oh… JEEZ

I’ve never felt this way with a song. I don’t know. Well, this is my second post about it. The first one was just an overview about the lyrics, but not it’s content. Hmmm… That’s perplexing.

I remember the day when I first heard The All American Reject’s Gives You Hell. It is so inviting, and I was listening to it repeatedly and was always excited for the ‘crowd’ singing the refrain. That’s all. It was fun, a bit mean, but the kind that you can tolerate.

Then, comes Britney Spears’ If U Seek Amy. I know it’s nothing compared to the 70′s song If You See Kay, which is aside from the title, spells out the word ‘cunt’ as well, courtesy of the line “See you in tea.”

Ok, enough of the introduction. This is bout 3oh!3′s Don’t Trust Me. If you have read the preceding post, you’ll know that I have no idea about the ‘Do the Helen Keller’ line. Although, I knew the overall meaning of the lines:

Shush girl! Shut your lips.
Do the Helen Keller and talk with your hips.

I just realized the ‘do the Helen Keller’ could mean ‘shut up! Communicate without talking, communicate using your hips – dance.’ And for the Helen Keller reference… It’s like ‘imitate the disabled’. (FYI: Helen Keller is blind and deaf).

It is so sad! I loved the song before I realized this. And as I come to know this, I listened to it, enjoyed it, but on the Helen Keller part, I felt something. I could forgive the ‘don’t trust a ho’ line. But that part is like too much. Maybe I feel so bad about my self for liking this song. One thing is for sure, I really can’t help but love the song. I love the beat, I love the one-liners, the vocals, the effects. It’s just so sad that it has to be offensive.

I have two different takes on the lines.

One, it’s like saying women is better off shutting their mouths. That they’re made to shake their asses. That women aren’t here to be heard but to be seen. Alright, that’s bad.

But, on the other hand, it could mean, forget who you are for a while. Dance and have fun.

It doesn’t matter what 3oh!3 is really trying to say or what is their intentions for writing this song, if they have. It’s not about how it was intended but how it was received. It’s not talking about women altogether if we’re going to hear the whole song and analyze the whole lyrics. But most people don’t care about the lyrics at all, they’re after the beat, the catchy part. And sadly, the catchiest part is the most offensive. I must admit that as a man, I find it cool, in a way, the idea of saying ‘Shush girl! Shut your lips.’ I mean, some women are too talkative.
I know, it won’t be as popular as it is without those controversial lines. And even without it, it still won’t be a descent song. Even without my favorite ‘vegetarian’ line, it’s still a good song. And this made me think to disregard the people who are offended. Why would I get affected because they are?

And this is a song. And it was made to be a joke.

Now I sounded undecided. I was just thinking, what if I’ve known what the song was, before I heard it. Maybe I would listen to it out of curiousity. And maybe I won’t like it as much. But I know my self, and I can certainly say that I still would have liked it, in a different way though. Why am I being like this with just a song? Well, as I said, I’ve never felt like this before.

Thoughts?

FAINTING… This season has been so CRAZY! Thousands of controversies, from sexual orientation to voting system, to coming out and to man crushes! Yes! MAN CRUSHES… Some of you may not know that this thing exists. During one interview, Adam Lambert and Kris Allen were talking ’bout how people “misidentified their friendship” with Kris giving Adam a plank that burst the latter to laugh.

It is cute as it seems. Some even gets the tingle. (Oh my God!) The main point of the interview is when Allen said that he has a man crush on Adam as a response to Adam’s “there’s no threathening thing on having crushes”. I don’t even know what “man crush” means. Straight man’s crush on another straight guy or a gay guy? Whatever that means, Kris Allen said that it’s an IN thing. Which Adam Lambert seconded by saying “Bromances!”.

This is crazy! As I said a couple of times, I love this season’s Top 5. Particularly, Adam and Kris. And you all know I’m more of an Adam fanatic, but I should give this to Kris. For being a sport, being nice and respectful to our beloved Glambert!

Here’s the video:

Kris Allen hugging Adam Lambert in front of the reporters:

Okay, it seems like my blog has been so boring. So, bukod sa kadramahan ko sa buhay, I decided to launch a segment where I could feature my favorite songs. (luma o bago, depende sa trip ko!)

The segment will be categorized as… H2: HOT HITS. (To my friends…yes! It’s the title of the song book I  “published” as a part of my weird childhood)

And my first song feature goes to… Paula DeAnda! (I don’t know who is she as of now.)

ROLL THE CREDITS

The first time I heard it on The Morning Rush – from the intro… “Ro-roll the credits” to it’s refrain…”Tell me, who is she?” – I was mesmerized! (mesmerized? Haha… Wala akong maisip na word eh, nangingialam ka?)

Well, once upon a time. I also loved a song with a simirality with this one, lyrically. Penned by my favorite Ne-Yo, and performed by Rihanna. It’s called Take A Bow.

“And the award for the best liar goes to you”

From the title itself… ROLL THE CREDITS, the whole song was referencial to a “movie”. An answer to Take A Bow’s “show&quot”.

Comparing the relationship to a film. The guy is the director-actor, she’s the producer-actress. But another girl auditioned for her role. Haha…nice!

The vocals are so mellow, the beat is heavy, the melody is less-dramatic compared to Take A Bow, and has some similarities with Shontelle’s T-Shirt.

MAD WORLD -Adam Lambert

I’m an Adam Lambert fan since his audition and as a fan, i can say that this is one of his best performances. (Although all of his performance is undoubtedly labeled as”the best”). Wait, this is about the song. This is what happens when I’m talking ’bout Glambert.

The message is so “goosebumping”. I like the line where it undirectly said that a child is getting his happiness for only once a year.

Children waiting for the day they feel good… Happy Birthday

And I like how MR.Lambert played on the word “nervous” on the live performance. It really translate how a child feels on the first day of his school.

YOU BELONG WITH ME -Taylor Swift

Another hit from Ms.Swift! I actually expect that Hey Stephen would be the next single. (I’ll write about it soon!) You Belong With Me is a Cheerleader-bashing song, Taylor Swift compares herself to the cheer-captain-girlfriend of her crush.

She wears high-heels, I wear sneakers.
She’s cheer captain and I’m on the bleachers

I remember it being performed by an American Idol Season 8 finalist, andshe was eliminated after it. Hahaha!
Do you like the new segment? I love it!

“MY TOP 5 SONGS OF THE WEEK”

1.) Roll The Credits – Paula DeAnda
2.) Body Language – Jesse McCartney
3.) 21 Guns – Greenday
4.) Out From Under – Britney Spears
5.) Waking Up In Vegas – Katy Perry

*I’ll attached my Top 5 songs in every Hot Hits post.*

I’ve watched Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen three days ago, and i was really amazed. Whoa, amazed? I’ve used that word in every movie and i think, that’s an understatement. It’s actually my treat for myself for passing a series of job interview that very day. And it’s the best treat i could’ve gotten my self. Initial interview, analytical, grammar, technical test plus language interview… That’s tough man! Although I am not hired yet, I’m more than happy. Given my poor educational background (Only a High School Graduate) and I have no working experience, it’s so amazing (there’s that word again) to kick college graduates’ -with enough working experiences- butts! That sounds so cocky, but that lifts my ego into 101%, so, the hell you care!

Wait, I don’t mean to be rude. Remember, I’m happy right now! Yes, happy that Adam Lambert reached number one on both RX and MAGIC (2 leading radio stations in the Philippines). Happy that I’m starting to get followers on twitter. I’m so glad that i’m getting a lot of views -and a bit of comments- on this site. And finally, I’ve seen Megan Fox on the big screen again. I’m inlove Oh my Jeez!

There are a lot of songs that make me happy these days. Jesse McCartney’s In My Veins and Body Language… Fantastic! 21 Guns by Greenday -yes! From Transformers- I’m thinking of Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Sam and Mikaela respectively when i hear it. Jordin Sparks’ Battlefied — I love you Ryan Tedder! And of course my ever love Adam Lambert’s Mad World!

For the record, i don’t know what would be the title of this article. I planned to do a review of Transformers, but I got carried away. So, ’til next time!

Madrama ‘to! Whoa, this would be my first tagalog blog. I decided na mas mdaling iexpress ung feelings ko kung hahaluan ko ng tagalog. (haha..ang pangit yata)

ok, i failed. Nranasan n’yo na ba ‘to? You gave it your best shot, and you know that it’s more than enough, but they still turned you down? Wow, it’s been a while since the last time i thought about ‘how unfair life is.. Here i am again.

I mean, you know that you’re better than those people who are ‘lucky enough’, and you know that you deserve it the most. ‘di ba nka2sama ng loob?

Maybe you’re thinking.. ‘anu bang pinagsasasabi nito?’ well, i don’t like to elaborate more. For my sake and those ‘others’.

Maybe i just don’t know how to handle failure. Or because i know i should have not failed. But at the end of the day, ako parin yung talo. Sour graping? Siguro.. Ewan.. Hay, Putangina! Gusto kong magmura! (hay, lalo akong nagmumukhang talunan)

kayo? How do you handle failure? Ako, i just went home. Played David Archuleta’s Barriers in a repeat mode. Well, the song is about a falling relationship or something (walang konek no?) but the mere line ‘too many barriers’ did me a bit of favor. Singing along to it habang nanggigigil. Nyahaha.. (oh no, super informal na ng article na’to).

I really should thank David Archuleta, not just for that song. But because my co-fans, sila yung pinagbuhusan ko ng sama ng loob, sila yung drinamahan ko. Sila lang yung nandyan para sa’kin. My family, ofcourse they are very supportive. Saying that there’s a lot more ‘things’ out there. But if this one ‘thing’ turned me down, can you blame me on if i back down on trying those ‘other things’? This fucking life fucked me up.

My friends did not take me seriously, making fun of the situation. Well, can’t blame them. Gusto lang nila ‘kong pasayahin, pero walang impact eh. My co-fans, archietech, archienoys, arch angels..well, maraming tawag sakanila(sa’min) eh, they were the biggest help. Infairness, natatawa ako sa pag-aadvice nila while calling me ‘kuya’ haha.. I don’t feel like a ‘kuya’ on that awkward situation.

Anyway, there’s no harm in trying naman di ba? I should just keep myself together — tie it if needed — but i won’t stop until i get my shot again. I’m a sucker for a bad luck, but i won’t let bad luck suck me. I’ll kick down these walls and make ‘em fall, kick those hindrances and kill those people who are standing on my way. (whoa, di nga? Serious?)

i just really don’t deserve this ‘humiliation’. Over na yung choice of words ko ha.. I don’t think hahaluan ko pa ng tagalog yung next blog entries ko. It just doesn’t work. I’ve proven that fact that i was born first, the next thing to prove is that i was born to be first.

Some men are born first.
Some are born to be first.
My name is Joceff Van, and i was born both.

I admit that i’m really on Lambert’s side more than Allen. But since the Top5, i really won’t mind who’ll win coz i like them all. I simply rooted for Adam, just because he’s way more talented.

There have been controversies flooded after Allen was crowned. Particularly, the 38 million votes he had from Arkansas, his hometown, via a FREE voting system,etc.

Here are what disappointed Lambert’s fans comments:

Brody Mon, May 25, 2009 at 04:34 PM EST

Starr, the 36 million votes is not the margin of victory, if you did your research you would know that was the total number of votes from the state of Arkansas reported by AT&T. According to dialidol the race was too close to call and Geopredictions which tracks voting by state had Adam leading with 28 states to Kris’ 20 states with 2 states undecided. Kris definitely benefited from the free gophones and services provided by AT&T to voting parties in his home state. And that’s fine, it is what it is. You can pretend that Kris has mass appeal but he obviously won due to mass voting and that’s the bottom line. There’s nothing wrong with mass voting, but there is something wrong when AT&T provides service reps at voting parties, gives tutorials on power voting and gophones for 4 hours free of charge to Kris’ fans. There’s an article in the Arkansas newspaper confirming this information is true. Adam wouldn’t have made the finals if he only appealed to niche voters. Don’t ignore the facts.

David Archuleta

A lot of David stuffs are happening this week. David Archuleta is really my bet on the seventh season on i dol. From the moment of his amazing audition (where he sang John Mayer’s Waiting On The World To Change) up to the finals. He’s still the winner for me, even ‘technically’ he’s not.

David did an amazing job on his tv special here. But i didn’t like the show that much. It became a circus, a cheaper version of a circus. With hosts that are… I don’t know, too overwhelmed? Jesus H. Christ! They’re taking picture right at the very stage and they can’t come up with good questions. The performers are…well, boring, and i think we could make Archuleta more amazed with our talents.

IMP, ABS-CBN could be a better organizer with this once in a lifetime event. I don’t think Kris Aquino nor Boy Abunda would stutter asking questions. It would be a good interview I’m sure! And damn! The hosts made him a judge, asking on what does he think with the lame performances of those unknown pieces of sh*ts!

David’s voice is not in condition when he sang ‘A Little Too Not Over You’. But man, he still did great. I enjoyed the show after all. Perhaps it’s still all about David. I mean, just to see him land his feet on our country’s very ground is so… Okay, find a word for me.

Here’s his AI audition:

Well, this is about my friend (and as of this writing, she don’t know that I’m writing a blog about her). I just find it amusing..oh..interesting would be better. I know she won’t sue me for this, but it’ll give me thousands of hate messages, or worse, punches. God, no!
OK, let’s proceed.
This is about her… -let’s borrow our favorite Taylor Swift song- ‘Romeo’, oh ‘yes?’ no.. I mean ‘Love Story’.. (if we don’t share the same humor, maybe you’re exasperated with me)
we often hear the stories of two different person who fell in love with each other.

That’s very common, or should i say, ‘the common’ plot of Philippine dramas.

A human who’s in love with a mermaid, a wolf, or the overused one..superhero. Anyway, my friend have not gone that far, yet. But the plot of her ‘Love Story’ is being in love with her exactly opposite self. And worse, they don’t share the same religion. OK, let’s introduce the main characters. My friend, let’s call her -since i’ve started it- Juliet, and his boyfriend(not official, though), Romeo. Silly! Do u expect Jack? Or maybe Edward Cullen? That’s another story.
My friend is a ‘my-dad-will-get-mad-at-me’ kind of girl, studious(ow?), confident (sometimes OVER), sensible, ahm..to sum it up best and minus the confidence..she’s the ‘tatandang dalaga’ type.
While Romeo..well physically: long-haired, blue-eyed(contacts of course! He’s no Zac Efron!), the emoish guy with an irritating swagger. And a Born-Again Christian. Well, Juliet is Catholic, to make the situation worse, a leader of a religous youth group. They love each other dearly (just like your favorite drama). Juliet’s family don’t know, if they do, then I’ll play the lines..

And my daddy said,
‘STAY AWAY FROM JULIET’

Curtain call!
Scene 1: MEETING

‘I close my eyes
And the flashback starts
I’m standing there
On a balcony in summer air’

I don’t really know how their first meeting gone. I just found my phone, full of ‘friend-i’m-inlove-help-me’ kind of messages. The kinds that would make you roll on the floor and laugh your fucking ass out.

Scene 2: I LOVE YOU TOO ROMEO!

It went fast that this ‘no-man-deserves-me’ friend of mine had the four-word best response to Romeo’s i love you. But after all that has been said, they are still not a couple. It’s getting absurd, isn’t it? What the hell?

SCENE 3: SNEAKING OUT

‘So i sneak out to the garden to see you
We keep quiet
‘Cause we’re dead if they knew’

One time, we decided to meet up (originally, for her to help me get back my book from a former classmate..NEW MOON. But that’s another story.)
We end up visiting another former classmate who happens to be her first love. As the title suggest, she originally planned to sneak out to meet Romeo. And i find myself with..oh he has no name yet.. Ahm.. With Danzen, chaperoning her in her ‘date’. She’s really insane! I knew it from day one but the best proof happened that day when she literally pushes us away when she got the message that Romeo is on their meeting place already. Yup, poor Juliet, she came earlier (about an hour early) but still late, she arrived at 2pm from the 1pm plan.
Danzen and i pretended to go away, but stalked her all the way ’til she reach the ‘garden’. Busted! I finally saw Romeo, he’s indescribable so i let Danzen to describe him for me. His description is what was written earlier. But for more infos, a description i can’t deny is that he’s sooo small. I’ll literally tower him. But Juliet is petite too, the only characteristic they share.

Scene 4: MAKE OVER

After my unfavorable comments, she decided to get her poor man a make over. She’s changing him to someone that she’ll love! And don’t be surprise if he’ll be converted into Catholic soon. That could be the best description of selfishness, don’t you agree?
I found these things amusing though, her tongue-in-cheek remarks, Romeo’s messages that was forwarded to me (i even made a folder, and it contains 102 messages thus far) and their fights.. Fights which always begin with her obnoxious messages, the climax- his ‘i’m-sorry-I’m-not-perfect’ reply, and ends with her conscience hurting her ears that will lead her to say the only accepted apology.. I love you Romeo.

‘Romeo, save me
They’re trying to tell me how to feel
This love is difficult
But it’s real…’

now, wat’cha think?
Will they end up like your favorite love story?
The mermaid will have legs permanently,
Hero will surrender her powers to live at peace.
Can love conquer all including religion?
How about the main villain.. Juliet’s Daddy?

No matter how it ends, the ending will always be..
(if not ‘they’)
She lived happily ever after.

This is Juliet! Isn't she lovely?