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Rock to get over break-ups

Posted on October 27, 2009 Written by ripitup

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How do get over break-ups? I don’t like to get upset. Sure, it is mostly disappointing but usually I end up feeling angry rather than sad. If it is over, there is a probably a good reason for it – whether you were the one to break it off or not. In fact some songs are so fun, I use them to party after a relationship’s end. Remember, if it was good enough, it would last anyway. So, let’s party:

 

1) Ugly Kid Joe: (I hate) everything about you.

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDfIOr1ByIc&feature=fvst

The title says it all, doesn’t it?  Even if you don’t feel hate, you will have a blast with this song.

 

2) Metallica: Die,die my darling

Yeah, it is a very affectionate song :d

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GIisWJJG28

 

3) Puddle of Mud: She fucking hates me.

Fun, fun and more fun.

video: http://www.youtube.com/watchv=1jlmpsV4xnA&feature=related

 

4) Bon Jovi : Little Bit of Soul

This is from the Keep the Faith album. It’s fun, easy to sing along to and instead of addressing it to the other person, you should address it to yourself. Because it says stuff like:

When you’re mad at the world
And you feel like
You’re losing control
What we all need
To get by is just
A little bit o soul

 

5) Bon Jovi: You give love a bad name.

 So you are angry? You think your ex shouldn’t be dating at all? Cool. This one never gets old. Below is live version.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km4wBCrFl1E

 

Feel free to share your top 5 and more.

 

 

 

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Inspiration to get your ass in gear part 2 feat. Bon Jovi’s It’s My Life, Keep The Faith and Have a Nice Day

Posted on October 27, 2009 Written by ripitup

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Well, my previous post is about how songs can actually get you in the mood not to give in your dreams and it gives Poison’s Cry Tough as an example. The song is fast, hopeful and it  just tells you not to give up. The fact that the band came from nowhere and went to the top of the charts through persistence and hard work  makes the lyrics credible.

You may not know Poison. But I’m pretty sure you have heard of  Bon Jovi. Don’t dismiss them because rock isn’t your thing or because their sound is just too “soft” for you. They have songs in a lot of genres (hard rock, classic rock, pop-rock, country rock, glam rock…), and they have written songs about almost all aspects of life. Don’t think about the ballads. Please, we are not going to talk about “Always” here. But, if you are thinking of  the chorus from their hit song “It’s my life”, great! You are exactly where I need you to be. The whole song is about not giving up and standing your ground. In fact, this song is only one example from the band. They are huge on songs that encourage you to work on your dreams.

Here is a part of  “It’s my life“:

It’s my life  – And it’s now or never
I ain’t gonna live forever , I just want to live while I’m alive
(It’s my life)
My heart is like an open highway – Like Frankie said
I did it my way, I just want to live while I’m alive ,’Cause it’s my life

Better stand tall when they’re calling you out
Don’t bend, don’t break, baby, don’t back down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOfaYFIHt1g&feature=fvst  this is for the song’s video.

They might have sold over 100,000,000 records (yes, it is the official number) but it’s not like success fell on their laps. Frontman Jon Bon Jovi worked at odd jobs, he even sold shoes. (I am saying “even” – if you remember the old sitcom Married with Children, the shoe selling thing might put a smile on your face.) He cleaned the floors on a record studio and didn’t get paid for it. Instead he just recorded his demos. One of the demos got him a record deal and a band. But what made Bon Jovi huge is actually another song that tells you to keep hanging on no matter what: Living on a Prayer. This is the video of the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUSDS9pkA2Y&feature=fvst

Oh and the chorus goes something like this:

Whooah, were half way there
Livin on a prayer
Take my hand and well make it – I swear
Livin on a prayer

 

Not to mention, they have written Keep The Faith (it tells you to “keep the faith: you know youre gonna live thru the rain” ) and Have a Nice Day , whose chorus goes:

Ohhh, if there’s one thing I hang onto,
That gets me through the night.
I ain’t gonna do what I don’t want to,
I’m gonna live my life.
Shining like a diamond, rolling with the dice,
Standing on the ledge, I show the wind how to fly.
When the world gets in my face,
I say, Have A Nice Day.
Have A Nice Day

link to Keep the Faith: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6U5gJZh5u2Y&feature=fvst

link to Have a Nice Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UheKmPY1mNw&feature=fvst

ENJOY!

 

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Dreaming of 240-Hour Days

Posted on October 21, 2009 Written by ripitup

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Most of us can’t manage to pull things off as we would like to, can we? I mean I don’t know about you but I have so much to do, 24 hours hardly ever seem enough. Oh there are plenty of blog posts out there telling you to write about how should be useful to others by giving something of value and they are always writing cool stuff with catchy titles. But those article writers usually seem to be concentrated on one stuff. Writing and/or exercising and throw in some time for your family and you are set. Come on! Since when is it that simple? I am doing my best to manage time, yet 24 hours seem barely enough. Let’s lay it all out:

*Dreams:

– What do you dream of? I don’t mean what you see when you are asleep. What do you want to do – What do you want to become more than anything else in your life? If you want to do something that seems rather hard to achieve and do that something on your own- be it trying to make it as an artist/musician/actor/film-maker/writer…, it is a full-time job trying to map out a career plan and figuring out how the hell you are going to finance yourself along the way. I want to e a full-time writer and a film-maker and actually act out my favorite parts. And once I get there (the attitude has to be when, not if), I know I’ll make money out of my dreams but how to get there in the first place seems to be the issue; especially if you have a strong sense of what you want to do. And if you want to make movies in a country other than your own, you have work& residence permit issues which is totally a drag on your own. Oh, and you are not going to be granted one easily, especially if you are not a student. And if you want to be a student, it costs even more money. Have you checked out the costs lately? Which brings us to our second issue: Money.

* Money vs time vs freedom

– How do you make the money to support the dream and yourself? Full-time jobs- especially ones that aren’t related to the area of your desires are total buzz killers. Trust me I tried. It doesn’t mean so much that you are earning some money if you don’t have the time to enjoy it, or don’t have the freedom to deal with the pre-work required to work for your dreams (like application,queries,interviews,writing…). Add traffic if you are commuting and well, you are screwed. Trust me, I know- I’ve been there.

* Health and Looks

Do you like to look good? I do. I feel amazing when I look my best. But looking good takes time, even for all the gorgeous male and female celebrities we see. The guys didn’t get those abs sitting on their asses and women well…most of them aren’t even naturally pretty. It takes exercise and healthy eating and time to pamper your self. So yeah, in between working on your art and trying to make money, you need time to look after your appearance. You need the time to cook or find good food – and I mean good for body and soul, not just for the soul- and find an exercise that doesn’t feel like an exercise; something that your body will feel like a natural necessity rather than an obligation. I found mine. But unfortunately going out dancing can be a challenge if all your friends are pub-loving people. Swimming is also great but for me the commute to the pool and the drying process takes so much time and I also feel so blissfully sleepy afterwards. Oh, and don’t forget the colds we seem to catch in the winter.

* Sleep:

– How many hours please you? Let’s say we are not one of those genius folks who figured out how to happily get the energy they need with only 4-5 hours. We need 7-8. Or even 8.5. That already takes 1/3 of the day!

* Traffic & Commute

– Do you live in a big city? Well, mine is one of the biggest in population and it is not small either so the traffic gives me nightmares. It even takes so much more time than it should. Even if all you have planned out is a cup of coffee with a pal, you still have to get on the road.

* Friends, Nightlife and Romance

Social life. I love going out, whether at night or in daylight. I love spending hours with my friends,just chatting away or drinking. I also love going out at night and who can deny the adrenaline you get from flirting with a hot stranger. Or you could be in a serious relationship,which means you need to devote quite sometime to the person you have welcomed to your life. Are you adding up all the hours we need? And we haven’t finished yet…

*Depression

– If you tend to have an overworking imagination, you probably have the tendency to get depressed. Not just the type of blues depicted in pop songs, but more like the nightmarish type that gave inspiration to some rocks songs and definitely grunge. Remember how happy Kurt Cobain was? No, I am not a fan. My favorite band is actually Bon Jovi. But depression happens to the both of us. If Jim Carrey went through it, it is only natural to expect to hit rock bottom once in a while. The upside is, we experience most feelings more strongly than the others and that helps us create. The downside is,the extremity of the blues can be suffocating. So in between the blocks we get into with our creations, the energy we lose to our not so perfect biology, we also have to maintain our sanity. Which can be tricky when life doesn’t go your way. And how often does life seem to go out its way to please you anyway?

* The people who love to try and change our minds

– Just today my dad was hinting I should get a regular job. And he means well. He also knows I am happy right where I’m- trying to make my dreams come true and living my life the way I want to. We all have people around us who seem to think that they know what’s best for us. People who think this is just a crazy phase. Or people who just get a kick of depressing others because they are miserable in their own lives… Whatever. People talk. As determined as we can be, it is still downright annoying that most people don’t respect the path you have chosen. You can learn to avoid them, or block out what they tell you but even that takes time and energy.

Have I left something out? Yeah.If you are married and/or with child(ren), your situation is a lot harder. Then there’s the housework…Or maybe you have to take care of an elderly relative too? Things are difficult enough when you can afford to be selfish. So seriously, how do we do it? How do we stay healthy, focused, good-looking, stress free, successful and driven? How do we multi-task and manage time to perfection? Of course we also need activities that are just for fun,just for the minute…So what do I suggest? I am a little hyper so maximizing action and living in the fast lane works for me. I talk fast,move fast,get stuff done fast. I read on the public transport, I write whenever I’m alone. Of course I am forced to slow down at times, like when I get sick or the stuff I need to do involves other people. But I try to make the best of the mere 24 hours I’ve. Coffee helps. Dancing myself to the oblivion gives me thrills and burns me calories. Am I always successful? Hell,no. Look at the title. But I’ll be damned if I let anyone or anything steer my course…

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Filed Under: Dreams and Careers Tagged With: Bon Jovi, Bon Jovi these days, dreams, effciency, financing dreams, health and exercise, Jim Carrey, Kurt Cobain, making dreams come true, money vs time, multi-tasking, these days, time management

Stories behind songs

Posted on August 22, 2009 Written by ripitup

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I love a song with good lyrics. Vocals and music are incediblty important to me too, but I am not one of those people who don’t pay attention to the lyrics. Because the story is right there. Since I am a rock fan, the songs I listen to are full of different stories. Romantic, funny, passionate, dreamy, hopeless, hopeful…it can go on forever. But sometimes the lycris are not talking about what you thing they are or sometimes the situation is deeper than you think.

Think about the start of this century. Before the downloading mania. New CDs could be expensive so often I would stick to old casettes. And I remember the funny looks on the clerks’ faces when I looked for Poison. God forbid-if you listen to something from the 80s and 90s. Of course some bands remain more popular through the years like Bon Jovi or Metallica. But when you go to a person who is only aware of eithert the current charts or just know the 70 stuff like Zeppelin and Floyd, you are in for a funny reaction. Anyhow, I searched and finally found a Poison album.It was the best of. And the band had thought of including the stories behind the songs.

* “Life goes on” :

I used this song in a story of mine (Yeah, I write stories with dialogues and write the name of the song that I think will go with the scene). The character is slowly coming to terms with her boyfriend’s death. It has been a little over a year. She was madly in love with him and surviving his loss has been an extremely painful process. The lyrics go something like this:

“So I pretend youre here by my side, tonight on this lonely ride…I keep telling myself that :

Life goes on while youre miles away and I need you
Time goes on as night steals the day Theres nothing I can do.”

* ” Something to believe in” :

It has a similar story.  It is also about loss, having been written after a loss of band members’ friends:

“I tried all night not to break down and cry
As the tears rolled down my face
I felt so cold and empty
Like a lost soul out of place”

“Every rose has its thorn” :

However, “Every rose has its thorn” has the fun story. The lyrics contain these verses:

“Every rose has its thorn
Just like every night has its dawn
Just like every cowboy sings his sad, sad song
Every rose has its thorn”

We naturally think the girl is the rose and the thorns are her flaws and/or the difficulties in their relationships.It turns out the girl is thorn and the rose is poison’ s career: the girl dumped bret for a guywwiith more money. then the song becomes a hit and bret becomes more popular than that guy will ever be.It is not a romantic song. It is just mistaken for one.

“You give love a bad name”:

* This Bon Jovi song is rumored to have been written after Diane Lane, with whom Jon Bon Jovi dated before marrying his wife. Watching Diane’ s movies, she just seems so pretty and sweet- well, but I guess she does give love a bad name in the movie “Unfaithful” where she cheats on her husband (played by Richard Gere). I am pretty sure if I was Diane and Jon wrote a song like this about me, I would be pissed. But being a die-hard Bon Jovi fan; all I can say is:the story behind the song doesn’t matter much here. It is fantastic and and an all-time classic:

“Shot through the heart
And youre to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name”

Diane Lane and Jon Bon Jovi. So 80s.
Diane Lane and Jon Bon Jovi. So 80s.

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Filed Under: Rock n' Roll (and Music in general) Tagged With: Bon Jovi, Diane Lane, Every rose has its thorn, Jon Bon Jovi, Poison, Poison greatest hits

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