Putting that in perspective ! http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartography?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/truetruesizeofafrica
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Pic of the day 12-28 (How big is Africa?!)
Putting that in perspective ! http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartography?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/truetruesizeofafrica
Thursday, December 25, 2014
Star Wars & Star Trek this Christmas!
The Fast-and-Furious-director Justin Lin is said to take on directorial duties for the movie.
And from Star Trek to Star Wars, the filmmakers were generous enough this Christmas as we got tons of news about the Franchise this time:
First we got the best "Thank You'' from the "Force Awakens" Cast & Crew for being the awesome fans we are and for the 'Change Campaign' + a message from the one and only, Director J J Abrams:
Then we got some seriously-awesome concept art of Kylo Ren:
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For more details on them you can check out this link:
http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/23/leaked-star-wars-episode-7-s-kylo-ren-s-concept-art-looks-rather-awesome-2538144?lt_source=external,manual
Then we got something a little extra for Star wars & vintage fans will go crazy about, Some behind-the-scene photos of the golden Star Wars IV;A New Hope exhibit at the BFIS, The images are courtesy of Ann Skinner, who was the continuity supervisor of the original movie .
I hope that the melt you hearts <3
http://moviepilot.com/posts/2014/12/23/leaked-star-wars-episode-7-s-kylo-ren-s-concept-art-looks-rather-awesome-2538144?lt_source=external,manual
Then we got something a little extra for Star wars & vintage fans will go crazy about, Some behind-the-scene photos of the golden Star Wars IV;A New Hope exhibit at the BFIS, The images are courtesy of Ann Skinner, who was the continuity supervisor of the original movie .
I hope that the melt you hearts <3
Chekh this link out for more details:
http://mic.com/articles/107016/amazing-photos-reveal-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope
http://mic.com/articles/107016/amazing-photos-reveal-a-behind-the-scenes-look-at-star-wars-episode-iv-a-new-hope
Wednesday, December 24, 2014
Wednesday, December 17, 2014
Glee S6 - Teaser Review
A few hours ago, Glee just released their promo/teaser for their final season, number 6.
And It's just what we're asking for!
So our adorable Rachel (Lea Michele) and Kurt (Chris Colfer) are back! <3
And it looks like it's all about bringing back the a Cappella club back, and it also looks like they're gonna be butting heads with Ms Sue - like always-, who said "You will beg for death" ...
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Also later in the teaser, Rachel and the guys are singing the one and only "Let it go" !, and she looks stunning!
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The last few seasons of Glee had always made me wonder about the writing, the cast is like super talented, but the writing is really poor and getting more and more cheesy, I hope the final chapter gets wrapped up well this time!
By the way, where's Idina Menzel? She doesn't show in the teaser at all?!!
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Best TV Shows of 2014
I hope you like them:
-they're not raked.
- Hannibal : This is probably worth the Best Director Award this year, it was SUPERB !
- Orange is the new black : My favorite drama Show of the year, almost of all time
- House of Cards : Do I even need to talk bout it?
- Bates Motel: Mothers will always be able to scary/strong as hell!, and Verga Farmiga guysssss!
- Parks & Recreation: It's always good to know you're sharing this world with Amy Poehler, Chris Prat, Aziz Ansari and Nick Offerman <3
- Modern Family: Just like every year, this show makes you wonder, Why isn't this my family?!
- Penny Dreadful: Even gays will always have the hots for the dreadful Eva Green.
- Da Vinci's Demons: It's basically GOT starring a hot Sherlock Holmes. How awesome is that?!
- Masters of Sex: you know you should watch this! -even if you're gay ;) -
- Sherlock: Because Benedict Fuckin Cumberbatch <3
- The Big Bang Theory: Not an admitted fan, but It surely is awesome!
- True Detective: well, Somehow I didn't like this "Profound" show at all, but people call it awesome anyways, and it has to, !
- Hemlock Grove: I just love Famke Janssen, I know I should feel bad about the show but I liked it to some point!
- Witches of East End: I know it's just a cheap remake of "Charmed" with poor graphics, but I still kind of liked it.
- The Mindy Project: I guess this was a goodbye for me, even before I knew the show is probably not getting a renew next year.
Every-year-best-shows :
* The Simpsons
* Family Guy
* South Park
we don't need to even talk about these being amazing shows every year, It should be taken for granted!
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Best Music for 2014!
But first -No, I won't take a selfie!- I need to remind you that this is just my taste, they don't really have to be the best albums this year technically, I'm not BillFuckin'Board mag :D
And they're not ranked !
- St. Vincent, St. Vincent
- Sun Kil Moon, Benji
- Lana Del Rey, Ultraviolence
- Future Islands, Seasons
- The War on Drugs, Lost in Dreams
- Lady Gaga & Tony Bennett, Cheek to cheek
- Hurray for the riff raf, Small town heroes
- Nikki Nack, Tune yards
- Against me!, Transgender Dysphoria Blues
Gay ِArabs, from ISIS to "Civilian Governments"
Yesterday, Police carried out a huge raid on a place called "Hammam Ramsis" -literally means BathHouse- which is a place where men can get massages and hot tubs or whatever and also been know to be a destination for gay men looking for hookups or paid sex or whatever, not that the society ever accepted this, it's mostly known between gay society and few people living near this place, So suddenly Police carried out this raid and arrested a few dozens -almost 40- and striped naked those who where not, and got them all beaten to the floors then loaded them up in police cars' trunks, naked but from lousy towels just like they were taken to slave markets in the middle ages!
And just before all this could happen, there was that one female TV reporter "Mona Iraqi" who works for the "Kahera wel Nas" channel, -which almost everyone knows that it's a channel likely ruled by the "Egyptian Intelligence Agency" -not sure what's it's even called !- ,but surely not that "intelligent".
So this reporter was there just before the police came and even tried to break into the "Hammam" but they kicked her out, then Police came and blah blah blah, while she was standing there shooting them in the face, naked and even uploading the pics on the internet and showed the footage -and will show the video later- on her "tv program'' on that channel.
First, I would love everyone of you to take a few minutes and contact that woman, tell her how admirable she is !
https://www.facebook.com/mona.iraqi
https://www.facebook.com/MonaIraqiTv
Mostly these guys are totally fucked up till they die -or fleet away to a new home in another country-
I mean if you still recall the guys who starred in the "first gay engagement video" and got 3 years of prison for just these engagement rings!, So I don't think I'll be exaggerating if I said they might take like 10 years or more -actually, people would literally like to 'kill' them, and so does "their religions'' if they were literally applied-.
I'm not sharing the pictures, they won't matter with any of us, but their families would just be more humiliated -and might disown them or want kill them real good! so they can "bury their shame" with them-.
This was Egypt, the "civilized country" !
Let's get to the "Barbarian" ISIS,
Few days ago, ISIS stoned a kid -20 years- to death, for being gay, and after finding some "gay sex footage" and they claimed that they were of him having "deviant sex" with some other guys,
Then in another city -El Hamadiya- ISIS stoned another guy -21 years old- for having sex with a guy, and they dragged their bodies afterwards through the streets and did not bury them!
I don't know what to say anymore, I don't know how to help -as if anyone knows-, but it's getting really dark in here in the middle east, I just saw a video of a 19-year-old girl suicide off the "Kasr el Nile" bridge, she just drowned in front of my eyes. In front of everyone's!
Everyone needs to get the fuck out of here, one way or another! -of course unless you were Muslim, Sunni, Straight, and White guy who loves living in shit and feeding on everyone else's rights- Some just choose the "straight & fast" way, And I hope they just stop choosing it, cause this just absorbs us into that black hole more and more and more !
-Excuse me but I need to throw up-
And just before all this could happen, there was that one female TV reporter "Mona Iraqi" who works for the "Kahera wel Nas" channel, -which almost everyone knows that it's a channel likely ruled by the "Egyptian Intelligence Agency" -not sure what's it's even called !- ,but surely not that "intelligent".
So this reporter was there just before the police came and even tried to break into the "Hammam" but they kicked her out, then Police came and blah blah blah, while she was standing there shooting them in the face, naked and even uploading the pics on the internet and showed the footage -and will show the video later- on her "tv program'' on that channel.
First, I would love everyone of you to take a few minutes and contact that woman, tell her how admirable she is !
https://www.facebook.com/mona.iraqi
https://www.facebook.com/MonaIraqiTv
Mostly these guys are totally fucked up till they die -or fleet away to a new home in another country-
I mean if you still recall the guys who starred in the "first gay engagement video" and got 3 years of prison for just these engagement rings!, So I don't think I'll be exaggerating if I said they might take like 10 years or more -actually, people would literally like to 'kill' them, and so does "their religions'' if they were literally applied-.
I'm not sharing the pictures, they won't matter with any of us, but their families would just be more humiliated -and might disown them or want kill them real good! so they can "bury their shame" with them-.
This was Egypt, the "civilized country" !
Let's get to the "Barbarian" ISIS,
Few days ago, ISIS stoned a kid -20 years- to death, for being gay, and after finding some "gay sex footage" and they claimed that they were of him having "deviant sex" with some other guys,
Then in another city -El Hamadiya- ISIS stoned another guy -21 years old- for having sex with a guy, and they dragged their bodies afterwards through the streets and did not bury them!
Another 'Islam Troops" also in Syria but belong to "El kae'da" was reported to have stoned a 21 year-old guy for the first time in public last October in front of kids and children.
They've have been stoning only women till they discovered homosexuality!I don't know what to say anymore, I don't know how to help -as if anyone knows-, but it's getting really dark in here in the middle east, I just saw a video of a 19-year-old girl suicide off the "Kasr el Nile" bridge, she just drowned in front of my eyes. In front of everyone's!
Everyone needs to get the fuck out of here, one way or another! -of course unless you were Muslim, Sunni, Straight, and White guy who loves living in shit and feeding on everyone else's rights- Some just choose the "straight & fast" way, And I hope they just stop choosing it, cause this just absorbs us into that black hole more and more and more !
-Excuse me but I need to throw up-
Friday, December 5, 2014
Music this Christmas! (Updated frequently)
Since Christmas is coming -and so is WINTER!-, we got loads of new music tracks and albums getting released daily,
So this blog post will hunt them down and bring to you as much as my ears can handle,
This post will be updated every couple days till next year ;)
- We got this amazing funny -but brilliant- song by The Killers at -and feat- Jimmy Kimmel. and it's just like Xmas should be <3
- The Smashing Pumpkins has just released and started streaming their new album "Monuments to an Elegy" and so far it sounds awesome, as always!
http://www.spin.com/articles/smashing-pumpkins-album-stream-monuments-to-an-elegy/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook
-The brilliant Frank Ocean released an track called "memrise" which is only 1.5 minutes but sounds magical, and the internet went mad about it, could be a sign of a new album upcoming soon.
http://mic.com/articles/105452/frank-ocean-will-save-pop-music-in-2015?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social
- Also Steven Tyler went on a massive duet with Brad Paisley on Chuck Berry's "Run, run, Rudolph" on CMA Country Christmas 2-14.
- Lana del Rey released two new songs from Tim Burton's new movie "Big Eyes",
and they sound creepy -but still beautiful- as fuck!.
Big eyes:
I can Fly:
- Christmas this year is so generous that even Jennifer Lawrence released a new song by her !
The hanging tree, from the new "Hunger Games; Mockingjay pt1", and it hit the "hot100" at no.12 !
- Coldplay are working on their Final album 'A head full of dreams' as they referred to it,which is a bad thing for all their fans of course, but I actually not a fan off all the whole music era they represent, when we ran out of alternative rock and headed towards that indie rock or 2000s alternative rock, anyways I hope it's better than their last album !
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6363555/coldplay-final-album-a-head-full-of-dreams-chris-martin?facebook_20141204
- Nicki Minaj's new song "All things go" which is fairly good, but sounded a lot sadder when she talked about its story, as she almost had a child like 16 years ago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/nicki-minaj-all-things-go_n_6262352.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
- Another good news for all Indie Rock lovers, Modest Mouse just released their official Instagram Page and posted this photo of Vinyl dick labeled "Lampshades on fire".
http://instagram.com/modestmouse
Also just in!, the Lampshades On Fire Song is here :
It's been almost 5 years since they last made a new song, We missed them <3
- John Legend just teamed up with Common and made a real good song for an upcoming movie "Selma" a movie about the campaign for black voting rights in 1965,
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/04/john-legend-common-glory-selma_n_6271990.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
- Queen Bey hit us with a strong album earlier this year, but there has been rumors about another small four-track-disk to be released this month, containing songs: Ring off, 7/11 and remixes by Pharrell Williams and Nicki Minaj.
This post will be updated every couple days till next year ;)
- We got this amazing funny -but brilliant- song by The Killers at -and feat- Jimmy Kimmel. and it's just like Xmas should be <3
- The Smashing Pumpkins has just released and started streaming their new album "Monuments to an Elegy" and so far it sounds awesome, as always!
http://www.spin.com/articles/smashing-pumpkins-album-stream-monuments-to-an-elegy/?utm_source=spinfacebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=spinfacebook
-The brilliant Frank Ocean released an track called "memrise" which is only 1.5 minutes but sounds magical, and the internet went mad about it, could be a sign of a new album upcoming soon.
http://mic.com/articles/105452/frank-ocean-will-save-pop-music-in-2015?utm_source=policymicFB&utm_medium=main&utm_campaign=social
- Also Steven Tyler went on a massive duet with Brad Paisley on Chuck Berry's "Run, run, Rudolph" on CMA Country Christmas 2-14.
- Lana del Rey released two new songs from Tim Burton's new movie "Big Eyes",
and they sound creepy -but still beautiful- as fuck!.
Big eyes:
I can Fly:
- Christmas this year is so generous that even Jennifer Lawrence released a new song by her !
The hanging tree, from the new "Hunger Games; Mockingjay pt1", and it hit the "hot100" at no.12 !
- Coldplay are working on their Final album 'A head full of dreams' as they referred to it,which is a bad thing for all their fans of course, but I actually not a fan off all the whole music era they represent, when we ran out of alternative rock and headed towards that indie rock or 2000s alternative rock, anyways I hope it's better than their last album !
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6363555/coldplay-final-album-a-head-full-of-dreams-chris-martin?facebook_20141204
- Nicki Minaj's new song "All things go" which is fairly good, but sounded a lot sadder when she talked about its story, as she almost had a child like 16 years ago.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/12/03/nicki-minaj-all-things-go_n_6262352.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000024
- Another good news for all Indie Rock lovers, Modest Mouse just released their official Instagram Page and posted this photo of Vinyl dick labeled "Lampshades on fire".
http://instagram.com/modestmouse
Also just in!, the Lampshades On Fire Song is here :
- John Legend just teamed up with Common and made a real good song for an upcoming movie "Selma" a movie about the campaign for black voting rights in 1965,
- Queen Bey hit us with a strong album earlier this year, but there has been rumors about another small four-track-disk to be released this month, containing songs: Ring off, 7/11 and remixes by Pharrell Williams and Nicki Minaj.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
My Music Covers
بما اني مش لاقي حاجة اكتبها حالياَ من كتر منا لاقي مواضيع كتير في كل المجالات، ف قلت "أسوّق" لنفسي بقي عِنداً في اعلان فودافون الجديد بتاع خط المحلات دا،
فالناس الفاضية بقي او تحب تسمع حاجات هواة فشخ يجمعوا هنا :
Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/thinnking-out-loud-cover-by-me-ed-sheeran
Gods and Monsters - Lana del Rey
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/gods-monsters-cover-by-me-lana
Blackbird - The Beatles
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/blackbird-cover-by-me-the-beatles
Asleep - The Smiths
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/asleep-cover-by-me-the-smiths
Yellow Flicker beat - Lorde
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/yellow-flicker-beat-cover-by-me-lorde
Halo - Beyonce
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/halo-cover-by-me
Not about angels - Birdy (from TFIOS
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/birdy-not-about-angels-sollyscover
Radiohead - All I need
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/all-i-need-cover-by-me-1
Or check The whole playlist :
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/tracks
Or youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbh5dw85NZbhLVhdlN8CD2Q/videos
و بس كدة :))
فالناس الفاضية بقي او تحب تسمع حاجات هواة فشخ يجمعوا هنا :
Thinking out loud - Ed Sheeran
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/thinnking-out-loud-cover-by-me-ed-sheeran
Gods and Monsters - Lana del Rey
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/gods-monsters-cover-by-me-lana
Blackbird - The Beatles
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/blackbird-cover-by-me-the-beatles
Asleep - The Smiths
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/asleep-cover-by-me-the-smiths
Yellow Flicker beat - Lorde
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/yellow-flicker-beat-cover-by-me-lorde
Halo - Beyonce
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/halo-cover-by-me
Not about angels - Birdy (from TFIOS
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/birdy-not-about-angels-sollyscover
Radiohead - All I need
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/all-i-need-cover-by-me-1
Or check The whole playlist :
https://soundcloud.com/solly-diabian/tracks
Or youtube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbh5dw85NZbhLVhdlN8CD2Q/videos
و بس كدة :))
Saturday, November 29, 2014
Star Wars:The Force Awakens -Trailer review "بالعربي"
أخيراً !
نزل امبارح الtrailer المنتظر للجزء الجديد من السلسلة العظيمة Star Wars بعنوان The Force Awakens، و الإعلان masterpiece زي مابيقولوا، و زي ماهو متوقع من J J Abrams طبعاً !
نبتدي بقي "نفصّص الtrailer" ...
المفروض ان الجزء الجديد دا أحداثه بتدور بعد 30 سنة من The return of the Jedi
أول لقطة معانا هي عبارة عن صحرا، او بالأحري صحرا كوكب Tatooine اكيد، أشهر كواكب السلسة.
بعد كدة بتسمع جملة و سؤال، " ?There has been an awakening, Have you felt it "
نزل امبارح الtrailer المنتظر للجزء الجديد من السلسلة العظيمة Star Wars بعنوان The Force Awakens، و الإعلان masterpiece زي مابيقولوا، و زي ماهو متوقع من J J Abrams طبعاً !
نبتدي بقي "نفصّص الtrailer" ...
المفروض ان الجزء الجديد دا أحداثه بتدور بعد 30 سنة من The return of the Jedi
أول لقطة معانا هي عبارة عن صحرا، او بالأحري صحرا كوكب Tatooine اكيد، أشهر كواكب السلسة.
بعد كدة بتسمع جملة و سؤال، " ?There has been an awakening, Have you felt it "
أعتقد ان الصوت العظيم دا صوت Benedict Cumberbatch،
بعد كدة بنقابل شخصية جديدة علي السلسلة، - ممثل أسمر بريطاني اسمه John Boyega - و زي مهو واضح كدة لابس لبس الstormtroopers ، بس السؤال هل هو فعلاً دا دوره؟ ولا متنكر؟ هنعرف بعدين للأسف !
بعد كدة بنقابل الحلو دا، تقريباً كدة دا تطور لل R2 -D2 مش متأكدة عشان أول مرة نشوفه، بس أصواته قريبه من ال R2 قوي، بس شكله و حركته ظريفة،
بعد كدة بندخل ع التقيب بقي، بنشوف فرق الStormtroopers مع بعض و هم بيلمعوا في بدلهم الجديدة اللي شبه بتاعة السبعينات و التمانينات جداً ، لهم علاقة بTatooine ؟ هنشوف دا قدام أكيد !
و نشوف لقطتين جداد للشخصية الجديدة -والممثلة البريطانية برضه طبعاً Daisy Ridley -، اللي علي حسب ما قريت المفروض انها بنت Han Solo و Princess Leila، واللي هيكون اسمها Kira
بس شكلها كدة رايحة لل Rebels باللي عملاه دا، و برضه دا نفس الكوكب طبعاً.
و نشوف Oscar Isaac -بطل Inside llewin Davis و Xmen الجديد Apocalypse- و شكله كدة برضه في صفوف المتمردين او الRebels،
من أحلي اللقطات اللي ف الtrailer ، مش عارف بصراحة كوكب ايه دا، هو شبه Napoo نوعاً ما بس اعتقد انه كوكب جديد.
بس ال X-Wings كالعادة شكلها عظيم !
طب بذمتكوا، ماوحشتكوش؟ ;')
البتاع الجامد دا جديد برضه، cross lightstaber اعتقد؟
الإعلان حلو جداً بس ناقصه حاجات كتير، و دا راجع لإن لسه بدري جداً علي الفيلم، و مش هينفع يحرقه كله مرة واحدة، و دا عذر مقبول يعني، اعلان حلو بس مش هيفاجأك قد ماتكون متوقع.
بعد كدة معاد الفيلم، و الموسيقي الشهيرة بتاعة السلسلة، و للأسف لسه قدامنا 12 شهر كمان عشان نشوف الفيلم،
فاستمتعوا بالtrailers بقي عبر السنة دي :)
بعد كدة بنقابل شخصية جديدة علي السلسلة، - ممثل أسمر بريطاني اسمه John Boyega - و زي مهو واضح كدة لابس لبس الstormtroopers ، بس السؤال هل هو فعلاً دا دوره؟ ولا متنكر؟ هنعرف بعدين للأسف !
بعد كدة بنقابل الحلو دا، تقريباً كدة دا تطور لل R2 -D2 مش متأكدة عشان أول مرة نشوفه، بس أصواته قريبه من ال R2 قوي، بس شكله و حركته ظريفة،
بعد كدة بندخل ع التقيب بقي، بنشوف فرق الStormtroopers مع بعض و هم بيلمعوا في بدلهم الجديدة اللي شبه بتاعة السبعينات و التمانينات جداً ، لهم علاقة بTatooine ؟ هنشوف دا قدام أكيد !
و نشوف لقطتين جداد للشخصية الجديدة -والممثلة البريطانية برضه طبعاً Daisy Ridley -، اللي علي حسب ما قريت المفروض انها بنت Han Solo و Princess Leila، واللي هيكون اسمها Kira
بس شكلها كدة رايحة لل Rebels باللي عملاه دا، و برضه دا نفس الكوكب طبعاً.
و نشوف Oscar Isaac -بطل Inside llewin Davis و Xmen الجديد Apocalypse- و شكله كدة برضه في صفوف المتمردين او الRebels،
من أحلي اللقطات اللي ف الtrailer ، مش عارف بصراحة كوكب ايه دا، هو شبه Napoo نوعاً ما بس اعتقد انه كوكب جديد.
بس ال X-Wings كالعادة شكلها عظيم !
طب بذمتكوا، ماوحشتكوش؟ ;')
البتاع الجامد دا جديد برضه، cross lightstaber اعتقد؟
الإعلان حلو جداً بس ناقصه حاجات كتير، و دا راجع لإن لسه بدري جداً علي الفيلم، و مش هينفع يحرقه كله مرة واحدة، و دا عذر مقبول يعني، اعلان حلو بس مش هيفاجأك قد ماتكون متوقع.
بعد كدة معاد الفيلم، و الموسيقي الشهيرة بتاعة السلسلة، و للأسف لسه قدامنا 12 شهر كمان عشان نشوف الفيلم،
فاستمتعوا بالtrailers بقي عبر السنة دي :)
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence - Album Review
So that's it, finally!
I was really intending to talk about that album much sooner but it's kind of pretty special to me so it had to take all the time it needed.
This is the third studio album by Lana and the genres here vary from : blues rock, dream pop, and indie rock.. So obviously it sounds pretty dark and sad even if you didn't even start listening yet.
So I have to warn you, If you deeply listen to this album, you'll end up really really in the blues, you'll feel miserable, and sad! + it includes some F-words, lots of drugs, sex and gloomy stuff, Classic-Lana except it all got doubled or even tripled !
So let's get started...get your tissues!
Cruel world
"I shared my body and my mind with you, that's all over now!"
That's a hell of an album-head ! A glorified punch of depression.
She sounds heartbroken, week and miserable with her heavily-reverbed vocals,
"Because you're young, you're wild, you're free,you dance in circles around me, you're fuckin' crazy!"
Is my favorite part of all lyrics, I don't even know why!
This is probably my favorite song of the entire album I guess
"I'm so happy now that you're gone!" That's how you kick off ! even when you feel so empty inside!
That song has lots of drugs, love, lust, sex, parties, sadness, happiness & craziness. It's a whole album itself!
Ultraviolence
That's a hell of an album-head ! A glorified punch of depression.
She sounds heartbroken, week and miserable with her heavily-reverbed vocals,
"Because you're young, you're wild, you're free,you dance in circles around me, you're fuckin' crazy!"
Is my favorite part of all lyrics, I don't even know why!
This is probably my favorite song of the entire album I guess
"I'm so happy now that you're gone!" That's how you kick off ! even when you feel so empty inside!
That song has lots of drugs, love, lust, sex, parties, sadness, happiness & craziness. It's a whole album itself!
Ultraviolence
-just till you start to get how twisted this song is!-
"He hit me and it felt like a kiss" - She quotes from The Crystals' hit in the 60s-
"Yo soy la princessa ...." she sings in a weird way -that I don't know how to professionally describe- but she seems obsessed with it recently.
The song itself has been referred to be talking about "domestic violence", and in a way that made Lana look like she's pro-it actually! - She's getting raped, over and over but then she's starting to like the pain and like being raped by that "Jim" and end up mentally-ill as I assumed from the ending, which is beginning to be a guiding-theme of her songs, mentally-ill !-
This song is really really creepy, especially when the Piano and those strings are added !
I don't even know how I feel about the song, it's good, and really beautiful in a really sad way but it always makes me miserable !
Shades of cool
It's a bit of a gloomy ballad, Lana here is in love with a 'Californian' guys, who can't stay with only one girlfriend, does drugs and to him, she's just another girl, and she can't change him nor leave him.
She feels cold and in the "Shades of cool" even in the warmth of California!
"But I can't fix him, can't make him better! " She sings in soprano voice.
And that rattling electrifying guitar solo is just glorious <3
Just keep away off the video please, It's shitty!
West Coast
Her voice sounds misty or dusty here, which is kind of cool actually.
Pretty when you cry
The lyrics here are pretty straightforward, Back to the drug problems, Their relationship has ended, their promises, everything has come to an end, He prefers to get high than being with her, While she still waits for him!
The lyrics are REALLY bitter and sad! And the echos are making them sound more miserable.
She just sounds a little bit repetitive to me when she says "I'll wait for you babe, that's all I do babe, don't come through babe".
Old Money
Sounds a lot like "Born to die" though the lyrics mean quite the opposite actually.
The piano here is really a "tear-jerker", I quote from 'fortemag.com'.
The same broke heart, unfinished love story. A beautiful song, but nothing really new!
The other woman
Just keep away off the video please, It's shitty!
West Coast
ٍA modern Stevie Nicks is reborn <3
That's a soft rock one, which gets quite close to hip hop sometimes, I think it would've been pretty good as a closing track.
I've been noticing she's getting more and more psychedelic, it's like her Pink-Floyd-fan-boyfriend is influencing her music !
That's a soft rock one, which gets quite close to hip hop sometimes, I think it would've been pretty good as a closing track.
I've been noticing she's getting more and more psychedelic, it's like her Pink-Floyd-fan-boyfriend is influencing her music !
Her voice sounds misty or dusty here, which is kind of cool actually.
Lana here wants to live by the West coast "Standards", "If you're not drinking, you're not playing"
She still feels kind of empty and that doesn't satisfy her as much as the person she loves does, but she still keeps pushing and pulling, she can't give aways the standards -or in some other theories, her Music- that he dislikes!Pretty when you cry
The lyrics here are pretty straightforward, Back to the drug problems, Their relationship has ended, their promises, everything has come to an end, He prefers to get high than being with her, While she still waits for him!
The lyrics are REALLY bitter and sad! And the echos are making them sound more miserable.
She just sounds a little bit repetitive to me when she says "I'll wait for you babe, that's all I do babe, don't come through babe".
Old Money
The piano here is really a "tear-jerker", I quote from 'fortemag.com'.
The same broke heart, unfinished love story. A beautiful song, but nothing really new!
The other woman
The closing track, and probably the shortest lyrics/track of the album, maybe because it's a cover of Nina Simone's.
The song here is about a man and his wife and a mistress, Lana's voice here is almost better than the original song that dates back to the 60s.
That was the most complicated, morally-twisted, saddest and gloomies album I've heard in a while, But listening to it, It will definitely grow on you !
The song here is about a man and his wife and a mistress, Lana's voice here is almost better than the original song that dates back to the 60s.
That was the most complicated, morally-twisted, saddest and gloomies album I've heard in a while, But listening to it, It will definitely grow on you !
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Cheek to Cheek - Gaga & Tony Bennett Album Reviews
We all knew it since we heard their first due "The lady is a trap", They belong together !
The Pop superstar Lady gaga and the Icon Tony Bennett .
So a few weeks ago their full collaborative album was released and topped charts even before getting released!
The album is called "Cheek to Cheek" which is pretty much just like they always act when they're together <3
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and idea of listening to Lady Gaga in a jazz-only album singing with someone who is older than her by almost 60 years is bloody awesome itself!
So let's get started;
The Pop superstar Lady gaga and the Icon Tony Bennett .
So a few weeks ago their full collaborative album was released and topped charts even before getting released!
The album is called "Cheek to Cheek" which is pretty much just like they always act when they're together <3
and idea of listening to Lady Gaga in a jazz-only album singing with someone who is older than her by almost 60 years is bloody awesome itself!
So let's get started;
Anything goes
This song drops you instantaneously in the world of jazz and happiness,
A really nice choice for the leading song, and I love how the lyrics go with them trading lines really smoothly, they both sound like really enjoying it!
also even in some lines they complain about the society and "the world's gone mad today, and good's bad today" they don't even sound sad about it, they're still keeping the positive attitude about it and telling each other "go!" enjoy life .
The original song dates back to 1934 by Cole Porter and Tony covered it before around the 60s.
A really nice choice for the leading song, and I love how the lyrics go with them trading lines really smoothly, they both sound like really enjoying it!
also even in some lines they complain about the society and "the world's gone mad today, and good's bad today" they don't even sound sad about it, they're still keeping the positive attitude about it and telling each other "go!" enjoy life .
The original song dates back to 1934 by Cole Porter and Tony covered it before around the 60s.
Cheek to Cheek
The only thing I don't' like about this track is that it sounds like each recorded his part in a separate song, Gaga's solo parts sound a lot less noisy than Tony's, maybe they meant that, I just don't like this contrast.
But still, their harmony here is massive, even if Gaga sounds overpowering !
"but I don't enjoy it half as much as dancing cheek to cheek"
And the finale ! *.*
I can't give you anything
Gaga unleashes her powerful voice, she sounds MAJESTIC !
The electric organ sounds cool and these brass horns (by Gaga's Trumpeter 'Brian Newman') just kill it <3 !
"Gee I liked you ..... Tony,... doesn't sell, Gaga" I love how they shout each other's names like that!
It makes the song feel like home <3
"I can only give you love, lady, that's the thing I got plenty of, lady" this is really adorable!
and the finale comes with Gaga over powering and singing over Tony :)
I won't dance
Probably my favorite track, and it really makes you think the idea of making this album was a blessing!
They sound really smooth, harmonic, heart warming and really in love!
"you know what? you're lovely...... and so what? I'm lovely!"
"We know that music leads the way to romance, so if I won't hold you in my arms, I won't dance"
The lyrics are just the cutest! They maybe not dancing like they say - without having each other- but sure their voices dance like hell <3 !
They sound really smooth, harmonic, heart warming and really in love!
"you know what? you're lovely...... and so what? I'm lovely!"
"We know that music leads the way to romance, so if I won't hold you in my arms, I won't dance"
The lyrics are just the cutest! They maybe not dancing like they say - without having each other- but sure their voices dance like hell <3 !
Goody goody
This song really sounds cute, adorable and really fun to listen to! Will definitely make you smile a lot through it. even it's only two-minutes-long.
Tony here songs and Gaga only talks sexy -also playful- in the background
"I'm not a goody, I'm a baddy"... Yes you are Gaga :)
They all laughed
yes, it was once covered by Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald.
sounds kind of comical, talking about people being always wrong, since all the tech inventions - at Edison, Columbus,...etc.- and even at laughing at them expecting their "love" to fail, -"they laughed at me wanting you"- but it didn't !
Another really nice song, featuring some "ho ho hooo, he he heee, and some laughs too" kind of a whole package too ;)
but not even two-minutes-long !
It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got a swing)
"Do-wah Do-wah Do-was Tony Gaga!"
This one is really energetic and kind of has a faster tempo.
It sound like it has lots of improvisations of course,
This song is pure joy and is the best choice for the closing song.
Bonus track;
Bang Bang !
Everyone is talking about that song, but I really can't find words that describes it, click on the button above and give it a shot and let yourself be sucked up into it!
That album - that may sounded at first unasked for- that really just the idea of it confused many people, but I just fell in love with it, it's the best I could've ever asked them to sing!
I'm in love with that 'odd couple' <3 !
