Posted by PrttyBrd on December 12, 2009 at 11:21am
The black sky turns navy, turns blueIt is tomorrowToday is yesterdayYet it does not feel in the pastStill fresh, it lingersIt taints the morning with its unanswered questionsWith its thoughts weighing heavily in the airIt is hard to breatheBarely notice the rising sunRoosters crow in the distanceCold permeates the roomSeeping through the walls,Like the ghost of ChristmasChilled and AgedNot as fine as wineYet more than sour grapesMay the heavy head be cleared with the fog
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Posted by PrttyBrd on December 12, 2009 at 11:08am
Trying so hard to reach a goalBaby steps feel like failureFailure turns into painPain begets more painStress dilutes happinessHappiness is fleetingA glance here and a smile therePerhaps it can melt away all the uglyPerhaps notWill the world end if things are left unfinished?Everything to everyoneIt all seems so realIs it?How can it be so?No one will run if it is left undone"No" is not a bad wordNo need to fearNo place to hideThe soul can be freeJust let it go
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Posted by mojo alien on December 9, 2009 at 9:00am
I love PF from 1967-83, but just a bit more with Syd. I always thought of PF very innovative & clever all around, but more sophisticated with Syd, no doubt. I wrote a lyric 1-2 yrs after he had died. I did the best I could, but I will let u decide? U can check it out below with the rest of my work. I've wondered what PF would've been like through the yrs if Syd was still with them. I think that maybe David Bowie was & is a mirror image of Barrett. Syd was brilliant, an artist!
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Here, in the darkness, surrounded by mechanical whirring sounds I feel...alone. Not lonely, just alone. Quiet sleeping children offer peace in their slumber. If I listen closely, there is music in their breathing, for none of them sleep in true silence. I am missing the conductor, the leader of the band, the loudest of them all. Tonight, there is a noticeable drop in the volume of ambient sound. And I, alone, have noticed. It is unsettling. With no prior knowledge of the soothing properties of such nocturnal noises, the lack of them has lead to insomnia. I thought the loudest had been keeping me awake. Perhaps this is only when it is loud enough to wake me in the first place. Now, I close my eyes and long to slip into the ethereal dreamscape. The only thought looming above me is the fact that there are three more silent nights to lie awake. And upon the return of the midnight rumbler, I will finally be able to rest. There is nothing quite like the mimicked sound of distant thunder in your ear. The question is: will I then have to trade sleep for service?
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Hello everyone,On my way home from vacation today, I picked up a cup of coffee and a magazine as I usually do. My magazine of choice is most likely National Geographic or Spin, but this morning Spin won the battle hands down: Thom Yorke was on the cover, staring at me from the shelves! Giddy with excitement (hoping to read a little tidbit about the new work he/Radiohead is doing), I swipe it and purchase it right away. However, as I pull it out on the plane, I finally read the captions: "Inconvenient truths: Radiohead can do wrong!"And my purchase, all of a sudden, felt so dirty.Initially I was filled with angry confusion at this allegation; I barely wanted to read the article. So I tried to ignore it and read the other articles about up-and-coming indie bands and show reviews. Inevitably, however, I stumbled upon the article. I decided to be a responsible critic and read the other side of the story...The article, written by Chris Norris, is titled "MYTH: Radiohead are the most important, visionary band in the world. REALITY: Radiohead wish they were special." What a cleverly ironic and inappropriate statement there, Chris. Already I was fuming, simply due to the fact that Radiohead has said time and time again they do not wish for the amount fame and prestige they have now. It almost killed them, especially Thom. Also, "Creep" was the blessing covered in sludge that would haunt the band forever; the song that would and will unfortunately (though it is a good song, don't get me wrong) define the band to the masses. Usage of that song in the ironic contradiction was almost contradictory to the article itself...it lacked proof of depth of analysis.Moving on. I highly, highly recommend you read the article for yourself (Spin Magazine Dec 2009), but if I have to sum it up in a few points:*The albums after "OK Computer" essentially sound the same and are based on the same musical principles*The band contradicted itself when they stopped the pay-what-you-want online basis for "In Rainbows" and started selling hard copies in stores, making them less revolutionary than they'd like to be seen*They are putting on a show full of revolutionary ideas that seem to never be fulfilled or justified (the online experiment, experimentation with electronic music, "The eraser")*The audience seems to be more excited by the oldies rather than the new work*They fail to "settle for good" in exchange for being "special", which apparently is not respectable.Ta fucking da.Okay, so after reading the article, I was surprisingly relieved to know that the author was not a completely ignorant Radiohead-basher, which is what I was afraid of. There are too many people who choose to ignore the band simply because of how prominent they seem; they do not want to become the 3 millionth person to fall into the musical trap that is Radiohead. And I had to recognize that it is the fans like me who are scaring people like Chris into silence about how they truly feel about Radiohead, so I applaud him for having the balls to write this, and well. His points are somewhat understandable. I can see how the band may seem after stopping their online experiment with In Rainbows and selling CDs in store--hypocritical. After OK Computer, the influence of electronica and innovative technique weaved its way into the minds of Radiohead and it would forever change their sound, which may or may not sound similar to some.In a regular blog, I would pose my argument here. However, Spin has also alerted readers that if they have their opinions about the article(s) that they should write a response to the magazine, and they will print the best ones in the next issue. This is where I will place my carefully laid out rebuttal to this story. It will take time, and I definitely do not want to come off as a blindly obsessed Radiohead fan by thrashing Chris for ever taking them from their throne. Informed and open-minded is the way to go. I don't want to necessarily declare them the most immaculate of bands (though I may or may not believe so in my own eyes), but I do want to acknowledge their justified musical genius, innovation, and intelligence, as well as their constant longing to break away from the mainstream music industry.I will post my work on the same blog when it's finished, hopefully soon. I feel like no one will read it, but that's okay. I'm a writer; I'm pretty used to unacknowledged work, haha. But I'll feel as if I've done something for them, whether it gets read or not. Post any comments you feel are contributive or simply because you'd like to!In defense of the band I love, here goes.XX, Mo
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I'm really mad at myself. I feel like I've been afraid of ... everything for so long. At the same time I have no idea what it is that I'm actually afraid of. This fear conquers my entire life though. It keeps me from doing a lot of the things I WANT to do. I'm so scared of... something. Even worse I know if I don't do something about it soon I'm going to grow up and be that person who hates them self because I'll be thinking "what if" all the time. What if I had done that, what if I had said that.... damnit, and hold on to some form of regret for not doing everything I always wanted to. I don't know what holds me back though. It's myself for sure. It's definitely in my head... I don't know how to get it out.
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Once we found a place to sit this was a fantastic experience. No-one sat down for long anyway and we had a fantastic view of a great show. There will probably be a DVD release because there were loads of cameras there.Some people seemed to think the set was on the short side, but there were a few instrumentals which may account for that.The new stuff from 'The Resistance' was so superior to hearing it on the album it's no wonder that Muse are consistently considered one of the best Live Bands.A good selection of older stuff too with one of my all time favourites - 'Plug in Baby'Muse Set List Madrid 28th November 2009 Courtesy setlist.fm1. Uprising2. Resistance3. New Born Headup Riff4. Map Of The Problematique Who knows who riff5. Supermassive Black Hole6. MK Ultra7. Interlude8. Hysteria9. Niche10. United States Of Eurasia11. Feeling Good12. Guiding Light13. Helsinki Jam14. Undisclosed Desires15. Starlight16. Plug In Baby17. Time Is Running Out ( Status Quo's Burning bridges cover before it )18. Unnatural SelectionEncore18 .Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 1: Overture19. Stockholm Syndrome20. Knights of Cydonia (Man with a harmonica intro)
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