Lose Your Way

i have no confidence
and i can't see why i should
but i could do most anything for you
and you know i would

i try too hard
and then i give up way too easily
i'm the runner up inside of you
and you're the winner inside of me

lose your way
and i will follow
here today
and here tomorrow
like my freedom i know
i'll never let you go

i still wish on the evening star
and i s'pose i always will
every child loses something
a whole life can't fulfill
and when you cry i feel the sky
burst open in my veins
if loving you makes a slave of me
then i'll spend my whole life in chains

lose your way
and i will follow
here today
and here tomorrow
like my freedom i know
i'll never let you go
walk the line
i'll walk inside you
change your mind
let your love decide you
it's the reason i know
you'll never let me go

by Sophie B. Hawkins
link to youtube to see the vid can be found here


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*smile widely*
i think the song tells it all.... "I'll never let you go.."

anyway, been a long time not writing here, or there, or everywhere, coz this head is filled with something else and i think it goes the same with the heart, here *wink wink*
guess i'm just too lazy to write and prefer to enjoy the moments... like now ^__________^

The Song: “I MISS YOU”

To see you when I wake up is a gift I didn’t think could be real.
To know that you feel the same as I do is a three-fold Utopian dream.

You do something to me, that I can’t explain.
So would I be out of line, if I said “I miss you”?

I see your picture I smell your skin on the empty pillow, next to mine.
You have only been gone ten days, but already I’m wasting away.

I know I’ll see you again, whether far or soon.
But I need you to know, that I care…
And I miss you…

@ INCUBUS

ps: pretty like to thank Brandon Boyd for writing such a song.

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So tell me… would I be out of line, if I said… “I miss you”? *staring across the room*
Even if you were just fooling around, I wouldn’t mind being fooled thousands of times, because it does feel good, so I’ll just enjoy it till the last sip. Cheers.

mulder & scully

I'd rather be liberated,
I find myself captivated
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .

I'd rather stay bold and lonely,
I dream I'm your one and only
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .

Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone

I'd rather be jumping ship,
I find myself jumping straight in
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .

Forever be dozy and dim,
I wake myself thinking of him
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it too . . .

Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone (here)

My bed is made for two and there's nothing I can do
So tell me something I don't know
If my head is full of you is there nothing I can do?
Must we all march in two by two by two?

And as for some happy ending,
I'd rather stay single and thin
Stop doing what you . . . Keep doing it to me

Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone here

Things are getting strange, I'm starting to worry
This could be a case for Mulder and Scully
Things are getting strange, now I can't sleep alone

So what have you got to say about that?
And what does someone do without love?
And what does someone do with love?
And what have you got to say about that?

@catatonia
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[now dear, is it obvious what i’m in now?]

Almost forgot how it feels...
thanks for showing it again ^___^

F... You by Lily Allen

Look inside, look inside your tiny mind, then look a bit harder
Cause we're so uninspired, so sick and tired, of all the hatred you harbour
So you say it's not OK to be gay, well I think you're just evil
You're just some racist, who can't tie my laces
Your point of view is medieval

Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very very much
Cause we hate what you do and we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very very much
Cause your words don't translate and it's getting quite late
So please don't stay in touch

Do you get, do you get a little kick out of being small-minded?
You want to be like your father, it's approval you're after
Well that's not how you find it
Do you, do you really enjoy living a life that's so hateful?
Cause there's a hole where your soul should be
You're losing control a bit
And it's really distasteful

Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very very much
Cause we hate what you do and we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very very much
Cause your words don't translate and it's getting quite late
So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you, (fuck you, fuck you)
Fuck you, (fuck you, fuck you)
Fuck you

You say you think we need to go to war
Well you're already in one
Cause it's people like you
That need to get slew
No one wants your opinion

Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very very much
Cause we hate what you do and we hate your whole crew
So please don't stay in touch
Fuck you (fuck you)
Fuck you very very much
Cause your words don't translate and it's getting quite late
So please don't stay in touch

Fuck you Fuck you Fuck you
Fuck you Fuck you Fuck you

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:D
Been not writing anything here for quite some times, and this song, is a good one to start the new following threads here (if there are ones, someday, later maybe?) *LOL*

Enjoy it and yes I’ll scream it to your face, loud and clear: “FUCK YOU!!!” *laughing my head off*

Cheers? =D

Trouble Is A Friend by Lenka

Trouble Is A Friend
by: Lenka

Trouble,
He will find you no matter where you go
Oh, oh
No matter if you're fast, No matter if you're slow
Oh, oh
The eye of the storm wanna cry in the morn
Oh, oh
You're fine for a while
But you start to lose control

He's there in the dark He's there in my heart
He waits in the wings He's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend Yeah
Trouble is a friend of mine Ahh

Trouble is a friend but trouble is a foe
Oh, oh
And no matter what I feed him
He always seems to grow
Oh, oh
He sees what I see
And he knows what I know
Oh, oh
So don't forget
As you ease on down my road

He's there in the dark He's there in my heart
He waits in the wings He's gotta play a part
Trouble is a friend Yeah
Trouble is a friend of mine
So don't be alarmed
If he takes you by the arm
I won't let him win
But I'm a sucker for his charm
For his charm
Trouble is a friend Yeah
Trouble is a friend of mine
Ahh

How I hate the way
He makes me feel
And how I try
To make him leave
I try
Oh, oh, I try

Ooh
Ahh
Ooh
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A while ago i decided to temporary close this blog (to export the contents to my other private blog), since i found there’s a stalker been hanging around in my page and spent times too long here for a normal visitor should be.
i’d been monitoring this person’s IP Address, referall URL, pages visiting, the frequency of visiting and of course the time length spent here. It's been a month, or two, for sure. and i’m wondering don’t this person has something else to do than wandering in my page for that long? Like a job maybe, a normal daily work from 8 to 5, with all the deadlines and reports? I mean spending hours here, in a day, for e-ve-ry-day?!! is that a new job?? I don’t quite remember how my page can actually pay someone’s monthly spends anyway (if that’s so, then why i still can’t travel the world in 5stars budget??!!)
It’s quite disgusting if it’s not annoying and irritating, actually.
And i’m pretty concern about the contents here, thou none here is personal, but i’m aware of the possibility of copying the whole ideas i’m pouring here.

Should i close this blog permanently? I’ve been thinking about it, and this idea is actually still in my prior list of action towards this stalker.

Ooh, well... it seems like trouble is a friend of mine? Neah... trouble is our friend. Period.

So i re-open this blog, but soon will close this as the stalker comes back again.
And to the ‘normal’ visitors who’ve been on my guest list for so very long period, since i start blogging, i’ll let you know my new blog, and the password to enter it.

Cheers.

MONORAL – VIA (The Album): A (Mind) Journey via Heart

It’s been more than 6 months after the band MONORAL released their third full length album VIA, but those eleven songs still remain on my player, and regularly being played. And by saying regularly, I mean, DAILY *grinning*.
I’m not usually like this actually, sometimes I only spend a month listening non-stop to a new album and the next month I already change my play list into another new one. But this album is just like a dope to a certain level.

Talking about this album, probably I’m not the best one when it comes to musically-speaking, because I tend to let my heart listens to the music rather than my brain, so practically I’m dumb in music business. So what can my heart say about this album?

Well, actually, it’s not a big surprise seeing the album content. It still has the same MONORAL-ism: “simple but has a rich uniquely flavor of melody and sound that tightly wrapping a thick emotional filling”. [ps: I wrote that ‘filling’ correct, I never meant to write ‘feeling’ there ^^V]
So basically, it’s another enjoyable ride on a ‘rollercoaster of emotion’ as listening to their new album VIA.

BUT, one thing I discover after listening to the album constantly, continuously and orderly couple of times, is that this album I think is their first album that has a frame on it. I’m not talking about the jacket or the cover album, but I’m talking about a concept here. So the whole song in it is kind of flowing to one another, describing the same story about ‘a journey’.

Opened by the line “Everybody’s got somewhere to go, how about you?” in the opening song, ‘Everybody’s Way’, a less than 2 minutes song, I guess the album frame is pretty clearly said.
This line actually stole my attention first time listening to the album. It made me set aside anything else I was doing back then, and focus my whole senses in this album. I must say this line, this song, is perfectly placed as the opening. It actually gives me a precaution also that this album has a possibility of containing chaining-songs.

Well, what do you know? As listening to the second song, ‘You’, that started with a very rocking guitar rhythm, and the line “there’s nothing new about you, but I’m still with you.” It’s pretty much like an answer to the opening song, telling you that, “Well fine! You still have no idea which way you’re heading to, you still the same old brand new you, but hell, I’m still with you, all the way, no matter what.”
So maybe this is what the album all about, maybe it’s a companion, a travel-mate in a journey to find the ‘You’. That’s what I thought and expected.

Heading up we have “Costa Rica”, as the third song, and I like the sounds of drum in the beginning of this song, pretty unique and somehow takes you to an exotic place. And thou I’ve never been to Costa Rica before, I’m sensing that this song is about miserable, a regret maybe, for not taking the right choice. Something that makes your life collides upside down.
Emptiness? Something like that I think.

But soon as I thought that the next song will be drowning me in darkness and despair, “Safira” came waking me out from the desperation. “Make your choice! Stand up, be brave!” or whatever it is, but it feels like a wake up call. This song is one of my favorite, although, I can sense a bit of Smashing Pumpkin’s 1979 in the beginning, I don’t know, I don’t read music note, so I don’t know whether they (MONORAL) chose the same chord for the opening, it’s only couple of notes I think, not the whole song.

So the choice is made in the fifth song, “Via”, a popish and catchy song so far after listening to four twisting sounds and music in the beginning. I like the how the sounds, the vocal and the vibe in this song, they’re pretty describing the whole story in this song: “I made it!”
What are you going to do if that happens? Exactly! Overexciting that almost makes you jumping out of the bridge doing the bungy, and that is what the song sounds like. You can never sing this song in a bitter and cynical tone while frowning. This song makes you smiling and laughing and it feels like, “finally you have made a choice to embrace the world, and ready to dare.”
I listened to this song over and over and over again while I was on the road and it felt so damn great. I screamed the whole lyrics silently as listening to it. And somehow this song made me enjoying the whole journey.

But you know what, no matter how brilliant your choice is, obstacles are there, ready to block you from breaking through, and that’s when you need assistance, a guardian that rises up in the sixth song, “Guards of Mice”
First time reading the title, I thought, “whoa!!! Are these two guys writing a song about the John Steinbeck’s ‘Of mice and men’?” That’s not impossible, but…. “do they read?” Whhoo!!!! No offense but I just cynically thought it’s impossible *grinning*
Anyway, as I listened to the whole song, I thought this might be telling about the book… neah, but it seems like that actually.

And yes, those obstacles are there, and thou there are guardians around you, somehow the feeling of loosing yourself will always be there no matter how small it is. It breaks you, tearing you apart. But climbing the “Everest” would be so much easier if you do it together, with friends, partners, whatever you'd call them. Sometimes you fall, sometimes you have to stop, sometimes you must climb up again, but when you reach the top of the hill, there’s nothing more incredible as sharing those feelings inside with your partner. That’s what “Everest”, the seventh song is all about, that everything will be much lighter and easier when you have a friend to share, to help and to lean on sometimes. Two heads are better than one, right?
And for this song, I like the idea of bringing the vocal to the foreground. The vocalist’ voice is pretty unique and this song shows it off nicely. This is the catchy part of the song actually.

And being in the shadow is never been the easiest part in this life. It actually what holds your feet from moving on and you have to make a choice to cut the rope or else you will stand still. “Sun Shadow”, as the next song, somehow reminds me of Radiohead’s ‘High and Dry’, I don’t know why. This song is in my top list favorite from this album. It gives me the same kind of feeling when I first listened to “Kiri” (a single from the previous album, Turbulence). I like the harmony here.

Again, a decision is made. History will always be something to remind us how precious life is, and the journey is just started. No matter how crazy things might be on the road, somehow when you reach the final destination, everything will be nothing but beautiful. That’s “Casbah” is all about.
And I am so freaking hip about this ‘arabic metal’, as they described, because it’s damn rocking. The music, the vocals just blend in perfection and just when I got really high, it stops right there and leave me breathless. Damn.

Thou I hate the next part because the song suddenly drastically change to another ballad, I like the idea of “I Don’t Mind”, it seems telling you that, “who cares whether I’m going to be hit by a train or crashed into pieces, I would still grab the chances, dare all the challenges to create my own world. That’s what makes me content, period.” *smiling*
I like that. I love it actually.

So the end is here, and “Sometimes” is a great song to summarize the entire journey been through.
This is my most favorite one actually. I really love the music, the sounds and how the emotion comes out here. Pretty emotionally relaxing, I must say. This song seems like telling you that whatever happen, whatever uphill and down you have been through, you will always own this shoulder to lean on, just to rest your bones for a while before heading back on the road, no need to say a word just lean on and surely will try to sweep away all the burdens inside. Damn!
And as listening to it, it feels like you have found the best partner in crime in the whole world that would stick with you no matter how crazy and frantic you might be.
I really like the idea of putting this song as the ending of this album because somehow it seems like a closing but actually it’s just the beginning. It makes you unconsciously thump the play button again as the CD stops rolling and takes another journey. Over and over and over again.

So that’s VIA (the album) to me is all about. This is why I describe it as “a (mind) journey via heart” because somehow, it’s another rollercoaster of emotion created by two lovely gays (oops!!!) I mean GUYS *grinning* kidding!!!
An album that suits any kind of journey you’re into. It offers nothing but a joyful ride of life, a life-adventure that you yourself ever created; any life adventure to be underlined here. And this album acts as a friend, a travel-buddy, a partner in crime, an assistance you might say or whatever you want to call ‘something/someone that stick with you throughout the journey’.

Well, want to experience a blastful emotional journey??
What are you waiting for? Grab (or in this case I mean, Ship) the album and enjoy the ride!

how to purchase it?
try these sites:

www.cdbaby.com
www.cdjapan.co.jp

need samples?
try this one: MONORAL-VIA
or just visit the official myspace to get a clue



cheers!

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MONORAL are Ali Morizumi (bass) and Anis Shimada (vocal)

AMBER

Brainstorm…
Take me away from the norm
I've got to tell you something..

This phenomenon
I had to put it in a song,
and it goes like:

Whoa
Amber is the color of your energy
Whoa
Shades of gold displayed naturally

You ought to know what brings me here
You glide through my head blind to fear,
and I know why-

Whoa
Amber is the color of your energy
Whoa
Shades of gold displayed naturally

Whoa
Amber is the color of your energy
Whoa
Shades of gold displayed naturally

You live too far away
Your voice rings like a bell anyway
Don't give up your independence
unless it feels so right
Nothing good comes easily;
Sometimes you've got to fight

Whoa
Amber is the color of your energy
Whoa
Shades of gold displayed naturally

Launched a thousand ships in my heart, so easy
Still, it's fine from afar,
and you know that

Whoa
Brainstorm
Take me away from the norm
Whoa
I've got to tell you something


.by 311.
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Love this song. A LOT.
And I’ve been listening to this song for the hundred times today. Miss it so much.
The lyrics, the feeling you get as you’re listening to it, and…. Nick Hexum’s voice… all of those just make this song pretty romantic. Nice to chew along while relaxing
Somehow I wish that Anis Shimada from the band MONORAL, one day, will perform this song. Although, I don’t quite sure if it fits him, but… it’s just a wish anyway =D (or maybe singing ‘Love Song’? hmm….)

- dedicated to someone across the waters :,) -

Credit to the clip: LBCSublimer89

TUESDAY

I can hear this silence crawl around
Hello, you thinkers
Hello, you fakers
And I see the summer drown you dry
Hello, you lovers
Hello, you dreamers

When I feel so insecure
I will need you, turn around

There's no one left to decide who is right or wrong
Waiting's not enough for you
Wasting what I want the most
Tuesday's gone and I'm tasting it over
Let me reside with the same old view
Sharing's all I need from you
Taking what I want the most
Tuesday's near and I wish that you were here

I can feel this sadness drag you down
Hello, you talkers
Hello, you sleepers
And I see this madness close your eyes
Hello, mistreaters
Hello, you weepers

When I feel so insecure
Grace my day
Please, stay around

There's no one left to decide who is right or wrong
Waiting's not enough for you
Wasting what I want the most
Tuesday's gone and I'm tasting it over
Let me reside with the same old view
Sharing's all I need from you
Taking what I want the most
Tuesday's near and I wish that you were here

If this comfort holds you down
I would gladly pull you out
It's a heavy
(Keep, keep, keep me awake somehow)
(Keep, keep, keep me awake somehow)
Now

….by MONORAL….
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A <long> Side Note:

‘Visions in My Head’ was the first song I heard from MONORAL, but this song ‘Tuesday’ was the first song I love the most instead of ‘Kiri’ (like many other would choose). I think it’s because of the line: “let me reside with the same old view, sharing is all I need from you…” ^^
Well, sometimes, we just need friends/best friends to share, to accept, not to solve, or to break the problems down. and then when it feels too comfy that you choose to refuse to change, they’ll pull you out and force you to grow.
^_^
(well, probably this song is not as much complicated as I interpret, but what do you know? Me and my twisted world, twisted mind…. Ooh well, me is twisting anyway^^)

O! Yea! And to make it even complete, today is Tuesday, and it’s all started with a medium rain pouring down that lasted since the night before, but Thank God the rain had stopped falling as I left the house early this morning, although the heavy grey cloud still hanging up above. I was complaining along the morning to The Almighty Above of why He decided to paint the Tuesday’ sky all grey, but something hit me right away.
As I walked out the train station, and looked up the sky, WHOAAAA!!!! There it was, a slight sketch of rainbow on the sky, trying to deliver the message that no matter how grey the sky is, there’ll always be bundles of colors to paint the Tuesday.
So I smiled to the rainbow, and whispered, “Ohayou.”

Cheers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ooh!! Wait! Wait! Not finished yet here!
About MONORAL!! Uugh, how I deeply wish that there will be another Video Clip or Music Video coming out. As I noticed, there is no MV yet for the latest album VIA, and I asked the management once, he (the manager, J-san) said that they’re still not planning neither DVD nor MV *heavy sigh*
I actually thought that they would film the tour, those South America and Europe and Japan, and packed it into a… three or four minute’s documentary clips and slide in the song Via, BAM! It’ll be a good documentary/music video for the single 'VIA', right? *so typical actually*
But hey, at least the promotion would be a lot easier, right? Right? No?
Now I’m talking this way as if one of the management of MONORAL would read this post,
hell.. there’s NO WAY they’ll spend their precious times surfing here and there and deserted here, right? RIGHT?!?! Now this one is ROOOAAAAIIITTT.

Ooh well, it’s just me and my twisted mind again, as always…

NOW!!!
It’s: Cheers anyway…. ^^V

Sleeps With Butterfly

Airplanes
Take you away again
Are you flying
Above where we live
Then I look up a glare in my eyes
Are you having regrets about last night

I'm not but I like rivers that rush in
So then I dove in
Is there trouble ahead
For you the acrobat
I won't push you unless you have a net

You say the word
You know I will find you
Or if you need some time
I don't mind
I don't hold on
To the tail of your kite
I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly then boy

Balloons
Look good from on the ground
I fear with pins and needles around
We may fall then stumble
Upon a carousel
It could take us anywhere

(reff)

I'm not like the girls that you've known
But I believe I'm worth coming home to
Kiss away night
This girl only sleeps with butterflies
With butterflies
With butterflies
So go on and fly
boy

….by Tori Amos….

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Hmm, whatta weird swing I’m in right now, isn’t it? Listening to the kind of song?
Well, guess the Ghost of Mellow is just haunting me today, haa…

I just love this song.
“To love someone is to let them free, to be themselves.”

Note:
and the band!! updated their blog again last night, and this is my first time not commenting there. I don’t know, just not in the mood? Just whispering a “welcome back in Japan” to the stars above, I guess, hoping the stars would kindly enough to deliver the message to them.

Ee???
I think this ghost of mellow, indeed is haunting me. WAAAKKSS!!

Cheers anyway!!

Guards of Mice

If you ever need assistance
I will always be by your side
It only takes two to make it happen
Oh take these words in advance

There's always reasons and place to be
Please praise and face weather
Life isn't easy to race away
Please contain your actions
Light the sky with peace
And you'll find some answers
'Cause these are the words to make it happen
Make it happen
and face your ghosts

If you ever meet resistance
I will always be by your side
You'll always know how to make it happen
Oh take these words in advance

There's always reasons and place to be
Please praise and face weather
Life isn't easy to race away
Please contain your actions
Light the sky with peace
And you'll find some answers

'Cause these are the words to make it happen
Make it happen
and face your ghosts

Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts
Face your ghosts

Oh take these words in advance

….by MONORAL …
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Despite of the ‘bright day’ today, somehow I’m not feeling okay by the end of it.
Maybe this is due to lack of sleeping the day before? I only had like less than 2 hours sleeping and I think that affects a little.

So I put this song on the player and let it played for quite some times, over and over. Wishing this song would remind me that I should face my own ghosts to conquer my own fears. That way, I can move on and leave the past behind. As in my story today, I shall be able to leave my ‘sickness’ behind and welcoming the evening sky.
Hmm, really hope for those twinkling stars will befriend me as I walking the pathway.

A bit about this song, first time I read the title, before I pushed the ‘play’ button, I had a thought, “Guards of mice? What is it? It’s kind of a soundtrack for the book ‘of mice and man’ by John Steinbeck?”
So when it’s the song turn to play, I listened to it carefully and somehow, it does seem like that, haha… thou I bet it’s nothing like that.

Like the song.
[eerr, come again, which of MONORAL’ I don’t like?? hihi]

Cheers!!
[oo well, I think I'll rest my bones a little earlier tonight. but!! will this Brian do the same? *sigh*]

Weird Kind Of Swings

If all my make up
And all that comes with it
Was washed away
And now I fear
Those weird kind of swings

If all that you're made of
And all that goes with it
Keeps reminding me
Annoying me

I'm afraid of the words
That slaps again
Waiting for the pain
No really I'm off the frame
I'm aware and heading there again
Of course we got plans
I'll kick ass all the same
Well I could've been in this
Weird kind of swings

Why all the fuss
It wears me out of luck
Lighting up my seeds
Where should I lounge?
The choice is yours
Am I too close
Count me in your feast

…by MONORAL…

[dedicated to the ‘one’ in the Attic that’s been locking the door and won’t let me in]

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Sidenote:

It’s 3:19 AM and still he won’t talk to me.
He still keeps his silent mode on.
Hates something that he won’t tell me what it is.
Or maybe I know what makes him acting like that, but I keep ignoring that and he hates me for doing such thing. I know that this thing makes him irritated and unsecured. But I keep on ignoring it, pretending that it won’t annoy him.

I think I was wrong.
Damn!

First time in my life he’s doing such thing *sigh*

So I just put that song here.
The song he adores a lot.
Hope to cheer him up, but I’m afraid it won’t do much, though he’ll chew it anyway.

*sigh again*
“I’m sorry for I putting that kind of mask instead of the kind I would usually have. Sorry for I becoming someone else, someone you hate the most.”

Gosh!
I miss you.

Cheers?


(again, a personal life. damn sorry.but hey, at least you can copy the lyrics above and ignore the sidenote^^V)

VAMPS – EVANESCENT PV (new video of new single)

Checking out the facebook page of VAMPS and suddenly the status said: “wishes fans would check out EVANESCENT PV”

WHAAATTT?!?!
I started wondering “a NEW PV?!?! Why didn’t I get the notification from Vamprose Channel?”

So I searched for it on YouTube and bam!!!
This is the video…




Credit to hydeaddict666 who posted this to YouTube


I’m kind of wondering (again) “why on earth VAMPROSE Channel wasn’t the first to launch it and instead a fan did it?” (Is it because J is on the road with MONORAL and no one actually cares enough to post it on YouTube channel? Hmm…. *shrugging*)


Anyway…
I think this song is a bit popish and reminds me to Time Goes By (another VAMPS single), probably KAZ was the one who composed it? And the video resembles to Laruku’s Hitomi no Juunin (at least some part and it's in black and white).
But I like the ticking clock in the beginning of the PV.
I supposed this is a sad song. I haven’t found the lyrics and I don’t know Japanese that much so I can’t tell what the song is all about, but seeing how Hyde sings it and the scenes of the PV, I think it’s not a happy ending song. Probably about losing someone and still memorizing her and the fact that she still alive within him for… ever (?) but he still has to manage to move on.
This is my first time listening to this song, so I can not tell whether I click to it just yet, but I’m sure I’m gonna like it a lot. I think this is better than Trouble, haha… that song indeed is a dope, but I think it is only better on stage, to amuse fan’s desire for fan service I supposed.

Yea… it resembles to Time Goes By as I listened to it couples of times while writing this. Can be my next favy I bet.

And… the album is going to be released. 13 tracks plus DVD (for the limited edition) and if I’m not mistaken, it will be tagged for…. 3500¥ from CDJAPAN (hmm…. I think I’ll dig my savings to purchase it and YES I have to SHIP it…. good ~,~")

Cheers!!
And please do enjoy the beauty of Hydeness… (he looks old here, although he IS old anyway *grinning*)

Session 9 (Song by MONORAL) : when romantic doesn’t have to be poetic

Ever since I listened to this song (by MONORAL), I hate it. Definitely hate it.
Because this song soaks me to the bones; squeezing my heart till it’s dried.
I can’t move this song from my head. I can’t even stop it from playing in my head with or without player that actually playing it to my ears.
This song is a dope in its own kind of way.
And I hate it.
I hate it because I adore it a much. Love it till I can’t breathe.

This song’s intro actually starts from the previous track, a 1:25 instrumental song called ‘Turbulence’ (Track 11 in the album TURBULENCE) and instead of ended and changed to another different sound of song, the next one (Session 9) is like a continuum song, the main story. This caught my ears right away and that’s why whenever I want to listen to Session 9 I have to put Turbulence before it so that I can embrace the whole emotion in it.

And like many other MONORAL’ songs, this song again shows the amazing part of the duo in blending all those ordinary melody into a beautiful sound. Slow at the beginning but continuously increasing its beat and then slowing its phase again, increasing again, again and stop. Stop right there, just right there, leaving you with a bundle of emotion that already reach its peak, and wishing there will be another enclosing, but no, there’s no, because it is the last song in the album. And that makes a feeling of confused and curious linger on so that unconsciously, you just want to listen to that song again and again, trying to capture the whole emotion in it.
Listening to Session 9 feels like riding a rollercoaster of emotions, of hopes. And honestly, I never expected MONORAL could amazingly do that. But they did.

What can I say about the story of this song? Well, this song is all about fighting the love till your last breath no matter what. While other just step back and let you go with your own life, this guy prefer standing on the line until you realize that he’s not joking this time and deserves a chance. And you deserve a chance to let him in again too.
That’s the song is all about and it is clearly said.

Ooh Gosh, this is not a super duper beautiful romantic poetry that blows your mind. It is more like a diary, a letter, or just words you’ve been dying to say to someone you dearly love.
A proper ask without becoming a pathetic loser.

Sometimes, you just don’t need a romantic poetry to melt your heart. A truthful speak coming from a sincere heart is more than just enough. And this song portrays it nicely.

Ooh please, you don’t have to be Shakespeare or whoever greatest poets ever born to this planet just to say a simple sorry and ask for a chance, right? Just say whatever you have to say, be true to yourself and let your heart speaks, and then… that’s enough.

Poetry to me indeed is beautiful, but sometimes you just pay too much attention on the rhyme, the metaphoric or anything that might loose the most deeply important message you’d like to deliver. You change your paper many times to compose a great poetry that will shiver many readers, but you miss to pour yourself into it. Sometimes that happens. That’s why some poetries lack emotions.
While all we need is just a simple sincere heart.

Again I must say, this song is just nicely pouring heart on every word in it.
A truthful speak coming from a sincere heart.

And the music, the melody… doesn’t have to be too mellow when it comes to romantic sounds; it doesn’t have to be just piano or an acoustic guitar. This song has beats from the very first start; giving an impression of hopes marches to knock your heart. And slowly but sure, in the middle it becomes stronger; trying to capture the flaming emotion that bursting out of his heart, desperately to be seen without being pathetically hopeless and then leave you in a feeling of curious, questioning “what have I done? What have I lost? What have I missed?” while watching the one you used to love waiting there patiently as you’re moving on.
Wouldn’t that make you want to run back and burst into his arms again?
That’s the song is trying to capture about. And in a nicely way, it works. Phew.

Ooh, I’m dying again for this song.
And I hate it.

Hmm… what do you know?
Sometimes, simplicity can be the meanest killer.
And I’m happy to be killed thousand times by it.

(monoral are: Anis Shimada (behind) and Ali Morizumi)

Note:
Many of you probably will say, “ooh hell, you said things like that above because you’re crazy in love with this band’s vocalist, so it is biased.”
Well, let me tell you something, while writing this, my fangirling side is completely shut down. And I’m absolutely conscious, not boozing or injecting too much caffeine. And it’s 10.15 PM, so yes I am fully conscious.
If you don’t believe a single word I’d said above, then BUY the album ‘Turbulence by MONORAL’ (and yes you must ship it to you) or steal it somewhere (from neighbor’s CD collection maybe). And if you still don’t like it, after you listen to it, if you can’t see the way I sense it and would like to mock me on this, then be my guest and spit it out to my face.

peace and cheers
*grinning* ^_^V

related posts about MONORAL:

MONORAL: who?!

Reviewing MONORAL

Listening MONORAL: enjoy riding rollercoaster of emotions

Videos of MONORAL on YouTube

Sidenote: being confused in Japanengrish

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Making love to my ears is the song “Session 9 by MONORAL”
A short message to these two lovely beautiful MONORAL people: “thank you for creating beautiful songs like this one.”

Note (again):
I think I’m gonna leave you with this post as I’ll be really hustle bustle with all the preparation for my next adventure. Sorry that I’ve posted lots of MONORAL here, because these two guys just never fail to amaze me and I haven’t got bored of them.
I’ll see you again around mid March... or late March?
But maybe by that time, I’ll be filling you with lots of stories during the traveling (in searching for MONORAL??) *grin*

See y'all!
Save water. Drink beer.
CHEERS everyone!!!!

what i'm doing lately

KIRI

You complete my fate

The world unwinds inside of me

You complete my fate

The halo crawls away

You repeat my fate

Rewinding all we can

You refill my place

You refill my place

Come and save me

Come and save me

You complete my fate

The heavens stroll inside of me

You repeat my fate

Revealing who we are

You refill my place

You refill my place

Come and save me

Come and save me

Believe in me

Drink the wine

Take my hand

Fill me up

Believe in me

Drink the wine

Take my hand

Let me follow

@ MONORAL @

Facts taken from the official myspace of MONORAL

Band website:

http://www.monoral.com
Band myspace: http://www.myspace.com/monoralofficial
Band members: Anis Shimada (vocals), Ali Morizumi (Bass)
Influences: The Beatles, and pretty much everything else since... with a few from before thrown in...
Sounds like: if Radiohead, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and portishead all got drunk, had crazy sex and spawned 2 offsprings, they might sound something like MONORAL. Don’t believe us? Give a listen and let us know who your think better compares

Facts taken dari hasil pengamatan subjektif seorang SAIA, (hahaha!!!):

band jepun yang gak kedengeran Jepun-jepunnya sedikit pun. Lebih kayak denger band alternative-rock yang kebetulan personilnya punya darah Jepun (secara emang gak murni orang Jepun gitu, pada blasteran),hihi. Band ini punya vokalis berwajah imuuuuttth banget (terlebih setelah mangkas rambutnya jadi pendek) walau suaranya Rockin’ abis^^, keseluruhan track ditulis in English makin bikin ini band gak kedengeran ‘Jepang’ terlebih pronounciation-nya yang fluently abis (bisa ngomong L!! ^^V) gak kayak orang Jepun ngomong inggris yang kedengeran kayak kumur-kumur dan suka ganti-ganti kata itu.

Musik band ini termasuk dalam kategori “gampang-gampang susah”, maksudnya: gampang denger, gampang inget, gampang ngerti (since they wrote the whole lyrics in ENGLISH), gampang sing-along, gampang goyang-along, gampang diikuti, TAPIIIIIIIII susah buat ngapus dari kepala.
Catchy. Period.

Jujur, gw baru denger ben rok jepun dengan musik yang beginian (yaah, koleksi ben rok jepun gw juga gak banyak-banyak amaat siih), aneh aja musik begini keluar dari dua manusia berdarah jepun (yea, keduanya pun blasteran bukan asli jepun yee?), hehehe....
Lumayan buat koleksi...

Buat yang suka jenis-jenis musik alternative modern rock seperti Pearl Jam ( eh, alirannya pearl jam itu.. paan ya? grunge?masa' sih? *mikir-mikir* grunge tuh paan yaa?^^ ), mungkin akan sangat mudah beradaptasi, karena ini musiknya adalah bentuk paling sederhana dari musiknya Pearl Jam, kalo gw bilang sih... (sok fasih musik gini gw), yaah, pokoknya saat pertama kali gw denger musiknya Monoral, yang gw inget sih hits-hitsnya Pearl Jam, hehe.

Eniwei, gw lagi dalam usaha mendonlot turbulance (the album), walau harus bersabar mendonlot satu per satu lagu ( dalam hitungan minggu... bukan hari!! >,< ) dengan sambungan yang SUMPPAAAAHH!, bikin gw senewen sendiri, was-was mendadak berenti di jalan, hihi. Heran, ini sambungan perlu dipompa dulu apa yeee?! Ada apaaa siiih?!?!

Ah yaa... ada yang punya VIA?! Album baru MONORAL yang baru rilis bulan ini? ato ada yang tau link bagus buat donlot album ini? just lemme know yee.


ps:

tadinya mo kasih link buat denger ini lagu, tapi nyatanya... terlalu sulit bahkan untuk nyambungin diri ini dengan dunia maya itu butuh perjuangan dengan cucuran keringat dan air mata, serta sesak di dada (akibat keseringan ngehela napas lemah)

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Desperado abis dengan sambungan internet.... gw bahkan kesulitan buka gmail. Ini yg salah sambungannya apa jalur khusus ke kompi gw sih yang senewen ama gw???

Laruku: Terbukti Aman Dikonsumsi

Buat yang berpikir Laruku itu sejenis makanan atau minuman, harap perbaiki pengetahuan diri dengan mengetikkan kata itu (Laruku) di search engine atau kolom search di Wikipedia, dan temukanlah pengalaman menyegarkan didalamnya.
I’m not gonna tell you why it’s sparkling up ur day, just search it now.

Anyway, setelah mendapatkan sekilas info tentang Laruku, silakan lanjutkan membaca thread ini, hihi.

Oke, kenapa gw bilang Laruku: Terbukti Aman Dikonsumsi?
Jawabannya memang ada di seluruh track yang sudah diedarkan band Rock asal Jepang ini ke seluruh penjuru dunia.

Beberapa waktu lalu, gw baru menambah koleksi band yang satu ini dengan album terakhirnya KISS yang masa expired-nya diperkirakan pada tanggal 20 November 2011 (20112011?), yang artinya… gw harus puas menikmati Laruku lewat hasil rekaman studio-nya doang tanpa benar-benar sukses menikmati mereka secara LIVE di depan mata gw sendiri (bukan sebatas lewat YouTube yee).

Anyway, gw tidak akan repot2 membahas isi dari album ini, karena sudah banyak dilakukan di planetblog ini, jadi silakan sekali lagi di-search dalam google blog search, dan kalian akan menemukan banyaaak sekali review tentang album ini (KISS).

Sedikit selipan pujian, I like it, thou I have to put an extra effort to really listen to it. Since I listened to it in the middle of my sleeping time, hihi. Gak nyangka aja di kepala 4, Laruku masih bisa unjuk kehebatannya. Gak tau deh, gimana nasib live performance-nya dengan usia seperti itu. Walau kalo liat physical appearance sih, mereka gak kalah sama yang usianya setengah jalan dari mereka (terlebih si papi Haido-sama ya?)

Maa, harus gw akui kalau ketertarikan gw dengan musik Rock Jepang berawal dari band ini. Dan harus diakui juga, kalau dari beberapa band Rock Jepang lain yang udah gw dengerin, gw akan kembali ke selera asal. Lagu-lagunya Laruku.

Lagu pertama yang bikin gw notice sama band ini adalah Niji, yang jadi soundtrack Samurai X the movie. Padahal, di serialnya juga ada OST yang dibikin Laruku (walau cuman buat sekian episode doang), tapi gak sukses bikin gw penasaran sama band yang satu ini, dan memulai pencarian tentangnya.

Setelah mendengar banyak track dari Laruku, gw hanya tersenyum-senyum sendiri sambil melakukan salute.
Menurut gw, Laruku memiliki komposisi yang cukup baik (kalo kata *baik* saja terdengar terlalu subjektif, maka gw tambahkanlah embel2 cukup itu, hehe), bagi sebuah band yang memiliki obsesi untuk go-internasional. Baik dari musiknya, liriknya, kreatifitas jenis musiknya, cara penyampaiannya, skill bermusik tiap personilnya, live act mereka, visual-image tiap personilnya, kelakuannya sendiri, sampe frekuensi dan isi berita yang tersebar tentang mereka, juga komitmen mereka dalam bermusik dalam satu band.
Simply in an exact formula, yang lucunya, gak membosankan.

Band yang satu ini udah beberapa kali hiatus (maksudnya *vakum*), dan masing-masing personilnya sibuk dengan proyek solo maupun maen pelem. Well, apa mau dikata, ‘perkembangan diri amatlah mendukung kesatuan sebuah band bukan?’
Tapi lucunya, setau gw, gak ada band lain yang mampu mengisi kekosongan hiatus mereka. Seharusnya saat hiatus itu, banyak band yang memanfaatkan, lalu nama Laruku hilang tertelan bumi bukan?

Tapi disinilah letak kebesaran sebuah band bernama Laruku itu. Usia boleh udah kepala 4, tapi kemampuan bermusik mereka jauuuh lebih segar dibanding band yang lainnya yang mungkin usianya terpaut lebih dari setengah usia mereka. They dare to drive themselves to the limit (muka mereka juga tetep fresh di kepala 4. heran juga gw, berapa juta Yen mereka keluarkan buat perawatan fisik yaa? ^_^V)

Koleksi musik mereka yang beraneka jenislah yang menurut gw menjadikan Laruku band yang aman dikonsumsi. Apapun jenis musik yang disuguhkan oleh band ini, mayoritas memiliki beat yang enak dan cukup bersahabat dengan telinga. Menurut gw, Laruku pun jadi pilihan awal yang tepat buat siapapun yang berniat untuk berkenalan dengan musik Rock Jepang. Walau gak ngerti-ngerti amat sama liriknya, menurut gw, cara penyampaian Hyde cukup berpengaruh untuk membuat pendengarnya menyatu dan menghayati lagu.
Itu sebabnya kenapa gw bilang Laruku itu terbukti aman untuk dikonsumsi. Dijamin kalau mengkonsumsi Laruku untuk jangka waktu lama dan dalam dosis melebihi anjuran, tidak akan membuat dirimu mati rasa, hehehe.

Maa, at least, kalaupun pada akhirnya tidak tertarik untuk mendengarkan band lainnya dari Negri Pencetak Pretty-Boys Bergaya Misterius itu, masih bisa survive bila suatu waktu berkunjung ke sebuah festival jepang (entah karena emang keinginan pribadi atau terseret). They speak in a Laruku-kinda-languange, so berbekal beberapa lagu mereka (entah donlot, bakar, ngopi ato asli), gw pastikan klo lo pasti bakal survive dan gak lost in translation ^_^.

Seenggaknya, esensi penting bernama *keeksisan diri* tetep terjaga bukan??
Hari gini masih gak kenal Laruku???!! Please deh anak SMP sekarang aja apal sama lagu-lagu dari album Laruku yang keluarnya bahkan mungkin pas anak-anak SMP itu baru lahir. Gw sendiri amazed kok, mereka dapet darimana siih? (gw soalnya gak punya, mo numpang ngebakar neeh ^_^)

Cheers!
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Kickin’ the ears: Laruku-Nexus 4 (btw judul lagunya terinspirasi dari merk USB ya? ^_^)

Jojoushi by L’arc-en-Ciel : Tentang Sebuah Lagu Cinta

Sebenernya gak niatan mo posting lagu ini sih, secara udah lagu jadul juga, pernah gw post disini juga beberapa waktu lalu jaman gw tergila-gila ama ini lagu. Akan tetapi, saat gw memperhatikan traffic sitemeter gw, ternyata banyak juga yang nyasar ke blog gw demi mencari lirik dan artinya lagu ini. Kasian juga mereka terkecoh.
Makanya, dengan berbaik hati, gw pun memutuskan untuk mempostingkannya disini (lirik dan artinya), sebenernya ada di klip YouTube yang gw posting , tapi eh tetapi, klip itu mendadak hilang di situs YouTube, padahal itu live-actnya yang oceh punya...

Cerita sedikit tentang lagu ini, sebelum gw postingin lirik en artinya.
Awal denger lagu ini, mendadak gw berasa dibawa terbang ke dunia mimpi (ditemenin Hy-chan? Hehe), mungkin karna aransemen lagunya ya...
Langsung jatuh cinta sama lagu ini, walaupun gw sama sekali gak tau artinya saat itu. Kirain tentang kehilangan seseorang yang dicintai (mati gitu), tapi ternyata, simply sebuah lagu cinta. Cinta yang berlebih, kalo kata gw sih. Saking berlebihnya sampe menumpahkan seluruh perasaannya. Mungkin ini kalo dipuisikan, hasilnya bagus. Maksud gw, gak diterjemahkan secara literally, gitu. Karena emang begitulah adanya: puitis.

Nonton videoklipnya, makin bikin gw cinta sama cowok ini, Gimana gak makin cinta klo nyanyinya penuh perasaan... trus settingnya yang menggoda, dikelilingi oleh manusia tanpa baju, macam lukisan jaman prancis di abad XV. Mana si Hy-chan rambutnya pas panjaaang, hmm... kawaiii!!!!
Lalu mulai mikir2 (ato berkhayal tepatnya sih) klo gw ada di jepang, mungkinkah gw dengan gilanya ikut audisi jadi backgroundnya yang notabene emang artistik sih walau harus telenji, hihi. *pikir-pikir* Kayaknya gw rela ikut audisi peran itu.... ahahaha...

Eniwei, lagu ini selalu jadi pilihan pertama k lo gw nyetel album Awake, baru dilanjutkan dengan lagu-lagunya yang laen, hihi.

Here comes the lyrics:

JOJOUSHI
Lyrics: hyde Music: ken

Kisetsu wa iro wo kaete ikudo megurou tomo
Kono kimochi wa kare nai hana no you ni yura meite
Kimi wo omou

Kanade au kotoba wa kokochi yoi senritsu
Kimi ga soba ni iru dakede ii
Hohoenda hitomi wo usa nai tamenara
Tatoe hoshi no mabataki ga mie nai yoru mo

Furi sosogu komorebi no you ni kimi wo tsutsumu
Sore wa boku no tsuyoku kawaranu chikai
Yume nara yume no mama de kamawa nai
Aisuru kagayaki ni afure asu he mukau yorokobi wa
Shinjitsu dakara

The love to you is alive in me. wo- every day for love.
You are aside of me wo- every day.

Nokosareta kanashii kioku sae sotto
Kimi wa yawaragete kureru yo
Hashagu you ni natsuita yawara kana kaze ni fukarete
Nabiku azayakana kimi ga boku wo ubau

Kisetsu wa iro wo kaete ikudo megurou tomo
Kono kimochi wa kare nai hana no you ni
Yume nara yume no mama de kamawa nai
Aisuru kagayaki ni afure mune wo someru
Itsumademo kimi wo omoi

The love to you is alive me. wo- every day for love.
You are aside of me wo- every day


And the translation goes like this:


No matter how many times the seasons change colors
My heart wavers to you like a never-fading flower
And I think of you

Our words weave a cozy melody
All I need is you by my side
As long as your smiling eyes remain
Even on the nights when I can’t see the twinkling stars

Wrapping around you like sunlight falling through the trees
Is my strong, everlasting commitment
I don’t mind if it is and remains fantasy
‘Cause the joy of heading for tomorrow
Shining with a loving heart
Is for real

The love to you is alive in me. Wo- every day for love.
You are aside of me wo- every day.

You can gently ease
The sorrowful memories remaining in me
Swinging in the soft wind cheering with delight
You take my cares away

No matter how many times the seasons change colors
My heart goes out to you like a never-fading flower
I don’t mind if it is and remains fantasy
Dazzling love imbues my heart
I think of you forever

The love to you is alive in me. Wo- every day for love.
You are aside of me wo- every day.


Hmm... hmmm... hmm..
Mungkin sekedar lagu cinta biasa. Tapi klo yang nyanyinya Hyde, itu cerita lain memang, haha.Eniwei, that’s all folks!

Klo mo nonton pidioklipnya di Yutub, klik link ini aja soalnya si pemilik tidak mau membagi embednya, tega bener sih tu orang.

Cheers!
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Diorama: Proyek Ambisius Sebuah Band

BASSSIIII!!!!
Jelas iyalah klo dibilang begitu. Kenapa? Karena pada kenyataannya, album Silverchair yang berjudul DIORAMA ini udah keluar dari taon 2002 tapi baru gw singgung disini 6 taon kemudian. Ckckck.... band-nya aja udah ngeluarin album baru (yang juga udah gw bahas disini) dan mungkin lagi proses pembuatan proyek lainnya.

Anyway, album ini (DIORAMA), baru gw gw donlot sekian hari lalu, setelah menghabiskan setengah waktu memilah-milah host yang ramah donlot (gak ribet, red.).

Hm.... untuk sementara, Let’s take a 6 years backward, anggap aja klo Diorama itu album baru, baru didenger, setelah berurutan mendengar ketiga album awal Silverchair, bukan baru didengar setelah album terakhir mereka (Young Modern Station) dikonsumsi melebihi dosis sesuai anjuran,hehe.

Nah, maka yang terjadi, kesan pertama denger album ini adalah... “njlimet!”

Untuk orang yang sudah terbiasa mendengarkan lagu-lagu Silverchair sepanjang 1995-2001, jujur gw shock mendengar lagu-lagu yang ada di album Diorama ini. Sungguh melenceng dari kesan sebuah band beraliran grunge. Jangan harap nemu lagu macem “Israel’s Son”, “Freak”, atau yang parah, “Spawn Again”. No no no.... di album ketiga (Neon Ballroom) aja, jenis beginian udah langka, naah di album Diorama, lebih langka lagi!

Selaen musiknya, liriknya pun makin bermajas. Tidak sekedar teriak menyuarakan isi hati, tapi jadi lebih puitis (in a grungy kinda poetic I must say).

Album dibuka dengan sebuah lagu yang sarat orkestra berjudul “Across The Night”, yang sama sekali tidak menunjukkan gigi gahar sebuah band Alternative-Grunge (atau entah apalah nama genrenya). Lagunya justru cocok jadi pengantar tidur. Ditambah dengan durasi lagu yang lebih dari 5 menit. Kombinasi yang pas sekali. Padahal, kalo diperhatiin liriknya, sepertinya dibuat karena Daniel sirik sama orang-orang yang bisa tidur pules, secara dia penderita insomnia akut bukan? Hhee..

Dilanjutkan dengan the hit single “Greatest View”, naah, ini baru gw kebangun dengan musiknya yang up-tempo (gw gak bagus banget sih ngedeskripsiinnya), walau begitu, massiiih juga dengan iringan orkestra, dan lirik yang mendayu. No angst at all, walau lirik awalnya berbunyi “You’re the enemy, the fungus in my milk”, tapi ditutup dengan kalimat indah “I’m watching you, watch over me, and I got the greatest view from here”. Seperti mengatakan kalau ia benci ketagihan akan sesuatu, namun pada akhirnya, sesuatu itu adalah hal terindah yang dimiliki. (is Daniel talking about the ‘shroom?)

Lagu-lagu selanjutnya, bisa dikatakan proyek gila-gilaan ini band. Selain durasi lagu yang mayoritas hampir 5 menitan, musiknya pun gak cuma menyodorkan gitar-bas-drum enteng yang biasa diusung oleh band beraliran senada. Justru band ini menggabungkan banyak komposisi musik yang bagusnya, gak terlalu berlebih dan malah bikin mereka keilangan jatidiri sebuah nama ‘Silverchair’.
PAS. Mungkin itu kata yang tepat.
Harus diakui, walau sudah menyusut, aroma grunge dalam album ini masih terasa, biarpun ditumpangi musik orkestra disana sini.

Album ini ditutup dengan lagu berjudul “After all These Years” (entah deh, Across The Night versi demo masuk di album aslinya apa enggak). Lagu 5 menitan ini dibuka dengan alunan piano. Iyaaa! Piano! Solo pula. Kemudian diisi dengan vokal Daniel yang halus, mengalunkan masa-masa indah mereka bersama sebagai band, melalui segala uphills and the downs.
Saat lagu ini berakhir, kembali dengan solo piano, sepertinya memang pesan yang akan disampaikan jelas: “We’re gonna take a long break, folks!!” (yang menjadi kenyataan karena toh baru 5taonan kemudian mereka release album baru bukan?)

Overall, untuk Diorama ini, memang gak salah kalo ditasbihkan sebagai masterpiece-nya Silverchair.
Menyenangkan juga mendengarnya. Njlimet tapi menyenangkan.
Bisa dikategorikan juga sebagai: Berani.
Untuk kadar sebuah band aliran grunge, ini band termasuk yang berani ambil loncatan berbahaya.

Sebagai contoh proyek ambisius dari album ini adalah highlight di album ini, mungkin semua pecinta Silverchair akan meng-amin-inya..... “Tuna In The Brine” yang asli deeh syaiiiiikkkk buanget! Berasa sebuah opera musik yang menggelegar. Harus diacungi sepuluh jempol buat aransemennya.

Sebuah proyek ambisius yang mau menunjukkan kalau mereka tidak hanya sebuah band beraliran grunge, tapi sebuah band yang punya skill bermusik tinggi dan mau nunjukkin kalo grunge tidak hanya sekadar gitar-bas-drum dan lirik penuh kekelaman. Grunge juga bisa muncul dalam sebuah musik orkestra yang njlimet dan butuh usaha buat dengerinnya.
Memang bukan sebuah rock progresif atau theatrical rock gitu, tapi benar-benar memberikan napas baru untuk musik aliran sejenis mereka.
Way to go guys!

Memang, proyek super ambisius ini ada konsekuensinya, yaitu... kecapekan.
Buktinya? Hampir 5 taon waktu yang dibutuhkan mereka untuk membuat album baru yang kalo dibandingin sama DIORAMA, memang sedikit melenceng dari harapan. Mungkin kalo didenger-denger nih, di album terakhir, justru mereka sedikit lebih... karnaval dan bersenang-senang? Hehe...

Anyway....
Glad finally found this album. Seenggaknya, sekarang gw sudah resmi menjadi their fan, memiliki seluruh albumnya ^_^V

Gw sendiri jadi bisa merasakan pergerakan band ini dari yang umurnya 16taonan sampe 29an taon.
Jadi terbaca redline-nya sih kenapa kok Silverchair bisa mengeluarkan album semacam “Young Modern Station”. Selama ini kan, gw bersungut-sungut dengan album terakhir mereka itu, kalo sekarang, mendengarkan album-album Silverchair jadi berasa mengalami semua fase kehidupan dari masa remaja sampe Young Adulthood gini, hehe.

Hmm... pretty much growing, indeed!!

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Kickin’ the ears: “After All These Years”