cd Search-Berpaling dan kenapa aku tak pernah mempunyai kaset Berpaling ni..

Salam semua..

aku pun nak join korang semua dengan mengshow-offkan cd Search Berpaling aku. Beli kat Larkin. haha.

Aku boleh ingat clear la, aku rasa aku boleh mengkonferm sekarang yang aku tak pernah punyai kaset Berpaling ni.
Kalau sebelum ni post pasal Search Di Pintu Sepi nye cd, aku bilang aku siap dua kali beli kaset Di Pintu Sepi tapi Berpaling tak walaupun ada jual kat kedai especially kedai2 kaset Melayu kat pasar Geylang Serai lama even though tu jam the news pasal kena tarik balik arahan mahkamah and all that stuff.

Aku rasa boleh tahu la kenapa. Dua sebab -'
SEBAB PERTAMA -

ZAMAN DULU, korang tahu kaset Def Leppard PYROMANIA kan??
Aku boleh cakap la, lagu paling aku tak berkenan mungkin Fooling.
Aku tak cakap lagu Fooling ni tak sedap.. Aku suka tapi.... tapi...
tapi sapa minat PYROMANIA tentu tahu betapa gereknye lagu2 kat album ni.
FOOLING ni macam pop hits la tapi sebenarnye lagu2 lain lagi seribu kali bagus contoh macam Comin Under Fire dan jugak aku nye all-time feberet Stagefright. Lagu yang paling gereeekkk sekali Stagefright ni. Rock at its most mamposest.
(ni aku buat post ni terus masuk youtube dan dengar lagu Comin Under Fire...dan lepas ni nak dengar Stagefright lak...  )

Sebab tu la tu hari aku ada cerita aku nye fantasi setlist kalau Def Leppard main depan aku, aku senarai 20 lebih lagu..dengan aku nak dorang main full Slang album tu kan?
Sapa tanya apasal takde lagu Fooling kan?
hahaha...

Anyway sapa tak tahu lagi, si Def Leppard nak main kat Singapore, kat Suntec bulan 11.
Aku rasa sama dewan dengan yang Wings main tahun bila tu yang dorang encore bawak MUSAFIR DI AIDIL FITRI.
Tapi seats depan mahal tu semua replace by Standing Area la untuk Def Leppard ni..
Luas la tempat tu pasal gabung tiga dewan gitu.., bak Awie sendiri atas stage cakap "rasa macam main kat Wembley".

ermmm.....tak la... tak boleh pergi lah.. hati tu meronta2 nak gi tapi tak la...

Aku masih terfikir possibility paling giler...
Cerita Fantasi paling giler aku dah baca - Donington 2016, GNR AFD nye lineup pasal AXL dan Slash dah berbaik kan?, Final Black Sabbath dan Iron Maiden headline setiap satu hari, dan Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow last kopek.
Kalau betul... Aku konfem tak keharuan...... Anyway, paling penting carik tempat mandi dan tempat simpan bag... Lain semua pandai2...
Cuma pandai2 je la jawab soalan bertubi2 kat Immigresen bila dorang tanya nak tinggal atau tidur kat mana...
Haishhhh.. haha. Jawapan senang Camping kat Donington tapi aku tak nak la.. sorang2 aku takut siot situ camping keliling semua orang tengah huray huray 24jam.
So pasal fikir benda giler ni, buat sementara ni semua hiburan peribadi... FULL STOP.

Anyway, Donington tahun depan ialah minggu pertama Ramadhan... untuk sapa nak backpacking. Aku tengah fikir cammana nak go thru jugak la .. just in case hehehe.

So rasa2nye buka puasa tu ialah 9 malam, waktu headliners tengah main. Headliners start main kul 8 malam.
Curfew Sound kat Donington rasanya 11malam kot? atau midnite.

Tapi ni semua ye la angan2 mat jenin je la.. tapi sapa tahu kan.



SEBAB KEDUA -
Nak beli ni semua pakai duit ye tak? Dan zaman tu of course kena pilih betul2 kan?
So terang lagi bersuluh, Di Pintu Sepi & Setelah Hujan is simply head and shoulders above Berpaling and the two other songs...
walau kalau apa aku ingat betul was it Di Pintu Sepi nye kaset keluar dulu, only lepas tu baru Berpaling keluar?
Tak keluar sama time kan? Entah eh... Terperangkap Dalam Samar-Samar gitu. haha.

OK dah tu je....

Anyway, aku sampai sekarang aku belum main cd ni, mahupun cd Di Pintu Sepi,
its more like macam aku cakap kat post2 dulu pasal Search hanya buat koleksi... for the three obscure songs from this album in official format.

Fikir balik, dari start blog ni banyak jugak aku dah berbual kons pasal Search..
Semua kat sini - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/search/label/search

waw...dah 42 postings ye? haha..

posting pasal release2 dorang, live2 dorang aku gi tengok, bootlegs dorang aku rakam masa tengok dorang main, walau aku apologize la , sorry la ye foto2 yang lama2 rasanye banyak dah hilang kot pasal dulu aku suka pakai imageshack.
Nanti aku senang aku tampal balik la photo2 packaging like cd Sepuluh Tahun Indon and all that stuff.
apa pun Search Nusajaya aku tak gi la 99.9% konpem wahai encik Berteromber.
Tapi kalau last minit kalau.. aku roger2 kau.


OK OK tu je...

17 different Eddie covers for ClassicRock Magazine October 2015 issue, My Fantasy Setlist for Maiden 2016 World Tour and my horrific thinking of why Iron Maiden will not play in Singapore in coming tour and I HOPE I AM WRONG.

From the previous Savatage's Edge Of Thorns Comparisons of the Japanese Pressing (+2 extra songs) and the Ultimate Version found on their 1500 limited Boxset, back to Iron Maiden LOL!!

Three parts, 

Firstly, I just got the Classic Rock Magazine October 2015 edition which is the Iron Maiden Collectors Edition.
In total this issue has 17, yes 17 different covers of Eddie.
It features all 16 Studio Eddie covers plus the Live After Death Eddie.
I decided on the Piece Of Mind cover Eddie.

I think for me to collect all 17 is out of question. LOL!!
But I am sure it would be nice to own them all...
Somewhere In Time Eddie was also nice... LOL, so was Killers, so was the X Factor Eddie.
I have not physically touch the rest but the ones I saw are all so pretty...

I have not even unwrapped it yet.
Will show it to those interested on the content and layout soon.

Warning ... Below are all fan-fantasy. LOL!! So maybe better stop here.





Secondly

I was thinking about Iron Maiden. HAHAHA, and that is an understatement of the year.
These are the two things...

Lets get the SAD part out of the way, and then we go to the HAPPY FEELINGS AND DELICIOUSLY HAPPY THOUGHTS!!!!

Firstly, something I have been giving a thought... a horrific thought really LOL!!!


WHY MY HEART IS SAYING IRON MAIDEN WILL NOT PLAY IN SINGAPORE IN 2016 & WORSE NOT COMING AT ALL FOR THE BOOK OF SOUL WORLD TOUR IF THE TOUR IS EXTENDED TO 2017.

This is the reasons my heart is telling myself.

- Iron Maiden says they will play 10 shows in USA & Canada in first two weeks of April 2016.
After that Japan and SHOWS in China.

Lets say they have a few days rest & Travelling time from North America to Asia region even they using their own Jumbo 747 and they play two shows in Japan & two shows in China.

So the last date for USA or Canada will be 14th or 15th of April 2016.
Lets say the first date of Japan will be 18th or 19th April 2016.
and lets say consecutively a second show in Japan will be 20th April. (and I am being conservative, no rest for Iron Maiden in between travelling inside Japan & setting up their as usual spectacular stage and effects).

and then maybe a two days gap before two shows in China lets say 23rd April and 24th April (and I am being conservative here like above),

Maybe its a possibility of a 26th April date for SOUTH EAST ASIA?? before Ed Force One flies to Oceania? But definitely they need to rest, and their support crew need their OFF and REST days even with their own JUMBO 747 plane.
The biggest and definitely FIRST IN HISTORY OF MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT , the MOST DRAMATIC AND AWESOME adventure taken by any entertainment act, be it a band, an artist or whatever, doing a World Tour with their own (leased) JUMBO BOEING 747.

Coming from a band which is basically, hardly without any main-stream radio or mass-media coverage. 
-a band that even the MTV PERSONALITY SHARON OSBOURNE SABOTAGE at the most where it matters, when Maiden is at its best, PLAYING LIVE ON STAGE!!!!!. 

-A band which survive solely by the support of fans worldwide. I mean, they are selling numerous physical cds and vinyls worldwide in this age by words of mouth and internet-information alone and RULING the POP CHARTS!!!!.

When fans of other bands, music acts or singers are either downloading legally a single, or illegally downloading a whole album,
Iron Maiden fans worldwide are BUYING PHYSICAL CDS AND VINYLS just like in the past and paying Itunes for whole album.
Loyalty and respect for the band at such a high level.



Now on the 29th April Maiden are confirmed in Christchurch New Zealand.
Their last date for Oceania is 14th May in Perth Australia.

On the 18th, Maiden are confirmed in Cape Town South Africa & its announced after South Africa that will be Europe.

SO THERE IS NO WAY  TO FIT IN BETWEEN 14th & 18th May either.

So I think Singapore or Indonesia or India or Middle East or Korea, places where Iron Maiden had played before & also a new place like Malaysia, will not get a slot this current tour.

(Maybe Singapore will get Sharon Osbourne's Black Sabbath FINAL WORLD TOUR instead on the same period??)

2017 looks slim, as they already travel Australia and New Zealand for coming 2016 , and I doubt they want to headline Soundwave in 2017 having done a full Oceania tour in 2016.
If that happens then maybe South East Asia and the rest of Asia will get a chance.

This is just a thinking..

I HOPE I AM WRONG... And lets have a wishful thinking Iron Maiden for their coming World Tour to support maybe their best ever album visits Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and even Laos. LOL!!




thirdly

Anyway, lets forget the negative thoughts, and lets think happy things.

Setlist for The Book Of Soul World Tour..

The Dream Setlist Will Of Course be -

If Eternity Should Fail,
Speed Of Light
Great Unknown
Red And The Black
When River Runs Deep
Book Of Soul
Death Or Glory
Shadow Of Valley
Tears Of A Clown
Man Of Sorrows
IRON MAIDEN

encore
Empire Of The Clouds

2nd encore
Hallowed Be Thy Name

But the above setlist is not going to happen... It seems Empire Of The Clouds will not be played. 18 mins long and it needs a lot of effort and possibly backing tapes to replicate the song live.
Bruce says it will be 4 to 5 songs from the album...
I hope it will be SIX songs...
The Book Of Souls is a very good album and I would like Six Songs to be played and I have the six songs which I think is reasonable to play live.

>>These are the six new songs I would choose for Maiden to play live (this is my fantasy, remember, a reasonable request but still fantasy)
1.- Opening Track which will be opening song so If Eternity Should Fail will be played.
2.- & "first single" Speed Of Light too is confirmed played as its the "single".
3.- Death Or Glory I think WILL BE PLAYED, due to that short video teaser and this is definitely a nice fast song to play live.
4.- Book Of Soul as the title track should be played, and its DRAMATIC to play live, and Bruce will be definitely be DRAMATIC. Never mind its 10 mins long.

5.- Of course, the best song besides Empire will be played live and its The Red And The Black. 13 mins of Steve Harris Epicness. I cannot get the 9min mark Instrumental section out of my head. One of the best Iron Maiden instrumental solos section since Dance Of Death. 
So definitely this song will be played live, and it will be the killer moment of the whole show I think.
6.- I will go for a SIXTH SONG, and I will go for TEARS OF A CLOWN. This song I think have touched a lot of people. Definitely this song is the closest to my heart. This song will have a lot of impact if its played live.

So now to the rest of my predicted setlist. 
Lets talk the Pop Hits first.
- Run To The Hills I think will not be played though its been a long time, its difficult for Bruce I think especially the new songs from the new album will not be easy for Bruce to sing live what with all his running and prancing all over the stage, the ramps and the scaffoldings LOL!!..
- I will drop lots of overplayed songs. Especially the Pop Hits.
- To compensate all the dropped Pop Hits, I will go for the song Powerslave with the full fanfare.
- I will retain Fear Of The Dark, as its basically the hugest Pop Hit that fans demand though its overplayed.
- Hallowed Be Thy Name should return, and Iron Maiden will not be dropped. I think The Number Of The Beast have to be maintained. So I have 4 songs confirmed.
- I will take a risk and dropped live favourite The Trooper as its overplayed, and replace it with Flight Of Icarus or Where Eagles Dare.
AND CAN YOU IMAGINE BRUCE WAVING THE UNION JACK IN PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA????
Though I am sure the China Government would be very pleased to have Run To The Hills!! ""White Man Came Across the Sea, HE BROUGHT US PAIN AND MISERY!!!""
- I will take Killers. I would have prefer Infinite Dreams but I can only dream.
- I will take at least two songs from the previous 4 albums with the current definitive 6-men line up.
- So again, taking into consideration no song never played before if that song was not played when its first released - Though if that happens I am sure I will chose Judas Be My Guide, Montsegur or even Alexander The Great or even RUNNING SILENT RUNNING DEEP..
- Time Factor..& Bruce Level of Quality for each show.

This is what I think (MORE OF I FANTASIZE BUT A QUITE REALISTIC FANTASY MAY I ADD) and reasonably realistic setlist will be..
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- Doctor Doctor (UFO's Stranger In The Night version)
- Intro Tape of some Mel Gibson's Apocalypto movie or some Mayan/Aztec movies or soundtrack..

1. If Eternity Should Fail (using the original spoken-studio version at the start of the song and the band only starts to play live once the whole band kicks in proper and the band ends and the outro spoken words are again using the original studio version backing tape with the stage dimmed. How near the end of the song on the last chorus and Adrian Smith will have his short solos accompanying Bruce ending chorus...that will be a marvel).

2. The Speed Of Light.
3. Killers (and I hope to see them play live, and I am standing at the Dave Murray side and I am happily snapping away photos like a Groupie and nobody is pushing and acting crazy and I can happy snap nice pretty photos of Maiden in action and Janick comes over to Dave Murray side too... LOL!! yes, a fantasy)
4. Children Of The Damned (Mr Adrian Smith with the double neck please)

Bruce gives a short speech and introduce another new song.
5. The Book Of Soul
6. Where Eagles Dare
7. Tears Of A Clown
8. Different World

9. Holy Smoke or Be Quick Or Be Dead or Rainmaker
10. The Black And The Red
(at the end of this track, the band and the audience will be exhausted by the exhilarating instrumental section of the song, and it will be followed by a long ((Maiden!!))((Maiden!!!))((Maiden!!!!)) chant.) 
Personally I would have GONE MENTAL ON THE NINEth MINUTE MARK OF THIS SONG. THAT INSTRUMENTAL SECTION IS EATING INTO MY BRAIN. LOL!!!!
I envisage a lots of PYROs and EXPOLOSIONS during the instrumental section of this song and the whole place goes crazy and Steve and Dave and Adrian and Janick line up across stage like during The Trooper and receives the adulation from the crowd)
11. Death Or Glory
12. Fear Of The Dark
13. Iron Maiden (Huge behind stage Mayan Eddie appears with heart on his hand on this song)

encore
14. Powerslave 
15. The Number Of The Beast
Bruce introduce the band members and SAYING THEY ARE ALREADY WRITTING SONGS FOR THE NEXT ALBUM AND IT WILL BE A TRIPLE-CD ALBUM!!! LOL!! I can dream can I???
16. Hallowed Be Thy Name

Now where song should the Mayan Walk-On Eddie appears on stage?? LOL!!!!
TOO LONG RIGHT? Then I think I have to admit only Five songs from the new album then??

But knowing Maiden the setlist will be like this
IESF
TSOL
The Trooper
Coming Home or Blood Brother
Wrathchild
Book Of Soul
2MTM
TRATB
Death Or Glory
Wickerman
FOTD
IM

TNOTB
TETMD
HBTN or Sanctuary

But I dont care, Maiden can only play one song and I would be so damn happy to see them play that one song live. (if I can find a way to make it of course LOL!!)

OK Enough of Fan-Fiction, my self Fan-Perverted-Fantasy... LOL!!


Back to the real world.


next nasik ambeng...

Comparison of SAVATAGE' EDGE OF THORNS - JAPAN PRESSING with 2 bonus tracks CD & ULTIMATE BOXSET CD versions

WARNING - LOTS OF PHOTOS. I say a few words in English Language, and then Malay Language.

SAVATAGE'S EDGE OF THORNS ALBUM IS AMAZING - From the first to the last song.

THERE ARE A FEW WONDERFUL SONGS, AND THERE ARE SOME EXTRA-ORDINARY GREAT SONGS, AND THERE ARE SOME SONGS THAT JUST MAKES YOU THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE A FAN OF THIS BAND.

This is not exactly a review, but a detailed page by page comparison, especially the text and packaging of both Savatage Edge Of Thorns Japanese pressings cd which originally was the only place to locate the songs FOREVER AFTER and SHOTGUN INNOCENCE.

Both these songs later appear on the Western pressings of Savatage compilations and another pressing of Edge Of Thorns.

Whats interesting is that the Edge of Thorns version that comes as one of the album on the SAVATAGE ULTIMATE BOXSET (my one is number 1412) has some fascinating in depth stories of Savatage during the Edge Of Thorns period. The recording sessions, the new face Zachary Stevens, Jon Oliva officially not in the band anymore and playing piano for the album, and also the death of Criss Oliva..

I hope you can see the text below if you really cannot get hold of this packaging version. 

As usual on this blog, click photo to enlarge. or save it and enlarge it yourself.

So this is it, a detailed photos-laden post on the Japanese Obi-strip with 2 extra songs and the digipak from the limited edition 1500 Ultimate Boxset with the amazing inlet booklet which detailed everything from that period. ENJOY

Selain Iron Maiden, lagi satu band rock yang aku suka sangat ialah kumpulan SAVATAGE.

Jadi pasal aku cuba nak pelan2 tunjukkan setiap inti packaging setiap album Savatage dalam Ultimate Boxset mereka, 

aku tukar haluan sikit pasal untuk Edge Of Thorns ni, versi cetakan Jepun memang paling istimewa, siap dengan 2 lagu, yang waktu tu tak boleh dapat kat mana2 lain.

Aku tak bedek la, ni album sangat terbaik...dari lagu rancak, ke lagu slow, dan macam2 style lagu..

Album ni

1) Jon Oliva mula2 kesihatan tak elok, dan dia pun tahu, untuk kasi peluang Savatage nye lagu2 dikenali lebih ramai, lagu2 Savatage dimainkan di corong radio stesen Amerika, suara dia tak sesuai, dan jugak Savatage ada masalah kontrak ngan syarikat rakaman, jadi Jon Oliva tolong tulis lagu, ada lagu dia dipaksa oleh Criss Oliva untuk digunakan kat album ni.... dan Jon main piano/keyboards.

2) Zachary Stevens nye album pertama dan suara dia... suara dia untuk Edge Of Thorns tu, aku rasalah takde orang lain boleh nyanyi lagu ni. Jon pun cerita kat packaging ultimate edition, dia cipta lagu ni, tapi lagu ni hanya Zachary Stevens sesuai...

3) Criss Oliva, album ni tujuan untuk letak Criss Oliva kat paling depan ngan permainan gitar nye... Tuan Tanah Blog Berteromber suka la Criss Oliva ni...
Antara paling terhandal la kan Mendiang Criss Oliva ni..
Apa tu ditulis pasal Criss Oliva tak silap oleh producer Savatage ialah - Orang lain bersusah payah prektis main gitar untuk jadi lebih baik, tapi Criss Oliva tak payah, dia memang dah semula jadi gitu...

4) Criss Oliva... mati eksiden lepas album ni dan tour album ni.

5) Dawn Oliva.... isteri Criss. Dikatakan wanita kat sampul depan album ni ialah dia.

6) Dawn Oliva.... dia selamat masa eksiden kereta orang lain mabuk memandu, masuk salah lane bertentangan dan langgar kereta dorang.

7) Dawn Oliva... dia lepas tu ada masalah kemurungan gitu. Last2... dorang jumpa dia mati bunuh diri berapa tahun lepas tu...

Jadi...album ni sangat terbaik setiap lagunye...

dan jugak album ni paling tragik.

THEY'RE GOOD FOR CONVERSATION OVER A CUP OF TEA!!!!!!!

LABYRINTH & FOLLOW ME.

This two songs belongs together...

A short Criss Oliva instrumental & then a sad sad song...

I will continue with the other albums packaging from the ULTIMATE BOXSET OF SAVATAGE next time...
Its just that this time its a bit special as the Japanese Pressing of this album deserves a showcase LOL!!!...

Dua malam berturut2 - Back to back dates. 2007 Megadeth/Heaven & Hell. Is 2016 back to back dates possible for Maiden and Sharon Osbourne's Sabbath?

I REMEMBER YOU!!! - Skid Row LOL!!!


Korang ingat tak dulu2...Kat Bukit Larangan... Fort Canning?
tahun 2007 gitu kan?


Megadeth main satu malam, (dan extra song dari mana2 tempat lain kat Asia, dorang main She-Wolf extra song)
BESOK malam nye Black Sabbath or Heaven & Hell or whatever you want to call it (Ronnie Dio/Toni Iommi/Geezer Butler/Vinny Appice) main?

Apasal la hati aku cakap its possible 2016?

Iron Maiden satu malam,
(the next night) BESOKnye Sharon Osbourne's Black Sabbath on their FINAL FINAL tour.


walaupun secara logik PERTEMBUNGAN DATES DORANG AKAN TERJADI SEKALI SAHAJA IAITU KAT N.Z.


Untuk sapa nak backpacking nak tengok dua ni band... dengan kos budget giler kat rantau Asia/Ocenia,

Satu possibility untuk backpacking kat rantau berdekatan dan dapat peluang tengok ni dua band main dan untuk mereka yang nak elakkan bulan RAMADHAN...,

dan RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW AKAN MAIN KAT DONINGTON AKU RASA!!!

Dan rumours masih Iron Maiden akan dapat slot headliner untuk Donington tahun ni...

Aku tengah sakit kepala ok fikir ni...

Last show Black Sabbath kat rantau Oceania is Dunedin 30 April
Iron Maiden main kat Christchurch 29 April dan Auckland 1st May.

NI PELUANG WUJUD DAH WUJUD.

New Zealand aku tak boleh angkat la,
aku nak backpack budget paling giler ni kali tidur kat airport2 je hahaha......

Tengok cammana next few dates announcement.

FIRST DATES FOR IRON MAIDEN WORLD TOUR 2016 are out and its for AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND DATES...

So we can actually wish and hope for Asia dates just before it...

Tokyo/Yokohama is out TOO EXPENSIVE and STRICT and no way to get tickets easily.
CHINA - Maybe Hong Kong / Shanghai - THE RISK OF CANCELLATION is HIGH LOL!!!!!!!

BON JOVI GOT CANCELLED this week LOL!!!

Singapore I think should deserve one show, seeing how packed the Kallang Indoor Stadium was in 2011.

So lets see...

and...

LAMC PRODUCTIONS CAN YOU DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT PLEASE??? 
ESPECIALLY THE POSSIBILITY OF BOTH MAIDEN AND SABBATH PLAYING?
BACK TO BACK AND SURELY IT WILL BE VERY NICE LOL!!

Sharon Osbourne will surely use the same drummer for her version of Sabbath this time, I think I can live with that.. Yes he can solo all he wants..no problem. I JUST WANT TO SEE THEM ONE LAST TIME.. This version I mean.

But still No Bill Wards, No Black Sabbath.

my Ulasan/Review - Iron Maiden The Book Of Souls & the very nice new Metal Hammer magazine, nice enough to buy....( EDITED ADDED TEXT IN YELLOW AT 12 Sept 0834hrs because I forgot a song LOL!!)

Salam semua.

Allow me to speak a bit in English about the new Iron Maiden album The Book Of Souls, after that I will switch to my bastardized MARKET version of the Malay Language, and then a little on the new Metal Hammer Magazine which has about 20 over pages on the new Maiden stuff right at the end.

This is how I listen to The Book Of Souls so far.

When I listen to Maiden, I will visualise it on my head what each band member is doing.
How Nicko will sit on his low stool will be on my vivid imagination.
So its important even during the instrumental and solos section I can imagine and FANTASIZE.

Maybe the solos are wrong, we will know it sooner or later on the breakdowns.


I take Iron Maiden personally.
I dont care about what others have to say on Iron Maiden. Never Have, Probably Never Will.
Well one exception ...Probably my love ones at home as I cannot have gone backpacking alone to see Maiden plays in different places, different continents, different countries, without them NOT discouraging me LOL!! (now did that sentence comes out the way I meant it?? LOL!!) BUT THEY KNOW MY CRAZINESS WHEN IT COMES TO IRON MAIDEN, I CANNOT BE HELPED ANYMORE LOL!!

Put it simply, As far as I am concern, most of the time, unless as stated above, Its just me and IRON FUCKIN MAIDEN.



So this is my review and opinion on the new album.

When the new album is rumoured and gossiped, my main worry is the presence of The Too Long Turgid Slow Intros that I am not so keen if it happens a bit too much. 
I have no problem with slow intros but if its too long, I gets impatient for the music to explode LOL!!
This is because I listen to Maiden quite a lot, often, so I mean, Talisman.
Now I will openly say it, I would have prefer House Of Doctor D to Talisman on the last tour if they wants to play a Janick song.


But then I realised, Maiden is definitely reaching the end of their lifeline and Bruce health condition and especially Nicko's age, I realised I must be happy and enjoy it as much as possible while Maiden is still active.

This album does not disappoints. 
This album is my 2015 album of the year.
The last song on this album, the Bruce on Piano 18 minutes Mother of all Maiden Epics EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS is the song I will choose as my Song Of The Year.

I was thinking, maybe 5 years down the road, if I am alive, and I am to list my favourite all time Iron Maiden number one album and number one song. And YOU PUT A GUN ON MY HEAD and I have to choose because I dont think I can even choose and make a top 5 album or a top 40 songs,
I will choose The Book Of Souls, and Empire Of The Clouds respectively.

This album has minimum of the slow turgid intros that I was talking about. 
Steve Harris Red And The Black is a perfect example. An up tempo Epic all the way. 13 minutes long, the 3rd longest song in Maiden's history, just a second shorter than ROTAM.
This song has one of the most mind-boggling instrumentals and solos section ever, with some of the most complicated time changes Maiden ever done.
THIS SONG WILL MAKE JAWS DROP WHEN MAIDEN PLAYS THIS LIVE which I am sure they will.
Especially if the news Empire Of The Clouds wont be played.

But I believe if Empire of The Clouds is played, I think there will quite a number of grown men crying and bursting to tears.
LOL!!!
The song is simply beautiful.

In conclusion, because if I write in detail about this album it will never be finished,

This album is a killer in every sense of the word.
As an album, this is the best album of the current 6 men lineup.
Other albums have amazing amazing moments like Starblind, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, Paschendale, even Thin Line Between Love And Hate,

but as an album, this is hands down the best.

Maybe one day, I will really say this is the best Iron Maiden ever.


But nothing in life is perfect, and I find Steve Harris bass on this album unique.

I need to get use to how Steve Harris bass sounds on this album.

UP THE IRONS!




OK OK

Cakap Melayu time...  dari cenel 5, kita tukar cenel 3.

Album ni terbaik,
Untuk aku la, ni album macam Steve Harris pergi rumah Bruce Dickinson, tengok semua hasil kerja Bruce Dickinson dan paksa Bruce Dickinson guna semua seni dia untuk Iron Maiden haha.

Takdelah, kecuali lagu pertama IF ETERNITY NEVER ENDS.

Lagu2 Bruce lain memang dia pergi rumah Adrian Smith untuk bawak idea dia.

Kecuali lagu EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS. Bruce cipta lagu ni sambil main piano kat studio rakaman, dorang sound-proof kan piano Bruce kat satu ruang, jadi Bruce boleh buat idea dan dorang rakam dan mainkan apa Bruce nak.
Ni aku rasa serupa lagu Where The Wild Wind Blows kat album sebelum ni, lagu ni kat studio bukan lagu penuh, dorang rakam sikit sikit atas arahan Steve Harris.
Dah siap lagu terus sedap, terus siap main live lagi untuk tour lepas.

Jadi walaupun memang khabarnye EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS takkan dimainkan live, dengan sapa nak main piano, dengan orkestra part tu, ngan complicated nye,
tapi always orkestra part tu dorang ada Michael Kenney (Steve Harris nye tech dan jugak penyokong muzik dengan kadang2 main keyboards Maiden) atau dorang boleh pakai backing tape.
Dave Murray ada cakap EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS mungkin dan boleh dimainkan live.

Jadi kita tengok cammana. Anyway, aku dengar lagu EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS sedih siot lagu ni. Aku rasa kalau aku tengok Maiden live next tour, kalau dapat tengok la, dan Maiden mainkan lagu ni, masa mula2 Piano tu, aku rasa aku akan menangis.


OK ni album,


If Eternity Should Fail (9.6/10), terbaik la. Siap ngan spoken ending. Sapa suka style Bruce Dickinson Chemical Wedding ngan Accident Of Birth, nahhh ambikkkkk THORBAIK!!!

lagu ni live confirm live akan dimainkan, dan rasanya lagu pertama..

Bila ending ending tu korus korus gitu... Bruce nyanyi, Adrian Smith kat belakang solo sikit solo sikit solo sikit...

WAWWWW IMAGINE OK!!! IMAGINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Speed Of Light (9.2/10)- lagi satu lagu confirm live. Korus yang sangat sedap. Wahhh... Ribut ok lagu ni bila part korus....

GREAT UNKNOWN (6.9/10) - Lagu aku kurang sikit... Tapi instrumental solos dia hebat... Sebab tu aku kasi 6.9 haha.

THE RED AND THE BLACK (10/10) - Terbaik la 13 minit panjang. Lagi satu saat pendek dari Rime Of Ancient Mariner. Start sampai abis rancak. Terbaik la ciptaan Steve Harris ni.
Instrumental section part ni... aku terpaku. Macam aku tengah diri kat atas gunung ganang, ada angin tiup...WAHHHH..cam ada segemen Celtic style Clansman gitu hahaha

OK, salah satu sebab, kenapa kalau perasan, Steve Harris sikit kurang tulis lagu kat album ni, dan nampak macam condong kepada Bruce Dickinson dan jugak Adrian Smith,
masa rakaman album ni kat Paris (ni album sama tempat rakaman ngan album Brave New World)

Steve Harris ada kematian dua orang terdekat dalam hidup dia masa rakaman dan tulis lagu kat studio.
Satu kawan dia dari kecik,
satu salah seorang ahli keluarga dia.

Apa pun, lagu Red And Black ni instrumental section dia menakjubkan, AKU TAKUT MAIDEN KANTOI LIVE OK!! hahaah...

Aku pernah cerita dulu, PERTAMA KALI DALAM HIDUP AKU TENGOK MAIDEN MAIN LIVE, dorang main lagu Rime Of Ancient Mariner, lepas tu kantoi besar,
tapi giler babi nye pro dorang, boleh nampak kepala semua pusing tengok each other terus cover macam takde apa jadi..

GILER!! hahaha... Tu la, mungkin orang lain tak perasan la, tapi kalau tengok lantai pun masa Maiden main, kalau ada kantoi boleh tahu la kan? hhahahahaha.

WHEN THE RIVER RUNS DEEP (9.4/10).
Aku suka Maiden kalau rock n roll gini. Untuk halwa telinga aku la....
Laju.. solos....
Ni lagu kalau main live gerek...

BOOK OF SOULS (9.6/10)- 
Reminds me of Rainbow's Stargazer this song on the lyrics though this one maybe pinpoints towards a more Mayan even Aztec civilisation.
Surely a live song. Maiden usually play the title of the album song.
10+ mins long, 3rd longest song on this album.
A Janick Gers/Steve Harris song. I had always love this combination, the song Dance Of Death was awesome and this one really get going during the instrumental and solo parts.



DEATH OR GLORY (10/10)

TERBAIK!!! TERBAIK!!! Aku tak boleh cakap apa lagu ni terbaik. Maiden zaman dulu2, short and fast and exciting and thrilling.....

Climb like a Monkey!! - PANJAT MACAM MONYET!!

Korang jangan gelak atau ketawa ngan lirik ni ok.

Ni ayat the RED BARON. RED BARON ni pahlawan juruterbang Jerman yang paling hebat dalam perang dunia pertama. Dia tengah cakap pasal pesawat dia naiki untuk perang di udara.

Kalau korang minat Snoopy, katun Peanuts si anjing kelakar tu...  Dia nanti yo-yo-oh hero, nak jadi pilot perang tu dia nak perang ngan Red Baron la.....

Serious aku cakap, aku banyak belajar ilmu sejarah, sastera, macam2 ilmu dari lagu2 Iron Maiden, album ni pun macam2 aku belajar.


SHADOWS OF THE VALLEY (9.5/10)
lagi satu lagu laju sedap ngan instrumentals dan solos gerek...


TEARS OF A CLOWN (10/10)

lagu ni meleleh air mata kalau hayati lagu ni. Rancak tapi sedih... Korang kena dengar la... kalau korang dengar takde apa2, well.... aku je la kan? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
'
Tapi aku boleh relate ngan lagu ni...

Korang tahu kan? Sapa paling joker paling banyak cakap paling banyak ketawa gelak, sebenarnye kadang2 dia sorang2, dia paling problem.
KADANG2 la... tak semua tapi ni lumrah hidup gitu kan?

Ni lagu pasal Robin Williams. Sedih ok lagu ni, menyentuh perasaan..

Aku tak tahu sapa yang tulis liriks lagu ni, Steve Harris atau Adrian Smith..

Dua2 pun jiwa romantik kalau tulis liriks.. nak2 si Adrian Smith.

THE MAN OF SORROWS (9.6/10)
Mula2 slow...lepas tu laju...
HOOORAAAYYY

Start dia Dave Murray solo sorang2... WAHHHH!!!
Sedap sangat ok..   Apa pun tiga amigos tu, Dave Murray tetap pujaan hati walau semakin tahun demi tahun semakin Adrian Smith nak overtake HAHAHAHAHA.


EMPIRE OF THE CLOUDS.. (666/666)

Macam aku cakap kat atas la, kalau aku dapat tengok Iron Maiden kat World Tour depan tahun depan, dan kalau dorang main lagu ni...
dan Bruce start ngan piano tu...
Aku rasa aku konpem nangis. HAHHA.

Lagu kesahkan kapal udara (airship) negara Britain , zaman kegemilangan EMPAYAR BRITISH seluruh dunia.

Ni semua sebelum pun Jerman bina Hinderburg, dan kecelakaan Hinderburg yang Led Zeppelin ambil sempena tu....

""""For the Unbelievers??
THE TITANIC FITS INSIDE!!!!!""

(aku cek length kat Wikipedia, Titanic panjang sikit berapa meter dari R101 ni haha, Siot je Bruce, main tembak je liriks hahaha)

Cerita tragedy waktu kapal ni dari England nak terbang ke India, pasal kan tu jam semua kan empayar Inggeris...

Dia jatuh kat Peranchis, kalau tak terbakar, rasanya takde orang mati, pasal dia jatuh kat tanah pun macam speed naik basikal aje.....




Dah tu je.... UP THE IRONS..


Wahhh...penat..hancor bocai aku buat blog.. Aku dah lambat ni. BYE>>>

Lupa nak cakap sikit,
cam aku sebut kat bahagian atas tu...

Aku nye halwa telinga, aku nye kepala hotak berdengung, masih kena adjust ngan sound Steve Harris kat album ni..   Semua pasal album ni adalah terrrrrrbaikkkk..

Aku rasa la, kalau saing ngan mana2 album zaman classic pun, 16 studio album...

Aku mungkin akan rank album ni mungkin Terbaik dalam sejarah Iron Maiden. 92 minit of heaven.
ok ok tolak lagu The Great Unknown hahahaa, tu pun instrumental dia gerek nak mampos.
Tapi sapa tahu, besok lusa tetiba Great Unknown jadi feberet aku lak...haha.

Tapi tak disangkal ni sebagai album, sebagai Double Album, adalah terbaik...

Again aku ulang lagi ayat aku gunakan untuk Final Frontier..

Kalau ni album terakhir Iron Maiden, maka ini adalah hadiah paling unggul untuk peminat2 mereka satu dunia....

Aku dah bilang, kalau aku buat review ni album takkan game nye.






Lastly....

The New Metal Hammer Magazine...

In brief... It comes in -

- A Box Cover Jacket featuring the new "Mayan" Eddie in 3D or whatever its called and the BOX ITSELF IS A GATEFOLD. A beauty.
- The Magazine inside has Eddie in another artwork on the cover.
- More than 20 PAGES on everything THE BOOK OF SOULS, ads and photos including a two page spread on His Majesty Service - The R101.
An Editor's note with the heading - IMAGINE A WORLD WITHOUT IRON MAIDEN.

Its a nice magazine to have. 
And it has articles on Powerwolf.

So it makes this issue a bonus LOL!!!

I very very rarely buy magazines nowadays, but I would feel like collecting the 3 British magazines that will be awesome to celebrate The Book Of Souls release.
Kerrang with its awesome cover and I think Classic Rock with its 17 different covers LOL!!
No... I cannot afford all 17 different covers. I guess I'll buy any one that I see first LOL!!

packaging photos next time LOL!!

Above is the Itunes Mastered version.

Lemmy (Motorhead) - TILL THE END & THE Book Of Souls is OFFICIALLY RELEASED!!!!!!!

Out of Topic for a while
 - THE BOOK OF SOULS , The new Iron Maiden album is officially released...
Its not even 4th September where I am LOL!!! It is once I publish this post. 20 minutes after 4th September.

And I am not working at all day or night tomorrow..
So I won't be sleeping tonight LOL!!!
Reviews this weekend...
Packaging photos of the deluxe cds and triple vinyls packaging once I got the physical copy.
Now its the MASTERED for Itunes version.. first.

WAITING FOR COMMAND
HIS MAJESTY'S AIRSHIP
R101




OK Actually I want to talk about something else...



I feel like talking about my feelings in English, with a bit of Malay Language in between.

I want to talk about my sadness seeing Lemmy heartbreaking latest condition, my memories of Motorhead, and lastly MOTORHEAD's new album Black Magic, 
which I already hear and I am kind of dissapointed because I want it to be Inferno style, or at least Aftershock style.
But its still typical Motorhead. Nothing more nothing less. But I like Inferno very very much.
I guess you know my taste.

Because I saw the three amazing superb fan videos recordings on the internet of Motorhead playing in Austin USA two days back.

It was the start of the 3rd song Metropolis that really got me. 

I mean I read the news before I saw the video.

It was worse worse than what I can imagine after reading the news, but before seeing the video.

Of course I am distracted by Mikkey "Lemmy says he's the best drummer in the world, so it could possibly be true" Dee but its Lemmy.
Before the song seems Phil Campbell out of the video screen is volunteering to do the singing or something?
I dont really understand what Phil Campbell words are and he is out of screen, but I think its words of encouragement to Lemmy and so on after Lemmy is complaining it seems?.

Health is important!! 

I guess everyone in the world just want him to be happy and healthy.
Its ridiculous I think Motorhead's live schedule? Should have more rest in between.

Lemmy seems so bad. I think its good he stop it then force till the end of even the 3rd song

Yes he wants to rock n roll and I think he did say he will die while on the road doing his rock n roll, but still this is not the way, I think.

He got difficulty walking, standing with much discomfort and when he returns to apologise he needs a stick and move with much difficulty.

Rob Halford in Singapore with Judas Priest use a walking stick at the end, but he just sings and I guess Rob Halford only problem is with legs that time.
While Lemmy plays bass which translate double the work and Lemmy has I think a few health issues.

Music fans who listens to Motorhead will rate Lemmy highly and as a legend.

For fans in South East Asia, its difficult because Motorhead don't come and play here.

I was always fascinated hearing to live albums and Bootlegs of the spoken "We Are Motorhead and We Play Rock And Roll!!" intro.

So when the only chance I got to see Motorhead play, I was ready with my handphone. I just want to capture that moment on my handphone video when Lemmy says those words.

And I got it... LOL!!!






Its like a FULFILLMENT OF A LIFE-LONG AMBITION JUST TO HEAR LEMMY SAY THOSE MAGIC WORDS LIVE!.

Happy and memorable day that was...

Although Phil "Animal" Taylor ex drummer Motorhead was introduced and he comes on stage but he seems disorientated??????? Disorientated and Lost. I think thats the word. Nice to see him in person but not nice to see his condition then, if you get what I mean?

lain2 orang lain2 cita2 ye tak?.. Aku cita2 nak dengar dan tengok secara langsung Lemmy intro ayat legend ni We Are Motorhead And We Play Rock N Roll. haha.


Anyway korang tengok budak tu, yang kat akhir video ni!! Kongajar! Ni yang selalu aku kena hati2 nanti aku pun kene pedajal ngan orang lain.
Minum beer sikit je buang atau campak kat orang lain, nak perdajal orang lain la tu, ok la janji bukan air kencing Hahahaha. Benci siot aku kena hujan or simbah raining beer gi tengok konsert rock pasal bila nak basuh, abis tu backpacking baju sumbat bag semua berbau. Nak buang tshirt?? Giler ah nak buang tshirt rock pasal kena beer.

Aku berasak2 pergi depan ok untuk Motorhead tapi tak mau kat tengah, kat tengah ribut taufan puting berliung, mampos aku.

tapi kat tepi aku, korang tengoklah boleh budak2 start Mosh Pit masa nak abis. Siot... haha.

Dah la berlumpur giler. Asal jangan kena aku sudah... Aku dah "Alamak salah tempat la aku berdiri" hahaha. "Cepat2 stop main Motorhead aku nak blah dari sini!!" haha.

Kenangan aku tengok Lemmy dan Motorhead. Ni yang sebelum dia jatuh sakit. Lepas show ni yang mula2 sekali dorang main kat Wacken lepas tu Lemmy dah start meragam kesihatan dia sampai sekarang. Dia macam2 penyakit tak silap aku, silap jantung pun ada pacemaker.

BACK TO CHANNEL 5. 

In conclusion so one last thing,

I got a quick listen to the new BLACK MAGIC album by Motorhead.

Its same old, same old. Nice, but... it wont make me rush to buy the album.

- My FAVOURITE Motorhead album is always and forever - INFERNO. 

- My SECOND FAVOURITE Motorhead album is maybe AFTERSHOCK.

- Special Mention must go to ORGASMATRON due to the two best Motorhead songs ever - title track, and Deaf Forever and also one of the most beautiful album cover. Its not in my top two favourites because I dont like the other songs so much LOL!!!

From the above, I think you can guess, I prefer it more when Motorhead swings to heavy metal? I guess that is how I interpret the style of Inferno and to an extend Aftershock.

But on the BLACK MAGIC album there is suddenly Motorhead slows down for the song beautiful song called TILL THE END.

Its so bitter-sweet song.
A Poignant song.

Book Of Soul will be album of the year unless BELINDA CARLISLE release a new album then she can kick Maiden ass and I dont care. LOL!!!
2nd place for album of the year will be a fight between Paradise Lost new album & Ghost new album.
(Vreid has released one new song from their coming soon release... an imagination of the deep harsh Norway weather and environment where they grow up, certainly their style of Black Metal/N Roll but I dont think it will overtake to get 2nd place in my heart this year).

Empire Of The Cloud will be the song of the year.
But Till The End & Tears Of The Clown will fight for the saddest song of the year.

This is the song and the lyrics.

Don't tell me what to do my friend 
You'll break more hearts than you can mend 
I know myself like no one else 
Nothing to defend 

My life is full of good advice 
And you don't have to tell me twice 
Living here in paradise 
Your rules that I should bend 

In my years my life has changed 
I can't turn back the time
I can tell you just what made me change

All I know is who I am 
I'll never let you down
The rest will give you trust until the end

There ain't no rules to follow
You cant predict tomorrow 
I know just who my friends are 
The rest can turn to stone 

Your memories are yours alone
There yours until your dust and bones 
I know the things I'm looking for
I know just what I want 

In my life the times have changed 
I'm still in a rush 
I don't want to hear your fairy tales 

All I know is who I am 
I'll never let you down
The rest will give you trust until the end

UNTIL THE END 

In your life you'll be amazed 
About all you long to lose
You cant never live that life again
But one thing you will never lose
Is the singing in your head
That will still be with you till the end





Lagu ni inspirasi ok.....
Lagu ni lirik dia bukan sahaja cantik tapi apa lirik ni cakap betul...
Lagu ni menyentuh perasaan aku.


Motorhead semacam gitu.. takde band cam dorang..
Takde foto live lak dorang main tu aku snap kot?

Ni je foto dorang, tapi aku ambik dari bungkusan Aftershock, ohh ya versi Aftershock ni ada dvd Motorhead main kat Donington aku gi tengok dorang main,
so ada la souvenir konsert rock band omputeh main aku gi tengok dalam versi DVD Rasmi.
Tapi tak semua lagu..ok la.

tapi kalau dorang dah tak main lagi...
aku suka lagi satu band yang 3 piece jugak, tak la sama sangat tapi ada la tempias2 gitu..
iaitu High On Fire. Dahsyat nak mampos album baru dorang. lagu2 semua macam Tornado siot album baru haha.
Live terbaik. Antara paling mengkasikan aku terkejut beruk tengok dorang main. High On Fire.

tu je.

All I Know Is Who I Am
I'll Never Let You Down..

Cewaaahhh... haha.

UP THE IRONS
UP LEMMY.

OK Time for Maiden..