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Rath, the Ghost of the Navigator (navigatorsghost) wrote,
@ 2009-06-16 14:57:00

Current music:	....YES
Entry tags:	beautiful things, don't believe in irony, ecstasy, epic win, i love the world, i see it but i don't believe it, i'd rather be dancing, metal, music, not enough words, reality check fail, sonata arctica, strange perversions of nature, whut?

[Music] *IS DED*
*IS TEN THOUSAND TIMES DED*

Oh my... I cannot articulate how much I love this, mostly because I am laughing too hard. But seriously, this has just given me an entire year's worth of joy in the space of five minutes.

Okay, everyone knows The Wind Beneath My Wings, right? Here's Michael Ball's version, which I happen to like, for reference (excuse the Xena, but this was the only version of it I could find on Youtube). Classic, slow, sentimental, much loved song you can play at weddings, funerals and your Dad's sixtieth birthday bash. You know the one.

Now, here are my beloved, beloved boys Sonata Arctica (YES, the Finnish metal band, for those of you sitting at the back) doing their version of this pop classic. I... am INCOHERENT, seriously. Oh, my BOYS. This is simultaneously utterly and soaringly gorgeous and the funniest thing I have heard ALL DECADE. ~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~♥~

Dear power metal scene, and Sonata Arctica in particular, I love you very, very much. Please do not ever, ever change, and in particular please do not ever develop ANY sense of how you look to people whose senses of the ridiculous have developed beyond the embryonic. Please keep doing wonderful, ludicrous, utterly unselfconscious things like this for ever and ever, because the world could more easily spare a million scoffers than it could spare one band THIS AWESOME. ^_^

...I would totally dance to this if it ever got played in a club. And if they play it live next time I see them, I bet I cry. ^_^

Laters,
Rath

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	sternenstaub 2009-06-16 09:19 am UTC (link)
	AAAAAAH I AM SO SURPRISED YOU ONLY HEARD THIS JUST NOW!!! I'd have sent it you beforeeee if I hadn't known! Sonata Arctica are my guilty pleasure, the only power? melodic? metal I can stand because it's gleeful. :) THEY. WEREWOLVES. SONGS ABOUT. (Reply to this) (Thread)

navigatorsghost
2009-06-16 09:25 am UTC (link)

I had no idea! But I'm actually glad I found it for myself, tbh, because it means I get to go "LOOK, THIS, WHAT" very loudly and kick my feet in the air for joy. ^_^ Also, a bunch of my headmates are now dancing to it, which is just brilliant and exhilarating and makes my heart bang against my ribs because my body is trying to join in and I'm making it sit still. <3

But yes, SA are wonderful, and they do indeed have werewolves, and the last time I saw them I cried in four places at least. So much love. ♥ (I take it you've seen

ironlord's Fullmoon Dance, btw?)

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	ironlord 2009-06-16 09:44 am UTC (link)
	And if you haven't... ...you don't want to. It has been known to cause projectile vomiting, recurrent nightmares, severe head wounds, and spontaneous combustion. Sometimes all at once. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	navigatorsghost 2009-06-16 10:01 am UTC (link)
	Nonsense, what are you talking about? It's a noble and ancient tribal dance of the Folk Metal clans! Probably practically cultural heritage by now... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ironlord 2009-06-16 04:43 pm UTC (link)
	It's an ancient tribal dance of... Chris Hayes. And that's very different... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sternenstaub 2009-06-16 10:05 am UTC (link)
	Brilliant! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	blackmetalbaz 2009-06-16 12:35 pm UTC (link)
	The people who play "Wind Beneath My Wings" at weddings are people that have never watched Beaches. I have heard country versions of the song that I really quite like, however. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	navigatorsghost 2009-06-16 01:26 pm UTC (link)
	I have to admit, I've never seen Beaches either. I just know it as a pretty song that my mum used to have on her old tapes. And it was originally written to be a country song, according to Wikipedia. Huh, interesting. May have to search for original now. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	blackmetalbaz 2009-06-16 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	It wasn't exactly it a recommendation. It's one of the most depressing films I've ever watched. I'm always reminded of the Leagure of Gentlemen episode when the guy in hospital asks the doctor what his chances are, and the doctor replies, "Well, have you seen the film Beaches?"... (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ironlord 2009-06-16 04:44 pm UTC (link)
	Is this anything like clueless DJs playing Every Breath at weddings? Because we all know what that is about. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	deepbluesquee 2009-06-17 06:31 am UTC (link)
	I saw it a good few years ago and bawled my eyes out. Not the usual pathos-sniffle, but actual full-blown sobbing. It's - yeah. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-06-16 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	:O I would have sent it to you if I'd known you hadn't heard it! cuddles and sings it to you (Reply to this) (Thread)

	navigatorsghost 2009-06-17 03:30 am UTC (link)
	hugs How come everyone but me seems to have known this song? O_O sings with, gleefully off-key (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	raisedbymoogles 2009-06-17 09:47 am UTC (link)
	giggles In my case, it was Luna's fault. ^_^;;; eeeesingsing! :D (Reply to this) (Parent)