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I don’t know why, but Savage Garden’s ‘Truly Madly Deeply’ does it for me

Loved it ever since I first heard it 1997. I must have been in Standard 6 then. Haha.

What about you guys? Which songs does it for you in the love department?

Terrific song, the above. First heard it when watching the movie ‘In The Name Of The Father’, starring Daniel Day-Lewis. The song appeared along with the opening title sequence. Astounding Irish elements in it, along with haunting, rage-filled lyrics. The whole soundtrack of that movie is also great, including Sinead O’Connor’s ‘You Made Me The Thief Of Your Heart’.

The movie, also named ‘In The Name Of The Father’, incidentally’s also tremendous. It’s based on a true story of one of the most humiliating miscarriage of justice in the British legal system. It’s about how 4 Irish youths and their family members were mistakenly arrested, accused as being IRA members, and charged for the bombing of a Guildford pub in England. Gerry Conlon, a young good-for-nothing, is the protagonist in it. After being tortured by the police, he finally admitted to a crime he did not commit. Along with his friends and family, he was sentenced to (I think) 30 years inprisonment. The others were also sentenced to between 20 to life imprisonments. I was quite horrified that Gerry’s cousina, a young boy of only about 14, was also sentenced to about 20 years.

We then learn that when the mastermind of the bombings, an IRA boss, was caught by the police, the police did nothing even after the boss told them that Gerry’s family was not involved in the incident. They continued to be in prison for a few more years because of that.

Finally, a dedicated English lawyer managed to discover a note by the police who arrested Gerry and his family instructing the public prosecutor not to reveal an important witness who could prove his innocence. Gerry was finally proven an innocent man after spending 15 years in prison, along with his other family members and friends. Again, another rare film which managed to force me to jerk some tears during Gerry’s lawyer’s speech at the end of the film.

Verdict: 1/2

Damn, I’m one weird puppy. Heck, I won’t hide it and pretend that I’m some angsty cool alternative-loving, rock-raving chick magnet then.

Yeap, you heard me right. I am NOT into Coldplay, or Powderfingers, or the Foo Fighters, or any other obscure alternative or punk-rock band which only about 100 people know of their existence in the whole world.

I am into POP. Yeap, you’re free to throw your potted plants at me now for being an uncool, sell-out, conformist with bad hair (ouch, that last bit was harsh). But I feel oddly brave right now, so I’m gonna say it out loud: I LOVE 90’s POP MUSIC!!!

I have a weakness for cute chick groups singing puppy love songs, such as B*Witched’s (now defunct) ‘Rollercoaster’, ‘Cest LaVie’ (I’m totally in love with chicks with adorable British accents now…), Solid Harmonie’s (who?) ‘I Want You To Want Me’, ‘I’ll Be There For You’, Step’s ‘It’s The Way You Make Me Feel’ or many of the other harmonious one hit wonder girl groups out there then. Songs about love just have a habit of making you go ‘Awww’ and love everyone, huh?

I am also not ashamed to admit that one of my favourite guy bands was the Aussie duo Savage Garden (now defunct). Loved (and still do) their hits ‘Truly, Madly, Deeply’, ‘To The Moon and Back’, ‘I Want You’ and ‘Animal Song’. Also loving Darren Hayes’s new single ‘So Beautiful’. Although he does sound more like a woman than a guy most of the time, he can sure hit the high notes man

However, to salvage my now tattered music rep, in my defence, I will say that I also dig Vertical Horizon’s ‘Everything You Want’, Goo Goo Doll’s ‘Iris’, Texas (just the BEST pop group to come out from Scotland!)’s ‘Inner Smile’, ‘Say What You Want’ and ‘In Demand’, as well as anything Linkin Park and The Dissociatives. And oh yeah, I also am a sucker for divas: Whitney Houston, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey.

I am at peace now.

So sue me