Monday, June 8, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Wow...spoken...perfectly.
Sorry i'm so fucking sorry, for the time's you cried , the time's i
lied, the time's you lie awake at night through the loneliness i
find, i'm never coming back to you, i'm never coming back to you
CHORUS
Whatever i do where ever i go, i failed to be! Whatever i do, where
ever i go , i slowly see! Whatever i do, where ever i go, things
remain the same to me " i'm never coming back to you
VERSE 2
Forgive me, please Lord forgive me, in this time of need i've failed
to see, that i'm the only one for me, forgive me, through the loneliness i find.....
CHORUS
Whatever i do where ever i go, i failed to be! Whatever i do, where
ever i go , i slowly see! Whatever i do, where ever i go, things
remain the same Whatever i do where ever you go, i slowly see,
whatever i do whatever i say i've failed to be Whatever i do where
ever i go thing's remain the same i'm never never coming back to
you........ never coming back to you..... oh oh
I don't know why either.
lied, the time's you lie awake at night through the loneliness i
find, i'm never coming back to you, i'm never coming back to you
CHORUS
Whatever i do where ever i go, i failed to be! Whatever i do, where
ever i go , i slowly see! Whatever i do, where ever i go, things
remain the same to me " i'm never coming back to you
VERSE 2
Forgive me, please Lord forgive me, in this time of need i've failed
to see, that i'm the only one for me, forgive me, through the loneliness i find.....
CHORUS
Whatever i do where ever i go, i failed to be! Whatever i do, where
ever i go , i slowly see! Whatever i do, where ever i go, things
remain the same Whatever i do where ever you go, i slowly see,
whatever i do whatever i say i've failed to be Whatever i do where
ever i go thing's remain the same i'm never never coming back to
you........ never coming back to you..... oh oh
I don't know why either.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Top 10 Favorite Songs
So I finally made this list.
I'll start at number 10...and work to number one...and then i made a folder which contains all of them for your listening pleasure. (I'm a geek...whatever...you're friends with me.)
Format: *Song title* - *artist* - *album title*
10. Mama - Genesis - Genesis
My brother bought the album "We Can't Dance" sometime around when it first came out. Of course me being a brat, I would listen to his CDs. I never did and still don't understand my brother's taste in music. It's pretty eclectic. So I loved Phil Collin's voice. That was for sure. The drums were also mixed so perfectly...and me about to be drummer I was excited about this. When I got a bit older, of course I got more curious about the band. I found a video at my local blockbuster called "Genesis, Live at Wembley." So I took it out and watched it. The first song that they played in the concert was "Mama." It opened with this prerecorded drum track and had this real ominous keyboard stuff. When Phil started the vocals...they were quiet and dark. Suddenly he started building up out of nowhere and then hit this crazy note just saying "OH!" I was floored...than to top it all off...he had a breakdown which was just him laughing in the most sinister way possible. Fucked up? Yes. But i loved it. To this day I attempt to hit these big notes like he does in this song...however...it just never comes out as beautiful and clean. For those that care...it's an A sliding down to an Ab...doesn't sound too bad? It's pretty hard in the context of the song. One of those things...ya know?
9. Betterman - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Pearl Jam remains one of my favorite bands. A band that rocks hard but keeps that melodic feel i love. I can't stand music that doesn't have some kind of melodic structure. Anywho...this song...well...I said one day it will be my wedding song. It won't be obviously...cause I mean it has to do with a really failed marriage, however...this song is just a simple rock song. 3 chords for the main part and a very sing-able chorus. I love complicated pieces of music. I'm a musician with a background of listening to John Williams, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, & Howard Shore. I love complexity. This song is the opposite of that...and yet does exactly what any good piece of music should do. It gets me excited. Makes me want to move...and speak and express myself. Through dance? (well hopefully not...those that have seen me know that's not a pretty site) Through some kind of speech? Through playing along or singing along? Whatever. it doesn't matter...it makes me feel something despite it's insane simplicity.
8. The Sweetest Thing - U2
There's no title for the album as this was a non-album single. This song...is just what it's title says. It's sweet. NOT! Just as with "With or Without You" the music and title are misleading. well "with or without you" the title isn't that misleading...people just really don't get it mostly. Anyways, this song is about somebody who is in love with this girl...and she really loves him too...but treats him like absolute shit. Throughout he continually says sarcastically "ain't love the sweetest thing?" Beautiful.
I'd like to note the version i'm giving is not the one I like but was the only one i could find as of right now. I apologize as I don't like this version all that much. Bono sounds kinda crappy.
7. Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Ah! GNR before Chinese Democracy became a joke. Just some hard guitar riffs from Slash and some dirty, sexy vocals from Axl. Too bad this band basically doesn't exist anymore. I read somewhere that the main riff for this song was a joke from Slash. This song is the epitome of melodic hard rock. The guitar solo played with a wah wah pedal is just out of this world and can you make it through the song without singing along? The last vocal riff in the song ends with Axl hitting the root of the chord...sliding a step underneath and back up to the root all while closing his vowels in the most technically wrong way possible. Gorgeous.
6. Captain Jack - Billy Joel - Piano Man
I love Billy Joel. A great inspiration to me (ya know, minus the whole driving his car into trees, and fences...and old lady's houses.) My favorite album is Glass Houses. I LOVE Songs in the Attic. However my favorite song by him remains Captain Jack from Piano Man. It's about his drug dealer that was around his neighborhood when he was younger. Sounds like me, no? Ha. This song gets my blood going. It's verses are a slow piano jam between F and Bmaj7. When played live each verse would be given a different feel by the band...solo piano sometimes...reggae...funk.
It was cool. The chorus is a pounding rock hard piece that gets you really pounding away at the keys. I love playing it...i love singing it...i love listening to it...and I freaked out both times I heard this live. From that first note I knew it was comming. He hasn't written stuff like this since 1980. And never will again. We Didn't Start the Fire? What?
5. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jeff Buckley is my hero. Aside from my brother, Jeff would be the only person I would give the title "Hero." His voice is like a gift from God. His guitar playing is like a mix of Bob Dylan, Jimmy Page, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Miles Davis. (You figure that out.) His writing sounded like MC5, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen (Darkness on the edge of Town bruce), church hymns, Nusrat, Nina Simone. He was insane. His appreciation for music is out of this world. He spoke so poetically about it...you can find some of his quotes around random things I write. I quote him frequently (without credit...however if I asked I would credit him). I strive to be half the musician he is. He made one album...not everybody would love it. Whatever...I just want to be able to appreciate things like he did. Anyways...onto the song. This is a cover of a Leonard Cohen song. The album has just jeff and his telecaster with reverb playing. It's haunting, beautiful and to me exemplifies passion at it's highest point. It's about the perfect orgasm. (Yup it's not religous). But...why is it perfect? Because the one he's with is the person he loves the most.
It's not about the sex...it's about the love. And to me that's the most beautiful thing.
4. Hey Jude - The Beatles
A single recorded during the sessions of the white album. The song is about 7 minutes long about 3 of which are just a chorus of "Nah nah's" with paul screaming "JUDE JUDE JUDEY JUDEY JUDAY!" The beatles wrote a lot of really brilliant songs. This one isn't brilliant. But there's no song in their catalogue (sans MAYBE A Hard Day's Night) that makes me get up, sing and want to hug the person next to me like this one does.
3. Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns - Mother Love Bone - Shine
I first heard this song on a pearl jam bootleg. I had a portable CD player. I was listening to it while waiting online at Adventureland for the haunted house. While I was listening, the girl in front of me turned around, grabbed me and kissed me. That was my first kiss. I went home and listened to the song about 20 times (i could've listened more but it was like 7 minutes long). After reading some things on the internet I realized that it was not, in fact, a Pearl Jam song. But a "Mother Love Bone" song. I searched for a copy of that original version. And voila! I find this. An 8 minute masterpiece of music. Sung by Andy Wood, who should've been the next Robert Plant, and played masterfully by a band that should've been the next biggest band of the planet. Unfortunately the day of the album release, the lead singer died of a heroine overdose.
The band split...two of the members searched for a new band and found "Eddie Vedder." Pearl Jam was formed.
If you listen when i'm at a piano...you'll hear me play the opening portion of this song...I don't get this song. I just love it.
2. Love, Reign O'er Me - The Who - Quadrophenia
Roger Daltrey's voice is so ugly. It's rough, shaky, full of phlegm, and sometimes blatantly off pitch. Yet he manages to deliver the songs of The Who just perfectly. LROM ends the rock opera "Quadrophenia" with one of the greatest rock vocal performances ever. Roger hits, i believe FOUR, Ebs. Ebs for those of you that are unsure are a half step lower than the "Mama Who Bore Me" high stuff and it is the word "Blonde" in the "Legally Blonde Remix." Yes...in those octaves. The rest of the big notes in the song...the "LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE"s. Those are Bbs. Each one is hit with a dirty rock scream.
Now underneath that scary ass vocal performance is the rest of The Who. John Entwhistle of course is bustin' out a bassline that fights to come through your regular speakers as well as your subwoofer because of it's movement up and down his fretboard. Keith Moon easily does his best drumming work on this album. Erratic and loud. This is Peter Townshend's "Theme" in quadrophenia...so obviously it was the best thing he wrote on the album. His guitar basically solo's throughout the entire song. Until the very end when Roger screams out an Eb on the word "Love," Keith does a neverending fill across all of his drums...John rolls on an Eb...and Pete does a slow, loud and sick slide down his guitar. It ends with a blast of horns (provided by John) and a guitar chord smash of Pete's and a gong by mr. keith moon. Epic is the only word for it.
1. Forget Her - Jeff Buckley
The only artist to appear on the list twice. One might question my decision to put Forget her and not "Lover You Should Have Come Over." However this song...well. Ok. It was recorded during the Grace sessions. It was left off the album and boot legged everywhere. Which is of course where I first heard it.
It's a dark song. Jeff's performance is notable as he never goes into his falsetto (which is gorgeous) but remains in his full voice range (which is high anyways). It's pained and pure.
A man has just broke up with a girl. A girl he loved so much. However she was not only a cheater but in general just treated him in a terrible way. He finally found the will to break up...and is trying like hell to forget her. Continually reminding himself that she is just nothing but heartache. Sometimes...that's just not easy...and this song creates slow brood that you fall into after a break up.
I've never heard a song that just gets it as right lyrically and musically as this one does.
Jeff had a gift...and part of that gift was that he loved sharing it. Thank you Jeff.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=1AVOF2EC
I'll start at number 10...and work to number one...and then i made a folder which contains all of them for your listening pleasure. (I'm a geek...whatever...you're friends with me.)
Format: *Song title* - *artist* - *album title*
10. Mama - Genesis - Genesis
My brother bought the album "We Can't Dance" sometime around when it first came out. Of course me being a brat, I would listen to his CDs. I never did and still don't understand my brother's taste in music. It's pretty eclectic. So I loved Phil Collin's voice. That was for sure. The drums were also mixed so perfectly...and me about to be drummer I was excited about this. When I got a bit older, of course I got more curious about the band. I found a video at my local blockbuster called "Genesis, Live at Wembley." So I took it out and watched it. The first song that they played in the concert was "Mama." It opened with this prerecorded drum track and had this real ominous keyboard stuff. When Phil started the vocals...they were quiet and dark. Suddenly he started building up out of nowhere and then hit this crazy note just saying "OH!" I was floored...than to top it all off...he had a breakdown which was just him laughing in the most sinister way possible. Fucked up? Yes. But i loved it. To this day I attempt to hit these big notes like he does in this song...however...it just never comes out as beautiful and clean. For those that care...it's an A sliding down to an Ab...doesn't sound too bad? It's pretty hard in the context of the song. One of those things...ya know?
9. Betterman - Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
Pearl Jam remains one of my favorite bands. A band that rocks hard but keeps that melodic feel i love. I can't stand music that doesn't have some kind of melodic structure. Anywho...this song...well...I said one day it will be my wedding song. It won't be obviously...cause I mean it has to do with a really failed marriage, however...this song is just a simple rock song. 3 chords for the main part and a very sing-able chorus. I love complicated pieces of music. I'm a musician with a background of listening to John Williams, James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Danny Elfman, & Howard Shore. I love complexity. This song is the opposite of that...and yet does exactly what any good piece of music should do. It gets me excited. Makes me want to move...and speak and express myself. Through dance? (well hopefully not...those that have seen me know that's not a pretty site) Through some kind of speech? Through playing along or singing along? Whatever. it doesn't matter...it makes me feel something despite it's insane simplicity.
8. The Sweetest Thing - U2
There's no title for the album as this was a non-album single. This song...is just what it's title says. It's sweet. NOT! Just as with "With or Without You" the music and title are misleading. well "with or without you" the title isn't that misleading...people just really don't get it mostly. Anyways, this song is about somebody who is in love with this girl...and she really loves him too...but treats him like absolute shit. Throughout he continually says sarcastically "ain't love the sweetest thing?" Beautiful.
I'd like to note the version i'm giving is not the one I like but was the only one i could find as of right now. I apologize as I don't like this version all that much. Bono sounds kinda crappy.
7. Sweet Child O'Mine - Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction
Ah! GNR before Chinese Democracy became a joke. Just some hard guitar riffs from Slash and some dirty, sexy vocals from Axl. Too bad this band basically doesn't exist anymore. I read somewhere that the main riff for this song was a joke from Slash. This song is the epitome of melodic hard rock. The guitar solo played with a wah wah pedal is just out of this world and can you make it through the song without singing along? The last vocal riff in the song ends with Axl hitting the root of the chord...sliding a step underneath and back up to the root all while closing his vowels in the most technically wrong way possible. Gorgeous.
6. Captain Jack - Billy Joel - Piano Man
I love Billy Joel. A great inspiration to me (ya know, minus the whole driving his car into trees, and fences...and old lady's houses.) My favorite album is Glass Houses. I LOVE Songs in the Attic. However my favorite song by him remains Captain Jack from Piano Man. It's about his drug dealer that was around his neighborhood when he was younger. Sounds like me, no? Ha. This song gets my blood going. It's verses are a slow piano jam between F and Bmaj7. When played live each verse would be given a different feel by the band...solo piano sometimes...reggae...funk.
It was cool. The chorus is a pounding rock hard piece that gets you really pounding away at the keys. I love playing it...i love singing it...i love listening to it...and I freaked out both times I heard this live. From that first note I knew it was comming. He hasn't written stuff like this since 1980. And never will again. We Didn't Start the Fire? What?
5. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley - Grace
Jeff Buckley is my hero. Aside from my brother, Jeff would be the only person I would give the title "Hero." His voice is like a gift from God. His guitar playing is like a mix of Bob Dylan, Jimmy Page, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, and Miles Davis. (You figure that out.) His writing sounded like MC5, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen (Darkness on the edge of Town bruce), church hymns, Nusrat, Nina Simone. He was insane. His appreciation for music is out of this world. He spoke so poetically about it...you can find some of his quotes around random things I write. I quote him frequently (without credit...however if I asked I would credit him). I strive to be half the musician he is. He made one album...not everybody would love it. Whatever...I just want to be able to appreciate things like he did. Anyways...onto the song. This is a cover of a Leonard Cohen song. The album has just jeff and his telecaster with reverb playing. It's haunting, beautiful and to me exemplifies passion at it's highest point. It's about the perfect orgasm. (Yup it's not religous). But...why is it perfect? Because the one he's with is the person he loves the most.
It's not about the sex...it's about the love. And to me that's the most beautiful thing.
4. Hey Jude - The Beatles
A single recorded during the sessions of the white album. The song is about 7 minutes long about 3 of which are just a chorus of "Nah nah's" with paul screaming "JUDE JUDE JUDEY JUDEY JUDAY!" The beatles wrote a lot of really brilliant songs. This one isn't brilliant. But there's no song in their catalogue (sans MAYBE A Hard Day's Night) that makes me get up, sing and want to hug the person next to me like this one does.
3. Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns - Mother Love Bone - Shine
I first heard this song on a pearl jam bootleg. I had a portable CD player. I was listening to it while waiting online at Adventureland for the haunted house. While I was listening, the girl in front of me turned around, grabbed me and kissed me. That was my first kiss. I went home and listened to the song about 20 times (i could've listened more but it was like 7 minutes long). After reading some things on the internet I realized that it was not, in fact, a Pearl Jam song. But a "Mother Love Bone" song. I searched for a copy of that original version. And voila! I find this. An 8 minute masterpiece of music. Sung by Andy Wood, who should've been the next Robert Plant, and played masterfully by a band that should've been the next biggest band of the planet. Unfortunately the day of the album release, the lead singer died of a heroine overdose.
The band split...two of the members searched for a new band and found "Eddie Vedder." Pearl Jam was formed.
If you listen when i'm at a piano...you'll hear me play the opening portion of this song...I don't get this song. I just love it.
2. Love, Reign O'er Me - The Who - Quadrophenia
Roger Daltrey's voice is so ugly. It's rough, shaky, full of phlegm, and sometimes blatantly off pitch. Yet he manages to deliver the songs of The Who just perfectly. LROM ends the rock opera "Quadrophenia" with one of the greatest rock vocal performances ever. Roger hits, i believe FOUR, Ebs. Ebs for those of you that are unsure are a half step lower than the "Mama Who Bore Me" high stuff and it is the word "Blonde" in the "Legally Blonde Remix." Yes...in those octaves. The rest of the big notes in the song...the "LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE"s. Those are Bbs. Each one is hit with a dirty rock scream.
Now underneath that scary ass vocal performance is the rest of The Who. John Entwhistle of course is bustin' out a bassline that fights to come through your regular speakers as well as your subwoofer because of it's movement up and down his fretboard. Keith Moon easily does his best drumming work on this album. Erratic and loud. This is Peter Townshend's "Theme" in quadrophenia...so obviously it was the best thing he wrote on the album. His guitar basically solo's throughout the entire song. Until the very end when Roger screams out an Eb on the word "Love," Keith does a neverending fill across all of his drums...John rolls on an Eb...and Pete does a slow, loud and sick slide down his guitar. It ends with a blast of horns (provided by John) and a guitar chord smash of Pete's and a gong by mr. keith moon. Epic is the only word for it.
1. Forget Her - Jeff Buckley
The only artist to appear on the list twice. One might question my decision to put Forget her and not "Lover You Should Have Come Over." However this song...well. Ok. It was recorded during the Grace sessions. It was left off the album and boot legged everywhere. Which is of course where I first heard it.
It's a dark song. Jeff's performance is notable as he never goes into his falsetto (which is gorgeous) but remains in his full voice range (which is high anyways). It's pained and pure.
A man has just broke up with a girl. A girl he loved so much. However she was not only a cheater but in general just treated him in a terrible way. He finally found the will to break up...and is trying like hell to forget her. Continually reminding himself that she is just nothing but heartache. Sometimes...that's just not easy...and this song creates slow brood that you fall into after a break up.
I've never heard a song that just gets it as right lyrically and musically as this one does.
Jeff had a gift...and part of that gift was that he loved sharing it. Thank you Jeff.
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Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Top 5 Simple Pleasures.
1. Hearing the Right Song at the Right Moment
2. Reminiscing About Old Times with Your Closest Friends
3. The pull through parking spot.
4. Dark chocolate.
5. Singing in the shower, loudly.
2. Reminiscing About Old Times with Your Closest Friends
3. The pull through parking spot.
4. Dark chocolate.
5. Singing in the shower, loudly.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
A small scene!
INT. A LARGE HIGHSCHOOL AUDITORIUM - DAY
It’s a clear afternoon in May. A young boy about age 17 sits a well worned black grand piano. He plays some pop music. The camera pans around to face a doorway in which a small figure stands and watches. SHE quietly approaches as he continues to play.
His name is James. Hers, Lucy. During a final chorus of “Chloe Dancer” he looks up and notices Lucy who is intently watching him with a small smile on her face. He stops playing.
LUCY
Ya know, we might be the only people in this
school that recognize that song.
JAMES
Actually, Mr. Brace came in before and noticed it...
about a minute ago only. Crazy.
LUCY moves aroundthe piano to sit on the bench next to JAMES. She gently rests her head on his right shoulder.
LUCY
I heard you were upset before. What happened?
JAMES
(clearly uncomfortable)
Just an annoying doctor visit.
LUCY
(Looks with a clear message of
“I don’t believe you.”)
Ok.
LUCY touches a note on the piano and begins to pluck out the only thing she knows how to play: “Welcome to the Black Parade.” JAMES smiles accordingly.
JAMES
(Half laughing)
Can I just teach you already so you
don’t keep playing that?
LUCY
(playfully, like a four year old)
No!
LUCY than looks right at the floor. The camera looks right at her face and we see her smile slowly fade away as she sighs a sigh of “Here we go...”
LUCY
I’m pregnant
JAMES
(not hearing the first time)
Hmmmm?
LUCY
(look up and directly at him)
James, I’m pregnant.
JAMES looks forward blankly. His mind rushing with a million derams that are fading away. He moves his hands to the keyboard as if to play again. But just rests them at a starting position. He can’t even utilize his one tool of solace.
JAMES
How?
LUCY
You know how.
JAMES
(clearly very frustrated)
When did you know?
LUCY
I took a home test about a week ago and went to
the doctor this morning to double check I wasn’t
going to firighten you if it was nothing.
(a beat)
JAMES
What are you going to do?
LUCY
(confused)
What do you mean “you”? Don’t you mean
“we”?
JAMES
No. I mean ‘you.’ What are you going
to do. It’s your baby. It’s in you.
You decide.
LUCY is completely taken back by this and is unsure of what to say back. She stands up and moves to the front row of chairs in the auditorium. After a few moments of JAMES in silence she gets up and beings to walk out.
JAMES
Do you remember when we sat and watched
the sun rise?
LUCY
Of course.
JAMES
Remember what you said to me?
LUCY
(slightly confused)
I just told you how much i love
and adore you.
JAMES
(almost emotionlessly)
You said, “James, you’re the one.
I realized it last night when I spoke to my
brother. You’re the one i will be with forever
and I’m going to marry you. I couldn’t
see anyone being as perfect for each other
as you are for me.”
LUCY is stunned by the power of his memory of that one moment. She walks to him and sits down next to him, wraps her arms around him and kisses him on the cheek. He wont’ turn and face her. She grabs his face gently and turns him. His eyes immediately shift downward and away from hers.
LUCY
Babe, why are you bringing this up?
JAMES
Forget it.
LUCY
James. This is serious, what are
we going to do?
(a beat)
JAMES
(Yelling)
YOU’RE 17! IS THERE ANY OTHER CHOICE?!
LUCY
What? That’s it. Like that...kill it and we move on?
How am I supposed to be ok with that?
This is in me, not you. Inconvenient or not, this is
something we can just take a second and say “ok that’s it
we’re ready.”
JAMES
We can’t have a baby! We’re not even in senior year!
I don’t see another choice at all? How are you suppoed
be on the swim team at all? What am I supposed to do?
Bring the baby to the swim meet? I can see it now
“National High School Swim Team Wins Gold and attends
teammate's baptism.”
LUCY
Stop it. You’re being ridiculous. Just calm down
(a beat)
I know we can’t have a child at this point.
The choice is...well...that. Or adoption.
JAMES
You’re willing to walk around school
with a bowling ball under your shirt?
LUCY
Yes...but only if you are willing to as well.
JAMES
What?
LUCY
We’re in this together. People are gonna
realize it’s yours very fast.
JAMES
Just cause I’m going out with you. I see.
LUCY
What are you takling about?
JAMES
Let me ask you, when he brought you back
to his house...did you know then? Or
did you just go with the moment?
LUCY
What’s wrong with you!?
JAMES gets up and walks towards the door. LUCY speaks before he hits the door frame and he stops at the sound of her voice.
LUCY
(yelling)
JAMES! What are you doing?!
(doesn’t answer or turn around)
LUCY
JAMES!!!
JAMES
(small beat)
I went to the doctor today as well.
He told me I’m sterile.
Fade to black.
It’s a clear afternoon in May. A young boy about age 17 sits a well worned black grand piano. He plays some pop music. The camera pans around to face a doorway in which a small figure stands and watches. SHE quietly approaches as he continues to play.
His name is James. Hers, Lucy. During a final chorus of “Chloe Dancer” he looks up and notices Lucy who is intently watching him with a small smile on her face. He stops playing.
LUCY
Ya know, we might be the only people in this
school that recognize that song.
JAMES
Actually, Mr. Brace came in before and noticed it...
about a minute ago only. Crazy.
LUCY moves aroundthe piano to sit on the bench next to JAMES. She gently rests her head on his right shoulder.
LUCY
I heard you were upset before. What happened?
JAMES
(clearly uncomfortable)
Just an annoying doctor visit.
LUCY
(Looks with a clear message of
“I don’t believe you.”)
Ok.
LUCY touches a note on the piano and begins to pluck out the only thing she knows how to play: “Welcome to the Black Parade.” JAMES smiles accordingly.
JAMES
(Half laughing)
Can I just teach you already so you
don’t keep playing that?
LUCY
(playfully, like a four year old)
No!
LUCY than looks right at the floor. The camera looks right at her face and we see her smile slowly fade away as she sighs a sigh of “Here we go...”
LUCY
I’m pregnant
JAMES
(not hearing the first time)
Hmmmm?
LUCY
(look up and directly at him)
James, I’m pregnant.
JAMES looks forward blankly. His mind rushing with a million derams that are fading away. He moves his hands to the keyboard as if to play again. But just rests them at a starting position. He can’t even utilize his one tool of solace.
JAMES
How?
LUCY
You know how.
JAMES
(clearly very frustrated)
When did you know?
LUCY
I took a home test about a week ago and went to
the doctor this morning to double check I wasn’t
going to firighten you if it was nothing.
(a beat)
JAMES
What are you going to do?
LUCY
(confused)
What do you mean “you”? Don’t you mean
“we”?
JAMES
No. I mean ‘you.’ What are you going
to do. It’s your baby. It’s in you.
You decide.
LUCY is completely taken back by this and is unsure of what to say back. She stands up and moves to the front row of chairs in the auditorium. After a few moments of JAMES in silence she gets up and beings to walk out.
JAMES
Do you remember when we sat and watched
the sun rise?
LUCY
Of course.
JAMES
Remember what you said to me?
LUCY
(slightly confused)
I just told you how much i love
and adore you.
JAMES
(almost emotionlessly)
You said, “James, you’re the one.
I realized it last night when I spoke to my
brother. You’re the one i will be with forever
and I’m going to marry you. I couldn’t
see anyone being as perfect for each other
as you are for me.”
LUCY is stunned by the power of his memory of that one moment. She walks to him and sits down next to him, wraps her arms around him and kisses him on the cheek. He wont’ turn and face her. She grabs his face gently and turns him. His eyes immediately shift downward and away from hers.
LUCY
Babe, why are you bringing this up?
JAMES
Forget it.
LUCY
James. This is serious, what are
we going to do?
(a beat)
JAMES
(Yelling)
YOU’RE 17! IS THERE ANY OTHER CHOICE?!
LUCY
What? That’s it. Like that...kill it and we move on?
How am I supposed to be ok with that?
This is in me, not you. Inconvenient or not, this is
something we can just take a second and say “ok that’s it
we’re ready.”
JAMES
We can’t have a baby! We’re not even in senior year!
I don’t see another choice at all? How are you suppoed
be on the swim team at all? What am I supposed to do?
Bring the baby to the swim meet? I can see it now
“National High School Swim Team Wins Gold and attends
teammate's baptism.”
LUCY
Stop it. You’re being ridiculous. Just calm down
(a beat)
I know we can’t have a child at this point.
The choice is...well...that. Or adoption.
JAMES
You’re willing to walk around school
with a bowling ball under your shirt?
LUCY
Yes...but only if you are willing to as well.
JAMES
What?
LUCY
We’re in this together. People are gonna
realize it’s yours very fast.
JAMES
Just cause I’m going out with you. I see.
LUCY
What are you takling about?
JAMES
Let me ask you, when he brought you back
to his house...did you know then? Or
did you just go with the moment?
LUCY
What’s wrong with you!?
JAMES gets up and walks towards the door. LUCY speaks before he hits the door frame and he stops at the sound of her voice.
LUCY
(yelling)
JAMES! What are you doing?!
(doesn’t answer or turn around)
LUCY
JAMES!!!
JAMES
(small beat)
I went to the doctor today as well.
He told me I’m sterile.
Fade to black.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Hedwig Part 2
Here's another song from "Hedwig and the Angry Inch." I made the track in a hurry. But again another sense of what i'm working on.
Cool beans. Check it out.
Tear Me Down
Cool beans. Check it out.
Tear Me Down
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Der Letzte Tanz
Ok...so here's some more Elisabeth. I'm particularly proud of this one. This is "Der Letzte Tanz" which translates into english as "The Last Dance or The Final Dance." As a piece of creativity, I decided that the phrase "Der Letzte Tanz" should stay as is in German as it flows so perfectly and "The Final dance" does not.
Note that the "cracks" you hear in my voice are actually NOT cracks, but pops from the shitty ass microphone I used. Be that as it may, this recording is pretty awesome. Don't be afraid to comment, I'd like to know some people are listening or whatnot.
Thanks!
Der Letzte Tanz (or "The Final Dance")
Note that the "cracks" you hear in my voice are actually NOT cracks, but pops from the shitty ass microphone I used. Be that as it may, this recording is pretty awesome. Don't be afraid to comment, I'd like to know some people are listening or whatnot.
Thanks!
Der Letzte Tanz (or "The Final Dance")
Friday, January 30, 2009
Elisabeth
One of my favorite shows in life is "Elisabeth." It's a german rock show. Awesome shit. Three of the songs have been translated into english.
I changed some of the words to make it not suck.
This is called
"Die Schatten werden länger"
or
"The Shades of Night are Growing"
I'd like to note i'm still sick. It is however going away. Slowly my voice comes back. I'll be able to hit that nice D5 soon enough again.
I changed some of the words to make it not suck.
This is called
"Die Schatten werden länger"
or
"The Shades of Night are Growing"
I'd like to note i'm still sick. It is however going away. Slowly my voice comes back. I'll be able to hit that nice D5 soon enough again.
Monday, January 26, 2009
And Then There Were None
So my favorite recording of this song from Spring Awakening was on the "Live at SOHO" recording. It removed the dialogue which I always found distracting when just listening to the album. The only problem was there was no drum track. So I made my own. Here it is for you to have. Yup.
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Hedwig.
I inquired about the rights to Hedwig and the Angry Inch. Woohoo!
here's a small sampling of one of my favorite songs in the show.
Wig in a Box
here's a small sampling of one of my favorite songs in the show.
Wig in a Box
Monday, January 12, 2009
Untitled Piano Song
So this is something I recorded a while ago...it's just piano...I found it today and decided to try and polish it a little. Unfortunately it's ruined by a cell phone vibration early on. Oh well...it's still interesting.
It's untitled so it's just labled as sfasd.
It's untitled so it's just labled as sfasd.
Friday, January 9, 2009
This is what a genius writes.
You, my love, are allowed to forget
About the Christmas you just spent stressed out in your parents house.
You, my love, are allowed to shed
The weight of all the years before, like bad disco clothes,
Save them for a night of dancing, stoned with you lover.
You, my love, are allowed to let yourself drown
Every night in bottomless wild and naked symbolic dreams.
You, my love, in sleep can unlock
Your youth and your most terrifying magic and dreamings for the courageous.
You, my love, are allowed to grab my guitar
And sing me idiot love songs if you've lost your ability to speak.
Keep it down to two minutes.
You, my love, are allowed to rot and to die
And then live again, more alive and incandescent than before.
You, my love, are allowed to beat the shit out of your television.
Choke it's thoughts and corrupt its mind.
Kill! Kill! Kill! KILL the motherfucker before the song of zombiefied pain and panic and malaise and it's narrow right-winged vision and it's cheap commercial gang rape becomes the white noise of the world.
Turn about is fair play.
You, my love, are allowed to forgive and love your television.
You, my love, are allowed to speak in kisses to those around you and those up in heaven.
You, my love, are allowed to show your babies how to dance full bodied, starry eyed, audacious, supernatural and glorified.
You, my love, are allowed to suck in every single endeavor.
You, my love, are allowed to be soaked like a lovers' blanket in the New York summertime with the wonder of your own special gift.
You, my love, are allowed to receive praise,
You, my love, are allowed to have time,
You, my love, are allowed to understand,
You, my love, are allowed to love,
Woman disobey,
When little men believe,
That you, my love, are rebellion.
About the Christmas you just spent stressed out in your parents house.
You, my love, are allowed to shed
The weight of all the years before, like bad disco clothes,
Save them for a night of dancing, stoned with you lover.
You, my love, are allowed to let yourself drown
Every night in bottomless wild and naked symbolic dreams.
You, my love, in sleep can unlock
Your youth and your most terrifying magic and dreamings for the courageous.
You, my love, are allowed to grab my guitar
And sing me idiot love songs if you've lost your ability to speak.
Keep it down to two minutes.
You, my love, are allowed to rot and to die
And then live again, more alive and incandescent than before.
You, my love, are allowed to beat the shit out of your television.
Choke it's thoughts and corrupt its mind.
Kill! Kill! Kill! KILL the motherfucker before the song of zombiefied pain and panic and malaise and it's narrow right-winged vision and it's cheap commercial gang rape becomes the white noise of the world.
Turn about is fair play.
You, my love, are allowed to forgive and love your television.
You, my love, are allowed to speak in kisses to those around you and those up in heaven.
You, my love, are allowed to show your babies how to dance full bodied, starry eyed, audacious, supernatural and glorified.
You, my love, are allowed to suck in every single endeavor.
You, my love, are allowed to be soaked like a lovers' blanket in the New York summertime with the wonder of your own special gift.
You, my love, are allowed to receive praise,
You, my love, are allowed to have time,
You, my love, are allowed to understand,
You, my love, are allowed to love,
Woman disobey,
When little men believe,
That you, my love, are rebellion.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Hallelujah
I was sick today. So i decided to write some lyrics and record me singing Hallelujah. This is the version done by Jeff Buckley with the extra verse.
I recorded it on my iPhone with "iTalk" application so the quality is sketchy. I'm also a bit nasally due to my sickness...but overall i think it's pretty decent. Check it out.
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