This next song is by the Aussie band Regurgitator. Really cool band that combines so many styles, I can’t really label them. My hubby introduces them to me years and years ago. In 2008 we went with friends to Devo concert in Sydney and they were the support group. Their show was unbelievable, it was an amazing experience. After they were finished and Devo came on, we just decided to leave since their performance was so wonderful. We weren’t interested in seeing Devo anymore.
This song is about a robot friend. It’s about a true friend that will always be by your side no matter what. I had a dog named Bimbo RIP that was an unbelievable friend he was always there for me, he was so cleaver, he could feel when I was upset or happy, and he understood everything. I loved him very much! Every time I think of him, it makes me really upset because he had quite a tough life before we took him on. When he was a puppy he was abused by his previous owner and when we got him he had a lot of fears and he wouldn’t trust anyone outside our family so no one else could pet him or get near him. There were a few friends of mine that he couldn’t stand so he wouldn’t stop barking at them or even try to bite them; funny thing is that he was just a small mixed poodle. He also didn’t want to be on the leash and it was impossible to take him for a walk. When he reached 7 years, he got really sick with kidney stones but he didn’t want any treatment, we couldn’t make him take any medicine. He became very miserable and he suffered a lot. He would open the gate of our house and go outside for a walk by himself. The issue was that my parents kept paying for fines because dogs are not allowed to walk by themselves in my town. At some point my parents decided to put him in a dog shelter. It was the most horrible day of my life, I was so upset. A week after , my Mum got upset as well and my parents went back to the shelter to get him but it was already too late and he was gone. Every time I think about him it makes me cry and I could never get over it. I feel like I let him down, he was my best friend and I wasn’t there to save him at the end, I couldn’t really impact my parents’ decision as I left the house years ago. I keep hoping that there is a life after death because I can’t bear the thought that we’ll never meet again I’m hoping that one day I can be a true friend to him as well. Check out this song about a true friend…
This song is by 30 seconds to mars. It’s the actor’s Jared Leto band. He is not just a hot Hollywood actor! He also plays the guitar, writes songs and shouts pretty well. They have quite a few great songs that are worth listening to. This is an awesome song because it’s about accepting who you are and stop wanting to change yourself which I personally can relate to and I’m sure most people do.
When I was a child my best friend was a very beautiful girl, she was very loved by everyone and she did well at school. I always felt like I’m living in her shadow. One day we both went to second year ballet tests, she had previous experience and I’ve never danced in my life. She got accepted and I didn’t make the cut. I was only 8 years old but I was devastated, this was my first taste of failure in life. I wasn’t really interested in dancing; I’ve already mentioned before that I was quite a tomboy. but the fact that she made it and I didn’t completely broke me. I’ve always compared myself to her and it made me very miserable and quite abusive to some other kids. I also used to make up stories about things that never happened, stories that would make me a little bit more special. When I was 12 we’ve moved to a new town. When I got to the new town, I made a decision to accept who I am and never lie again about who I am or what I am. It was my moving to a new town resolution. It was working perfectly for me, I’ve met new friends which I never felt that they were better of me, I’ve also met another friend that was much more beautiful than the friend I had before but that wasn’t a problem for me anymore, I’ve learned to accept who I am and focusing on myself made me realize that I have a lot to offer. I’ve learned that life is too short to linger on what you don’t have. Today the most important thing in life for me is love, health and music, all the rest is bullocks! Check out this beautiful song…
What’s this song about? Jared Leto described the meaning of the song as, "It's really about a relationship with yourself. It's about confronting your fear and confronting the truth about who you are." He has also said it is about "confrontation as a crossroads" — coming face-to-face with who you really are. (Wikipedia – The Kill)
This song is by the Dutch rock band Within Temptation. It is a very powerful song, it is pure symphonic metal and it's just beautiful. My hubby used this song for a snowboarding movie that he did after a ski vacation with his mates, it suited perfectly to the atmosphere they were in, coming down fast the NZ mountain slopes and the song playing in the background, an awesome song for extreme sport. I especially like the combination of both vocalists, such a perfect harmony! The lyrics are quite meaningless.
So far I've joined 4 ski trips with my hubby , I've tried snowboarding and it was quite hard but there is someting quite fun about it. The only issue is that I'm scared of heights and high open spaces and you can find plenty of it on snowy mountains, those bloody chair lifts were just a nightmare. when we drove up to mount hutt in NZ, my Hubby had to stop the car and put on the chains because it was heavily snowing. I had to get out of the car in the middle of a road that was so high and open and there was a great depth on the right side of it. I was so scared , I started screaming and crying the friend that was with us was shocked by my reaction.at some point I had to walk on this road to get back to the car and because it was quite far I completely froze. If I ever get rid of these fears I think I'll be able to enjoy snowboarding more because it's quite fun! I did snowboard a little with my hubby and it was great, I was less scared when he was around. He bought me all the latest and best equitment so I'll feel comfortable and maybe more enthusiastic about it. Maybe I'll give it another go in the future ;) anyway, check out this wonderful song...
This song is by the Aussie Band John Butler Trio. There are pretty cool and the way John Butler plays the guitar is unbelievable! We’ve seen them perform live on Live Earth Concert back in 2007 and they were the highlight of the show! There is something really special about this hippie dude!
This song is about being happy with what you got and stop wanting what other people have. It’s about being thankful for everything you have and achieved and this is another one of my life’s mottos.
Now for something completely different - John Butler Trio has a song called “Peaches & Cream” which reminds me of a funny story about Peaches. One of my oldest friends is allergic to Peaches. She is so allergic to it that she can actually choke up and die if a piece of a peach gets even near her. I grew up in a little town that had nothing to offer and we were very bored teenagers. We used to travel to the big cities by hitchhiking. One day we caught a ride with a truck that was carrying boxes filled with nothing but Peaches, great big juicy peaches! My friend sat behind the driver and next to her seat were the boxes of peaches and a few toilet paper rolls. At some point the truck driver was accelerating and the peaches were thrown out of the boxes and landed right on my friend. At the same time the toilet roll decided to join the party and landed on my friend, the driver was going really fast and by end of the trip my friend was covered with peaches and toilet paper, she looked like a mummy and she couldn’t move because she was terrified of the peaches. It was just the most hilarious thing ever. It was a story that we couldn’t stop telling because the irony was too much to handle. This song is for you T ;)
This song is by Nickelback. They are such a cool band and their lead singerChad Kroeger is an awesome vocalist. This song is so amazing!!! And the video clip is breathtaking!
For me this song is about that special person in your life that balance you when you feel completely lost or when you accidently take some wrong turns. That person will always be there to save you from yourself and get you back on track...my hubby is definitely my guardian angel, I tend to get into moods and get cranky about really stupid things – cause I’m a girl and we really enjoy our little dramas. He always put things in the right perspective. He is such a happy person and I learn a lot from being around him. Check out this magical song …
What’s this song about? There has been a lot of discussion and debate into who exactly the song is "calling out for". Some believe for it to be a lover of the protagonist, while some believe it to have religious meaning, with themes of forgiveness and redemption, with lyrics such as "Heaven's gates won't open up to me" and "teach me wrong from right". So far Nickelback has not specifically addressed this uncertainty. (Savin’ Me)
This next song is by the Aussie Bondi Band Cog. It’s another great discovery by my Hubby. They are quite awesome. They’re really into conspiracy theories and this song talks about the 9/11 conspiracy theory. The music is great and it has wonderful lyrics. If you want to see a great conspiracy theory movie then I would recommend watching “Zeitgeist”. It’s a movie that talks about the facts that led to the 9/11 terror attack and everything that happened after the attack.It’s quite scary and very convincing; it took me a few days to shake it off my head!It also discusses the conspiracies behind religion which is quite interesting.
I remember exactly where I was in 9/11. I remember watching it on the news, seeing the two twin towers crashing to the ground. It was a shocking disaster. I was lucky enough to have seen the two towers back in 1998 when I was travelling in America. I was very impressed by it. I’ve spent a day with my friends in Battery Park; I was skateboarding in the park (another disaster!) and I watched the buildings from the park. It was an amazing day which I’ll never forget. Now back to the song, I hope you enjoy it ;)
What’s this song about? Here is an article from their website: COG brought the revolution as much they did the riffs. With its signature guitar line and immediate hook, Are You Interested? rams home the bitter truth that personal privacy is now an extinct ideal. That fear is the tool employed by both government and corporate business to control and exploit populations. That paranoia is justified. That what was once the realm of conspiracy theory is now reality. “We’re just saying it the way we see it and after much research into 9/11 and many occult and political subjects we knew this type of information just needed to get out ,” states Lucius. “Sometimes you have to be literal and get to the guts of it, rather than be all airy-fairy and obtuse.”
This song is by the British Synthpopband Qu Est Le Swimming Pool. I like this song very much. I think it’s a great song. I got very upset when I heard that their lead singer Charles Haddon has committed suicide a few hours after their concert in Belgium on August 2010.
Charles has taken his own life a few hours after an unplanned stage dive went wrong and he accidently fell on top of one of his fans, He was completely distress since he feared that he had injured her badly. He thought she will never make it through and he couldn’t live with that thought. A few hours later he jumped into his own death. The girl had serious injury to one of her legs but she is fully recovered now. Sadly it was too late for Charles. Unfortunately this was the end of a young band’s career that could have been really successful. Check out this wonderful song...
This next song is by David Bowie. This is one of my favourite Bowie songs, the music is brilliant and it’s basically a continuation of the Major Tom story from his early 1969 song “Space Oddity”, if you thought Major Tom is about an astronaut lost in space then it’s actually about a drug addict, Bowie meant a different kind of space travelling. This is just an amazing idea of Bowie to create a sequel to his old and good song. Isn’t he a genius?!?
Speaking of ashes, when I was a teenager my friends and I used to play a game with the cigarette ashes. We called it “a whore cigarette” we would all sit in a circle and pass a cigarette from one another and whoever dropped the ashes would have to complete a stupid funny task that we all made up. It was funny because we made up stupid tasks like running around naked in the park or licking each other ears and all kind of really stupid teenager ideas. This game was similar to truth or dare just without the truth and a lot of dare. If someone would get naked we would throw his clothes on top of a tree so he would have to climb naked to get it. It was really fun playing that game. I don’t remember doing anything degrading, usually it was the boys that dropped the ashes a lot and had to cope with really silly tasks. Check out his wonderful ashes song…
What’s this song about? Melancholic and introspective, "Ashes to Ashes" featured Bowie's reinterpretation of "a guy that's been in such an early song", namely Major Tom from his first hit in 1969, "Space Oddity". Described as "containing more messages per second" than any single released in 1980,instead of a hippie astronaut who casually slips the bonds of a crass and material world to journey beyond the stars, the song describes Major Tom as a "junkie, strung out in heaven's high, hitting an all-time low". This lyric was interpreted as a play on the title of Bowie's 1977 album Low, which charted his withdrawal inwards following his drug excesses in America a short time before, another reversal of Major Tom's original withdrawal 'outwards' or towards space. Bowie himself said in an interview with NME shortly after the single's release, "It really is an ode to childhood, if you like, a popular nursery rhyme. It's about space men becoming junkies (laughs)." (Wikipedia – Ashes to Ashes)
This song is by Bowling for Soup. They have such a cool band name! I love this song very much; I sympathize with it very much!
I personally can’t keep up with the rapid technology changes, my Hubby on the other end is a technology freak he usually buys all the latest gadgets even before the company releases it. Once he gets the new gadget he knows exactly how to operate it. He has quite a talent for all technical things. I ‘m the complete opposite, I don’t really understand anything about all these gadgets even when he tries to explain it to me. It’s funny because even though I don’t know anything and I couldn’t tell the difference between a notebook and an IPad or whatever is out there, my Hubby always buys me the latest technology, he got me a new laptop a week ago and my previous laptop was only two years old and it was purple with beautiful flowers on it which he bought me right after I’ve spilled water on my other laptop and ruined it. He also bought me a pink nano IPod and then he got me my IPhon and he added a purple cover to it (I’m really into pink and purple cause I’m a girl!) then he got me an IPad which I don’t really use – he said that I can use it to read books but I don’t really see the point of reading a book without flipping the pages! So I just use it for my Sudoku puzzles. My hubby spoils me a lot with new gadgets. I personally prefer old simple stuff that it’s easy to operate. It’s quite a nightmare for me to get use to new technology every time and by the time that I do learn how to use my new gadget; my hubby buys me a new one!!! It is quite a tough dilemma for me. I do appreciate all his gifts but I feel bad about throwing out all the old stuff that I got from him. I guess this magic circle will never end. Anyway, I dedicate this song to my purple flower Dell notebook which I love very much and hadto replace it with a new red Lenovo ThinkPad which I got a week ago for our 10th anniversary… check out this song that was definitely written about me…
What’s this song about? Here is a nice comment from Songfacts: This song is about a woman who is still living in the past, reliving her glory years when she was a teenager in 1985. She had big dreams, but now spends her time immersing herself in '80s pop culture.
This song is by Sting. I love this song very much. The lyrics are so amazing! I remember watching the video clip back in 1993 and how amazed I was by this song. Such a great love song. For me this song is just about the importance of love in your life and how everything starts and ends with love. You can lose your faith in everything else but if you lose your faith in love then you’ll be left with meaningless life. Also the woman in the video clip looks exactly like my friend’s mum which I always thought it was quite odd! Check out this wonderful love song...
