Category: Music

13
Jul
2011

Minimal

While researching on Zen design, I remembered Pet Shop Boys’ song ‘Minimal’. I googled for its lyrics and hey, they are…

06
Jul
2011

I Will Survive

Parts of this song is fantastic, almost Buddhistic… 寂寞寂寞就好 (田馥甄 Hebe) I’ll Be Better After I’m Lonely For A While…

15
Jun
2011

Reality Check for Happiness

Simple but good reality check, these lines from Sheryl Crow’s ‘If It Makes You Happy’: If it makes you happy…

15
Jun
2011

Misheard & Misplaced

The old bittersweet love song… whose words I thought resonated with my feelings then, turned out to be misheard, just…

26
May
2011

But In The End

Linkin Park’s ‘In the End’ has a part that can ‘accidentally’ seem Zenny upon reinterpretation: I tried so hard And…

06
Apr
2011

Give Up The Ghost

A review of Radiohead’s ‘Give Up the Ghost’: Lyrics: Don’t haunt me don’t haunt me… Gather up the lost and…

01
Mar
2011

The Everyday Song On The Last Day

Almost everyday I hear the same busker singing the same few lovelorn love songs in the same few ways. I…

15
Feb
2011

Buddha in a Bunny Suit

Bunny In A Bunny Suit Lyrics by Richy Vesecky, Music by Frank Bango, Sung by Simone White pretending to be…

08
Feb
2011

Like Night And Day

‘Zai jian’ (再见)… This is no farewell but a resolution, a hope to ‘meet again’. Maybe the Chinese got it…

24
Jan
2011

An Uneasy Smile?

Smile like you mean it. Frown like you mean it. Are these the only options? Half-smile like you mean it….

24
Jan
2011

Dreamare of Samsara

From TheZena56: ‘I had a nightmare once. I was walking down a snowy road and the full moon was blood…

17
Jan
2011

Why Auld Lang Syne?

A live band played Auld Lang Syne at his ‘Buddhist’ funeral. Way too sentimental a parting gift. Is it supposed to…

17
Jan
2011

Running Out Of Time

Don’t run out of time to express your appreciation. Not just love for a lover or care for a friend….

22
Nov
2010

We Won’t Run

From Sarah Blasko’s ‘We Won’t Run’: Cos we won’t run, we can fight, all that keeps us up at night….

15
Nov
2010

One Of Us

From the chorus of ‘One of Us’ by Joan Osbourne, as covered in an episode of Glee recently too. These…

27
Oct
2010

Running from Fear

Watch video of Massive Attack’s ‘Angel’: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaef2NgwqHY Senseless antagonism of many against one and senseless antagonism of one against many…

25
Oct
2010

All I Want…

A poignant song from Sarah Blasko, with some comments to share… All I Want Lyrics: I don’t want another lover…

27
Sep
2010

Blood, Tears & Gold

From Hurts’ ‘Blood, Tears and Gold’: Love goes cold Blood, tears and gold Won’t make it any better My interpretation:…

02
Aug
2010

Everything But The What?

The singing duo ‘Everything But the Girl’ (EBTG) adopted their name from the slogan of furniture which had a window sign…

02
Aug
2010

What Does It Mean?

From Wikipedia is a description of the video of Owl City’s ‘Vanilla Twilight’ – ‘Various people and a dog witness and…