“Yume No Chikara.

Roughly translated, The Power Of Dreams.
You see, in Japanese you don’t say have a dream. You say see a dream.
Because what’s the point on having dreams if you’re not going to make some happen?”.
(From Dreams, Nick Gordon for Honda, 2005)

Impossible Dream (Ivan Zacharias for Honda, 2005).
Music: The Impossible Dream by Andy Williams (1968).

From Wieden+Kennedy.

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“The idea is simple, the result is stunning.”
“Starting in November of 2001, I have been taking a picture of myself every day and I haven’t stopped yet.”
(Ahree Lee)
Me, by Ahree Lee, on Atom Films. Music by Nathan Melsted.

“The question is, what is a Mahna Mahna?”
“The question is, who cares?”

The Mahna Mahna song (Piero Umiliani, 1968).

Performed by Mahna Mahna and the Snowths, (The Ed Sullivan Show, 1969). From YouTube.

See also:

song history on Wikipedia,
lyrics on poppyfields.net,
audio (mp3) on latke.net,
video (mpeg) on mahnahmahna.net.

If you want the truth then we better start lying
If you want to feel then we better start touching
If you want air then we better start breathing
If you want to die then we better start living

I guess you’re proud to be different

Tom Vek: If You Want. (from We Have Sound, 2005)

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“So I made this thing‚ this video. And a lot of people are watching it.

And they take away a message. It’s unspoken, and maybe because it’s never articulated it becomes more potent.
By saying nothing, people hear exactly what they want to.
And that guy on the screen becomes a symbol for what’s important, what’s possible.”.

Where the Hell is Matt?. Matt, “that guy who dances on the internet…”

The song: Sweet Lullaby by Deep Forest.

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