Inspiration

Best Wishes.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Start 2011 with a blank page for a good start.
But don't forget your memories.
Memories are important, so look back at them once in a while.
Let go of the bad memories.
Save the good ones.
Fill up the empty spaces.
Lock up the rest in your heart. <3

Don't you see me standing in the shadows of love.

● Today's musicblog is about The Four Tops, because they are one of my favourite Motown, Classic artists. I love their music and I downloaded the album "The Definitive Collection". Really nice songs, you should seriously check them out.

Four Tops

♬ Also one of my favourite songs all time is Standing in the Shadow of Love by Four Tops.

 - This song is just amazing, I really loves this. It is catchy and it drags you into his feelings, he is pouring out his heart. His vocals are strong and that is what makes this song more powerful.

♬ Another favourite song of mine by the Four Tops is Reach Out, I'll Be There.
 - I remember I always used to sing along and danced to this song when I was a little kid, it brings back memories. It has kind of the same theme and a similar musical arrangement of Standing in the Shadow of Love.

The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet. What I really like about the lead-singer Levi Stubbs is that he mixed singing with shouting, it gives the songs another feeling, another way of expressing. Levi Stubbs and groupmates Abdul "Duke" Fakir, Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Lawrence Payton remained together for four decades, 1953 until 1997.

Stairway to Heaven.

There's a lady who's sure

All that glitters is gold

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

When she gets there she knows

If the stores are all closed

With a word she can get what she came for

Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh

And she's buying a stairway to heaven

There's a sign on the wall

But she wants to be sure

'Cause you know sometimes words have

Two meanings

In a tree by the brook

There's a songbird who sings

Sometimes all of our thoughts are

Misgiven

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, it makes me wonder

There's a feeling I get

When I look to the west

And my spirit is crying

For leaving

In my thoughts I have seen

Rings of smoke through the trees

And the voices of those

Who stand looking

Ooh, it makes me wonder

Ooh, it really makes me wonder

And it's whispered that soon

If we all call the tune

Then the piper will lead us to reason

And a new day will dawn

For those who stand long

And the forests will

Echo with laughter

Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, ooh, whoa, oh

If there's a bustle in your hedgerow

Don't be alarmed now

It's just a spring clean

For the May queen

Yes, there are two paths you can go by

But in the long run

There's still time to change

The road you're on

And it makes me wonder

Aw, uh, oh

Your head is humming and it won't go

In case you don't know

The piper's calling you to join him

Dear lady, can you hear the wind blow?

And did you know

Your stairway lies on the whispering wind?

(Solo)

And as we wind on down the road

Our shadows taller than our soul

There walks a lady we all know

Who shines white light and wants to show

How everything still turns to gold

And if you listen very hard

The truth will come to you at last

When all are one and one is all

To be a rock and not to roll

And she's buying a stairway

To heaven...

R.I.P. my uncle. It was way to soon for you to leave us. You are always in our hearts. ♡

Stairway to Heaven, R.I.P. H.D.

Inspiration.

The intention of doing is cute, but proved by facts is forever in your memory.

Love must be proved by facts not by reasons.
What one does is what counts
And not what one had the intention of doing.

at Picasso Gallery

Let's twist again, like we did last summer.

Ahh I'm into Classics again. Motown, Four Tops, Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, The Supremes etc, etc. Amazing music. I love the ol' day songs, that music is so much better than these days.

● Today I'm going to blog something about Chubby Checker, because I have his song on my mind for the last few days. I will blog about other artists and favourite songs etc. more often. This is the premier of my music posts, yeuy. I will keep the posts short with my opinion, favourite song and a little information.


Chubby Checker
♬ One of those songs is this one, Let's Twist Again by Chubby Checker.
 - A really fun song, it makes you want to move your body and just smile. And I love his voice! It has this funny sound in it, but it is really good and strong. 

Chubby Checker's real name is Ernest Evans, he was an American singer-songwriter, born at October 3, 1941. Because of his 1960 hitcover of Hank Ballard's RnB hit "The Twist" he also popularized the dance style Twist. In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958.

Photography

It has been a while.

Heya, it has been a while. I didn't blog that much yet. Sorry for that, but it's because I'm really busy with school and other stuff that cross my mind. This is my final year and it's a lot of work, but I guess I'll be alright. Also I'm always really tired, especially the last few days. I'm not sleeping really well, but I'm working on it. To get away from all the frustrations, I crawl to my friends or just dance it all away. I'm glad with the wonderful friends I have, I really love them all a lot and they mean a lot to me. I miss them when I leave them or can't see them. School isn't let us see each other and so on. It's annoying, but there's nothing we can do about, so I just have to live with it. It will be fine if I just have discipline with school and my spare time. Ahh, my mum is really sweet. Yesterday she lit a little candle for me, to get peace in my mind hihi. Hmm, I love contemporary class, it's really relaxing. Same goes for Kung Fu, although.. that's an other way to 'relax' haha. I don't really have something special to tell, this was just a sort of update why I'm not really blogging lol. 

Love,

Lenn.

Quote

Each day is a little life, every waking and rising a little birth; every fresh morning a little youth; every going to rest and sleep a little death.

by Arthur Schopenhauer.

Let's go to the sea

Let's go to the sea, my love
Let the wind blow through our hair
Let us smell the sea smell
Let's be there, together in love
Watching the beautiful sunset
Together, me in your arms
  - by lennj

The beginning of a new start.

Alright, I know I've already made a blog (http://www.lennjlife.blogspot.com), but I wanted to make a fresh start with blogging. Because that blog is just crappy random shit. I guess I'll still use that blog for some random things when I'm really bored and have nothing to do or so. So yea for those who don't know me, here's an 'about me'.

I guess you already figured out that my name is Lenn.

I was born in the Netherlands and it's still my current residence.

I've been living there, on this silly earth, for seventeen years already.
Really old, I know haha.

I've been dancing since I was a little child, actually since I came out of my mother's belly lol.
The first day I began walking, was the first day I began dancing.
It's one of my passions. At the age of 4/5 I started to take Ballet lessons. Currently I'm taking Modern Ballet classes, one time per week, but I dance minimum one hour per day in every kind of way and style, to the fullest. A big love for music is on the list, too. One of my dreams is to have a studio. I can throw away my frustrations and it helps me to express myself.
Maybe I want to become a breathtaking dancer?
Or develop in a great musician?

Frankly, I still don't know what I want to do with my life. It's hard to make a good decision.

For example I love photography and can make photos for hours and hours. As well writing is something what I love to do, write about things in life or love. Same goes for drawing, it's something that can keep me busy. Sometimes I like to spend a little time on fashion, spending time on clothes and photographs. I like people being original in their own way. And what I'm fascinated about is Martial Arts, I'm doing Kung Fu myself. It's a way of art and a way of life. Maybe I want to travel for a year and then go to college. We'll see, I live here and now.

 But of all things, most important in life are my friends an family.

"Everything happens for a reason. The good and the bad, balance."

Love,
Lenn.