captain hollywood project - flying high

Ah, this brings back school memories. This was a hit in our reunions when I was in the... 6th grade or somewhere around that. In times when the likes of Dr. Alban, DJ Bobo, La Bouche, Fun Factory, Caught in the Act, 2Unlimited and Snap! were ruling the European dancefloors. Everytime I listen to one of those songs it just means instant flashback. God, I was so young :))))))

For no reason at all, this song popped into my mind a couple of days ago and I couldn't get it out, though I was listening to something completely different on my player O_o so I thought... why not dig a bit into the faves of that era. No, I am NOT embarrassed. This is good shit.

aerosmith - cryin'

So... back for another (the how many-eth?) attempt.

I've already mentioned how Always got me hooked on music for good. Well... the first video I remember seeing, ever, was this one. It was back in the days when my brother was listening to music and especially a thing called rock, which of course made me hate that thing. And particularly a band named Aerosmith, who had an unplugged concert on that dreaded MTV station, which was watched at maximum volume while I had to keep quiet with the TV blasting in my ears. Ah well. It made me remember the band's name... and well, I saw this video and I freakin' liked it O_o. Though later I kept confusing Cryin' with Crazy. I guess these two are like November Rain and Don't Cry for Guns... Welcome to the Jungle and Livin' on the Edge rock, but it's November Rain/Don't Cry and Crazy/Cryin' that get the chicks :P

muse - sing for absolution

muse was a concert highlight. i blogged about it (or not) in my personal blog. picking just one song is hard, but sing for absolution is definitely one of my favourites. damn sensitive and touching song.

eminem - sing for the moment

This Eminem song rocks. Well, that's probably due to the guitar part being sampled from Aerosmith's Dream On. But you know what? As much as I like Aerosmith, I like Sing for the Moment better. It's... edgier.

midnight oil - beds are burning

No special reason for this song other than me liking it and me hearing it in the cab, while I was en route to hand in my final paper for my master's degree (yep, am about to finish the darn thing).

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep when our beds are burning?

pearl jam - i am mine

Ok, I can't really say I know much about grunge. I can't therefore say that I like it or not. The first (and for a long time only) Pearl Jam song I ever heard was back in grunge's heyday - it was of course Jeremy and I was barely in my teens. I had somewhat mixed feelings about it. I kind of liked it, but kind of... considered it unproper, I think.

I think a friend of mine sent me I Am Mine. It came on playing some while ago, which made me look for more Pearl Jam stuff. I like Eddie Vedder's voice, that much I can say. I am still in the process of listening to these guys, so I still can't tell you whether or not I like them and I definitely can't extend that to a whole genre, of which, wikipedia informs me, they are not completely representative. But this song has stuck with me. I don't want to withhold the lyrics from you, either.

The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind

The North is to South what the clock is to time
There's east and there's west and there's everywhere life
I know I was born and I know that I'll die
The in between is mine
I am mine

And the feeling, it gets left behind
All the innocence lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight

The ocean is full 'cause everyone's crying
The full moon is looking for friends at hightide
The sorrow grows bigger when the sorrow's denied
I only know my mind
I am mine

And the meaning, it gets left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
Significant, behind the eyes
There's no need to hide
We're safe tonight

And the feelings that get left behind
All the innocents broken with lies
Significance, between the lines
(We may need to hide)

And the meanings that get left behind
All the innocents lost at one time
We're all different behind the eyes
There's no need to hide

alice cooper - poison

Ooooooooookay, I'm back in the business :D.
I'm not even going to start telling you why I haven't blogged. But I'm back now and maybe I'll keep going for another couple of months before I take another break ;)

The choice of song is not random. July 1st (though four days ago) was the last concert day of the B'estival, an open air festival that promises to be held yearly in Bucharest. If it promises that, I promise to go, because I've had a really good time this year and enjoyed some really good performances. One of which belongs to shock-rocker grandpa Alice Cooper. That's right, the dude was painting his face and scaring over-concerned mums when the likes of Marylin Manson (with whom he shared the stage twice for a duet) and Slipknot were still peeing in their diapers.

So, this is the first song from the encore, one of the most looked forward to. Needless to say the crowd went hysterical (Oh, did I mention for the umpth time I had front row? And that I have one of Jason Hook's guitar picks?)