ANTHEM feat. Graham Bonnet " EXPLOSIVE STUDIO JAM " (2020) cd review/ulasan

Salam and Good Day. 

This post will have lots of photos as I cant resist to share it with you who have not yet have opportunity to see the beautiful packaging and cute obi strip. (click each photo to enlarge)

As usual in my Broken English first, lepas tu Bahasa Melayu Pasar

Graham Bonnet is 74 this year.

His resume and career is like playing and recording with who's who of Heavy Rock History-

Rainbow, Michael Schenker Group, Alcatrazz , Anthem etc.

So after 20 years, he gets together again with Anthem for this EXPLOSIVE STUDIO JAM 8 songs recording. The songs are

1 - 3 Gypsy Ways (Win, Lose or Draw) , Crying Heart, Midnight Sun from HEAVY METAL ANTHEM album released in 2000 which are old Anthem songs recorded again with full English lyrics by Graham Bonnet.

4 - 5 Since You Been Gone , Lost in Hollywood from RAINBOW DOWN TO EARTH album

(yes... Izumu did that Cozy Powell intro)

6 Desert Song from MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP ASSAULT ATTACK album

(AND THAT NAOTO SHIBATA BASS IS SCARY LOL!!!!!!)

7 The Witchwood from ALCATRAZZ DANGEROUS GAMES album

(They really really really slow it down for this song...... A beautiful moment in time yes)

8 Night Games from one of Graham Bonnet's solo album LINE UP.

More photos from the packaging - 

I think Explosive Studio Jam is too kind and humble name for this album. Its a Super Explosive Fabulous Recording all together. 

Anthem has been constantly amazing thru the years with their releases since after their REUNION in 2000. And this shows again.

Its nice to hear Anthems current line up of Naoto Shibata, Akio Shimizu , Isamu Tamaru and Yukio Moriwaka perform these legendary songs with a legendary singer.

Anthem uses keyboards for this recordings.

Nice follow up from the Naoto Shibata side project The Man (which is actually made up of Anthem members too) live double cd where they performed selections of famous rock songs.

I had reviewed it here.. - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-man-ultimate-formation-live-2cd.html

I LOVE THE ABOVE PHOTO VERY MUCH. LOL!!!

Lastly, below photo is a picture of my Anthem collection featuring Graham Bonnet.

I had reviewed and shown the packaging for the year 2000 Reunion of Anthem and featuring the vocals of Graham Bonnet here - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2014/02/heavy-metal-anthem-anthem-with-rainbows.html

The live 2cd super awesome bootleg of Graham Bonnet live with Anthem  in Tokyo Japan July 13 , 2000 has the setlist as follows...

Till next time, I will try to show packagings of all post 2000 Anthem studio albums cd packagings in the future..  For me after Anthem reunion in 2000 they have transform leap and bound to become such a fabulous band. 

I just want to add although Yukio is awesome, but I need Eizo back in Anthem. LOL!!

Bye.

AMACAM SEMUA????

ooo kayy boleh agak la kan aku minat Anthem. Band Jepun yang dah berjaya menawan hati gua.

Zaman 80an dan awal 90an mereka best kan Rock Jepun.

Tapi selepas mereka reunion balik tahun 2000, dan selepas projek ngan Graham Bonnet ni,

(tak pedulik la samada vokalis Eizo Sakimoto ke Yukio Morikiwa) mereka dah ubah jadi GERGASI ngan lagu2 dan rakaman2 hebat yang aku minat sangat.

Tak kira jugak la sapa drummer2 mereka. Ada eksiden la. Tapi yang terbaru ni budak Izumu ni dah kira lama jugak. So harap ni line up tak berubah...

KECUALI aku nak Eizo masuk balik, suara Eizo tu Heavy Metal pada aku, suara Yukio ni hard rok la. HAHAHAHAAH. Tapi harap2 dua dua ni la nyanyi sama2. Anthem pakai dua vokalis.

Jangan macam live bluray sambut birthday 60 tahun Naoto Shibata tu.. Anthem pakai 3 vokalis. Eizo, Yukio , Tony (vokalis awal sebelum Anthem jadi retis rakaman)... gitaris pun dua... AKIRA TAKASAKI Loudness pun join tapi berapa lagu je la.. haha.

Sapa tak tahu, zaman Loudness macam sial gitu, tahun2 pertengahan hingga akhir 90an, bila Loudness memang merapek kerepek, Naoto Shibata jadi bassist Loudness. Hahaa.

OK.. apa aku nak cakap pasal cd ni?

Graham Bonnet? Dia kalau apply kerja jadi penyanyi eh... Dia punya Resume tu mesti GILER BABI HEBAT.

Rainbow, MSG, Alcatrazz, Anthem, solo albums, IMPELETTRI (tak ingat spelling) dan sapa lagi la.

Semua musicians dan bands2 hebat semua... TERBAIK DARI LADANG.

Selain tu review lain semua korang baca la kat atas aku cakap omputeh...

Tapi serious ni album lagu The WITCHWOOD tu meleleh siot. MELELEH GILER la menyentuh sanubari ku.

Alcatrazz tapi bukan  Yngwie Malmsteen atau Steve Vai original tapi Danny Johnson.

Korang tengok la Graham Bonnet ni dia dah nyanyi tuk gitaris2 semua giler2 nye... Ritchie Blackmore, Michael Schenker, atas aku baru sebut dua tu, Akio Shimizu dan ramai lagi..

So nasib baiklah Ritchie Blackmore panggil dia ganti Ronnie James Dio dulu. Rezeki dia terus terkenal dah sampai sekarang...

HAHAHA.. ok dah...

Hingga bertemu lagi di lain siaran.. Anyway aku nak harap aku ada time aku nak tayang semua studio album Anthem yang selepas tahun 2000.

Ada aku dah tunjuk kat blog ni, cerita2 sikit tapi rasanya banyak belum.

CEHHHH..... hahaha..

ok bye.

Wings " Kita Merdeka" Online Streaming 2020 Ulasan/Review

 Malaysian premier rock band Wings played an online-streaming concert (pay per view) what with the covid19 situation now. About 13 songs. Interesting ocassion with very smooth audio and video quality, at least for me.

OK Charity Shield separuh masa, jadi aku time nak buat blog.

So tadi berlangsung peristiwa kumpulan WINGS " KITA MERDEKA " LIVE STREAMING 2020.

Harga RM35. Ni bukan kali pertama aku bayar untuk menyaksikan rock band buat persembahan secara online streaming. Sebelum nya berapa minggu lepas untuk Festival 3 hari 3 malam libatkan 30+ band2 Eropah majoritinya untuk gabungan 10 Festival Eropah yang diberi nama METAL ALLIANCE EUROPEAN FESTIVAL dimana rata2 majoriti band2 tersebut buat persembahan khas dari studio atau pentas masing2 di mana band2 ni berada waktu Covid19 ni. Review aku untuk peristiwa itu di sini - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.com/2020/08/reviewulasan-european-metal-festival.html

Mula2 sekali aku nak cakap aku biarkan je berkumandang dari speakers persembahan yang artis2 pembukaan tu Zynakal dan Yonnyboy  dan aku terhibur jugak la dengar. Aku tak tengok pun kat laptop persembahan mereka berdua, just dengar je. Terhibur diri aku ni dan akhir persembahan tu pun pada aku mereka nampak humble, dan rendah diri cakap sopan. So aku suka.. So aku cerita sini.. Kalau aku tak berkenan aku tak sebut pun.

So Wings. Lama tak tengok Wings main, rindu la kan kat Awie, Black, Eddie. Dan teringin nak dengar sound dan persembahan Wings guna dua gitaris.

Setlist

1. Negara Ku 

2. Puisi Merdeka

3. Kau Bukan Brader

4. Mabuk Tujuh Lautan

5. Crazy Night (Loudness)

6. Dalam Kehadiran Sofea

7. Pengabdian Ku Kekasih

8. Sejati

9. Jerangkung Dalam Almari / Awie baca ikrar sewaktu separuh jalan lagu ni dengan tak silap aku masuk  salah satu Megadeth Countdown to Extinction nye riff kot sewaktu bacaan Ikrar tu. Lupa la..

10. Romania

11. Ingatkan Dia (Awie cakap pasal frontliners sebelum lagu ni masuk)

12. Sekeping Kertas Bermaruah

13. Bujang Senang

dah... abis abis gitu..  haha.

sapa yang berada di dewan peristiwa diminta tengok bawah kerusi masing2 ada surprise. Sapa tengok online, abis abis gitu je la.. 

So? aku tengok ni sambil masih menghadam kegunaan dua gitar untuk live, dengan banyak lagu pun dua dua gitaris solo, dengan arrangement2 baru untuk sebagian lagu baik dari intro, gitar solos dan sebagainya. Jadi mungkin ambil masa aku nak hadam, nak adjust ye tak...  Mungkin akhirnya aku akan minat, atau aku kurang minat. Tapi ni semua selera masing2. 

Anyway, Wings menggunakan khidmat pemain keyboards yang kuat mix nya untuk Crazy Night dalam banyak banyak lagu haha, dan juga tiga backing vocals, dua kaum Hawa, satu kaum Adam. Cewahhh... HAHA.

Tapi ni pun suasana Covid19, dah cukup dah tiap hari asyik berita tak syok, berita negatif.. so mari kita carik benda2 positif je la...  Awie is superb frontman, untuk aku dia boleh bersuara atas pentas dan boleh bercakap/berceloteh walau untuk show ni sangat kurang dia menunjukkan "sense of humour " dia tapi lebih serious malam ni. Mungkin kerana suasana persembahan Merdeka, dan situasi Covid19 dan jugak dia highlight pengorbanan Frontliners.

Kualiti audio dan video, tiada masalah langsung untuk aku. Dari segi bayaran, untuk dapat kualiti audio dan video begini memang berbaloi. At least untuk aku la, di mana aku berada, semua licin aje streaming nye.

So kita pun faham suasana covid19 ni, hiburan2 dan berjimba ialah paling tak penting. Maka termasuk lah keadaan ekonomi band2 kita minat. Dan efek domino nye jatuh kepada band2 ni nye crew dan organisers. Jadi kalau ada kegiatan sihat cam ni, kita kalau boleh sokong, kita sokong la.

Cuma aku nak cakap sikit, tadi lepas show ni abis aku nak masuk balik macam tak boleh. Entah eh... aku ingat boleh ulang tengok streaming ni mungkin 2 atau 3 hari lagi sebelum dipadam. Tapi well...... 

So tu je kot... aku tahu tak silap aku Oktober 2nd ni, Armored Saint akan buat online streaming main live untuk raikan rilisan album studio terbaru mereka.... harga tiket US$10. dan ooo yeah yang tiga hari tiga malam Alliance Metal Festival ngan 30+ bands main dan boleh tengok ulang ulang tambahan berapa hari harga nya Euro6.66.

So berpatutan jugak la kita sokong, terutama yang kejong tak dapat gi tengok apa2 band live dengan keadaan Covid19 sekarang.

So tu je... Bye

Mr Big - 15th Oct 2017 Defying Gravity Asia Tour @ Singapore Kallang Theater - ulasan/review

Salam and Hi Everyone.

Mr Big is back to play and its happiness all around.

First in English and then lots of talk cock in Bahasa Melayu Malay Language.

Just for one song.. its just Billy Sheehan, Eric Martin, Pat Torpey and Paul Gilbert.

Other than that Matt Starr plays the drums while..

-Pat Torpey plays Percussions/Tambourines and backing vocals on other songs.

-Pat Torpey appears only on after the 3rd or 4th song and occasionally leave the stage.

-Pat Torpey always received the loudest applause and cheers for the night everytime - when he first appeared, when he takeover the drums, when he finished Just Take My Heart, and during the individual band members introduction.

-I think Pat Torpey did not say anything to the audience last night if I remember correctly. Yes, no cover version song encore.

Undertow..

Below are the front and back design for the 2017 Defying Gravity Asia Tour Tshirt Merchandise.

Its awesome evening, I was supposed to be working night shift yesterday, but its Mr Big and so it need favours from colleagues to allow me a chance to not miss Mr Big.

There are a lot of nice overseas bands playing within the same period in this month or two..

Dream Theater, Loudness (opening for Sebastian Bach), Belinda Carlisle.. (LOL!!)..

but you cannot have have everything in a short period of time budget wise, work and family commitment wise,  and you have to choose wisely from past experiences, and unless its TOTO, Mr Big is the best "superband" I have ever seen and I want to see them again and again. Of course Belinda Carlisle is a compulsory attendance for me everytime too.

So, watching Mr Big is like watching Toto. I dont know whom to look at.

At least watching Iron Maiden, you basically knows whom to focus on at which parts of the shows, and backpacking different places watching Iron Maiden multiple times means I can afford to OGLE at Dave/Adrian/Bruce/Janick of course Steve Harris playing on stage (except Nicko he is somewhere buried).

But its seldom to see Mr Big. So its a big deal for me.

the price ticket is worth it just to see Billy Sheehan plays for 2 hrs. (no he did not bring out his double neck).

Simply exhilarating , enjoyable, thrilling, awe-struck, happy to see Mr Big perform.

Pat Torpey I had already mentioned above.

Amazing amazing songs, and the bonus are the solos section by Billy Sheehan and Paul Gilbert.

Billy Sheehan also does the bulldog sound.

Billy Sheehan closing speech is always very uplifting and he knows how to win over the crowd.

He really says some nice things at the ending yesterday... about when Mr Big is asked all over the world everytime by the media on the question " Where is some of the most amazing places you have played?"

Eric Martin is singing very well. He got a few mic problems at the first two songs. Some swaps done.

Matt Starr seems to be doing the backing vocals a lot, head tilted to his left to sing on the microphone and not looking at where he hits his drums and cymbals. LOVE IT!!!!! if he is going to be THE permanent "very special guest" for years to come.

There was a comedy when after throwing his drum stick to the sky he failed to catch it and he candidly blame the spotlights or something.

He wore a Motorhead England tshirt yesterday.

The songs..  They are on stage for about 2hr and 8 mins.

Six New Songs played.
I got worried when I saw their setlist for North America a few months back but then coming to the Asia part of the World Tour,

its all very good.. Six New Songs and a longer playing time. They even play Promised Her The Moon. This is not exactly a constant song on the setlist thru the years and even on the earlier part of this World Tour.

Setlist 
Daddy Lover Brother Little Boy
American Beauty 
UNDERTOW!!
Alive and Kickin
Temperamental
Just Take My Heart (Pat Torpey on drums)
Take Cover
Green Tinted Sixties Mind
Everybody Needs  A Little Trouble
Price You Got To Pay
Paul Gilbert solo
Open Your Eyes
Forever And Back
Wild World
Damn I'm In Love Again
Promised Her The Moon
Rock N Roll Over
Around The World
Billy Sheehan solo
Addicted To That Rush
To Be With You
Colorado Bulldog
1992
Encore
Defying Gravity.

so six new songs from new album.
so no cover version of Deep Purple or Judas Priest or Grand Funk during the encore.
NO SWAPPING OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AT ALL.
Paul Gilbert does not play the drum last night.
Paul Gilbert does not sing Highway To Hell last night.
Eric Martin plays acoustic guitar for Forever And Back and Wild World and.. the next song? (I have forgotten).

THIS IS A CRAZY BAND THAT PLAYS ALL THEIR POP HITS FIRST, and FINISH THE SHOW WITH NEW SONGS!!!!! (because they know the audience will love the new songs as much as the old ones? haha)

(more photos right at the end with CAPTIONS at each photo, mostly not all... ok.. bye).

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.Apa Khabar Semua..

Hai korang,
OK aku dah berbual kon cakap omputeh so mari cakap melayu lak.
Apa nak cakap eh?
Puaka kan, tetiba macam2 band nak perform.
So aku pilih nak gi tengok Mr Big la. 
Pengsan la tengok semua kan..
Aku dah la kerja shift, everytime nak tengok band rock main je kena tengok rota kerja.

KELAKAR TADI BARU JADI..
kawan aku wassap Loudness Malaysia nye show kat KL pergi ke? pasal gossip nya ada May/ Wings dan Metalasia juga kan? Dia memang minat Loudness, rumah macam kedai cd Loudness aje dia kumpul mungkin dah lebih 20 tahun nye koleksi...
So aku cakap tak boleh..
aku bilang aku weekend tu aku kena kerja malam, dah la Sabtu aku nak tengok Belinda Carlisle main kan.. so aku tak boleh gi la..
Dia nye reaction " ERK??!! kau gi tengok Belinda Carlisle? "

Hah.. Jangan memain, kadang2 tu aku rasa Belinda Carlisle lagi best dari Iron Maiden. haha.

OK Mr Big, terbaik dari ladang kentang potato McDonalds Amerika Syarikat.
Dahsyat.
Terutama sekarang sokongan peminat makin kuat dengan kesihatan peribadi drummer Pat Torpey terganggu.
Tapi semalam memang nampak pada aku la, dia macam makin sakit sey....
Boleh tahu la kan... korang tahu " salah bantal? ", hah.. macam gitu la bila tengok dia, tapi dia ni macam " salah bantal " satu badan..
Dia lebih kepada main tambourine je, tapi ada lagu dia main percussion lain.
Drum kali ni dia main lagu Just Take My Heart aje.
Apa pun, SORAKAN PALING GEMURUH SETIAP KALI IALAH UNTUK PAT TORPEY.

So sila ambil perhatian bila kawan atau drummer sakit, tolonglah tiru Mr Big apa dorang buat untuk drummer bukan sakit sebarang tapi sakit Parkinson.

OK yang lain lain tu cammana nak cerita. ?
-Eric Martin hensem giler. Suara maintain.
-Billy Sheehan cam aku cakap atas, duit tiket tu kalau dia sorang je la naik pentas main live dengan backing cd pun aku akan bayar. Giler ah Billy Sheehan. DAHSYAT MAKDATOK! apa dia buat siot macam orang tengah main mahjong pun ada.
-Paul Gilbert.. hahahaha... ni kira tengok Paul Gilbert main depan mata macam aku ni beruk sarkis tengok belon terbang.. mulut melopong.
-Matt Starr kelakar siak, lambung stik tak boleh tangkap abis tu cam marah2 bumbung ke hapa entah hahahaha. Aku suka dia nyanyi backing ah.. tak pandang sey ketuk mana.
-Pat Torpey aku dah cerita atas, lagi sekali.. aku rasa kalau penyakit boleh sembuh dengan sorakan peminat, Pat Torpey dah sihat semalam.

Jadi tu je la....
setlist ke, apa aku tak berbual kon cakap melayu, aku dah cakap kat omputeh nye...
rasanya omputeh lagi banyak colok la aku..

nanti la aku cerita2 lagi k.. 

Hingga kelain kali bye.. nah layan gambo,,,

Paul Gilbert Cheers!!!!!!!

Eric Martin on acoustic guitar.........
This is the part with the nice new sweet song Forever And Back, (Billy Sheehan does sweet backing vocals) and then Wild World Cat Stevens.

Billy Sheehan bass solo and he can solo for one hour no problem....

One leg standing

Pat Torpey when he first appeared. I think after Undertow.. or was it before Temperamental. I had forgot.

Paul Gilbert solo.

Billy Sheehan with his very nice speech right at the end.
Final night of the Asian section of the Defying Gravity World Tour.


p.s - aku tanya Berteromber, dia baru review tu Defying Gravity kan?

So aku tanya... " ada lirik tak dalam inlet? "

so dia jawab " takde "....

OK....   hahahahaha... KIV je la dulu album "original." terbaru ni. tapi aku tak tipu la, sedap2 lagu baru, 1992, Defying Gravity...fuuhh aku suka aku suka aku suka Defying Gravity ni lagu ni..
dan lagu Forever and Back..

jiwang giler siot lagu ni... Billy Sheehan backing vocal ah ah ah tu..

"I am the Beast and you're the Beauty..."
" I've been a fool to my Princess.. "
sweet giler lagu ni siap lirik kelakar pasal kaki minum dan main judi... lepas tu janji nak jadi baik...siap bukak bank akaun nak save duit.
lawak.. tapi sweet giler 

geng lipat kain mesti suka nye...

JARUM - HATI BONGOK EP, & KREATOR, VADER & MR BIG - Tickets show off.

Salam and greetings, as usual first in English then in Malay Language.(photos are all below on this post and as usual both do not have similar contents for linguistic value. cewahh).

Its been quite a while, talking cock in this blog. So here we go again.
Firstly, I would say a few nice things on the new EP by a Singapore rock band which plays Heavy Rock and Heavy Metal style, singing in the Malay Language.
They are called " JARUM".
Six songs, four uptempo and heavy numbers with two slower ones.

I love this EP so much. Right now I only download the ITUNES version, which I then convert to fit into my new bluetooth Walkman as below...  (yes, Sony still makes Walkman, but its so much ultra sophisticated and modern version now and even supports Lossless formats).

I hope to get the physical cd also.

Also, some nice bands and performers are heading the way of Singapore and Malaysia in these next few months.
You will have:  Dream Theater, Mr Big, Sebastian Bach with special guest Loudness (this is hilarious, simply awkward matching, Sebastian Bach should be opening for Loudness instead), Kreator , Vader, Prime Domestic, and of course the mightiest of them all - Belinda Carlisle.
So, budget, life in the real world, and taking time to go to shows instead of work (I work shifts) is priority and I guess I have to choose wisely.... 
So here are some photos of the tickets I got readied. Whether I really do go or not, is another matter.

Till the next time, and I do hope to continue and conclude my reports, explorations and photos while backpacking to see Maiden across Britain in June 2017, before they announce the expected and full of gossip so called "Legacy Of The Beast" 2018 European Tour next May to August.
I hope to backpack again alone to see Maiden in some new places, I had always dream to see them play in Sweden (LOL!!), but I would be back to Cardiff again and this time go to Millienium Stadium if the gossips of Maiden with openers - Judas Priest, Megadeth, Anthrax and Ghost warming up for Maiden are true LOL!!!.  Yes, it sounds hillarious but stranger things have happen.

I was in Cardiff to see Maiden play this year and Bruce Dickinson did say on stage "we'll be back sooner than you think and this time we'll be playing a bigger place". So Millenium Stadium it shall be then for some headlining summer festival tour. (I hope).

Salam, dari nak abis bulan Ramadhan lepas, sampai nak masuk Raya Aji, blog sendu ni terus kejong abis. Tapi... di sebalik kehidupan dunia realiti aku, aku tak lupa blog ni, walau aku panik kejap masa nak log in tu hari takut password salah.

HATI BONGOK. yes, bongok.. haha.
Itulah judul EP band bernama JARUM. Aku dapat tahu band ni dari satu sahabat, dan memang, aku kalau rock melayu, aku lebih condong kepada style heavy metal melayu macam Rusty Blade dan Rockers.
Dan Jarum jugak dari Singapore, dan apa aku tahu memang ni band bermula dan masih disandang nama2 ex members tersohor band2 Singapore.
So aku sebenarnya sebelum download kat Itunes, (pasal buat masa ni aku belum cuba dapatkan physical cd), aku berharap ni serupa style Heavy Metal Melayu.

Dan boleh cakap, aku tak dihampakan. Mula2 dengar aku pakai speaker laptop je, then aku realise something wrong terus aku pakai Soundblaster sambung dari laptop, WOW Dahsyat!! Meletop!!! dan seterusnya aku masukkan dalam walkman aku macam photo di atas tu untuk aku seperti biasa dengar sewaktu berjalan kaki, menunggu bas dan train dan dalam bas dan dalam train - Simple pleasures in life rasanya begitu dengan headphone melekat kat telinga dalam keadaan hiruk piruk duniawi ...

4 lagu heavy rock, 2 lagu slow, dan dalam lagu slow Mana Silapku itu ada dalam berapa saat lagu tu dilajukan sikit dan ada la tempias Steve Harris sikit sikit. Suka betul aku hohoho.

Aku tak boleh lupa lagu Bebaskan kerana korus dia catchy sangat hoho. Dan actually semua lagu alright. Memang aku terhibur EP ni dari semua segi, aku kasi markah 664/666. (aku cuma kasi neighbour of the beast punya markah la, nak kasi markah penuh number of the beast, mungkin tunggu full album la nanti, hohoho).

EP ni lagu2 nya mempunyai time-changes yang menarik dan terkejut2 dalam lagu2 nya, bertukar2 rentak jadi memang seronok dan aku rasa sapa yang rindu Heavy Metal Melayu, Heavy Rock Melayu macam Rusty Blade, Rockers, maybe kumpulan2 seperti May, XPDC, malahan Amuk,
aku rekemen korang masuk Itunes dan sample lagu2 ni dan kalau suka beli je la semua lagu satu set EP tu dalam ada 6 lagu.

Kalau aku dapat CD dia, lagi la nanti aku cerita panjang....
Aku nak tengok liriks lagu2 ni, memang best tulisan lirik2 nya dari apa aku dengar.

'OK..

Cakap pasal band rock omputeh pulak....

Mr Big dan Dream Theater, akan membuat persembahan di Singapura dan Kuala Lumpur.
Masalahnya dekat2, jadi kena buat masa ni kena pilih betul2 sambil tengok rota kerja apa shift dan apa hari off dan rest.

Apa aku cuma nak cakap, nasib baik TOTO pun tak datang rantau ni dan main masa yang sama hujung tahun ni.
Kalau TOTO, aku rasanya gi dua dua show Singapore dan Malaysia. hohohoho.

Apa pun, dua dua band live memang gerek nak mampos pada pengalaman aku menengok dorang beraksi atas pentas, dan aku akan pilih Mr Big kalau aku cuma boleh pilih satu show je aku nak gi lagi.
Dan aku cuma nak cakap je la...
Korang yang ikut Mr Big nye perkembangan, tengok macam mana dorang layan drummer dorang yang tengah sakit Parkinson.
So.... bandingkan dengan sebuah lagi band yang layan drummer dorang yang sedang jugak sakit berlainan cara.

Well.... (sambil angkat bahu).

Tiket Mr Big untuk show Singapore 2017. Aku recce show Malaysia belum jual tiket ye (dan show DT pun takde harga tiket lagik pun?)... so gi show Singapore je la,  hari ahad tu aku tengok aku kerja malam, mampos clash... so mintak tukar2 shift je la, sayang siot nak ambik cuti benda2 gini...

OK seterusnya, lagi satu konsert rock yang aku dah ada tiket dalam tangan...

Kreator dan Vader dan jugak satu opening band Tormentress.

OK, aku nak cakap sikit... VADER.

Aku tak tahu apa2 pasal ni band Vader ni, so aku teruja tapi tengok la keadaan...

So memang VADER is a curiosity.

rasanya macam biasa datang star karat je la, datang lambat.. ngam2 Kreator start. (Dan kalau sapa baca blog aku, aku ada review cd Kreator terbaru yang versi Jepun tu ada lagu tambahan EARTH UNDER THE SWORD, dan aku pun tak tahu kenapa lagu ni terselit kat cd versi Jepun dan takde dalam cd versi2 cetakan lain pasal lagu ni hip hop abis).

harap dapat tengok Vader main sikit pun jadilah..
Ni jatuh Hari Merdeka, malam raya aji...

Cantik tiketnya, siap laminate lagik...

lagi satu cerita kelakarnya, dan memang kelakar, Loudness baru diumumkan jadi special guest Sebastian Bach.
Memang biar betik, memang tak logik.
Untuk aku afdal nya, Sebastian Bach main dulu dengan perform full album pertama Skid Row, lepas tu Loudness aksi dua jam ye tak? haha.

aku rasa aku stop sini je la...

OK nanti aku sambung pasal aku backpack tengok Iron Maiden tu hari main kat Scotland, Wales dan England...

nanti aku tunjuk korang masjid Liverpool nye bandar. Aku backpacking gi Liverpool tengok Maiden nak main hari Sabtu malam kat Echo Arena, so hari jemaat aku dah sampai ke hari Khamis kot?
aku naik keretapi dari Aberdeen pasal sebelum tu Iron Maiden main kat Aberdeen tempat giler bapak sejuk, so aku gi carik mana masjid ni, ala... jalan kaki je semua tempat kalau aku backpacking, yang penting kamera standby nak jadi jakun snap sana sini tempat orang,... so jumpa.... so gi sana semayang jemaat... wakakaka.
Korang jangan ketawa la siot aku gi mesjid. haha... (yes its sound funny a bit).

dan tak ah, gua tak kena petir ah masuk mesjid... haha.


bye, see you guys again.

Scorpions -Live in Singapore 21.10.2016. (Photos/Merchandise/Review and lots more not so pretty photos)

As usual first in English then in Malay Language Bahasa Melayu kat bawah.

Scorpions at the Singapore Suntec Conventional/Exhibition Hall - 21st Oct 2016.
A Friday Night. I was lucky to work morning shift, so I can go without taking precious leave or do MX.
Surely a SOLD-OUT? Completely Full-House.
The standing area are packed. I turned around and the seats all seems occupied.
Maybe 8000 max this place holds.
A nice comfy place in the city area with superb public transport facilities.
The place supports good sound whether you are standing or seating anywhere from my experiences there.

The floor shakes and vibrates if there is enough HAVOC CROWD reaction.
Its not sitting on the ground floor this hall as below it are shopping malls. So its kind of weird when the floor starts shaking in the chaos. LOL!!

No opening band,
Scorpions starts early, there are still lots of people outside when the INTRO SIRENS begin.
They have an EGO ramp tonight. How Nice.
Maiden too should try having an Ego Ramp for their own shows. It would be something different.

Again Lauretta Alabbons LAMC has been amazing promoters. They better bring back Iron Maiden to Singapore next time.
Guns N Roses early next year will do till then.

During the song MAKE IT REAL with the Singapore flag backdrop.

There are some upbeat evergreen inspirational songs that I love, and besides Van Halen Dreams, this is one of them.

OK lets start the review with the merchandise stand and the tshirt(front/back) I bought. LOL!!

below COAST TO COAST
Klaus Meine was late. VERY LATE. LOL!!!

MOST IMPORTANT OBSERVATION -

Like I say, I am always worried if the bands I like are too reliant on old songs and being caberet acts, and I always get a habit everytime I see Iron Maiden, and when the new songs are played and I realised there are are a few people around me looking curious or DONT MOUTH THE LYRICS!!!
I always like bands I like continue play as much new songs as humanely possible LOL!.

So I was happy last night when the new song We Built This House, and the crowds are loud and singing that "Oooo -oooo- oooo" part.

2nd Observation.
Last night No One Like You was played. Lucky us.
And, strange, we got HOLIDAY acapella style by Klaus Meine before Rock You Like A Hurricane. So its happiness.

Zoo was a monster. A huge green slimy horrible HEAVY MONSTER.
With that Matthias Jabs Bon Jovi Ritchie Sambora Livin On A Prayer talkbox. LOL!!

Delicate Dance was awesome isnt it Matthias Jab piece.
I simply prefer this electrical version rather than the unplugged version.

3rd observation.
Mikey Dee was awesome as usual but I like his coolness on Herman Rarebell's No One Like You. LOL!!!

Motorhead's Overkill was a nice Lemmy tribute.

and I love Mikey Dee solo.

4th observation
4/5 of last nights Scorpions look extremely happy, Especially Rudolph Schenker, Matthias Jab, Klaus Meine and Mikey Dee.
Hopefully the loudness of the audience and the loud singalongs plays a part especially that 'we want more!!! we want more!!!'  chants immediately starting after Big City Nights ends. Very fun moments.

A lot of MASS-PARTICIPATION-KARAOKE-LOUD-SINGING moments last night.

(IT REMINDS ME OF ROXETTE SHOW. LOL!! LOUD KARAOKE ALL THE WAY)

5th observation
Seems people around me knows the words to the songs and express their happiness. So I guess I stand at the right place.
Also, I used a new recorder to bootleg the show last night, I dont know what to expect but I love the sound as I am playing back the last night full show. 
(Now all I need is a necklace style dual microphone LOL!!)

Conclusion
The standing price ticket is horrific but worth it.

For the past few months in 2016, I was fortunate to see the "Monsters that create the music that rules" that I grew up with since a little boy play live
- some Iron Maiden (of course), AC/DC, the last mohicans of Black Sabbath, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow and to end it this year with The Scorpions. 

2016 has been memorable for me in terms of personal earthly rocking pleasures. LOL!

2017 my only target is to perform some rough low budget backpacking to Glasgow, Aberdeen, Liverpool, Birmingham and Cardiff for Iron Maiden's 2017 UK Tour.
FIVE Maiden shows in Scotland, England and Wales in NINE DAYS. LETS SEE.
The tickets are mostly bloody sold even now. 
maybe plus GnR, and thats all. I got to slow down. LOL!!

Matthias Jabs "Adidas" stripped guitars.

More of Coast To Coast with Klaus Meine on guitar,

Mikey Dee Solo has a part where all the albums cover appear one by one.

Klaus Meine

ONE OF THE UNASHAMED "SING TO YOU HEARTS DELIGHTS" KARAOKE SESSION.
-  Always Somewhere
- Eye Of The Storm (ok not this one, cannot remember the lyrics LOL!!)
- Send Me An Angel
- Holiday with only Klaus Meine and the audience was a very nice touch.

Did I say I have a good time? I think I forgotten I hated the bloody song Wind Of Change and I was even singing along to that boring song. LOL!!

Rudolf Schenker

Still Loving You Flame Fire Backdrop LOL!!

Klaus Meine & Matthias Jabs

OK. I AM SO REALLY WANT TO LOOK FOR THE JACKET KLAUS MEINE IS WEARING.
"ROCK & ROLL FOREVER"

Like I say, attending this show is not only for having a good time, but I think for many, its also the way to maybe say Goodbye To The Scorpions for the last time.
Though having the other classic Scorpions lineups would be even better.

Rudoph, Klaus, Matthias.

Rudoph Schenker with his Ronnie James Dio salute. LOL!!

MADONNA TAKE A BOW

OK The ending backdrop for Scorpions.
Not so horrific as the Black Sabbath The End isnt it? LOL!!
But at least Black Sabbath has some beautiful and pretty fireworks at their Final Donington Show.

SETLIST FOR SCORPIONS IN SINGAPORE 21October2016

Intro - SIRENS
- GOING OUT WITH A BANG
- MAKE IT REAL
- THE ZOO
- COAST TO COAST
- TOP OF THE BILL/ STEAMROCK FEVER/ SPEEDY'S COMING/ CATCH YOUR TRAIN
- WE BUILD THIS HOUSE
- DELICATE DANCE
- ALWAYS SOMEWHERE/ EYE OF THE STORM
- SEND ME AN ANGEL
- WIND OF CHANGE
- ROCK N ROLL BAND
- DYNAMITE 
- OVERKILL
- DRUM SOLO BY AS PER LEMMY WORDS IN DONINGTON - BEST DRUMMER IN THE WORLD
- BLACK OUT
- NO ONE LIKE YOU
- BIG CITY NIGHTS

- STILL LOVING YOU
- HOLIDAY (acapella)
- ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANE 





Aku tengah dengar balik bootleg aku rakam Scorpions main kat Singapore hari jumaat lepas.
Aku pakai recorder baru. Tengok macam ok je so nanti ada aku gi konsert band Melayu nanti boleh aku tape dan letak kat youtube macam selalu. HAHA. Sila jangan lahar.

OK, apa aku nak cakap? Memang TERBAIK DARI LADANG persembahan Scorpions malam kelmarin.
Penuh sesak, penonton semua best, seronok sangat. BISING! GAMAT!! Bak kata Ramli Sarip masa Sweet Charity main kat Esplanade, nak buat apa buat, asal jangan ada rusuhan.

Mat Salleh ramai ok kat tempat berdiri. 
OK cam aku cakap ni tempat Wings main dulu yang ada satu hari raya tu. Alaa show ada Musafir Di Hari Raya, then last Kristal join in lagu Peronda.

OK apa aku nak cakap? Semua aku dah cakap bahagian omputeh atas. Gambo semua dah tampal kat atas.

Scorpions ni kan... untuk orang2 MELAYU la kan, macam sama dengan BAYGON, MEE MAGGI, paham? Household nama.
Nama yang seisi rumah, ramai Melayu kenal.
KORANG TAHU???
SURATKHABAR MELAYU SINGAPURA ADA FOTO SCORPIONS KAT MUKA SURAT DEPAN WARNA WARNI SEMALAM.

Jadi, korang boleh paham la kenapa Scorpions tu istimewa dari zaman Abang-Abang Lobang, Minah-Minah Karen zaman dulu sampai sekarang.

So apa lagi nak cerita kan pasal Scorpions.

Dan tak terkejut penonton semua dah macam KOIR ok semalam. Choir. Melayu eja cam mana eh? aku tak reti.
KARAOKE melalak melolong gitu baik lagu rock atau lagu slow rock.


Persembahan semalam alrite, Scorpions takde hegeh2 ok. Start awal. Takde band pembukaan ke hapa, aku ngan kawan aku beli tshirt, masuk terus SIREN BERBUNYI haha.
Nasib baik sempat aku start bootlegging aku.

Anyway, suara Klaus Meine alrite la kan, suka sangat aku tengok dia masih maintain. Scorpions semua maintain.
Hensem, kurus, Hensem, kurus, hensem, kurus.
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

Maka Ulasan pendek aku Scorpions beraksi 2016 di Singapura.

Sebenarnya aku nak tengok Show yang Malaysia punya di Sepang, pasal harga tiket lagi best, dan jugak WINGS ada. Wings kalau lama tak tengok, bontol gatal, tangan gigil.
TAPI aku nak cuba tengok yang Hard Rock Cafe tu.. Aku tak tahu aku kerja apa satu dua hari tu. Aku nak gi la.... 
Tapi tengok la cammana.

OK Scorpions, beberapa lagu baru yang sangat hebat, dan macam aku cakap kat atas, aku seronok bila peminat hadir ramai respon kat lagu baru, tahu bila nak singalong...
Memang seronok, pasal sentiasa menjadi RELEVAN dan bersaing dengan mereka yang zaman modern sangat penting. Cewaahh.. Kalau tak jadi nostalgia je. Asyik2 cerita lama. Tu boleh kasi kat team bola yang asyik sebut je pasal zaman dulu menang tu menang ni, pasal zaman sekarang hancur.

Apa pun, setlist Singapore kat atas.
NO ONE LIKE YOU ada ok, aku tahu berapa negara takde, TAIWAN takde lagu ni.
Dah tu ada HOLIDAY, sikit je la jugak nasik tambah gitu...
tapi terbaik..

Ni kira macam Amy Search kat Larkin Search sambut 30 Tahun akhirnya hujan berenti, semua kat stadium basah kuyup terus Amy nyanyi sorang2 dengan peminat tanpa muzik, Setelah Hujan.
APPROPRIATE GILER.
Tapi tu pendek, ni lagi panjang la kot. hahaha.

OK dah tu je.. aku tak mau hegeh2 nak post blog ni, pasal nanti terus tak post.
Blog aku ni dah la sendu sangat. HAHA.
So aku berenti sini la, maaf la cakap melayu nye pendek cakap omputeh aku merapu panjang lebar kot.

Semalam kan, I mean hari jumaat tu, masa lagu Steamrock Fever. Macam terus rasa kenangan la semua ni kan. HAHA. Omputeh panggil life past before my eyes gitu.

Lagi satu bila Make It Real dipersembahkan..
Rasa nak nangis. Cewahhh.
Lagu ni macam perangsang aku gilerbabi sanggup backpack tengok Maiden dan band rock lain merata tempat walaupun memang rasa diri tu bodoh buat semua ni kerja giler.


OK OK, aku tarik balik la aku cakap Wind Of Change nanti aku tidur, aku menguap la, aku kutuk2 lagu ni serupa lagu Search Hisapbella. Boring nak mampos.

Aku nyanyi la lagu Wind Of Change. TERPUKAU GITU keseronokan Scorpions terbaik dari ladang. 

k bye.