Good Charlotte

I went to the Good Charlotte's concert in Fillmore on my own. Surprisingly, I felt like I was going to a middle-school or high-school gathering. Most of the people went there with their parents. I have no idea when Good Charlotte becomes a band for middle-schoolers. I know they always have a big following among the teens but it really shocked me to see mums and dads standing on the side of the concert hall, while their kids were going crazy in the main standing hall.

I don't remember seeing such a scence when I went to their concert 3 years ago in San Jose. I guess I may have aged too quickly that I feel like everyone is a middle-schoolers. However, I did enjoy the concert and I hope they will have a great CD coming out in the Spring.

Badly Drawn Boy

Last week, while I was trying to kill my downtime by looking at the websites of my favorite artists, I found out that the UK Band, Badly Drawn Boy, has a new CD coming out in October. What's more, I discovered that they are actually coming to San Francisco in October. Without any hesitation, I purchased a ticket to see them play at Great America Music Hall in San Francisco Downtown.

I started noticing the band because they contributed a few songs to the soundtrack of "About A Boy." I watched the movie and loved it a lot. I ended up getting the soundtrack because I just love their songs a lot!

I checked on their website and found that they have a new song titled "Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind." The first three lines of the lyrics caught my immediate attention. It's basically a vivid reflection of what has been going on in my life in the past two weeks. You can click on the link of the band's name below to listen to it.

Enjoy!

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Nothing's Gonna Change Your Mind - by Badly Drawn Boy

This would be easier if you'd understand
Face the truth and realise that none of this was planned
The way we worry about such little things
Take a time to take the break
darling spread your wings
I stole all the roses that make your crown
Now it's easier
to just put aside the things that face us now

Let's dance! To the beat of the drum!
Let's go out! Where we don't know anyone!
Cause it's you! I don't need anyone else!
I got you! I don't need anyone else but you...

strange how something comes from nothing
I came around to your way
of thinking about these things
saw your face in a crowd
I knew that you were special
and ****** change my world
if i could help you now

but nothing's gonna change your mind
and no one's gonna help you now
if nothing's gonna change your mind
then no one's gonna help you find
your place in this world
so strange we don't need *************

Let's dance! To the beat of the drum!
Let's go out! Where we don't know anyone!
Cause it's you! I don't need anyone else!
I got you! I don't need anyone else but yoooooooouuuuuuu!!!!!!

and no one could ask for more

but nothing's gonna change your mind
and no one's gonna help you now
if nothing's gonna change your mind
then no one's gonna help you now
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*** means I can't figure out the lyrics.

Cary Brothers

I have been listening to this song so many times in the past two weeks. It's a song by the band "Cary Brothers." It's such a wonderful song that I can't stop crying everything I heard it. I first heard of the song on Matt Crest's girlfriend's MySpace website. It just caught me completely off guard when I realized that tears were dropping down my chin.

The song is also included in the soundtrack of the recently release movie "The Last Kiss." Needless to say, I ended up getting the soundtrack and watching the movie. It's an excellent movie about a guy (played by Zach Braff) who was about to get married and became uncertainly about his life. All of his friends are 29 (I am turning 29 in a month) and are experiencing various problems in their relationships: getting married, contemplating to get a divorce, having problem let go of one's past love, having fear of committment. Even though I am not in a relationship, I can echo part of the confusion you get when you approach 30. When I was young, it seemed forever to reach 30. Now, 30 is just within the reach of my toe.

Am I going to have a new me by age 30? I think I have been crying inside to have a drastic change in my life.

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Ride - Cary Brothers

You are everything I wanted
The scars of all I’ll ever know

If I told you you were right
Would you take my hand tonight?
If I told you the reasons why
Would you leave your life and ride?
And ride…

You saw all my pieces broken
This darkness that I could never show

If I told you you were right
Would you take my hand tonight?
If I told you the reasons why
Would you leave your life and ride?
And ride…