-- motivation music =) daftpunk's harder better faster stronger

work it HARDER
make it BETTER
do it FASTER
makes us STRONGER

more than ever
hour after
OUR WORK IS NEVER OVER

This was one of my pieces at a piano recital nung 1994 - a piece that Herma's husband Joe picked out for me to play from the many 45's he had lying around their Geode house. My piece was much simpler -- that was third grade piano anyway. The sound on a record is much sweeter compared to this mp3. =)

Sugar Baby Love's a song from 1974 sung by the Rubettes.

Sugar baby love, sugar baby love
I didn't make to make you blue.
Sugar baby love, sugar baby love
I didn't mean to hurt you.

People, take my advice:
If you love somebody,
don't think twice.

this track came up via random playlist from my HD. i had no idea i even had Barlow/Girl on my music files. they're a contemporary christian rock act composed of three sisters. for the past two weeks, it's been one of only five songs (can someone sense obsession?) i've constantly listened to.

titled: i need you to love me.


...
why? why are you still here with me?
didn't you see what i've done?
in my shame i want to run and hide myself
but it's here i see the truth
i don't deserve you

but i need you to love me, and i
i won't keep my heart from you this time
and i'll stop this pretending that i can
somehow deserve what i already have
i need you to love me
...

A tribute CD to Neil Gaiman and his various works. All bands in the CD were personally handpicked by Neil himself. =)

The king of soul sings the one song that defines that entire genre. =)

There must be around twenty plus different remakes and covers of this song. Both John Lennon and Paul McCartney have their own individual versions. The original live version I think is best though.

Gosh, this song was played when my Mom was in the 2nd grade... what am I doing listening to it?

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you know i'll always be your slave
'till i'm dead and buried in my grave
oh honey, bring it to me
bring your sweet lovin'
bring it on home to me, yeah

i tried to treat you right
but you stayed out, stayed out late at night
but i forgive you, bring it to me
bring your sweet lovin'
bring it on home to me, yeah

How can I not like a band whose translated name is "The Farmers"... and with a song title such as Please Don't Tell Me To Do The Math (which is a thought that always passes my mind whenever I'm eating out with a group and we have to split the tab.) and We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives?

plus...

Worm Is Green's Undercover

for all this time
he's been waiting to reveal
who he really is
and uncover the truth
now, it's all over.
life will never be the same.

(this one's brought on by a series of unfortunate events)

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My Brightest Diamond's Hi, Remember Me?

i used to like your boyfriend but now i think he's shifty
i wouldn't trust him with my last flippin' penny
how did he change?

(still in the same soundtrack theme as the song above... =( sad.)

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and a remix of Kiss The Girl from Disney's The Little Mermaid

(this one's for shi! hugs and besoses.)

Friends of the Bride's a Brit band formed just last year but their songs sound like those your daddy must've listened to -- very like a hipper band version of Michael Buble.

"Cut Down On My Friends" is my anti-social song. =) Bagay diba Wong? Hahaha.

LYRX.

everybody's telling me i gotta get a little more social life
everybody's ringing me and telling me that everybody's going out tonight
you look so pale
you look live you've been living in a jail

i'm tired and i'm trying to keep it up my end
i'm gonna cut down on my friends
they're mostly needy
they'll learn to do without me
i've got to cut down on my friends

everybody's telling me i gotta get a little more social life
everybody's ringing me and everybody thinks they know what i like
i think this has gone on too long
don't you care what's been going on?

but everyday's another -- closer to the end
i've got to cut down on my friends
i'm downgrading, thinking about a move the the suburbs
i've got to cut down on 'em

70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10,
5
4
3
2
1

we're worried you're wrecking your health
we're worried you're going to kill yourself
they're mostly needy
they'll learn to do without me
i've got to cut down on my friends
i've taught you all well, now go and do it by yourselves
i've got to cut down on my friends

i've got to cut down on my friends
bye bye friends!

i'm downgrading
contemplating
dedicating
hibernating

i've got to cut down on my friends

i'm separating
no more waiting
i'm doing no more celebrating
i've got to cut down on my friends

i'm contemplating moving to the suburbs

green grass is my favorite song from Cibelle, the brazilian(t) indie-folk-pop singer.

LYRX

lay your head where my heart used to be
hold the earth above me
lay down in the green grass
remember when you loved me

come closer don't be shy
stand beneath a rainy sky
the moon is over the rise
think of me as a train goes by

clear the thistles and brambles
whisper 'didn't he ramble?'
now there's a bubble of me
and it's floating in thee

stand in the shade of me
things are now made of me
the weathervane will say
it smells like rain today

god took the stars and he tossed them
can't tell the birds from the blossoms
he'll never be free of me
he'll make a tree from me

don't say goodbye to me
describe the sky to me
and if the sky falls, mark my words
we'll catch mocking birds

lay your head where my heart used to be
hold the earth above me
lay down in the green grass
remember when you loved me
remember when you loved me
remember when you loved me

Cooling myself off with music. Two songs of Bitter:Sweet from their Mating Game Album.

DIRTY LAUNDRY

i've got a bad boy and that's alright with me
his dirty laundry is nothing that i can't keep clean
and when he needs an alibi
he can use me all night

oooh, what's the fun in playing it safe?
oooh, i think i'd rather misbehave
your way

i'm just a bad girl, that's why we get along
won't make excuses for anything i'm doing wrong
i'll pull the trigger in a flash
watch out honey, step back

oooh, what's the fun in playing it safe?
oooh, wouldn't you rather misbehave?
my way

oh baby show me the money -- my evil friend
let's go to mexico, drink margaritas in sin
i'll light a candle for good luck
now come on baby let's...

oooh, what's the fun in playing it safe?
oooh, i think i'd rather misbehave
your way

oooh, what's the fun in playing it safe?
oooh, i think i'd rather misbehave

we're simply mad
simply mad

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HEAVEN

everyone dreams about heaven
nobody knows what to think
the truth is that i go to heaven
every time you look at me

if i wait too long i may not say goodnight
never knowing how or when i might just die

i'm yours
i'm yours
(heaven can't wait)

everyone dreams about something
heaven can be anything
the truth is that my slice of heaven
tastes better than my favorite drink

if i wait too long i may not say goodnight
if i take my time then maybe you will find

i'm yours (day breaks away)
i'm yours (no work, all play)
(heaven can't wait)

say what you will
i'm perfectly still
i'm sailing on a sea of sweet that's you

if i wait too long i may not say goodnight
if i take my time then maybe you will find

i'm yours (day breaks away)
i'm yours (no work, all play)
(heaven can't wait)

Swedish reggae? They don't even have the same climate fergaskes. No no no... don't go shake your head right yet. Kultiration is good... and like true Jamaican reggae, you can hardly understand what the words mean.