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Top 5 songs from a musical

Note: I thought I was able to fulfill this task as it was, but almost every song I thought were from musicals are actually from films about music, according with IMDB.
So I gave up with the musicals and here is my 

Top 5 songs from movies (somehow) about music

  


1. Transmission, from "Control"





2. "When your mind is made up, from "Once"





3. Mr. Postman, from "Backbeat"




4. Treat her right, from "The Commitments"




5. Fever Dog, from "Almost Famous"

Enxaqueca

...uma companheira insistente. Mando embora e ela volta, cada vez com mais força.

Another perspective about love and imagination

"If it's true, as some German fellow has said, that without phosphorus there is no thought, it is still more true that there is no kindness of heart without a certain amount of imagination. She had some. She had even more than is necessary to understand suffering and to be moved by pity. She fell in love under circumstances that leave no room for doubt in the matter; for you need imagination to form a notion of beauty at all, and still more to discover your ideal in an unfamiliar shape."

Conrad, Joseph. Amy Foster. 1901, p.3

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Top 5 catchy choruses

British bands have a special talent for chorus, so here you have just a sample of their potential (you must know all these bands, right?) 

This Top 5 is an opportunity to remember some bands I've been neglecting lately. And after searching for theses videos, I hope Franz and Muse will bring something new soon. 

I must tell you the songs here were disposed only by a chronological order, not by preference. That would be very hard to do (I'm not even sure these are my favorites choruses from each one of them...)

1. "Let it be / let it be / let it be / let it be / whisper words of wisdom / let it be"




2. "Sooooo Sally can't wait / she knows is too late / she's walking on by / my soul slides away / 'But don't look back in anger' / I heard you say" 




3. "No you girls will never know / Oh no you girls will never know / no you girls will never know / how you make a boy feel"




4. "They will not force us / They will stop degrading us /They will not enslave us / We will be victorious" (I once use this chorus as a theme for a strike)



5. "This could be para para paradise / para para paradise / para para paradise..." (This on really steaks)

Jusqu'a toi

Films keep encouraging me to be the silly romantic girl I've been since.. well, probably since I was born.
I must confess I could fall in love with someone because of his luggage, or better, the things inside it :) 
I totally see myself in a situation like this, it would be very typical of me actually.
Specially if I found one or two of my favorite books inside it. And if we could meet in Paris.
I would create funny ways to introduce him to my life.
No problem traveling across the ocean just to have another try either..

But now let's try to fall sleep imaging all this. And thank you, movie industry, for reinforcing my disturbs of behavior.

To be or not to be selfish...

I've bought a gift and liked it so much to wanna keep it to myself.
But I feel a tiny little bit guilty...
I can give something else, right?

It's not St. Patrick's day without a Guinness

.. now it is!

I hope you all had a great day! 
I have a platonic love for Ireland since I was 14 and March 17th has been a very important day for me through the past 5 years. One day I'll get there and I will be celebrating it properly :) 
So may Saint Patrick bless your wishes and dreams, making your path easier and helping you to achieve what you need it the most.
I know he has helped me.

The cooking skills are improving

It's silly, I know, but once and a while this blog still works as some kind of personal journal.
So now I know how to make a Yakisoba...
I don't wanna brag too much but it was pretty good :)

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Top 5 songs by Irish artists

1. The Cranberries - Ode to my family (best video about Ireland ever)

2. The Swell Season - High horses

3. Bell X1 - My first born for a song (I just rediscovered this song) 

4. Fionn Regan - Hunter's map

5. The Corrs - Toss the feathers (I love Irish traditional music)

PS: Yeah, no U2 today :)

PS2: I love St. Patrick

I hope for mine too

From the amazing Post a Secret

The film of the week

Jean Dujardin and Uggie

Usually the American Academy disappoints me but this year they've made justice. "The artist" is a great film with different reading levels in a very clean and simple script. It plays with the languages and history of Cinema (and World History too) inside a fun story between a movie star and a sassy extra girl. It truly celebrates the industry.

Oh and it also have the best animal actor ever, Uggie the dog, which steals every single scene he's on. Just adorable.

I know silent movies are not for any audience but this is definitely captivating. I think everybody should give it a try...

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Top 5 videos you like better than the song

There's tons of music videos I love but most of them mainly because of the songs. It's pretty hard to remember the ones I liked for the video itself. Here's some.


1. (This video always breaks my heart)




2. (It doesn't need introduction)




3. (Impossible not to like this one) 




4. (Anton is a genius)




5. (Usually I prefer Bjork videos than songs. This one is perfect.)

Um dia que vai além de uma data

Infelizmente, muitos homens ainda debocham e algumas mulheres ficam bastante constrangidas com a chegada do dia 8 de março, o que considero uma pena. É claro que eu não me importo se você resolver me dar flores. Na verdade eu provavelmente ficaria feliz, mas também não é sobre presentes e mimos que este dia se trata.


Como a maioria das datas não cívico-nacionais (tipo dia da Independência, dia da Bandeira, etc), este dia diz respeito a diversidade, ao direito de existir como ser político, com liberdade de manifestação e respeito dos demais. E isso nunca é fácil, não vem de graça, não depende só do "mero" reconhecimento popular, enfrenta sempre a barreira da tradição, das instituições formais e, por mais tolo que possa soar, do cotidiano.São embates que ainda existem sim, daquilo que se é, do que se deseja ser e das representações e imagens que a sociedade impõe, e que ainda vão permanecer, não se resolvem em um século. 


Achar que todas as reivindicações, espaços e desafios já foram conquistados é um comportamento equivocado daqueles tais 1% que convivem com "white people's problems". A ampliação dos diretos das mulheres para questões de gênero, cabendo a discussão e incorporação de outras concepções de feminino para além do biológico até os transgêneros, só demonstra como esse processo é longo, importante e necessário.

a Sunday night thought

From Bansky

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Top 5 songs by your favorite "heartthrob"

I think no artist would like to be recognized as a "heartthrob". However if you must name one, my will definitely be Paul Banks. His mates from Interpol are not far behind him actually, I must say too :)

I wanna take this opportunity and not just put a picture of a hot guy but give a proper space for this band and singer I love, having a huge importance as soundtrack for my personal history.

1. The favorite song

2. The song you couldn't get out of your head for months

3. One from another place and another time (I miss you Carlos D.)

4. The very first song you loved

5. One from a solo album

And if you are still hoping for a picture: