Jonny depp in pirates of Caribbean was really remarkable. His character as captain Jack Sparrow as one of the most ‘interesting’ pirates ever seen on film. Depp claims his inspiration for Captain Jack Sparrow came from mixing Rolling Stones’ Keith Richards and the cartoon skunk, Pepe Le Pew. Interesting idea which taking a pirate and infusing in him the characteristics of one of rock and roll’s most out there stars. The Pepe Le Pew thing I don’t get, but Depp’s a genius so he must have had a reason for that bizarre choice. What ends up on screen is a pirate who staggers around like one of those Weebles I had as a kid the toy that wobbles but doesn’t fall down). He sashays, struts, and basically Weebles his way through the film.
So what’s “Pirates” about? Basically it’s pirates stealing from pirates, pursued by pirates who stole from the British fleet who are bringing up the tail in the pursuit chain. Need something a little more in-depth than that? All right… Captain Jack Sparrow’s chasing his fate Captain Barbossa (Geoffrey Rush) all around the waters of the Caribbean in a quest to get back his ship, the Black Pearl (hence the movie’s title). Barbossa led a mutiny that overthrew Sparrow and deposited him on a tiny island to die. Die he didn’t and now he wants his revenge.
Sparrow’s search brings him to Port Royal and a fateful encounter with Elizabeth Swann (Keira Knightley), daughter of Port Royal’s Governor. Though he actually did a good deed (it's Disney so pirates aren’t all bad), the British Navy and Governor Swann (Jonathan Pryce) plan to string him up. Plans for his hanging are interrupted when Captain Barbossa attacks the town, kidnapping Elizabeth. Will Turner (Orlando Bloom), Elizabeth’s best friend since childhood, enlists the aid of Captain Sparrow to rescue her. While all that sets up the story, the most important thing to note is that there’s a curse on the crew of the Black Pearl that causes them to live forever as the undead. So if they’re the undead, how are Sparrow, Turner and the ragtag crew of misfit pirates Sparrow recruited going to fight them.
Depp as Sparrow is the reason to see “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl.” Black eyeliner, gold teeth and all, Depp’s one of the very few actors of his generation who could have pulled this off.
"It's Friday, Friday, Gotta get down on Friday... Everybody's looking forward to the weekened. ... Friday, Friday... Yesterday was Thursday, today is Friday. ... Tomorrow is Saturday and Sunday comes afterwards. ... " words in no time. Yes.. Name you need to know right now, Rebecca Black. She and her song ‘Friday’ really awful. First of all, the lyric of her song doesn’t make any sense.. the next is her voice. Its really terrible. I just cannot bring myself to say anything but my ears are bleeding after hearing this Friday nonsense. Say what you will that it's catchy and all that but to me I could not be more disinterested.
Who the heck is this girl? How did she get a record deal? Why is she sitting at a bus stop, if her friends are picking her up in their car? Why is she so indecisive about whether to sit in the front or back seat? If the girl standing to her right is her friend, then is that girl on her left her frenemy? Did the general public REALLY need to be informed that Thursday comes before Friday, or that Sunday comes after Saturday? And most important is what is wrong with this girl??
Honestly, I am not sure if these questions will ever be properly answered. But I do know that "Friday" is the churned-out product of a Los Angeles based company called the Ark Music Factory, which sends out casting calls looking for singers between the ages of 13 and 17 to record its songs and, if all goes well, become overnight YouTube stars as like Justin Bieber. Rebecca Black's "Friday" is Ark's first major hit and after this, I sincerely hope it's the company's last.
This song makes me want to set my head on fire.
Forgiveness?? What is forgiveness?? Why we should forgive one?? Those questions used to spark on to my mind all the when I was young. And i will be wondering for the answers until i got to know the answer from my mum. According to her forgiveness is a decision to let go of resentment and thoughts of revenge. The act that hurt or offended you may always remain a part of your life, but forgiveness can lessen its grip on you and help you focus on other, positive parts of your life. Forgiveness can even lead to feelings of understanding, empathy and compassion for the one who hurt you. She even asked me that ''When someone you care about hurts you, you can hold on to anger, resentment and thoughts of revenge or embrace forgiveness and move forward?'' I just stared at the wall and said ''i would hold on anger and show up my grudges''. She wonders why. Because I was grown up in that way and no one expect sorry from me. At here, my mum told that my assumption is very wrong. I should not expect everyone to be the same. What is the wrong if I go down and ask for forgiveness? Forgiveness is pure. But if you don't practice forgiveness, you may be the one who pays most dearly. By embracing forgiveness, you embrace peace, hope, gratitude and joy. Forgiveness is equal to goddess.
Now I am older enough to discover my own meaning of forgiveness. Forgiveness in one sense means being absolved of our sins. However a real forgiveness means more than just the forgiveness of our wrong actions. Divine forgiveness involves illumination. Our ignorance becomes not just temporarily absolved but transformed. Speaking on divine forgiveness Sri Chinmoy says:
“Our human mind may call it forgiveness, but God is not thinking about our inner and outer misdeeds. He just wants us to raise our consciousness so that we will increase our receptivity and oneness with Him.”
I have learned to forgive everyone. At this part, I find peace within myself. But I don’t know the way to forgive truly. Because true forgiveness requires to be sincere in our forgiveness of others we should not even remember the incident. Sometimes forgiveness can be conditional, we shall tell somebody we have forgiven them, but maybe later we will bring it up to use it against them. This is not real forgiveness. Only when we do not think about the experience have we really forgiven others.
Once there came a situation where I need to for a real forgiveness. I said some terrible things to my close friend in anger and didn't hear from her for a few weeks. Recently, I received an e-mail saying she "forgave" me but no longer wants to keep in touch, adding that it is important for her to know that I am happy.
I wrote back saying I still want to stay in touch and remain friends. I apologized profusely for my lapse in judgment, but she hasn't responded.
My dear, I thought forgiveness meant to absolve, to cease to feel resentment -- to "wipe the slate clean." Am I wrong to feel that? Isn't she still holding a grudge against me? I realize it's up to her to communicate, but I'm confused how she can claim she forgives me while still harboring bad feelings.
Moseying on down the road of life, and in the future watches my words, or eventually I may find myself friendless. I truly forgive everyone and I hope everyone should owe forgiveness to all because mistakes are done by every human being. Easily forgive and forget.
Adam Levine - Vocals, Guitar
James Valentine - Guitar
Jesse Carmichael - Keyboards
Mickey Madden - Bass
Ryan Dusick - Drums
They are the members of Maroon 5. They all went to high school together in west Los Angeles. They put together a band called Kara's Flowers and played their first public show at the legendary Whisky a Go Go in 1995. Their grunge style caught the attention of Reprise Records, and, despite production from Green Day producer Rob Cavallo, the album The Fourth World was a commercial flop but they never give up.What they wanted was just a time gap so all of them headed to various of colleges. the four original band members got back together in 2001 to stay playing again and thats where Jmaes Valentine joins the band. This is how the rock band rise up to the Hollywood music industry.
Maroon 5 is a popular rock music band based out of Los Angeles, California. They have had several songs that have hit the Billboard Top 100, including "This Love", "Sunday Morning", and "Wake Up Call." Whether you're familiar with the names of these songs are not, chances are that you've heard these tracks on the radio or seen them on MTV. Yup, Maroon 5 gets a lot of play. The music by Maroon 5 is influenced by many different sources, including traditional rock, soul, and pop.they are different than other bands.their music blends impressed me. however, In the band's history, they have released only two albums, putting them into the marketplace a full five years apart. Their songs are typically played on top 40 radio stations. This hugely popular band has won several awards including Grammy. Their first, Songs About Jane, received much popular and critical acclaim. It was released on June 25, 2002. To date, over 8 million copies have been sold, achieving quadruple platinum status in the United States, as well as multi-platinum certification in the UK, Australia, and New Zealand.
Anyhow, for me, Misery is the hit song of Maroon 5. the song is about the narrator finding himself in a difficult situation when a relationship fades. "Why won't you answer me? Your silence is slowly killing me. Girl you really got me bad," he states in the lyrics. The song documents the decay of a relationship, familiar territory for the band. "'Misery' is about the desperation of wanting someone really badly in your life but having it be very difficult. Kind of what all the songs I write are about. I'm not treading on new ground, but I think a lot of people - including myself - deal with that all the time. Relationships are difficult, and it's good therapy to write about them' said Frontman Adam Levine. It is not only that, even the video of the song was superb. i like the she hit and bash the guy. that was really eye catchy.
Same goes to the song ' Wont Go Home Without You'. Especially the beat of the song really great. In the song, he is just trying to make the girl understand what he wanted to say and he wants her to stay but the girl ignores. the lyrics is simply meaningful and close to our heart. It is something related to reality. As like most of girls would never wanted to listen anymore to the guys. Thats sounds pratical and i am so addicted to both of those songs. Will be singing whenever situation sinks.
I LIKE MAROON 5. THEY ARE MISERIES AND I WONT BE WITHOUT LISTENING TO THEIR SONGS..!!!
It is all about the British alternative rock band,Coldplay which formed in London, United Kingdom in 1997. The band comprises vocalist and pianist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer Will Champion.
The band had released four successful albums, all of which debuted at #1 on the UK album chart. Coldplay have also achieved great success with their singles, such as Yellow and Speed for Sound, was the US and UK #1 single.
The story of Coldplay as the way they formed the rockband. In the beginning, Coldplay met in the mid-90s during their first week as students at University College London, and quickly became friends. Chris began writing songs with Jonny. Guy liked what he heard, and joined in on bass. Including Will, was so keen to be part of it that he moved from guitar to drums. All four shared a passion for music, and a quiet determination to be as good as they possibly could be. They rehearsed almost every night: 'We used to play in bathrooms, the basement, even in the park,' laughs Chris. 'Anywhere we could find to play.' They was having together.
The truth was that their earlier album was good but was not good enough. That was way more to trial release. Their first two years was going smoothly with their albums. At one part they plan to give more better albums with better songs. And so Coldplay did it with completely inspired, and felt they could do anything they liked. They didn't wanted to do the acoustic thing, they didn't even wanted to do a loud rock thing and also didn't wanted to react against anything. Coldplay started seeing a lot of Ian McCulloch and trying out more brilliant things. The result was songs like Daylight, The Whisper and The Scientist splurged out over two weeks, and they recorded them very quickly.
Although still recognizably Coldplay, this album is louder than the last, more uptempo and energetic. Coldplay says `the last two years, we've been like a cultural sponge. We've sucked it all in and now it's coming out on this record. A lot of it is meant to be about drive and confidence in the face of worry and insecurity.'
In that outstanding rock band, I personally like Chris Martin. He was born on March 2, 1977 in Devon, England and he was in a band by the time he had turned 15. He studied Ancient World Studies at University College London and worked as a sign painter before joining Coldplay. He is today the frontman of Coldplay, providing lead vocals, piano, and rhythm guitar. I like the way he convey himself by putting effort to upgrading the band. Moreover his creativity in delivering all his song. Its all way to close to his fan’s heart.
Overall the Coldplay story is a story about ambition. About four people who formed a band not to become famous or provide fresh soundtracks for TV ads, but because they wanted to write great songs, to make music with real honesty and passion. 'We were trying to say that there is an alternative,' says singer Chris Martin. 'That you can try to be catchy without being slick, poppy without being pop, and you can be uplifting without being pompous. Because we're sometimes playing quieter stuff, it's hard to sound like we're trying to change things, but we wanted to be a reaction against soulless rubbish.' That what Coldplay is…!!
“We gonna party like, like it's 2012” is the lyrics of the song ‘2012’ owned by none other than Jay Sean. Yes, he is the fantastic singer of all and of course he is my very own favorite singer. When it comes to the industry of being as a singer there are artists and there are phenomenon. Jay Sean is all of the above. The proof is in the media, the sales, the fans and above all, the music.
Jay Sean was born as Kamaljit Singh Jhooti on March 26, 1981 in Harlesden, London, United Kingdom. He is the first British Asian Indian R&B singer. ‘Jay Sean’ is a stage name that he adapted because his family affectionately called him 'Shaan' and 'J' from his MC name (MC Nicky J). He grew up in Hounslow, which is located near London Heathrow Airport, west of London. Sean started his hobby of rapping at the age of 11, in a hip hop duo called "Compulsive Disorder" with his cousin Pritpal Ruprai. He went to a private boys school and won himself a place at the Barts & the London, Queen Mary's school of Medicine & Dentistry in London to train as a doctor. After two years, Sean secured a one million pounds record deal and so dropped out to pursue his Musical career.
To talk about Jay Sean’s achievements, ALL OR NOTHING is both he’s first American release and first for Cash Money/Universal Republic Records. But while it's his debut over here, the Pop and R&B singer, song writer and producer has been a major sensation and multi-platinum artist over there since 2004 by releasing two smash albums, scoring two top ten singles, nominated for Britain's heralded MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Award twice and building a worldwide and also fervid fan-base that stretches from Russia to Australia to New York City. He grew up on a cocktail of music. He was surrounded by a lot of different influences from black, white and Asian friends.
On Me Vs Myself, one of the album’s stand-out tracks, Sean takes the opportunity to controversially attack himself. It's possibly the first time that an artist has attacked himself on single. That isn’t an easy task for anyone to do it but Sean had proved it. Sean's biggest strength includes not only his multitalented vocal talents, pitch-perfect delivery backed with on-point production but the fact that as a young Asian singer, he represents a demographic entirely under-served by the majority.
As a biggest fan of him, I really adore all of his songs and also he himself. He sings with full of heart and effort that boost me all the way. Personally all of his songs touch close to my heart. For now I am really addicted to the song “Break Ya Back”. The beat, the music and of course his voice in that song really make me hyper.
Most of all, he is such a good looking guy that I ever admired. Overall, Jay Sean is the perfect guy and he is the bestest singer on earth. I wish that his work is always as good as now.
Festivals are religion or cultural celebrations. They have been celebrated for thousands of years followers of certain religion or ethnic group. In Malaysia, due to its multicultural society, festivals are celebrated almost every month. Today I am going to talk about Chinese New year Celebration.
A time for family reunions, the lion dance, firecrackers, mahjong, mandarin oranges and giving/collecting ang pow, the Lunar New Year - or Chinese New Year (CNY), as it is more commonly known in Malaysia.
Its origin can be traced back thousands of years, to the legend which tells of a fearsome mythological creature known as Nian that is said to have once terrorised China, devouring people on the eve of CNY. To ward off the beast, red-paper couplets were pasted on doors, firecrackers were set off throughout the night, and huge fires were lit.
Today, the prevalence of the colour red, and firecrackers, form part of the CNY celebrations throughout the world, as a part of custom and tradition.
The festival, which once also marked the beginning of spring in China, begins on the first day of the lunar calendar year, the first day of the new moon, and ends on the 15th day, known as Chap Goh Meh, the last day of the full moon.
However, celebrations are normally confined to the first few days and the last day. In Malaysia, the first two days are gazetted as public holidays.
Preparing for celebrations
Just like other festivals, preparations tend to begin a month prior to the New Year, when people start buying new clothes, decorations and foodstuff, houses are cleaned from top to bottom, then decorated with red lanterns, plastic or paper firecrackers, panels decorated with calligraphic characters bearing themes of happiness, wealth and longevity; and greeting cards received from friends and relatives.
The eve of Chinese New Year is celebrate with family members from far and near will return home for the reunion dinner, to revive family ties and enjoy the spectacularly prepared meals. Dinner is usually made up of seafood and dumplings, delicacies include waxed duck, prawns, braised dried oysters, scallops and “prosperity vegetables”.
After the reunion feast, entire families will try to stay up all night in observance to shou sui, a practice which is believed to bring one's parents longevity. To while away the hours, it is common for many to gamble; the sound of mahjong chips clattering against each other throughout the night is not uncommon.
At the stroke of midnight, the New Year is ushered in. Firecrackers and fireworks are prohibited, so the necessary din to herald the New Year falls upon human voices and song, and modern “improvisations” such as the recorded sounds of exploding firecrackers.
With daylight, homes again become a buzz of activity. Ceremonial candles are lit, incense burned, new clothes (red is the custom) are put on.
As is common place among Malaysians during religious/cultural festivities, Chinese families invite their relatives and friends over to their homes during CNY. Guests arrive bearing gifts of mandarin oranges, which symbolizes gold or wealth.
It is also customary for married couples to give children and unmarried adults money inserted in red packets known as ang pow, as a gesture to mean that the recipient will enjoy a fruitful and wealthy life. I enjoy myself on this magnificent celebration.
