Prince of Persia - Fallen King [DS]

Play it for:
* really innovative controls!
* very forgiving.

Avoid it for:
* over too soon.

Mishearing The Pussycat Dolls

Successful in the charts around the world right now is surely one of the strangest musical collaborations ever. The Pussycat Dolls and A. R. Rahman. On the one hand you have a bunch of former erotic dancers, whose success is more due to their sleazy looks and tacky songs than their ability to barely* hold a tune. On the other, you have a plain-looking spiritual man, whose great success is due to phenomenal musicality.

I must confess, I cannot bring myself to listen too closely to those sipid sirens. Thus in their recent song "When I Grow Up", I thought for ages that they sang "I want to have boobies"! (It's apparently "I want to have groupies").

Perhaps I'm right though. And a great deception is being played on the listening public. I raise this possibility because yet again my ears are at dispute with the 'official' lyrics. I refer to the song supposedly called "Jai Ho!"

It's clear to me, that rather than being a song with the message "May you be victorious" or "You are my destiny", it is about something shockingly mundane. A. R. Rahman is in fact asking one of the Pussycat whores to fetch him a cup of tea.

So next time you hear this song, the highlight of which is actually just the two words sung repeatedly by Rahman, join in with him and sing aloud "Chai Ho!"



* Split infinitive is deliberate and correct in this instance. 'Barely' as in 'just about' rather than 'without clothing'. Though now I think about it...

Lunacy

"There may be trouble ahead
But while there's moonlight and music
And love and romance
Let's face the music and dance"

- Irving Berlin

Moonlight. Isn't it cool? What does it mean to you? To me, it's one of the most perfect topics for tangential ramblings.

Moonlight. I've just been watching Moonlighting again. What a perfect television programme. Mysterious as the moon itself. Or perhaps not... the ridiculous plots have twists that become predictable. But that doesn't matter. Because it's about the enigmatic chemistry between Cybil Shepherd and Bruce Willis - think Beatrice and Benedick put in the 1980's. It's about the crazy things that happen; I've had the joy of watching a car chase in a hearse and an episode with a leprechaun. It's about unashamedly intelligent dialogue, with all sorts of linguistic tricks knowingly and ostentatiously deployed.

Moonlight. There's an item in World of Warcraft "Rituals of the New Moon" - that can turn you into a wolf. Cue pointless debate on the forums. "It's about werewolves." "No it's not. Werewolves are at the full moon." "Ah, but Twilight's werewolf-related sequel is New Moon." I've always been more inclined to werewolves than vampires. Vampires are evil. Werewolves are just bestial. Also, from a spiritualistic point of view, vampires are evil energy draining entities, werewolves are shamanistic soul shapeshifters.

Moonlight. The reflection of the sun's light. By a curious quirk of fate, the moon rotates upon it's axis in such a way that only one side is ever facing the earth. There is the unseen dark side of the moon.

Moonlight. The sight of which indicates the start of an Islamic month. The means by which Ramadan should be started and ended if it weren't for petty religious politics.

Moonlight. The three phases of the moon. Athena, Demeter, Hera. Three different types of female energy conveyed by the moon's light.

Moonlight. One of my friends has been mooning lately. To him this means a form of pleasant daydreaming. In Britain, mooning is a base act of showing off your bare behind in public - especially when pressing it against a vehicle's window.

Moonlight. Romantic. Mysterious. Magical.