++ We Are The W O R L D

そしてこれにつづく...

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Yesterday night marked the release of the video and single for the 25th anniversary remake of the monumental song "We Are The World". I won't write much about it, but I have to say that I love it as much as I love the original. Still sent shivers down my spine from listening to all the talent involved this time around.

The 25th Anniversary Remake

The Original 1985 Version

:)

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...この醜い脳裏

++ Fly Me To The M O O N

そしてこれにつづく...

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For a while now, I've been listening to a lot of oldies songs. I guess I just want to listen to those songs that paved the way to make the musicians we see today. In my playlist I've got songs from Nat King Cole, Ray Charles, Little Richard, James Brown, Marvin Gaye and Stevie Wonder. Every single one of these artists are truly the pioneers of the music we listen to today. Their songs are so amazing that I can never get sick of listening to them. Timeless music that will never be forgotten.

Their songs are definitely something I aspire to one day. I really love how they express themselves in each song, how they tell their stories or share their experiences through music. It's something I'd love to be able to do one day, to write music or draw/paint pictures to share with the world. But I guess we all have to start somewhere so hopefully if I work hard enough and persist, eventually I'll get there someday right?

There are so many songs of theirs I want to talk about right now, but that'd be way too much to write. So I'll limit myself to the one song I've loved for an incredibly long time, "Fly Me to the Moon" by Nat King Cole. I first heard this song back in 1995 from the ending sequence of the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion and instantly fell in love with it. Out of all the renditions, I kinda prefer Nat King Cole's version over Frank Sinatra/Quincy Jones' swing-inspired one. It's just so hard to explain why I love this song so much, because there's just so much to talk about; the dreamy lyrics, vivid imagery and magical melodies. I guess Nat King Cole says it perfectly in the opening portion to the song:

"Poets often use many words
to say a simple thing.
It takes thought and time and rhyme
To make a poem sing.

With music and words I've been playing
For you, I have written a song.
To be sure that you'll know what I'm saying,
I'll translate as I go along..."

If you ever get the time, you should really listen to this song.

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...この醜い脳裏

++ U Remind M E

そしてこれにつづく...

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Hmmm.. just had a thought. Since this is MY personal blog, why not just post about the things that I'm totally interested in... hmmmmm.. well sounds like a good idea I guess..? </sarcasm>

DAMMIT, I have no idea why I haven't really embraced this blog as much as I should have. It really does feel good to put shit here for a pseudo-audience to read haha. So I've decided to dedicate most of my posts to my interests in life, also to post some not-so-general knowledge stuff about things like music/art and whatever else I know, haha.

ANYWAY onto news!!

OMG, USHER AND CHILLI BACK TOGETHER?!? Wow, never thought that would happen, especially after the highly publicized relationship Usher had with Tameka and the whole divorce mess he got himself into afterwards. And then his decision to have that fling with the older Def Jam exec, Grace. Man, Usher seemed to be liking his older women!
But yeah, I've always thought Usher and Chilli made a good couple before. I'm kinda mixed about this news now though. Not sure why, maybe because of the decisions Usher has made since his breakup with her in Dec 2003. You messed up bro!

Here's a little something from Kanye that I read again after a friend reminded me of it on facebook. This dude, no matter how egotistical he can be sometimes, definitely speaks from his heart. I've definitely got a whole heap of respect for this guy, always have. Not many people would be able to do the things he is doing. By that I mean to be able to stand up tall and speak the truth even though he is under so much public scrutiny. I feel for this guy sometimes too. He really does represent a realist in a ludicrously abused industry, a rarity in this day in age. I can definitely understand his desire to make that mini-movie he published online a few months ago. Kanye, keep doing what you do bro!

Talking about Kanye, to all you haters/borderliners or even to those that like him a bit, let me present to you my throwback video of the day. I absolutely love this song of his. A little history to some of you out there: Before Kanye's breakout album "The College Dropout (2004)", Kanye worked closely with Roc-A-Fella Records, which was at the time being managed by none other than Jay-Z. He was a key producer in Jay-Z's highly successful "The Blueprint (2001)" album, though found it very hard to get support from the music industry as a rapper. Kanye was only ever acknowleged as a producer and nothing else, a.k.a. the guy that makes the music behind-the-scenes and is almost always never known by the general public. He felt that he was never properly acknowledged for the works he had done. Jay-Z's thanks to him for working on his critically acclaimed and commercially successful album was two front-row tickets to his show... that Kanye had to pay for himself. A year after his work on "The Blueprint", Kanye was involved with a car crash which almost took his life. This gave him the motivation to make his first single, "Through the Wire", the song to which I posted the video link to. Only a few months after he suffered the accident, Kanye decides to head into the studio to record this song.. WITH WIRES ALL THROUGH HIS MOUTH AND JAW. My case in point, this man speaks the truth. You can't tell me that what he says in this song wasn't from his heart.

Anyway, that's all from me today. Hope you guys enjoyed this blog posts change in pace! (:

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...この醜い脳裏

++ Dreamworld

"

I know what we have is dead and gone.
Too many times I made you cry.
And I don't mean to interupt your life.
I just wonder do I cross your mind?

I just wonder,
Do you ever,
Think of me,
Anymore, do you?

"

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Life is long, there will be pain but life goes on
With everyday a brand new song
But if you rather stay at home
Let me do you a favour

I'll ask the sun to shine away from you today so you can cry
If that's what you want, alright.

"

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"

I know you are nervous
But take it from me
'Cause you deserve so much more than you receive
Listen to your heart and let it show
Don't hold on to your pain
Just let it go, let it go

Don't have to stay with someone that makes you cry
You'll end up killing all the love you have inside
Can't hope to see the sun
If you don't open your eyes
Girl, don't let real love pass you by

"

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How do I say, "Hello,
I just want to talk to you"?
How do I say, "You're beautiful
and I can't take my eyes off you"?
I don't wanna say the wrong thing
I wanna use the right words to impress you
Mujer Bonita, how do I say?
How do I say?

"

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Why do people smile when no one's smiling?
It's cos' they're thinking of someone they're loving
Keep on believing we are meant to me and
Nothing's stopping you and me from going to heaven

Sweetest Love

"

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"

Words would fly right from out of my mouth,
out of my mind into your heart, into your life
And everything would sound just right,
and no one would stop me from drinking my wine

That's my dreamworld,
that's my dreamworld, it's more than a dream
Dreamworld,
that's my dreamworld,
and I wanna live in my dream

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++ Better Late Than N e v e r

Gosh, I've been soo busy these past few days

Finally can take a breather

Let's see if I can summarise it all in this one post

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Ok, so I've been reallyyy busy lately. That's why I haven't blogged about myself recently. Gotta catch up, so less talking and more doing!

Well, three days ago, that was my last post. Since I've talked about most of that day, let's talk about something I didn't mention. THE SHOPPING! =DD

Haha, well, I only bought two music albums, but it was still funn. I bought Kanye's "808s & Heartbreaks" and T-Pain's "Thr33 Rings".

I never thought I'd buy Kanye's album, but I thought it'd be good. Some of the songs on that album ARE addictive and DO get stuck in your head in a good way, but I hope that it's nothing more than just a 'concept album'. Having just ONE album like this is fine to me, but anymore than that and Kanye's off my list of favourite artists, period.

T-Pain's album is quite good actually. I've wanted to buy that album for a while now, and since I had the chance I thought I'd grab it. I absolutley love his "Chopped N Skrewed" song, one of my favourite songs and really does show T-Pains producing talent. He's gotten a lot of crap for using the Auto-tune, people keep on questioning his credibility because of it. But this song really does show what he can do and no one else can't at the moment. Other songs of note are his other two singles, "Can't Believe It" and "Freeze". Also, "Therapy" with Kanye is kinda hynoptic to me, it gets stuck in my head. Another really really good song is "Change", one of my favourites actually, next to "Chopped N Skrewed", it also show T-Pains talent to make songs. It's different to his other songs as it's more of a ballad and meaningful one. I'll keep it short and say that the rest of the tracks are okay so far, might have to have another couple listen throughs to get more thoughts on the other songs.

Anyway, so the next day, it was my brothers second last day at our home before he flew off. The day was busy because we organized a BBQ for him. So a lot had to be done. Apart from that, nothing much else happened. That pretty much took up my whole day.

Yesterday was an eventful day. First, I had work to go to. Woke up at 7 in the morn to get ready. Work was the same stuff. But we had to leave early that day and pick up Y-niisan from home to send him to the airport. Before that, our boss (as in the boss for us 3 brothers, hahaha) organized a nice lunch for Y-niisan. It was the first time they had the chance to catch up. My boss really is a good man, he's helped out family out so much, especially us 3 brothers. He's given us good jobs and never doubted us.

After the lunch, we sent Y-niisan tot he airport. Him and his wife are heading back off to Japan for another year or more. I already miss him, but that day was a little more tolerable than when he first left to go to Japan last year. He should have arrived back in Japan by now.

So, from there, made a pit-stop back at work before my bro dropped me straight off at the shopping centre to watch a movie with my cousin and her friends. Embarrassing to say, but we watched Twilight. Blame it on her, hahaha. Sorry girls, it's not really my 'type' of movie. We ate out a little after that too. It was pretty much 2 guys and 5 girls, a little awkward since I was introduced to two of the girls just that afternoon. Haha, but they're all cool.

Got home and I was soo damn tired. Didn't do much else before changing and heading off to sleep.

Anywaiz, that brings us to today. I've got shopping plans with a friend of mine. So I guess I might blog about that later tonight or tomorrow.

Until then.. I'm off to get ready, he should be here soon.

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Good to finally get those days off my back, haha

Only recent update now is...

I need to find the other sock... where'd it go >____>

- OverDose