Queen + Paul Rodgers & Queen + Adam Lambert live cds Ulasan/Review. Keperluan/Necessary !!

 As usual first in Bahasa Melayu Pasar then in my Broken English

QUEEN + Paul Rodgers - RETURN OF THE CHAMPIONS 2cd

QUEEN + Adam Lambert - LIVE AROUND THE WORLD cd + bluray

Untuk aku dua album live ni paling penting ada lagu2 yang Queen tak pernah main live pasal Queen berhenti main live tahun 1986. Sedangkan ada beberapa album studio selepas itu. Jadi ini lah peluang dengar lagu2 "terbaru" Queen dimainkan anggota2 Queen tinggal berdua tu secara live contoh macam I Want It All dan The Show Must Go On dan These Are The Days Of Our Lives. Seronok sungguh macam rasanya " ooooo macam gini la lagu ni kalau Queen mainkan live".

Jugak, lagu2 solo Freddie dipermainkan, kira rare la, jugak kalau album + Paul Rodgers tu ada lagu2 Free dan Bad Company jugak. Selain tu ada satu lagu yang aku tak tahu kewujudan langsung dan susah nak carik maklumat iaitu "Reaching Out".

Akhir sekali, muzik2 nye tentu sedap... dan terutama ada drums solo "Let There Be Drums". Dan jugak banyak jugak lagu vokals nye oleh dua2 anggota Queen iaitu Brian May dan Roger Taylor.

Kalau boleh yang Adam Lambert nye album tu aku nak setlist penuh macam yang aku tengok mereka main kat o2 London. Lama giler lebih 20+ lagu termasuk Killer Queen dan celotah kelakar giler atas pentas ngan penonton.

Dengan hujah2 begini, buat aku, ni dua album ni ialah KEPERLUAN BUKAN KEMAHUAN. sekian, terimakaseh. Cewahh!!.

Allow me to say why I think these two live releases are a necessity.

- Queen songs that were never performed live by Queen themselves from the last 3 albums.. MIRACLE, INNUENDO, MADE IN HEAVEN plus Freddie Mercury solo albums.

So this is a moment to think " this is how it sounds like live ".

- Brian May and Roger Taylor perform lead vocals for a fair share of the songs.

- The music is great plus the solos, and of course some of Free and Bad Company songs on the one featuring Paul Rodgers. Plus that rare song "Reaching Out".

I just wish the Adam Lambert one has the full o2 London setlist of winter 2014 or was it 2015 because thats the only time I saw them. My impression of Adam Lambert change tremendously after watching that show. Amazing frontman, amazing singer. A Killer Queen 20++ songs setlist of fans favourites.

Thats all till next time. Take Care and SENJUTSU !!!!!

McAuley Schenker Group (MSG) - All/Semua Albums ulasan/review

 Salam semua/ Hello All.

As usual first in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar. Then in my Broken English.

Aku bukan peminat setia atau tegar Michael Schenker. Tahulah jugak yang lama2 MSG, termasuk zaman UFO dan sumbangan beliau kepada SCORPIONS. Yang baru2 banyak tengok dan dengar kat youtube aje. Tapi aku suka kadang2 beli live album yang ada Michael Schenker. Yang TEMPLE OF ROCK live 2cd tu hebat. Pasal live albums ni seronok dengar Michael Schenker gentel2 lebih dan lagi berdebar2. Pernah kot aku tayang dan ulas 2cd Temple of Rock tu dulu2 kat blog ni.

OK. Rasanya ramai tahu pasal MSG dengan katanama McAuley dan bukan Michael. Gabungan penyanyi suara merdu giler. Merdu bak buluh perindu. Robin McAuley. Beliau masih berkarya hingga kini, ada rilisan terbaru Supergroup BLACK SWAN beliau bersama dengan bassist Dokken pilson tu, gitaris si Whitesnake/Winger si Beach tu, ngan drummer yang main ngan Mr Big tu ganti mendiang tu. Matt Starr. Dan ada terbaru album solo Robin McAuley ni.

Jadi mungkin Michael Schenker dah temui tandingannya, maka dari tahun 1987-1992 gitu nama band ditukar jadi begini. Dan dapatlah kita semua tiga album studio, satu EP khas Jepun, dan satu album live rasmi. Last dua tu ialah versi akaustik semua...dan live tu jugak ada lagu2 zaman UFO, so sapa minat UFO boleh dengar interprestasi Michael gunakan dua pemain gitar akaustik sahaja tuk menyajikan lagu2 UFO bentuk akaustik.  

Pengakhiran jelmaan MSG ni pun bukan gaduh ke hapa ke... Dan kadang2 ni Robin McAuley masih bersama dengan projek Michael Schenker yang terbaru2 ni Michael Schenker FEST.

Jadi ni aku tayang koleksi McAuley Schenker aku. Semua cd. Dulu Perfect Timing tu aku ada kaset nya la zaman sekolah dulu, rilis je beli. Tu aku terus sangkut kombinasi Schenker dan McAuley ni.

So sapa tahu sikit2 jelmaan masuklah Youtube dan dengar semua album. Sapa tahu banyak... tentu ni datangkan kenangan. Sapa tak tahu, cubalah... konfem suka.

Rangkaian2 lagu2 mereka ni, aku kalau dengar aku akan pasang secara berantai mp3 mereka di rumah dengar sebagai Muzik Latar -  aku akan susun semua lagu dari lima album ni... berpuluh2 lagu ni. Takde lompat2, takde pilih2... pasal semua gerek....

Terutama bila masuk lagu2 slow... termenung kejap... teringat benda2 lama. 

OK tukar cenel omputeh, gambo2 dan review setiap album secara ringkas..

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Perfect Timing (1987). 

What a debut combination from top notch famous guitarist and probably one of the best voices rock singer ever Robin McAuley.

Every song is a dream, Fast songs like the stop/go/stop/go of "No Time For Losers ", middle speed songs, slow ones like "Time" and " Follow The Night", but all songs are so very catchy and easy to singalong with simple lyrics. Remember 1987 is when most of us are teenagers.

I got this on cassette tape when it came out in 1987 and it has always been some sweet memories listening back to this album.

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Save Yourself (1989). 

WEIRD is the songwriting credits, very minimum of Michael Schenker.

But it doesn't matter, as long as all the songs are awesome and rocking even the slow ones, due to the voice of Robin. Seems the songs nearer the start are the popular ones? But I like the ones near the end like " I am Your Radio", "This is my Heart" "Destiny".

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - M.S.G (1992). 

Probably the most popular in the early 1990s among my friends then. Fabulous songs from start to finish. There are about 4 slow songs... but don't let that demoralise you. Still superb album... This is the album where you can find the original " When I'm Gone", but for me there are three more superior slow numbers "What happens to me ", "This night is Gonna Last Forever " and the great "Never Ending Nitemare". 

(always confused about the spelling of this song nightmare and nitemare)

McAuley Schenker Group studio albums end here, and what a way to finish of with that song.

Dokken's Jeff Pilson and ex Scorpions Kottak play on this studio album.

Hugh Syme the designer for Youthanasia, Def Leppard's Retroactive, Iron Maiden's X Factor did the design for this album.

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Nightmare  The Acoustic Japan Only EP (1992). 

This is where things really hot up, although its acoustic. MSG of this version gets more famous when their songs are played acoustically.

This is a marvelous EP of 6 songs, and the 7th is spoken words by Michael Schenker and Robin McAuley to their Japanese fans. Very inspiring short speech by Michael on this one.

McAuley Schenker Group MSG - Live Unplugged (1992). 

Sounds like Robin says Anaheim so it should be Anaheim California.

Just two acoustic guitars - Michael Schenker and Spencer Sercombe and Robin McAuley singing.

On my cd version. Three are UFO songs.. So its very interesting how it sounds with just two acoustic guitars. 

A brilliant way to end this lineup of McAuley Schenker Group.

I still listen to these collection of albums, not as individual songs. I would queue up these songs as album by album and play all of them continuously.

That is how much I love these songs till now many years later.

Take Care.

Cinderella - The Mercury Years boxset (remastered) ulasan / review

 As usual first in my Bahasa Melayu Pasar and then onwards to my Broken English

Bila kerajinan nak syok sendiri dalam blog melanda....

Dari Powerwolf terbaru versi 3cd ke sesuatu dah lama jugak tapi aku belek2 blog ni aku perasan aku belum borak2 lagi. So ini dia Cinderella nye boxset Mercury Years dan diremastered ye. Aku tak tahu la dapat restu dari anggota2 Cinderella ke tak tapi memang berbaloi rilisan ni , dengan harganya dan packaging semua, dan isi dalam. Ingat ye harga memainkan peranan so dapat cam gini dah kira best.

Sapa tak kenal Cinderella kan? Album pertama, album kedua hebat ye tak sapa2 tahu band ni. Album ketiga aku faham kalau ada yang terkehel sikit dengar.. Cam pelik gitu kan? Tapi sebenarnya ok. Album keempat... Still Climbing, ni la yang terbaik dari ladang. Malangnya, untuk aku dua sebab, tekak dan nyanyian Tom Keifer alami masalah... dan lagi malangnya Grunge Makan Tapao Abis semua..

So sini aku buat post dengan keyakinan betapa korang pun beri "thumbs up" untuk Cinderella. Sebuah band yang macam2 style - laju, rancak, rock bising memekak!!!!, suara terjerit giler nak terkeluar anak tekak!, music instrument sebijik2 sedap gitars bass drum , piano... lagu meleleh, lagu blues meneran, dan semua la apa yang nak semua nak. Dalam usia begini aku dengar lagu2 Cinderella sebagai album, takde dengar sebijik2 mainkan semua lagu sebagai Q dalam mp3 aku rip dari cd2 aku beli ni.  Jadi aku bukan nak panjang lebar cerita pasal band ni tapi aku senaraikan je la kenapa boxset ni best... haha.

- harga nya berpatutan,  semua empat album studio ada, Cinderella Live EP ada dalam so korang akan dapat Galaxy Blues, lagu2 extra yang terdapat kat album kompilasi mereka Move Over dan War Stories pun ada dalam, dan ada lagi satu cd kelima, semua live versions dari B-sides rilisan2, so boleh dengar mereka main di Jepun.... Yang dari mana Mendiang Jeff Labar nye mak berasal..

So aku rasa aku boleh cakap setiap lagu secara rasmi yang Cinderella hasilkan dan segala tok nenek edit single version, semua ada dalam kotak ni dalam 5 cd ni. 

Takde lirik tapi , buku dalam ni ada 16 mukasurat tulisan MALCOLM DOME, yang penulis tak asing untuk sapa baca majalah Metal Hammer zaman dulu. Beliau cerita2 pasal Cinderella. Segala info pembikinan setiap album, dan jugak info bukti remasters oleh siapa....

Itu aje.....  Tengoklah gambo2 ni semua..

From Powerwolf new release to Cinderella, as can be seen above is the proof that the five cds in the simple clam shell boxset of Cinderella called The Mercury Years has been thru the remastering process. Although I cannot find any info of any Cinderella member participating in this release.

Like I say above this blog post is not to highlight how superior Cinderella is thru out their studio releases.  Whether you like them or not, it cannot be denied all four albums really surprised on first listening and repeat listening, especially the last Still Climbing which is simply brilliant, furious yet lovely moments.

So I will repeat why I love this boxset - The price is reasonable, the five cds are nicely packed in beautiful cardbox sleeves, all 4 studio albums are here, inclusive of Live EP this is probably due to the "not heard but often read song title GALAXY BLUES", the bsides, the edits, the live versions on bsides, the two songs on their "once upon a time.. " compilation.

Plus a booklet of 16 pages with text and stories by Malcolm Dome, and all the infos as can be seen on some of this sample photographs I took.

and last but not least, there are a total 65 songs in here and I enjoy them all  - fast furious rockin ones, the mid speed ones, the slow sentimental ones, the blues and everything in between. Tom Keifer voice is beyond this world and so is every musician which thrilled me on every listen.

So probably there will never be a Cinderella anymore with Jeff Labar passing... but I think a lot of people still love their music.