The Optimist may refer to:
The Optimist is a 1984 album by the New Zealand band DD Smash led by Dave Dobbyn. The album reached number 6 on the New Zealand music charts and remained in the chart for 26 weeks.
All songs written and composed by Dave Dobbyn.
Revolt is the second studio album by faroese alternative rock band The Dreams, released on February 22, 2010. Published by Black Pelican and recorded in the Chief Management Studio, it was produced by Chief 1 (Lars Pedersen). The album comprises ten songs all written in English, because they want to reach not only Denmark, also other countries.
Three successful singles were released from this album: "Under the Sun", "Revolt" and "The Optimist".
The disc was able to sell much in Denmark. Their two music videos Under The Sun and Revolt ranked in the top positions.
Anthony James may refer to:
Anthony James (born 1974 in England) is a British artist, known for his sculpture and installations.
Anthony James studied from 1994-98 at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. After his degree, he moved to New York and in 2008 to Los Angeles, before he came to Munich in 2013. His works have been exhibited internationally, including Art Basel (2010) in Basel and Miami Beach. They are also part of private and public collections, such as the General Motors Building, New York, or the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art.
James gained recognition with his large-size work KΘ, short for kalos thanatos (Greek for beautiful death), from 2008. KΘ consists of a 244 x 244 x 488 cm, double mirrored show case that contains James‘ burned 355 Ferrari Spyder, which he destroyed in an act of sacrifice derived from Greek antiquity. The mirrored glass multiplies the remains of the car ad infinitum and the moment of destruction is frozen in time. The piece was first presented at a preview for the MoMA Associates, New York, and in 2010 at a solo show at Patrick Painter Inc., Los Angeles.
Anthony James (born July 22, 1942) is an American actor. He specialized in creepy, sleazy villains in films and television, many of them Westerns.
James had previously made several guest appearances on the CBS-TV western series Gunsmoke during the series' run, appearing in different roles, most often playing the character of Elbert Moses. Other shows he has guest-starred on include: The High Chaparral, Bonanza, The Rookies; the short-lived ABC-TV sitcom Holmes and Yo-Yo, which starred John Schuck, and CBS's Beauty and the Beast, starring Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton.
James has also appeared in a number of major feature films. His first major role was as Ralph, the diner counterman, in the 1967 classic Oscar-winning movie In the Heat of the Night, which co-starred Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger. Subsequent film appearances have included P.J. (which starred George Peppard) (1968), ...tick...tick...tick... (1970). James is also known for his role as one of the lynch mobsters in Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter (1973), as well as the films Burnt Offerings (1976), Blue Thunder (1983), Nightmares (1983), and The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991).
"Life sucks, and then you die"
Here lies our fate, a bleakly stained disgrace
A cross between two worlds of liberty and hate
Nothing is forgone, we'll never see the dawn
Accept the consequence and kill the optimist
Banished, feel the scream, end of dreams
All is lost, all is lost...
Indiscretly bludgeoning the motion of our former selves
Subtlety has been erased, anarchy's in it's place
Gods have fallen, hate is calling, witness the fall of enlightened souls
Follow that instinctual urge, satanic freedom, Hell on Earth
Supressed feeling you've had since birth
Is ripping from beneath your skin
Abomination you've held within
Awakening, to a world without restriction
Freedom, escape the land of pain
Solution, sights set on suicide, eternity lies in question
Life is nothing but a failed intention
Silencing, erasing the voice of reason
Victimize, execute the pure of soul
Ecstacy is born in the blood of revenge
Horrify the weak, a reflection of themselves
Indiscretly bludgeoning the motion of our former selves
Subtlety has been erased, anarchy's in it's place
Gods have fallen, hate is calling, witness the fall of enlightened souls
Follow that instinctual urge, satanic freedom, Hell on Earth
Supressed feeling you've had since birth
Is ripping from beneath your skin