY despise the Ray Orbison track. I could marry Linda for singing this. I have never heard another song of Linda in my life and yet still she is my fav female singer due to this single track.
.If imaginations were places we could create, I’d go to Blue Bayou and live with the the fishing boats and my folks… and wake up to feel the mild sunshine in my sleepy eyes.
- Underwater Love - Smoke City
This must be underwater love
The way I feel it slipping all over me
This must be underwater love
The way I feel it
O que que é esse amor, d’água
Deve sentir muito parecido a esse amor
This is it
Underwater love
It is so deep
So beautifully liquid
Follow me now
To a place you only dream of
Before I came along.
Long time ago I heard this once while traveling in a cab and just fell in love with the song. In time the song faded in my memory and no matter how desperately I tried to hold on to it, it kept slipping away all the time.all that remained was a haunting melody that remained in some remote corner of my already remote mind. U don’t remember enough to even hum a tune and you don’t forget enough to let it go. Do you know how haunting and frustrating that feeling can be?
Years later during the New Year party of 2003(was 03, I believe) I was strolling down the park at Kochi, Marine Drive when I heard this in the loud speaker. It took me 5 mins of wild running to reach the record room. The guy didn’t know the band nor the album. It took me another 10 mins of coaxing and bribing to make him part with the recorded CD.
The song has Portuguese/brazilian lyrics in between that sounds soo sexy!
Makes me want so desperately to find someone to fall in love:)
- Better man
Send someone to love me
I need to rest in arms
Keep me safe from harm
In pouring rain
Give me endless summer
Lord I fear the cold
Feel I’m getting old
Before my time
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I’m doing all I can
To be a better man
Rest assured my angels
Will catch my tears
Walk me out of here
I’m in pain
As my soul heals the shame
I will grow through this pain
Lord I’m doing all I can
To be a better man
The only song that has made me cry(well, to be frank I was a bit boozed:D) and the only song for which I havent seen the album. This song is connected to an instance in my life that is pretty much the most painful thing that has ever happened to me. It always makes me sad, but I love to hear it.when I think I have flown too high for the day, it easily gets me back on earth.
- The DownEaster Alexa
.So I could own my Downeaster’Alexa’
And I go where the ocean is deep
There are giants out there in the canyons
And a good captain can’t fall asleep
I’ve got bills to pay and children who need clothes
I know there’s fish out there but where God only knows
They say these waters aren’t what they used to be
But I’ve got people back on land who count on me
So if you see my Downeaster’Alexa’
And if you work with the rod and the reel
Tell my wife I am trawling Atlantis
And I still have my hands on the wheel
Now I drive my Downeaster’Alexa’
More and more miles from shore every year
Since they told me I can’t sell no stripers
And there’s no luck in swordfishing here
You complain you have long shifts? You complain your back pains from sitting in that cushioned chair in the air-cooled cubicle for too long?
Lets get on board the downeaster alexa mate, and start making a living for our families.
Billy Joel is my favourite Male Singer and this is my fav track of his…makes me want to do more for my family everytime I hear it:) Sometimes when I feel like a loser in life, I dream that one day, I will have my own downeaster alexa and I will sail into the setting sun, with the wind in my hair.thats what living would be for me:)
Theres my list!:) Wowy! Im already inspired.let me now go and start drawing Mona Lisa II.heck! wheres the gal? Mona? Moonnnaaaa. [eeks! wasnt trying to moan, sorry.]
guess shes gone.Anyways! Wont be around till new year, havta leave now.
HNY06 to everyone(takes off hat and bows)
Till then folks, Be Inspired!