David [My Mistakes Were Made For You]'s Blog
-
Guess the song from the first line
Did this on Facebook, but here's another list of first lines for you to ponder.
Step 1: Put your iPod/iTunes on shuffle.
Step 2: Post the first line from the first 30 songs that play, no matter how embarrassing the song.
Step 3: Post and let everyone you know guess what song and artist the lines come from.
Step 4: Strikethrough when someone gets them right
Step 5: Looking them up on Google or any other search engine is CHEATING!
1. When did you lose faith? Seems like yesterday
2. SHIT! SHIT! I've been hiding here for a thousand years, waiting for your ghost
3. One night to be confused, one night to speed up truth
4. Which of the witches do you belong? The one with the eyepatch, or the one who's highly strung?
5. Just smash my heart with your words, it won't break, it won't break
6. You can find your hope amongst the crowds, of all the people you've let down
7. Are we all victims of opportunity, locked outside the door back in '83
8. Well, I'm standing next to a mountain, chop it down with the edge of my hand
9. Cast off the crutch that kills the pain, the red flag waving never meant the same
10. Who am I to need you when I'm down? And where are you when I need you around?
11. You make me dizzy, running circles in my head, one of these days I'll chase you down
12. Who shot that arrow in your throat, who missed the crimson apple?
13. Time it tells, living in my hometown, wedding bells, they begin easy
14. Have you ever wanted to disappear and join a monestary?
15. I get all numb, when she sings it over
16. The first degree was a riot, we're making sure our lesson's learned.
17. Where is your boy tonight? I hope he is a gentleman
18. Come with me! We took a back road, we're gonna look at the stars
19. Police car and a screaming siren, pneumatic drill on ripped up concrete
20. There must be some kind of way out of here, said the joker to the thief
21. There's been an accident, calm down, there's been an accident, breathe in and out
22. Well if you wanted honesty, that's all you had to say
23. Can't put my finger on what's changed, to my surprise I found everything the same
24. And it starts sometime around midnight, or at least that's when you lose yourself for a minute or two
25. Well I haven't seen Sandy, angry Johnny or Mary, I heard they got married, might've had a coupla babies
26. Sweet Jesus, I'm on fire, she has the sweetest, darkest eyes
27. Bicycle, bicycle, bicycle
28. Wake, I am awake, and I'm still alive out here
29. I wake up every evening, with a big smile on my face, and it never feels out of place
30. How can I decide on what's right, when you're clouding up my mind?
-
Cool video things from this week
aka Can't be arsed to think of a better title. To be honest, it's mostly trailers, but trailer-wise, film fans have been very lucky.
First of all:
The Spirit trailer. You might do the whole "it rips off Sin City" thing, but... it's Frank Miller. He's allowed, because he's awesome. Basically - guy dies, comes back and now he's a badass detective. That gets a lot of girls (Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johannson, Jaime King... bastard). That song's cool as well (Hybrid - 'Choke') My favourite bit? Eva Mendes asking "Are you sure?"...
Then we have:
Terminator Salvation teaser. I don't get it. On paper, it should be shit. McG directing, the third film failed to live up to the standards set by The Terminator and Terminator 2. But somehow, it looks awesome. True, it's just a teaser and there is still potential for it to trip over the next couple of hurdles, but so far... it looks great. In this film, it's basically the actual Machine War merely glimpsed in the previous installments. So that should be cool.
Now... who watches the Watchmen? This trailer is somewhat perfect. To merely listen to it is a joy (the song is Smashing Pumpkins - The Beginning is the End is the Beginning). To watch with no sound is perfect - it just looks beautiful (especially Carla Gugino and Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre and Silk Spectre II, respectively, nudge nudge wink wink). But together... to watch is to witness something special. I'd also recommend these here links - here and here. Very useful.
Watchmen is the story of a vigilante named Rorschach (the masked inkblot guy) who gathers a team of heroes to investigate the death of former superhero The Comedian, before discovering a conspiracy. Or something. I don't know, I haven't read the graphic novel yet. I do intend to, though.
For the Harry Potter geeks, Cedric Diggory is now a vampire. Some film called Twilight. Girl meets vampire, falls in love with vampire, hides from bad vampires. Sounds shit, catering exclusively for teenage girls. I don't think much of this trailer. Someone might, though. Bleh. Doesn't he have an odd-shaped head?
In true bad-writing style, I climaxed with something shitter than the bit just before (should've saved Watchmen for last... bugger). But to make up for it:
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. It's hilarious, especially his Freeze Gun love song, and the introduction of Captain Hammer. I've only watched Act One, but I'll be watching Act Two in a minute, and Act Three when they upload it. Where did he get those goggles? I want some. And that hammer T-shirt.
-
What Disney Films Teach Us 1
Pinocchio
Lie and your dreams will come true.Snow White
Problems at home? Move in with seven guys who haven't even seen a woman in a very long time.Song of the South
- Black people didn't mind slavery. In fact, they were actually happy to share stories with the slave-owners children.
- Poverished white people are little bastards.Alice In Wonderland
Take drugs, it'll be fine.Lady and the Tramp
Regardless of species, the Siamese are evil.Sleeping Beauty
Pampered brat? Spend your whole life lying on your back, Mr Right will pop up eventually. (Sounds like Sex and the City, actually).101 Dalmations
- Sorry, but you are in fact your dog's pet. To the point you'll have to bend over backwards when he fathers 15 puppies, and brings home a further 84. (84+15+Pongo and Perdy = 101. Don't question me, please.)
- Evil people are distinguishible by fitting names - Cruella DeVil, for example.The Sword and the Stone
Fuck off. I liked this one, I'm leaving it. Although you do have to question the relationship between Merlin and a young Arthur. Especially when Merlin sings about "Higitus Figitus" and reappears at the end in very questionable Bermuda shorts.It's OK though. He has a wise-cracking owl.
Mary Poppins
- Work in a bank? Make your boss die of laughter and you can take his position.
- Suffragette? Keep it from your husband then.
- Trust women who can slide up bannisters and fly on umbrellas. What could possibly go wrong?!The Jungle Book
- Bears won't rip your head off, they'll just teach you songs.
- Chimpanzees - voiced by black people - want to be just like you...The Aristocats
- The French are uptight. Oh, Disney teach us something true for once.
- Do not get this confused with The Aristocrats. Social Services will not approve.Robin Hood
The snake's awesome. Next please.The Rescuers
There's a page from Playboy in there for a couple of frames. True story.Pete's Dragon
Mickey Rooney's a drunk!Beauty and the Beast
Stick by your man through the beatings and alcoholism (oh come on, you know he's a drunk) because he might turn out to be a nice guy on the inside...Especially if his teapot is voiced by Mrs Lovett.
Aladdin
You'll have luck marrying a princess in Arabia if you're actually white.The Lion King
All jungle creatures are American. Except the weird baboon. He's African. And the bad guy. He's British. -
I voted!
I was just going to go with the OMRLP (99p coin, fools! Get an ice cream and not worry about the stupid penny change!), but before I left, I thought - well, maybe I should be more mature about this. So I went through the manifestoes for the parties available to me (Labour, Tories, Lib Dems and the Looneys), measured up the choices and made a decision.
I feel all mature.
But how old school is the voting process?!
1) The polling station was my old Scout Hut - where I went for Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, and for a short period, Scout Scouts(...). I haven't been in that building for about 8 years.
2) It's still pen and paper. Not even a pen! A PENCIL! You just stick a cross where you want it to be and put it in a box. They're not on computers or anything yet.
3) There was NO-ONE in there. Maybe I just missed the rush, maybe no-one gives a shit.
4) PENCIL!Bleh. That was my 2 minutes voting.
And if you bitch about it, next time I'm giving you 30 instrumentals.