My fave songs
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angel_janewell, those who talk to me often will know that I am almost always listening to music. One of the most resonating songs that I ever heard as I was growing was Just a Girl by No Doubt, it absolutely crystalised my feelings growing up as a child.
I was always expected to be feminine and pretty. I was anything but. I was a tom boy hell bent on beating boys at bike races (I never did, they had better bikes and were four years older than me!)I played football and climbing trees and being tough!
The truth of the matter is that was at home, my life like so many childrens, was dichotomous. Whilst home had most of the trappings of an idile, school life was far from happy. I spent my life being beaten and strangled, thrown down stairs and pushed infront of moving traffic. Suicide was a prevalant thought from 13 until I was 19 and was treated for clinical depression.
For me Just A Girl manages to encapsulate all of the difficult parts of my life as well the great parts. And also says one thing to those who listen to it; Us girls are never just girls!
Just A Girl ~ from the Album Tragic Kingdom (1995)
(G. Stefani, T. Durmont)
Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed and it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know exactly where I stand
This world is forcing me to hold your hand
'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights
Oh...I've had it up to here.
The moment that I step outside
So many reasons for me to run and hide
I can't do those little things I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things that I fear
'Cause I'm just a girl, I'd rather not be
'Cause they won't let me drive late at night
I'm just a girl, guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes
I'm just a girl, take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype
Oh...I've had it up to here
Oh...am I making myself clear?
I'm just a girl
I'm just a girl in the world...
That's all that you'll let me be
I'm just a girl living in captivity
Your rule of thumb makes me worry some
I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?
What I've succummed to is making me numb
I'm just a girl, my appologies
What I've become is so burdensome
I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum, there's no comparisson
Oh...I've had it up to...
Oh...I've had it up to...
Oh...I've had it up to here
As I grew up I also listened to music that my mother was listeninig to. I grew up in a house of musical diversity and learnt to try all the flavours of musical ice cream once or more.
One song my teachers found me humming or sometimes walking down a corridor was a song by Talk, Talk. I never knew their name, too young to buy the single too care, just listened to it a lot on the radio and it's infectious rhythm and melody sunk deep withing my subconscious and stayed. I magine my joy when it was covered by No Doubt!!
It's My Life ~ the singles 1992 - 2003 (2003)
(M. Hollis, T. Friese-Greene)
Funny how I find myself in love with you
If I could buy my reasoning
I'd pay to lose
One half won't do
I've asked myself
How much do you commit yourself
It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends
Funny how I blind myself I never knew
If I was sometimes played uopn
Afraid to lose
I'd tell myself what good do you do
Convince myself
It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends.
For my teachers it must have been a little disturbing for them to hear a kid of around 9 or so singing it but c'est la vie!
My final song happens to be one that although one could read into my love life more than once (always unrequited) Isn't one that is applicable at the moment. Which is nice. I am enjoying this phase of my life. I have at least one guy who were I in the right place says he would be with me! (Yes RG, you, go figure you'd get mentioned, the amount of times we have both cursed the damn ocean! lol). Fingers crossed some time soonish I will be in the right place!
Simple Kind of Life ~ Return of Saturn (2002)
(G. Stefani)
For a long time I was in love
Not only in love, I was obsessed
With a friendship no one else could touch
It didn't work out, I'm covered in shells
And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
And all I needed was a simple man
So I could be a wife
I'm so ashamed, I've been so mean
I don't know how it got to this point
I always was the one with all the love
You came along, I'm hunting you down
Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight
And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
If we met tomorrow for the very first time
Would it start all over again?
Would I try to make you mine?
I always thought i'd be a mom
Sometimes I wish for a mistake
The longer that I wait the more selfish that I get
You seem like you'd be a good dad
Now all those simple things
Are simply too complicated for my life
How'd I get so faithful to my freedom?
A selfish kind of life
When all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life.
Well, I hope you have liked delving into the lyrics and songs that make up my psyche, for one reason or another, mainly because I like them, I have chosen to share them and they for me stand out!
Enjoy, go buy the greatest hits album and enjoy.
Angela
I was always expected to be feminine and pretty. I was anything but. I was a tom boy hell bent on beating boys at bike races (I never did, they had better bikes and were four years older than me!)I played football and climbing trees and being tough!
The truth of the matter is that was at home, my life like so many childrens, was dichotomous. Whilst home had most of the trappings of an idile, school life was far from happy. I spent my life being beaten and strangled, thrown down stairs and pushed infront of moving traffic. Suicide was a prevalant thought from 13 until I was 19 and was treated for clinical depression.
For me Just A Girl manages to encapsulate all of the difficult parts of my life as well the great parts. And also says one thing to those who listen to it; Us girls are never just girls!
Just A Girl ~ from the Album Tragic Kingdom (1995)
(G. Stefani, T. Durmont)
Take this pink ribbon off my eyes
I'm exposed and it's no big surprise
Don't you think I know exactly where I stand
This world is forcing me to hold your hand
'Cause I'm just a girl, little ol' me
Don't let me out of your sight
I'm just a girl, all pretty and petite
So don't let me have any rights
Oh...I've had it up to here.
The moment that I step outside
So many reasons for me to run and hide
I can't do those little things I hold so dear
'Cause it's all those little things that I fear
'Cause I'm just a girl, I'd rather not be
'Cause they won't let me drive late at night
I'm just a girl, guess I'm some kind of freak
'Cause they all sit and stare with their eyes
I'm just a girl, take a good look at me
Just your typical prototype
Oh...I've had it up to here
Oh...am I making myself clear?
I'm just a girl
I'm just a girl in the world...
That's all that you'll let me be
I'm just a girl living in captivity
Your rule of thumb makes me worry some
I'm just a girl, what's my destiny?
What I've succummed to is making me numb
I'm just a girl, my appologies
What I've become is so burdensome
I'm just a girl, lucky me
Twiddle-dum, there's no comparisson
Oh...I've had it up to...
Oh...I've had it up to...
Oh...I've had it up to here
As I grew up I also listened to music that my mother was listeninig to. I grew up in a house of musical diversity and learnt to try all the flavours of musical ice cream once or more.
One song my teachers found me humming or sometimes walking down a corridor was a song by Talk, Talk. I never knew their name, too young to buy the single too care, just listened to it a lot on the radio and it's infectious rhythm and melody sunk deep withing my subconscious and stayed. I magine my joy when it was covered by No Doubt!!
It's My Life ~ the singles 1992 - 2003 (2003)
(M. Hollis, T. Friese-Greene)
Funny how I find myself in love with you
If I could buy my reasoning
I'd pay to lose
One half won't do
I've asked myself
How much do you commit yourself
It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends
Funny how I blind myself I never knew
If I was sometimes played uopn
Afraid to lose
I'd tell myself what good do you do
Convince myself
It's my life
Don't you forget
It's my life
It never ends.
For my teachers it must have been a little disturbing for them to hear a kid of around 9 or so singing it but c'est la vie!
My final song happens to be one that although one could read into my love life more than once (always unrequited) Isn't one that is applicable at the moment. Which is nice. I am enjoying this phase of my life. I have at least one guy who were I in the right place says he would be with me! (Yes RG, you, go figure you'd get mentioned, the amount of times we have both cursed the damn ocean! lol). Fingers crossed some time soonish I will be in the right place!
Simple Kind of Life ~ Return of Saturn (2002)
(G. Stefani)
For a long time I was in love
Not only in love, I was obsessed
With a friendship no one else could touch
It didn't work out, I'm covered in shells
And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
And all I needed was a simple man
So I could be a wife
I'm so ashamed, I've been so mean
I don't know how it got to this point
I always was the one with all the love
You came along, I'm hunting you down
Like a sick domestic abuser looking for a fight
And all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life
If we met tomorrow for the very first time
Would it start all over again?
Would I try to make you mine?
I always thought i'd be a mom
Sometimes I wish for a mistake
The longer that I wait the more selfish that I get
You seem like you'd be a good dad
Now all those simple things
Are simply too complicated for my life
How'd I get so faithful to my freedom?
A selfish kind of life
When all I wanted was the simple things
A simple kind of life.
Well, I hope you have liked delving into the lyrics and songs that make up my psyche, for one reason or another, mainly because I like them, I have chosen to share them and they for me stand out!
Enjoy, go buy the greatest hits album and enjoy.
Angela
