Showing posts with label Broooooce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Broooooce. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 08, 2010
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Thursday, December 04, 2008
Can A Brotha Get 900 Posts Up in Here ?!!?
That's right folks, this, right here that you are reading, right now, this very second..Is the 900th post here at Sandwich Flats.
900?
900.
Wow. 900. that's like waaay more than 20. And to think, I have only been blogging for 6 months!! I'm kidding, of course...I have been blogging since the mid aughts.
900 posts. What a colossal waste of letters and numbers, and boldface type and italics and links. I waste it all here at the Flats. And you, dear readers are all complicit in the waste-osity. You know it, and I know it, only you don't know that I know it, and I don't know that you know I know it. I just blew your mind, didn't I ? Sure i did.
Now, you would think that with a somewhat arbitrary milestone like a 900th post, that the responsible blogger would certainly come up with some groundbreaking post, one that spins the blog off into some uncharted new direction. You would think that, and you might be right. But we are not talking about a responsible blogger here, we are talking about Paticus, the one responsible for Sandwich Flats...The one who thinks everyone might give a shit about meeting his ties.
So today's post will be more random, pointless crap. Like this poster from the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame movie about a teacher with Tourette's Syndrome, "Front Of The Class"
What were they thinking with this poster ? Did a 3rd grader win a photoshop contest ? Would it really have been that hard to have the actors pose for this picture on set ? It looks like Patricia Heaton & Jimmy Wolk went to Walgreen's and used the photo kiosk to superimpose themselves into a hallway. Or like they went to Yearbook Yourself! I'm sorry, I expect more from the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It's a HALL OF FAME fer gosh sakes!! C'mon, people!
And next, I'm gonna share a video with you. Well, it's actually the song I'm sharing, as the video is just a still of a poster( a very cool poster, by the way...I'm talking to YOU Hallmark Hall of Fame) from "the Wrestler" starring Mickey Rourke(which looks like a great movie, by the way. Man, can that motherfucker act when he wants to.), but the song is the title track to the movie by none other than New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen, and it is a great song. I keep listening to it over and over again. Check it out.
I think that's all I got today. Don't worry, they'll be 900 more. Mwah-ha-ha !!!
900?
900.
Wow. 900. that's like waaay more than 20. And to think, I have only been blogging for 6 months!! I'm kidding, of course...I have been blogging since the mid aughts.
900 posts. What a colossal waste of letters and numbers, and boldface type and italics and links. I waste it all here at the Flats. And you, dear readers are all complicit in the waste-osity. You know it, and I know it, only you don't know that I know it, and I don't know that you know I know it. I just blew your mind, didn't I ? Sure i did.
Now, you would think that with a somewhat arbitrary milestone like a 900th post, that the responsible blogger would certainly come up with some groundbreaking post, one that spins the blog off into some uncharted new direction. You would think that, and you might be right. But we are not talking about a responsible blogger here, we are talking about Paticus, the one responsible for Sandwich Flats...The one who thinks everyone might give a shit about meeting his ties.
So today's post will be more random, pointless crap. Like this poster from the upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame movie about a teacher with Tourette's Syndrome, "Front Of The Class"
What were they thinking with this poster ? Did a 3rd grader win a photoshop contest ? Would it really have been that hard to have the actors pose for this picture on set ? It looks like Patricia Heaton & Jimmy Wolk went to Walgreen's and used the photo kiosk to superimpose themselves into a hallway. Or like they went to Yearbook Yourself! I'm sorry, I expect more from the Hallmark Hall of Fame. It's a HALL OF FAME fer gosh sakes!! C'mon, people!And next, I'm gonna share a video with you. Well, it's actually the song I'm sharing, as the video is just a still of a poster( a very cool poster, by the way...I'm talking to YOU Hallmark Hall of Fame) from "the Wrestler" starring Mickey Rourke(which looks like a great movie, by the way. Man, can that motherfucker act when he wants to.), but the song is the title track to the movie by none other than New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen, and it is a great song. I keep listening to it over and over again. Check it out.
I think that's all I got today. Don't worry, they'll be 900 more. Mwah-ha-ha !!!
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
School Of Rock:Brooooooooooooooce !!!!!
Bruce kicks ass live.
Let's just get that out of the way first. There may be some equals, but I don't know that there is anyone who puts on a better show than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band does(or is it do? neither looks right.) If you have never seen them live, you really should, it's well worth the money/effort.
I also happen to think he's a brilliant songwriter. I think he has written some of the greatest lyrics this side of Bob Dylan. Of course, he's a totally different type of lyricist than Dylan as well.
It's hard for me to write anything about him without slipping into drooling fanboydom, but I guess that's part of what School Of Rock is about too, isn't it?
As bad as my Bruce-itis is now, it was faaaar worse when I was in high school, at the height of Brucemania, after the release of "Born In The U.S.A.". I actually had the cover of "Born In the U.S.A." painted on the back of my jean jacket. Whoo-hoo !! I think I had a different Bruce concert t-shirt for each day of the week. How was I not a chick magnet ?
I remember we had to write this major paper on poetry for English class in 9th grade, and for one part of it we could choose our own poet, and I chose Mr. Springsteen. I think I dealt mostly with the songs on "Darkness On the Edge Of Town". I did get an "A", but that may have had more to do with my brilliant deconstruction of Ogden Nash's "The Camel".
Gee, I think this had a point when I started, I'm kinda rambling a bit now, I guess.
I think I have written at some point on this blog that what I love about him is that his music gives me hope. But it's not a naive hope. I mean, sure, "Thunder Road" and "Born To Run" are these sweeping, romantic tunes, but there's certain realism to them as well. In "Thunder Road", he tells the girl, "you ain't a beauty, but hey you're all right", and that "all the redemption he can offer is beneath this dirty hood", and the town in "Born to Run", "rips the bones from your back", and that's what they need to run from.
On his Video Anthology, he does an acoustic version of "Born To Run", which I will place below this paragraph,that is just gorgeous. In the intro(which is not included in the YouTube video-dammit), he talks about how the idea of running and never looking back was 'a nice romantic idea", but he realized that "after I put all those people in all those cars, I was gonna have to figure out someplace for them to go", and he talks about how "Born to Run" is about "two people trying to find their way home."
And it's interesting to hear him have that sort of take on it.
I also think he does a great job of capturing darkness and despair as well as hope, and it feels just as authentic. It does not come across as "trying" to be dark. In that way, I think, it feels like he's like the rest of us, he has light moments and dark moments, and we get a glimpse into all of them.
I doubt I have said all I can say about Bruce, so this may be continued, but right now, I'll leave you with a bit of the dark( a duet with Eddie Vedder, no less),
And a slightly lighter moment, where Broooooce makes a bit of fun of his sex symbol status.
Class dismissed...
Let's just get that out of the way first. There may be some equals, but I don't know that there is anyone who puts on a better show than Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band does(or is it do? neither looks right.) If you have never seen them live, you really should, it's well worth the money/effort.
I also happen to think he's a brilliant songwriter. I think he has written some of the greatest lyrics this side of Bob Dylan. Of course, he's a totally different type of lyricist than Dylan as well.
It's hard for me to write anything about him without slipping into drooling fanboydom, but I guess that's part of what School Of Rock is about too, isn't it?
As bad as my Bruce-itis is now, it was faaaar worse when I was in high school, at the height of Brucemania, after the release of "Born In The U.S.A.". I actually had the cover of "Born In the U.S.A." painted on the back of my jean jacket. Whoo-hoo !! I think I had a different Bruce concert t-shirt for each day of the week. How was I not a chick magnet ?
I remember we had to write this major paper on poetry for English class in 9th grade, and for one part of it we could choose our own poet, and I chose Mr. Springsteen. I think I dealt mostly with the songs on "Darkness On the Edge Of Town". I did get an "A", but that may have had more to do with my brilliant deconstruction of Ogden Nash's "The Camel".
Gee, I think this had a point when I started, I'm kinda rambling a bit now, I guess.
I think I have written at some point on this blog that what I love about him is that his music gives me hope. But it's not a naive hope. I mean, sure, "Thunder Road" and "Born To Run" are these sweeping, romantic tunes, but there's certain realism to them as well. In "Thunder Road", he tells the girl, "you ain't a beauty, but hey you're all right", and that "all the redemption he can offer is beneath this dirty hood", and the town in "Born to Run", "rips the bones from your back", and that's what they need to run from.
On his Video Anthology, he does an acoustic version of "Born To Run", which I will place below this paragraph,that is just gorgeous. In the intro(which is not included in the YouTube video-dammit), he talks about how the idea of running and never looking back was 'a nice romantic idea", but he realized that "after I put all those people in all those cars, I was gonna have to figure out someplace for them to go", and he talks about how "Born to Run" is about "two people trying to find their way home."
And it's interesting to hear him have that sort of take on it.
I also think he does a great job of capturing darkness and despair as well as hope, and it feels just as authentic. It does not come across as "trying" to be dark. In that way, I think, it feels like he's like the rest of us, he has light moments and dark moments, and we get a glimpse into all of them.
I doubt I have said all I can say about Bruce, so this may be continued, but right now, I'll leave you with a bit of the dark( a duet with Eddie Vedder, no less),
And a slightly lighter moment, where Broooooce makes a bit of fun of his sex symbol status.
Class dismissed...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Listen To the WHOLE Song, For The Love Of Mike !!!
People who write television shows and movies(and people who dedicate songs), really should listen to ALL of the words before doing so.
Just because a song has a touching chorus, that does NOT mean that it's a love song, or an appropriate love song anyway.
I was watching Gilmore Girls last night(yeah, I watch Gilmore Girls, you got a problem with that ?- though let me add, after the way this season has gone, I am glad it is ending), and they discussed something that actually happened on LAST week's show, but it bothered me then as well, and now with them actually bringing it up AGAIN, I just felt the need to say something about it.
Last week, there was karaoke, and Lorelei Gilmore sang Dolly Parton's song "I Will Always Love You". While she was singing it, Luke(whom she was engaged to, and broke up with, but is still clearly in love with) came in, and there was this "moment" where they looked at each other, and all that. And we all just KNOW that they will end up together.Very romantic, right ?
Well, here's the catch on that, if you actually listen to the VERSE to the song, the woman is LEAVING the man, because it is what is best for her(and perhaps for him.)
I Will Always Love You(Dolly Parton)
If I should stay,I would only be in your way.
So I’ll go, but I know
I’ll think of you every step of the way.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
Bittersweet memories
that is all I’m taking with me.
So, goodbye. Please, don’t cry
.We both know
I’m not what you, you need.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you’ve dreamed of.
And I wish to you,
joy and happiness.
But above all this,
I wish you love.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
So, not really all that appropriate a song for that moment, right ? But of course the chorus is "I-eeeee-I-eeeeee-I wil always love yooouoooououuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.", so of course, it's a love song about people meant to be together.
WRONG !!!!
Here is my all time favorite, though.
I cannot even count the number of times I heard on the radio back in the old days
"Yeah, I love the Zeppo and Bingo show and I'd like to dedicate R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" to my girlfriend, Cara. Cara, you're the best, I love you."
Again, check out OTHER words to the song, pal:
The One I Love(Berry,Buck,Mills,Stipe)
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire (she’s comin’ down on her own, now)
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
Another prop has occupied my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Yes, Cara, you are a simple prop to occupy my time. What a touching expression of undying love. I can almost gaurantee that someone used this song as their wedding song.
I also loved Reagan co-opting "Born In The U.S.A." in '84. Yeah, Ron, that's real pretty picture of America Bruce is painting there, isn't it ?
Born In The U.S.A.(Bruce Springsteen)
Born down in a dead man's town
The First kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
Til' you spend half your life covering up
Born in the USA
I was Born in the USA
I was Born In the USA
Born in the USA
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hands
Send me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the USA
I was Born in the USA
I was Born In the USA
I was Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "son if it was up to me
"Went down to see my V.A. man
he said "son don't you understand?"
I had a brother At Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in his arms now
Down in the shadows in the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm 10 years burning down the road
No where to run
Ain't got no where to go
Born in the USA
I was Born in the USA
I'm a long gone daddy in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
I'm a cool rocking daddy in the USA
Though that one worked, so I guess that's more sad than anything else.
What are some of your favorite misinterpretations/misuses of songs and their lyrics ?
Just because a song has a touching chorus, that does NOT mean that it's a love song, or an appropriate love song anyway.
I was watching Gilmore Girls last night(yeah, I watch Gilmore Girls, you got a problem with that ?- though let me add, after the way this season has gone, I am glad it is ending), and they discussed something that actually happened on LAST week's show, but it bothered me then as well, and now with them actually bringing it up AGAIN, I just felt the need to say something about it.
Last week, there was karaoke, and Lorelei Gilmore sang Dolly Parton's song "I Will Always Love You". While she was singing it, Luke(whom she was engaged to, and broke up with, but is still clearly in love with) came in, and there was this "moment" where they looked at each other, and all that. And we all just KNOW that they will end up together.Very romantic, right ?
Well, here's the catch on that, if you actually listen to the VERSE to the song, the woman is LEAVING the man, because it is what is best for her(and perhaps for him.)
I Will Always Love You(Dolly Parton)
If I should stay,I would only be in your way.
So I’ll go, but I know
I’ll think of you every step of the way.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
Bittersweet memories
that is all I’m taking with me.
So, goodbye. Please, don’t cry
.We both know
I’m not what you, you need.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I hope life treats you kind
And I hope you have all you’ve dreamed of.
And I wish to you,
joy and happiness.
But above all this,
I wish you love.
And I will always love you.
I will always love you.
I will always love you.
So, not really all that appropriate a song for that moment, right ? But of course the chorus is "I-eeeee-I-eeeeee-I wil always love yooouoooououuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.", so of course, it's a love song about people meant to be together.
WRONG !!!!
Here is my all time favorite, though.
I cannot even count the number of times I heard on the radio back in the old days
"Yeah, I love the Zeppo and Bingo show and I'd like to dedicate R.E.M.'s "The One I Love" to my girlfriend, Cara. Cara, you're the best, I love you."
Again, check out OTHER words to the song, pal:
The One I Love(Berry,Buck,Mills,Stipe)
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
A simple prop to occupy my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Fire (she’s comin’ down on her own, now)
This one goes out to the one I love
This one goes out to the one I’ve left behind
Another prop has occupied my time
This one goes out to the one I love
Yes, Cara, you are a simple prop to occupy my time. What a touching expression of undying love. I can almost gaurantee that someone used this song as their wedding song.
I also loved Reagan co-opting "Born In The U.S.A." in '84. Yeah, Ron, that's real pretty picture of America Bruce is painting there, isn't it ?
Born In The U.S.A.(Bruce Springsteen)
Born down in a dead man's town
The First kick I took was when I hit the ground
End up like a dog that's been beat too much
Til' you spend half your life covering up
Born in the USA
I was Born in the USA
I was Born In the USA
Born in the USA
Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hands
Send me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man
Born in the USA
I was Born in the USA
I was Born In the USA
I was Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man said "son if it was up to me
"Went down to see my V.A. man
he said "son don't you understand?"
I had a brother At Khe Sahn fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in his arms now
Down in the shadows in the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm 10 years burning down the road
No where to run
Ain't got no where to go
Born in the USA
I was Born in the USA
I'm a long gone daddy in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
Born in the USA
I'm a cool rocking daddy in the USA
Though that one worked, so I guess that's more sad than anything else.
What are some of your favorite misinterpretations/misuses of songs and their lyrics ?
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