i hate myself for falling prey to the clutches of such an emo boyband, but, in my defense, the lead singer ryan tedder is almost truly without any boyish good looks. facewise, at least. actually, he's kinda like issac slade from The Fray, except with better hair :P anyway, the fact that i'm not just in love with them aesthetically promotes me from being yet another infatuated fangirl. on the downside, i've become weirdly addicted to Apologize and find myself breaking into little bursts of the song at regular intervals during the day. in my eyes, today at least, One Republic can do no wrong.
also, i have to admit that the Timbaland version is definitely inferior to their original version. in fact, i'm not sure exactly what it is that's so great about Timbaland. is it his prediabetic obesity? his lack of dancing skills (remember his Promiscous Girl performance with nelly furtado)? or is it the way he infuses the most random basses and vocals and turns good songs of all genres into watered down R&B remixes?
the only good thing about the Timbaland music vid is that it features the band in their natural habitat, and their insanely talented grammy-nominated songwriter and lead singer playing the piano. perhaps it's the empathy i feel for all who've been through years of torturous scales and the world's most godawful Bach and Debussy pieces, but somehow hunky guys playing emotive piano just really tUrnS me on :D i kid, of course. or maybe not! haha, you never know.
for the sake of comparison, here are the 2 vids. make sure you check out the first one, which is the original version. i love the way the images and sequences just blend so perfectly with the music. in a sense, it's exactly the way choreography should be- made for the music, and not just sets of 8beats forced into any song that comes along.
so, apart from my new obsession (which should pass in a day or 2), life has been kinda crappy. i think i've reached the stage where i treat CAs as just another set of shitty days, and nothing to get too worked up or upset over. that being said, i am also on the verge of Freaking Out Big Time, because i have less than a week yet and i am nowhere near finishing microB (thanks to the ID lecs which i totally thought were useless), AND i have almost entire syllabuses of pharmaco and NS ahead of me. ya, and it does actually sound worse now that i've typed it out =x the good thing of the past week though, was that valentines day was really nice and... mark is so sweet! way more charming than matt bellamy. although truthfully, i never really -really- liked the Muse singer much anyway. but still.
oh! and i feel like i just HAVE to do this now because i watched the entire first season over the CNY break:
that's all for now. you know you love me! xoxo, gossip girl.
