Music

So, what will Puff be writing about now that she seems to be back, you ask yourselves. Well let me start with an easy topic; music.

This fall a show about artists interpreting eachothers music has been aired in Sweden. It has been very popular and I'm not alone in loving this show. It's called "Så mycket bättre" witch translates "so much better" and it really is. Old songs get new life and another shot at the spot light.

Here's a sample. Darin singing Magnus Ugglas song Astrologen. Darin is really a skilled singer and songwriter, as you can tell here.

http://www.tv4.se/s%C3%A5-mycket-b%C3%A4ttre/klipp/darin-astrologen-2239364

There's a line in the song saying "Du är den vackraste jag mött, inte tuff och hård och kall som andra" that I love.
It means "You are the most beautiful I've met, not tough and hard and cold as others." I love this line.

from a conversation in SL

[11:05] Puff Klang: you wanna know something funny?
[11:05] Puff Klang: a few days ago I wrote this blog post about why i am black in SL
[11:05] Puff Klang: basically it is because I envy black women for being so darn beautiful[11:05] Puff Klang: anyway
[11:05] Puff Klang: today
[11:06] Puff Klang: I wrote this blogpost about the cyndi lauper song "true colors" that's been stuck on my brain for days
[11:06] Puff Klang: I was sure there was a reason why I had in on my brain
[11:07] Puff Klang: as soon as I had posted it, it dawned on me that I was maybe wrong...[11:07] Puff Klang: it's kinda obvious.... I usually don't believe in signs and stuff like that
[11:07] Puff Klang: but maybe my subconsious is telling me to be proud of my own color, like it is... LOL

LMAO!!!

And that's why I love you...

I know that many of my friends are sad at times. Many of you are depressed, and generally just don't feel well. Some times you just loose faith in yourself. Everybody does from time to time. Some days you just feel like Eeyor (you know, the gloomy donkey in Whinny the Pooh).

This is for you, if you have one of those days, or one of those times.

True Colors

You with the sad eyes
Don't be discouraged
Oh I realize
It's hard to take courage
In a world full of people
You can lose sight of it all
And the darkness inside you
Can make you feel so small

But I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

Show me a smile then,
Don't be unhappy,
can't remember when
I last saw you laughing
If this world makes you crazy
And you've taken all you can bear
You call me up
Because you know I'll be there

And I see your true colors
Shining through
I see your true colors
And that's why I love you
So don't be afraid to let them show
Your true colors
True colors are beautiful,
Like a rainbow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbZDjnWtK1A

I've had this tune on my mind for a few days. I have no ideah where it came from, because I haven't heard it for years. But it grew inside me and it was like I just HAD to post it here. I hope it means something for someone.

Helen Sjöholm...

Okok, only ONE more youtube video.... Heléne Sjöholm, swedens best female singer in the movie "Så som i himmelen" (as in heaven)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_B8-oxUiAc&feature=related

More Björn and Benny

SKY
I wasn't jealous before we met
Now every man that I see is a potential threat
And I'm possessive, it isn't nice
You've heard me saying that smoking was my only vice
But now it isn't true
Now everything is new
And all I've learned
Has overturned
I beg of you

SOPHIE
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me

It was like shooting a sitting duck
A little small talk, a smile and baby I was stuck

I still don't know what you've done with me
A grown-up woman should never fall so easily
I feel a kind of fear
When I don't have you near
Unsatisfied
I skip my pride
I beg you dear

SKY
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me

BOYS
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

SOPHIE
I've had a few little love affairs
They didn't last very long and they've been pretty scarce

SKY
I used to think that was sensible
It makes the truth even more incomprehensible

SOPHIE
'Cause everything is new
And everything is you
And all I've learned
Has overturned
What can I do?

SKY / PEPPER / EDDIE / BOYS
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

GIRLS
Don't go wasting your emotion
Lay all your love on me
Don't go sharing your devotion
Lay all your love on me

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cisy66f4ONo&feature=related

I'm having a music time on my own, on youtube... getting high on musicals... HIGH!

Oh, I should explain the titel: Björn and Benny, the guys of ABBA, made a few musicals, for example "Mamma Mia" made up of songs from ABBA. This lyrics are from that success musical that also turned into a success movie with Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Stellan Skarsgård and others. If you haven't seen it, go rent it TODAY!!! Really!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSMaJIwdr5s&feature=channel

Heaven help my Heart

If it were love I would give that love every second I had
And I do
Did I know where he'd lead me to?
Did I plan doing all of this for the love of a man?

Well, I let it happen anyhow,
and what i'm feeling now
has no easy explanation,
reason plays no part.
Heaven help my heart.

I love him too much,
What if he saw my whole existence,
turning around a word a smile
a touch.

One of these days
and it won't be long
he'll know more about me
than he should.
All my dreams will be understood,
no surprise,
nothing more to learn from the look in my eyes.
Don't you know that time is not my friend,
I'll fight it to the end
hoping to keep that best of moments
when the passion starts.
Heaven help my heart.

The day that i find
suddenly I've run out of secrets
suddenly I'm not always on his mind.

Maybe it's best to love a stranger,
well, that's what i've done,
heaven help my heart.
Heaven help my heart.


Now you know something else about me. I love musicals. I love "chess".