When everything is temporary,

Music is forever.

I haven't been active in a while but the page views are still jumping so I guess, why not update this blog while I'm busy procrastinating? Haha.

There is this joy about rediscovering something - an old book, song or even a person. It's way different from uncovering something new and unfamiliar. It's about facing that entity the second, or even third, time after a long while and then exploring bits of it with a new perspective. This subject of interest is no stranger to you, yet not so familiar anymore. You may look at it in a different light or feel for it even more strongly than before. I guess this is how friends can fall in love - one day you notice something different about them and suddenly, the way you think of them and what you expect of them change as well.

Recently, I rediscovered two songs that I had lost touch with for quite some time. I found myself connecting with them once again at this juncture of my life and I really can't contain my excitement anymore!!

The first song is Slide Away by Noel Gallagher. This is the live version performed in 1998 and it sounds rather different from the original studio version. I absolutely love how he improvised and added a few other lines in the lyrics to build up the climax.




Slide away, give it all you've got 

My today fell in from the top

I dream of you and all the things you say

I wonder where you are now?

Hold me down all the world's asleep
Need you now you've knocked me off my feet
I dream of you and we talk of growing old

But you said please don't!

So slide in baby together we'll fly
I've tried praying but I don't know what you're saying to me

Now that you're mine
We'll find a way
Of chasing the sun

Let me be the one that shines with you
In the morning we don't know what to do

Two of a kind
We'll find a way
To do what we've done
Let me be the one who shines with you
And we can slide away

Slide away
Slide away
Away

Slide away, and give it all you've got
'Cause my today, fell in from the top
I dream of you and all the things you say
Yeah, I wonder where you are now?

So slide in baby together we'll fly
I've tried praying and I know just what you're saying to me
Now that you're mine
We'll find a way
Of chasing the sun

Let me be the one that shines with you
'Cause in the morning we don't know what to do

We are two of a kind
We'll find a way
To do what we've done
Oh, let me be the one that shines with you
And we can slide away
Slide away
Slide away

Slide away

I don't wanna try now

Gonna make you mine now

And I don't wanna try now

Gonna make you mine now 

I don't wanna try now

I wanna make you mine now

I don't wanna try now

Gonna make you mine now 

Ooooooh oooooooooh ooooooooh

I don't know, I don't care, All I know is you could take me there 

I don't know, I don't care, All I know is you could take me there

I don't know, I don't care, All I know is you could take me there

Take me there, take me there, take me there, take me there, take me there, take me there, 

All I know is you could take me there 

You gotta take me there

Take me there, take me there, take me there, take me there, take me there, take me thereeeeeeeeeeee

Slide away

Slide away

Slide away

Slide away

Slide away

Slide away

I typed out the last two bolded verses. Hahahaha. When I really like a song, I will go and look up the story of inspiration behind the song. So I found out that Noel Gallagher wrote this song when he was going through a rough time with his then girlfriend Louise Jones. He described her as his soulmate and apparently when they split up, he said "I don't think I can ever get over this." :(
Knowing the context is important because the lyrics will make so much more sense to you! And it explains the few contradictions in the song: 

Now that you're mine

We'll find a way                         v.s.        I don't wanna try now

 Of chasing the sun                                Gonna make you mine now

I dream of you and all the things you say

I wonder where you are now?

I dream of you and we talk of growing old

But you said please don't!

I've tried praying but I don't know what you're saying to me

Let me be the one who shines with you
And we can slide away

Ahhhhhh, I just feel so much frustration and sincerity in his voice simultaneously. I think they were at the rough patch whereby he felt her slipping away and withdrawing herself from him, and he was just like "please stay", "please come back", "we can make it through this together". 

Please. 

I can relate to this pretty well, haha. 

The other song is also by Noel Gallagher! It is "Don't Look Back In Anger" :-)

Slip inside the eye of your mind
Don't you know you might find
A better place to play

You said that you'd never been
But all the things that you've seen
Will slowly fade away

So I start a revolution from my bed
'Cos you said the brains I had went to my head.
Step outside, summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace
Take that look from off your face
You ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

And so Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger I heard you say

Take me to the place where you go
Where nobody knows if it's night or day
But please don't put your life in the hands
Of a Rock n Roll band
Who'll throw it all away

I'm gonna start a revolution from my bed
'Cos you said the brains I had went to my head
Step outside 'cos summertime's in bloom
Stand up beside the fireplace
Take that look from off your face
'Cos you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

So Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as she's walking on by
My soul slides away, but don't look back in anger I heard you say

So Sally can wait, she knows it's too late as we're walking on by
Her soul slides away, but don't look back in anger I heard you say

So Sally can wait
She knows it's too late as she's walking on by

My soul slides away
But don't look back in anger
Don't look back in anger
I heard you say

At least not today

The meaning of this song should be quite straightforward haha. Basically, to not look back at your past in anger, resentment, bitterness etc. If you relate this to the first song, you can see a drastic change in attitude. Haha. Perhaps towards the end of the relationship, he figured things out and decided it was not worth it anymore. Still, let's not translate the frustration into anger. Be glad for the good times, let go of the bad times, and be glad that you fell apart. 

What a legend you are, Noel Gallagher. I really think he deserves more credit. Also, what a fantastic crowd the Argentinians are!!




I love rediscovering things :-)