backwards

I am loving this song from Aqualung - Brighter Than Sunshine

I never understood before
I never knew what love was for
My heart was broke, my head was sore
What a feeling

Tied up in ancient history
I didnt believe in destiny
I look up you’re standing next to me
What a feeling

This song is always played on klite and jam 88.3.

Aside from Aqualung, I fell in love with Jack Johnson again. Although his songs sound similar, ewan ko I still like listening to his songs. It makes me want to hit the beach. Hope Partlow’s Sick Inside is also becoming my LSS.

I intend to make this blog different from my two other blogs (which I faithfully maintain too…) but today, I am making an exception. I am just overwhelmed by what God has blessed me these days.

As what ate Chris and ate Riza have said, we couldn’t make it without God’s help. I second the motion. I couldn’t have passed the LET without God. Sabi ko nga sa sarili ko, is this pure luck? kasi i know I havent done any good review. All I did was self-review while waiting for the edition, on the bus going to work, before hitting the bed, or during may offs if I am not too lazy. Lagi pa akong pagod at ngarag sa work… In the end, I find myself saying that this isn’t pure luck. God is just showing me the way.

For days and weeks, I have been so worried about my future. My clock is ticking fast… I have to make a decision. Ang dami ng binigay na signs, but I am still hesitant. I still asked for more. And eto na nga, the big sign. I have to throw away my fears and just embrace this. I found a new fuel. Thank you universe and God. My world is now Brighter than Sunshine!

I found another local group worth listening to - Paramita. I’ve read a lot of good reviews about this indie band. A former officemate also recommended them to me but it was only today that I got to listen to their music, thanks to www.soundclick.com.

They have four songs on soundclick - A Dreamer’s Lullaby, Takipsilim, Panaginip Lang, and Porcelain/Sunset. All of their songs are written by their frontwoman, Ria Bautista.

aaminin ko,
lahat ng ito,
ay inaalay.. lamang sa iyo
aaminin ko,
na ang buhay ko,
ay walang kulay kung di dahil sa yo
aaminin ko,
tanging ngalan mo,
ang sinisigaw ng damdamin ko..
maghihintay ako…

- Takipsilim

And The Pixies of "Here Comes Your Man" fame will soon be back to conquer the music scene again with a new album. Did you know that one of The Pixies band members is a Filipino? Joey Santiago (trivia… trivia). Santiago has another band - The Martinis - with a girl named Mallari, also a Fil-Am. I havent heard the songs from The Martinis, though.

Details on The Pixies’ reunion can be read here -
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=entertainmentNews&storyID=2005-10-09T045906Z_01_MCC917751_RTRUKOC_0_US-MUSIC-PIXIES.xml&archived=False

For a change I am going to talk about a movie…

Weeks ago, I finally got to watch Great Expectations, which starred Ethan Hawke and Gwyneth Paltrow. I like the movie. I like the story. I like the soundtrack too. Hehe. I was struck by the scene where Ethan Hawke took out Gwyneth Paltrow from a restaurant even when she’s with her fiance. The two of them held each other hands and just look at each other… and like they were talking in silence, they started to walk out of the restaurant and ran under the rain. (I wonder if this scene happens in real life)

I was also stirred by the part where Tori Amos’ Siren was played… I couldn’t exactly remember what scene that was, i think it was where Ethan was running. I have to see the movie again. 

So, anyway, because I like the movie a lot, I am at loss for words to appropriately praise it. I may end up giving away the whole story.

Definitely, this movie will be added to my favorite list.

I dont feel like working yet… my bad. You may say I have a bad case of burnout.

But I won’t go on babbling about how tired I am or how I just want to lounge around right now than crack my brains out for words, sentences… etc… (one sentence of such thought is more than enough to bore myself)

Anyway, I am liking this new Dishwalla song - Coral Sky. The guitar riffs are just so good that I wish they will play it again… (too bad no more downloading for me right now… but very, very soon i know ill get to do that again… or if there are any good soul who actually read this crap and is willing to burn me their new song then that’s a big blessing, consider it your present for me)

Summertime, it’s been almost a year since Coral Sky
All the time, I could tell that you were just untouchable
So I left alone (said I had to go)
Made it like I didn’t care

Summertime, I can’t believe she’s in my head again
Don’t you confuse
I might put up a fight, but I’m not bulletproof
So I left alone (just me and my Patron)
Summer dies and so could I

Pahabol: I am also liking this song from Fallout Boy - Sugar, We’re Going Down. I just hope they won’t play these songs on Klite very often.

When I step into the light
My arms are open wide
When I step into the light
My eyes searching wildly
Would you not like to be
Sitting on top of the world with
your legs hanging free
Would you not like to be ok, ok, ok?

- Lie In Our Graves, Dave Matthew Bands

One of the reasons why I love this band. I usually like a certain song or band for two reasons - the beat and the lyrics - with DMB, it’s both. Easy on the ears pa yung songs nila. Almost all of the songs from their Crash album is nice… Nice is an overrated word, I know. But basta, youve got to listen to them (though I got too much of their new single - Dream Girl - because it is always played over at K-Lite).

I miss The Cure… I couldnt cure my craving for this new wave band because the IT has deleted tons of MP3 files. What’s left of the ‘record store’ are E-heads, Avril Lavigne, Rivermaya, to name a few… not even half of the gold mine the goodies once have. Good thing though I was able to keep a personal copy of a Just Like Heaven revival done by Goldfinger. Aside from Just Like Heaven, I also like their "Friday, I am in love" (Dryden Mitchell’s version from 50 First Dates is nice too), "In Between Days," "Six Different Ways," "Letters To Elise," and "Close To Me."

On my way to work the other day, I heard this Cure song - Just Like Heaven.

Spinning on that dizzy edge
I kissed her face and kissed her head
And dreamed of all the different ways
I had to make her glow
‘Why are you so far away?’ she said
‘Why won’t you ever know that I’m in love with you,
That I’m in love with you?’

You
Soft and only
You
Lost and lonely
You
Strange as angels
Dancing in the deepest oceans
Twisting in the water, you’re just like a dream
Just like a dream

This song has been turned to a movie… "Just Like Heaven" starring Reese Witherspoon and Mark Ruffalo will soon hit the theaters maybe late, late this year or early next year. From the reviews I’ve read, the movie is a good watch despite its "Ghost" (Demi Moore, Patrick Swayze, Whoopi Goldberg)-like storyline.