Sunday, April 18, 2010

Wavin' Flag Celebration Mix - K'Naan


lyrics for Celebration Mix
in case you are lazy to go to the site here are the lyrics =)
p.s warning, the site is a image and the image "cooler" than just the lyrics...

Give me freedom
give me fire,
give me reason
take me higher.

See the champions
take the field now.
Unify us
Make us feel proud.

In the Streets our
hands are lifting.
And we lose our,
inhibitions

Celebration
it surrounds us
Every nation
all around us

Staying forever young
singing songs underneath the sun
let's rejoice in the beautiful game
then together celebrate the day
we all say

When i get older
i will be stronger
they'll call me freedom
just like the wavin' flag
and then it goes back (x3)

This song is the anthem for the world cup 2010 in South Africa. Great song, the rhythm makes you happy and makes you feel alive, which by the way is the very essence of the world cup. The lyrics are also very powerful and festive, see the site above, when in the verse K'naan says "see the champions take the field now unify us make us feel proud" that's the inner core of the world cup, making people proud by unifying countries from all the corners of the world. In my opinion great song, i could listen to it the whole day...

the original song was the Wavin' Flag and it is too a awesome song, again.. strong lyrics.. check it out:


when i get older i will be
stronger they'll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)
ahhho ahhho ahhho

born to a throne
stronger than rome
but violent prone
poor people zone
but its my home
all i have known
where i got grown
streets we would roam

out of the darkness
i came the farthest
among the hardest survive
learn form these streets
it can be bleak
accept no defeet
surrender retreat
(so we struggling)
fighting to eat
(and we wondering)
when we will be free
so we patiently wait
for that faithful day
its not far away
but for now we say

when i get older i will be
stronger they'll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)

ahhho ahhho ahhho

so many wars
settling scores
bring us promises
leaving us poor
i heard them say
love is the way
love is the answer
thats what they say

but look how they treat us
make us believers
we fight there battes
then they deceive us
try to control us
they couldn't hold us

cause we just move forward
like buffalo soldiers
(but we strugglin)
fighting to eat
(and we wonderingg)
when we will be free
so we patiently wait
for that faithfully day
its not far away
but for now we say

when i get older i will be
stronger they'll call me freedom just
like a waving flag
and then it goes back (3x)

and then it goes when i get older i will be
stronger they'll call me freedom just
like a wavin flag
and then it goes back (3x)
ahhhooo ahhhoooo ahhhooo

and everybody will be singing it
and you and i will be singing it
and we all will be singing it
wo wah wo ah wo ah

when i get older i will be
stronger they'll call me freedom just
like a wavin flag
and then it goes back (3x)

and then it goes when i get older i will be
stronger they'll call me freedom just
like a wavin flag
and then it goes back (3x)
a oh a oh a oh

when i get older
when i get older
i will be stronger

just like a wavin flag (3x)
flag flag
just like a wavin flag

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Fender Stratocaster

i'm back with guitar reviews! =)
in know.. not so interesting but good posts anyways...

Fender Stratocaster's History:

The Fender Stratocaster was made in 1951, and its main objective was to follow the Fender Telecaster's success and to maintain Fender's success as the main guitar builder in the country.Often referred to as the "Strat", the guitar is a model of electric guitar designed by Leo Fender , George Fullerton and Freddie Tavares in 1954, and manufactured until today. It is a double-cutaway guitar, with an extended top horn for balance while standing. Along with the Gibson Les Paul, Gibson SG, and the Fender Telecaster, it is one of the most common and enduring models of electric guitar in the world.

Fender Stratocaster Models:

Standard
Classic
Lone Star
Road Worn

see them.. they are pretty and awesome too =)

Some famous musicians that use the Stratocaster:
  • John Mayer
  • Eric Clapton
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Jeff Beck
  • Jimi Hendrix

My opinion on this guitar:

awesome guitar, very solid and beautiful. the nice and simple model makes the guitar more attractive. great sound out of the guitar and awesome for all styles. overall great guitar, i am dying to buy one for me =)

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Nothing to do....

well, today i really have nothing to post about music so i'll post about sports because just like the "rolling stones" magazine i will try to bring articles that are varied.
so, today is the opening of the MLB and we have one of the most classic clashes there ever was, New York Yankees vs. Boston Red Soxs. Right now its at the top of the 4th inning and it is 2 to 1 to the Yankees... i like both of them so it doesn't matter much, but it is a awesome game always so i watch it. Alex Rodrigues' salary is absurd, i mean look at this....
Salary: $27,000,000
i mean per month thats: $2,250,000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
he is the best player in the Yankees and probably in the whole MLB.
Derek Jeter is also awesome.... his salary is also awesome!
Salary: $21,000,000
per month: $1,750,000
WOW... i would be very happy to have that salary....

with A-rod's salary i would be able to buy my favorite guitar Gibson Les Paul and Fender Stratocaster:

a Gibson Les Paul : 577 per month. (a les paul costs $3899 source)
a Fender Stratocaster: 1607 per month ( a standard stratocaster costs $1399.99 source)

awesome....