Yep I love The Phantom of the Opera and if I could visit anywhere I would totally love to go to his underground lair and hang out in his home with his awesome music.
What can I say? After all I am a:
For more on The Phantom of the Opera, go to Feast Your Eyes on My Accursed Ugliness
For more on my fangirling, go to Sadness Is…
For more non-Austen films, go to Pizza Power
So here we are another step in the “Getting Over a Heartbreak” series. As you recall from Gone Forever, Put Me Out, and But It’s Alright; we still are in that angry at my ex phase. So here we are with:
16) Since U Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson.
Now I have always liked Kelly Clarkson, although I have never really thought of myself as being a major fan. I remember when Kelly Clarkson won American Idol (yep back when the show was good and the winners actually went on to do something). I even watched her silly film From Justin to Kelly, starring her and the runner up. However, I am a huge fan of this song! I absolutely loved it!
So the song was written by Max Martin and Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald who actually wrote it for Pink. She turned it down and it was then offered to Clarkson, in which she added more guitar and drums to counteract the light pop sound. It was number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100.
The music video is great, as after her boyfriend cheated on her and dumped her she ripped his place apart. Now I’m not one for vandalism, but finding out someone cheated on you will make anyone go crazy and pull this or a Daisy from Mystic Pizza.
It’s just a great song that truly captures how one feels after being betrayed by someone they loved and how angry they feel.
But just like The End by Silverstein just be careful how you react, its fine to sing about it, but if you actually participate in that kind of destruction just be prepared for the consequences.
So on to the lyrics and video!!!
Here’s the thing we started out friends
It was cool but it was all pretend
Yeah yeah
Since U Been Gone
You dedicated you took the time
Wasn’t long till I called you mine
Yeah Yeah
Since U Been Gone
And all you’d ever hear me say
Is how I pictured me with you
That’s all you’d ever hear me say
But Since U Been Gone
I can breathe for the first time
I’m so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get
What I want
Since U Been Gone
How can I put it? You put me on
I even fell for that stupid love song
Yeah, yeah
Since U Been Gone
How come I’d never hear you say
I just wanna be with you
I guess you never felt that way
But Since U Been Gone
I can breathe for the first time
I’m so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you
Now I get (I get) what I want
Since U Been Gone
You had your chance you blew it
Out of sight, out of mind
Shut your mouth I just can’t take it
Again and again and again and again
Since U Been Gone
I can breathe for the first time
I’m so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get, I get what I want
I can breathe for the first time
I’m so moving on
Yeah, yeah
Thanks to you (thanks to you)
Now I get (I get)
You should know (you should know)
That I get, I get what I want
Since U Been Gone
Since U Been Gone
Since U Been Gone
So the music video is super amazing!!!
So this song became super popular that A Day to Remember did a cover and copied the music video scene by scene. It’s pretty cool.
I have to say that I really enjoy the Kelly Clarkson version, that’s why I included it, but I like the A Day to Remember a little bit better. I like how it has more of a rock than pop sound and I like the screamo as I think it really expresses the anger in the song. But however it is sung the song is still great.
And it teaches you an important thing:
Because never forget:
And:
But at the same time don’t get too caught up in anger and bitterness. After all:
To start the “Getting Over a Heartbreak Series” from the beginning, go to If It Means A Lot to You
To go to the previous post, go to But It’s Alright
For more of my fav songs. go to Put Me Out
For more of my fav quotes, go to It’s All Jane Austen’s Fault
Ah but soon there will be a new monster inside, the moon is moving quickly into position…we must turn Shaggy into a werewolf!
As I mentioned in my review of Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, this is a movie I used to watch all the time as a kid; and still do as my nieces and nephew are always wanting me to watch it with them. We’re all big Scooby fans.
They used to show this film all the time in October on Cartoon Network, during their Saturday night Creature Double Feature. They would also show Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders, and Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Doo and the Witch’s Ghost. My sister and I used to watch these all the time.
So the story starts out with Dracula getting ready for his grand monster race. He has a multitude of monsters assembked; Frankenstein and his wife Repulsa, The Mummy, The Witch Sisters, Mr. Bonejangles the skeleton, Dr. Jackal/Mr. Synde (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), The Swamp Thing, and Dreadonia. The only person missing is the Wolf Man. It turns out that he retired and is vacationing in Florida.
“Dracula: What I want to know is, where’s my werewolf?
They can’t have a monster race without all the monsters present.
Everything seems hopeless until Vanna Pira (Vanna White/Vampira), asks why they can’t just get a new one. Dracula pulls out his book of possible people to become monsters, and finds that the next person who can become a werewolf is none other than Shaggy Rogers. Dracula sends his henchmen, the Hunch Bunch, to go and make sure he turns into one. They have three days to do it.
We switch to Shaggy and the gang, who at this point is Scooby-Doo, Scrappy, and Shaggy’s girlfriend Googy. This always surprised me as a kid as Shaggy has never had a girlfriend in the series/movies before, and after this video, we never see her again.
Anyways, so in this movie they are no longer P.E. instructors but are race car drivers. Shaggy and Scooby are actually really good and have a cool car that is all tricked out. They struggle through their race for a bit, but are able to defeat the other teams and win. They are happily celebrating, not knowing what is about to occur.
The next day Shaggy and Scooby are hanging out at home trying to watch a monster movie when the Hunch Bunch arrive. Only Scooby sees them, and he tries to tell Shaggy and Scrappy but neither of them believe him.
“Shaggy: Monsters through the roof, huh?
Scooby- Doo: That’s right.
Shaggy: Okay so then where’s the hole?
Scooby- Doo: [points up] Up there.
Shaggy: Where?
Scooby- Doo: Right up… [looks up and sees the ceiling in one piece] Huh?
Scrappy Doo: Don’t worry Uncle Scooby, we still love ya, even if ya are a wacko.”
The Hunch Bunch are foiled in their plan tonight, but eagerly await the next day to try again. This time the Doos and Shaggy are at the supermarket; and once again the Hunch Bunch Brothers fail, but both Shaggy and Scrappy think Scooby is crazy.
The next night, Shaggy and Googie are on a date at the drive-in. Scooby and Scrappy have also come along.
“Scrappy Doo: Thanks for taking us on your date with Googie to the drive-in, Shag.
Shaggy: Confidentially I didn’t want to leave your Uncle Scooby home alone, you know how he’s been seeing things that aren’t there lately?”
Meanwhile, the Hunch Bunch twins are finally sucessful, positioning Shaggy just right so that he becomes a werewolf!
The only problem is, Shaggy has the hiccups! Everytime he hiccups he switches from human to werewolf. 
No one notices that he is a werewolf, but he leaves to get something from the snack bar to settle his stomach. He ends up scaring everyone there, as they all start trying to chase him down. He finally realizes that he is the one everyone is after. At first his friends don’t believe him, but he is finally able to convince them he’s Shaggy. Dracula & Co come after them, spraying the crew with knockout spray and whisking them away to Dracula’s castle.
Here in the castle, Drac wakes them up and introduces them to the monster squad.
They are of course freaked out and try to get away. Shaggy tries to get Dracula to change him back, but Dracula doesn’t want to. Eventually they strike a deal where if Shaggy races and wins then he can be human again.
Of course Dracula wants Shaggy to fail, so first he tries to get them to spend all night at the pre-race party. When that doesn’t work he sends the Hunch Bunch to keep him up all night. That also fails and Dracula decides to wreck the Wolfmobile.
All of Dracula’s attempts fail as Shaggy and Scooby are able to fix everything.
“Dracula: I thought I told you to fix that werewolf car so that he couldn’t win the race.
Brunch: Ah yes master, but Shaggy unfixed it.
Dracula: Well then you un-unfix it. “
The race ensues with everyone cheating to win. Each car has tricks up their sleeves and they use them. Throughout the film many cars crash and are totaled, but in the next scene they will show up as good as new.
Ah! If only I was a cartoon
Throughout the whole race Dracula does everything in his power to try and stop Shaggy, but everything fails. Googy and Scrappy really lend a hand in helping him out, even bringing him a spare engine. At one point Dracula sends Genghis Kong their way, but they are even able to get out of that mess!
Everyone: A nightmare called Genghis Kong!
Scrappy: He’s got uncle Scooby. You let go of my uncle, or I’m going to ring your gong, Kong.
Eventually the best racer, Shaggy, wins!
He demands that Dracula changes him back, but he doesn’t want to. He tells Shaggy there is no way to change back, but Vanna Pira reveals that the Book of Grim has the words that can change him into a human.
They gang has to defeat Dracula and then Shaggy is turned back into a human.
Shaggy: Oogly boogly wobbly wye, no more a werewolf am i, I’m [gulp] going to be a normal guy.
They are just hanging out watching a scary movie when Shaggy starts eating too fast and getting the hiccups again. Googy warns him that he might become a werewolf again, but Shaggy is sure that they won’t go through any of that again.
“Shaggy: Oh, come on Googy, lighten up. Believe me, we’re through with those werewolves and vampires and monsters forever.
Dracula: That’s what he thinks.
Dracula and the Hunch Bunch: [In Chorus] ♪♪ We’re Back!♪♪”
A fun silly film that has those gothic elements you love mixed with classic Scooby-Doo.
To start Horrorfest from the beginning, go to I Don’t Belong in the World
To go to the previous film, go to Grimwood Ghoul’s Gym Teacher
For more on monster movies, go to Universal’s Classic Monster Movies
For more on Dracula, go to I Bid You Welcome
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