Rain Dance Wiv Me

So I am finally getting around to writing down my thoughts on the new Red Hot Chili Pepper song: The Adventures of Rain Dance of Maggie.
 
I like it, I’m not overtly in love with it. And I’m not sure if I’m just being very prejudice because John is no longer there. *Fru, why did you leave? You beautiful, beautiful man. I hope it’s not for the same reasons you had in the past. You shall make me cry if it is!*

It’s all you’d expect from the Chili’s, I even hear John’s style on the guitar, but it’s more heavier, almost clunkier than John’s style. It has an 80′s vibe guitar going on and reminds me of something, but I just can’t place my finger on what…some kind of background music for some 80′s b-movie classic.
I am quite interested now in hearing the whole new album.

Josh looks so like young Frusciante it’s uncanny really.

 

This will go no futher than us, right?

My musical taste being becoming more questionable.

The last two CD’s I bought are Paramore’s Brand New Eyes and Five‘s Greatest Hits.

Oh the shame!

I blame Glee on the first one. I know it’s basically my own fault for watching Glee in the first place, but it’s Darren “Get back to Hogwarts” Criss as a gay guy. (I’m so a Kurt/Blaine shipper!) I don’t even know yer wans name but the pole up her ass girl sang Only Exception and something about it just made me really want the song on album.
So I decided to put a toe down that emo road and buy my first Paramore album. And I do say ‘first’ as I actually frigging love the album that I’m most likely going to buy another of theirs.

As for the 5ive. I’m sorry, but they are just so good choons right there! It’s the pop of my youth when I was busy listening to Stand and Stereophonics. I wasn’t a big five fan, but could admit they were some catchy songs.

On the downloading front – my dad’s mate sent me a CD with over 200 Al Bowlly songs. *does happy dance* I love Al Bowlly. Now THAT is singing!

 

Heavy…heavy…heavy in your arms

Speaking of which. I keep thinking Edgar Allan Poe could pop up in this video somwhere, and not seem out of place.

I do want that dress! Although I’d fill out the bust area a bit more.

 

More random

I am now enjoying BBC4′s broadcast from the Proms: Monteverdi’s Vespers.

This is the first I’ve heard this stunning piece of music. It truly is a spectacular. Can’t believe I miss over and hour of it. I need this on CD!
In my next life I’m coming back as someone who can play a musical instrument well. I want to play in an orchestra. The cello has always appealed to me. A bittersweet sound that invokes so many emotions in me.

*sigh* isn’t music divine?!

 

My Reason

I completely adore these lyrics:

Remember the place
Oh wonderful day
The moment our fate was revealed

Through my eyes you can see
All the love within me

Oh all that i have
My soul i will give

I know i believe
Your my reason to live

 

“You’re not putting enough of that *grabs crotch* in to it”

I’ve been meaning to buy Katherine Jenkins on CD for a while now. Having seen her on some TV programme a while ago I thought she’d be a good buy.

Meh! A beautiful, wonderful voice alright but something was missing. When you listen to such songs as Pie Jesu or O Mio Babbino Caro and it’s sung by others it invokes such feelings. It builds and builds up inside and I end up getting this weird feeling in my chest. The only way I can describe it is it’s like this little gasp and release. (oookaaay, that sounds sexual. It’s not…well perhaps just a little )It’s odd but when listening sometimes I even have to remember to breathe.
It’s the sheer passion of the performer I guess. But I get none of that with these songs of Katherine’s. It’s a Best of album so perhaps it’s an early one and she’s gotten better in the last few years? As it stands I wouldn’t be singing her praises much until she learns to pour more passion into everything.

 

Are you old enough to remember when MTV played videos?

Why yes, yes I am! Those were the days, eh?

I’m also old enough to remember their fucked up animated adverts. They freaked me out no end!
It was worth it though, to actually see the music. The radios in my house were relegated to the kitchen; which played my parents music, the boys room where Madness and Gun N Roses blared and from my own room which was awash with the shittiest popbands that my sisters happened to be into that year.

The TV was my sanctuary, so much so I was the first in the family to get a smaller one for the room. Cee thinks it was me being spoiled again, what she doesn’t comprehend was I asked Santy for it, duh! Dumbass! It wasn’t mammy and daddy buying it, it was the fat man coming down the chimney and leaving it for me.
I got a TV for music. How odd is that? Even to this day it’s stayed with me – I spend most of my TV time on the music channels.
Some of my friends may doubt that, the amount of useless knowledge I have due to watching mediocre crap TV shows, but it’s the truth, even to the extent that I officially the worst person in my family to watch TV with as I constantly flick. “Ad break? Great, lets see if I can get a song in for those two minutes!”
I’ve also had countless arguments with my eldest sister because I do the same in her home. Her kids don’t be impressed! Oopies! She even got them locked and refuses to tell me the code. Double oopies!!

What can I say? I may still be in a musical drought stage when it comes to buying CD’s and listening to my radio, (I’m also amiss the good channels like Q and MTV2) but you still can’t beat a good song during the ad break or the surprise you get when they play an old skool song that really reminds you of your young days watching MTV.

Enjoy the Silence by Depeche Mode is probably my most old skool reminder. Oh how I adored that video so!!! I can’t even explain why. He’s walking. Just walking. But it was mesmerizing. No big fancy budget, no big fancy effects but it’s probably the one video that evokes the most amount for memories for me. Even more than The Cure’s Lullaby. But that stays with you for very different reasons. It’s a giant fucking spider eating Robert Smith alive. Can you say “nightmares for weeks”?

 

Devastated!

It’s official: Frusciante has left the band, again.

I’m naturally heart broken, but the very sweet blog he posted makes me smile through the bitter taste of tears.

When I quit the band, over a year ago, we were on an indefinite hiatus. There was no drama or anger involved, and the other guys were very understanding. They are supportive of my doing whatever makes me happy and that goes both ways.

To put it simply, my musical interests have led me in a different direction. Upon rejoining, and throughout my time in the band, I was very excited about exploring the musical possibilities inherent in a rock band, and doing so with those people in particular. A couple of years ago, I began to feel that same excitement again, but this time it was about making a different kind of music, alone, and being my own engineer.

 

Get the finger out and official statement it!!!!

The rumours began a few months ago. Though with the amount of Frusciante news that has turned out to be utter shite lately nobody was willing to listen. Now however the low murmurs have turned into large shouts. Frusciante has been replaced with Klinghoffer????

This is the news according to well established LA music people. Still nothing from Warner Brothers music (Red Hot Chili Peppers management) or a RHCP spokesperson. If the rumours are true they’ve been working on a new album for months now with Josh Klinghoffer. Why hasn’t something been said before?

I hate it when bands and management treat fans like shite. This isn’t like some privacy band thing that you’d understand they’d want to keep private, this is a fucking band member leaving.

Oh yeah, they could just want to keep it under-wraps until the stress of a new album is over but fuck that. They’re quick to let the fans know when they have something to sell.

I’m still in two minds. The main part of me is shouting ‘yes, it’s true. It makes sense that John wants to devout himself fully to his own music. The direction he is on right now isn’t one that would work for the Chili Peppers.’ The other part of me is saying ‘there has been so much bullshit lately, do not shed the tears until something is official announced or denounced. And stop calling Josh a jumped up little fucker’.

I can’t help that Josh part though. I know I love him with Ataxia and his other collaborations with John but meh, I just feel weird he could be a member of the Chili’s. It’s always been Frusciante for me! Flea and Fru, what a fucking dynamite combination. I love the music they make, the jams they create. Anth can go fuck himself, it’s always been the others for me.

 

…speechless…

I’ve just seen the first released deleted scene from Half Blood Prince. Oh. My. God. Why wasn’t that kept in?

Being the Harry Potter nut that I am I obviously own a copy of the original soundtrack of Half blood Prince, In Noctem is by far my favourite. Such haunting, beautiful, soulful tune. Now we have a scene to go with it that’s just as stunning.

Not one word was uttered by Alan Rickman’s Snape but, oh dear God, your eyes fill and your heart breaks. Darkness is descending on Hogwarts and Snape is left alone to face what he has to do. Is it Dumbledore on his mind or is Lily in there also?

This is going to haunt my dreams tonight. They should have kept it in. I didn’t cry nearly enough for the loss of our beloved Dumbledore but this scene is so powerful I would have been bawling into my popcorn and drying my eyes on my coke cup.

To view it check it out here: http://video.the-leaky-cauldron.org/video/1354

…carry my soul into the night…I never will forget, never will forget…