Weird lyrics I will never understand

Have you ever come across a song whose lyrics made you go "Huh??!?" Sure you have.


Here is my top 10 list of weirdest / dumbest / worst lyrics of all times


10. Neil Diamond - I am....I said



"I am I said
To no-one there
And no-one heard at all
Not even the chair"


"I am I said" - but what did you say? Did you say "I am"? And then did you stop talking? And you expected the chair to respond by saying.... um, what exactly? A real gem Mr. Diamond.

9. Elton John - Your Song

"If I was a sculptor, but then again, no"

Oh come on Sir John,  make up your mind already

8. Paul McCartney - Let em In

"Someone’s knocking at the door
Somebody’s ringing the bell
Do me a favor, open the door and let them in"


A step-by-step guide on what to do when somebody knocks the door. Hey Paul, why don't you enlighten us by telling us what to do next? Like ask them to have a seat, offer them drinks maybe.....pedestrian. Especially coming from you.

7. Jessica Simpson - I Think I'm in Love With You

I don't know what's gotten into me
But, I think I know what it is

She's taken over from Sir Elton John as the most confusing lyricist ever. Although what's really intriguing is the self proclamation that she can think. 












6. Bono - Grace

"Grace - It's a name for a girl"


Bono the true genius, no?
















5. The Killers - Human

"Are we human? Or are we dancer? 
My sign is vital,  My hands are cold"



We are humans, but whoever wrote these lyrics clearly isn't. Also refutes the theory that aliens are more intelligent than us. 

4. Fergie - London Bridge


"When I come to the club step aside, Pop the seats don't be havin' me a line
VIP cause you know i gotta shine, I'm Fergie Ferg and me love you long time"


Somebody really needed to have a word with her English teachers.

3. Back Street Boys - I Want It That Way

"I Want It That Way"

THAT way as in? OK maybe we get it. But there wasn't any need to make it so obvious. Really.

2. Nile: Unas Slayer of the God

"Behold Amkebu Hath Snared Them for Unas
Behold Tecber Tep F Hath Known Them"


No kidding. Those are the lyrics. And it's a English song. Unbelievable? Believe it.

1. Kanye West - Gettin' It In

"My apologies are you into astrology, 

Cause, um, im trying to make it to Uranus"

Here is a very good reason why I do not listen to Hip-hop. Dear Kanye, even your astrologer would have asked you to consult an astronomer on that. BTW your astrologer did predict that you would grow up to be real stupid. 

Live Internet Streaming - So what does it take?

Alright. So here are some answers. We still have a long way to go in terms of quality, performance, making it mobile compatible etc, but here are the basics and they are "Rock" solid.

Oh and a warning in advance - this is a technical post.

We need the following components:

1. Recorder

2. Media Converter

3. Transmitter

4. Receiver

Although these components can be technology agnostic, for the sake of our understanding, let us assume that we build these components in java.

In this post I will be addressing the core challenge which is of seamless communication lines between the transmitter and the receiver. In my next posts I shall talk about the first 2 components viz Recorder and Media Converter. Why you ask? Cos I haven't really figured out the best way to address those, and besides getting that done is the easy part. Getting the stream transmitted seamlessly over the socket by a protocol of our choosing ensuring that we have minimal packet loss and having a reasonably good number of receivers hooking onto the stream without noticeable impact on performance is the tough part.

The primary requirement would be for the transmitter as well as the receiver to be able to talking to each other, either over the LAN or over some socket of communication.

The Transmitter

Let's jump straightaway into a little bit of pseudo code:

private String createMediaTransmitter() {

DataSink transmitter;

Datasource dataGen;

        String transURL = "rtp://" + ipAddress + ":" + port + "/video";

MediaLocator outputLocator = new MediaLocator(transURL);

//create implementation of dataGen before transmitting

        transmitter = Manager.createDataSink(dataGen, outputLocator);

//provide implementation of transmitting

// for eg- transmitter needs to be opened and started. Then the dataGen needs to be generated from a source

    }

The transURL is of particular interest. Notice two things. The first is "rtp" implying that we will be using the RTP protocol to provide transmission. The second is "video" indicating that the transmission will happen for video content only. Of course that is hardly sufficient for us, unless we transmit audio content also. Silent movies aren't exactly a 21st century thing. What we need to do is send Video and Radio as sessions. As a result the transmitter cannot be of type DataSink but needs to be of type RTPManager. The RTPManager works well with sessions and can be used to keep track of individual video and audio streams.


private String createMediaTransmitter() {
private RTPManager rtpMgrs[];
DataSource dataGen;
PushBufferStream objpbss[] = dataGen.getStreams(); //video and audio or only audio
rtpMgrs = new RTPManager[objpbss.length];
SessionAddress srcAddr, destAddr;
InetAddress ipAddr;
SendStream sendStream;
int port;
SourceDescription srcDesList[];
for (int i = 0; i < pbss.length; i++) {
   try {
rtpMgrs[i] = RTPManager.newInstance();    
                 port = portBase + 2*i;
ipAddr = InetAddress.getByName(ipAddress);
                 localAddr = new SessionAddress( InetAddress.getLocalHost(),
port);
destAddr = new SessionAddress( ipAddr, port);
rtpMgrs[i].initialize( localAddr);
rtpMgrs[i].addTarget( destAddr);
System.err.println( "Created RTP session: " + ipAddress + " " + port);
sendStream = rtpMgrs[i].createSendStream(dataGen, i);
sendStream.start();
   } catch (Exception  e) {
return e.getMessage();
   }
}


return null;
    }


In this case there would be 2 rtpMgrs one for video and one for audio. The SessionAddress object is used to create RTP sessions. Also in this case the time complexity is O(n). However n is finite in this case which means there would not too much latency in terms of the video and audio being received at the receiver end.

The Receiver

The implementation of the reciever is fairly straightforward. One has to create a RTP session via the RTP Manager and keep listening for any new streams that come in. Also a Media Player needs to be instantiated which will then stream the media content. 

Following is a pseudo code

public synchronized void startReceiving(ReceiveStreamEvent objRSE) {


     rtpMgrs= new RTPManager[sessions.length];
         for (int i = 0; i < sessions.length; i++) {
         rtpMgrs[i] = (RTPManager) RTPManager.newInstance();
rtpMgrs[i].addSessionListener(this);
rtpMgrs[i].addReceiveStreamListener(this);
        rtpMgrs[i].initialize( localAddr);
        rtpMgrs[i].addTarget(destAddr);


     }
   if (objRSE instanceof NewReceiveStreamEvent) {
   stream = ((NewReceiveStreamEvent)objRSE).getReceiveStream();
DataSource ds = stream.getDataSource();
        RTPControl rtpctl = (RTPControl)ds.getControl("javax.media.rtp.RTPControl");
// create a player by passing datasource to the Media Manager
Player pl = javax.media.Manager.createPlayer(ds);
pl.addControllerListener(this);
pl.realize();
PlayerWindow pw = new PlayerWindow(pl, stream);
playerWindows.addElement(pw);


}

Live Internet Streaming - for you and for me...

...and the entire human race....

Imagine you are walking down Brigade Road or Dover lane or Central Park or..................   anyways it's not important where you are. Now imagine that you spot somebody playing a really awesome guitar riff that you have never heard before. How would it be if you could stream the person live through your handheld on to an audience on the internet and maybe take live requests. You could make the person famous. You could get famous yourself. The obscure man with the guitar could now get a face.

Just a thought - not an impossible one though.....

Best Band Emblems

Was wondering about this for quite a while. The best band emblems through times. Some are extremely creative. Come to think of it, most musicians are art school dropouts at heart.  Read on......

10.  The Offspring

The famous flaming skull emblem has become the "torch bearer" of sorts for the new age punk rock revolution and is also identified with Napster. Reason being they were the only ones who supported P2P file sharing and even had Napster t-shirts distributed at their concerts.


9. Phish
 

On the surface its a logo that looks like a fish for a band named Phish. But that's only on the surface. If you read it upside down it reads "Acid". Variations of the logo have it reading as liquid (as in LSD). Wicked.




8. Jamiroquai

This is a very good example of how a picture can lead to brand identification. The picture is an identification for the band's lead vocalist Jason Kay.He did come dressed as a buffalo in quite a few of the videos :)

7. Nine Inch Nails

NIN for the win as they say. If you are from the 90s and if you did not have atleast one t-shirt with the perfectly symmetrical NIN drawn on it then you have not been alternative.

6. AC/DC

You like hard rock, you have heard AC/DC, you have been hit by lightening and you know what the logo looks like. The "/" is made to look like a electric volt. For obvious reasons.


5. ABBA

I find this one especially creative. As we know the band's name is an acronym for the two couples in the group -- Agnetha & Björn, and Benny & Anni-Frid . So in the logo the two B's face each of their respective partner A's. Sensitive Swedes ;)


4. Queen

A work of art this one. The letter "Q" in the queen's crest is surrounded by the zodiac signs of each of the four band members. Freddie Mercury (the band's lead singer) came up with this logo. That he was a graduate from the London school of arts must have come handy.

3. The Grateful Dead

The famous "Steal your face" symbol was originally intended to "mark" the band's equipments so that other rock bands did not accidentally exchange guitars et all during rock festivals.


2.  Led Zeppelin

The biggest band of the early seventies had perhaps one of the most popular emblems of the century. The four symbols on the logo and inside sleeve of Led Zeppelin IV, representing (from left to right) Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham, and Robert Plant.

 Each had their own unique reason for the symbols.

1.  The Rolling Stones

One of the most easily recognizable motifs, done by John Pasche the emblem was inspired by Mick Jagger's lips and the Hindu goddess Kali.

Sorry for being Dormant

Dear RhthymFishers

Our apologies for being so dormant for such a long time. RhythmFish is going to be back with a brand new look in 2010. So thank you for your patience, and stay tuned.....

Hootie and the Blowfish on RhythmFish 21.5FM

Although they split in 2008 (why do great bands always have to split?) Hootie and the Blowfish continue to rule our hearts with their soul stirring rock songs. Cracked Rear View is perhaps one of the most definitive and popular albums to have made it to the Billboard (number 15th actually in terms of best selling albums in the US). We bring you two hours of non-stop Hootie and The Blowfish including quite a few chart topppers  Cracked Rear View.
Our sincere gratitude to Mark Bryan, Dean Felber, Darius Rucker and Jim Sonefeld. ..........why do great bands split?

Where's your will to be weird?

.... Thus spoke the lizard king. And backed it up with songs like The End. It goes on for 11 minutes and explores a psychiatric condition called Oedipal Complex. High, that;s what we are saying. High and very high :) If you do not believe us take a look at the video.
The band made the Electric Organ it's signature instrument and even today when one listens to The Doors, even without listening to the vocals can make out the distinct high notes. Take a listen to The Doors on RhythmFish 21.5FM for the next coming days. If you haven't loved Jim already, you will now.

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How many times does Jim wish to be loved?