Advantages: A fantastic band and a brilliant album! Disadvantages: Not everyone will like every track.
...simple melody backed up with simple lyrics and some of the fantastic vocal harmonies that Barenaked Ladies do so well.
'I never told you I agreed with you,
I don't think I do
I wasn't sure quite what the whole thing
meant, but I'm glad you went
I never thought that it could be painless,
but it is I guess
I had myself fooled into needing you,
did I fool you too?'
It does differ from a lot of songs on the subject in that it doesn't mourn the end of a relationship, nor is it bitter. On a personal level, it reminds me very much of the end of my 7 year relationship where the love two people had for each other just dissolves over time.
12. Some Fantastic
More giddy merriment comes flooding out of the speakers with Some Fantastic which again shows that BNL can back their quirky lyrics with solid tunes and great vocals. Not...
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Advantages: A wonderful comedy with all the wit of Wilde. Disadvantages: Rather outdated now
...Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything
except the obvious.Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan
If you read any of my other book reviews you would find it hard to believe that I have studied English Literature upto A level standard ( even obtaining a grade A) as I do read an awful lot of easy reading books, chick-lit etc., but every now and then I do dig out the odd classic to re-read.
I have always liked Oscar WIlde's plays finding them very humerous.
"OSCAR WILDE"
Born Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 ? 30 November 1900) he was Irish playwright, poet . He also wroye a lot of short stories and one novel, and is most famous ( in the literary world) for his humour. Below are some of his famous quotes:
#America had often been discovered before...
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Advantages: An enjoyable Hitchcock thriller with a fair bit of comedy Disadvantages: Some might find it dated
...The Lady Vanishes is an Alfred Hitchcock thriller released in 1938.
In a fictional Central European country just prior to World War II a handful of British people are delayed overnight due to an avalanche. As their home bound train not due to leave until the morning; we get to see these travellers in an over booked hotel trying to get food and sleep against the odds. Iris is on her way home to get married and becomes acquainted with the pleasant elderly Miss Froy during the evening at the hotel. Their acquaintance is due to a mutual complaint about a very noisy guest above their rooms who turns out to be the rather annoying Gilbert, a musician (or rather a musicologist). On the train the following day Iris ends up sharing a compartment with Miss Froy and a handful with others. Waking up after a brief nap, she finds that Miss Froy...
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