Another Year is Over, A New One Begins

Greetings and welcome to the Un-Zone, the site for all things Un. It's December 31st, New Years Eve. According to my clock, in about 15 hours, it will be a brand new year. The end of 2005 and the start of 2006. Whoop-dee-doo. It'll be like 2005, but with some minor details changed. Bush will still wiretap phones without warrants, we'll still be slogging it out in Iraq(what mission was accomplished when the President was playing dressup in a Top Gun fantasy flightsuit?), and the Royals, the Chiefs, and the Chicago Cubs will be all claiming that this is the year that they win a championship. We've all heard it before.
Well, to celebrate the dawning of a New Year, some songs related to the New Year. The first is from Rent. Yes, I'm posting a song from a Broadway musical.

Seasons Of Love
COMPANY
525,600 minutes, 525,000 moments so dear.
525,600 minutes - how do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights, in cups of coffee.
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In 525,600 minutes - how do you measure a year in the life?
How about love?
How about love?
How about love?
Measure in love.
Seasons of love.
SOLOIST 1
525,600 minutes! 525,000 journeys to plan.
525,600 minutes - how can you measure the life of a woman or man?
SOLOIST 2
In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried.
In bridges he burned, or the way that she died.
COMPANY
It’s time now to sing out, tho the story never ends
Let's celebrate remember a year in the life of friends.
Rememberthe love!
Remember the love!
Remember the love!
Measure in love.
Seasons of love!
Seasons of love.


The second song is more of a post-booze, what the hell did I do last night sort of song. I think that several people will find the words quite apt. The group that wrote this song is called Babyshambles.

32nd of December
Don't talk about it
Don't want to know about it
Arguing with you's no good
You'll be nobody's fool but you'll almost speak...
Don't let me know about it
Don't let me know about the 32nd of December
Oh, thats the night I'm trying so hard to forget
All you do is you come around and make me remember
What I try, oh that I, what I....
Still you talk about it
Still don't wanna know all about it
Anybody want tea?
Anybody, thank you, ah fuck me
But don't speak
And don't talk about it
Don't talk about the 32nd of December
Thats the night im trying so hard to forget
So all you do is you phone me, and I remember
Remember what I try
That I, what I...
You know that I...
You was a stickler for manners
So don't you say goodbye
No, not to a good old friend,
I get by, please I get by
And get by
Argggh, so what you running from?
Still, ahh don't talk about it
Still, don't want to know about it
Don't want to know about it
The 32nd of December
Thats the night im trying so hard to forget
All you do is come around and make me remember
Remember what I try
What I, that I...
... nice reason, I'll go
But they'll never do
They'll never do