So, I went back home last weekend. I brought back my Islamic Law notes to do the assignment and Tort Law text book to do the studying. But, I spent most of the Friday sleeping. And most of Saturday reading blankly from a book my dad borrowed from his colleague called "Pengantar smth smth smth Syariat", yeap, in Malay, for the assignment. Since I don't even understand the title of the book, it's not surprising that I don't get a single thing from the texts inside as well.
So much trouble for one assignment but it turned out we didn't even need to present at all, because there's not enough time. But hey, we are not complaining.
Anyway, since I was totally bored and refused to touch the Tort book, I decided to utilize the good connection at home and downloaded some new music. And this, is a pretty good album which I have not heard for a while now. Beautiful lyrics on top of all.
Go download it/buy it/burn it/whatever. It's worth a listen.
Oh, and I can't wait for Jon McLaughlin's new album. Even though I am pretty sure nothing on the album will top Beautiful Disaster and Indiana from his first. But still.
Do you still feel excited when your favourite band/artist dropped the new album on you?
Upon seeing your country's name in their tour calender?
Cheering for them when they won an award?
Going nuts over the sight of them on TV?
Feel so proud and sing along when their songs come onto the radio?
If your answer to the above all is "yess" like mine, then I think that is what people call "getting all excited over music".
Now, another question, have you ever worry that it will go away one day as you grow older? I do. The passion(obsession if you would like to call that) I feel over music(Click especially) is so important that it would be no less to say that it defines me to certain extent, alongside other things. That's how much it means to me. I can't help it. But I have had so many people telling me this in one way or another, "This shouldn't be the most important thing, you should focus on other stuff, because feeling like this, it will go away one day as you grow older." Or worse still, "It is so immature for you to go all excited over a band. You are 20." They keep saying it to me until I believe there is a certain truth in those statements.
Then I read Cassie's entry(clicky!) at theonelove.org. Wheee, screw it. She's 22 and she still feel excited over her favorite band like we are now! And it's not going away anytime soon according to her. And I don't think there is such thing called immature when it comes to music. Don't be surprise if you see me waiting for Click at the airport when I'm turning 30! Blehhh. (And check out her turtle Theo on the blog too! That little thing is CUTE!)
Oh yeah, and was chatting with her on facebook this afternoon. And she said if it is possible, the next time Click is here, she will come along and bring shows like The One Love Rocks New York and The One Love Rocks London to our continent. Intimate show at small venue sans Warner Music. Awesomeness much?
We just have to do this, register on theonelove.org and "comment on the blogs like hell", quoting her, to let the people there see our enthusiasm. It's all for charity anyways. The more clicks generated, the more money will go to the charity which the blogger is affiliated to. It's a really cool project featuring Tyler Hilton and our very own Ben Romans. Who can resist stories on a tour bus right? Heheh. No offence to the Kenny Sia devotees out there, but it's more meaningful reading all this thoughts provoking blogs on theonelove than reading his endless advertising posts.
Hands up those who want another Hard Rock like show WITHOUT the crushing!
Besides the OST to Once(I'm gonna make a proper review of it soon, since it's the best movie ever), I've been listening to this song called Don't Let Me Go written by Ethan Mentzer on loop on despite the bad quality, the shouting and Kyle's mistake in the 1st verse*. They HAVE TO put it in the new album. It's so beautiful. Seeing Kyle and him doing the song that night, I'm almost certain that it's a song from his bottom of his heart. Hmmm, wonder what's the story behind the song.
I can see your shadow lying in the moonlight
I can hear your heartbeat playing on my right side
Every night I long for this, makin’ up what I miss
*I can hear you breathing letting out a sad sigh
You tried so hard to hide your scars
Always on your guard
Chorus
Don’t, don’t let me go
Don’t make me hold on when you’re not
Don’t, don’t turn away
What can I say so you won’t
No don’t, don’t let me go…
I can see the skyline fading in the distance
Tears are comin’ down
I’m trying just to make sense
I don’t listen to the radio just the engine and the road
After the killer papers on Thursday and Friday, how do I relax myself? Sleep. The whole day. Heheh I never knew sleeping can be so nice. The amount of sleep I have in these 2 days can qualify me as the modern Sleeping Beauty already I think. Chey. The next papers are on Friday and Saturday so you bet I'm taking today and tomorrow off. Spent today sitting in front of the computer, sleep some more, and then sitting in front of the computer again.
And saw Reik's MV for their 3rd single off their 2nd album, De Que Sirve. (It's time for the 3rd album leh, it has been 2 years plus!)
Now as we all know, most of the Spanish MVs out there involves a lot of touching and kissing between a hot girl and a hot guy. Like Enrique's MVs. And some even has girl touching girl(puke!), like Eduardo Cruz's Cosas Que Contar. I kid you not. Penelope Cruz touching her sister Monica and Eduardo is there singing and looking on. This is the epitome of family togetherness? Wait, more like incest. AND OBSCENITY. Yewwww. It's a quite ok song, catchy and all, but the MV is just ...
So, back to Reik's De Que Sirve, it has got no touching, or kissing, or anything of that sort. So, rest assured. Just 3 guys singing.
But, can someone please tell Julio(the guitarist in green striped shirt) to stop grinning?!!! Seriously, you can see his teeth in every single scene!! Grinning like an idiot. At first, it got me going "aww so adorable" and then it starts to piss me off. I mean, he wasn't even singing! Jesus has got the singing covered. All that required of him is to just stand there and strum, like Bibi did. But no, he has to go all Darlie on the camera. Arghhh. I like the Julio at the Metropolitana concert more. Way more. Gahhhh. Who are you and what have you done to Julio Ramirez?!
I'm looking at my Contract notes, trying to memorise the case of Tan Ah Kian, and at the same time, wishing to God that I am there instead. It's going to be one hell of an intimate show. Something like the Hard Rock show. Just look at the venue.
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Why Genting, why Genting, guys. Arena of Stars?!?!
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Yeshhhh, the Tour has officially started. shit, how to study? i'm not concentrating at all.
The Constitutional Law paper went NOT ok. Not enough time at all. But, what's done is done, putting it behind me now. 4 more papers to go, and I'm done.
Siew Mee told me something before the paper. And yeap, it's injustice. I don't know what I would've done in that situation. But, babe, here's 2 songs for you. It's something I listen to whenever I feel that life's being a bitch. Walk On by U2 and Don't Give Up by Pater Gabriel and Kate Bush. Put those 2 songs on your playlist, along with "You'll Never Walk Alone", play it on loop and you'll feel much better. Hope it helps and be strong girl!
By the way, this song is like seriously stuck in my head right now. The album version of Summertime by The Click Five. So much better than the acoustic version they did at the Blue Room. Showcasing Kyle's voice are better done with songs like Empty and Mary Jane, but not with this song. Thank god they came out with the album version. Heck, I guess if I'm in a country with summer, then this is really the right time for that song lol! It's so pop-ish that I just can't get it out of my head.
Off to study now. TRY to I mean. Tried and just can't get anything into my head.
So I was tensed/pissed off/stressed/wanted to kill someone most of yesterday, no? And so, I turn to music. Went to my CD rack, go through my unsorted CDs(my bad, I just got too lazy to sort it like I used to heheh), dropped a few in the process(including my signed Tc5!), and got my Colbie Caillat CD. Why didn't I just listen from iTunes? BECAUSE IT GOT FREAKING DELETED. I have no idea how and why. So yeah, talk about having no luck huh? Anyways, I put the CD in and guess what, I'm still pissed off as hell half way through the album.
Flogging Molly
So, I decided to put my iTunes playlist on shuffle instead, let what comes to me, comes to me. And baam, I'm cured! I feel miles better after listening to Flogging Molly and Scouting for Girls! I'm telling you, music never got this FUN! Music and lyrics wise.
Scouting For Girls
I remember someone recommended FM on Livejournal, so I downloaded it but didn't give it much listen until yesterday. And I'm freaking glad I did. Listening to their music is like listening to Scottish/Irish instruments on those mountains both Scotland and Ireland are so famous for, only more fun. And Scouting for Girls? Well, a band with a song called "James Bond". Singing about how he wishes he can be James Bond, with a license to thrill(wth?!), kissing all the girls and blowing the bad guys away etc etc. And it ends like this "Roger, Pierce, and Daniel, and maybe one day ME!" It just got me chuckle, and laugh out loud and fall off the chair. There, I am cured. I loveeee Brit music! yeay!! I've got Elliot Minor, McFly, The Kooks on my list, and now Scouting for Girls! I don't know how to put it, there's just something more in their music compared to the American bands. But then again, maybe it's the accent. Heheh.
Flogging Molly - Requiem for a Dying Song ~Download~
