Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Gwen's Romance.
Hi. I am going to talk about Gwen Stefani's romance. Not sure why, even though i'm not a big fan of hers but she has two very beautiful songs which is actually related to each other. "Don't Speak" and "Cool". "Don't Speak" is actually from her band No Doubt, a band which previously Gwen Stefani was in. She had a boyfriend of 7 years named Tony Kanal. Tony Kanal is a actually the bassist of No Doubt.
She and Gwen Stefani were actually lovers and they played in the band together. After they broke up, Gwen wrote the song "Don't Speak" prior to breakup which inflicted alot of pain on her.
This are the lyrics to the song "Don't Speak"
You and me
We used to be together
Everyday together always
I really feel
That I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real
Well I don't want to know
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me cause it hurts
Our memories
Well, they can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry
It's all ending
I gotta stop pretending who we are...
You and me I can see us dying...are we?
Chorous.
Don't, Don't, uh-huh Hush, hush darlin'
Hush, hush darlin' Hush, hush
don't tell me tell me cause it hurts.
You can actually see the video of "Don't Speak" , before the music starts, at the beginning of the video, there is a scene of Tony Kanal picking a rotten orange from a tree. The video ends with Kanal replacing the orange in the tree. In the vid, you could see Gwen Stefani and the band trying to be professional and not be too emotional and Tony Kanal and Gwen Stefani avoiding any kind of contact yet in some parts of the video Gwen would just sing to Tony in his face, drastically, full of drama.
That was years ago, when i was still a kid. Now Gwen has gone solo on her career and she has huge success and she sung a song cool. This song is also for Tony Kanal as Tony and her girlfriend actually went to Gwen's house to congratulate her upon her engagement to Gaven Rossdale, the lead guitarist and vocalist of the band "Bush". They actually met on tour of Bush and No Doubt and things just happened between Gwen and Gavin.
Thus, Gwen wrote and sung this song "Cool" for Tony. From this song, it says that Tony and her still stays very good friends though things couldn't happen between them. The video follows the song's theme closely and depicts the relationship that Stefani has with a former boyfriend, who is played by Daniel González. Gonzalez actually plays Tony in the video of "Cool" and the girlfriend of tony in the video is actually played by Tony's actual girlfriend Erin Lokitz. There are brief flashbacks to the time when Stefani and her former boyfriend were dating, where she wears a brunette wig, representing her younger self. The video of the song also shows times where Gwen feels uneasy about the past.
Here are the lyrics of "Cool"
It's hard to remember how it felt before
Now I found the love of my life...
Passes things get more comfortable
Everything is going right
And after all the obstacles
It's good to see you now with someone else
And it's such a miracle that you and me are still good friends
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
We used to think it was impossible
Now you call me by my new last name
Memories seem like so long ago
Time always kills the pain
Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made
Look how all the kids have grown
We have changed but we're still the same
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
And I'll be happy for you
If you can be happy for me
Circles and triangles, and now we're hangin' out with your new girlfriend
So far from where we've been
I know we're cool.
I really liked this paragraph,
Remember Harbor Boulevard
The dreaming days where the mess was made
Look how all the kids have grown
We have changed but we're still the same
After all that we've been through
I know we're cool
Harbor Boulevard is probably where the band jam their songs, or the place where Gwen and Tony used to go when they are younger.
Look how all the kids have grown - Talking about the band members of No doubt, how they have all grown older now compared to the years where the had huge success and fame.
The rest of the lyrics sort of just explains itself.
Here are the links to both the videos.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=welnlg3svTw&mode=related&search= (Don't Speak)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rjzzK8tIbOc ( Cool)
They are really nice songs. Do listen.=D
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Ho. Sounds quite interesting. Hahas.
Cool entry. I nvr thought both songs had such a meaning behind them. Well after seeing both videos, hahahaha I gotta agree man. Makes me listen to "Don't Speak" again and look at it from a different perspective. Cool.
RODNEY!
I love the songs. haha i like dont speak more. ^-^
hello rodney!!
omg, through your entry i got to know so much about gwen stefani. i didn't know the story behind the two songs. =)