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And The Beat Goes On



klo anda pernah bermain GTA Vice City ( terutama yang seumuran dengan saya.. ) atau anda yang lahir di tahun 70an dan 80an. Pasti pernah mendengar lagu ini, Yah lagu legendaris "And The Beat Goes On" dari Vocal Group The Whispers. Di video ini anda bisa lihat, tua-tua tapi masih semangat!!

sangat menyenangkan untuk dilihat.

Me & The Devil


Gara-gara nonton aksi Sherlock Holmes di Elementary, denger lagu ini terus ketagihan deh. Lagu ini merupakan cover dari legenda blues Robert Johnson yang konon berdasarkan urban legend, ia menjual jiwanya kepada setan untuk mendapatkan kemampuan bermain gitarnya. entah benar atau tidak. Tapi versi Gil Scott-Heron, menampilkan aransemen yang menarik dengan beat downtempo yang adiktif, warna suara yang tetap ngeblues dengan suasana yang gloomy.

please listen it's a great music!!

Listen to these new band!!!



Setelah lama saya tidak merasa ada lagu baru yang berkenan di telinga, hasil browsing-browsing berhasil menemukan lagu-lagu yang catchy. Berikut reviewnya:

Chester French
pembatalan N.E.R.D, 2 minggu lalu membuat saya membuka myspace mereka dari browser saya. Ketika membukanya saya melihat ada 2 orang kulit putih dengan tulisan chester french di bawah mereka. Langsung mencari informasi tentang mereka, rupanya mereka ada band indie amerika yang melejit dengan hit single "she loves everybody", bahkan sempat diperebutkan oleh Pharrell dan Jermaine Dupri (wow this is the first time i heard 2 hip hop super producer bidding for a white boys duo who performed indie pop genre!") . Album Debut Mereka "Love The Future" belum rilis, tetapi mereka sudah merilis single dengan packaging yang sangat menarik (seperti bungkus kondom). Berkolaborasi dengan Common kemudian Talib Kwelli, dengan musik yang catchy. Beranggotakan Maxwell Drummey dan D.A. Wallach, musik mereka easy listening and catchy dengan reff yang terdengar lucu dan gampang dinyanyikan.
Listen to:
  • She Loves Everybody
  • What a world (common feat chester french)
  • Jimmy Choos
  • and the remix of their songs
Empire of The Sun
Waktu msnan saya disuguhi video klip mereka dan hasilnya I'm addicted to their song. Empire of The Sun adalah sebuah duo electro pop dari Australia yang beranggotakan Luke Steele dan Nick Littlemore. Dengan videoklip yang menarik dan sound yang dreamy berhasil membuat single pertama mereka "Walking On a Dream" sukses. Album mereka yang berjudul sama dengan single pertama mereka telah dirilis, dan segera melepas single kedua mereka We Are The People" dan shooting di mexico untuk videoclip mereka.

Listen to
  • walking on a dream
  • we are the people

Watch, Read and Listen #3


Watch:
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

a very manly anime, Have everything that men would like: A loving punch, Robots, sexy girls and patriotic act!! Tell us a story about simon, a digger from an underground village who befriend a guy named kamina who have a dream to live on the surface. Once upon a day when digging, simon found a big face robot. He wants to show to kamina but suddenly the village roof destroyed and a big robot falls down to their village. Simon pilots the big face robot and fight the robots, and they meet a girl with a powerful rifle named yoko. Together they beat the robot and go to the surface and try to reach their dreams.
Taught us to surpass the impossible and seek for the invisible...Very manly!!


Read:
Currently i don't read anything!!!


Listen:
Soil & "Pimp" Sessions
A japanese jazz band, most of their music are instrumental but very explosive. A prove you can make a great band without guitar. They called death jazz for their music genre.
Recommended Tracks: A.I.E., Summer Goddess, Fuller Love, Harbor

Gurren Lagann Soundtrack
Most of them are great, but my favourite is Libera Me From Hell, very patriotic!!!

Watch, Read and Listen #2


Watch:
Paranoia Agent (miniseries)
Another work from Satoshi kon, the movie tell us about a serial assailant called Shounen Bat (translated: Bat Boy) who hitted several people, 2 detectives investigating this case and try to catch the shounen bat. A freaky, thrilling and cool movie, the genre is psychological horror mystery. and try to watch other Satoshi Kon's movie like : Tokyo Godfather, Paprika and Millennium Actress guaranteed will make you satisfied.

Read:
Magic Ban Removal!! Hyde and Closer (manga)
a manga about a boy named closer who have a great magician grandpa, and suddenly all of the magician trying to kill him. Luckily his grandpa gave him a magic teddy bear to protect him. a very nice manga, funny but have a lot of action.

Listen:
Hirasawa Susumu's
a japanese electro musician, his music gives me an abstract surreal wonderful feeling. i know him because he always score music for satoshi kon's movies.
try:

MINERVA STRING QUARTET Collaboration with SERINGAI

A cool collaboration...

Membakar jakarta dengan suara string..

Lemme hear your funky guitar...


Funky Kingston - Toots and the Maytals


Everybody, give it to me huh
Hey Hey Hey
I want you to believe every word I say
I want you to believe every thing I do
I said music is what I've got to give
and I've got to find some way to make it
Music is what I've got baby
I want you to come on and shake it
shake it shake it baby
oh yeah hey
na na na...
oh yeah..na na na

Funky (x3)
Funky Kingston, is what I've got for you
oh yeah
Funky Kingston, yeah is what I've got for you
Funky Kingston
oh yeah

Lemme hear your funky guitar
yo reggae
hear the piano, stick it to me

watch me now
you watch me now
Playing from east to west yeah
I just play from north to south, yeah
I love black America
people keep on asking me for
Funky Kingston
But I ain't got none
somebody take it away from me


Great song , make your soul dancing... The miami ink theme..

Funky Kingston by Toots and Maytal

BOM BA YE!!!

From muhammad ali's biopic "The Greatest" starred by himself.. i found this song is powerful!! The song of the champion!! Ali also permitted Antonio Inoki (Legendary Japanese Pro Wrestler) to use this as his theme song..
the title bom-ba-ye means "do it!" or "beat him up"

BOM BA YE!!

P.S i put it on my favourite words...

Daft Punk - Voyager (HBFS Acapella Club Remix)

Great remix.. does anyone know where can i find the mp3?

a Little Bit of Music History Lesson

Anyone ever heard of a song named bittersweet symphony by the verve? the song is based on this instrumental song. This is the instrumental song of "The Last Time" by The Rolling Stones. Try type "The Last Time Rolling Stones" and you will found old videos that has young jagger on it sang the last time but not similiar to this instrumental version. But i think this is the low tempo version of the song. What do you think?

Playlist of The Week (3rd Week of November 2008)

Karate by Tenacious D
A fucking hilariously funny short song by the magic duo. With karate i'm gonna kick your ass ohhh motherfucker!!!

Shake Your Blood by Probot
A very bad ass heavy metal song by Dave Grohl on Drum and Lemmy on mic and bass!!!

Access Babylon by Probot
I love the bass and mike dean voice in this track, rebelious and boost your adrenaline!!!

I Love The Night by Blue Oyster Cult
Beautiful gloomy epic ballad rock and the lyric suitable with my mood right now..

Playlist of The Week (3rd Week of October 2008)

"Stardust Hotel" by Jaga Jazzist from the album "what we must"
Lagu yang abstrak tapi sangat indah, mendengar lagu ini memunculkan suatu keindahan di otak saya.

"Through The Motion" by Jazzin Park from the selftitled album
Tiba-tiba saya selalu suka menyanyikan awal dari lagu ini ketika saya menjalani rutinitas sehari-hari, Lagu yg jazzy dari band jepang jazzin park, saya sangat menyukai bagian tengahnya ketika sang vokalis membaca lirik dengan gaya jazz.

"Hitamku" by Andra & The Backbone from the album "season 2"
Gw banget, klo lo baca postingan sebelumnya pasti tahu kenapa.

"Digital Love" by Daft Punk from the album "Discovery"
Lagu cinta gw bagi seseorang dan selalu senang jika mendengar sambil menyanyikan lagu ini.

Sebetulnya sih masih banyak, cuman dari semua 4 lagu ini yang dominan gw dengerin terus-terusan.

Shiver

Postingan sebelumnya, saya menulis apa yang saya benci dari lagu cinta. Tapi sekarang ini saya sedang galau dan mendengarkan lagu bertema cinta. Tapi bukan lagu cinta gombal-gombal gtu tapi lebih ke arah perasaan saya sekarang. Seperti lagu "hitamku" dari Andra & The Backbone yang menceritakan tentang orang yang ingin memperbaiki kekurangan, kesalahan dan menjadi orang yang lebih baik dari sekarang, merasa sesuai dengan keadaan hati sekarang membuat mendengarkan lagu ini secara berulang-ulang sampai gw merasa autis. Keadaan saya hari ini benar-benar membuat saya mendengarkan lagu "shiver", merasa mencoba melakukan sesuatu tapi tidak ada yang terjadi. Berharap akan terjadi sesuatu tapi ternyata hanya khayalan semu. Pikiran-pikiran yang berharap semuanya akan indah tapi ternyata tidak. Yah begitulah, sebelumnya saya merasa tenang walaupun tidak bahagia, tapi kejadian hari ini membuat saya benar-benar galau dan merasa tidak mantap!! sebelumnya memikirkan saja membuat kehilangan tapi dengan melihat secara langsung membuat saya merasa tambah kehilangan. perasaan yang paling saya benci. maaf banget klo tulisan gw kali ini rada gak jelas soalnya gw juga lagi galau. Tapi mudah-mudahan orang yang dekat dengan saya bisa mengerti kejadian apa yang saya lalui hari ini. Merasa kalah, sedih, marah karena tidak bisa berbuat apa-apa karena tidak ada yang bisa dilakukan, disalahkan atau diubah, menyebabkan kegalauan saya.
Saran saya klo lagi galau, coba mendengarkan lagu yg sesuai dengan keadaan lo sambil menyanyikannya! tidak membuat lega tapi membantu melampiaskan perasaan.



gw copy paste lirik shiver disini:

Shiver by Coldplay

So I look in your direction
But you pay me no attention, do you?
I know you don't listen to me
'Cos you say you see straight through me, don't you?

on and on
From the moment I wake, to the moment I sleep
I'll be there by your side; just you try and stop me
I'll be waiting in line, just to see if you care

Oh…
Did you want me to change?
Well I'd change for good
And I want you to know that you'll always get your way
I wanted to say…

Don't you shiver
Shiver
Sing it loud and clear
I'll always be waiting for you

So you know how much I need you
But you never even see me, do you?
And is this my final chance of getting you

And on and on
From the moment I wake, to the moment I sleep
I'll be there by your side; just you try and stop me
I'll be waiting in line, just to see if you care

Oh…
Did you want me to change?
Well I'd change for good
And I want you to know that you'll always get your way
I wanted to say…

Don't you shiver
Don't you shiver
Sing it loud and clear
I'll always be waiting for you

Yeah I'll always be waiting for you
Yeah I'll always be waiting for you
Yeah I'll always be waiting for you, for you
I will always be waiting…

And it's you I see but you don't see me
And it's you I hear so loud and so clear
I sing it loud and clear
And I'll always be waiting for you

So I look in your direction
But you pay me no attention
And you know how much I need you
But you never even see me

My Life, The Original Soundtrack

Your Life: The Soundtrack

Opening credits: Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve
Waking up: Beautiful Day by U2
Average day: Pattern Againts User by One Armed Scissors
First date: Friday I'm in Love by The Cure
Falling in love: Something about us by Daft Punk
Love scene: Sexual Healing by Marvin Gaye
Fight scene: Atur Aku by Puppen
Breaking up: Sour Girl by Stone Temple Pilots
Getting back together: Stay Together by N.E.R.D
Secret love: Blue Light by Bloc Party
Life's okay: Voyager by Daft Punk
Mental breakdown: Message in the bottle by The Police
Driving: Smell Like Teen Spirits by Nirvana
Learning a lesson: Harder Better Faster Stronger by Daft Punk
Deep thought: Check The Meaning by Richard Ashcroft
Flashback: High and Dry by Radiohead
Partying: Sweaty (shazam remix) by Muscles
Happy dance: Sex Machine by James Brown
Regreting: Yesterday by Beatles
Long night alone: All I know is tonigt by Jaga Jazzist
Death scene: Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Closing credits: Lucky Man by The Verve

(Don't Fear) The Reaper-Blue Oyster Cult-Lyrics Included

Sebuah lagu yg membuat saya merasa powerful!! Liriknya yg indah membuat saya tambah semangat!!
Lagu ini dulu sempat menjadi kontroversial karena dianggap sebagai lagu yg bersifat suicidal (mengajak bunuh diri)! tapi Blue Oyster Cult menjelaskan bahwa ini lagu tentang Everlasted love atau cinta abadi. Tapi saya sendiri menganggap lagu ini "jangan takut akan kematian" karena sebagai orang yg beragama tidak usah memikirkan kematian karena Kematian adalah mutlak di tangan Tuhan Yang Maha Esa. setelah dipikir-pikir dan merenung saya menganggap bahwa ada lebih seram dari kematian yaitu meninggalkan orang yg kita sayangi.. saya berpikir klo saya meninggal saya bakal ngerasa bersalah ama orangtua saya terutama ayah saya.. Uda susah-susah biayain pendidikan dikasih uang jajan tapi sebelum bisa ngasih timbal balik kok malah tambah nyusahin dengan nambah biaya kuburan.. funny huh? just another thought from my mind.. Saya yakin Hidup adalah anugerah dan saya yakin semua agama mengajarkan untuk mempertahankan kehidupan karena semua kehidupan adalah suci! Jadi klo ada yg berpikir untuk bunuh diri saya pribadi bakal bilang itu tindakan pengecut, egois dan tidak bersyukur!! Baik atau Buruk semuanya adalah anugerah, yang baik membuat hidup lebih nyaman dan yang buruk membuat kita belajar untuk berusaha melakukan yang lebih baik! klo ada sesuatu yg buruk terjadi jangan menyerah!!! I know you try hard but you gotta try harder!!! kata-kata yang selalu saya terapin dalam hidup saya karena there's no such things as coincidence everything happen for a reason! Seperti kata sang jenius Albert Einstein "Tuhan tidak bermain dadu dengan manusia, ilmu pengetahuan adalah buktinya!"


"Everybody dies. You can't stop it, you can't ran away from it." - Big Boss in MGS 4