Peaches

Had a few rather serious tunes in my head this morning on my trip into the office but have thankfully been reminded of this little ditty.

"Peaches" by Presidents of the United States is one that you'd enjoy even more having seen the video. While open to much interpretation I'm going to say that picking country peaches may be a little easier than in the city? ;)

movin' to the country gonna eat a lot of peaches
i'm movin' to the country i'm gonna eat me a lot of peaches
i'm movin' to the country i'm gonna eat a lot of peaches
movin' to the country i'm gonna eat a lot of peaches
peaches come from a can they were put there by a man
in a factory downtown
if i had my little way i'd eat peaches everyday
sun soakin bulges in the shade

movin' to the country i'm gonna eat a lot of peaches
movin' to the country i'm gonna eat a lot of peaches
i'm movin to the country gonna eat a lot of peaches
movin' to the country gonna eat a lot of peaches

i took a little nap where the roots all twist
squished a rotten peach in my fist
and dreamed about you woman
i poked my finger down inside make a little room for a ant to hide
nature's candy in my hand or can or pie

Yeah, Yeah

Yeah, Yeah
millions of peaches peaches for me
millions of peaches peaches for free
millions of peaches peaches for me
millions of peaches peaches for free

look out

millions of peaches peaches for me
millions of peaches peaches for free
millions of peaches peaches for me
millions of peaches peaches for free

Regardless I want to see ninja's just jump out of the trees. Trust me, find the video.

Stay

Spent a lot of time watching movies this weekend. Seems that for some bizarre reason 40min was enough for Saturday night. Oh well... Moving between two movies in particular, "The Machinist and "Reality Bites".

The Machinist became somewhat predictable about half way in, but for me it really hit home that the poor guy hadn't slept in so, so very long. I his case, it would seem he'd committed an atrocity that he was unable to sleep. Eventually as everything unravels he finally falls asleep in the end. Wonder what I may have to do to get some sleep?

"Reality Bites" is one of those off the wall movies with random folk interacting with each other. It's a food example of how we can so often spend so much time looking in when we really should be taking a bit more notice of things around me.

"Stay" by Lisa Loeb is taken from Reality Bites and really made me think of what it is that I truly see. Is all I hear and see just what I want to?

You say I only hear what I want to
You say I talk so all the time so

And I thought what I felt was simple
And I thought that I don't belong
And now that I am leaving
Now I know that I did something wrong 'cause I missed you
Yeah yeah, I missed you

You say I only hear what I want to:
I don't listen hard, don't pay attention to the distance that you're running
To anyone, anywhere
I don't understand if you really care,
I'm only hearing negative
No, No, No, Bad

So I, I turned the radio on, I turned the radio up (turn the radio)
And this woman was singing my song:
Lover's in love and the other's run away
Lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay
Some of us hover when we weep for the other who was
Dying since the day they were born
Well, well, this is not that
I think that I'm throwing, but I'm thrown

And I thought I'd live forever, but now I'm not so sure
You try to tell me that I'm clever
But that won't take me anyhow, or anywhere with you

You said that I was naive and I thought that I was strong
I thought, "hey, I can leave, I can leave."
Oh, but now I know that I was wrong, 'cause I missed you
Yeah, I miss you

You said, "You caught me 'cause you want me and one day you'll let me go
"You try to give away a keeper, or keep me
'Cause you know you're just so scared to lose
And you say, "Stay."

You say I only hear what I want to

Do we only hear what we want to, desperately searching for a little rest when what we need to do is truly face reality, no matter what that may be.

Moment for Life

"Moment for Life" by Nicki Minaj is today's song.

There are two lines that really stick in my mind from this one, "Greatness is what we on the brink of" and "Cause everybody dies but not everybody lives". Ultimately we're all sitting on the edge of being awesome but for some, they never really take that last step. Years later when opportunity may have passed, many may reach an end and realise that they never really lived (well, not to the full greatness that they could have).

This theme is also present in the movie Treasure Planet when John Silver says of Jim Hawkins: "You got the makings of greatness in you, but you gotta take the helm and chart your own course! Stick to it, no matter the squalls! And when the time comes, you'll get the chance to really test the cut of your sails and show what you're made of! And... well, I hope I'm there, catching some of the light coming off you that day."

We all have the making of greatness, sometimes we need to be the one charting a course, or at times simply catching a bit of light because sometimes that's the best way to see forward.

I fly with the stars in the skies
I am no longer trying to survive
I believe that life is a prize
But to live doesn't mean you're alive
Don't worry 'bout me and who I fire
I get what I desire, it's my empire
And yes I call the shots, I am the umpire
I sprinkle holy water upon the vampire
In this very moment I'm king
In this very moment I slay Goliath with the sling
In this very moment I bring, put it on everything
I will retire with the ring
And I will retire with the crown, yes
No, I'm not lucky, I'm blessed, yes
Clap for the heavy weight champ, me
But I couldn't do it all alone, we
Young money raised me, threw about and praised me
South side Jamaica, Queens and it's crazy
Cause I'm still hood, Hollywood couldn't change me
Shout out to my haters, sorry
That you couldn't phase me
Ain't being cocky, we just being sophisticated
Best believe that what we done this moment
Will by syndicated, I don't know
This night just remind me of
Everything they deprived me of
Put your drinks up
It's a celebration every time we link up
We done did everything they could think of
Greatness is what we on the brink of

Wish that I could have this moment
For life, for life, for life
Cause in this moment I just feel so
Alive, alive, alive

Wish that I could have this moment
For life, for life, for life
Cause in this moment I just feel so
Alive, alive, alive

When I tell them hoes bow, bow, bow to me
Drop down to your knees
Young Money, the mafia, that's what the world sees
I'm in a Dominican, they call me Ortiz
Throwing talk at all these pregnant bitches
Just aiming at 'em to please
Shout out to the C.O, 500 degrees
Shout out to the Homie though we on separate teams
Niggas wanna be friends, I could waste the denim
It was supposed to be all year
We didn't get the memo
A young king, pay me in gold
Forty got a bunch of weed, he ain't even rolled
These niggas be dropping sounds
They ain't even cold
Wheezy on top and that nigga ain't even home
Yet, yeah, be very afraid
These other rappers getting bodied & carried away
Fuck it, me and Nicki may get married today
And all the bitches that be
Hating can catch the bouquet
Ooh, yeah, you a star in my eyes
You and all them white girls, party of five
Are we drinking a little more alcohol, you decide
I can't believe we really made it
I'm partly surprised
I swear, damn, this one for the books
Man, I swear this shit as fun as it looks, man
I'm really trying to make it more than what it is
Cause everybody dies but not everybody lives

Wish that I could have this moment
For life, for life, for life
Cause in this moment I just feel so
Alive, alive, alive

Wish that I could have this moment
For life, for life, for life
Cause in this moment I just feel so
Alive, alive, alive

This is my moment
I waited all my
Life, I can tell it's time
Drifting away, I'm
One with the sunsets
I have become alive

Wish that I could have this moment
For life, for life, for life
Cause in this moment I just feel so
Alive, alive, alive

Wish that I could have this moment
For life, for life, for life
Cause in this moment I just feel so
Alive, alive, alive

There's only one way to truly feel alive... that's simply to live.

Bob

You just can't beat Weird Al, the guy is quite simply a genius.

Bob is Weird Al's parody of the Bob Dylan track "Subterranean Homesick Blues". It is quite simply a song that's started with the palindrome "Bob" and the entire song can be read line for line backwards. Only Weird Al could come up with something that seems so random yet really does fit the whole theme that has been Bob's career to date.

I, man, am regal a German am I
Never odd or even
If I had a hi-fi
Madam, I'm Adam
Too hot to hoot
No lemons, no melon
Too bad I hid a boot
Lisa Bonet ate no basil
Warsaw was raw
Was it a car or a cat I saw?

Rise to vote, sir
Do geese see God?
"Do nine men interpret?" "Nine men," I nod
Rats live on no evil star
Won't lovers revolt now?
Race fast, safe car
Pa's a sap
Ma is as selfless as I am
May a moody baby doom a yam?

Ah Satan sees Natasha
No devil lived on
Lonely Tylenol
Not a banana baton
No "x" in "Nixon"
O, stone, be not so
O Geronimo, no minor ego
"Naomi", I moan
"A Toyota's a Toyota"
A dog, a panic in a pagoda

Oh, no! Don Ho!
Nurse, I spy gypsies -- run!
Senile felines
Now I see bees I won
UFO tofu
We panic in a pew
Oozy rat in a sanitary zoo
God! A red nugget! A fat egg under a dog!
Go hang a salami, I'm a lasagna hog

I've never had UFO tofu... should I try it sometime? But no matter what, A Toyota's a Toyota.

Sweet Child of Mine

Originally a Guns 'n Roses track, I have to confess that while panned by man I prefer the Sheryl Crow cover of "Sweet Child of Mine". Not to mention I just love her hair.

Essentially nothing more than a poem set to a tuning riff, but possibly the 'Roses greatest hit. Funny how the simplest things often have the greatest impact.

Originally written for Axl's girlfriend, Sheryl's version was used in the movie "Big Daddy". Possibly another reason I prefer her version as it does seem to change meaning. Ultimately I just loved the way in the movie the grown up has to grow up a bit to better look after the little kid, but without having to lose any childhood charm

She's got a smile that it seems to me
Reminds me of childhood memories
Where everything
Was as fresh as the bright blue sky
Now and then when I see her face
she takes me away to that special place
And if I stare too long
I'd probably break down and cry

woah oh oh
Sweet child o' mine
woah oh oh oh
Sweet love of mine

(short guitar solo)

She's got eyes of the bluest skies
As if they thought of rain
I hate to look into those eyes
And see an ounce of pain
Her hair reminds me of a warm safe place
Where as a child I'd hide
And pray for the thunder
And the rain
To quietly pass me by

woah oh oh
Sweet child o' mine
woah oh oh oh
Sweet love of mine

(short guitar solo)

woah oh oh oh
Sweet child o' mine
woah oh oh
Sweet love of mine

woah oh oh oh
Sweet child o' mine
woah oh oh
Sweet love of mine

(guitar solo)

Where do we go
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Where do we go

Where do we go now
Where do we go now
Where do we go
Sweet child o' mine
o Where do we go now
ah ah aiai ai ai
Where do we go now
Where do we go

Where do we go now
Where do we go now
where do we go
where do we go now
now now now now now now now
sweet child
sweet child of mine

Little people remains awesome and continue to remind me of the good childhood memories.

1000 Miles

I'm still a sucker for anything that's rocked out on a piano. It's easily the greatest of all instruments, well, at least I think so.

"1,000 Miles" by Vanessa Carlton has to be one of those that really sticks with you for a while. Just how far would you go to find someone that's been lost?

How far would I be willing to go? Well, every journey starts with a single step, after that who's really counting. As long as you eventually get there. I'm still not so sure that time heals, but perhaps it is each step of those thousand miles that really does the job.

Alternatively you can always try the Vanilla Sky cover of this song. As an Italian band their pronunciation is terrible, but you still get the song.

Making my way downtown
I'm walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd

And I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight

It's always times like these
When I think of you
And I wonder
If you ever
Think of me

'Cause everything's so wrong
And I don't belong
Living in your
Precious memories

'Cause I need you
And I miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
Tonight

And I, I
Don't want to let you know
I, I
Drown in your memory
I, I
Don't want to let this go
I, I
Don't....

Making my way downtown
Walking fast
Faces passed
And I'm home bound

Staring blankly ahead
Just making my way
Making a way
Through the crowd

I still need you
I still miss you
And now I wonder....

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass us by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you...

If I could fall
Into the sky
Do you think time
Would pass me by
'Cause you know I'd walk
A thousand miles
If I could
Just see you
If I could
Just hold you
Toniiiiiight!!

Do memories fade as time passes by? Do we at times forget to take the next step in fear of getting further from our starting point?

Schnaps

Today is Beerday... finally!!

So as a tribute I'm going to a real drinking song. "Schnaps" by Onkel Tom Angelripper has to be considered a classic.

While sung in German, the idea is easily translated. Very loosely translated, the character calls out for a schnapps just before he passes away. Ultimately, "Schnapps was his last word before the angels came to take him away". Hey, if you're gonna go, you might as well do it on your own terms and have drink on the way out.

Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.
Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.

Und so kam er in den Himmel, man hat ihm nichts serviert,
gegen diese Art Behandlung hat der Lümmel protestiert.

Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.
Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.

Und so kam er in die Hölle, und sein Durst der wurd’ zur Qual
aber außer heißem Schwefel gab es nichts in dem Lokal.

Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.
Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.

Und so irrt er durch das Weltall, voller Tränen im Gesicht,
denn da wimmelt’s von Raketen, aber Kneipen gibt es nicht.

Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.
Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.

Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.
Schnaps, das war sein letztes Wort, dann trugen ihn die Englein fort.

I wonder if my last words might be "Grouse!!". Who knows... wonder if anyone would ever write a song about it?