Tuesday, July 29, 2003

Love the way you lie part 2 - Rihanna

Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie Part II

On the first page of our story

The future seemed so bright

Then this thing turned out so evil

I don’t know why I’m still surprised

Even angels have their wicked schemes

And you take that to new extremes

But you’ll always be my hero

Even though you’ve lost your mind



Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that’s all right because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

Oohh, I love the way you lie



Now there’s gravel in our voices

Glass is shattered from the fight

In this tug of war, you’ll always win

Even when I’m right

‘Cause you feed me fables from your hand

With violent words and empty threats

And it’s sick that all these battles

Are what keeps me satisfied



Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that’s all right because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

Oohh, I love the way you lie, oohh



So maybe I’m a masochist

I try to run but I don’t wanna ever leave

‘Til the walls are goin’ up

In smoke with all our memories



This morning, you wake, a sunray hits your face

Smeared make-up as we lay in the wake of destruction

Hush baby, speak softly, tell me you’re been awfully sorry

That you pushed me into the coffee table last night

So I can push you off me

Try and touch me so I can scream at you not to touch me

Run out the room and I’ll follow you like a lost puppy

Baby, without you, I’m nothing, I’m so lost, hug me

Then tell me how ugly I am, but that you’ll always love me

Then after that, shove me, in the aftermath of the

Destructive path that we’re on, two psychopaths but we

Know that no matter how many knives we put in each other’s backs

That we’ll have each other’s backs, ‘cause we’re that lucky

Together, we move mountains, let’s not make mountains out of molehills

You hit me twice, yeah, but who’s countin’

I may have hit you three times, I’m startin’ to lose count

But together, we’ll live forever, we found the youth fountain

Our love is crazy, we’re nuts, but I refused counsellin’

This house is too huge, if you move out I’ll burn all two thousand

Square feet of it to the ground, ain’t shit you can do about it

‘Cause wiith you I’m in my fuckin’ mind, without you, I’m out it



Just gonna stand there and watch me burn

But that’s all right because I like the way it hurts

Just gonna stand there and hear me cry

But that’s all right because I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie

I love the way you lie



Love the way you lie

Notions about Benedict C. #7 On Meeting Madonna




Oddly enough, Cumberbatch recently caught the eye of Guy Ritchie’s formidable ex-wife, who invited him to her London home to discuss playing Edward VIII in her directorial feature debut W.E. “I’d whizzed round on my bike and thought we were going to have a read through and a chat, but she wanted a full-on dress rehearsal,” he recalls. “So I ended up in a suit and tie with Madonna operating the camera herself. We walked around the room trying to do the scene, with her going, ‘This shot’s not working, I don’t know why.’”



- www.scotsman.com



Phew. Am I glad that this fizzled out?

Wednesday, July 23, 2003

Tsaminamina zangalewa

Shakira, “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)”





With this shining performance, Shakira kicks off the biggest party in the world, the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Amid the controversy of FIFA’s choice to have a non-African as the official musical voice of the World Cup, Shakira shatters all national divisions and musical expectations and leads the world into its premier athletic event. The song “Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)” is a collection of African rhythms and sounds whose words are propelled atop drum beats for which African music is known worldwide. She sings “Tsaminamina,”inviting all citizens of the world and lovers of soccer to come, gather, and celebrate. She sings “Tsaminamina zangalewa,” asking the people of the world where they come from, for at this gathering of 32 nations to compete for the title of the best in the world’s most popular sport, we see and hear a human race divided among each other by nations but united in a love for soccer.



Even as the World Cup is now in full swing, the song weighs heavily in the aforementioned debate about this song’s place as the event’s official song. Critics against the decision will cite many reasons decrying it. Some will point to the trite nature of the lyrics. Amos Barshad of New York Magazine calls it “a perfectly innocuous bit of inspiration pop.” To this statement I respond that World Cup songs are typically inspirational and meant to pump up players and audiences alike. Others will say that the song is a poor excuse for a representation of African or world music. They describe it as sounding like any other Western pop song markedly embellished with African drum beats and passed off as something multicultural. To these people I ask, what about Ricky Martin’s “The Cup of Life” made it distinctively French or world music? (See what Eleanor Barkhorn has to say). Yes, included some French in the song, repeating the line “Ale, ale, ale” during the chorus. And yes, the song was recorded both in English and Spanish. But Shakira did the same and more! At least the whole chorus of “Waka Waka” is borrowed from the original 1986 version of the song “Zangalewa” by the Cameroonian group Golden Sounds. If there’s any complaint to be had over “Waka Waka” it’s that Shakira isn’t South African. But let’s be honest, when has the singer of the official World Cup song ever been from the host country? At least Shakira is a Colombian of Lebanese descent who sings in Spanish and English. Seems pretty multicultural to me…



It took me a while to like “Waka Waka.” I probably would have made some of the same arguments that critics continue to make. Still, we cannot deny the song’s undeniable power to unite the world through an inherently human medium—music. Shakira’s performance of the song at the Opening Ceremonies on June 10 was overshadowed by the vibrant display of colorful lights and the throng of people dancing and singing on stage with her. Ultimately, the song is a testament to what the World Cup is at its core—a gathering of the world’s people in celebration, song, and sport.



(“Tsaminamina zangalewa” is part 1 of the series Sounds like the World Cup).

Saturday, July 12, 2003

Ok.. I'm Done Saying That I Love Jelena

I love Justin and I also love Selena.. I love what they do… But, I just cringe when I see them together on my dashboard.. I hate them as a couple.. They just don’t go together to me.. I am actually jealous of Selena. I jealous that she is beautiful, talented and she has the most amazing boy as her boyfriend..

Sunday, July 6, 2003

I wont stop until I'm the male version of Madonna's Equivalent

In ever aspect,



although it will never happen, she is like a thousand times more talented than me.



but I’ll try, you only live once you know?

Thursday, July 3, 2003

My roommate just said she was excited about Breaking Dawn

Her: “Part 1 IS IN JULY!”




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Me: “You know what’s better? THE LAST HARRY POTTER!”




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Her: “Harry Potter got too confusing.”




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Me: “Only for an idiot who likes Twilight.”




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