Pedro worries about the negative effects of advertising

"Advertising space is one of my favourite songs by a British pop music icon,
Robbie Williams, who sings a polemic theme beautifully.

He gives his voice and talent to call people’s attention to advertising negative aspects. In fact, Robbie Williams’s song is an amazing story about today’s world.

Robbie Williams - Advertising Space

There's no earthly way of knowing
What was in your heart
When it stopped going
The whole world shook
A storm was blowing through you

Waiting for God to stop this
And up to your neck in darkness
Everyone around you was corrupted
Saying somethin'

There's no dignity in death
To sell the world your last breath
They're still fighting over
Everything you left over

I saw you standing at the gates
When Marlon Brando passed away
You had that look upon your face
Advertising space

And
No one learned from your mistakes
We let our profits go to waste
All that's left in any case
Is Advertising space

Through your eyes
The world was burning
Please be gentle
I'm still learning
You seemed to say
As you kept turning up

They poisoned you with compromise
At what point did you realize
Everybody loves your lies
But you ahahh

Special agent for the man
Through watergate and vietnam
No one really gave a damn
Did you think the CIA did

I saw you standing at the gates
When Marlon Brando passed away
You had that look upon your face
Advertising space and

No one learned from your mistake
We let our profits go to waste
All that's left in any case
Is Advertising space ooooohh

No one learned from your mistakes
We let our profits go to waste
All that's left in any case
Is Advertising space

I've seen your daughter
Man she's cute
I was scared but I wanted to
Boy she looks a lot like you


From my point of view, Advertising space criticizes the exploitation of famous people’s image to promote certain products advertisers want to sell.

Advertisements are often lies (as the song mentions), but consumers love and accept those lies; especially when they are associated with a beautiful face.

Robbie Williams’s message is probably an alert against people who take advantage of others’ image;

at the same time, it tells the listeners that face used in advertisements belongs to someone who has feelings and his/her life."


Pedro Carvalho, nº17 11ºB

Tiago Filipe is ... IN LOVE!

Love is Like Magic

Love is like magic
and it will always be
for love still remains
life's sweet mystery.

Love works in ways
that are wondrous and strange
and there's nothing in life
that love cannot change!

Love can transform
the most commonplace
into beauty and splendour
sweetness and grace.

Love is unselfish
understanding and kind
for it sees with its heart
and not with its mind.

Love is the answer
that everyone seeks…
Love is the language
that every heart speaks.

Love can't be bought
it is priceless and free
Love, like pure magic
is life's sweet mystery!

HeLLo eVeRyOnE!!!

I wrote this poem to prove to the girl that I love that my feeling is really strong and that I still love her and I’m not going to give up because this such an extraordinary feeling and I don’t wanna forget it!!!!

I’m not going to tell you who she is because she knows and that is enough for me!!

If life was just like this poem, we would live in a better world, without wars, vandalism or robberies…

I think love is something that only some people know what it is like and for that reason maybe the world can’t improve!!!

For the first time I know what love really is so I think I’m privileged…

but, you know,

I think those persons that don’t know what love is could get to know it by trying to

“listen to your heart when is calling for you”

because that only happens a few times!!!

And remember Love is Like Magic…

I LOVE YOU…….

I LOVE YOU……

I LOVE YOU ........