Kaleida is Killing Me

Last year while house-sitting for my friend Dennis Judd, I watched his premium TV and saw this movie called John Wick 2 which movie franchise was just below my radar. I probably at some point saw or heard mention of it but nothing registered and my interest was nil. I ended up watching this movie in rapt attention and was hooked. I have since watched the first installment, to wit John Wick, and own them both on disc. In a week's time from tonight John Wick 3 comes out in theaters. I already have plans to watch it the evening of May 20th with a friend. What I love about these movies is actor Keanu Reeves' realism as the eponymous in his gun play and martial arts which was developed through exhaustive dedication to training and practice on his part, not relying on stunt doubles. Also, I am struck by the visually-stunning stylism of the indoor sets and outdoor set pieces and club scenes and highly-stylized violence which at times almost possesses a certain beauty despite it's almost kabuki-like predictability at times.

Below is a good audio version of my favorite song from the movie franchise (and undoubtedly the most memorable song from the franchise) which is "Think" by British electropop band Kaleida in their first hit and from their first album. The song immediately grabbed my attention the first time I heard it during a sequence in John Wick 2 in which he cuts a swath of death through a night club filled with henchmen adversaries). The editors sequenced the beats of the song with kills by Wick with the implication being the singer is speaking the words as John Wick's late wife speaking to him as he greaves for her. Below this player are the lyrics and below that is another player featuring the song played in sequence with movie as it appears in the movie but with the song audio enhanced relative to how it sounded in the movie for easier listening here.

Go ahead, take me down now.

Give me what you don't know

Go ahead, take me all down now.

Get this, get this into your game.

You got me in a heading drop

I never wanna come off

You got me with your beat of love

I never wanna come out.

Think of me, I'll never break your heart.

Think of me, you're always in the dark.

I hate your love, your love, your love.

Think of me, you're never in the dark.

Now that I'm making this all up

Let me let me let me into your know.

You got me in your open hand

I never wanna come back

How do we let you never found?

You know it's gonna come out.

Think of me, I'll never break your heart.

Think of me, you're always in the dark.

I hate your love, your love, your love.

Think of me, you're never in the dark.

Think of me, I'll never break your heart.

Think of me, you're always in the dark.

I hate your love, your love, your love.

Think of me, you're never in the dark.

Think of me, I'll never break your heart.

Think of me, you're always in the dark.

I hate your love, your love, your love.

Think of me, you're never in the dark.