Monday, October 29, 2007

Review gig: MEGADETH 26/10/2007

My full review and "Ross Halfin tak jadi" N73 photos of the finest "World's State Of The Art Speed Metal Band".

Megadeth - United Abominations Tour Of Duty 2007
Fort Canning Park, Singapore
26/10/2007

Janji Melayu start kul 8.40 gitu.


dah pakai henpon, tangan wa goyang, malam lagik, so tak best sangat..


Setlist
Sleepwalker
Take No Prisoners
Wake Up Dead
Skin O' My Teeth
Washington Is Next
A Tout Le Monde
In My Darkest Hour
Hangar 18
Gears Of War
She Wolf
Kick The Chair
Tornado of Souls
Ashes In Your Mouth
Never Walk Alone
Symphony Of Destruction
Trust
Peace Sells

Holy Wars..The Punishment Due/Mechanix



Ni lak setlist khemah mixing desk, so as you all can see, ada ubah2 masa show tu, Megadeth tambah She Wolf dan Mechanix impromtu kot

Setlist salah!!

So ni ngah relaks skarang wa ngah playback hi-md sambil type ni.
Crowd about 3000++ kot, pasal Megadeth gig kat Jakarta dan Bangkok so lesser kalo cam tu hari Slayer cuma gig kat sini outside of Japan so orang Thailand ngan Indon ada.
Fort Canning ni taman terbuka tau, dia cam padang sloping down gitu, so kalo korang diri mana2, kat belakang pun masih bleh nampak clear jugak..

view if you are on the Legend's steps..


So kita datang star karatz, kul 8.30 sampai relak kejap terus gig start. Aku cakap kat mybetterhalf, dulu aku nengok Deep Purple kul 5 dah Q, pasal nak rebut front railing sebelah Steve Morse nye side, nak nengok Search kul 9, aku magrib dah depan stage kat Larkin, ah! zaman muda mudi dulu hoho. So mbh duk kat Legend steps sebelah mixing tent, aku kejap depan kejap belakang ler, maklum dah tua, tak larat diri lama2, zaman "nodding donkey" rempuh2 kat depan dah lepas dah zaman tu semua hahaha.

Intro cam dalam album latest, lepas Sleepwalker terus masuk Take No Prisoner ( Take No SHIT!! ), gerek ah, teringat masa time Rust In Peace dulu beli kaset dia dan trying to decipher liriks album ni, actually kan, a bit of trivia, president John F Kennedy pernah cakap something like, " dont ask what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country", tapi Dave Mustaine lain sikit wakakaa.



Then masuk lagu Wake Up Dead, sorry aku tak familiar ni lagu sangat, aku bukan biggest fan of Megadeth pun, aku minat mendalam dorang nye teeny boppers pop hits je hohoho.

Then masuk Skin Of My Teeth, ah ni favorite zaman Megadeth Countdown To Extinction. Pun tu jam aku masih sekolah lagi kot? tak abis2 lagi wakakaaka, maklum wa repeat student/dropout.

Then Dave Mustaine nye big speech pasal datang Singapura, kawasan rumah dia kat Amerika semua terbakar teruk yang masuk tv, sokkabar tu semua.



"Good Evening, alrite it is such a priviledge to finally be here playing for you tonite.
When we're flying in this morning I was looking out the window of the airplane, and I was looking at the ground and I was looking at the buildings, I was looking at everything here and I thought fuck this is a beautiful country.
You know Megadeth is one of those bands that will play anywhere so if the promoters will bring us there and we've played some places that are pretty much disaster areas.
Coming in to town today, I want to tell you something, I feel like I am right at home.
I do want to say one thing before we go any further, for those of you that have heard we're going to cancel because of the fires thats in California, in San Diego. The fire's thats in San Diego, my home, James's father home, is in San Diego. The fires are ok and as you can tell with me standing here in front of you, we did not cancel.
And one thing you got to know about me, and about Megadeth, is its going to take more than my house burning to the ground, to ever cancel for you..."


Lepas poignant speech ni yang make people happy, terus masuk lagu Washington Is Next. Apsal eh, apsal? aku dengar lagu2 Megadeth baru, macam masuk telinga kiri keluar telinga kanan? age catching up kot.

Then Dave Mustaine cakap pasal nak cakap Thank You then cakap " Here's a surprise for you, I can speak a little French too ".

A Tout Le Monde, dulu kan masa Youthanasia keluar ( tu jam aku ngah full time NS ), kawan aku cakap " eh, ni lagu kan lagu semayang orang ( bukan islam ) nak mati tau " siot ah?
abis? tak bleh nyanyi ke? macam2 eh dulu.., otak jalan jauh. Tapi at least, lagu ni ajar aku how to speak a few French sentence, sapa tahu, besok aku jumpa Thiery Henry ke, Matthieu Flamini ( aku suka dekni dari 2-3 seasons back, workrate dia tinggi, mintak2 dia stay long term kat Arsenal ) ke, Patrick Vierra ke, William Gallas ke, Arsene Wenger ke, bleh aku speaking " atoutlemonde atoutlesamie jevousaime jevourparte " ewah!! translate dia something like "kepada dunia, kepada kawan2 ku, aku sayang korang semua, tapi aku kena pergi sekarang) wahahahaha. Sakit perut siak aku ketawa sorang2 berangan ni. Mesti dorang smua ingat aku giler.
Audience participation yang band stop main hulur mikropon tu sekali je, aku rasa kalo Megadeth seret singalong lagu ni sampai 20 minit pun aku alrite je, feberet part aku everytime dengar live versions lagu ni.

A tout le monde nye ending

Then lagu In My Darkest Hour, ni yang so far so good so what nye album. Aku nak ke halaman rindu kejap, pernah aku jumpa kawan aku ngan kawan dia yang aku tak kenal, it was long back many years ago. So kawan aku tanya aku " amacam? semua ok? " kawan tanya kan, so aku jawab " ok, so far so good ". Biasalah kan, abis kawan dia ntah mana nye melayu bukit, terus cakap kuat " so far so good, so what?? " alamak, wa tu jam ngah otak tak betul cam nak campak kerusi je la, pada aku kalo dia nak rock pun, tak kena tempat. Badigol nye bukit!! no manners.

Terus korang tahu lagu apa? HANGAR 18!!! aku sebenarnye nak buat gempak nak pakai tshirt Hangar 18 buat sendiri nye design hantar kedai, tapi tak sempat nak collect kat Pertama Complex sampai skarang!! nanti ah buat pakai konsert lagi sekali Megadeth datang. Lagu ni aku cuma nak cakap " perfect 10 ". You all got to see for yourself dia punye ending tukar2 solos tu... Exciting giler!!
Bila ada solo yang take turn, spotlight ikut dan satu gi belakang..cam gini gitu..Selalu nengok kat dvd je , ni nengok live lak





Then Dave Mustaine cakap pasal komputer game , then lagu Gears Of War. Sorry tak kenal sangat lagu ni hahaa.

Then lagu yang aku gurau dedicate kat mbh. Lagu " She Wolf ".
Aku ada satu bootleg Megadeth dia intro lagu ni , dia tanya audience, " How many of you here have dated an evil woman? " so audience semua cam jawab2 la gitu pekik2, sekali tu Dave Mustaine tanya lagi " How many of you here are those evil women? " terus audience yang pompuan semua cam cakap yes gitu. Kelakar siak.


during she wolf
my favourite photo, ada bulan mengambang, kena siak Megadeth main lagu ni backdrop bulan mengambang.
Personally aku suka album Cryptic Writting, kalo la semalam Megadeth main lagu FFF ngan The Disintegrator. Heaven siot, tapi yelek, bo liao haha. Aku suka lagu2 Megadeth yang jenis speed gitu, yang laju2 nye gitu..

Seterusnye, Kick The Chair. Ni yang System is Down nye album lepas Dave Mustaine sembuh tangan kiri dia terpeleot nerve problem. Dead Enough takde, aku suka ah lagu tu dari album yang sama ni.

Then Tornado of Souls, tak bleh lari la eh, Rust In Peace is perfect album eh, mesti kena main banyak lagu dari album ni, tapi Polaris takde lak.

Then Ashes In Your Mouth, then dia cakap-
" Man, I wish for one second that you can standhere with me and see how beautiful you look.
And I want to tell you something, so far since we left United States and came over here, we played Thailand and Indonesia, and we did not play She Wolf for them so you got an extra song. And I was talking to the boys backstage and I said - you know what, I got a feeling this could be one of those nights and we probably will play some extra songs tonight, ( cue - mega cheers from the audience ) ......... and of course they say no. ( cue - mega depression from the same audience LOL! )

I'm just kidding, so I dont want to fuck around anymore, I dont talk a lot in concert because I dont think you pay to comr here for this concert and listen to me talk. I think musicians who stand up here and waste your time by talking are fucking losers. So we're going to play as much as we can right now. We got about six more songs and then its off to the hospital "




lepas tu lak Never Walk Alone, lagu baru jugak. Then terus Symphony Of Destruction. Lagu yang paling gerek live.
OK ni another trivia, korang tau, tak salah aku fans kat Argentina yang mula kan, dorang singalong kat guitar parts lagu ni yang " Me-ga-Deth!! " Me-ga-Deth " tu kan, korang tahu tak sebenarnye the words tu ialah " Aquante "
Sorry aku belum cek out what is the meaning of this word. Maybe Spanish, maybe portugis aku tak tahu, tapi its actually yang singalong tu kan sebutan dia ialah
" Mega-deth! " " Mega-deth! " " Aquante " " Mega-deth ". Correct me if I am wrong, but this is how the singalong suppose to be masa riff dia.
Another " notalotofpeopleknowthat " nye info.

Lepas lagu ni ada surprise!!! Trust!! tak sangka siak ada lagu ni, pada aku ni lagu lirik dia cam lagu love song gitu eh, kira cam lirik jiwang la pasal kepercayaan kat kawan ke, mambang ke wakakaka. " We lied to each other so much, in nothing we trust " something like that la, another track from Cryptic Writing nye album.
Sesuai lagu ni suasana live. Lagu yang I think semua orang bleh get into. Walaupun non fans or non heavy rock fans.


time intro peace sells.. ex bassist white lion ngan drummer je
Tunggu jugak kot ada lagu When The Children cry hehehe

Lagu ni style - " peace sells!! but whos buying?? " peace sells!! but whos buying?? " hohoho

Lepas tu kan dorang hilang kejap
then Dave Mustaine keluar then cakap ni " I have a really really silly question to ask you - did any of you ever seen Megadeth before?

Kelakar nye ramai angkat tangan siak. then Dave Mustaine tanya " where? "
budak2 jawab " YOU TUBE!!! " wkakakakakaka. Klassik siak, paling kelakar, great joke!!, aku tak rasa Dave Mustaine dengar, tapi for me, its the joke of the night.

" So as you can tell, I'm real and so are you, and our love for you is very real."
So then introduction band members,


Dave Mustaine introduce diri sendiri as " you know my name, this song is called Holy War "


Holy War nye lighting effect

Feberet of the feberet " Dont look now to Israel it might be your homeland ", lawa siak ni liriks.

Surprise last sekali... Lepas yang " upon the podium... " nye part tu terus masuk Mechanix. Kalo sapa korang tak tahu, this is the original version of Metallica nye lagu The Four Horsemen.
Lepas tu masuk balik Holy War nye yang belen2 tu ..The Punishment Due, then terus the end.
Aku suka siak ending dia yang lagu instrumental slow tu waktu band members acknowledge the crowd gitu, then Dave Mustaine kasi speech tu, very the majesitic gitu kan muzik dia ngan speech dia. Last kopek cam biasa dia cakap-

" You've been great, we've been Megadeth!! "




thats it, reviews and photos2 "ross halfin tak jadi" aku. Hope you all like it, i know my boss dont like it pasal aku kat keja type benda ni hahaha. Takpe hari minggu pun. Nanti wa dapat upload gambo wa post.

Tapi kan korang, kalo aku ingat Megadeth dah best... esok nye kan, yaitu semalam kan, Heaven and Hell, lagi 10x gempak!! Champion abis..
tu nanti ah wa ceta.

p.s officially kasut sport wa guna untuk gi reservist pun terkopak tu malam..memang nak tunggu time je pun hohoho. Kasut yang banyak berjasa walau IPPT tak pernah akan pass.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

straits time 24/10/07 dah rasa warm up sikit dan berangan kejap

entah aku ngah occupy diri aku ngan bermacam2 aktiviti, tu la langsung tak fikir atau excited sangat pasal nak nengok Megadeth dan Heaven & Hell ( especially Ronnie James Dio ) hari jemaat dan sabtu ni.
tapi nari nye sokkabar, tiga color pages on these two bands, local reporters interview dorang. Kalo aku yang interview kan lagi best. Reporters ni semua tahu ke sapa dan pasal apa dorang interview? atau not all reporters tahu topik apa dorang interview? dorang interview pasal tu periuk nasik dorang. Kena buat. Bukan passion pasal Black Sabbath Dio Years, Megadeth atau certain individuals in these two bands.
Ni gambo2 sorry aku snap asal boleh tak clear so kalo korang enlarge, tak bleh baca, sorry ek..





Anyway kalo aku dapat interview Dave Mustaine for Straits Times, aku tanya dia
- what is your current views on Iraq developments?
- do you still hope to play in Malaysia after all the MegaDEATH ( snigger ) & black metal ( more sniggers ) controversies?
- Do you say never to a Dave Mustaine/Marty Friedman/Nick Menza/Dave Ellefson classic lineup reunion?
- Given a chance, will you return to Metallica to rescue that once glorious band from their current songwriting style?


Kalo aku dapat interview Ronnie James Dio lak, aku cuma nak cakap
- Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio solo years, you are the soundtrack of my life. What mixture you drink to make your voice so melodious?
- Will you please seriously try to reform Rainbow with Ritchie Blackmore?. Even without the late Cozy Powell?
- Will you please come to my humble home? You may have to sit on the mat, but it would be great honour to have you.
- Please come back to Singapore again ok? As your DIO band or with Heaven & Hell or maybe Rainbow.
Lepas tu aku nak ambik gambo ngan Dio, sambil buat ni sign \m/

Ah.........berangan..

Sunday, October 21, 2007

lovehunters raya free show


Short report kumpulan lovehunters 20/10/2007

Malam tadi, lagi satu " notalotofpeopleknowthat " nye session.
Kat sebelah Geylang Serai nye pasar sementara ada free raya celebrations so korang nengok poster ni la...quite a number of rockers.

Aku balik keja singgah kejap pasal dekat je, aku datang ngah Hady Mirza ( Spore Idol 2 winner ), dia bawak lagu2 raya M Nasir, Sudirman gitu. Sekali tu terus host cakap, last artist? Ala!!! aku miss Malex, tapi rupanya last kopek is Lovehunters.
Dorang datang convoy naik motor..
So Lovehunters pakai baju raya, 1st two songs dorang perform ngan team Dikir Barat Eva Luna or something, Saha diri guna percussions.

1st song yang lagu - aku demam di jiwa ( apa title dia aku tak tahu )
2nd song - mari berpinda pinda
Style la jugak combine ngan dikir barat..


Lepas tu dikir barat tu leave the stage, Saha takeover drumset terus rock time..
( aku tak cukup tangan pasal nak try rakam video pakai henpon so sorry no gambo dorang rock time )
Aki ( sessionist Lovehunters ) style siak terus gitar solo, padahal setahu ni show untuk Member of Parliment dan organised by Kampung Ubi CC aku sua ingat dah nak jadi all out nye rock show... Lepas dia solo terus masuk lagu..
3rd song - Seri Hari Raya Sweet Charity..
Best best best, pasal lagu ni heavy, LOUD and clear. Sound bagus. MP mesti tekejut hahaha. Cammana agaknye time Malex perform eh.
4th song - Sambutlah Kasih... antara all time feberet lovesong aku huhuhu. What a blast lagu ni. Lovehunters masih one of the Monsters of Rock still.
Singalong wooo penonton, audience cam ramai suka Lovehunters je makcik2 hahaha.
Yazid ( bassist & singer ) siap cakap " Susah nak tengok Lovehunters, Free lagi!! " hahaha.
Best ah walaupun aku miss Cradle ngan Malex ngan whoever else yang rock2 nye guest.

Aku ada try rakam video Lovehunters, nanti aku try upload youtube ke hapa la kalo aku pandai. Aku pun confuse ni skarang MP4 cammana nak edit ke hapa ke. Nanti la aku see how dan also cek clear ke tak. Kalo rajin pun hahah. Search pun belum buat lagik. Anyway Hard Disk external aku crash so a few gigs Melayu aku rakam semua abis gone with the wind. Sedih ah jugak tapi what to do.

Saturday, October 20, 2007

masjid TV ( part i )

Ni mesjid paling famous masa aku grow up, dan aku rasa sampai skarang pung. Semayang Jemaat ke, smayang raya ke, selalu mesjid ni ek live kat RTM.
"Mesjid TV" - sedap nama. Actual name Masjid Negara. Build 1965, major renovesen 1987. Gigantic. Time gi Pusat Islam aku singgah kejap snap some photos. Hari Jemaat bulan pose tu jam, kul 10 lebih. Snap photos pun semunyik2. Tourist tu hari cuma dibenarkan luar masjid je, mungkin tu jam ngah preparation semayang jemaat, or ntah apsal aku tak tahu. Enjoy the random pixs- click to make bigger.


ni bleh nampak dua menara dari Pusat Islam.
Menara Masjid Negara & KL Tower



So ni dari entren Pusat Islam



Cam nak berendam, ada cam fountain2 gitu



Dulu2 nye design eh, berangin pasal banyak lobang



besar tau, nak gi dewan utama dari pintu masuk kira jauh jugak..



komplikated jugak cam maze



Kat luar nye area vast



ngadap stesen ketapi, aku suka dia nye kepala tu cam dalam ceta Star Wars.



banyak entren, ni belah lain lak..



ni sort of multipurpose hall gitu..



ni aku pernah taruk dah, orang ngah bayar zakat fitrah..




Korang nengok dia punye pillar belah bawah semua gold color, pengsi.



Bukan Two Minutes To Midnight



Air tak on



Ni kalo naik tangga sampai atas, bleh kurus aku



Nak masuk belah dalam lak, yang pillar tu banyak sey



Ni budak2 ngah excursion kot, lama tak pakai ni word eh. Kalo kat sekolah dulu asyik nak gi excursion je keja aku..

Nanti sambung part ii bila wa senang...

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Majalah Dua - GGROTTW!!

Dulu kecik2 aku suka nengok Majalah Tiga, tapi ni kali nak cerita pasal dua majalah aku baru beli time raya ni.
So kita get the 1st one out of the way 1st k.
GILA-GILA edisi Raya.

Saviour? Penyelamat? Apa the right word to use pun, untuk edisi raya ni ialah lukisan Ujang on the cover page. Dah takde lagi la kemeriahan GG macam time dulu2 ek.. Harga 6rm. Kering je majalah GG edisi raya skarang. Tapi happy ada Atok, Ujang, Aca, Jibam, si kucing tu ngan PST yang Ujang draw. Aku nengok Cabai masih draw, the big boss tu masih ada jungle jokes, minahleter, matt romeo, ada tapi cam bland. Anyway, since I try to put my mouth only when I put my money in (betul ke english ni hehe ), baik aku cakap sikit2 pasal aku dah tak support GG regularly ngan membeli selalu cam dulu. Hopefully Ujang bleh rescue GG ni.

Moving on..to a much brighter, colourful, cheerful, entertaining & informative magazine that I bought during tak salah 2nd day raya hehe.

Majalah yang aku tak pernah nak reti sebut nama dia " ROTTW ". Ganas betul nama sampai bersimpul2 lidah hahaha.
Aku nampak kat kedai mamak terus beli pasal gambo Rusty Blade. 6rm jugak.
Jadi ni aku nak list down bawah ni, sebab2 kenapa edisi ni kena sold out, dah tu siap 5, 10 tahun akan datang orang jual beli kat ebay.
- cover Rusty Blade, semua pages color, high quality paper, lapan ( yes 8 ) full pages of Rusty Blade interviews sampai Holland Village semua kena sebut, on top of that review Rusty Blade yang kat Malaysia nye national day gig tu yang aku tak dapat pegi ( selenger kan? biar betik 1000 orang je datang kat tempat besar gitu kan? Excuse me sir and madam!! this is Rusty Blade weiii!! dont play play ok ),

on top of that ada Rusty Blade centerfold ( cam obscene lak aku guna word centerfold ni kuikuikui ), untuk dinosaur jurassic park nye abang abang lobang, ada pasal Led Zep nye one off show kat London tu, also pasal Jason Bonham, untuk Metalheads ada pasal Megadeth sikitttt je kat editiorial pages ( hopefully dorang review Megadeth 26/10 ni ), Lefthanded gig review, ada poster Dream Theater - review Systematic Chaos dapat 4* ( reviewer tak sebut pasal my fave song ler,- forsaken ). Ada write sikit pasal Simon Philip, dekni yang Toto nye drummer kan? real wa cakap lu aku gi nengok Toto, real real real la dekni. ( kalo Toto datang lagik, korang gi nengok!!) Tapi aku nengok tulisan tu tak sebut lak dia skarang Toto dan dah kat Toto dah quite some time. Maybe aku salah orang kot.
Little things yang orang lain tak perasan tapi ntah aku very particular, macam Revenge nye setlist, biar betik " living after midnite Judas Priest?? ", aku nak gi nengok dorang!!!!!! What I'm trying to say is, little little things macam setlist, or some trivia here and there kat magazines ke mass media ke, can influnce a certain group of people to check the information more for themselves and also make people came back to that source for more, contoh, cam aku nengok ROTTW ni kali best giler kan? so lain kali aku mesti nak cek them out lagik. So aku nak try gi nengok Revenge ni, dorang ngan XPDC/Malex kan kat JB bulan 11? maybe can go see how.
Also pasal Hotel California nye mistik, dan ntah apa lagi aku belum baca abis, ni aku ingat dari apa aku flip2 semalam.
So berbaloi this magazine, korang gi beli. Duit collection korang pun banyak kan? kan?
To be honest, aku once in a blue moon je beli magazine ROTTW ni pasal ye la, macam Metal Hammer jugak, dah campur macam2 genre kat dalam, so banyak bands aku tak minat langsung, tapi ni issue 1st class. Kalo cam tu hari pasal Maiden cover page, aku beli, ok la walaupun info Maiden dia basic. Lain2 tu kalo cam dah naik bas, aku tahu aku boring dalam bas, so beli la, flip2 nengok genre2 rock orang2 muda skarang, abis buang.
Edisi ni, aku taruk kat hall kan, wooo orang baca wooo, orang datang raya baca wooo...
Readers age taruk la 30-40 hahahaha. Relevan kot untuk dorang majalah ni, siap tengok cerita Rock yang tv3 tunjuk tu bleh singalong kuat2...Rock Never Die, Rock Maintain!!
Anyway ntah aku sorang je kot fikir cam ni tapi..., ni majalah susah nak dapat kat Singapura, kalo cover page Rusty Blade, mesti jual cam kueh raya di akhir bulan puasa, laris. Supporters dan sympathisers dorang ramai kat Singapore lagi aku rasa , ni belum termasuk kakak2 makcik2 nenek2 peminat2 Yantzen haha.
Yantzen ada sebut pasal kedai kaset dia kat Joo Chiat Complex kat magazine ni.. Tak pernah aku beli kaset dari kedai dia tu masa zaman aku sekolah dulu. Pasal ada satu kedai apek kat Geylang Bahru tu jam jual lagi murah hahaha.( actually kan, budak2 dulu kalo sebut kedai apek, dorang refer kat satu kedai ni kat Queensway, sampai Rock Opera kat Esplanade Theater pun sebut nama kedai ni, famous giler hoho, tapi ni story for another time ek )



Anyway, ni smalam wa makan soto ayam, sedappp. I like. Korang dah nengok ceta wayang katun Rattattouile ke hapa tu, yang chef tikus tu, ah cam gitu la kot sedap dia ekeke.


Till the next time, selamat makan leftover lauk2 belen raya dalam esbok.

Sunday, October 7, 2007

2007 pose & pre-raya pixs - spore, kl, jb ( part 4 )

lagi sambungan apa aku sempat snap untuk bulan ramadhan, suasana berpuasa dan pre-hari raya moods kat Singapore, KL, JB
( click to make them bigger )

Mesjid TV, orang ngah bayar zakat



Jalan Masjid India & Jalan TAR









Yokoso ( Tanjong Katong Complex ), Geylang Serai & City Plaza












Selamat Hari Raya Puasa, Kita semua zero zero k. \m/