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well that world is long gone now; years, indeed have ways of changing a person--for the good or the worse, well, only time will tell. suffice it to say that gentle outgrew rufus, and with that, heartbreak and loneliness. :) but memories (and music long forgotten) have ways of reestablishing themselves, i guess. i remember making that cd filled with rufus mp3s about three years ago, and giving it to someone--symbolic of the fact that i was then ready to let go of all the pain and the hurt. retiring for the night after a very long day, i heard it play. softly at first, then slowly building up to that characteristic swell of rufus emotions. he was singing "the money song". funny. how things sound differently now. where rufus sounded skeptical and questioning then, as with the line "my love... if your heart was made of gold, would i pluck it out and melt it down; be an american and weld the crown?", it just made perfect sense to me now that the character in this song is taking affirmative action to keep his beloved for good. hehehe. call it paradigm shift. or delusion. whatever. all i can say is, when rufus uttered the line "and you will believe in love" on the next track (april fools), i couldn't help but smile and go for pen and paper, to write a poem to cap the night. :)
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5 comments:
when i was in college, living on my own, with 7 other people with me, the soundtrack to my angst was provided by carl orff's "O FORTUNA" from carmina burana. i brought my boom box, plugged in the CD and blasted it away. the town home we lived in had great acoustics and when i would find myself alone, i would pretend i was in some grand opera house! hehehehe.
to each their own.
@Jamie Da Vinci - Dramatic ang lola ha. I love O Fortuna too! Hehehe =)
@Kuya Gentle - Na-iinspire ka pala magsulat thru music ha. Ganon din ako, KASO di ako kasing galing mo magsulat lalo na sa ingles. =(
Isang kanta pa lang narinig ko from him na nagustuhan ko. Yung Hallelujah.
@jamie-grand opera? hmmm, wonder how o fortuna goes...
@ scheez- hoy, baket si jamie di mo kinukuya tapos ako kinukuya mo. unfair!
@neil- ganda ng hallelujah ni rufus, but try hearing jeff buckley's sublime rendition of the song. ala ako masabi. grabe.
you introduced me to rufus remember?
i have one bootleg album. hehe. hmm, i refused to get hooked only because he got into drugs and crap. and true, mas maganda yun rendition ni jeff buckley ng hallelujah.
hindi naman angsty songs ni rufus, imo. yun boses lang kase niya parang ginagalugad.
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