Emmy Rossum - Slow me down [Song & Lyrics Review]

Hi world!
I'm back after a looong time! I assure it's not my intention to dismiss this blog, I'm not the kind of "two-posts-and-enough" blogger!! Let's say I've been really really busy in these months: indeed I've been writing my thesis about party politics in independent India and I'll graduate next wednesday!!..woohooo!!!!
Today I'd like to talk about a song which I got wind of a few days ago...and I totally fell in love with it. I'm talking about "Slow me down" by the lovely Emmy Rossum. I saw Emmy in Dragon Ball Evolution (even if I must admit I didn't like the movie) and then I found out she is a very talented and appreciated singer. I might have known her thanks to her role in the Phantom of the Opera movie but I think her career as a singer hasn't "landed" in Europe yet, not in Italy anyway...and I think that it is a pity! But let's get into the song:

Do do do do...Just show me...
Slow me down...

Rushing and racing and running in circles
Moving so fast I'm forgetting my purpose
Blur of the traffic is sending me spinning
Getting nowhere

My head and my heart are colliding chaotic
Pace of the world, I just wish I could stop it
Try to appear like I've got it together
I'm falling apart

Save me, somebody take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how, cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a lie before my life flies by
I need you to slow me down
Do do do do

Sometimes I fear that I might disappear
In the blur of fast-forward, I falter again
Forgetting to breathe, I need to sleep
I'm getting no where

All that I've missed I see in the reflection
Passed me while I wasn't paying attention
Tired of rushing, racing and running, I'm falling apart

Tell me, oh won't you take my hand and lead me
Slow me down
Don't let love pass me by
Just show me how, cause I'm ready to fall
Slow me down
Don't let me live a life before my life flies by
I need you to slow me down
Do do do do

The noise of the world is getting me caught up
I'm chasing the clock and I wish I could stop it
Just need to breathe, somebody please
Slow me down

Well, the meaning of the song is quite clear: it deals with the way of life of almost all of us in this modern world, that often seems to rush too fast and we always hope to be able to slow it down, as the song says. Emmy points out how we might lost hold of this uncontrollable way, risking to lose "the things that are really beautiful" in this life of ours. In particular, the lyrics refer to "love", in order not to live what in the song it is called "a lie": among all the beautiful things we could miss, the real loss would be to "let love passing us by". That is the most important thing and that's why the character is asking for an "undefined somebody"'s help to slow down his/her life. I think these lyrics are brilliant and the way the song is sung by Emmy, alternating fast parts with slower and softer parts, really fits in the meaning of the song. Moreover I love the "not-bubblegum pop" sound of this music and I also think that Emmy is one of the sexiest voices in the musical scene of the last years. I hope she'll have a long and successful career, but please: do not accept anymore to destroy Dragon Ball's history in other movies( ;-) )!!!

The Killers - Human [Song & Lyrics Review]

Hi everyone!
I’m back after two weeks of “hard study”!..today I’d like to talk about one of the most alternative (and shocking) songs released in the last months..I’m talking about The Killers’ last single, “Human”, that probably engendered an inner struggle in many of The Killers’ fans because of the “not-exactly-rock” way this single heads for. The Killers changed almost completely their usual sound and the artwork which came out from their cooperation with Stuart Price (aka Jacques Lucont's Thin White Duke) is a pop-dance piece with a pinch of rock and a dive into the ‘80s.

"Human”
I did my best to notice
when the call came down the line
up to the platform of surrender
I was brought but I was kind
and sometimes I get nervous
when I see an open door
close your eyes, clear your heart
cut the cord

are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I’m on my knees looking for the answer
are we human or are we dancer
pay my respects to grace and virtue
send my condolences to good
give my regards to soul and romance
they always did the best they could
and so long to devotion,
you taught me everything I know
wave good bye, wish me well
you gotta let me go

are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I’m on my knees looking for the answer
are we human or are we dancer

will your system be all right
when you dream of home tonight
there is no message we’re receiving
let me know is your heart still beating
are we human or are we dancer

my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I’m on my knees looking for the answer
you’ve gotta let me know

are we human or are we dancer
my sign is vital, my hands are cold
and I’m on my knees looking for the answer
are we human or are we dancer
are we human or are we dancer
are we human or are we dancer

First of all it is compulsory to mention the birth of the “Dancer-Party” and the “Denser-Party” right after this song was released because of the different meanings that word could beget. Moreover “Entertainment Weekly” considered the text of this song the “silliest lyrics of the week” in September 2008 because of the apparent nonsense meaning the song may have. Brandon Flowers then made clear in several interviews that the right word was “dancer” and that he got the inspiration from a “disparaging comment” made by Hunter S. Thompson about the American citizens and after this clarification the puzzle was pieced together.
Actually the song is a push to shake off our conformist thoughts and an invitation to start using our own brains in evaluating the different chances that we come across during our lives. It means we should “cut the cord” which ties us up the society that “has taught us” everything we know and we should consider the new opportunities we happen to face without “getting nervous” when we see “an open door”. That open door could hide a great chance for us to achieve but that we usually haven’t the strength to cope with just because we are double bound with what we’ve been taught by the world we live in.
So people: what do you think??..are we human or are we dancer??..I think this song is really topical today with all the brain-washing thing we are subjected to by the mass-media system.
This is the end of this episode..see you soon..keep in touch!..

The Strokes - Reptilia [Song & Lyrics review]

Hi world!
..let's start my adventure in these pages with the review of the song where the title of my blog comes from: it is Reptilia by The Strokes. This song is one of the most amazing songs in Room On Fire, their second album released in October 2003, which is also named after the same line in Reptilia.

"Reptilia"

He seemed impressed by the way you came in
"Tell us a story 
I know you're not boring"

I was afraid that you would not insist
"You sound so sleepy 
just take this, now leave me"

I said please don't slow me down 
If I'm going too fast 
You're in a strange part of our town

Yeah, the night's not over 
You're not trying hard enough, 
Our lives are changing lanes 
You ran me off the road, 
The wait is over 
I'm now taking over, 
You're no longer laughing 
I'm not drowning fast enough

Now every time that I look at myself 
"I thought I told you 
this world is not for you"

The room is on fire as she's fixing her hair 
"you sound so angry 
just calm down, you found me"

I said please don't slow me down 
If I'm going too fast 
You're in a strange part of our town

Yeah, the night's not over 
You're not trying hard enough, 
Our lives are changing lanes 
You ran me off the road, 
The wait is over 
I'm now taking over, 
You're no longer laughing 
I'm not drowning fast enough

(from The Strokes' website)

The title "Reptilia" refers to the Reptilian Complex (or R-Complex), that is a part of the brain according to the theory of the brain model by the neuro scientist Paul D. MacLean. In particular the R-Complex is something like the "irrational" part of our brain, that we share with reptiles, and that is responsible for rage and the first stage of "stress response" which causes spontaneous or intuitive behaviors. Indeed, Julian Casablancas' sharp voice tells us about a complicated relationship between a man and a woman who meet again after they took different "lanes" apparently because of the girl's decision ("you ran me off the road"). This fact hardly struck the male character and it took him a while to recover and "take over". After he finally retrieves the girl, he is proud of his own "recovery" that probably stunned the girl ("you're not longer laughing, I'm not drowning fast enough") and rage overwhelms him as he is not satisfied by the girl's attempts to heal the old fracture ("you're not trying hard enough"), as he doesn't like the world where the girl is living after she took that lane ("I thought I told you this world is not for you"). His rage culminates in those moments when he sees the girl "fixing her hair" to such an extent that he sees the room on fire. The girl notices his rage and tries to calm him down but he doesn't want to listen to her even if he realizes that he's "going too fast".
Here it ends my first lyrics review: I leave it to you to extend your own interpretations and..why not..if you want you can post here your own feelings. I just want to add two more things: first, I like to imagine the scene in a motel room with the angry man singing this song sitting in an old and spoilt sofa; second, if you listen to the song you could even sense the increasing rage mainly in the parts where the instruments slowly overlap!
Bye!

..blogging around..and the need to find a way..

Hi world!
In the last two days I've been exploring a world that is really new to me..I never surfed the net from blog to blog before..a great way to transmit emotions, feelings, thoughts, interests, art, creativity, informations and so on..from India to USA then Brazil, China, Thailand, The Netherlands and so on again....but stop with this sentimentalism..I'd like to introduce you to my plans to keep my blog alive..
..since I discovered the net (years ago, and I was something like 15 years old) I had the dream to open my own website..my intention was to create the biggest lyrics website I'd ever seen..(what a foolish idea!)..and I started collecting a lot of lyrics..after a few months I realized that my dream was just that: a dream!..and I completely forgot that plan..until these days..I'm not telling I'm going to go after that dream..but I'd like to collect here some lyrics..and I'll try to review each of them in these pages..trying to explain the meanings, and the emotions they can transmit..I would like to share with you my feelings, and that you'll share your feelings with me, and with anybody who will pass by these pages..I hope you like this idea..even if I know it will be just a small drop in the ocean..
..take care..:)

..the "Befana" comes at night....

Hi everybody!
First of all I'd like to say thank you to the mass of people who visited my blog since yesterday...ok ok let's stop with this, I'm bluffing!!!;)..and let's talk about something serious..or maybe not..
As you may know, today in Italy we "celebrate" the Befana day, that is a tipically Italian holiday..the Befana is an old woman who brings cool presents to good children or a lot of coal to naughty children during the night between the 5th and the 6th of January..she has a wrinkled face, a long nose with a big pock near to the tip and she wears old, spoilt, filthy clothes..yeah I agree kinda horrible witch that may be would fit better in the American Halloween..as many terror-stricken children probably think..luckily this horrible aspect is covered with the golden dream to find an amazing gift inside the socks when they get up in the morning..otherwise we'd have many pancked children!
..actually it is mainly for children..anyway I was really disappointed when I got up this morning and realized that apparently the Bafana forgot to pass by my home!!!..this matter never happened before!..I think I should present my complaints to the appropriate "authorities"........................................MUUUUUUM!!!!...