Feb 6, 2008
Manhand: Malaysia's latest hip hop canto-pop band
At first I thought it's from a Hong Kong band. To my surprise, it's a local band called Manhand.
Recently, one of their songs, ÂýÐÐ, already made it into the top 10 chart on 988.
Hopefully, Manhand will be able to make it big in the local music scene. And I'm pretty confident their music can reach out to music fans in Hong Kong too, given the opportunity to do so.
Jan 29, 2008
NKOTB is back on the block?
The biggest boy band back in the late 80s and early 90s is planning for a reunion. Their website, www.nkotb.com is up again after a long period of dormancy. However there are no confirmation whether there's going to be a tour or release of a new album.
"I wanted to address the rumors of the NKOTB Reunion Tour," Wood wrote on his MySpace blog Monday. "There has been no talk of this and you are getting it from the source directly...You can't believe everything you read."
Wood, who said that he was releasing a solo album in March, didn't completely close the door on the would-be reunion, however, writing on his blog, "Never say never!"
Well, their time is over when they called it quit back in 1994. But I don't mind to see what they are coming up with. It's great to reminisce the mega success of the boy band who once rule the world and music charts.
By the way, this is my favourite NKOTB's song. I know it's kinda dorky to listen to this song now but what the heck.
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Jan 18, 2008
Saddest song ever
I'm just wondering what are some of the saddest songs you ever heard that touches your heart. For me, the first song that came into mind is Simple Plan 'telling his dad he is not perfect but will try to make him proud'.
Sinead O' Conner's memorable music video of the song Nothing Compares 2 U is sad enough to make it one of the saddest song ever. And I definitely can't forget Eric Clapton expressing his grief in the song Tears In Heaven.
There are so many polls in the magazines and internet listing the top saddest songs like this one. However, I believe each one of us have our own sad songs, that we love to listen especially when we are down. So what are your favourite sad songs? (Warning: Self pity is contagious and it will eat you up. So cut down on the sad songs)
Oh, what the heck? Today is already Friday and this is supposed to be a happy day.
Oct 19, 2007
Reviving music from the 90s
Okay, nothing is being done to my revive90s website and I don't think I have the time to update it anytime soon. So, in the meanwhile, I'll just show some of my favourite cassettes from the dusty collection in this blog instead.
I was a big, big fan of Wilson Phillips back in the 90s. Their songs were so infectious and everyone love their harmony singing. The girls (Chynna, Wendy and Carnie) were like the most popular all-girl band back then. They had 3 number 1 singles from this debut album: Hold On, Release Me and my favourite is You're In Love (this song accompany me when I was heartbroken).
As a teenager back in the 90s, New Kids On The Block (NKOTB) is definitely one of the biggest boy band everyone love. Although the album Hangin' Tough is the album that made them famous, I love Step By Step more than any of their albums.
Well, no era beat the love songs from 90s. From Tommy Page's Paintings In My Mind album to Jose Mari Chan and from Babyface's For The Cool In You to Hi-5, these are some of the albums with great love songs that I can't missed back then. And if you still remember groups like the Guys Next Door and All-4-One, you definitely remember their love songs that made all the girls go wild too.
By the way, I love soundtracks too. Some of the soundtracks that I have are Beverly Hills 90210, Boomerang, Pocahontas, The Bodyguard and Space Jam.
Last but not least, I'm a rock 'n' roll fan. I listened to groups like Guns 'n' Roses, Firehouse, Skid Row and Def Leppard.
And didn't I tell you I fancy MC Hammer and I used to be able to rap to most of his hit songs?
Oct 1, 2007
Vamos Rafa song
I've purchased Vamos Rafa's song for USD1.30. Anyone interested to listen to it, drop me an email. But, there's a simple request from me, drop me a comment "Vamos VMY2007" at this campaign post of mine. If you have already done that, I'll send you that mp3 file for free.
Vamos Rafa |
Music by John Macom Lyrics by John Macom/Joseph Titone Performed by Binge © 2006 John Macom (BMI)/ Joseph Titone (BMI)
Vamos Rafa, vamos Rafa
The girls go wild when you hit one down the line
Vamos Rafa, vamos Rafa
You make King Juan Carlos happy when you win
When you leave Mallorca
Vamos Rafa, vamos Rafa
Adios amigos see you next time on the courts |
Sep 28, 2007
What is the best gift you ever had?
Last night my partner surprised me by taking out the dusty and yet good condition keyboard and gave me a personal lesson! If you read my tagged post recently, one of my wish if I'm a millionaire is to get myself a private music teacher to teach me how to play the piano.
Well, I don't have to be a millionaire to achieve that now.
Being someone who never know how the piano works, I learned two simple songs in one night, 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' and 'Do Re Mi'. And guess what? I experimented 'Mary Had A Little Lamb' with the slow rock beat while 'Do Re Mi' with Mambo beat and they worked. How cool is that?
Now I need to practice hard because my fingers kinda kaku (stiff) already at my age.
Jun 17, 2007
Enrique Iglesias playing ping pong instead of tennis
His latest song, Do You Know (Ping Pong Song) is quite a catchy and infectious song. If you like his songs such as 'Escape' and 'Bailamos', you are definitely going to love this one. You can listen to this song which is at the sidebar of this blog.
If you listen carefully, a ping pong ball is really used as a percussion instrument in this song.
So far I have never missed a single album by Enrique. The album is already available in the local music stores. So going to check out the album soon.
Updates: Enrique Iglesias is still dating former tennis star, Anna Kournikova.
May 6, 2007
paolo nutini - the next big thing
Yes, this is another song about ex. But this is as good and as teary as James Blunt's You're Beautiful. This song is taken from his album, These Streets. I haven't heard about this song on the local radio yet but I'm sure Paolo Nutini is going to be the next big thing. Don't say I didn't warn you.
Updates: I just went to Victoria Music Station at Atria Shopping Complex and managed to get a copy of Paolo Nutini's album, These Street. So, his CD is available in Malaysia already.
Apr 11, 2007
reviving music from the 90s
I'm not going to say anything in detail here but if you are a fan of music from the 90s, do drop by and support me. I'm going to hold a 'guess the song' contest every month and giving out some cash and prizes to encourage people to listen to the songs from the 90s. The first contest will take off within this week.
Mar 15, 2007
Avril Lavigne trying to punk some Mandarin
Avril is also delivering "Girlfriend" in 7 different languages including Japanese and Mandarin. Apparently a huge portion of her fans are from Asia. Listen to Avril trying to punk up some Mandarin in the chorus which goes something like this ("wo hui bu hui shi ni de nu peng you"). It's hilarious but she did a fairly good job.