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"here comes the weekend..."
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Rony said on November 15, 2003 17:16:
well, i just gotta say that i just read the thread of DaminehGessle: “and i’m on my own again”.
he is talking there about the song “here comes the weekend”, and saying how per’s voice is so amazing there and how nuch this song is sad and great at the same time...
Well, i never heard of this song till i read it and i went to “Roxbytes” and downloaded it and it’s such a beautiful song! it just did something to me, i don’t even know how to explain it...
Anyways, i know it’s been a while since you wrote this thread but i hope you are feeling better and know exactly what you mean with this song...
Rony.
Rony said on November 15, 2003 20:45:
oh, i know exactly what you mean!! i’m going through the same thing with roxette songs...! but i don’t know why, i just have a special thing for this perticular song... it’s really wierd, it’s just so beautiful and sad at the same time...
Rony said on November 15, 2003 21:34:
oh god! ok, just read all the stuff you wrote and i sssooo agree with you!
I love to share my feelings also, and i have to tell you that when i heard “here comes the weekend” for the first time yesturday, i was so emotional after that... i don’t know, i went to my bed, and started playing this song after i downloaded it from “roxbytes” and burned it to a CD, and i was crying for like an hour or something...
your’e right, per’s voice in this song really does something to you, and i think that his voice is the most beautiful voice i ever heard, i’m just inlove with his voice. it’s like that since i’m 10 years old...
well, i’m gonna listen to “i’ll be alright” now for the first time also, i’ll let you know what i think about that one too... ;))
Rony.
chantalv said on November 15, 2003 22:24:
“I’ll be alright” makes you feel like crying for sure.
To Damineh; how are you doing at this moment? Are things getting less stressed by now. Especially at school? Hope it’s better :)
coyboyusa said on November 16, 2003 00:40:
i have to say that the tourism version of so far away and of course never is a long time have to be the 2 most heart breaking roxette songs ever
Rony said on November 16, 2003 03:16:
Damineh, i’ve just read your thread again, and i have to say, and i know i’ve said it before- that i really really relate to everything you said.
It’s just that, well, ok, it goes like this:
I’m originally from Israel, and i moved to the U.S just a year and a half ago. My parents wanted to move cause my dad got a job here, and because my brother lives here too... anyways, we are here for quite a long time and i’m still stuck in high school although i’m 19, becuase i had to have more credits and take U.S classes in order to graduate. So i was suppose to be in college by now but here i am- still stuck in school, life really DOES sucks sometimes.
Anyways, this year is already my second year in school in the U.S and it’s really not going too good.
In Israel i had a lot of friends and i was having such a great time and now, all of a sudden, it’s not the same people, not the same behavior, nothing is the same, and it really makes me sad.
i’m really trying to have a good time here and if i want to- i have people to hang out with, but it’s just not the same- at all... i just don’t feel at all connected to these “friends” in any way.
To tell you the truth, the wierd thing is that with other people i met here, that are coming from other countries and are not from the U.S, i can relate to them really much better than with the people from here. and it kills me. For example, i met a girl last year that is from Argentina and she’s really nice, and since i first started talking to her, i felt so comfortable, just like with people from my own country. i’m still in tuch with her but it doesn’t help me much cause i moved from chicago, where she is, to milwaukee, and it’s not the same anymore.
People keep saying it will change, and “you’re gonna have to get used to hanging out with the friends you here”, but i just know it’s not gonna be that easy. cause when i meet people i have good connections with (which are basically all the people that are not Americans...), it’s gonna stay like that forever, and if from the first time i’m NOT comfortable around them- it’s never gonna change, it’s just the way it is.
Anyways, what i’m trying to say is that since i heard the song “here comes the weekend”, and after hearing the words per’s saying,i realized it so relates to me- “here comes the weekend and i’m on my own again”, cause i really do feel like it - alone. sometimes it just depresses me, that’s all.
I came to this forum from the first place because i thought it would be really nice to get to know people from all over the world, and to talk to people who love roxette, like me.
Well, i guess that’s about it. it’s been reeeeaaaally long hasn’t it???!! ;)
Anyways, just wanted to share my feelings, like you did, hope i didn’t bore you- and to tell you the truth- it helped me a little bit :)
DaminehGessle said on November 16, 2003 04:44:
Rony let me get to Chantal and coyboy first and then you :D:
Chantal: Well school never ends eh. It’s Saturday night and I’m still here at the lab at 8:30PM. I have been here since 8:00AM! Go figure :S! But it’s ok. Life could be so much worse. Sometimes we forget to appreciate it as it is no matter how boring or exhausting.
Coyboy: I used to judge you by what I read on war stuff which is totally not good because we all have our opinions. I have come to find a new respect for you this past little while. You are a very emotional person and I like your idea, no, I love your ideas! I do believe these 2 songs are 2 of the best Roxette songs, very sad. I sing them when I am alone ;). I love them and on the contrary, many people dislike them!
Rony: not at all... You did not bore me at all. Let me tell you something though: I miss what I used to have and don’t have anymore. Sometimes I miss it so much that tears roll down unwantedly. It hurts looking back, thinking back and knowing nothing’s ever gonna be the same again. I miss having family, lots of it, at the same table. I miss so many things. But you know what? It’s life. Sometimes I feel like I am the luckiest girl in the world to have exprienced it all. When I talk to my Canadian friends, they’ve never experienced what I have. They have never had all their aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and etc. together every single Friday afternoon. It hurts that I had to say goodbye to it all, but it makes me feel lucky.
Also... Life is all about challenges. New challenges every day. That’s what life is all about. One Damineh wants a quiet island with no people around, nothing but trees, ocean and nature and one Damineh wants a woman who loves her profession and stays up working on her stuff because she likes it. I don’t have a middle side unfortunately. Sometimes I get tired of these challenges and want to go soft. Sometimes I seek the challenge. I am happy I came to Canada because here I can improve. Improvement is defined differently in different individuals’ dictionaries. We all look for different things in life and try to achieve it. To some going to Mars is success, to some getting rich and to some having a big family. Why I brought this up? I dunno! I forgot what I wanted to say!
Past is past. Keep the memories there in your mind forever. You can never erase them from your life. I am who I am because of my past and people I have known these past 23 years. Don’t ever blame coming to the US for any failure in life and don’t be sad. I don’t want to be a hypocrite cause all I had said in those threads were sad. Yes it makes me sad looking back and yes they will always bring sadness to my life. But at the same time, I look to the future. It will all pay off even though I dunno how long I will live to see it happen. Don’t be sad. Life is full of challenges. Take those challenges and fight your way up. Getting stuck in grade 12 doesn’t mean you are not smart enough or you have wasted your life. You have learned lots instead. Time is time. Nothing more. Nothing less.
I should better get back to my project. I don’t think I made sense a bit. hahaha.
Rony said on November 16, 2003 15:13:
Ok Damineh, i read what you said, and i agree with you, life CAN be really happy, and believe me- i’m not all the time sad- NOT AT ALL!!! accually, you can call me a happy person. it’s just that sometimes i can’t help it.
now, what you said about high school, i know you’re right, and in some way i think it’s for the best for me to have a nother year here because it gives me more and more knowledge and more experience till i get to college next year. it’s just that sometimes i feel sad because i feel like i don’t belong there and that i’m not suppose to be there, that’s all. and, also, what i said about the type of people here, i know that eventually i WILL have friends and get along, it just takes time, and till then, i’m kinda sad from time to time. just this song brought this though back to me...
You said you came to canada, does it mean you’re not originally from there? where are you from if not?
DaminehGessle said on November 16, 2003 19:48:
I was born in Iran. That’s where I’m from. Fortunately I didn’t have any problem speaking English or getting used to the culture. There was no culture shock!! And it’s cool that there was never any racism towards me. Maybe cause I am not dark and black-haired. I dunno... I like it here. I live in the most beautiful city in the world, where I have the ocean view and mountain view all at once. I drive for an hour just to ski in the best resort in North America (Whistler) and 2 minutes to swim in the ocean. Although the ocean is too cold to swim in heehee.
You’ll be fine. The sadness of missing your past will always be with you though. It will never go away and the older you get, the more you’ll miss it. Here is something nice:
Growing up happens in a heartbeat.
One day you’re in diapers...
Next day you’re gone. But the memories of childhood...stay with you for the long haul.
I remember a place...a town...a house...like a lot of other houses. A yard like a lot of other yards...on a street like a lot of other streets.
And the thing is...after all these years, I still look back...with wonder.
Shane said on November 16, 2003 19:59:
Coyboy - you are so right - those two songs are amazing. Marie’s voice seems to be quiet yet powerful - I absolutely love those songs.
Have a nice day everyone!
Rony said on November 16, 2003 20:30:
Damineh- this poem or whatever was just beautiful. thanks ;)
I know it’ll stay with me forever and i’m fine with that- i don’t want to ever forget this time cause till now it was the most beautiful time of my life.
By the way- i’m going to Israel in a month, for a visit, and i’m sssssooo excited!!! i’m gonna see all my friends and family, just can’t wait... :)))))
DaminehGessle said on November 17, 2003 04:43:
Wow good that you’ve got the opportunity to go back. I haven’t gone back for 6 years now. I’ve been very much involved with school and haven’t had a break since I started university 5 years ago. My longest break has been 2 weeks which is not worth the travel you know. I’d be flying for a day here and a day there. 13 days ain’t enough!
Rony said on November 17, 2003 14:02:
yeah, i know it ain’t enough, but it’s better than nothing!!!!
And in adittion, after that, i won’t be able to get back to israel for like 5 years! because they need me there in the army and i’m not about to go there. so in order to “escape” i’m just not gonna go to israel till i’m to old for that (21, 22) and they won’t be needing me anymore.
if i do get back there- i’ll be in the army by force!
:(((
anyways. it’s a LONG story, and i kinda have a question for you (damineh), that’s not for tne tdr...
so if you would like to talk more, you can send me mail, and i’ll ask you there something, it’s:
Rony said on November 18, 2003 15:15:
oh my god! that’s too bad!
I’m sorry :((
Anyways, please send me mail, i reeeeaaly wanna ask you something...
DaminehGessle said on November 15, 2003 20:41:
Heh... Yeah the song is amazing. After all these years, it still kills me every time I listen to it. I write things every once in a while on different songs. Such as:
http://dailyroxette.com/smalltalk/thread.php/8798
http://dailyroxette.com/smalltalk/thread.php/9074
http://dailyroxette.com/smalltalk/thread.php/8430
http://dailyroxette.com/smalltalk/thread.php/7395
I dunno what else! I am glad that you listened to this song by reading my thread!! Roxette songs are amazing in their own terms. I have memories with each and every once of them, lost memories. So each and every one of the songs mean so much to me, unexplainable!!!