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5 Reasons Most Movies Are Not Impressive • 06.26.07

I love watching movies at the movie theaters. The screens are big, the sound is louder and better, and I get to immerse myself more into the world created by the movie than is usually possible if I watched the same movie on a DVD at home. I also get to experience the reaction of others around me, which tells me how the movie appeals or does not appeal to certain people and their specific personality traits.

It seems, however, that as I watch more movies, the more bored I am with most of them. The surprising element in many movies has gone; majority of the movies depend on loud and sudden terror sounds in order to surprise you, and that is the only part of the movie where you will feel impressed by anything.

Following are 5 reasons many movies are boring. Please note that I decided to choose movies as they came to mind, so I may not have talked about movies that I usually talk about in person.

Beware! Some very basic movie spoilers ahead, and also my Amazon links.

5 Reasons Most Movies Are Not Impressive

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You know what will happen

What is the point of seeing a movie with enthusiasm when you know what will happen through the movie? Movie sequels usually end up being boring because of this exact reason. For example, take Mission Impossible Series. By the time Mission Impossible III came out, one knew that no matter what happens, Tom Cruise, the main character of the movie, will not die in the end.

On the other hand, take The Last King of Scotland. Neither from the trailer, nor from the first 99% of the movie itself do you realize what will happen in the end. You simply do not know who will die, who will live, etc. That is a good movie, even if many people know a bit about the actual story it was based on.
You know what will not happen
Similar to knowing what will happen, you can know what will not happen and thus not be watching a movie with a 100% surprised interest. Typical date movies and many sequels depend on this reason to market themselves: if you saw XXX: State Of The Union, you probably knew all along that the new XXX will not allow the rebels to take over the government. Period. It’s XXX, and there is a franchise to be made with more sequels, thus XXX can never be wrong and XXX can never lose.

In contrast, take the movie “1408.” You have no idea what will not happen as the movie progresses, and at some points almost everyone in the theater thought John Cusack was going to die, and those same people later in the movie started wondering if he will hopefully survive. That is what a movie should do; make you wonder, as the movie goes around, about the exact thing the main character is wondering about in a good, intelligent horror movie: surviving!
The trailer tells you most of the story
I love teaser trailers. They are different than the full trailers that tell you the whole story. Teaser trailers are usually half the length of full trailers. I love teaser trailers as they show some glimpse of an upcoming movie without being specific on the exact storyline. The regular trailers, however, tell you a lot about what will happen. Take the new Die Hard 4 trailer. The trailer tells you John Mcclane daughter gets kidnapped by internet terrorists, he saves the country and his daughter, and that along the way some kid ends up being with him the way Samuel L. Jackson was with him. You also get an idea that John Mcclane will not die in the end.

In contrast to this, consider the current teaser trailer for “I am Legend.” I wish they could keep that trailer and never release any other trailer for the movie. The trailer has me hooked, and I simply cannot wait for the movie to come out. Would you rather see a trailer which tells you that the last human being on this earth is not alone, like Will Smith in the movie, or would you watch a trailer which tells you the whole storyline, that some events caused Will Smith to be the last human in this world, and that the rest of the human beings have all turned into vampires? I would prefer the teaser trailer, whether it is 1 minute long or 5 minutes, which tells me absolutely nothing about the actual storyline other than hints of what I can expect in the movie.
The storyline is typical
How many date movies do you know which have the lead actors and actresses not getting the person they love? How many action movies do you know in which the action hero will save the day? How many big budget action movies these days only have lead actresses as the main character? Halloween is a typical horror movie series where we know the poor psychologically disturbed and traumatized by childhood freak will keep coming back.

On the other hand, The Descent is not a typical movie, and has an unusual and one of the best storyline of any horror movie in the last 10 years. Similarly, Cast Away was a good movie where in the end, Tom Hanks does not end up with the love of his life, as she has married someone else. Is it not nice to know that a character could still value life even if, unlike typical movie plot lines, the main character ends up being alone?
Special Effects are more prioritized than the actual reality of the movie
Almost every other action movie today wants to use computerized special effects. Even simple car crash scenes are being digitized, and more and more movies are looking crappier instead of looking cooler. Take the movie “Next“, from this year, 2007, which uses special effects in many places and you can notice them. The scene in the first few minutes of the movie, where Nicolas Cage is running away from the cops and crashing into the train, is something that even a 10 year will look at and probably say “Cartoon!”

On the other hand, take the Mad Max series from 1977, 1981 and 1985, which stars Mel Gibson Max who has gone mad: the computerized special effects for crashing automobiles do not exist in the movies, and the actual stunts, car crash and car chase scenes are still some of the greatest in movie history.

Another example could be the 4th, 5th and 6th Star Wars episodes, and the first 3. Episodes IV, V and VI were made in the late 70’s and 80’s, while the first three episodes were made in the last 10 years. Episodes 4, 5 and 6 used a lot of effects, and yet, when you saw those movies, you thought “AAAAAH! RUN RUN, GET DOWN!! YEAAAH!!” Why? Because everything in the movie had a realistic look: the flying ships had dents and scratches, creatures had fighting marks and bruises on their faces and bodies, and even buildings showed signs of tear and wear.

The first, second and third Star Wars Episodes, however, make you say “Wow, nice graphics!” BAM! That is failure right there. The movie production crew has focused on the graphics instead of the storyline, and thus the movie has failed. The movie may have made a lot of money, but any hyped up movie can make a lot of money. The newer 3 episodes have creatures and objects which are shiny, perfect, so unreal that you immediately realize they are computer graphics. In my view, the first 3 released Star Wars episodes used special effects more realistically in the 70’s and 80’s than the the latter 3 released recently.

These reasons are also points you can use to analyze the effectiveness of a movie as a whole and decide whether or not it was a good movie in your opinion.

Consider this: I can guarantee a lot of things in the movies that have not come out yet. Harry Potter and his 2 close friends will not die in the new movie. John Mcclane’s daughter will not die in the new movie, and John will succeed in stopping the internet terrorists.

What is your opinion on this? Can you think of more ways and reasons many movies may not be effective us at all?

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Hiding movies to create demand for their remakes • 08.25.06

The brilliant Korean movie “OldBoy” used to be carried by both Blockbuster and Amazon.com. However, I’ve started to see many Blockbuster locations discard that title from their inventory. I recently asked a few employees at a few BlockBuster stores for reasons behind such a move, and was told that the decision to remove titles from inventory depended on the demand for the movie and the contract with the companies that market the movie. The reason for not having a movie like OldBoy available at Blockbuster anymore could also be because of that fact that Hollywood is remaking the movie into an English version slated to be released in 2008. More and more foreign movies are being taken off the shelfs quietly at big movie chain stores like Blockbuster and online stores like Amazon, in order to make way and create more demand for the Hollywood remakes.

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“Ju-on“, the movie that was remade into “The Grudge“, was not available through Amazon or Blockbuster until the American remake hit the theatres in 2004, even though the original Japanese version had been around since 2000. Same is the case with the sequels to the original “Ju-on”; none of the 3 Japanese sequels to the original Japanese “Ju-on” are available directly from Blockbuster or Amazon, maybe because a sequel to the remake is currently being made. The same thing happened with “Ringu“, the original Japanese movie upon which “The Ring” was based. The Japanese original wasn’t available widely until the Hollywood remake came out, and the original sequels were also not available until the Hollywood sequel to the remake came out. “Kairo“, the original Japanese movie upon which the recent “The Pulse” was based on, was also not available until last week at most of the stores, probably since the remake is now finally out in theatres.

Places like Amazon.com and BlockBuster are not carrying several movies because those titles are currently being remade into American versions. These titles range from the Korean “Mr. Sympathy for Revenge” to the world famous Hong Kong movie “Infernal Affairs“, probably because the former is a prequel story to the original “OldBoy”, and the latter is being remade into a Hollywood remake called “The Departed.” If people get their hands on the foreign titles, those people will probably not want to see the American remakes as they would already know the stories. While Amazon and Blockbuster do not profit from this, and in reality loose customers, movie studios benefit from such control of DVD rental and selling businesses, restricting customer access to certain titles while a remake of those titles is being made. I’m not sure what kind of a leverage the movie studios have over such stores when it comes to the ability to carry foreign titles.

Next time you can’t find a good movie, or a foreign movie, try to hope that Hollywood is making a remake of it, as taking away something from you just to make you pay more later on in the form of a remake of the original that you wanted is such a good reason for not being able to get your hands on a good movie.

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Music 4 Music - Episode 4, Volume 2 • 04.23.06

Sunday sunday sunday. It’s sunday, and for many people summer is already here. Here is the music lineup for today: two songs that you might like. One is “Cruel Summer” by Bananarama, the 1989 version, and “Somebody Told Me” by The Killers.

These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

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To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

Cruel Summer by Bananarama [lyrics below]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:26s. File Size - 3.14 mb.

Somebody Told Me - The Killers [lyrics below]
* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:17s. File Size - 6.20 mb.

Lyrics for Cruel Summer - Bananarama

Hot summer streets
And the pavements are burning
I sit around
Trying to smile but
The air is so heavy and dry
Strange voices are saying
(What did they say)
Things I can’t understand
It’s too close for comfort
This heat has got
Right out of hand

It’s a cruel, (cruel,) cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It’s a cruel, (it’s a cruel,) cruel summer
Now you’re gone

The city is crowded
My friends are away
And I’m on my own
It’s too hot to handle
So I got to get up and go

It’s a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It’s a cruel, (it’s a cruel,) cruel summer
Now you’re gone

Gonna feel only it was

It’s a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
(Leaving me) leaving me here on my own
It’s a cruel, (it’s a cruel,) cruel summer
Now you’re gone

It’s a cruel, cruel summer
Leaving me here on my own
It’s a cruel, cruel summer
Now you’re gone

Gonna feel only it was

It’s a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
(Leaving me) leaving me here on my own
It’s a cruel, (it’s a cruel,) cruel summer
Now you’re gone

Gonna feel only it was

It’s a cruel, (cruel), cruel summer
(Leaving me) leaving me here on my own
It’s a cruel, (it’s a cruel,) cruel summer
Now…

Lyrics for Somebody Told Me - The Killers

Breaking my back just to know your name
Seventeen tracks and I’ve had it with this game
I’m breaking my back just to know your name
But heaven ain’t close in a place like this
Anything goes but don’t blink you might miss
Cause heaven ain’t close in a place like this
I said heaven ain’t close in a place like this
Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight
Never thought I’d let a rumor ruin my moonlight

Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It’s not confidential
I’ve got potential

Ready? Let’s roll onto something new
Taking its toll and I’m leaving without you

Cause heaven ain’t close in a place like this
I said heaven ain’t close in a place like this
Bring it back down, bring it back down tonight
Never thought I’d let a rumor ruin my moonlight

Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It’s not confidential
I’ve got potential
A rushin’, a rushin’ around

Pace yourself from me
I said maybe baby please
But I just don’t know now
When all I wanna do is try

Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It’s not confidential
I’ve got potential
A rushin’, a rushin’ around

Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It’s not confidential
I’ve got potential
A rushin’, a rushin’ around

Somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looked like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It’s not confidential
I’ve got potential
A rushin’, a rushin’ around

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Music 4 Music - Episode 3, Volume 2 • 04.02.06

It’s time for another music post; better late than never. There are two songs for today. One is “Touch Me” by Dj Tiesto, and the other one is “Don’t Go” by Yazoo. Yazoo needs no introduction, and DJ Tiesto is being slowly considered to be the world’s greatest DJ.

These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

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Touch me - DJ Tiesto [lyrics below]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 5m:00s. File Size - 4.50 mb.

Dont Go - Yazoo [lyrics below]
* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:08s. File Size - 2.87 mb.

Lyrics for Touch me - DJ Tiesto

You’ll always be my baby
I’m always thinkin of you baby
yeaahh

Touch me in the morning
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i’m taking it too
tell me what your feeling
i’ll feel it with you

We can only understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

Move a little closer
make sure i’m lookin up
heal me with your loving
i need you so much, i need you so much , i need you so muchhh
yeahhhh
Ohh ohhhh

We can only understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i’ll take your love and i’ll take my chances
I’ll take them with you

Touch me in the mornin
and last thing at night
keep my body warm baby, u know it feels right
take it a little higher
i’m takin it too
tell me what your feelin
i’ll feel it with you

heeyyy

We cant always understand what we are shown
how was i supposed to know our love would grow

You touch my mind in special places
my heart races with you
i’ll take your love and i’ll take my chances
I’ll take them with you

i need you so much

Lyrics for Dont Go - Yazoo

Came in from the city
wakled into the door
I turned around when I heard
The sound of footsteps on the floor.
Love just like addiction now I’m hooked on you
I need some time to get it right
Your love gonna see me through.

Can’t stop now
don’t you know
I ain’t never gonna let you go - don’t go!

Baby
make your mind up
give me what you got
Fix me with your lovin shut the door and turn the lock.
Hey
go get the doctor
doctor came too late
Another night I feel alright my love for you can’t wait.

Can’t stop now
don’t you know
I ain’t never gonna let you go - don’t go!

Came in from the city
walked into the door
I turned around when I heard
The sound of footsteps on the floor.
Said he was a killer
now I know it’s true
I’m dead when you walk out the door
hey babe
I’m hooked

Can’t stop now don’t you know I ain’t never gonna let you go
Don’t go

Can’t stop now don’t you know I ain’t never gonna let you go
Don’t go

Can’t stop now don’t you know I ain’t never gonna let you go
Don’t go

Can’t stop now don’t you know I ain’t never gonna let you go
Don’t go

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Music 4 Music - Episode 2, Volume 2 • 01.23.06

Time for another music post. There are two songs for today. One is “A little respect” by Erasure, and the other one is “Good Boys” by Blondie.

These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

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To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

A little respect - Erasure [lyrics below]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:33s. File Size - 3.26 mb.

Good Boys - Blondie [lyrics below]
* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:18s. File Size - 5.92 mb.

Lyrics for A little respect - Erasure

I try to discover
A little something to make me sweeter
Oh baby refrain
From breaking my heart
I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you’re making me work so hard

That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no

Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please
Give a little respect
To me

And if I should falter
Would you open your arms out to me
We can make love not war
And live at peace with our hearts
I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
What religion or reason
Could drive a man to forsake his lover

Don’t you tell me no
Don’t you tell me no
Don’t you tell me no
Don’t you tell me no

Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please
Give a little respect
To me

I’m so in love with you
I’ll be forever blue
That you give me no reason
Why you’re making me work so hard

That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no
That you give me no

Soul, I hear you calling
Oh baby please (Give a little respect)
Give a little respect
To me

(Soul) I hear you calling
Oh baby please (Give a little respect)
Give a little respect
To me

Lyrics for Good Boys - Blondie

Satellites are falling down tonight
I see you far away
I’m floating into this inescapable bliss

Changing light, I know the symptoms of
I got myself to blame
I’m needing you, I just don’t care anymore

Good boys never win
Good boys always fallow
Good boys never win
They all fall away and you remain

Fear of flight
I’m so afraid of heights
Why are you asking why
I’m walking but my feet are never touching the ground

Good boys never win
Good boys always fallow
Good boys never win
They all fall away and you remain

Eyes wide in the middle of the night
Got more money than a body got right
Riding on the L ’til the sun comes up again

You got me on your face
A big disgrace
Shakin’ your feathers all over the place
You woke face down on St. Marks Avenue

What a pity for you
What a pity for you
Good boys

Good boys never win
Good boys always fallow
Good boys never win
They all fall away and you remain

Eyes wide in the middle of the night
Got more money than a body got right
Riding on the L ’til the sun comes up again

You got me on your face
A big disgrace
Shakin’ your feathers all over the place
You woke face down on St. Marks Avenue

What a pity for you
What a pity for you
Good boys
What a pity for you
Good boys

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Music 4 Music - Episode 1, Volume 2 • 01.19.06

It’s been a while since the last music post. Here it is; the new year and a new volume of the series. There are two new music files today. One is the Dr. Alban classic “It’s My Life” Sash! Remix, released in 1992 to become one of best tracks ever released in the 90’s. If you want, you can read Dr. Alban’s short biography to see how interesting it is.

The other song is by the eccentric Pet Shop Boys called “West End Girls“, from 1984. You don’t know the 80’s music if you don’t know this song and this band, which continues to dazzle even today; to put it briefly, without them, 80’s would have had a big hole in it, like a donut. They complete the entire decade of good 80’s music.

These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

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To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

It’s My Life (Sash! Remix) [lyrics below] [expired]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:49s. File Size - 3.50 mb.

West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys [lyrics below] [expired]
* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:57s. File Size - 3.62 mb.

Lyrics for Its My Life - Dr. Alban

It’s my life
take it or leave it set me free
What’s that crap-papa-know-it-all? I got my own life
Live your life and set me free mind your business
And leave my business you know everything papa-know-it-all
Very little knowledge is dangerous
Stop bugging me stop bothering me
Stop bugging me stop forcing me
Stop fighting me stop yelling me
It’s my life.

It’s my life
it’s my life my worries
It’s my life
it’s my life my problems
It’s my life
it’s my life my worries
It’s my life
it’s my life my problems.

It’s my life
do you understand?
I live the way I want to live
I make decisions day and night
show me signs and good exemples.
Stop telling people how to run your business
Take a trip to east and west you find
that you don’t know anything
Every’s getting tired of you sometime
you have to look and listen
You can even lears from me little knowledge is dangerous
It’s my life.

It’s my life …

It’s my life set me free so you bed so you lie
What you see is what you get listen to people and sort things out
Things I do I do them no more things I say I say them no more
Changes comes once in life
Stop bugging me
stop bothering me
Stop bugging me
stop forcing me
Stop fighting me
stop yelling me
Stop telling me
stop seeing me
It’s my life.

Lyrics for West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys

Sometimes you’re better off dead
There’s a gun in your hand and it’s pointing at your head
You think you’re mad too unstable
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables
In a restaurant in a West End town
Call the police
There’s a madman around
Running down underground to a dive bar
In a West End town

In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
West End girls

Too many shadows whispering voices
Faces on posters too many choices
If when why what how much have you got
Have you got it do you get it
If so how often
Which do you choose
A hard or soft option
(How much do you need)

In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
West End girls
West End Girls

(How much do you need)
In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
Ooh West End town a dead end world
East End boys West End Girls
West End girls

You got a heart of glass or a heart of stone
Just you wait till I get you home
We’ve got no future
We’ve got no past
Here today built to last
In every city in every nation
From Lake Geneva to the Finland nation
(How far have you been)

In a West End town a dead end world
The East End boys and West End girls
In a West End town a dead end world
East End Boys West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
West End girls
(How far have you been)

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Music 4 Music - Episode 10, Volume 1 • 12.05.05

Today there are going to be 3 songs that I would like you to listen to. All 3 of them can be considered dance music. First one is the one and only Captain Hollywood Project’s “More and More“, EuroDance Mix. This is the song that made them famous. Unfortunately, they haven’t come out with something to shoot them back to the top since then.

The 2nd one is the famous Dead or Alive’s “Brand New Lover” Hot Tracks Mix. Dead or Alive is still around, and still doing good, and is probably one of the best bands from the 80’s still performing today. The 3rd one is the recent DJ Encore and Engelina’s group-production, “Talk to Me.” DJ Encore is a favorite in many clubs and is gaining popularity around the world for his beautiful trance songs, and having a talented voice such as Engelina’s in those songs is a big plus.

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These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

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More and More EuroDance Mix - Captain Hollywood Project [lyrics below]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:09s. File Size - 3.81 mb.

Brand New Lover Hot Tracks Mix - Dead Or Alive [lyrics below]
* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 6m:29s. File Size - 7.42 mb.

Talk To Me - DJ Encore & Engelina [lyrics below]
* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:18s. File Size - 3.94 mb.

Lyrics for More and More - Captain Hollywood Project

More and more and more, I don’t know where we’re going to
More and more and more, there’s so much we don’t wanna do
’cause without we cheat and we learn from each and every heart affair
it’s without we cheat and we hurt till somebody’s in despair

Boom, keep in tune,
hollywood will soon left the point,
right to the point smokin’
like it’s a joint, makin’
ain’t got time to be fakin’
it’s my turn and I’m takin’
everything without shakin’
yo here with the bacon

More and more and more, I don’t know where we’re going to
More and more and more, there’s so much we don’t wanna do
’cause without we cheat and we learn from each and every heart affair
it’s without we cheat and we hurt till somebody’s in despair

More and more and more
More and more and more

more and more bam, don’t give a damn
pump the music and jam there’s no time for the problem
not a thought to some, but just make sure you get it
show the fella’s you with it
being prompt you get it, never will you forget it

More and more and more, I don’t know where we’re going to
More and more and more, there’s so much we don’t wanna do
’cause without we cheat and we learn from each and every heart affair
it’s without we cheat and we hurt till somebody’s in despair

More and more and more, I don’t know where we’re going to
More and more and more, there’s so much we don’t wanna do
’cause without we cheat and we learn from each and every heart affair
it’s without we cheat and we hurt till somebody’s in despair

More and more and more
More and more and more

Lyrics for Brand New Lover - Dead Or Alive

Your sweet nature, darling
Was too hard to swallow
I’ve got the solution
I’m leaving tomorrow
And now as I stand
And stare into your eyes
I see safety there
I want surprises

What I really need to do
Is find myself a brand new lover
Somebody real nice to me
Who doesn’t notice all the others
What I really need to do
Is find a brand new lover

When you wake up tomorrow
You’ll be all alone
Oh the love that we had
I have quickly outgrown
I wanted to stay, but I just couldn’t do it
Couldn’t stand there and put you through it

What I really need to do
Is find myself a brand new lover
Somebody real nice to me
Who doesn’t notice all the others
What I really need to do
Is find myself a brand new lover
Somebody real nice to me
Who doesn’t notice all the others

Now other loves will tell you that
I’m nothing but a pleasure-seeker
For once I really must agree
I need to leave you by yourself
And go in search of someone else
To satisfy my curiosity

Your sweet nature, darling
Was too hard to swallow
I’ve made my decision
I’m leaving tomorrow

What I really need to do
Is find myself a brand new lover
Somebody real nice to me
Who doesn’t notice all the others
What I really need to do
Is find a brand new lover

What I really need to do
Is find myself a brand new lover
Somebody real nice to me
Who doesn’t notice all the others
What I really need to do
Is find myself a brand new lover
Somebody real nice to me
Who doesn’t notice all the others

What I really need to do
Is find myself a brand new lover
Somebody real nice to me
Who doesn’t notice all the others
What I really need to do
Is find a brand new lover

Lyrics for Talk To Me - DJ Encore & Engelina

Talk to me
I can only hear your breath
Don’t hold back
Set my mind at ease
Tell me don’t wait till the morning breaks
I need to know
I need to know

When I’m here for you won’t you show me through
This silence can’t go on
You don’t have to turn away and leave me alone
When I’m here for you won’t you show me through
This silence can’t go on
You don’t have to turn away and leave me alone

Speak to me
I have to understand
What’s going on
Do you feel the same
Tell me don’t wait till the morning breaks
I need to know
I need to know

When I’m here for you won’t you show me through
This silence can’t go on
You don’t have to turn away and leave me alone
When I’m here for you won’t you show me through
This silence can’t go on
You don’t have to turn away and leave me alone

When I’m here for you won’t you show me through
This silence can’t go on
You don’t have to turn away and leave me alone
When I’m here for you won’t you show me through
This silence can’t go on
You don’t have to turn away and leave me alone

And leave me alone
When I’m here for you won’t you show me through
This silence can’t go on
You don’t have to turn away and leave me alone

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Music 4 Music - Episode 9, Volume 1 • 12.01.05

Today I’m posting 2 of my favorite songs. I listen to them whenever I can, for obvious reasons. One is Moby’s “Extreme Ways“, and the other is the 1981 hit The Human League’s “Listen to your heart.” Some people here who know me in real life can tell you how much I like these songs. :p

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These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

Extreme Ways - Moby [lyrics below] [expired]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:57s. File Size - 5.44 mb.

Don’t You Want Me Baby - The Human League [lyrics below] [expired]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 6m:15s. File Size - 7.16 mb.

Lyrics for Extreme Ways - Moby

Extreme ways are back again
Extreme places I didn’t know
I broke everything new again
Everything that I’d owned
I threw it out the windows, came along
Extreme ways I know move apart
The colors of my sea
Perfect color me

Extreme ways that help me
Help me out at night
Extreme places I had gone
But never seen any light
Dirty basements, dirty noise
Dirty places coming through
Extreme worlds alone
Did you ever like it planned

I would stand in line for this
There’s always room in life for this

Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Like it always does, always does

Extreme songs that told me
They helped me down every night
I didn’t have much to say
I didn’t get above the light
I closed my eyes and closed myself
And closed my world and never opened
Up to anything
That could get me along

I had to close down everything
I had to close down my mind
Too many things to cover me
Too much can make me blind
I’ve seen so much in so many places
So many heartaches, so many faces
So many dirty things
You couldn’t believe

I would stand in line for this
It’s always good in life for this

Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Then it fell apart, it fell apart
Oh baby, oh baby
Like it always does, always does

Lyrics for Don’t You Want Me Baby - The Human League

Don’t you want me, baby

You were working as a waitress
In a cocktail bar
When I met you
I picked you out
I shook you up
And turned you around
Turned you into someone new
Now five years later on
you’ve got the world at your feet
Success has been so easy for you
But don’t forget
It’s me who put you where you are now
And I can put you back down too

Don’t, don’t you want me
You know I can’t believe it
When I hear that you won’t see me
Don’t, don’t you want me
You know I don’t believe you
When you say that you don’t need me
It’s much too late to find
You think you’ve changed your mind
You’d better change it back
Or we will both be sorry

Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh
Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh

I was working as a waitress
In a cocktail bar
That much is true
But even then I knew I’d find
A much better place
Either with or without you
The five years we have had
Have been such good times
I still love you
But now I think it’s time
I lived my life on my own
I guess it’s just what I must do

Don’t, don’t you want me
You know I can’t believe it
When I hear that you won’t see me
Don’t, don’t you want me
You know I don’t believe you
When you say that you don’t need me
It’s much too late to find
You think you’ve changed your mind
You’d better change it back
Or we will both be sorry

Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh
Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh

Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh
Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh

Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh
Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh

Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh
Don’t you want me, baby
Don’t you want me, oh

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Music 4 Music - Episode 8, Volume 1 • 11.26.05

Here you go: the next installment of music. There are two songs in this post again; one is Annie Lennox’s [Eurythmic] “Here comes the rain again“, and the other is the original version of “Listen to your heart” by DHT.

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These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

Here comes the rain again - Eurythmics - Annie Lennox [lyrics below] [expired]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 5m:04s. File Size - 4.65 mb.

Listen to your heart [Original version] - DHT [lyrics below] [expired]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:47s. File Size - 6.58 mb.

Lyrics for Here comes the rain again - Eurythmics Annie Lennox

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Here comes the rain again
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open winds
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

Baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Here comes the rain again
Tearing me apart like a new emotion
I want to breathe in the open winds
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you?

Baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do

(Sometimes I just need you to hold me)

Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
(Here it comes again, here it comes again)
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you

Baby, talk to me
Like lovers do
Walk with me
Like lovers do
Talk to me
Like lovers do

Lyrics for Listen to your heart by DHT - Original version

I know there’s something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah
you’ve built a love but that love falls apart
your little piece of heaven turns too dark

listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
the precious moments are all lost in the tide, yeah
they’re swept away and nothing is what is seems
the feeling of belonging to your dreams

listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

and there are voices
that want to be heard
so much to mention
but you can’t find the words
the scent of magic
the beauty that’s been
when love was wilder than the wind

listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

Listen to your heart….mm..mmm

I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

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Music 4 Music - Episode 7, Volume 1 • 11.22.05

It’s been a while since the last music post. Here you go again; two more songs to enjoy. One is an extended dance mix of the famous Send me an Angel by “Real Life”, and the other is the original, slow version of the new favorite Listen to your heart by DHT.

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“Send Me an Angel”, considered to be one of the most beautiful songs of the 80’s, if not the most beautiful, is sometimes associated with Annie Lennox. That’s not correct; Annie Lennox did not sing that song, and as far as I know, she had nothing to do with the Australian band Real Life or the song itself. If I’m mistaken, please let me know. She [Annie] has her own world-famous hits, similar to “Send me an Angel”, that I’ll post next time.

These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

Send me an Angel Extended Dance Mix - Real Life [lyrics below] [expired]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 6m:11s. File Size - 5.66 mb.

Listen to your heart [Slow version] - DHT [lyrics below] [expired]

* Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:30s. File Size - 4.13 mb.

Lyrics for Send me an Angel by Real Life - Extended Dance Mix

Do you believe in Heaven above?
Do you believe in love?
Don’t tell a lie. Don’t be false or untrue.
It all comes back to you.
Open fire, on my burning heart.
I’ve never been lucky in love.
My defenses are down. A kiss or a frown.
I can’t survive on my own.
If a girl walks in and carves her name in my heart, I’ll turn and run away.
Everyday we’ve all been lead astray.
It’s hard to be lucky in love.

It gets in your eyes, It’s making you cry.
Don’t know what to do? Don’t know what to do?
You’re lookin for love, callin Heaven above.
Send me an angel. Send me an angel.
Right now. Right now.
Send me an angel. Send me an angel.
Right now. Right now.

Empty dreams can only disappoint.
And roam behind your smile.
Don’t give up. Don’t give up.
You can be lucky in love.

It gets in your eyes, It’s making you cry.
Don’t know what to do? Don’t know what to do?
Lookin for love, callin Heaven above.
Send me an angel. Send me an angel.
Right now. Right now.
Send me an angel. Send me an angel.
Right now. Right now.
(guitar solo)
Send me an angel. Send me an angel.
Right now. Right now.
(long wait)
Send me an angel. Send me an angel.
Right now. Right now.
Send me an angel. Send me an angel.
Right now. Right now. Right now.

Lyrics for Listen to your heart by DHT - Slow version

I know there’s something in the wake of your smile
I get a notion from the look in your eyes, yeah
you’ve built a love but that love falls apart
your little piece of heaven turns too dark

listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

sometimes you wonder if this fight is worthwhile
the precious moments are all lost in the tide, yeah
they’re swept away and nothing is what is seems
the feeling of belonging to your dreams

listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

and there are voices
that want to be heard
so much to mention
but you can’t find the words
the scent of magic
the beauty that’s been
when love was wilder than the wind

listen to your heart
when he’s calling for you
listen to your heart
there’s nothing else you can do
I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

Listen to your heart….mm..mmm

I don’t know where you’re going
and I don’t know why
but listen to your heart
before you tell him goodbye

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Music 4 Music - Episode 6 , Volume 1 • 09.13.05

Today [tonight to be exact] I’m going to post Depeche Mode songs “Enjoy the silence” and “I just can’t get enough.” Both songs offer a contrasting tune compared to each other, and are set for different moods also.

These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

Enjoy the Silence - Depeche Mode [lyrics are below] [expired]

Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:21s. File Size - 3 mb.

I Just Can’t Get Enough - Depeche Mode [lyrics are below] [expired]

Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:44s. File Size - 3 mb.

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Music 4 Music - Episode 5 , Volume 1 • 09.06.05

Last time Shoomin asked me to put the song “Academic Team”, by her friends Zimmerman Telegram. Here it is. Also, many people I’ve talked to have shown their frustration with the Sin City soundtrack cd. There were expectations that the nice song from the movie trailer was going to be on the soundtrack cd. This is to notify everyone; the song from the trailer is not on the soundtrack cd. The song was simply part of the trailer, and for some reason was not included as one of the songs in the movie soundtrack list.

I am including that song below for you to listen to. The song is called “Cells” by “The Servant”; I’m including both the normal and the acoustic [the same as the Sin City movie trailer] versions. Hopefully that will add to your Sin City soundtrack cd until the next part of the movie comes out.

These songs will be available for the next three days. Enjoy!

To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

Academic Team by Zimmerman Telegram [expired]

Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:49s. File Size - 3 mb.

Cells [lyrics version] by The Servant [expired]

Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:50s. File Size - 6 mb. Lyrics below.

Cells [acoustic version] by The Servant [The one used in the Sin City trailer] [expired]

Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 4m:50s. File Size - 3 mb.

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Music 4 Music - Episode 4 , Volume 1 • 09.02.05

Today, I’m going to include a song submitted by Shoomin. It’s a song by one of her friends, the Zimmerman Telegram. Along with that I am including a song by “The Cure” that was requested by Chris through email [thank you]; so here is a song by them called “Friday I’m in Love.” The version below is the rare “MTV unplugged” version.

Both of these are available for the next 3 days. Enjoy!

To listen to a music file, click on it and your computer should stream it properly. If you wish to save any file, simply right click on it and save it somewhere on your computer. The following files are in .mp3 format.

What’s Your Name Live by Zimmerman Telegram [expired]

Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 3m:04s. File Size - 2 mb. Lyrics not included

Friday I’m in Love - The Cure [rare MTV unplugged version] [expired]

Music Type - MP3 format. Running time - 5m:27s. File Size - 4 mb. Lyrics below.

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