The Guild - I'm The One That's Cool

Wow, bara... wow...

 

Jag trodde verkligen inte att Felicia Day och The Guild kunde mer fucking awesome(!) än de redan var, men efter att ha sett denna så är Felicia Day den mest awesome människa som finns. Mellan de senaste tre säsongerna av The Guild har de gjort en musikvideo för att promota serien.

 

Tidigare var det:

 

Do You Want To Date My Avatar:

 

Game On:

 

 

Och nu denna låt som träffade som ett slag rakt i solar plexus, inte bara rolig utan också en riktigt, riktigt bra text:

 

I'm The One That's Cool

 

Den är till och med mer catchy än Do You Want To Date My Avatar. Denna låt har jag nu lyssnat igenom ett flerta gånger för att den har en så jävla bra refräng!

 

1ST VERSE:

Oh, no. Don't pretend I didn't see
You roll your eyes at my gaming tee
Don't know if you can read or if you've seen
The sweet piece in this week's Wired magazine
The latest trend has hit its peak
They say that geek's becomin' chic
So now you're out of style as you can be
And I'm in vogue, so you can bite me

To all the ass-hat jocks who beat me up in school
Now I'm the one that's cool
I'm the one that's cool
To all the prom queen bitches thinking they still rule
Now I'm the one that's cool
I'm the one that's cool

2ND VERSE:

Try to cop my style but I'm the real thing
While you played sports, I played Magic the Gathering
Never earned a part of nerd society
My Aquaman pajamas prove my pedigree
Watched my Next Gen every night
Wore a headgear to fix my overbite
Your black-rimmed glasses are prescription free, where as me
I literally can't see my hand in front of my face

To all the asshat jocks who beat me up in school
Now I'm the one that's cool
I'm the one that's cool
To all the prom queen bitches thinking they still rule
Now I'm the one that's cool
I'm the one that's cool
And to my eighth-grade crush who pushed me in the pool
Now I'm the one that's cool
I'm the one that's cool
You may be tan and fit and rich but you're a tool
And I'm the one that's cool
I'm the one that's cool

3RD VERSE:

Role reversal must be a total drag
But there's no point, no point for me to humblebrag
I appreciate you for being cruel
I'm burning bright thanks to your rejection fuel
Got my in-jokes you won't get
Like Honey Badger, Troll Face and Nyan Cat
So now your ballin' parties seem so dumb
You can Evite me, and I'll say yes, but I won't really come

Got my comics
Got my games
All the things you thought were lame
Got my cosplay
Fanfic too
Got you pegged
STF-You


CHORUS


Bra Star Trek musik?

Hmm, har lyssnat igen alla Star Trek soundtracks många gånger genom mitt liv och egentligen aldrig hittat någon riktigt, riktigt bra (förutom Faith of the Heart, vilken nästan får mig att gråta för att den är så jävla vacker!), men nu helt plötsligt när jag lyssnar på random genom alla mina låtar så dyker plötsligt denna låt upp och jag bara sitter och lyssnar med och viftar med armarna som en dirigent. Ja, jag har hört låten flera gånger men aldrig liksom kopplat, men nu helt plötsligt så...

 


Dagens Låt: Patti Smith - People Have The Power

Patti Smith - People Have The Power


I was dreaming in my dreaming

of an aspect bright and fair
and my sleeping it was broken
but my dream it lingered near
in the form of shining valleys
where the pure air recognized
and my senses newly opened
I awakened to the cry
that the people / have the power
to redeem / the work of fools
upon the meek / the graces shower
it's decreed / the people rule

The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power
The people have the power

Vengeful aspects became suspect
and bending low as if to hear
and the armies ceased advancing
because the people had their ear
and the shepherds and the soldiers
lay beneath the stars
exchanging visions
and laying arms
to waste / in the dust
in the form of / shining valleys
where the pure air / recognized
and my senses / newly opened
I awakened / to the cry

Refrain

Where there were deserts
I saw fountains
like cream the waters rise
and we strolled there together
with none to laugh or criticize
and the leopard
and the lamb
lay together truly bound
I was hoping in my hoping
to recall what I had found
I was dreaming in my dreaming
god knows / a purer view
as I surrender to my sleeping
I commit my dream to you

Refrain

The power to dream / to rule
to wrestle the world from fools
it's decreed the people rule
it's decreed the people rule
LISTEN
I believe everything we dream
can come to pass through our union
we can turn the world around
we can turn the earth's revolution
we have the power
People have the power ...

Star Trek Girl

Jag tror jag är kär! Min drömkvinna! (Jag låtsas som att hennes snack efter videons slut inte existerar. Det är de "coola" kidsen som dissar Enterprise, och alla vill tydligen vara coola... *suck*)

 

Star Trek Girl

 

"We'll stop by Risa 'cause we know they do it right."

 

 


Dagens Låtar: Dido - "Slide", Dido- "Honestly OK" & The Cardigans - "03.45: No Sleep"

Dido - "Slide"

Even on a day like this when you're crawling on the floor
Reaching for the phone to ring anyone who knows you anymore
It's all right to make mistakes
you're only human
Inside everybody's hiding something

Staring at the same four walls, have you tried to help yourself
The rings around your eyes they don't hide, that you need to get some rest

It's all right to make mistakes
you're only human
Inside everybody's hiding something
Take time to catch your breathe and choose your moment

Don't slide

Even at a time like this when the morning seems so far
Think that pain belongs to you but it's happened to us all

It's all right to make mistakes
you're only human
Inside everybody's hiding something
Take time to catch your breathe and choose your moment

Don't slide

You brought this on yourself
and it's high time you left it there
Lie here and rest your head
and dream of something else instead

Don't slide

 

**********************

 

 

Dido- "Honestly OK"

I just want to feel safe in my own skin
I just want to be happy again
I just want to feel deep in my own world
but I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore


On a different day if I was safe in my own skin
then I wouldn't feel so lost and so frightened
But this is today and I'm lost in my own skin

And I'm so lonely I don't even want to be with myself anymore

I just want to feel safe in my own skin
I just want to be happy again

 

**********************

 

"03.45: No Sleep"


It's way too late to think of
Someone I would call now
And neon signs got tired
Red eye flights help the stars out
I'm safe in a corner
Just hours before me

I'm waking with the roaches
The world has surrendered
I'm dating ancient ghosts
The ones I made friends with
The comfort of fireflies
Long gone before daylight

And if I had one wish fulfilled tonight
I'd ask for the sun to never rise
If God lent his voice to me to speak
I'd say "Go to bed, world"

I've always been too lame
To see what's before me
And I know nothing sweeter than
Champaign from last New Years
Sweet music in my ears
And a night full of no fears

But if I had one wish fulfilled tonight
I'd ask for the sun to never rise
If God passed a mic to me to speak
I'd say "Stay in bed, world,

Sleep in peace"

 

 

 



"His Penis Got Diseases"

Efter att ha grävt i bajs en massa idag, vill jag göra något trevligare, så jag sitter och kollar igenom alla sångerna ur det näst bästa avsnittet av Buffy, nämligen musikalavsnittet Once More With Feeling.

 

Bästa avsnittet någonsin är förövrigt The Body, ett av det bästa inom all tv om hur det verkligen känns att förlora någon man älskar mer än livet själv, chocken och sorgen.

 

Men hursomhelst. En del av dem är tyvärr spegelvända, men det är sådant man får leva med när det är copyright på dem.

 

Den bästa är nog Something To Sing About mycket för att The Scooby Gang får veta hur otroligt själviska och elaka de var mot Buffy när de återuppväckte henne från de döda.

 

1. Going Through The Motions

BUFFY
Every single night
The same arrangement
I go out and fight the fight
Still, I always feel the strange estrangement
Nothing here is real
Nothing here is right

I've been making shows of trading blows
Just hoping no one knows
That I've been going through the motions
Walking through the part
Nothing seems to penetrate my heart

I was always brave and kind of righteous
Now I find I'm wavering
Crawl out of your grave
You find this fight just doesn't mean a thing

VAMPIRE 1
She ain't got that swing

BUFFY
Thanks for noticing

VAMPIRE1, VAMPIRE2, DEMON
She does pretty well with fiends from hell
But lately, we can tell
That she's just going through the motions
(Going through the motions)
Faking it some how

DEMON
She's not even half the girl she - ow.

BUFFY
Will I stay this way forever?
Sleepwalk through my life's endeavor?

MAN
How can I repay - -

BUFFY
Whatever.

I don't want to be
Going through the motions
Losing all my drive
I can't even see
If this is really me
And I just want to be
Alive!


2. I've Got a Theory / Bunnies / If We're Together

 

3. The Mustard

 

4. Under Your Spell


I lived my life in shadow
Never the sun on my face
It didn't seem so sad, though
I figured that was my place
Now I'm bathed in light
Something just isn't right

I'm under your spell
How else could it be
Anyone would notice me?
It's magic, I can tell
How you've set me free
Brought me out so easily

I saw a world enchanted
Spirits and charms in the air
I always took for granted
I was the only one there
But your power's shone
Brighter than any of i've known.
I'm under your spell
Nothing I can do
You just took my soul with you
You worked your charms so well

Finally, I knew
Everything I dreamed was true
You make me complete!


Ahhhh, ahhh, ahhh.

The moon to the tide
I can feel you inside
I'm under your spell
Surging like the sea
Drawn to you so helplessly
I break with every swell
Lost in ecstasy
Spread beneath my willow tree
You make me complete!
You make me complete
You make me complete!!!


5. I'll Never Tell


Anya
This is the man that I plan to entangle
Isn't he fine?
My claim to fame was to maim and to mangle
Vengeance was mine!

But I'm out of the biz
The name I made, I'll trade for his
The only trouble is - -
I'll never tell.

Xander
She is the one
She's such wonderful fun
Such passion and grace
Warm in the night when I'm right in her tight - -
Embrace! Tight embrace!

I'll never let her go
The love we've known can only grow
There's just one thing that - -
No... I'll never tell.

Anya & Xander
Cause there's nothing to tell.

Anya
He snores

Xander
She wheezes

Anya
Say "housework" and he freezes

Xander
She eats these skeezy cheeses that I can't describe

Anya
I talk; he breezes

Xander
She doesn't know what please is.

Anya
His penis got diseases from a shuman's tribe!

Anya & Xander
The vibe gets kind of scary

Xander
Like, she thinks I'm ordinary

Anya
Like, it's all just temporary

Xander
Like, her toes are kind of hairy

Anya & Xander
But it's all very well
Cause, God knows, I'll never tell!

Anya
When things get rough, he
Just hides behind his Buffy!
Now look, he's getting huffy
Cause he knows that I know.

Xander
She clings
She's needy
She's also really greedy
She nev - -

Anya
His eyes are beady!

Xander
This is my verse, hello?
She - -

Anya
Hey, look at me! I'm dancing crazy!

Anya AND Xander
You know

Xander
You're quite the charmer

Anya
My knight in armor

Xander
You're the cutest of the Scoobies
With your lips as red as rubies
And your firm, yet supple - -
Tight embrace!

Anya
He's swell

Xander
She's sweller

Anya
He'll always be my fella

Xander
That's why I'll never tell her that I'm petrified

Anya
I've read this tale
There's wedding, then betrayal
I know will come the day I'll want to run and hide

Anya & Xander
I lied
I said it's easy
I've tried
But there's these fears I can't quell

Xander
Is she looking for a pot of gold

Anya
Will I look good when I've gotten old?

Xander
Will our lives become too stressful if I'm never that successful?

Anya
When I get so worn and wrinkly that I look like David Brinkley?

Xander
Am I crazy?

Anya
Am I dreamin'?

Xander
Am I marrying a demon?

Anya & Xander
We can really raise the beam on making marriage a hell!

So, thank God, I'll never tell!
I swear, that I'll never tell

Xander
My lips are sealed

Anya
I take the fifth

Xander
Nothing to see
Move it along

Anya & Xander
I'll never
Tell!


6. The Parking Ticket


Young woman:
I´ve been having a bad, bad day
Come on, won´t you put that pad away
I´m asking you please, no
It isn´t right, it isn´t fair
There was no parking anywhere
I think that hydrant wasn´t there
Why can´t you let it go
I think I´ve paid more than my share
I´m just a poor girl don´t you care
Hey, I´m not wearing underwear


7. Rest In Peace

I died
So many years ago
But you can make me feel
Like it isn't so
And why you come to be with me
I think I finally now
Mhmmm

You're scared
Ashamed of what you feel
And you can't tell the ones you love
You know they couldn't deal
Whisper in a dead man's ear
Doesn't make it real

That's great
But I don't wanna play
Being with you touches me
More than I can take
And since I'm only dead to you
I'm saying stay away
And let me rest in peace

Let me rest in peace
Let me get some sleep
Let me take my love and bury it in a hole six foot deep
I can lay my body down but I can't find my sweet release
So let me rest in peace

You know
You got a willing slave
And you just love to play the thought
That you might misbehave
But til you do I'm telling you
Stop visiting my grave
And let me rest in peace

I know
I should go
But I follow you like a man possessed
There's a traitor here beneath my breast
And it hurts me more than you've ever guessed
If my heart could beat it would break my chest
But I can see you're unimpressed
So leave me be

And let me rest in peace
Let me get some sleep
Let me take my love and bury it in a hole six foot deep
I can lay my body down but I can't find my sweet release
Let me rest in peace
Why won't you
Let me rest in peace


8. Dawn's Lament

 

9. Dawn's Ballet

 

10. What You Feel

Sweets:
Why'd you run away?
Don't you like my style?
Why don't you come and play?
I guarantee a great big smile

I come from the imagination
And I'm here strictly by your invocation
So what do you say?
Why don't we dance awhile?

I'm the hottest swing
I'm the twist and shout
When you gotta sing,
When you gotta let it out
You call me and I come a-running
I turn the music on; I bring the fun in
Now, we're partying
That's what it's all about

'Cuz I know, what you feel, girl
I know just what you feel, girl

Dawn: (spoken)
Oh, so you're like a good demon? Bringing the fun in?

Sweets:
(Laughs)
All these melodies, they go on too long
Then that energy starts to come on way too strong
All those hearts lay open; that must sting
Plus, some customers just die combusting
That's the penalty when life is but a song

You brought me down and doomed this town
So, when we blow this scene,
Back we will go to my kingdom below and you will be my queen
Cuz I know what you feel, girl

Dawn:
No, you see
You and me
Wouldn't be very regal

Sweets:
I'll make it real, girl

Dawn:
What I mean
I'm fifteen
So, this queen thing's illegal

Sweets:
I can bring whole cities to ruin
And still have time to get a soft-shoe in

Dawn:
Well, that's great
But I'm late
And I'd hate to delay her

Sweets:
Something's cooking, I'm at the griddle
I bought Nero his very first fiddle

Dawn:
She'll get pissed
If I'm missed
See, my sister's the Slayer...

(Spoken) Sweets:
The Slayer?

Dawn:
Yuh-huh.

Sweets:
Find her. Tell her...tell her everything. Just get her here. I want to see the Slayer burn.

Sweets:
Now we're partying
That's what it's all about


11. Standing in the Way

You're not ready
For the world outside
You keep pretending,
but you just can't hide
I know I said that I'd
Be standing by your side
But I

Your path's unbeaten,
And it's all uphill
And you can meet it,
But you never will
And I'm the reason that you're standing still 
But I

I wish I could say
The right words
To lead you through this land
Wish I could play the father
And take you by the hand
Wish I could stay here
But now I understand
I'm standing in the way

The cries around you,
You don't hear at all
'Cause you know I'm here
To take that call
So you just lie there when
You should be standing tall
But I

I wish I could
Lay your arms down
And let you rest at last
Wish I could
Slay your demons
But now that time has passed
Wish I could stay here
Your stalwart, standing fast
But I'm
Standing in the way
I'm just standing
In the way


12. Standing/Under your spell Reprise

 

13. Walk Through The Fire

BUFFY
I touch the fire and it freezes me
I look into it and it's black
Why can't I feel?
My skin should crack and peel
I want the fire back

Now, through the smoke she calls to me
To make my way across the flame
To save the day or maybe melt away
I guess it's all the same

So, I will walk through the fire
Cause where else will I turn?
I will walk through the fire
And let it

SPIKE
The torch I bear is scorching me
Buffy's laughing I've no doubt
I hope she fries
I'm free if that bitch dies!
I better help her out.

DEMON
Cause she is drawn to the fire
Some people

SPIKE
She will

SPIKE, DEMON
never learn
And she will walk through the fire
And let it

GILES
Will this do a thing to change her?
Am I leaving Dawn in danger?
Is my slayer too far gone to care?

XANDER
What if Buffy can't defeat it?

ANYA
Beady Eyes is right
We're needed!
...Or we could just sit around and glare

ANYA, XANDER, WILLOW, GILES, TARA
We'll see it through
It's what we're always here to do
So, we will walk through the fire...

BUFFY
So one by one, they turn from me
I guess my friends can't face the cold

TARA
What can't we face...

BUFFY
But while I froze, not one among them knows

TARA
...Together

BUFFY
And never can be told.

ANYA
She came from the grave much graver.

DEMON
So one by one they come to me
The distant redness as their guide

SPIKE
First, he'll kill her, then I'll save her

TARA
Everything is turning out so dark

BUFFY
Going through the motions

DEMON
But what they find
Ain't what they had in mind
It's what they have inside

BUFFY
Walking through the part

SPIKE
No, I'll save her, then I'll kill her

WILLOW
I think this line is mostly filler

GILES
What's it going to take to strike a spark?

DEMON
She will come to me

BUFFY
These endless days are finally ending in a blaze

BUFFY, XANDER, WILLOW, ANYA, GILES, SPIKE, TARA
And we are caught in the fire
At the point of no return
So we will walk through the fire
And let it
Burn
Let it burn
Let it burn
Let it burn!

DEMON
Show time (haha)


14. Something To Sing About

Buffy:
Life's a show and we all play our parts
And when the music starts,
We open up our hearts

It's all right if some things come out wrong.
We'll sing a happy song
And you can sing along.

Where's there's life, there's hope.
Everyday's a gift.
Wishes can come true.
Whistle while you work.
So hard
All day
To be like other girls
To fit in in this glittering world
Don't give me songs
Don't give me songs

Give me something to sing about.
I need something to sing about.

Life's a song you don't get to rehearse
And every single verse
Can make it that much worse

Still my friends
Don't know why I ignore
The million things or more
I should be dancing for

All the joy life sends.
Family and friends.
All the twists and bends
Knowing that it ends.
Well that
Depends-

On if they let you go
On if they know enough to know
That when you've bowed
You leave the crowd

There was no pain,
No fear, no doubt
Till they pulled me out of heaven

So that's my refrain.
I live in hell
Cause I've been expelled from heaven
I think I was in heaven

So give me something to sing about
Please give me something...

Spike:
Life's not a song.
Life isn't bliss.
Life is just this: it's living
You'll get along
The pain that you feel
You only can heal by living
You have to go on living.
So one of us is living.


15. Where Do We Go From Here/Ending


Kiruna-festivalen lördag!

Dagens bästa: 8-Point Rose

 

Dagens Sämsta: The Playtones (2h paus på en 5h spelning är fan en skandal! Tacj för att ni förstörde avslutningen på en annars mycket trevlig festival! Segern i Dansbandskampen måste gått dem åt huvudet, har aldrig varit med om något liknande tidigare. Det råder annars kutym bland alla andra dansband jag någonsin har dansat till att ha en paus på cirka 30min, sammanlagt!)

 

Mest överskattad: Kent (Före hade jag hört cirka 2 låtar i hela mitt liv. Nu har jag hört 4. Förstår fortfarande inte?)

 

Dagens överraskning: Första gången jag blir dumpad på dansgolvet mitt i en låt!

 

Dagens stolthet: Det Kiruanska Musikundret blir allt större. (Tack Tusen Toner!): Willy Clay Band, Raj Raj Band, 8-point Rose, The Shanes, Frida Snell, människor som heter Timander i efternamn.

 

Dagens Glädjeämne: Jättetigger i en "Ior-suit" (tänk rösten hos hillbilly-kvinnan i MiB vars man blir uppäten av jättekackerlackan).

Vinner alltid någon nalle, oftast för att jag till slut ger upp och ger mig på något som ger garanterat vinst. Trodde jag skulle vinna något litet som passar i fickan, nädå! En jättenalle som knappt passar i min famn. Bästa kommentar: "Är det tänkt att vi ska konkurrera med den där? Den är ju så söt, det blir väldigt svårt!"


Jewel - Sov Gott finns äntligen på album!

Oj, jag trodde jag hade sett det bästa världens bästa singer/song-writer hade att bjuda på, men jag hade helt fel. Detta är... Inga Ord...

Att jag inte kände till denna kan ju också bero på att den är från året jag blev totalt förälskad i henne när hon var med i Sen Kväll med Luuk 1998 och bl.a. sjöng sin svenska vaggvisa (se mer längre ner).

 

 

Och som vanligt hänger jag inte med att hon har släppt ett nytt album, denna gång med en massa lullabys, och äntligen har hon gett ut Sov Gott (Sleep Well) på album!

Men även hennes version av Somewhere Over The Rainbow finns också med där.

 

Detta är texten till Sov Gott på originalspråk...

 

Sov gott, vackra delfin
Sov gott, jag vita varg
Vi har kärlek för varandra
För varandra
För alltid

Sov gott, vackra delfin
Sov gott, jag vita varg
Vi har kärlek för varandra
För varandra
För alltid

Sov gott
Sov gott, jag vita varg
Morgonen vaknar
Då kysser vi
Kysser vi, Kysser vi,
Sov gott
Sov gott, för alltid

Sov gott, vackra delfin
Sov gott, jag vita varg
Vi har kärlek för varandra
För varandra, för alltid

Sov gott
Sov gott, jag vita varg
Morgonen vaknar
Då kysser vi,
Då kysser vi, för alltid
Då kysser vi, för alltid
Sov gott
Sov gott
Sov gott

 

 


Bear McCreary - Tributer

Två fortsatta orsaker till varför Bear McCrearys musik till Battlestar Galactica är så otroligt bra:

 

1. Citat från youtube: "Note from Bear McCreary: 'Kara Thrace herself, Katee Sackhoff, joined me on stage at the grand piano to play Kara Remembers I played the left hand part, and she plucked out the Final Four Theme, just as she did in the climax of Someone to Watch Over Me. Once we had the Final Four Theme going on the piano, the band snuck in, building to Heeding the Call and finally All Along the Watchtower.'"

 

 

2. Battlestar Galactica - The Final Tribute: Musiken taget från 1-3 säsongen av BSG och klippena tagna från allra, allra sista avsnittet och de allra, allra sista scenerna med just deras hem och skepp, Galactica

 


Hammerfall Vs. Curling

Ja, nu när Norrland är på Topp 5 i världen i OS och just nu när Curling damerna spelar sin första match i detta OS är återigen dags att kolla på världens bästa musikvideo och den mest spelade under Turin OS 2006.

 


Det Svenska Musikundret?

Ah, det måste vara något speciellt med svensk musik och sång, det svenska musikundret kanske?

 

I detta fall gäller det internationella tv och dataspel, ett japanskt och ett av Lucasarts.

 

Först ut har vi Song of Mana från jRPG:et Legend of Mana, sångerska: Annika "Rednex" Ljungberg.

 

Sen har vi introlåten till Lucidity, den låten tänker jag inte ens presentera närmare, ni får själv lyssna och njuta på kanske den bästa versionen av en av de mest klassiska svenska sångerna.

Jag tror Lucasarts kan förklara det själva mycket bra hur det hela kom sig.

 

 


Rocky Horror Picture Show

Har ni inte sett Rocky Horror Picture Show tycker jag det verkligen är på tiden att ni gör det. Detta är min favoritlåt med Susan Sarandon och klippet är från filmen:

 

 

Filmen är så underbart knäpp och underbart galen och alldeles underbar!

 

Annars är dessa två också några av de bästa låtarna:

 

 

Men detta är nog en av filmens roligaste scener:

 

 

 

I See You All Shiver With Antici...... pation!

 

 


Dr.Hook - A Little Bit More

Dagens Humör:

Dr.Hook - A Little Bit More


When your body's had enough of me
And I'm laying flat out on the floor
When you think I've loved you all I can
I'm gonna love you a little bit more

Come on over here and lay by my side
I've got to be touching you.
Let me rub your tired shoulders
The way I used to do.

Look into my eyes and give me that smile
The one that always turns me on
And let me take your hair down
Cause we're staying up to greet the sun.

And when your body's had enough of me
And I'm laying flat out on the floor
When you think I've loved you all I can
I'm gonna love you a little bit more

Got to say a few things that have been on my mind
You know where my mind has been
I guess I learned my lessons
And now's the time to begin

So if you're feelin' alright and you're ready for me
I know that I'm ready for you
We better get it on now
Cause we got our whole life to live through

And when your body's had enough of me
And I'm layin' flat out on the floor
When you think I've loved you all I can
I'm gonna love you a little bit more

When your body's had enough of me
And I'm layin' flat out on the floor.....

 

Jag tror att min lägenhet har känts extra tom de senaste dagarna...


Bear McCreary - The Heart of the Sun

Igår natt när jag kom hem från krogen insåg jag att min lägenhet knappast kunde ha legat bättre placerad.

 

Hela vägen hem tittade jag upp på den stjärnklara himlen och drömde mig långt bort djupt in i universums djupaste skrymseln och vrår samtidigt som jag lyssnade på denna låt:

 

Bear McCreary - Battlestar Galactica Season 4 OST - CD2 - The Heart of the Sun

 

Och detta är själva scenen från serien, ett av de vackraste och sorgnaste ögonblicken i tv-historien, åtminstone för mig.

 

 

Ett sista farväl till hon som har varit deras hem i allt för många år, äntligen får de starta om från början på en jungfrulig värld.

 

Nu tror jag inte att någon av mina läsare har sett den, men ja, de sista tonerna är introt till original Battlestar Galactica (vilket i denna serie är The Colonial Anthem).

 

Men för att knyta ihop säcken så återvänder jag till att prata om min lägenhet, den kan inte ligga bättre placerad. Det är nämligen så att på nätterna är närmsta gatulampa så långt borta att jag kan titta ut genom mitt vardagsrumsfönter och bara titta på stjärnorna. Igår valde jag till och med att ta en kudde och lägga mig på golvet och bara ligga där i en 20 minuter och se universum och begrunda dess perfektion och skönhet, för att citera det sista av dagens två klipp.

 

"Perfection, that's what it's about. It's those moments, when you can... feel the perfection of creation. The beauty of physics. You know, the wonder of mathematics and the elation of action and reaction and that is the kind of perfection that I want to be connected to."

 

Jag hade aldrig kunnat sagt det bättre själv, det är precis den känslan jag får de stjärnklara nätter när jag bara glömmer världen runt omkring och bara ser, SER, universum i dess storhet och perfektion.

 

Nu blir jag allt mer sugen att köpa det där stjärnteleskopet jag velat ha de senaste 15 åren, börjar bli dags för det.

 

 


Suteki Da Ne - Isn't It Beautiful

Suttit ett tag på Youtube och försökt hitta den bästa videon av denna låt, detta är nog den som gör mig mest tårögd.

 

Låten är Suteki Da Ne (Isn't It Beautiful), sjunger gör Rikki och musiken av Nobuo Uematsu.

 

En av de vackrare, och i detta fallet sorgsnaste, kärleksteman jag hört. 

 

Spelet är Final Fantasy X, helt klart ett av mina favoritspel, en av de sorgsnaste och vackraste kärleksberättelserna, men den är så mycket mer än så. En episk saga om hopp, tro och hat och meninglösa offer, men framförallt är det en berättelse om Drömmar (ja, med stort D)...

 

De flesta brukar räkna Final Fantasy VII som det bästa av FF-spelen, mycket för att den har "Den Där Dödsscenen". Jag har ju själv inte spelat det spelet mer än en timma... ännu. Men för mig blir det nog svårt att toppa Final Fantasy X.  Bland annat har den en av mina största kvinnliga favoritkaraktärer i Yuna. Hon må framstå som tystlåten, blyg, men framförallt sorgsen, men då bär hon också en hel världs all sorg och hopp på sina axlar, precis som hennes far gjorde före henne. Vilket ledde till hans död, detta är vad hon vet att hon också måste göra för att framkalla den s.k. Final Summoning för att befria världen från den onda varelsen Sin... Tills den återvänder igen om en tio är eller så... En evig cirkel av meningslösa offer, ett offer som hon vet att endast hon kan göra... 

 

Ett av de spelen som jag också har spenderat mest tid med, när jag klarade spelet stod speltiden på kring 180 (!) h, och då hade jag en hel del grejer runt omkring kvar att göra, en kompis hamnade på 250h för att hitta allting och klara allting.

 

Låttexten kommer efteråt på både japanska och engelska, vilken säger en hel del om handlingen och det sorgsna i deras kärlek. Fast nog säger en bild mer än tusen ord, så utan further ado, här är Suteki Da Ne (dock inte som den visas i spelet, även om de scenerna skymtar förbi här. I spelet sjungs låten när de kramas och kysser varandra under vatten bland blåa träd omkring dem. Vilket är just vad denna video börjar med iallafall.) 

 

Se och Njut! 

 

 


kaze ga yoseta kotoba ni oyoida kokoro
kumo ga hakobu ashita ni hazunda koe

 

suki ga yureru kagami ni furueta kokoro
hoshi ga nagare koboreta yawarakai namida

 

suteki da ne
futari te wo tori aruketa nara
ikitai yo
KIMI no machi ie ude no naka

 

sono mune
karada azuke
yoi ni magire
yumemiru

 

kaze wa tomari kotoba wa yasashii maboroshi
kumo wa yabure ashita wa tooku no koe

 

tsuki ga nijimu kagami wo nagareta kokoro
hoshi ga yurete koboreta kakusenai namida

 

suteki da ne
futari te wo tori aruketa nara
ikitai yo
KIMI no machi ie ude no naka

 

sono kao
sotto furete
asa ni tokeru
yumemiru

 

 

The wind, like a heart that swam in the accumulated words
The clouds, a voice that was shot into the holding future


The moon, a shaking heart in an unsteady mirror
The stars, gentle tears in an overflowing stream


 Isn't it beautiful, 
To walk together in each others hands
I do so want to go,
To your city, your house, into your arms.


That heart,
held within your body
In those confusing nights
I dream


The wind, its halting words are a gentle illusion
The clouds, the broken future like a distant voice


The moon, a heart flowing in the clouded mirror
The stars, broken and swaying, like tears unable to be hidden.


Isn't it beautiful, 
To walk together in each others hands
I do so want to go,
To your city, your house, into your arms.


That face,
A soft touch,
Dissolving into morning,
I dream.

 

 


Bear McCreary - Battlestar Galactica Season 4 Soundtrack - "förhandstitt"

Idag, och igår, har jag och syrran städat ur mor och fars lilla rum, hittat en massa gamla barndomsaker, och slängt iväg minst lika mycket. Mycket grejer som ska med ner och många grejer som ska bort.

Men annars idag har jag faktiskt inte gjort något annat de senaste 9h (!), med början under städningen, men efter det endast lyssnat på det nyaste soundtracket av Bear McCreary till fjärde och sista säsongen av Battlestar Galactica och pilotavsnittet av spinoffen Caprica. Det lär de närmaste dagarna nog komma en jääätelång recension/hämningslös hyllning till Bear McCreary, men idag får ni nöja er med en låt som inte finns med på soundtracket, men dock finns som gratis nedladdning på myspace.


Upptäckte nämligen idag att båda soundtracken kom ut häromveckorna. Jag har hyllat de tidigare soundtracken ohämmat även de, och jag trodde aldrig att de skulle gå att toppa, men soundtracket för fjärde säsongen innehåller några av de mest emotionella låtarna som gjorts, framförallt när man ser framför sig just de scenerna, vilka just är några av de mest emotionella scener jag någonsin sett på vare sig serier eller filmer.


Men idag får ni nöja er med en låt som sagt som inte finns med på soundtracket, men dock i allra sista avsnittet, nämligen Bears bror Brendans band.

 

Och om jag inte är helt ute och cyklar nu så är det dessutom just Brendan som spelar och sjunger i Battlestar Galacticas tolkning av All Along The Watchtower, okej förutom den där allra, allra sista versionen av låten som spelas i tv-serien...

 

Låttexten säger egentligen det mesta om handlingen för serien, men är dessutom en grym rocklåt. 


En musiker i "The Rag Tag Fleet" (som den överlevande delen av mänskligheten så kärleksfullt kallas nu när de är på flykt) som är trött på livet i flottan, fattigdom, svält, anarki, politiska maktspel och att aldrig få andas fri luft, fått leva i många år inlåst i en gammal plåtburk som för länge sedan borde ha skrotats. Det finns inga Hjältar, det finns bara människor, rädda, utsvultna människor som söker efter det förlovade landet, en mytisk värld de kallar... Jorden...

 

De konstiga namnen är några av de Tolv Kolonierna, vilka är döpta efter zodiakens tolv tecken...

Precis! De stjärnbilder vi ser från jorden... Lista ut den ni, utan att ha sett serien... 

 

BrEndAn's Band - When Will The Work Be Done

 

V1:
I ain't been to Aerelon,
and I ain't had my fill
I ain't been to Gemenon, 
and now I never will. 
and I wish I'd been to Scorpia
and felt that cool cool breeze
my heart breaks that I can't take, 
the next bus to Delphi. 
So I pray the God's that Earth exists
cuz' I'm ready to be free
but lately I can't feel a thing

So when will the work be done...

V2:
Now since I fled from Caprica
and been stuck in this fleet
my world's feelin' so damn small
that I can hardly breath
and if I had it my way
my feet'd be deep in sand
back at good old Caprica beach
ambrosia in my hand
play all day till sunset
but I'm stuck in the tin can
cuz' lately I can't get any rest

B:
When you're lost
you are dreaming
you'll be mystified
If there's a pool
full of starshine
you can take a dive
you can drown inside

V3:
Now what you see is what you get
and what you got you best not forget
you're one in one hundred thousand souls
that's human life that's young and old
we're one and the same 
with just one goal
to stoke the fires and find a home
and God's damn, 
if that don't make sense
after searchin' the stars
for some evidence
and it'll feel so good
it'll feel so right
I want it so bad after such a long time
so take me there
anytime would be fine
God's please show us that we're closer

Now I'm goin' frakkin' crazy
am I the only one
if you or I man, woman, child
could be a cylon
ain't no use in hidin'
and there' ain't no use to run

So when will the work be done?

So when will the work be done?

 


S.P.O.C.K. - The Story of a Girl called Astrogirl

Ah, dags för lite musik återigen. Denna gång en riktigt bra följetong, nämligens S.P.O.C.Ks "Astrogirl". Svensk Synthpop när det var som bäst... De flesta av dem finns på youtube förutom Cosmic Boy (som är den bästa). Deras låtar är tyvärr ohyggligt svårt att hitta ibland om man inte har nära tillgång till deras skivor.

Astrogirl

She was a beauty queen with the future in her hand,
full of dreams and a ticket to wonderland
Young and innocent, ready for action,
trying everything for some satisfaction
She fell deeper and deeper without success,
met the wrong guys and got stuck in a mess
So now she works at a sleazy place
in a red light quadrant of space
Astrogirl - why don't you leave this world?
I've been watching her for a while,
those tender eyes and her beutiful smile
The way she serves the drinks and acts polite,
and then disappears when the price is right
But I can see that there is something wrong,
it's very obvious that she doesn't belong
I wish there was something I could do,
to help her start something new
Astrogirl - why don't you leave this world?

Astrogirl's Dilemma

She's in love again
but she wouldn't know to choose
she's in love again
but she's afraid to loose

She's been working for a long, long time
she wants to get away but she doesn't earn enough
nobody's tipping her that much

When she works she fakes it all
but underneath her skin she's got a longing heart
which is hoping for a new start
She's in love again
but she wouldn't know whom to choose
She's in love again
but she's afraid to loose
One of them is the Cosmic Boy
he makes her laugh but it's hard for him to settle down
he doesn't want to be bound

The other one is a stormtrooper
he's a real man but has problems with his attitude
sometimes he's very, very rude
She's in love again
but she wouldn't know to choose
she's in love again
but she's afraid to loose

Astrogirl Strikes Back

Sitting in her dressing room
with tears in her eyes
Realizing that the pretty words
were nothing but lies
It's impossible to stay
packs her things and runs away
They want her, they need her
but they've got to pay
She's back
She's back with a vengeance
She's back for retaliation
She's back and she's gonna get them all
Standing in the doorway
with a weapon in her hand
Sick and tired of abusement
she'll make them understand
All the talk about a movie-star
acting nude won't take you far
She hates is, regrets it
but knows where they are!
She's back
She's back with a vengeance
She's back for retaliation
She's back and she's gonna get them all

Astrogirl's Secret

Trying yet another bar
looking for a little action

Wanna have some short-time love
in the need of satisfaction

A lady walks up to me
asks if I wanna see
some of her paintings at home

A cab to her gorgeous place
where I pull the longest face
she's made of silicone!
She's an alien underneath her skin
She's an alien, this can't be happening

No fancy romancing, sweet talk or dancing
A monster of some kind with breeding on her mind
When I stumbled through the door
I knew I'd seen her face before
somewhere in the galaxy

But beyond those green-blue eyes
she's a devil in disguise
aiming at a progeny

Doesn't matter what I say
she is standing in my way

I am really terrified
gotta find a place to hide
She's an alien underneath her skin
She's an alien, this can't be happening

No fancy romancing, sweet talk or dancing
A monster of some kind with breeding on her mind
She'll use me, abuse me
slay me and eat me
when I've been totally drained

If I survive this
her poisonous death kiss
I swear I won't do it again

Och så hennes två "pojkvänner":

Cosmic Boy

All around in space you can hear
About a guy without any fear
Doing anything at all as long as it pays
Living in danger is what he prefers
Breaking laws and meet beautiful girls
Every little second is usable, his life is a race

Cosmic boy
Cosmic boy
Looking for action looking for joy
Cosmic boy
Cosmic boy

He is wanted everywhere but he really doesn't care
He escapes the police in his super ship laughing, waving good-bye
If you need some weapons for a private little war
Or a new kind of love you haven't seen before
A not so legal cargo transfer to another place just ask this guy

Cosmic boy
Cosmic boy
Looking for action looking for joy
Cosmic boy
Cosmic boy

The Stormtrooper

Cold world, emotionless
This is the age of the dark side
Growing up with no choise
but to join the dark side
White uniform, weapon on my back
ready to work for the dark side
Kill the rebels, show no mercy
in the name of the dark side
Go out and kill them
Go out and fight
Go out and be a stormtrooper
Getting older, finding myself
Starting to think what am I doing
being a slave of the dark side
What's the meaning of it all
nobody deserves to die
why is there a dark side?
Tired of killing
Tired of war
Tired of being a stormtrooper

Diablo Swing Orchestra - Balrog Boogie

Åh, upptäckte alldeles just precis ett nytt band och faktiskt en helt ny musikgenre, nämligen Female Fronted Swing Metal med lite Goth Metal på ett hörn också.

 

Sjukt intressant!

 

Jag presenterar: Diablo Swing Orchestra - Balrog Boogie

 


Detta är sättet man gör speltrailers på: Plants vs Zombies

 

Det är så här man gör trailers till spel. Det är omöjligt att inte digga med till musiken, och man blir så glad av det. Det är ett s.k. Casual Tower Defense-spel.

 

Plants vs Zombies

There's a zombie on your lawn
There's a zombie on your lawn
There's a zombie on your lawn
We don't want zombies on the lawn

I know your type: tall, dark, and dead
You want to bite all the petals off of my head
And then eat the brains of
the one who planted me here

I'm just a sunflower but see
me power an entire infantry
You like the taste of brains
we don't like zombies

I used to play football
Road cones protect my head
I have a screen-door shield
We are the undead

(repeat chorus)

Maybe it's time to reevaluate
I know you have a lot of food on your plate
Brains are quite rich in cholesterol

You're dead so it doesn't matter,
Instead we'll use this solar power
to make a lawn defense at any hour

I like the tricycle
There's butter on my head
I'm gonna eat your brains

(repeat chorus)


Susan Boyle

Ja...

 

Vad säger man...

 

Sitter här och gråter med ett enormt fånigt leende på läpparna.

 

Tror aldrig jag har blivit så tårögd och lycklig av att se en film på Youtube som den med Susan Boyle.

 

Det finns bara ett endaste ord för det: EPIC WIN

 

Och själv fattar hon ingenting.

 

Denna lilla video är ungefär vad jag kände när jag såg på det.

 

"Her voice make me feel funny inside."

 

Alltså...

 

Jag kan fan inte sluta titta på den och skaka på huvudet varje gång hon öppnar munnen.


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