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Away - Breaking Benjamin Cold am I I'm beside myself Because there's no one else Have I grown so blind Only God could save you If you knew your way to the light So fly away And leave it behind Just stay awake There's nowhere to hide I see you cause you won't get out of my way I hear you cause you won't quit screaming my name I feel you cause you won't stop touching my skin I need you they're coming to take you away Frail and dry I could lose it all But I cannot Recall it all wrong Don't cry Clear away this hate And we can start to make it alright So fly away And leave it behind Return someday With red in your eyes I see you cause you won't get out of my way I hear you cause you won't quit screaming my name I feel you cause you won't stop touching my skin I need you they're coming to take you away This song is about the hardships of wanting someone so badly and knowing you can't have them. They were yours, and you, theirs. You went through it all. The relationship was amazing. Nothing was better. You just fit together. Now that the relationship is over, you sit, alone, thinking of what you could've changed. You think of what you screwed up, and you wish you hadn't done the things you'd done. It surrounds your every thought. You dream of her. You hurt for her. But you don't dare call her, you don't dare try to fix it. There is no fixing it. It's all gone and it's your fault. You can pretend to pin it to her, but you know the truth inside. So you are going crazy, sitting alone. You loathe yourself, because you don't want to feel this way. You know you're stronger than this, but it's tearing your insides out. That voice in your head just keeps screaming. So you have to get it out. You have to let it go. So you write it out. You put a melody to it. A song is born. -Kex
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What, surprised to see them in the same blog entry title? For anyone interested in hearing some really good music, find recordings of First Suite in Eb for Military Band or The Planets Suite by Gustav Holst, or the Goldberg Variations by J.S. Bach. Bach, well, he knows his counterpoint pretty well. And Gustav Holst is good too.
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Starting yesterday, the album has been available for preview on a few different sites. I've been listening for a good chunk of today, and I'm very pleased with this album. I've been waiting for it all summer, and I can definitely say it lived up to my expectations. It's scheduled to hit stores on August eighth. All Target stores will be selling the album for $9.98 -- you won't find it anywhere else cheaper. The first pressing of the CD will contain an exclusive fourteenth bonus track: an acoustic version of The Diary of Jane. After that, it'll be deleted from future pressings. Be sure to pick up this CD as soon as you can. I'll leave you with a quote from Ben Burnley. -Kex
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I'm going to see Madness tonight. Envy me. We're no longer able to go. Pity me...
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First off, thank you all for the supporting comments in the previous entry. I dug up some old records to take my mind off of things, and came across a compilation CD with a few of my favourite Black Sabbath songs on it. As can be seen from the title, Fairies Wear Boots is one of them. Others include Paranoid, Ironman, A National Acrobat, Killing Yourself to Live and Symptom of the Universe. My all-time favourite would still be Sabbra Cadabra, though. Cheers me up every time. Feel so good I feel so fine Love that little lady always on my mind She gives me lovin' every night and day Never gonna leave her Never going away Someone to live for Love me till the end of time Makes me feel happy Good to know that she's all mine From the lyrics, you wouldn't think this is head-banging material, but I assure you it is. Magnificent guitar work, as well. I also googled to find my favourite Black Sabbath LP back sleeve design:
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Finally, vacation! No need to rush for 3 entire weeks! Woke up a little grudgy this morning, because I realised that the chance to become a member of the Global BoA fanclub has plummeted. Because those darn people at the bank forgot to enter the frackin' banking account number of the recipient! Going to have to give them a call tomorrow morning. On a much better note, 2 orders have arrived: The one from Nippon Export and one Yes Asia order. So I'm happy again. So that's 3 orders left to go. 2 will arrive this week and one will arrive next week. Then I'll take a break from ordering music. Aya Ueto
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Did you ever think there would ever be a black metal band with a parrot on vocals? Probably not. You'd think: "That would be awesome! Hilarious!" Well, it is awesome and hilarious. Some nutty guys actually did just that: The band is not a serious project or anything (just look at the album title), it's just something they did for fun. The avain vocalist's owner is a big black metal fan, so the parrot picked up the sound of the voices and produces it every time it hears a metal riff. I hereby declare everyone should listen to at least one Hatebeak song on Talk Like A Pirate Day (Sept. 19). Also, I finished the top banner. I have to remove it from the current entry every time I update, though. Or maybe I should put it in every entry... I don't know.
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Beyond The Sun - Shinedown Speak to me So I can understand your tongue You seem rather fragile It's been said It's cold beyond the sun Have you ever been there? Communicating thoughts of ways To never have to speak again Let me be the fire in your hand Bring what's yours, I'll take what's mine And meet you on the other side We'll leave a sign so anyone can find us A better place, a sweeter time We won't need any wings to fly A place beyond the sun Look for me The way you would if you were blind Don't be so resistant I've been known To travel much too fast Is that you in the distance? Communicating thoughts of ways To never have to speak again Let me be the fire in your hand Bring what's yours, I'll take what's mine And meet you on the other side We'll leave a sign so anyone can find us A better place, a sweeter time We won't need any wings to fly A place beyond the sun Communicating thoughts of ways To never have to speak again Let me be the fire in your hand Bring what's yours, I'll take what's mine And meet you on the other side We'll leave a sign so anyone can find us A better place, a sweeter time We won't need any wings to fly A place beyond the sun The song is about finding your true companion and falling in love. The strongest bond, marriage, is asked, and is followed by saying that happiness will only be achieved when together. A place beyond the sun is the perfect world. You can listen to the song over here. -Kex
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Anyway, as I said. Paris Hilton lyrics. No time like the present eh? I appriciate the reference to The Gods Must Be Crazy. Though I don't think that's what her songwriters had in mind. I don't mind spending some time Just hanging here with you 'Cause I don't find too many guys That treat me like you do. Those other guys all wanna take me for a ride But when I walk they talk of suicide Some people never get beyond their stupid pride But you can see the real me inside And I'm satisfied, oh no, ohh Even though the gods are crazy Even though the stars are blind If you show me real love baby I'll show you mine I can make it nice and naughty Be the devil and angel too Got a heart and soul and body Let's see what this love can do Maybe I'm perfect for you Ohh, ohh, ohh I could be your confidante Just one of your girlfriends But I know that's not what you want If tomorrow the world ends Why shouldn't we be with the one we really love? Now tell me who have you been dreaming of? I and I alone, oh, no Even though the gods are crazy Even though the stars are blind If you show me real love baby I'll show you mine I can make it nice and naughty Be the devil and angel too Got a heart and soul and body Let's see what this love can do Baby I'm perfect for you Excuse me for feeling This moment is critical Might be we feel it It could get physical, oh no, no, no Even though the gods are crazy Even though the stars are blind If you show me real love baby I'll show you mine I can make it nice and naughty Be the devil and angel too Got a heart and soul and body Let's see what this love can do Oh Let's see what love can do (Oh) Maybe I'm perfect for you Maybe I'm perfect for you (Oh) You (Oh) Maybe I'm perfect for you Even though the gods are crazy (Oh) Even though the stars are blind (Oh) Even though the gods are crazy (Oh) Even though the stars are blind (Oh)
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Just a quick one this time. Here's a little list of orders that I'll receive soon enough. -Nippon Export: 1 order. -Item(s): -BoA - Love & Honesty (Album) -Yes Asia Global: 3 orders. -Items: Order 1: -BoA - Key of Heart (Single+DVD) -The TRAX - Resolution (Single) Order 2: -Lena Park - Op.4 (Album) -BoA - Miracle (Special Album) -BoA - Shine We Are (Special Album) -Sex Machineguns - Demaedo Icchokusen (Single) Order 3: -BoA - Merry Chri (Single) -BoA - Don't Start Now/Jumping Into the World (Special Album) -CD Universe: 1 order. -Item(s): -Jade Empire OST (Soundtrack) Upcoming Orders: -Yes Asia Global: 2 orders: -Items: Order 1: -Dir en grey - Withering to Death (Limited Edition) (Album) -The TRAX - First Rain (Album) -BoA - Everlasting (Single) -BoA - Rock With You (Single) -BoA - Double (Single) Order 2: -Anthem - Eternal Warrior (Album) -X - Blue Blood (Album) Well, that's....err....quite a list... And when the first upcoming order will arrive, my Korean BoA discography will be completed. Yeah, The TRAX will finally release an album on the 22nd of July. Includes Scorpio and Paradox and maybe, maybe, Tears. Me = Happy. Cya. Lee Hyori (Former Fin.K.L member.)
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Currently Listening To - I Am A Real American by Rodd Keith This blog is going to contain an unholy number of references to really obscure bands. The title of this blog references a song by the BEST BAND EVER, and the secondary title references one of the most insane musicians I've ever had the pleasure of listening to. I saw that title on the track list and thought "Wow. That sounds EXACTLY like how I talk ALL THE TIME. COMPLETE WITH CAPS." Anyway, just recently got a lot of new albums. I use a really absolutely excellent subscription based mp3 downloading service that is just about the best thing ever. You get a certain number of tracks per month, and when the next month comes it resets, so if you don't use them up you lose money. And either way it's cheaper than buying obsolete technology. And my Dad gets like, 90 songs a month, so I asked him to get me a couple of albums with an ungodly number of tracks and downloaded all the normal ones myself on my 40 a month plan. Hecks yeah. So. Here's what I gots. A People's History Of The Dismemberment Plan - The Dismemberment Plan I'm absolutely obsessed with this band. It is seriously the best band I've ever heard. If you've never listened to them, then you are sad sad sad. Go out there and pick up Emergency & I as quickly as you can and start LIVING for once. Anyway, this is the one album I didn't have, which was put out after they broke up. *cries* On their website they put up all the resources one would need to remix their music and links to some free software that can remix and told people to get cracking and send in their work. So yeah, this is a bunch of remixes. Verdict? Very odd. I've listened to all of these songs about eight hundred times, so it's often quite disorienting to not hear it "right". Fortunately, some of them are actually quite incredible. However, the one of Face Of The Earth is not. I love that song. It has some of my favorite lyrics ever. Whenever I listen to that song, I am always blown away by how clever and beautiful the lyrics are. So please explain to me why on earth anyone would remix it without the vocals? It doesn't even carry much of the tune! For cripe's sake! Why make such a beautiful song into genera-techno? Yeah, a bad start to the album. It perks up with What Do You Want Me To Say. That song is always a hit, always a party. If I want to show people what The Dismemberment Plan is in one song, this is usually the one. In an ideal world this was on the top of the charts. It's got some bizzaire looping thingie in the background, but it's got a good beat, and it stays fairly close to original song. And it does cools things with the "shicka shicka AH!" thing. Acadamy Award is funny as heck. So freakin' sarcastic, I love it. This song manages to take that sarcastic sparkliness and make it sarcastic INSANE. I demand to know how they managed to take one line from the same person and make it sound like about eighteen different people. Over telephones at that. And then it devolves and self destructs. Coool. Following Through is not one of my favorite songs by the Plan, mostly because it's got a somewhat obnoxious chorus. And this remix ignores the chorus in favor of the clever lyrics that they're correctly known for. That ALONE makes it totally worth it. I'm vaugely annoyed by the echoy voices, since everyone in the world uses them. Gosh. The Other Side. Someone knows how to use a drum. That makes me happeh. It's kinda close to the orignal, only more acoustic, by which we mean drums. Eh. It's from Change, so I don't care as much. A Life Of Possibilities. I'll probably rename my blog to that, since I love that song so much. Not as much as say, The City or Gyroscope or Time Bomb or something, but it still makes me infinitely happy. I like this one. It manages to do something completely different with the song but it's still very recognizable. More of a smooth loungy thing, reminds me of Phantasy Star to be honest. It's very Phantasy Star. Weird. Pay For The Piano. I rock out to the intro of this remix. Comes in crazy and comes in things. And it's short. Some of the ones on this are far too long. We're getting to that one. Why are all of them from Change? There's like, seven from Change, three from Emergency & I, and only one from Is Terrified. Which brings us to Time Bomb. This is what I meant from "too long." This remix really annoys me. This song is really high up on my favorite ones of all time, and this remix eliminates all of what I like. It's too wussy to be anything worth it. Time Bomb is supposed to be RAAARRGH. If I cannot do a cool lightsaber fight to it, I won't like it. Plus it's too repeative. And I like this song too much. I do like tracks on this album that are songs I adore, don't worry. Automatic. I am very impressed by this one. The original had great lyrics and intensely boring background. Really really creepy lyrics set to a minimalistic guitar. Who wants that? Nah, this goes all industrial, which is what this song was MEANT TO BE. Yeah, it manages to be truer to the spirit of the original song than the original song was to begin with. Excellent. The City. This is also one of my favorite songs Of All Time. And this remix does it swell incredible justice. Once again, it's still the song, but it's definitely different. I love love love the piano and the bass beat in the background with this. One of the cool things that I like about this is how the phrases are kinda smushed together for a really interesting effect. For the verses it makes for a kinda cool rushing without purpose feeling (apt for the song), and the chorus has a very cool building crescendo. Very very nice. Probably my favorite on this album. And The Jitters. Takes a long time to get started. Has LASER SOUNDS. Basically the same song with laser sounds and vocal editing that is way more impressive than anything has a right to be. Certainly better than the echoy voice that everyone does. It's not quite changing it into eighteen diferrent people, but yeh. The final track leaves off on a beautiful note with Superpowers. If this were the Marvel Universe this would be known as the "Travis Morrison is SUCH a mutant and is an asset to mutants everywhere just for writing this song." song. Almost convinces me in the Not-Marvel universe. I really like what the guy did with this song. Guitars are beautiful when used correctly, and I think they were used correctly here. Yeah, I won't review any more albums for right now, I'll just list what I have so that I can show off just how much more indie I am than thee. OH YEAH. Apple Venus Part 1 - XTC (Madly in love with this, must've listened to it about eight hundred times. XTC is so freakin' awesome.) Madonna - And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of The Dead (Haven't got around to listening to this, but I like what I hear. Less goth than you'd expect, I guess.) The Magic Is You! - Corn Mo (Weeeiiiirrrrd. We share senses of humor. As in, psycho. "It's lollipop time with YOU!!!") Osaka Popstar and the American Legends of Punk - Osaka Popstar (Great punk album, since it's so rediculous. The cover of the Sailor Moon theme song is particularly amusing, and I appriciate nods to Astro Boy. Plus has Daniel Johnston as a guest star for "I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow".) On Avery Island - Neutral Milk Hotel (Haven't spun it yet, but COME ON. NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL FTW. Aeroplane Over The Sea is definitely my most listened to album.) Greatest Hits - Half Japanese (Haven't spun. Heard some samples and liked what I heard, and Jad Fair did an excellent album with Daniel Johnston. Has an ungodly number of tracks.) I Died Today - Rodd Keith (More bizzaireness. Back in the 60s-ish there was an industry that created "song poems", where random people would send in their lyrics and a check, and they'd recieve a full studio treatment. And this guy was one of the biggest ones. It's great, since he's actually really good, and he does these incredibly bad lyrics. Particular favorite has to be General Custer's Story Remains Legend. "When Custer lay so very still,/ his faithful horse was very sad," Some of them are incredibly personal, which is something I always like/am made uncomfortable by.) The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album - Sufjan Stevens (Sufjan Stevens. Once again, how could you go wrong? Three new versions of Chicago anyone? Multiple Personality Disorder version happens to be particularly . . . interesting. How long will it take for our dear Suffy to go insane? NOT LONG.)
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You know, I think perfect fourths are one of the more ignored intervals. I mean, nobody uses them. Minor seconds are good for suspense and minor trills, sure; major seconds have a secure spot in the warm-ups of the world; minor thirds are widely used in emo music; major thirds are almost a no-brainer; augmented fourths sound cool, like in Fortress; perfect fifths are well, perfect fifths; augmented fifths can be used to make eerie chords; perfect sixths are actually even more unheard of than perfect fourths ; diminished sevenths just sound good no matter what; and even perfect sevenths have that element of something unfinished waiting to be resolved. So what do perfect fourths (and perfect sixths ) have going for them? I don't know. That's for you to figure out. - Onuki, over and out
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Just for the record, I find it difficult to compose anything without it having at least one little minute element of Fortress in it in the end, no matter what. That song has sunk so deep into my appreciation of music that I can't seem to get it out. Luckily, all music is related somehow, and I'm pretty sure that I'm removed enough from plagiarism, so it's all good. You can find similarities in music if you look -- they're there all right. My biggest problem right now is the tritone -- the augmented fourth -- a C to an F# -- I just can't admonish my admiration for this interval. So it's been popping into my most recent ideas just a little. But man, my newest thing is sounding unique. It's got substance. With some nurturing, I may have something worth publishing. Who knows? So if I make a reference to those "stupid tritones" later on, you'll know what I'm referring to. :-P Onuki, over and out
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Well, it is, but that's not what the title refers to. It's a lyric from a song by Belgian band Zita Swoon (lead singer used to sing for dEUS, who I mentioned in a previous entry). The song is Banana Queen, and the video's one of my all-time favourites, with funky CGI robots. So what if this is my second BioLog entry for today? Enjoy the clip and get down with your bad self! B) Also, I've added a custom content block with some pics lower on the page. It won't be updated often, as I'm not very photogenic. Heck, I can even manage to attend a party and not get photographed - one time, there had been about 200 pictures taken, and I dodged each and every one of them.
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Finally, found the time to watch BoA's Best of Soul concert today and it was great. The set was more functional than pretty, but that's okay. The dancers were all great and there were even enough musicians to form a new rock group. Yeah, a lot of the songs had a more rockish feel to it than their studio counterparts. And then there's the star of the concert, BoA. Man, she looked great on stage! And when she's talking to the audience, she's a completely different person than when she's performing. She's cute hen she's talking. BoA's vocals were amazing, hitting almost every high note there was. And her emotions during the songs were perfect. Songs like "Meri Kuri" were done sincerely and songs like "Be the One" were done with the right amount of power. And the live version of "Kono Yono Shirushi" was even cuter/sweeter than the studio counterpart. It's also one of the very first times that she performed the songs "Do the Motion" and "With U", which were released on a single together only 2-3 weeks earlier. I recommend this dvd to anyone who wants something different for a change, even though the price of the dvd is $56.99. I only wish the dvd was a bit cheaper... NOTE: Everything you just read is Valenti's opinion.
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So I went to Guns 'n' Roses yesterday (Sunday). They were awesome. It had also been 13 years since GnR last performed in the Netherlands. Bloodsimple, Stone Sour and Alice in Chains were great as well. Didn't know any of their songs, but I enjoyed it. My friend got recognized by Corey Taylor. 7:30 pm or 8:30 pm was the time that GnR was supposed to perform, but Axl Rose was late, again. So it started at 9:30 pm instead. I sang along with some of their songs, which were: Knocking on Heaven's Door, November Rain, Welcome to the Jungle, Paradise City, Sweet Child O' Mine and Live and Let Die. They also performed a song that was dedicated to the Swedish cops who arrested Axl recently. All in all, I had a great time and I came home around 5:40 am.
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I wonder what thunder will mean, when only in my dream the lightning comes before the roar Lyrics above by dEUS, a Belgian band. I've been listening to their album In a bar, under the sea a lot these days. Fits my mood and today's weather (rain storms all day, huzzah!). Yesterday's show was great, the Socks ended with the Ramones' Blitzkrieg Pop as the second (!) and final encore. Moshed around a bit on that one. All revved up and ready to go. Maybe I'll put up some pics if Fred's shots get onto the Socks site. Too bad he still doesn't have an Internet connection, or I would just ask him to mail them to me. I think I'll go to bed at 2 AM today. Which would be early compared to the previous nights. 3 AM on Thursday, 4 AM on Friday, 5 AM yesterday... I'm detecting a pattern here. I wonder what thunder will mean, when only in my dream the lightning comes before the roar
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Well, live... I'm doing okay for going to sleep at 3 AM for a few days in a row. It's my vacation biorythm. Going to a local show (well, local... It's 15 clicks from here). The first two bands I don't know, so I checked out their sites. By Nature sounded a bit too mellow for me, though Tripoli has a kind of groovy rock thing going on. The voice of the female lead vocalist probably has a lot to do with that. At midnight the Norwegian Socks will be playing as the main act. They're a cover band, but they're a good cover band. They play mostly alternative rock songs, even a Faithless song from time to time. The lead singer is the owner and bartender at my favourite pub, so it's even more fun, because you now the guy up on stage, and you know he's having as much fun as you are having. On another, completely unrelated note: just started watching .hack//sign... I like the detailed plot, the US voice acting isn't as bad as in other anime series, but the soundtrack interferes with the show a bit too much. I'll try and find a subbed version so I can compare. Also, have you ever tried breaking the shoulder-patting world record? I've no idea whether it even exists, but I was coerced to participate in a mixed double match yesterday. It lasted half an hour, and was annoying after 15 minutes already. It would've been annoying earlier, but... Eh, I'll just leave that open. About Smeag's Garan review: egads, he speaks the way he writes. Scary...
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One negative thing today. The Seraphim album I ordered appears to be out of print, which sucks, because I was looking for it for quite some time. On some lighter notes... My latest order, which consists of 3 BoA albums, is on its way and I'll expect it some time next week, just like my other order. And I just sent my application for the global BoA fanclub. Gonna transfer the money Thursday because I'll have more time for it then. Aaand,... I'll be pre-ordering 2 singles this week, one by BoA, and one by the TRAX. Well, this concludes my entry. Cya around on BZP and don't forget to vote for Join the Inika, MDT Style!
