Friday, May 11, 2007

Behind Blue Eyes

-The Who-

The eyes have it! The eye is the window to the soul. There is something about eyes that draw you in. They reveal the character of the person they belong to. Eyes, like pictures, can tell a story that words could never express. Expression, life, emotion, feeling are all contained in these two small orbs and displayed on our faces for all to see.

Wikipedia says:

Eyes are organs of vision that detect light. Different kinds of light-sensitive organs are found in a variety of organisms. The simplest eyes do nothing but detect whether the surroundings are light or dark, while more complex eyes can distinguish shapes and colors. Some such complex eyes largely overlap, to allow better depth perception (binocular vision), as in humans; and others are placed so as to minimize the overlap, such as in rabbits and chameleons.

Here now, for your viewing pleasure, The Top Ten Pictures of eyes.
Enjoi!

eyes
by .marcel bianchi jane's eye
by phitar
Earth Eye
by wickedirish Mi Ojo
by InflatedSenseOfIdentity Theft Behind blue eyes, again
by diavoli
Reflectii
by myrtepeert Simply Blue
by Paleontour Untitled
by katia. Window
by Jim Moran Tired Eye
by theophilus1918

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes

No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you

No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool

If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes

-The Who-

New Feature!! Video of the "song of the day" from YouTube, let me know what you think!

"Behind Blue Eyes" is a song written by Pete Townshend of The Who for his Lifehouse project. It first appeared on The Who's 1971 Who's Next album, along with a number of other outtakes from the project. Originally conceived in 1971, the project took until 1999 to achieve realization. The BBC, in December 1999, broadcast the Lifehouse radio play adaptation.
The song is one of the most well-known of The Who's recordings. It starts off with a solo voice singing over a finger-picked guitar, later adds in bass guitar and ethereal harmonies, eventually breaks out into full-scale rock anthem when a second theme is introduced near the end, and wraps up by a brief reprise of the quieter first theme. Songs written in alternating sections were something of a trademark of Townshend's writing of the period, going back at least to
Tommy, where it was used in "Christmas" and "Go to the Mirror!" The guitar riff at the end of the rock anthem section is also used after the bridge during the song Won't Get Fooled Again, perhaps serving as a link between the two songs when Who's Next was intended to be a rock opera. (Some musical themes from Tommy and Quadrophenia appear in multiple places.)
The lyrics are a first-person lament from a man in the Lifehouse story, variously identified as 'Brick' or 'Jumbo', who is always angry and full of angst because of all the pressure and temptation that surrounds him, and the song was intended to be his "theme song" had the project been successful. (The lyrics of the rocking section near the end were actually written by Townshend as a prayer when he was a disciple of
Meher Baba after being tempted by a groupie, and incorporated into the song when it was written.)
The version of "Behind Blue Eyes" on the original Who's Next album was actually the second version the band recorded; the earlier version appears as a bonus track on the remastered CD release, which features
Al Kooper on Hammond Organ.


In case you want to see it, here is the Limp Bizkit version.



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Have a goodnight and enjoi!

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