Crazy Beatles Cover :Darling By The Beatles

I remember one time, my brothers and I went to Club Dredd on a Saturday night and the place was packed. Onstage was a bad with really drunk lead singer who long frizzy hair and was doing crazy moves as he sang. He really had the crowd going as he belted out the song with raw emotion. When we were watching him, we were both applauding and laughing at his crazy antics as he sang his song. That song was "Darling" by the Beatles.

There are several Beatles tunes that I like and some of them I have entered in my blog, but this one I had a new appreciation for thanks to that guy. Whenever it got played on 24K, I can't help bursting out in laughter at the way he gyrating on stage and all the girls screamed back then. you can also say that this song is a cry for desperation when someone wants to break it off. As I have blogged before, if it won't work don't force it. I wouldn't be surprised if anyone listening to this song after a breakup is in run down bar guzzling down a case of beer to drown his or her sorrows.

It always makes me feel good whenever I hear my favorite 24K songs on the weekend as it takes the years off me and I feel like a kid again. I just hope that the management would allow tunes that were played during the 70's and even the 60's to be played on this program again. All of them are gems to me because they remind of the good times and good people I spent those times with. As for those who listen to this song on the verge of a break-up, lots of luck with getting it together.

Forrest Gump Syndrome: Let Her Cry By Hootie And The Blowfish

One of my favorite movies during the 1990's was Forrest Gump which won Best Pictures at the Oscars. It was one of the best "feel good" movies that I've seen and also one of the most inspiring because for all those things to happen to a one person is nothing short of a miracle. The only thing that I didn't like was the way Jenny kept treating him by always leaving him even when he was always good to her. Although they finally married, she died due to a virus which we all know today as A.I.D.S. I have to hand it to Forrest for his undying devotion and love for someone keeps running away and always gets intoxicated which is something that I don't think I can handle. When I see that movie and the awkward relationship that they have, I remember the song, "Let Her Cry" by Hootie And The Blowfish.

This song goes out to all those who love someone with either a "habit" or problem. You must really love a person this problematic if you willing to go through this kind of relationship where you have to put up with a very volatile partner cause if they're not making a scene, they're probably passed out and made a heck of a mess. Sometimes though it will get to you when things go too one-sided and you call on all your inner strength to keep on going. It's hard but if it they're worth it, you would go through and endure everything in this one-sided affair.

You can say this is another reason why I don't go into relationships, let alone get married. These days, things get too one-sided and only one person does all the effort. Relationships for me are a team thing and although we should support our partners, they should be aware when we are the ones hurting. We have feelings too and we need some time to sort things out just the way they do when they get intoxicated and what not. Despite, we all need some time out for ourselves and when see people we care about get into a dark and sorrowful mood, let's give them time to get it together when they cry, let them cry.


Let Her Cry - Hootie And The Blowfish

When It Really Hurts: Heartbreaker By Grand Funk Railroad

There were a lot of times when I think about the what could'ves in my life that never came to be. Especially when it comes to the times when I got dumped alot. Whenever that happens, at best I feel like a deflated balloon and at worse, like I was punched with recoiless rifle at pointblank range. Inshort, my heart just fell to peaces on the floor. That's the idea with I get when I hear the song "Heartbreaker" by Gran Funk Railroad.

For anyone who saw their world come apart, this is the song that they should listen. No other song express the agony and grief one fells during a heartbreak. I wouldn't be surprised if someone out there was listening to this song in a smelly bar with case of beer of a couple of large bottles of whiskey at high volume adding to the need to drink to the death. If the dumpee is a health buff, I'm not surprise if he's either bench-pressing twice his body weight or punched a hole through the punching bag out of rage. Either way, when it really hurts, you need to let it out.

Sometimes you try to put on a brave face and try to gracious about your loss. Eventually though, it will come to a point where your pent-up grief and boils over and you don't even care if you go crazy but you don't want to pretend anymore and want to just get it out of your system. As crazy as it is, it's still part of the healing process. Once it out of your system, then you can really get yourself together and go on with your life. Sure heartaches are bad, but it's still part of life and what is important is that we learn from it in the end.

Grand Funk Railroad - Heartbreaker (Live in 1974)
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Need Time To Heal: Take It Easy On Me By The Little River Band

A couple of days ago, I blogged about letting a partner go when the relationship was going nowhere and how it was best for both parties involved. Still once it ends, it isn't that easy to get over the hurt. This is true when you see or bump into your ex and all of a sudden emotions start to flood your very being and you feel like some venom incapacitated you. It hurts even more when they awkardly say goodbye and hurry off, leaving you standing there holding back the grief. Whenever I think of those situations, I remember the song "Take It Easy On Me" by the Little River Band.

A lot of times, I play this song when things don't turn out well for me, especially during relationships. It really hurts when you the fish escapes you're line, no matter how hard you pull. It's even worse when you go to places that remind you of your ex which used to be fun but now becomes hollow after that person has left you. Although, you know you made the right the decision, when the brake-up or the rejection is still recent, everything else is a blurr and even if you have other things to attend to, the pain is so intense that the world just stops and you find shelter where you can let it all out. First comes the numbness followed by the sorrow as the memories of what was flow out of your body through your tears as you surrender to the hurt.

Time heals all wounds and eventually we get over it because we should. In time, we just chalk it up as one of life's lessons about relationships. If there's anything I've learned from experiences like these is that we need time to heal and we shouldn't lie to ourselves that it's nothing. Just take a moment and let it all out before doing anything else. We will rise above it later on and continue with our lives. In the meantime, just take it easy on the individual because this is really hard to accept.

EDSA's Animal Farm: Talking About A Revolution By Tracy Chapman

Right now we celebrate the EDSA Revolution where 23 years ago, People flocked to EDSA and through peaceful means ousted Dictator Ferdinand Marcos from power. Remember I was in third year high shcool when that happened. When people gathered in EDSA, me and my family went went and we took part in a three day historic event that changed my country. Unfortunately, it failed to take advantage of the golden opportunity we had to make real changes in this country and as a consequence, things are worse off now than before. When I think of the time when it started, I remember Tracy Chapman's song "Talking About A Revolution".

We were hailed by the world because we were able to achieve our goal without the use of violence and when that happened, all we needed to do was make real change come about. Unfortunately, we underestimated the old status quo and some of our so-called heroes started to show their true color and once again plunged this country into new lows which have gotten deeper today due to the world financial crisis. The worst part is opportunist think that anotherEDSA is the answer to the problem. If that's what they think, the method of a peaceful revolt will now be manipulated by so-called power seekers and the worse part is they're using the people and the concept of people power for their own personal gain which tragic.

Nowadays whenever EDSA rolls by, it saddens me that we did not make full use of the opportunity that we had achieved 23 years. If we keep on using people power a tool for change the way we have, we will never have a legimate government and the people will be manipulated once again to change one dictator with another. People need to open their eyes if they want real change to happen. If not then, we've proven that George Orwell's book Animal Farm is true and it's happening now as once lauded movement have been corrupted by the powerhungry who are using the masses for their own gain.

Tracy Chapman - Talking bout a revolution
by jarode125

Before You Say I Do: Love Rears Its Ugly Head By Living Color

I remember when I was younger, I read an article in Reader's Digest regarding how men feel or think about love. While some praised love as great feeling that makes one complete, others scorn it because a lot of times, they have felt vulnarable and weak. For these guys, love wasn't so kind to them since many of them have are still reeling from the hurt caused by love. Sad to say, there are times when love can be just as cruel as sorrow or rage. That's the idea I get when I hear the song "Love Rears It's Ugly Head' by Living Color.

This song goes out to those who were victims of love. As I have blogged yesterday, you know you're on the losing end of love when things are out of your control and everything becomes so distant. The next thing you know you're in a cage of your own making and the final touch is when you say the words "I Do". I can relate to that part about waking up all sweaty from those two words. If that was real, you've just locked yourself up and thrown away the key.

Maybe I'm saying this because at the moment, I'm not ready for a relationship and I haven't found the right one yet. These days, the right one may not even be the one no matter how right that person seems to be. Right now, I like being in control even if my life is a mess at the moment. So long as I have my friends and family's love with me, that will be enough. Until then, love of that kind will have to wait because one mistake and it'll rear it's ugly head and it will be ugly.

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That Kind Of Love I Don't Need: Tainted Love By Soft Cell

Just because love is in the air, that doesn't mean it's always good. Love also has a bad side to it as well. You can tell when thing aren't so good when you always find yourself on the bad end of the relationship. Whenever something happens, you look like the fool in front of everybody while your so-called partner simply scurries off the background. When that happens, it's time to put your foot down and end this nonsense. That's what I feel when I hear the song "Tainted Love" by softcell.

These days when you look at relationships, very seldom do you see both sides benefitting from the union. For me, love becomes tainted when you feel that your mate either fools around behind your back or makes a martyr out of you just to get what they want. For me, trust and mutualism are very important if I'm going into a relationship because it's not fair for one person to always carry the burden or to just give in. What one person does for you, do the same for them and always be honest with them because they love you. When someone betrays me, they'll be lucky if I just walk away from it, because I'm a very open person and willing to accept criticisms for my mistakes but that doesn't mean they have the right to treat me that way and if they do, then their cowards who are not worth my time.

Trust is important to me and I want BOTH of us to be happy and for to happen we have to learn both be considerate and honest with each other. Although I'm not in a relationship, I do believe that if only one person is happy, that's not fair. Lately, I've learned that it is important to speak your mind which is vital to identify the problems that are arising from an unfair relationship. It's not worth staying in a relationship where you always get hurt and if they don't change, hit the road jerks!! That kind of love I don't need and never will.

Soft Cell - Tainted Love
by damned78