Empathy doesn't involve feeling sorry for someone. It is our honest answer to the question, "why did they do what they did?" [..]
Dismissing actions we don't admire merely because we don't care enough to have empathy is rarely going to help us make the change we seek. It doesn't help us understand, and it creates a gulf that drives us apart.
Street Music - YouTube (*) Madrid / Spain (Sat 10 Aug 2013)
We were just wandering the back streets and passageways of Madrid not far from where were staying and we could hear music.
It was hot and as we got closer the music got louder. It was coming from the open window of a top storey apartment.
Like a few others, we stopped in the shade to listen to the music. It seemed to be live and that there was a small group playing in the tiny apartment.
I have tried to decipher the lyrics but I can't determine the songs name. Will keep trying but at least I have this. Fantastic.
Need Your Love (*) - Temper Trap (*) (Fri 27 Apr 2012)
Heard this recently a couple of times on the car radio traveling to training sessions. Been a while since I have heard something new that I have liked. The start creates a sense of anticipation and the song has an urgency about it. A couple of the lyrics that appealed (and I used to search for the song online) are bolded. Picked this video as I appreciate watching musicians performing.
Need Your Love Lyrics
The road is pulling me into her open where And for a moment I escape and I forget The silhouettes behind the dust clouds call me friend But even fools know here they’re far a few between She has abandoned me on highways and desert plates Of lonely creatures singing for the summer rain And at the end of all your knees fall down to me Yeah it’s something in you always ask for someone real
Oh I need your love, I need your love, I need you now, I need you Oh I need your love, I need your love, I need you now, I need you
She is my salvation in the dark But at night with lips of honey calls the devil’s heart And I am a war of flesh and heart that’s left undone Between the person that I was and have become
Oh I need your love, I need your love, I need you now, I need you Oh I need your love, I need your love, I need you now, I need you I need your love
Oh I need your love, I need your love, I need you now, I need you Oh I need your love, I need your love, I need you now, I need you
There’s no resting in my heart There’s no resting in my heart There’s no resting now [x2]
Fix You (*) - Coldplay (*) - Late Show with David Letterman (*) (Tue 20 Sep 2011 (*))
Was watching this Paradise Clip (*) of Coldplay playing Live on Letterrman and found that they played a few more songs (*), including this one.Will always remember watching this clip (*) of Chris Martin on Extras (*), with Jenny and Jo, which I had recorded on my PVR.
Fix You Lyrics
[..] And the tears come streaming down your face When you lose something you can't replace When you love someone but it goes to waste Could it be worse?
Lights will guide you home And ignite your bones And I will try to fix you [..]
Tears stream down your face When you lose something you cannot replace Tears stream down your face And I . . .
Tears stream down your face I promise you I will learn from my mistakes Tears stream down your face And I . . .
Paradise (*) - Coldplay (*) - Late Show with David Letterman (*) (Tue 20 Sep 2011)
Woke up on the lounge just as the song was ending. Just thought I would watch it to see what I had missed ..
Always find I hear the bass in most songs before anything else. So I enjoy the fact that the bass player, Guy Berryman (*), features prominently on the stage and I can see him doing his thing with the bass.
When she was just a girl She expected the world But it flew away from her reach So she ran away in her sleep And dreamed of para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Every time she closed her eyes.
When she was just a girl She expected the world But it flew away from her reach And the bullets catch in her teeth
Life goes on, gets so heavy, The wheel breaks the butterfly Every tear a waterfall In the night, the stormy night She close her eyes, In the night, the stormy night Away she flied And dreamed of para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.
She dreamed of para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.
La-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la-la La-la-la-la.
So lying underneath the stormy skies. She said oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh. I know the sun's set to rise.
This could be para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.
This could be para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.
Oh, oh. Oo-oo-oo-oo-oo.
This could be para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Para-para-paradise, Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.
The Edge of Glory (*) - Lady Gaga (*) - Live on Howard Stern (youtube)
Lady Gaga tells Howard Stern the song is about:
knowing in your heart that you may never reach that glorious moment until you die so live life on the edge
Elsewhere she says:
The song's about your last moment on earth, the moment of truth; the edge of glory is that moment right before you leave the earth
The Edge Of Glory Lyrics
There ain't no reason you and me should be alone Tonight, yeah baby Tonight, yeah baby I got a reason that you're who should take me home tonight
I need a man that thinks it's right when it's so wrong Tonight, yeah baby Tonight, yeah baby Right on the limits where we know we both belong tonight
It's hard to feel the rush To push the dangerous I'm gonna run right to, to the edge with you Where we can both fall over in love
I'm on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment of truth Out on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge The edge The edge The edge The edge The edge The edge I'm on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge with you
Another shot before we kiss the other side Tonight, yeah baby Tonight, yeah baby I'm on the edge of something final we call life tonight Alright, alright Pull on your shades 'cause I'll be dancing in the flames Tonight, yeah baby Tonight, yeah baby It doesn't hurt 'cause everybody knows my name tonight Alright, alright
It's hard to feel the rush To push the dangerous I'm gonna run right to, to the edge with you Where we can both fall over in love
I'm on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment of truth Out on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge The edge The edge The edge The edge The edge The edge I'm on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge with you
I'm on the edge with you
I'm on the edge with you
I'm on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment of truth Out on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge The edge The edge The edge The edge The edge The edge I'm on the edge of glory And I'm hanging on a moment with you I'm on the edge with you
Each campaign has its moments - those moments that take you by surprise, capture your imagination, make you realise with crystal-like clarity why you are doing what you doing and, best of all, put a smile on your face.
Tonight I just had one of those moments for this Campaign, with all of us in a line doing our one-arm kettlebell exercises to the beat and rhythm of this song - Born this Way. Kettlebells will never be the same.
The Video is in production and on task for a northern summer release and World Premiere in Tampa Bay where the International Dragon Boat Community will come together to view it for the first time. Stay tuned ..
Carmen, Lisa, Karen, Tamara, Jo, Rachel, Frank and Gio (and all the others that have ventured to Concord on a Tuesday Night) you have made the fitness testing workouts so much fun. You encourage and inspire me to be better than I thought I ever could be. You make me realise how lucky I am to be involved in this experience we share on the Road to Tampa.
Thank You.
My mama told me when I was young We are all born superstars She rolled my hair and put my lipstick on In the glass of her boudoir
There's nothin' wrong with lovin' who you are She said, 'cause He made you perfect, babe So hold your head up, girl and you you'll go far Listen to me when I say
I'm beautiful in my way, 'Cause God makes no mistakes I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way
Don't hide yourself in regret, Just love yourself and you're set I'm on the right track, baby I was born this way
Whether life's disabilities Left you outcast, bullied or teased Rejoice and love yourself today 'Cause baby, you were born this way
I'm on the right track, baby I was born to survive
I'm on the right track, baby I was born to be brave
Karen, Carmen and Lisa - Born this Way - Twist - Just warming up - Fitness2u / Concord (Tue 14 Jun 2011)
Well I'm on the Downeaster "Alexa" And I'm cruising through Block Island Sound I have charted a course to the Vineyard But tonight I am Nantucket bound
We took on diesel back in Montauk yesterday And left this morning from the bell in Gardiner's Bay Like all the locals here I've had to sell my home Too proud to leave I worked my fingers to the bone
So I could own my Downeaster "Alexa" And I go where the ocean is deep There are giants out there in the canyons And a good captain can't fall asleep
I've got bills to pay and children who need clothes I know there's fish out there but where God only knows They say these waters aren't what they used to be But I've got people back on land who count on me
So if you see my Downeaster "Alexa" And if you work with the rod and the reel Tell my wife I am trawling Atlantis And I still have my hands on the wheel
Now I drive my Downeaster "Alexa" More and more miles from shore every year Since they tell me I can't sell no stripers And there's no luck in swordfishing here.
I was a bayman like my father was before Can't make a living as a bayman anymore There ain't much future for a man who works the sea But there ain't no island left for islanders like me
01. Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai 02. I Gotta Feeling – TransNoise 03. My Life Would Suck Without You (Bass Force Remix) – Kelly Clarkson 04. Home – Paul van Dyk feat. Johnny McDaid 05. The Pretender – InTheWind 06. Sincere For You feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw (Radio Mix) – Lange 07. Evacuate The Dancefloor (DJ KTW Remix) - Studio88 08. Don’t Know What To Do – Dane Rumble 09. No Air duet with Chris Brown – Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown
I Gotta Feeling - Black Eyed Peas - Venaccio remix
I gotta feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling, woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling, woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
Tonight's the night, let's live it up I got my money, let's spend it up Go out and smash it like oh my God Jump off that sofa, let's get, get off
I know that we'll have a ball If we get down and go out and just lose it all I feel stressed out, I wanna let it go Let's go way out spaced out and losing all control
Fill up my cup, mazel tov Look at her dancing, just take it off Let's paint the town, we'll shut it down Let's burn the roof, and then we'll do it again
Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it And do it and do it, let's live it up And do it and do it and do it, do it, do it Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it
'Cause I gotta feeling, woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
A feeling, woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
Tonight's the night (Hey!) Let's live it up (Let's live it up) I got my money (My pay) Let's spend it up (Let's spend it up)
Go out and smash it (Smash it) Like oh my God (Like oh my God) Jump off that sofa (Come on!) Let's get, get off
Fill up my cup (Drink) Mazel tov (Le heim) Look at her dancing (Move it, move it) Just take it off
Let's paint the town (Paint the town) We'll shut it down (Let's shut it down) Let's burn the roof And then we'll do it again
Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it, let's do it And do it and do it, let's live it up And do it and do it and do it, do it, do it Let's do it, let's do it, let's do it, do it, do it, do it
Here we come, here we go, we gotta rock (Rock rock rock rock rock) Easy come, easy go, now we on top (Top top top top top) Feel the shot, body rock, rock it, don't stop (Stop stop stop stop stop) Round and round, up and down, around the clock (Rock rock rock rock rock)
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Do it!) Friday, Saturday, Saturday to Sunday (Do it!) Get, get, get, get, get with us, you know what we say, say Party every day, p-p-p-party every day
And I'm feelin', woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night
I gotta feeling, woohoo, that tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good night That tonight's gonna be a good, good night Woohoo
01. Cosmic Girl – Jamiroquai 02. I Gotta Feeling – TransNoise 03. My Life Would Suck Without You (Bass Force Remix) – Kelly Clarkson 04. Home – Paul van Dyk feat. Johnny McDaid 05. The Pretender – InTheWind 06. Sincere For You feat. Kirsty Hawkshaw (Radio Mix) – Lange 07. Evacuate The Dancefloor (DJ KTW Remix) - Studio88 08. Don’t Know What To Do – Dane Rumble 09. No Air duet with Chris Brown – Jordin Sparks featuring Chris Brown
Home Lyrics
The people poured their concrete floors, And built their churches and their walls, They painted pictures of their hopes and fears on them.
A single look, a tiny touch can change the system, it’s enough, And I can see it all in you love.
And your eyes explode with light, explode with light, I’m covered in your light.
My home is where you are, In every beat, in every beat we’re closer. My home is where you are, In every beat, in every beat we’re closer.
They fashioned streets out of the rock, And struck up statues to their gods, And hung out flags on every corner they made.
We are charged, spoiling to go, You bring me back back to where I’m from, A billion molecules all lined up.
And our hearts are pulsing with life, Pulsing with life, we’re pulsing with life.
My home is where you are, In every beat, in every beat we’re closer. My home is where you are, In every beat, in every beat we’re closer.
Getting back into the RPM for my cardio at my local gym. James was my instructor tonight and he played songs from RPM 35, 36 and 37, all releases from 2007, which was my first year at RPM. This song was a nice way to finish the workout.
RPM 37 (Q407)
1. Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5 2. When You Were Young - Belle Lawrence 3. Underneath The Radar Underworld 4. In The Dark - Tiesto feat Christian Burns 5. Turn It Up - (feat Anna Nordell) Bomfunk MC's 6. Sunspot - Armin van Buuren feat Airwave 7. Welcome To Africa (Club Mix) - Paffendorf 8. Cupid's Chokehold/Breakfast In America - Gym Class Heroes 9. Boston - Augustana
Boston Lyrics
In the light of the sun Is there anyone? Oh it has begun Oh dear, you look so lost Eyes are red and tears are shed Some world you must have crossed
You said, You don’t know me You don’t even care Oh yeah She said, you don’t know me You don’t wear my chains Oh yeah - yeah
The essential yet appealed Carry all your thoughts cross an open field When flowers gaze at you They’re not the only ones Who cry when they see you
You said, You don’t know me You don’t even care Oh yeah She said, you don’t know me You don’t wear my chains Oh yeah
She said, I think I’m going to Boston I think I’ll start a new life I think I’ll start it over No one knows my name I’ll get out of California I’m tired of the weather I think I’ll get a lover I’ll fly ‘em out to Spain
I think I’m going to Boston I think that I’m just tired I think I need a new town To leave this all behind I think I need a sunrise I’m tired of the sunset Here it’s nice in the summer Some snow would be nice Oh yeah
Boston No one knows my name Yeah No one knows my name No one knows my name…
Norm (a few weeks before he suddenly passed away), Jo, Margaret, Geoff and Jenny - Graduation - Masters Degree in Accounting - Town Hall / Sydney (May 1992)
Anzac Day here in Australia. Jo and I have just been for a long paddle in the rain under and around the Anzac Bridge.
Always think of this song on Anzac Day. I remember hearing this back in the early 1990's. Whenever I hear it now, I think of Jenny and Joanne's Father, Norm. I was always invited around to the Petterson Home for lunch on Anzac Day (I would have three Anzac Days with Norm before he passed away suddenly in June 1992) and there would always be Anzac Biscuits with a tea or coffee for afterwards. Joanne has made a batch for today, so the tradition continues.
Random Recollection follows: Was lucky enough to hear Midnight Oil play this song live in April 1990. I was the only member of the audience ..
I played hockey for most of my life and back in the late 1980's and early 1990's we started playing on a synthetic surface, rather than the traditional grass. The only fields in Sydney at the time were at Homebush (the site and surrounding area would host the Sydney 2000 Olympics).
The only other sporting facility at Homebush at time was the State Sports Centre which had a number of sports halls for playing basketball and many other indoor sports.
After finishing a week night training session with my club, Sydney Uni, I could hear live music being played in one of the sports hall. It was early in the season and it was still warm. The doors to the Hall adjoining the hockey field was open, so I had a look.
At the far end of the Hall was a band playing - it was Midnight Oil rehearsing for an upcoming tour. I sat down, leant against the wall. They appeared to not notice me or did not care. As the lone audience member, I just sat back, thought how lucky I was, and watched and listened to Midnight Oil rehearse a number of songs.
This song, the Forgotten Years was one of them. It stood out to me and I liked it immediately (still do). It was the first time I had heard it and I remember telling Jenny about my good fortune and hearing all their big hits of the time (eg Beds are Burning). I told her about this song, which I had not heard before.
I don't know exactly when, but I know this song started to get some air play and I saw the above film clip which seems to give the song even more meaning.
Here are the lyrics ..
Forgotten Years Lyrics
Few of the sins of the father Are visited upon the son Hearts have been hard Hands have been clenched into fists too long
Our sons need never be soldiers Our daughters will never need guns These are the years between These are the years that were hard fought and won
Contracts torn at the edges Old signatures stained with tears Seasons of war and grace These should not be forgotten years
Still it aches like tetanus It reeks of politics How many dreams remain? This is a feeling too strong to contain
The hardest years, the darkest years The roarin' years, the fallen years These should not be forgotten years The hardest years the wildest years The desperate and divided years Our shoreline was never invaded Our country was never in flames This is the calm we breathe This is a feeling too strong to contain
Still it aches like tetanus It reeks of politics Signatures stained with tears Who can remember, we've got to remember
The hardest years, the darkest years... Forsaking aching breaking years The time 'n' tested heartbreak years These should not be forgotten years
The blinded years, the binded years The desperate and divided years These should not be forgotten years Remember
As someone said ..
This is simply a song about remembering the sacrifice made by all soldiers during war.
Just another random music video which I stumbled across just now, after following a Jeremy Rolleston Blog post (BTW, take a look, it is a great post). For me I liked the music, water theme of the video and some of the comments:
This song really makes me think of my past, the past memories, locked away in my brain.
You could float away listening to this song. Utterly peacful and tranquil in everyway.
Quite moved by this and I know that Jenny would have loved this for sure as it reminds me of a lot of the music she played as she meditated.
Bono's preamble to the song in this video gives some idea to the meaning of the song to him. It was about:
a time in our lives when we did not know how powerful it was not to know.
This is a song about innocence and naïvete.
For me, the song reminds me of my first winter dragon boat campaign - the 2005 World Dragon Boat Championships in Berlin. Heard this song a lot while at the gym back then.
Have already walked the Brooklyn Bridge way back in 1988. Will do it again later in the year.
City of Blinding Lights Lyrics
The more you see, the less you know The less you find out as you go I knew much more then than I do now
Neon heart day-glow eyes A city lit by fireflies They're advertising in the skies For people like us
And I miss you when you're not around I'm getting ready to leave the ground
Oh you look so beautiful tonight In the city of blinding lights
Don't look before you laugh Look ugly in a photograph Flash bulbs purple irises The camera can't see
I've seen you walk unafraid I've seen you in the clothes you made Can you see the beauty inside of me? What happened to the beauty I had inside of me?
And I miss you when you're not around I'm getting ready to leave the ground
Oh you look so beautiful tonight In the city of blinding lights
Time...time...time...time...time Won't leave me as I am But time won't take the boy out of this man
Oh you look so beautiful tonight Oh you look so beautiful tonight Oh you look so beautiful tonight In the city of blinding lights
The more you know the less you feel Some pray for others steal Blessings are not just for the ones who kneel... luckily
Just stumbled across this video during some random searching on google. Remember Gary Numan and this song along with a few of his others from the early 80's.
Really enjoy this video. Love the fact that is filmed solely on stage using a Canon SLR Camera. The closest we can get to Gary Numan is a side on shot. We get a feel for what is must be like to be a performer on stage.
Filmed by Rob Sheridan with the Canon 5D Mark II. Audio mix by Blumpy.
Possibly the greatest thing that has ever happened, in the history of anything, ever! (a viewer comment :-)
Gary Numan is touring Australia and New Zealand in May 2011. I remember seeing a lot of Gary Numan Concert posters in Auckland when I was there for the Takapuna Cup.
Will post another video of the same performance, shot by one of the audience members, where we can see the this video being filmed.
Cars Lyrics
Here in my car I feel safest of all I can lock all my doors It's the only way to live In cars
Here in my car I can only receive I can listen to you It keeps me stable for days In cars
Here in my car Where the image breaks down Will you visit me please? If I open my door In cars
Here in my car I know I've started to think About leaving tonight Although nothing seems right In cars
