Total Eclipse of the Heart... Literally

Hi everyone, this is Eddy sitting in for JB again. This time I have a video for all of you to check out. If you're eating or drinking right now, you might want to stop for the next five & a half minutes. I watched the video while I was enjoying my morning tea, and just about choked & spit it out all over my computer screen. Beware the "blind possessed choir boys" is all I'm going to say. : )


Until next time,
Eddy

Love: Can It Be This Simple?

Imagine writing down a thirteen line song and getting it so right. Well, John Lennon did just that. I was listening to his Working Class Hero CD, and heard the song Love for the first time. It’s not that I've never listened to the CD before. I bought it on iTunes about a year ago. What I mean is that last night I really 'heard' that song. I always thought it was hard to describe love, but it isn’t that complicated after all. The lyrics (which I posted below) are simple, yet they express everything that I've been feeling, but could not put into words. "Love is needing to be loved" -- I wish that I would have figured this out myself.

JB

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Love

Love is real, real is love
Love is feeling, feeling love
Love is wanting to be loved

Love is touch, touch is love
Love is reaching, reaching love
Love is asking to be loved

Love is you,
You and me
Love is knowing
We can be

Love is free, free is love
Love is living, living love
Love is needing to be loved

Radiohead, Sleepless Nights, and Me!

I've been listening to Radiohead all morning. Well, since 5am. Couldn't sleep. Don't sleep much these days. I specifically chose the In Rainbows CD. It happens to be one of the best Radiohead CDs in my music collection. I bought the box set with the vinyl record, which is so awesome. The second CD is just as good. The songs that I love best are Nude, All I Need, and House of Cards. I think that Thom Yorke has an insight that most musicians dream of having. Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of great bands out there, but Radiohead really speaks to me. You don't have to be a fan, but everyone should take a listen to them at least once. I would start with In Rainbows, then Amnesiac, Kid A, OK Computer, and finish with Hail to the Thief. It would be a good musical experience. In fact, iTunes has finally introduced the whole Radiohead catalogue, including some rare British EPs, which is great. So, check them out on iTunes. It'll be worth the listen. While you're there, check out a Radiohead video with Thom Yorke on piano doing a rendition of the song Down Is the New Up (it's on the second CD in the In Rainbows release). Great song and video. There is also a video of him on YouTube doing an acoustic version of the song The Rip from the new Portishead CD called Third. They're another great band that shouldn't be overlooked. Both versions of the song are good. The video for The Rip by Portishead is so beautiful. Check it out on YouTube.

Meanwhile, I found the Radiohead lyrics to the three songs that I love from In Rainbows. Check them out below.

JB

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Nude

Don't get any big ideas,
They're not gonna happen
You paint yourself white
And feel up with noise
But there'll be something missing

Now that you've found it, it's gone,
Now that you feel it, you don't
You've gone off the rails

So don't get any big ideas
They're not going to happen
You'll go to hell for what your dirty mind is thinking

She stands stark naked and she beckons you to bed
Don't go, you'll only want to come back again


All I Need

I'm the next act
Waiting in the wings
I'm an animal
Trapped in your hot car
I am all the days that you choose to ignore

You are all I need
You are all I need
I'm in the middle of your picture
Lying in the reeds

I am a moth
Who just wants to share your light
I'm just an insect
Trying to get out of the night

I only stick with you
Because there are no others

You are all I need
You are all I need
I'm in the middle of your picture
Lying in the reeds

It's all wrong
It's all right
It's all wrong


House Of Cards

I don't want to be your friend
I just want to be your lover
No matter how it ends
No matter how it starts

Forget about your house of cards
And I'll do mine
Forget about your house of cards
And I'll do mine

Fall off the table
Get swept under
Denial, denial

The infrastructure will collapse
Voltage spikes
Throw your keys in the bowl
Kiss your husband goodnight

Forget about your house of cards
And I'll do mine
Forget about your house of cards
And I'll do mine

Fall off the table
And get swept under
Denial, denial
Denial, denial
Your ears should be burning
Denial, denial
Your ears should be burning
Denial, denial

Dealing

There is a great Marilyn Manson song that I have been listening to called "The Speed of Pain" (it's on the Mechanical Animals CD), Please, do yourself a favour and take a listen to it if you've been searching for words to describe the pain that was inflicted upon you by someone you loved. My fave line in the song is "I wish I could sleep, but I can't lay on my back because there's a knife for everyday that I've known you." This line sums it up for me, today at least. Perhaps, tomorrow, when I pull one of the 4745 knifes out of my back and wash the black blood off, I may feel a little better about it. For now, Marilyn Manson and Eckhart Tolle are my two closest friends. If you are wondering how they fit together, they just do.

Meanwhile, this story, my story, has so many layers, so many characters, that it will take some time unfold in its entirety. Getting dumped has offered me a way of dealing with the hurt and the betrayal in so many new ways. I think this will be a good journey for me and whoever else wants to tag along. Just remember to be careful what you wish for because it may not be what you really want

JB