Best Music Vids - Black.

The eighties was a funny old time for music. Back then, people were busy laughing and saying how crap the seventies had been. Irony. But by the time the second half of the eighties was coming along, people were finally beginning to create some interesting styles. Punk had burnt itself out long ago and New Wave was in its last days. Other, original sounds were needed...

In 1987, Black’s single, ‘Wonderful Life’ was a massive success. It was a Jazz-tinged Pop song with a melancholy feel (normally a winning combination) and people were listening to it everywhere. The song had actually been released back in 1985 on an independent label, but it had just not got the airplay it deserved.

The video to the song is perfect. It was filmed at a British seaside location in striking black and white. You can watch it from two different perspectives; the creative and the mainstream. It has a definite underlying sadness and this is brilliantly put across with a series of incredibly powerful shots. People, rides, scenery, buildings. This was great for those with a thirst for art in film. But it could also be taken at face value. The bog-standard Pop lover is not interested in ‘arty farty’ photography; all they want is a video that is enjoyable to watch. And Black’s video managed to cater for both parts of the audience.

The actors involved were chosen for their faces and they all fit perfectly with the song. One of the best sequences is when the singer is standing in front of a vertical rollercoaster track. As he sings part of the chorus, the ride goes around and looks like a type of ‘carnival halo’ behind his head.

A super-cool video for a super-cool song; it’s just a terrible shame they disappeared into obscurity afterwards. Black had a great sound and could have gone on to produce some really good material.

So before I log off, I have something to admit. I love Claire Bennet (sorry Cynthia). I was going through the last season on dvd well into the night, I mean the acting wasn’t great but man is she hot!

A World of Indifference.

Sometimes we all have a moan about people. It may be about a bad habit which they have or the way they behave in general... and it is very common for someone to pipe up with;

‘It would be boring if we were all the same.’

But is this actually true?

If we were all alike then there would not be any more arguments, that is for sure. With us all being the same as one another we would have nothing to disagree about. In fact, it would create an instant unity in the world. All men and women would be in perfect harmony together.

But that is another interesting point, isn’t it? If everyone was the same then where would gender come into it? Or in fact, would gender come into it? I suppose this would depend on what sort of person everyone had become. If we were all clones of a man with a rather macho nature then there would no longer be any real femininity in our world. Imagine if the human face was devoid of all gentleness, softness and delicacy. It doesn’t sound like a very nice place to be; in fact, it sounds pretty cold and harsh...

That could be a very good reason for us all not being the same as one another. When you think about just how bland the world could become, it is suddenly very appealing to live in a place where people have different opinions. After all, having a good debate about something can clear the air and help us to understand things from another person’s point of view.

So it is probably just as well that we are all different after all. The only down side of it is that we have to put up we one other’s annoying habits as well!

As it happens, I occasionally look into online programs as a matter of interest and I have just found a business that does online hr management software. To have everyone logged into the central program seems like a really convenient idea to me, also a huge time saver, I am slightly intrigued why this is the first time it is getting popular.

John Cleese: Who Is This Funny Man

Born John Marwood Cleese in Somerset, England, this comedian is well known as a member of the Monty Python comedy crew and also for his role in the Fawlty Towers sitcom where he plays Basil Fawlty.

As a youngster Cleese attended Clifton College in Bristol where he ended up being expelled for a comical defacing of the college grounds. He had painted footsteps on the ground that led from the statue of Field Marshal Douglas Haig to a set of bathrooms, thus suggesting that the field Marshal had gone to the bathroom. Of such was his talent even from back then.

Later he attended Downing College where he started studying law and also where he joined the Cambridge Footlights Revue. His comedic talents were further developed and this is where he would meet Graham Chapman his future comedic writing partner.

As his comedic talent grew he was offered a post with BBC Radio to be one of their writers. Whilst at BBC Radio he worked on shows such as I’m Sorry and I’ll Read That Again. He worked alongside artistes such as Graeme Garden and David Hatch.

When he linked up with the Cambridge Revue to go on tour with them to New York and New Zealand, he remained in New York and performed on and off-Broadway. It was while in New York that he met his future wife, Connie Booth an American actress.

In 1965 Cleese returned to London and with the help of Chapman started doing work on the Frost Report as one of its writers. This comedic satire turned out to be easily one of the best ever in British comedy.

Cleese and his writing partner had developed a very uniquely powerful and funny style of writing that marked them as very different from their peers. They worked on shows such as At Last the 1948 Show and Doctor in the House. Their success eventually led to their own series Monthy Python which is considered one of the best in British comedy.

When he left the Python he did Fawlty Towers which was critically acclaimed. After this series he started doing films and wrote and starred in A Fish Called Wanda.

Last thing guys, I have just realized that I have been glaring at my computer screen for the last couple of hours and am really tired of my House Wallpaper, I think it is time for a change, these and more updates coming soon!

Weighty Thoughts.

‘Weight Loss Woes’ is good food for thought (low calorie food, obviously...). We do tend to place an awful lot of importance on how we look and if we are overweight; but should we?

There are all sorts of terrible things going on, both in the world around us, and in our own lives. Should we really be so concerned if we get the odd pimple on our nose or we are a few pounds heavier than our ‘ideal weight’?

Keep everything in perspective. We all want to look and feel good but there are often far more important things to be thinking about.Just the other day in fact I was talking to my cousin and she asked me to visit this site on Smartlipo. I suspect she is actually thinking about getting this done. How do I approach the subject of saying that she shouldn't really go through with it and she should try a natural alternative of taking off weight first?

Love in a Bottle.

If you are a single man who is on the lookout for romance then ‘Attracting the Ladies with Pheromone Cologne’ will give you something to think about. Some men are blessed with higher levels of pheromones naturally; these are commonly known as ‘love gods’. When love gods chose to go ‘out on the pull’ lesser mortals were always left to fight over ‘the scraps’. But know that has all changed!

Whilst pheromone cologne is not going to turn you into a revved-up ‘lurve machine’, it will give you a far better chance of meeting that special someone. If a woman is drawn to you enough to talk, then you have a far better chance of getting to know one another.