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August 25 Lacuna coil - spellboundBurning here, in the room. feeling that the walls are moving closer. Silent scene the dark takes me, leads me to the ending of another day. I'm haunted... Tell me who you are. I am spellbound! You cannot have this control on me. Everywhere I go I am spellbound! I will break the spell you put on me... Velvet drapes, glowing candles, silent whispers of words inside of my head. The night that comes, it waits for me. Lift me to the ending of another day... I'm haunted... August 03 Elvis Costello - SheShe... May be the face I can't forget, a trace of pleasure or regret. May be my treasure or the price I have to pay. She may be the song that summer sings, may be the chill that autumn brings, may be a hundred different things within the measure of a day. She... May be the beauty or the beast, may be the famine or the feast, may turn each day into a heaven or a hell. She may be the mirror of my dreams, a smile reflected in a stream. She may not be what she may seem inside her shell... She who always seems so happy in a crowd, whose eyes can be so private and so proud. No one's allowed to see them when they cry. She may be the love that cannot hope to last, may come to me from shadows of the past that I'll remember till the day I die. She... May be the reason I survive, the why and wherefore I'm alive. The one I'll care for through the rough and ready years. Me I'll take her laughter and her tears and make them all my souvenirs. For where she goes I've got to be, the meaning of my life is she. August 01 Cyanna - ShineAnd so it’s begun,
a fairytale of one, a bleeding rose – a mind in pause. And so it’s begun, a journey meant for one, a heart that froze – the life I chose.
I got one chance to make life shine, make you mine... I need one chance, only one chance to make life shine, make you mine... And so it’s begun, a fairytale of one, a bleeding rose – a mind in pause. And so it’s begun, we’ll never sleep as one.
You had to go, it felt so low... I got one chance to make life shine, make you mine... I need one chance, only one chance to make life shine, make you mine... This love will drive me mad. This love will make me sad. Will make me lose control. This love will take my soul. This love will make me see. This love will bring me to my knees. Every time I believe – every time I see, every time I think you’re the other half of me... I got one chance to make life shine, make you mine... I need one chance, only one chance to make life shine, make you mine... Life shine. Life shine - I shine on. July 31 Gossip - Heavy crossIt's a cruel cruel world, to face on your own.
July 21 Nine inch nails - Hurt (live in Athens)What have I become, my sweetest friend?
Everyone I know goes away in the end...
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt.
I would let you down, I would make you hurt...
I wear this crown of shit upon my liar's chair
full of broken thoughts I cannot repair.
Beneath the stains of time the feeling disappear.
You are someone else, I am still right here...
What have I become, my sweetest friend?
Everyone I know goes away in the end...
And you could have it all, my empire of dirt.
I would let you down, I would make you hurt...
If I could start again a million miles away...
I would keep myself, I would find a way... July 20 Nine inch nails - The becomingEpic song from Nine inch nails. I'll get to watch them live today!
 The following video is from their current tour.
I beat my machine... it's a part of me... it's inside of me... I'm stuck in this dream, it's changing me, I am becoming... ...the me that you know he had some second thoughts. He's covered with scabs he is broken and sore. The me that you know he doesn't come around much, that part of me isn't here anymore... all pain disappears it's the nature of of my circuitry drowns out all i hear no escape from this my new conciousness The me that you know he used to have feelings but the blood has stopped pumping and he is left to decay. The me that you know is now made up of wires and even when i'm right with you i'm so far away... I can try to get away but I've strapped myself in! I can try to scratch away the sound in my ears! I can see it killing away all of my bad parts! I don't want to listen, but it's all too clear... Hiding backwards inside of me, I feel so unafraid. Annie, hold a little tighter, I might just slip away... It won't give up, it wants me dead and goddamn this noise inside my head... It won't give up, it wants me dead and goddamn this noise inside my head... July 15 Marie Digby - Feel
Feels like I've spent all this time July 13 Fullmetal alchemist new intro : Nico touches the walls - HologramGot my memories engraved on my pocket watch... Inspiring me, haunting me, making me go on...
July 10 The birthday massacre - looking glassWaiting as I'm wanting to.
July 07 Michael Jackson - MorphineHe got flash, baby.
June 28 Michael Jackson - HistoryHe got kicked in the back, he say that he needed that. He hot willed in the face, keep daring to motivate. He say one day you will see his place in world history. He dares to be recognized, the fires deep in his eyes... How many victims must there be slaughtered in vain across the land? And how many struggles must there be before we choose to live the prophet's plan? Everybody sing... Every day create your history. Every path you take you're leaving your legacy. Every soldier dies in his glory. Every legend tells of conquest and liberty. Don't let no one get you down Keep movin' on higher ground Keep flying until You are the king of the hill... June 26 Michael Jackson - Man in the mirrorI'm gonna make a change for once in my life The world of pop just became poorer...
Rest in peace, Michael. For you chose to be yourself
with good side and bad side. It's the bad side that makes us mortal
and the good side that made you immortal in our hearts... June 12 Linkin Park - New divideI remembered black skies, the lightning all around me.
I remembered each flash as time began to blur. Like a startling sign that fate had finally found me. And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve... So give me reason to prove me wrong, to wash this memory clean. Let the thoughts cross the distance in your eyes. Give me reason to fill this hole, connect the space between. Let it be enough to reach the truth that lies across this new divide... In every loss, in every lie,
In every truth that you'd deny and each regret and each goodbye was a mistake too great to hide. And your voice was all I heard that I get what I deserve... June 05 Φίλιππος Πλιάτσικας - Ποιός έχει λόγο στην αγάπηΓράφω μεθυσμένα λόγια και τα κρύβω στα χαρτιά
Και από το live στην εκπομπή "Ράδιο αρβύλα" :
May 31 Money is time Let's face it : We have all came to a moment in our lives that thought about the relation of time and money. It is commonly known that "time is money", mainly because we are living in a consumer-focused society, especially even moreso now with the global financial crisis. Now, let's focus more on this one.
Let's make an assumption by saying that "time is money" literally means that "time spent in productivity is money", thus the more time you spent in being productive the more rewarding financial-wise it gets. That can be true in many cases and be applied in many big companies and industry, resulting in contracts with a tight break schedule for employees to ensure productivity. That is true when it comes to whatever relation you can get into your head and includes a company and a product.
But as we greeks say, "was that what the poet was trying to say"?
As hard as I searched about the origins of the quote "time is money", I came up with various results while googling. Most popular theory is that Benjamin Franklin said it, one of the most important faces in America's history and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the latter. With a quick glance at wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin (for those that grew on a cave and never heard the name before), one can tell that he worked hard in many aspects in his life, being a polymath. A political theorist, a writer, an inventor, a scientist, a diplomat...
So, of course the line says about "time spent in productivity equals money", right? Wrong.
Franklin never patented his inventions; in his autobiography he wrote, "... as we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and this we should do freely and generously." His inventions also included social innovations, such as paying forward. Franklin's fascination with innovation could be viewed as altruistic; he wrote that his scientific works were to be used for increasing efficiency and human improvement. One such improvement was his effort to expedite news services through his printing presses.
In very few lines, he implies that, since people in the past wasted time and effort to invent unpatented things for the common good, we should give our inventions freely. And we should be glad that we have this opportunity! So, forgive me if I'm just scratching the surface of a historical figure such as him because as a greek man living in this age I consider myself minimal to even express my graditude towards symbols such as him, but I can express my approach in the quote that I am talking about even more freely.
Time is money means that "our time is valuable". "Wow, good job, genious!", you might just thought or even screamed after you invested some minutes from your day reading this post, but I'll stretch it more than that. When was the last time you refused to pay (in euros or dollars) for something? Perhaps it was some minutes ago. Maybe it was yesterday. And I bet you thought "that's too expensive for me" or "it didn't worth the money". The money is the reward for the time investment. The time invested in obtaining it is the real value one must always have in top priority.
Admit it : How many times you accepted that "you wasted your time on this"? Heck, you might even say that now or you might say that in the end of my post. It really doesn't matter. What it matters is to understand that the euros that you spent everyday came up from the time investment in your work and NOT ONLY. If we calculate the time you invested studying in order to get that work you're gonna slap yourself. That alone should make euros worth even more, right? Wrong again.
I really don't know about you but, I haven't met a time bank yet. I don't know what will happen in the years to come, I'm not a psychic. I can see banks that store money, sperm or whatever. But time? Time comes by only once. When we are young we can't really grasp the firm logic behind this, since we got all our life ahead for us. But, the way I see it, is that whenever I pay for something in euros, there was a time spent in hard work to achieve this result. Thus, time is the prime material for everything, even emotions. You see what I did there?
I myself am trapped in an antisocial situation in this time of writing this post. Or should I say "antime"? It really doesn't matter. What really matters is that, I invest time writing and thinking about all the things that I have to say in order to make myself valuable to others, even with the most minimal of my strength. So, last night I was out drinking...orange juice and at the end of the night I paid the bill. I do this a lot. When I get out with male friends, female friends or mixed : I'll do it sooner or later. But, with the way I see it is that, when I enjoy their company I can show them my appreciation. In this example and, thinking like a consumer, this would mean that "this person wants to show off his fat wallet". But I assure you, my wallet is far from fat. I lost my job recently due to health problems that I am facing and yet, I didn't hesitated one bit. You could say that I don't manage my money right, but I'll say that I know how to manage my time so it will be alright.
So, dear reader, time is money but it has many differences with the euro :
What else can I say? Thank you for your time. K's choice - Everything for freeI don't know who you are
but you seem very nice so, will you talk to me? Shall I tell you a story? Shall I tell you a dream? They think I'm crazy... But they don't know that I like it here. It's nice in here I get everything for free... Have you been here before?
Shall I show you around? It's very pretty. Have you come here to stay? Well, you sure picked a day. My name is Billy, it's my birthday, you're invited to my party down the hall...
Where I go, what I'll become or who I am or what I'll be
I'll never know, but I am sure that I'll get everything for free...
May 23 Yui - Again (Full metal alchemist : brotherhood opening)Isn’t my life still too long Even though I must have been pursuing the continuation of my dream It’s not that I want to return to how it was like back then. There aren’t tears at the end of sins, As if having written it in a white notebook "I’m alive so that I can fulfill myself" April 29 Metallica - The unforgivenNew blood joins this earth
and quickly he's subdued. Through constant pained disgrace the young boy learns their rules. With time the child draws in. This whipping boy done wrong. Deprived of all his thoughts the young man struggles on and on he's known... A vow unto his own : That never from this day his will they'll take away... What i've felt, what i've known, never shined through in what i've shown. Never be, never see, won't see what might have been. What i've felt, what i've known, never shined through in what i've shown. Never free, never me so i dub thee unforgiven... They dedicate their lives to running all of his. He tries to please them all, this bitter man he is. Throughout his life the same he's battled constantly. This fight he cannot win, A tired man they see no longer cares. The old man then prepares To die regretfully. That old man here is me... What i've felt, what i've known, never shined through in what i've shown. Never be, never see, won't see what might have been. What i've felt, what i've known, never shined through in what i've shown. Never free, never me so i dub thee unforgiven... You labeled me, I'll label you, so i dub thee unforgiven... Metallica is a band I never really paid much attention to since I first started to get into metal music to be honest . .a bit ironic when considering they're the Gods of metal . . or is that black sabbath...*shruggs*. As for this song, I'm truly grateful it was composed by this band, It may not be the song with the fastest guitar riff/solo . . best drumming . .best vocals . . .blah . .but it doens't matter because it has the best meaning to me, and I can relate to it so much that listening to it only makes me even more depressed. lol . .anyways I think all of you have picked out it's brains . .it was good of mecurian (From THE Unforgiven I lyrics) is spot the link between orwell's 1984, winston's character representing the child depicted in this song . . Here's my 2 cents, forgive me if I'm regurgitating what everyone else has said. :) But this is a personal interpretation for me so what the heck. why not. "New blood joins this earth And quickly he's subdued Through constant pained disgrace The young boy learns their rules" You can either take this literally or figuratively or both. Literally symbolising, "New blood" represents the birth of another baby into this world. With their first breath of life, they learn that the world that they were born into from their mother's womb, is unwelcoming and allows no room for questions, they come to learn of their place in life and are conquered by the life they are enforced into. The moment they are born, they are slaves to the system, society's norms, religious institutions, laws etc. They lack of a voice since they are denied of having freedom and live a life of restriction. "With time the child draws in This whipping boy done wrong" As he grows in his childhood, his parents manufacture and program his thoughts, so that he knows what is "right" and what is "wrong" and how you can distinguish between the two. This line hints he underwent some form(s) of child abuse as he was reprimanded for his mistakes by his parents. It's so wrong to inflict abuse upon a child. A child is the most innocent being on this planet, they don't know the ways of good and evil, and the parents using abuse on a child is sending out the wrong message to him. Those people who say your childhood doesn't affect your adulthood need to get a reality check because we remember most things from our childhood since we're absorbing as much information as we can, our brains are like sponges when we're young. Once you get fked up in your youth days, you're fked up for the rest of your goddamn life, if you're one of the lucky ones you'll go through redemption and come out of it alive and still with some faith in God. "Deprived of all his thoughts The young man struggles on and on he's known" Anyways, the boy isn't allowed to think for himself, since society, media, government, his parents are all inflicting upon him ideas of what a good person should be, what it means to be a man, what it means to love, how you should behave, how you should believe in God etc . . They feed him all these information yet the ironic thing about all this is that it's not answering ANY of his thoughts or the questions about why is it that life is like this the moment you are brought into this world, and are you cursed from the very start? As he continues living and growing up, he continues to suffer and the pain over the years keeps building up. "A vow unto his own That never from this day His will they'll take away" He makes a decision of his own at last, that his parents, people, the world, society, religions, nothing but HIMSELF is going to control his world and the decisions he makes. "What I've felt What I've known Never shined through in what I've shown" Here, the person has matured and is reflecting on his painful and damaging experiences form the past, and how they still continue to haunt his thoughts, and rake his emotions. He comes to learn through his reflection that the things he was taught as a child, when he was under "control" by everything and everyone, his parents, people, the world and God never helped him in the end because he doesn't believe in these ideals he was programmed ot think was the way of life, his actions in life don't convey these beliefs either. All this abuse he had inflicted by others just to feed him bullshit he never believes in now and doesn't carry out in his actions at present exemplifies you can never take away some's choice or freedom. Freedom of: - speech - actions - decisions - thinking - choice "Never be Never see Won't see what might have been" Here The person is saying they'll never use those ideas/beliefs/dogmas/ things they were taught while being abused as a child as a way to guide himself through life, he'll always be governed by his own thoughts, beliefs, choices in life. & he won't change himself for anyone and he doesn't want to see where his life could lead if lives his life by other people's thoughts and beliefs. I think he'd rather fail/succeed/live/die/hurt/love/fight etc by his own two hands. "Never free Never me So I dub thee unforgiven" The painful and abusive experiences from his childhood and whilst growing up the things he was taught by his parents and etc will haunt him for the rest of his life. Since they were permanently tattoed into his mind with the most terrible experiences and memories ever. He won't be able to be who he is completely until he is free of these burdans and the baggae he carries, which is where the "Unforgiven" concept comes in. Because he refused to live his life the way others wanted him too, they won't accept him for who he is until he does. Thus he is unforgiven . .just as I. "They dedicate their lives To running all of his He tries to please them all" He's basically living his life for everyone else. "This bitter man he is Throughout his life the same" Because he's unable to express his freedom, he truns bitter and starts to resent them. This cycle of living is always the same, no room for growth as he's always living by what others have taught him. He can't develop his own psyche, learn from his own mistakes/experiences etc. "He's battled constantly This fight he cannot win" He's tried many times to rebel and defy this "control" that the world has over him, It's him against the whole word and he comes to realise it's a losing battle that cannot be won. "A tired man they see no longer cares The old man then prepares To die regretfully That old man here is me" He's lived most of his life battling the odds and fighting for his freedom, now he's an old man, crippled and coming to the end of his days on this unforgiving planet. He's reflecting on his life and what he's achieved and realises that the only thing he's achieved is pleasing others and regrets this because in the course of his lifetime he never got to really do the things he wanted to do in life the WAY HE WANTED TO. He realises he achieved NOTHING because he ended up fighting all his life against the world, wasting his time in this losing battle, never really getting to live life at all. "You labelled me I'll label you So I dub the unforgiven" He feels hatred, anger and resentment and unable to find redemption, for what society his parents and the world has done to him. & as a result of that instead of learning from this experience and not doing what was done to him as a child to his own child, he does. I guess it's basically because it's the only thin he's known and has been taught, which is why he does what his perpetrators did to him to others. I find myself crying each time I listen to this song, because it reminds me of how stuffed up this world is and how people can be so cruel. . makes you wonder if there's any hope at all. .. God Bless everyone & I hope you are able to find peace with the demons of your past. April 21 Placebo - For what it's worthThe end of the century.
I said my goodbyes for what it's worth. I always aimed to please, but I nearly died. For what it's worth. Come on lay with me 'cause I'm on fire for what it's worth. I tear the sun in three to light up your eyes. For what it's worth... For what it's worth... For what it's worth... For what it's worth... Broke up the family, everybody cried for what it's worth. I have a slow disease that sucked me dry, for what it's worth. Come on walk with me into the rising tide, for what it's worth. Filled a cavity, your God shaped hole tonight. For what it's worth... No one cares when you're out on the street picking up the pieces to make ends meet. No one cares when you're down in the gutter, got no friends, got no lover... For what it's worth... Got no lover... For what it's worth... Got no lover... Got no friends, got no lover. For what it's worth...
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