I got into London and was exhausted, tried to get a coffee but they wouldn't take my Amex or Euros! I get not taking the Amex, but this IS Europe and they should be taking Euros! Last time I was here the Euro was a valid currency, but not anymore apparently. I might change those over to GBP put right now I'm feeling pretty uppity about it. I found a Starbucks which took my Amex so coffee procured it was time to venture over to Stormtroopers in Stilettos. Btw, my overground round trip ticket and an all day/all zone Underground ticket was only 18 GBP which is very cheap considering it's all zones.
Anyway.. Got to SiS around 1pm and left there around 5pm, so yeah, it was worth it! As stated above it was in a flat Freddie used to rent while he was in arts school studying to be a clothes designer. They had an entire room dedicated to each year from 1971 - 1978 and then a wall with snipits from 1979 - 2011. The exhibit was done by fans using old footage and old interviews, they even had Freddie's old bed and lots of costumes that the band wore through the years. I learned lots of new stuff about Queen and their history. For example the band went though lots of bass players in the beginning, one guy only lasted two gigs and Freddie got rid of him because he was too much of a show man and he felt there was not enough room in Queen for another show man. It really shed a lot of light on just how much of a Diva Freddie really was, his being a Diva saved the band a few times from ruin and being taken advantage of by the record companies.
After SiS I wandered around London looking for a LUSH before finally giving in and texting Becca to find me one online. I had a rather large "son-of-a-bitch" moment when she told me there was one in Liverpool's Underground Station since that's the area I started my search, checked around that station and then went over to Tottenham Court and Piccadilly before finally asking for her assistance. While I was searching I found a cheap price theater ticket place and got a seat in row N for Love Never Dies (the Phantom of the Opera sequel) and decided it was time to finally eat something. Great thing about Europe, all cows are grass fed! I guess that's what happens when the government does not subsidize corn. Got a really nice, but expensive, steak with a merlot. I went in an ordered just the steak and they were all like "you don't want any sides with that", "nope (just the big hunk of meat for me thanks)" *note the () was not said, just thought.. The steak was 12oz of amazingly melt in your mouth goodness!
After dinner I had about an hour before the show started so I ran to Liverpool and hit LUSH, they really don't sell anything different in the store. All the UK exclusive stuff is online only. Poo, what a waste of time running back there. I did find out that they are releasing a new fragrance today called Dirty and plan to go to a LUSH near Bracknell tonight to check it out. There is one in Reading which is not a long car ride from here.
Got back to the theater district just in time to grab a coffee and get in line for the show. The main track "Love Never Dies" which Christine sings was one of the best songs in the show, the other being the one the Phantom and Christine's son sing "The Beauty Underneath".
Lyrics below..
Here is "Love Never Dies":
Here is "the Beauty Underneath":
- Love Never Dies Lyrics:Who knows where love beginsWho knows what makes it startOne day it's simply thereAlive inside your heartIt slips into your thoughtsIt infiltrates your soulIt takes you by surpriseThen seizes full controlTry to deny itAnd try to protestBut love won't let you goOnce you've been possessedLove never diesLove never faltersOnce it has spokenLove is yoursLove never fadesLove never altersHearts may get brokenLove enduresHearts my get brokenLove enduresAnd soon as you submitSurrender flesh and boneThat love takes on a lifeMuch bigger than your ownIt uses you at whimAnd drives you to despairAnd forces you to feelMore joy than you can bearLove gives you pleasureAnd love brings you painAnd yet with both are goneLove will remainOnce it is spokenLove is yoursLove never diesLove never altersHearts may get brokenLove enduresHearts may get brokenLove never diesLove will continueLove keeps on beatingWhen you're goneLove never diesOnce it is in youLove may be fleetingLove lives onLove may be fleetingLove lives on---
-The Beauty Underneath Lyrics:have you ever yearned to gopast the world you think you know?been enthralled to the callof the beauty underneath?have you let it draw you inpast the place where dreams begin?felt the full breathless pullof the beauty underneath?when the dark unfolds its wingsdo you sense the strangest things?things no one would ever guessthings mere words cannot express?yesdo you find yourself beguiledby the dangerous and wild?do you feed on the needfor the beauty underneath?have you felt your senses servedand surrendered to the urge?have been hooked as you looked at theat the beauty underneath?when you stare behind the nightcan you glimpse the primal night?might you hunger to possesshunger that you can't repress?yesit seems so beautifulso strange yet beautifuleverything's just as you sayand he's so beautifulperhaps too beautifulwhat i suspect cannot beand yet somehow, we both seethe very same wayit's the music in your headhave you followed where it ledand been graced with a tasteof the beauty underneath?does it fill your every senseis it terribly intense?tell me you need it tooneed the beauty underneathwhen it lifts is voice and singsdon't you feel amazing things?things you know you can't confessthings you thirst for nonethelessit's all so beautifulcan it be?almost too beautifuldo you see what I see?to him it's beautifulmy world is beautifulhow can this be what it seems?all of my secret dreamssomehow set freeyou can feel the liftyescome closeryesyou've no fear of the beauty underneathyou can face ityesyou can take ityesyou see through to the beauty underneathto the splendorsplendorand the glorygloryto the truth of the beauty underneaththe beauty underneathyou'll accept ityesyou'll embrace ityeslet me show you the beauty underneathto the splendorsplendorand the gloryand the gloryto the truth of the beauty underneaththe beauty underneathyou'll accept ityesyou'll embrace ityeslet me show you the beauty underneath
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