A trophy is a reward for a specific achievement, and serves as recognition or evidence of merit. Trophies are most often awarded for sporting events, from youth sports to professional level athletics. In many sports medals are often given out either instead of or along with trophies.
Originally the word trophy, derived from the Greek tropaion, referred to arms, standards, other property, or human captives and body parts (e.g. headhunting) captured in battle. These war trophies commemorated the military victories of a state, army or individual combatant. In modern warfare trophy taking is discouraged, but this sense of the word is reflected in hunting trophies and human trophy collecting by serial killers.
Trophies have marked victories since ancient times. The word trophy coined in English in 1550, was derived from the French trophée in 1513, "a prize of war", from Old French trophee, from Latin trophaeum, monument to victory, variant of tropaeum, which in turn is the latinisation of the Greek τρόπαιον (tropaion), the neuter of τροπαῖος (tropaios), "of defeat" or "for defeat", but generally "of a turning" or "of a change", from τροπή (tropē), "a turn, a change" and that from the verb τρέπω (trepo), "to turn, to alter".
Kanye Omari West ( /ˈkɑːnjeɪ/; born June 8, 1977) is an American musician, film director and fashion designer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and Janet Jackson. His style of production originally used pitched-up vocal samples from soul songs incorporated with his own drums and instruments. However, subsequent productions saw him broadening his musical palette and expressing influences encompassing '70s R&B, baroque pop, trip hop, arena rock, folk, alternative, electronica, synthpop, and classical music.
West released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008, and his fifth album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy in 2010. West released a collaborative album, Watch the Throne with Jay-Z in 2011, which is the duo's first collaborative album. His five solo albums, all of which have gone platinum, have received numerous awards and critical acclaim. As of 2012, West has won a total of eighteen Grammy Awards, making him one of the most awarded artists of all-time. All albums have been very commercially successful, with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy becoming his fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S. upon release. West has had 5 songs exceed 3 million in digital sales as of July 2011, with "Gold Digger" selling 3,086,000, "Stronger" selling 4,402,000, "Heartless" selling 3,742,000, "E.T." selling over 4,000,000 and "Love Lockdown" selling over 3,000,000 placing him third in overall digital sales of the past decade. He has sold over 30 million digital songs in the United States making him one of the best-selling digital artists of all-time.
Trophy wife is an expression used to refer to a wife, usually young and attractive, who is regarded as a status symbol for the husband, who is often older and wealthy.
The use of the term also usually reflects negatively on the character or personality of the husband, and has a connotation of narcissism and desire to impress others, and that the husband would not be able to attract the sexual interest of the attractive woman but for his wealth or position.
The term's etymological origins are disputed. One claim is that trophy wife originally appeared in a 1950 issue of The Economist magazine[citation needed], referring to the historical practice of warriors capturing the most beautiful women during battle to bring home as wives.William Safire claimed that the term trophy wife was coined by Julie Connelly, a senior editor of Fortune magazine, in a cover story in the issue of Aug. 28, 1989 and immediately entered common usage.[citation needed] Many sources claim the term was coined earlier (for example, the Online Etymology Dictionary cites 1984) but easy online access to William Safire's article about the term has led many (such as Oxford English Dictionary) to believe that August 28, 1989 was its first use.
Plot
A group of teen-agers vacationing in the tropics take a boat out to a seemingly deserted island. They soon find, however, that the island is inhabited by a wealthy recluse and his staff. While their host is initially hospitable, he quickly reveals his true purpose: to hunt down and kill each of his visitors, as he has done with everyone unlucky enough to set foot on his island.
Keywords: 1960s, acid, arrow, bare-chested-male, based-on-short-story, begging-for-one's-life, blood, blood-splatter, bloodlust, boat
Maniac Hunts Humans In A Jungle Hell!
Two beautiful young girls...Defenseless against the deadly ancient crossbow!
He hunted humans for the sheer sport of killing ... and made his island paradise into a Hell on Earth!
The foulest passion of them all!
Dean Gerrard: I can't go on forever pretending to be a useless drunk.
Johnny Randall: You mean you hunted those people down? Then killed them, and did *that* to them?::Dr. Albert Balleau: Exactly. I hunted them. And shall I tell you why? I'd been a scholar all my life. I was curator of a large museum. And the war began. I who had never killed anything in my life assigned to duty as a sniper - a sharpshooter - because of my steady hand and keen eyesight. [chuckles] It amuses me now that I found it distasteful at first. And as time went by I adjusted my new activity. For what had been an unpleasant duty became a pleasure then it developed into a passion and then into a lust. A lust for blood! A lust that has grown with the years! And one that I spend my entire life trying to satisfy.
Johnny Randall: Listen, Mister Balleau, fun's fun. But if you think we're gonna be the clay pigeons in your shooting gallery - you're just a little far out!
Dr. Albert Balleau: Well, then, I'm flattered that someone should want to further look at my little souvenirs. No one else has ever come back a second time - alive.
Captain Tony: So long, suckers!
Anyone? Interested in collecting my parts from this dance floor?
Anyone? Interested in connecting my lungs to a breath of fresh air?
This is where I learn everything they failed to teach
Wrap up your lessons and bury your books
Witness life in merciless proportions
Everything they failed to teach
Five members means four commitments
I've been a pupil for too long
In the academy of life I gave my best to stand strong
This is the testing, boiling and uprising
This is the trial they put me through
Five members means four commitments
Can anyone honestly pretend to fail one single person?
When he constantly has to guarantee satisfaction for four?
Anyone? Anyone interested in switching chairs?
We gave our inner most
We gave our inner most to stand strong
We gave our inner most
We gave our inner most and we stood strong
Welcome to annihilation, welcome to the fold
Welcome disintegration, welcome to passion
Prepare for a heart attack
Beware of the side effects
Four implied promises
This is where I learn everything they failed to teach
I've never been closer to a heart attack
But I wouldn't trade this for anything in the world
The hottest contestant to the jackpot never jeopardizes chances, Hunter, never prey
Cause I said so,
cause I said so,
cause I said so,
cause I said so.
Why,
why,
why.
Boy you've got the right insurance.
What is it?
What is it?
Don't you wanna wanna wanna know?
Cause I said so,
cause I said so.
What kind of deal have you got going?
Now that you're standing around all morning
Don't you have some better place to go?
Where you've got to go?
Where have you got to go?
Cause I said so,
cause I said so,
cause I said so,
cause I said so.
Why,
why,
why.
Excellent year in magazines,
in clothing stores and cash machines.
Seized by the wonderful sounds on the radio,
on the radio,
on the radio.
Don't you know that your school hates you,
and don't you know that your job does too?
And don't you have some better place to go?
Where you've got to go?
Where have you got to go?
Cause I said so,
cause I said so,
cause I said so,
cause I said so
Why,
Why,
Why.
Why,
Why,
Why,
Why,
Why,
Why,
"who gives a fuck about a God damn grammy? "
(willie d)
Yo, flav, I give a fuck about a God damn grammy
But them motherfuckin hoes won't hand me one
At least you was invited by the biggots
The motherfuckers told me to buy a ticket
To the phoney ass ceremony
Fuck oscar, emmy, and tony
Cause when it comes to award time
Niggaz be standin on the God damn sideline
I'm loadin my nine, cause I got a lotta grudges
I'm bout to take out the judges
Willie d won't shit cha but hit cha
Take a look at the overall picture
Every year it's the same old story
Same faces, same kinda gories
I sold a lotta records and a lotta people know me
Now where's my God damn trophy?
I'm under a microscope, for the songs I wrote
Cause the ganksta of love don't scapegoat
I tell it like it is that's why they don't ban me
I ain't tryin to make nobody happy
I'm from the streets so I kick it for the ghetto
I can't talk about shit I don't know
Your whole vocabulary's baby baby baby
That's why you so God damn crazy
And it should be a crime
One sucka gets nominated 5 or 6 damn times
It ain't that he's better than the rest
It's just a damn popularity contest
Or a bribe or a favor
Motherfuckers make a speech and they think that they major
I sold a lotta records and a lotta people know me
Now where's my God damn trophy?
(award host)
"and the winner is george strait"
"for best female vocalist, reba mcintyre"
"most appearances made after death, elvis presley
The king couldn't be here due to illness
So to accept his award on his behalf, we have grateful dead"
It ain't what you know, it's who you know bro
That's why I'm not on your radio and your video show
It's gettin kinda hectic
And I still ain't kissin no ass to be accepted
They finally gotta category for rap
But don't blink cause you'll miss it in the format
And if you follow my suggestions
9 times outta 10 you see some country western
They need to have willie d on that stage
Pumpin his fists like this and gettin bliss
With md-20 20
Or the 40 o-z wit the rest of the gb
I'm tired of your boring shows
I make your stuck up ass audience say ho!
I sold a lotta records and a lotta people know me
Now where's my God damn trophy
(award host)
"and the winner is randy travis
And guns and...hey what the? "
(willie d)
"get the fuck outta the way
Get your ass out the God damn way
Yo man, the real motherfuckin winners is
The God damn geto boys for most fuck words in a song
The bitch killa of the year grammy goes to
That nigga you love to have ice cube
The nasty ass group award goes out to 2 live crew
The high roller of the industry award goes out to ice t
The pro-black grammy goes out to public enemy
Cause they too black and they too God damn strong
And we gonna give the lip-sync God damn motherfuckin grammy
Headhunters, headshrinkers and long distance runners
Dust gathers on momentoes-
Dust gathers on proud moments
Young voices grow thick and old
The cheers are distant wearing thin
Chorus:
Take it to the wall
to be hung on the wall, to be viewed by all
a tribute in the grand hall
Yes they're locked away or polished every day
for the maintenence man-in the back of a van
Oh young voices grow thick and old
The cheers are distant wearing thin
(Chorus)
Bring yourselves out from your showcase parties
But you've been shut away too long
you've been shut away too long
Frightened faces in the rain
Misplaced features run down the drain
Oh wash away and start again
(verse 1)
I see the face your making
I hear the words you say
You've got to have it your way
hey hey
so one by one you favor
you put them on display
your trophies left to decay
hey, hey, hey, hey
(verse 2)
so where's the love your preaching
so where'es the charity
it's all a mystery to me
it's time to love your neighbor
and love your enemy
lay down your life for the sheep
(chorus)
I pray you'll find
some peace of mind
look in the mirror
reflections never lie
(TJ McCloud)
Call her a trophy, say what you will
Tell me it's nothing, an image to fill,
her face next to mine like a cheap glass of wine
that looks good but just isn't all there
"I say you don't know when she smiles
When she laughs at my jokes, I'm alive
I can fly, I'm a better man"
So take all your talking keep to yourselves
I am in love here, forget everything else
Her hand in mine and those cute little lines
on her face when she wrinkles to laugh
"I say you don't know when she smiles
When she laughs at my jokes, I'm alive
I can fly, I'm a better man"
[Clandestine Blaze]
Skeletal structures
Morbid art of death
Trophies made of flesh
And clean bones
Trophy hunter
Of human remains
Fetish for reek of death
Silence of the corpse
Gray rotting skin
Tainted with soil
Broken teeth
I suppose you did it out of love
I feel that pressure from above
I didn't perform quite up to par
I only gained another scar
I'm not your trophy
I will not shine for you
sorry for the disappointment
I did the best I could
but here I've let the family down again
I'm your failure your mistake
because I failed to break the tape
I'm your shameful progeny
your begotten tragedy
you ought to know
Sioux: vocals
Severin: bass
Budgie: drums
McGeoch: guitar, ellaphone.
Headhunters, headshrinkers and long distance runners Dust gathers on momentoes-Dust gathers on proud moments Young voices grow thick and old
The cheers are distant wearing thin
Chorus:
Take it to the wall
to be hung on the wall, to be viewed by all a tribute in the grand hall
Yes they're locked away or polished every day for the maintenence man-in the back of a van Oh young voices grow thick and old
The cheers are distant wearing thin
(Chorus)
Bring yourselves out from your showcase parties But you've been shut away too long
you've been shut away too long
Frightened faces in the rain
Misplaced features run down the drain
Oh wash away and start again
(Chorus)
hi, i live on the corner, i crawl on my belly i eat flies
and honey. my teeth are all jagged my sweater is itchy. i
jump up and down to get your attention. ive had too much
sugar, no i dont do it right i cant seem to get it im
shaking with laughter. i follow you around to see you
home safely. i got scabs on my knees i pick them and eat
them i dream and i love it. ive had too much sugar, i
wait on your staircase to see you home safely. hi my skin
is to cheap, i walk with a limp im brimming with stories.
i follow my dreams. my toenails are sharp my skin is too
pale. i sing you too sleep, my gums are all bloody come
give me a kiss. i follow you around to see you home
safely, ive had too much sugar, but ill see you home
safely
The trophy that I made for us
In fur and gold
Got into the wrong pair of hands
In truth was sold
The?? was so much less
Than it was worth
And every man that touched it
Found a heaven on earth
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
The queens and the court jesters
Clapped, adored
Their hearts swelled too
Overdrive and mercy soared
Mercy this and mercy that
Let justice prevail
But I just want my trophy back
It's not for sale
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Creatures of mercy
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free
Creatures of mercy
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free
When I got my trophy back
It took some time
To polish it, to gold from black
When I put it back inside
And locked the door
A trophy of mercy
Is a trophy no more
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Heaven is a feeling I get in your arms
Creatures of mercy
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
And set me free
Creatures of mercy
Shoot shoot
Shoot them down
Sioux: vocals
Severin: bass
Budgie: drums
McGeoch: guitar, ellaphone.
Headhunters, headshrinkers and long distance runners Dust gathers on momentoes-Dust gathers on proud moments Young voices grow thick and old
The cheers are distant wearing thin
Chorus:
Take it to the wall
to be hung on the wall, to be viewed by all a tribute in the grand hall
Yes they're locked away or polished every day for the maintenence man-in the back of a van Oh young voices grow thick and old
The cheers are distant wearing thin
(Chorus)
Bring yourselves out from your showcase parties But you've been shut away too long
you've been shut away too long
Frightened faces in the rain
Misplaced features run down the drain
Oh wash away and start again
(Chorus)