HIPPO 2.0

"How little do you mortals understand time. Must you be so linear, Jean-Luc?"

Hippo 2.0: Track One

Song: Time
Artist: Hans Zimmer
Album: Inception OST
Quote: Q to Picard, All Good Things, Star Trek TNG Finale

Hey all, been stuck in a rut but I'm stopping that shit. I've been missing the music so how about we listen to HIPPO 2.0? It's a good one, starting with the same song that ended HIPPOBAMF. There are no words to describe how incredible this song is so I won't even try. Best just to go with it.

"And in the days following Draco's sacrifice, Bowen and Kara led the people in a time of justice and brotherhood. As I remember it now, those were golden years warmed by an unworldly light. And when things became the most difficult, Draco's star shown more brightly for all of us who knew where to look."

Hippo 2.0: Track Two

Song: Finale
Artist: Randy Edelman
Album: Dragonheart OST
Quote: Gilbert of Glockenspur (Pete Postlethwaite)/Dragonheart (1996)

Ennis: "Two guys living together? No way. Now we can get together....once in a while, way the hell out in the middle of nowhere, but..."
Jack: "Once in a while. Every four fuckin' years?"
Ennis: "If you can't fix it, Jack, you gotta Stand it."

Hippo 2.0: Track Three

Song: Brokeback Mountain 3
Artist: Gustavo Santaolalla
Album: Brokeback Mountain OST
Quotes: Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger), Jack Twist (Jack Gyllenhaal)/Brokeback Mountain

You can always tell when an audience in a theater is uncomfortable. How can you tell? They will always laugh at things that are decidedly unfunny. Brokeback Mountain was laughed at and mocked when it was released way back in 2005. Gay cowboys? In a white tent? Screwing? Hilarious!!! The thing is, there is nothing funny about that movie. Nothing. It is a tragedy, pure and simple, one that most people can understand if they wish to, the tragedy of two people who cannot be together but who really should be. Heath Ledger may have won the Oscar for his portrayal of the Joker in the Dark Knight, but I have always believed that Ennis Del Mar was his greatest role. The fact that the same man played both of those characters almost back to back is nothing short of astonishing. The music from the movie is masterfully composed by Gustavo Santaolalla and this particular track which is played during a critical scene near the end of the movie is the best of them all.

"Make each impression
A little bit stronger
Freeze this motion
A little bit longer
The innocence slips away"

Hippo 2.0: Track Four

Song: Time Stand Still
Artist: Rush
Album: Hold Your Fire
Quote: Time Stand Still Lyrics/Rush

A good friend introduced me to this song and thereby to the band RUSH many years ago. I don't claim to be an expert on the band, but I do know that these three men and the band they created are the stuff of Legends. HIPPO 2.0 was originally entitled TIME STAND STILL in it's first form. A few songs were changed here and there but the core of the Mix has always been and remains this song. Thank you to the members of RUSH for this and for all of the incredible music they brought to us over the many years they were together. And may God rest the talented soul of Neil Peart who passed in 2000. He is sorely missed but will be remembered for many, many years to come.

"I want mankind to survive. This is the only way."

Hippo 2.0: Track Five

Song: Waking Up
Artist: Anthony Gonzalez
Album: Oblivion OST
Quote: Jack Harper (Tom Cruise)/Oblivion

Oblivion is like a few other movies that I've seen where after I've watched it I can never remember what the hell happened in the movie. Like at all. Predator is another one of those movies. No matter how many times I watch it, it always feels like the first time. Who knows why? But even though I can't remember what Oblivion was all about, I for SURE remember the soundtrack, in particular this song. It almost has a Hans Zimmer-ish vibe going on with it, from the relentless pace to the way it builds to an incredible crescendo at the end. Great stuff.

NOW WAKE THE HELL UP AMERICA. THE TIME IS NOW.