I Found Happiness
So, last night I was watching Ryan Reynold's movie, Chaos Theory, and it was such a beautiful movie. I really, truly, liked it and I recommend it to anyone who wants to see a side of Ryan that isn't comical and likes the "there's a life lesson to be learned here" movie. Stuart Townsend is in too, so that is always a plus. And on top of being an awesome movie, the soundtrack that comes along is stunning. I fell in love with it and thus went on a killer search spree to download it.
And, my god, it was a bitch to find this soundtrack. First of all, the manufacturer of the ost....stopped distributing and making it. So I wouldn't be able to buy it anywhere in a palpable state. Ebay, for the first time since I've known it, did not have the soundtrack as well! Most of the songs weren't available to me via...you know, the usual way. So in the end....I had to buy it in an MP3 album format from Amazon and I want to say right now that Amazon fucking rocks. They have everything -- except Bjork's second debut, but I'm not holding that against them, the woman is exclusive -- and they were like, "Hey, you want this album? Buy it for $9.99 as an MP3 album, ha ha!" And I did. And I am so extremely happy that I did.
The OST has so many gorgeous songs from various artists and this one particular song reminds me of my boyfriend and it brings one, huge effing smile on my face whenever I play it. It makes my butt move too. I just feel light and cheery, happy and excited, and in love. I see his face whenever I hear it and all of my problems, everything, just fades into the background and nothing can bring me down from the temporary high.
I haven't been this excited about a song since I found an actual site that has Bjork's Venus as a Boy [Anglo American Version] in a widget! Rarely do you find someone who appreciates Bjork's music, let alone know who the heck she is. You say, "the lady who appeared in that swan dress a few years ago?" and recognition blows up in their eyes. I remember learning about her when I was...maybe fifteen, at most sixteen. My dad has an odd collection of CDs that he does not listen to nor know they exist and, like all geniuses, he is very messy. So I went going about his array of discs and found this gorgeous cover. What doesn't attract anyone to such an image. So I looked at the back and read the track list and the title, the line, Venus as a boy, struck out to me; what an odd thing, Venus as a man. I wasn't what the fucking, I was intrigued, one, because I am in love with mythology, all sorts of it. And two, as a writer, that was one interesting title.
So I popped it into my stereo while I cleaned up my room, heard the original version of the song -- and fell in love. I played it over and over and I could swear that I had reached some sort of enlightenment, somewhere that said, "this is real music. You will never go back from here." I went nuts with it, really. And it wasn't until I was going to sleep that same night that I decided to play the other tracks, see if they were just as ethereal. God, I remember sharing my room with my baby sister and having our stereo in between our beds....my dad's huge ass set of headphones clamped onto my small ears and I couldn't move too much or else, I'd yank the damn thing out of the stereo and all Earth would hear Bjork. I didn't have an iPod then. Don't now.
And I listened to the last song, Venus as Boy in the Anglo American version and my heart stopped. It was beautiful. It is to this day, my second most favorite song of all time. Or, well, it's tied at first with Hemorrhage by Fuel. It brought tears to my eyes, the song...I had never heard anything so breath-taking.
So you would think that I would claim the CD to be sacred and keep it safe from harm. Wrong. I lost it. I lost it and I have yet to find it. I can't remember where and when but it's been ages. So, honestly, I am more than happy that I found it online -- and more than patient downloading Bjork's entire discography just for this one song. Because I have to have it again. It's my happiness in music notes, really.
So yeah....that's all for now!
image is not mine.
And, my god, it was a bitch to find this soundtrack. First of all, the manufacturer of the ost....stopped distributing and making it. So I wouldn't be able to buy it anywhere in a palpable state. Ebay, for the first time since I've known it, did not have the soundtrack as well! Most of the songs weren't available to me via...you know, the usual way. So in the end....I had to buy it in an MP3 album format from Amazon and I want to say right now that Amazon fucking rocks. They have everything -- except Bjork's second debut, but I'm not holding that against them, the woman is exclusive -- and they were like, "Hey, you want this album? Buy it for $9.99 as an MP3 album, ha ha!" And I did. And I am so extremely happy that I did.
The OST has so many gorgeous songs from various artists and this one particular song reminds me of my boyfriend and it brings one, huge effing smile on my face whenever I play it. It makes my butt move too. I just feel light and cheery, happy and excited, and in love. I see his face whenever I hear it and all of my problems, everything, just fades into the background and nothing can bring me down from the temporary high.
I haven't been this excited about a song since I found an actual site that has Bjork's Venus as a Boy [Anglo American Version] in a widget! Rarely do you find someone who appreciates Bjork's music, let alone know who the heck she is. You say, "the lady who appeared in that swan dress a few years ago?" and recognition blows up in their eyes. I remember learning about her when I was...maybe fifteen, at most sixteen. My dad has an odd collection of CDs that he does not listen to nor know they exist and, like all geniuses, he is very messy. So I went going about his array of discs and found this gorgeous cover. What doesn't attract anyone to such an image. So I looked at the back and read the track list and the title, the line, Venus as a boy, struck out to me; what an odd thing, Venus as a man. I wasn't what the fucking, I was intrigued, one, because I am in love with mythology, all sorts of it. And two, as a writer, that was one interesting title.
So I popped it into my stereo while I cleaned up my room, heard the original version of the song -- and fell in love. I played it over and over and I could swear that I had reached some sort of enlightenment, somewhere that said, "this is real music. You will never go back from here." I went nuts with it, really. And it wasn't until I was going to sleep that same night that I decided to play the other tracks, see if they were just as ethereal. God, I remember sharing my room with my baby sister and having our stereo in between our beds....my dad's huge ass set of headphones clamped onto my small ears and I couldn't move too much or else, I'd yank the damn thing out of the stereo and all Earth would hear Bjork. I didn't have an iPod then. Don't now.
And I listened to the last song, Venus as Boy in the Anglo American version and my heart stopped. It was beautiful. It is to this day, my second most favorite song of all time. Or, well, it's tied at first with Hemorrhage by Fuel. It brought tears to my eyes, the song...I had never heard anything so breath-taking.
So you would think that I would claim the CD to be sacred and keep it safe from harm. Wrong. I lost it. I lost it and I have yet to find it. I can't remember where and when but it's been ages. So, honestly, I am more than happy that I found it online -- and more than patient downloading Bjork's entire discography just for this one song. Because I have to have it again. It's my happiness in music notes, really.
So yeah....that's all for now!
image is not mine.