Lately I keep getting songs stuck in my head whose lyrics are either in Italian or Latin. This is driving me batshit. I have a thing about having to know the words to songs; usually, this is not a problem, since I can hear a song two or three times and sing it back flawlessly.

I am however discovering that this only works if I know what the words are. I cannot simply remember the sounds the singers make. I have to go and look up the words before they will stick in my head - even if I don't actually know what the words MEAN.

I find this intriguing. I wonder what it is that makes my brain work that way. I thought perhaps it was just that Italian and Latin are close enough to English that I can sort of guess at meanings, but when I ran a test the same rule applied to the Japanese and German songs in my collection.

You learn something new every day, I guess.
victorianpirate: (Sinfest (DEATH!))
( Jun. 1st, 2009 09:35 pm)
Abney Park. Andrea Bocelli. Dishwalla. Ayria. Angelspit. Bear McCreary. Ben DJ. Beborn Beton. Black Eyed Peas. Britney Spears. Corvus Corax. Covenant. The MadHatters. Delain. Guster. Discotronic. Tufts Beelzebubs. Evanescence. Faderhead. Frou Frou. Highland. In Strict Confidence. Thirteen Senses. Kan'Nal. Prodigy. Kylie Minogue. Lady Gaga. Eddie Izzard. Ladytron. Lily Allen. Nelly Furtado with Justin Timberlake & Timbaland. Neuroticfish. Nickelback. Nightwish. Pale. Poe. Project Pitchfork. Rihanna. Rufus Wainwright. She Wants Revenge. Shiny Toy Guns. [livejournal.com profile] s00j. Stephen Lynch. Franz Ferdinand. The Zombies. Tori Amos. VNV Nation. Zombie Girl.


This is what is on my MP3 player at the moment. Is it just me, or does my taste in music have serious A.D.D.?
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It's gratifying to know that I can still get the, "Wow you're a really good dancer!" reaction even when I'm the only one on the dance floor. It's also gratifying to know that I've grown enough balls in the last year that I'm okay being the only one on the dance floor.

That said, it's easier to enjoy that whole dancing thing when you aren't feeling exhausted and ill. Wearing a grubby work uniform doesn't help much either. (Although the look on Marius' face was priceless. "I didn't even know you OWNED tennis shoes!") Ended up canceling on [livejournal.com profile] forgodestiny and shoving off home early to sleep.

Still... Sinfest once again wins at life. Am I the only one who's actually gotten that line?
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Illusion
VNV Nation

I know it's hard to tell how mixed up you feel
Hoping what you need is behind every door
Each time you get hurt, I don't want you to change
Because everyone has hopes, you're human after all
The feeling sometimes, wishing you were someone else
Feeling as though you never belong
This feeling is not sadness, this feeling is not joy
I truly understand, please don't cry now

Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you

Being like you are
Well this is something else - who would comprehend?
But some that do, lay claim divine purpose blesses them
That's not what I believe, and it doesn't matter anyway
A part of your soul ties you to the next world
Or maybe to the last, but I'm still not sure
But what I do know, is to us the world is different
As we are to the world; I guess you would know that

Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change for all the hurt that you feel
This world is just illusion always trying to change you

Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, please don't leave here
I don't want you to hate for all the hurt that you feel
The world is just illusion trying to change you
Please don't go, I want you to stay
I'm begging you please, oh please don't leave here
I don't want you to change for all the hurt that you feel
This world is just illusion always trying to change you
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victorianpirate: (Misc (all-purpose EMO icon))
( May. 12th, 2009 10:36 am)
...aaaaaand straight in on the heels of the I-cannot-spend-any-money-right-now post, I find out VNV Nation is coming to the Showbox at the Market.

I hate my life. LOL
victorianpirate: (Sinfest (DEATH!))
( Apr. 18th, 2009 12:29 am)
Be proud of me, [livejournal.com profile] skrewedcomputer - I broke out the recording equipment today. I might *gasp!* have something useful for you soon.

I'm not actually sure I'll be able to speak tomorrow after wearing my voice out tonight... but progress was made!
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victorianpirate: (Misc (bloody rose))
( Apr. 6th, 2009 12:48 am)
This song was a pretty awesome track when I'd only heard the .mp3.

After dancing to it at the show tonight? I feel like I should have a phrase more eloquent than ZOMG! and there just isn't one.

Pretty sure "...history has dreamed of us..." is going to have to be a tattoo at some point.

In other news, had dinner with [livejournal.com profile] tinman_landofoz this evening at the waterfront Ivars; I'd never been there and didn't realize it was a proper restaurant rather than a fast-food joint like the rest of them. It was a fun new experience. I always like learning new things about this city of mine. The view was lovely if somewhat soggy. (Also our waitress was adorable and stopped to tell me I had a really pretty smile, which was very sweet. :)

Then it was off up to [livejournal.com profile] housecerulia for a few hours of good company, wacky conversation, and a game of Killer Bunnies - which I didn't actually participate in since I was not feeling up to that whole concentration thing. I curled up on the couch and played with my drop spindle and listened to my friends goof off. An excellent evening all 'round.

I'm skipping out on Grind tomorrow night, but I AM going to be at the [livejournal.com profile] s00j Palimpsest concert at the Wet Spot on Sunday evening. It ought to be a hell of a show and I'm looking forward to it.
victorianpirate: (Sinfest (DEATH!))
( Mar. 30th, 2009 01:17 pm)
Find it in you, raise your eyes
Look beyond the place you stand
Towards the furthest reaches
And to the smallest of things
The sound you are hearing
Is the symphony of what we are
Revelation will not come
With heart and mind closed and divided

No need of sun to light the way
Across the ages, we have reigned as we endured
Through the storm fronts we will ever surely pass
To stand as never ending light

Throw away the mantle
Awake from your uncertain hesitation
No way to describe or equate the feeling
No end to what is at your command
A million thoughts run through you
Concentric circles, ever greater
But you have always known
That this is not all there is
To your questions there'll be answers

Let there be
Let there always be
Never ending light...
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Repo! The Genetic Opera makes me far happier than I anticipated. Can't believe I didn't know Sarah Brightman was in this. Also I am possibly in love with Terrance Zdunich's voice.

What can I say? I'm a sucker for a baritone in eyeliner.
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The Curse
Disturbed

Marked for demolition
I'm just a time bomb ticking inside
No hope for the hopeless
I can see the pieces all laid out in front of me

No point even asking why
Couldn't help even if you tried
Step aside or you might just be
The next contestant to feel the brutality

Devastation, obliteration
Are all to the point of exacerbation
There's no explaining my situation now,
Why does this shit keep happening to me?

I've held on too long just to let it go now,
Will my inner strength get me through it some how?
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender
I'll never be overcome

Too dark for forgiveness
I can't seem to do anything right
When I try to rebuild I see my humble shelter
Just fall to the ground again

Object of the evil eye
No point to let anyone try
Take heed, my friend, lest you be torn asunder
Like all that's become of me

Decimation, disintegration
Now beyond the point of imagination
There's no explaining my situation now
Why does this shit keep happening to me?

I've held on too long just to let it go now
Will my inner strength get me through it some how?
Defying the curse that has taken hold
Never surrender,
I'll never be overcome
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