Thursday, February 17, 2011

Badly Drawn Boy - Something to Talk About



Artist: Badly Drawn Boy
Song: Something to Talk About
Album: About a Boy
Year: 2002

"I've been dreaming of the things I've learnt about a boy who's bleeding. Celebrate to elevate, the joy is not the same without the pain..."



*A REFLECTION: Yesterday I was watching ‘About a boy’ while I was eating; I had already seen it a couple of times before, but it was until now that some of the lines and dialogues hit me… I guess that my life in the last 3 years has been a lot like this guy Will, dividing my days so thoroughly into well measured units of time in order for my day to fit. There was a quote that kind of described my days “My life is made up of units of time. Buying CD's: two units. Eating lunch: three units. Exercising: two units.” Maybe not exactly the same units but the activities are pretty much me. But unlike him I do not live on the royalties from a song.

Dividing a day is not the only thing that made me find similarities between this guy’s life and mine, for example, he uses this ‘Every man is an island’ phrase along the film, again all my life, but specially the last 3 years, I’ve been on my own, been kind of a loner, not depending on other people, scratching my own back without any help, it is a statement for independence and autonomy. And of course there are certain people that make the day bearable, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying I don’t appreciate being with friends and family because I do, but in my case at the end of the day, I really do feel like every man is an island, like who really gives a rat’s ass, to be honest I don't get to tell anyone 'Oh my day sucked' or 'Yippie ki Yay' or even when I do tell someone, it's not like someone is going to do something about it, besides everybody has got their own problems right? For now I believe I have to make my island as comfortable as possible, it is not selfishness I swear, but what else is there for now?

Seriously do not get me wrong; just like it was mentioned in the movie, I like to think that these individual islands are chained, connected underneath. I also think that even 2 islands connected won’t suffice, you need back-up, you need more people in your life, but for the time being I can't seem to shake this sensation… I know it is weird but it's OK, I get by, I've learnt to be by myself and enjoy it, and who knows, maybe some time soon I could say that truly ‘No man is an island’…

By the way, I remember MTV played this video back to back with 'Silent Sigh' also from Badly Drawn Boy, just in case you want to see the whole duck story... (Psst Psst, it is on the related videos, at the end of this video)




And remember... If you liked it, buy it...

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