LOUDNESS THE LAW OF DEVIL'S LAND :Loudness 35th Anniversary Columbia Reissue.(bulan April ni dah jadi bulan borak pasal rock jepun part 2)

Salam
Moshi-Moshi'
and rock you all around the world.

Continuing on showing the Columbia Label re-issue of Loudness 35th Year Anniversary Celebrations with "Remasters supevised by the band members".

As usual I write first in my disrecpectful rude vulgar bazaar market Malay language, and then switch to my broken incoherent English language.

Kumpulan Loudness zaman dorang masih cuma jadi artis pasaran Jepun memang suka judul perkataan Devil Devil ni semua ye. 1982 Devil Soldier, 1983 Law Of Devil's Land.

Law Of Devil's Land ni untuk aku, adalah album kedua terbaik Loudness dibelakang dua-dua versi Disillusion yang aku berbual kons pada posting yang lepas.

Bermula dengan instrumental Theme Of Loudness Instrumental Part 2, yang tak menjanjikan apa2 yang ada kena mengena dengan ROCK langsung selain dari ayat intro pasal tentera setan.

Terus dari lagu kedua sampai lagu terakhir, memang heavy metal walau tak seheavy metal macam Disillusion,  tetap rock mampos abis. Ada lagu laju, ada tak laju tapi semua thrill. Dan gitar Akira Takasaki memang giler2 la kan, suara Minoru Nihara sedap, drums dia bass dia memang seronok sangat. Munetaka Higuchi dan Masayoshi Yamashita. Boleh ingat ok nama2 gini terbelit2.

Masalah untuk aku ialah aku suka sangat kat Disillusion, kalau aku tak dengar Disillusion aku akan cakap ni album sangat terbaik dalam sejarah.
Kalau kat album Disillusion pun ada slow down jiwang abis dengan lagu Ares Lament. Album Law Of Devil's Land takde la, kira semua sama ada lagu laju dan rancak dan takde yang terus slow abis meleleh. Mungkin Mr Yes Man lagu paling slow tapi heavy la kan kat album ni.

Dua lagu paling famous dan orang tahu kat album ni aku rasa sudah tentu In The Mirror dan Speed. Terutama lagu In The Mirror. Kerana ni dua lagu memang lagu2 live untuk sapa minat dengar Loudness nye muzik.
Lagu title track Law Of Devil's Land pun laju jugak... suara Minoru memang berhantu la zaman2 dulu tu ye... Orang Jepun cuba nyanyi omputeh.

Tapi lagu2 lain kat album ni pun gerek2 jugak... 
Show Me The Way aku suka sangat, 
lagu I Wish You Were Here sangat unik lagu ni kalau aku buat andaian sama macam lagu Scorpions Hey You gitu.
Black Wall. Ni lagu intro dia dahsyat. 
Sleepness Night pada aku ialah satu2 lagu generik gitu. Tapi tetap sedap terutama bila kat tengah dia slow down terus lepas tu pulak Akira solo.

Aku rasa la kan, kalau orang nak dengar Loudness la, nak mula dengar Loudness, aku akan suruh dengar ni album atau Disillusion la...
Thunder In The East dan seterusnya zaman Atlantic label bila dorang jadi artis International untuk aku macam, aku rasa aku kerut dahi la kalau nak banding zaman Jepun ni.

"WELCOME MY SOLDIERS!!
YOU ARE DEVIL'S CHILDREN."

Such a very rocking introduction.

And so begins the Loudness 3rd Japanese album from 1983, The Law Of Devil's Land.

Like I say, the 4 Japanese albums from Loudness (it becomes 5 if you split Disillusion and Disillusion English Version as seperate albums).. are the very best from Loudness ever.

Yes, they have memorable moments from the International albums starting from Thunder In The East, even the Mike Vescera years, and even the reunion years and I think Spiritual Canoe and Biosphere are really good albums,

but the early years, especially Law Of Devil's Land and of course Disillusion are the best to me.

This album is maybe most known for having the songs Speed and In The Mirror, but all other songs are just as awesome.
I Wish You Were Here is really the out of the box song on this album.. and its great.

Nothing much to say, to be continued and continued as always...

More photos of the packaging, the obi strip and whatever.

I really have no idea on all these text, but I guess it would make a great reading??

Last but not least..

Next Change...
(Akan Datang)

Anthem 30+ Blue Ray..
and I still have not finish watching it..

p.s Harap korang paham apa aku tengah berbual...

aku tak keharuan langsung buat blog ni haha... fast game giler pasal aku perasan dah seminggu tak update blog.
LEMAU!!

LOUDNESS DISILLUSION (English Version) & DISILLUSION (original Japanese version)- Loudness 35th Anniversary Columbia Reissue. (Bulan April ni dah jadi bulan borak pasal rock Jepun part 1)

Salam
Moshi-Moshi
and Rock You All Around The World.

As usual I'll talk-cock and elaborate first in my disrespectful vulgar bazaar market Malay Language and then switched to my broken incoherent English Language.

Cammana nak mula? aku taip ni semua, senyum dan ketawa sorang2 depan laptop semua pakai memory kepala otak je, jadi kalau info salah. Mintak maaf.

okay.. Aku rasa berulang kali aku cakap DISILLUSION (English Version) ialah antara album yang paling aku minat sekali dalam hidup aku dan aku pernah buat post pasal album ni berapa tahun lepas sudah.

Tahun ni kumpulan Loudness sedang menyambut 35 Tahun lebih kurang sama macam kumpulan Search gitu (dan jugak kumpulan Anthem jugak tahun lepas sambut 30 Tahun sama jugak macam kumpulan Wings). Blue-Ray disc sambutan Anthem yang dalam disc tu ada konsert video dan interviews lebih 240 minit gitu lain kali aku review dan tunjukkan packaging untuk sapa yang peminat kumpulan Anthem.

Memang sesuai la tu Anthem main show panjang2 sambut 30 tahun, dan Wings memang champion la kan kat Stadium Merdeka, dari kul 10.40 malam sampai 2.45 pagi. Full audio bootleg kat youtube channel aku, aku rakam. haha. Aku gembira la untuk Anthem dan Wings ye tak? haha.


Jadi antara acara sambutan 35 Tahun kumpulan Loudness ialah syarikat label COLUMBIA di Jepun telah cetak-semula jumlah semuanya 11 albums kena mengena dengan Loudness yang memang aslinya diedarkan label Columbia.
Jumlah nye 11 album iaitu 4 album pertama Loudness masa zaman dorang masih jadi artis pasaran Jepun iaitu - Devil Soldier, Birthday Eve, Law Of Devil's Land, Disillusion, Disillusion (English Version), kemudian album Thunder In The East di mana mereka mendapat perhatian seluruh dunia, SPIRITUAL CANOE (ni ialah album awal 2000 di mana semua anggota asli Loudness bergabung kembali), Pandemonium dan tiga album solo gitaris Loudness Akira Takasaki.
Jadi jumlah semua 11.

Album-album reissue ni semua dengan remasters yang "disupervised" oleh ahli-ahli Loudness sendiri.

Jadi ni ialah satu alasan untuk aku 'úpgrade' koleksi Loudness aku.
Dan tentunya aku bermulakan dengan DISILLUSION (English Version) dan versi asli DISILLUSION.

Perbezaan DISILLUSION dan DISSILUSION (English Version) ialah, Disillusion ialah album pasaran Jepun yang kempat Loudness pada awal 1984. Seperti lagu rock Jepun yang kita ketahui selalunya liriks kebanyakkan dalam bahasa Jepun dan ada bahagian seperti chorus guna Inggeris. Dalam album Disillusion asli Jepun, cuma Satisfaction Guranteed je tak silap aku semua Minoru Nihara nyanyi dalam bahasa Inggeris.

Tetapi oleh kerana waktu tu mungkin nama Loudness dah mula pelan2 dikenali oleh peminat rock di tempat lain selain Jepun, maka Loudness pun dapatkan khidmat XXXXXXXXXXXXX (sorry aku lupa nama) untuk gantikan liriks Jepun dengan bahasa Inggeris dan rakam lagi sekali vocals album ni dengan seluruh liriks dalam bahasa English. Jadi album ni dipasarkan untuk pasaran International.
Rakaman album ni dibuat kat London.


Tapi kalau sapa masih simpan kaset2 Loudness cetakan ROADRUNNER. Yang kat dalam sampul ada taruk "Drugs are no fun" nye madah pujangga tu...

Kalau korang perasan sampul dia ialah artwork album Disillusion asli Jepun, tapi isi lagu nye ialah English Version. Ni aku cakap dari ingatan, kalau salah sorry... kaset aku semua dah abis dah buang atau hilang dah semua.

Perbezaan lagi satu ialah English Version ada satu lagu lebih. Iaitu instrumental Anthem Loudness Overture.

Ulasan dan pendapat aku untuk DISILLUSION (asli versi Jepun), dan DISSILLUSION (English Version) ialah tetap utuh tetap teguh ni album sebaik album muzik dari mula sampai abis.

- Untuk aku zaman terbaik Loudness ialah empat album pertama Jepun mereka, dan Disillusion ialah penghabisan yang paling unggul dan terhebat sekali untuk zaman Jepun mereka tu sebelum mereka menjadi kumpulan yang terkenal satu dunia dengan kehadiran Thunder In The East.
- Untuk aku Thunder In The East tu kira ok la, bagus la tapi lebih kepada ok dari nak cakap best giler.
- Untuk aku zaman label Atlantic Years nye album2 Loudness yang selepas album Thunder In The East, apabila dorang jadi famous terkenal satu dunia, ok la, sedap la jugak tapi lebih kepada rock yang maksud aku lebih kepada rock radio.
- Untuk aku So Lonely ok ok je tapi lagu asal So Lonely iaitu Ares Lament ialah terbaik dalam sejarah lagu jiwang. HOHOHOHO!!!!
- Untuk aku.. zaman Minoru Nihara keluar dan ganti dengan Mike Vescera aku suka jugak album Soldier Of Fortune , dan aku suka lagu Never Again.
- Untuk aku zaman Masaki Yamada (E.Z.O) nyanyi, zaman Masayoshi Yamashita keluar dan diganti dengan Taiji (X-JAPAN) dan kemudian Naota "Japanese Steve Harris" Shibata (founder, leader, songwriter, bassist ANTHEM), aku tersangatlah kurang. Ini serentak lebih kurang zaman mendiang Munetaka Higuchi keluar dan Homma (ANTHEM) masuk sebagai drummer.
- Untuk aku zaman 2000 keatas reunion semua empat anggota asli Loudness, aku suka Spiritual Canoe dan tak dilupai Biosphere. Ada beberapa lagu dalam ni dua album yang sangat terbaik pada aku.
- Sekarang ni Munetaka Higuchi dah mati sakit barah cancer, dan masa yang sama aku terus makin kureng dengan arah Loudness yang terbaru.

Tapi apa pun, beberapa album mereka tetap jadi pujaan aku terutama Disillusion dan pasangan nye Disillusion English Version.

Setiap lagu yang terbaik..., terutama aku pernah baca Minoru Nihara pernah cerita pasal Disillusion ialah album paling heavy yang dorang pernah rakam.
Album ni memang heavy, memang bukan rock la tapi heavy metal nak mampos nye heavy metal dan kebanyakkan nye laju dan sangat thrill dari mula sampai abis. Gitar solo giler2 dari Akira Takasaki merata2, bass dia cemerlang dan memang ada segmen memang terserlah contoh Butterfly nye mengejut2 nye part tengah lagu dan drumming Munetaka Higuchi penuh dan aneka ragam sangat la pada telinga aku. Suara Minoru Nihara memang terbaik la kan, dan ni zaman 1984 nye Minoru Nihara nyanyi dalam bahasa English. So bayangkan betapa indah.
Tapi tentu nya paling penting ialah kualiti setiap lagu dalam album ni.

Dari Overture sebagai instrumental pembukaan yang memang tak tahu apa nak jadi, terus masuk Crazy Doctor lagu live yang sangat popular, terus masuk ESPER, dan ESPER ni sangat hebat dan laju, lagu Butterfly yang macam bersahaja je tapi terus masuk instrumental terus terkejut2, lagu Revelations, solo Exploder yang mendebarkan dan sampai sekarang jadi acuan solo gitar Akira main live, Dream Fantasy lagu rock laju yang ada lirik keramat "UNDER THE SPELL OF A FOX GIRL", Milky Way satu2nye lagu aku sangat suka sangat, Satisfaction Guranteed juga sedap boleh goyang2 badan, dan terakhir dengan ARES LAMENT yang sedap, dan lirik pun cantik, dan ending yang paling terhebat.

Takde cacat cela langsung album ni la pada aku...

Above is the lyrics sheets of both Disillusion albums from the Columbia label re-issue "remastered with Loudness members supervision" of total 11 albums under Columbia label (8 from Loudness, and 3 from Akira Takasaki solo) to celebrate Loudness 35th Years Anniversary.

As above, One is in original Japanese version and the other the English Version.

An album that for me possibly one of my top 5 non-Iron Maiden or Belinda Carlisle albums that I like in my whole life. 

Traditional Heavy Metal with lots of crazy exciting solos, thrilling, amazing songs from start to finish, awesome music by each band member, the singer dramatic voice and something magical with how Minoru singing in English for the full album back then when Loudness are still a Japanese band.

Excluding Overture as its a short instrumental.
I would rate each song
Crazy Doctor 10/10
Esper 11/10
Butterfly 10/10 and 11/10 for the instrumental section.
Revelations 10/10
Exploder 11/10 and Akira can do what he like with his hair LOL!!!
Dream Fantasy 10/10 for the song and 20/10 for the English version lyrics.
Milky Way 100/10. Yes ONE HUNDRED OVER TEN.
Satisfaction Guranteed 10/10.
Ares Lament 1000/10. Yes a thousand.

Overall score for Disillusion English Version a perfect 666/666

Disillusion original Japanese version I would give 664/666 the neighbour of the beast because I dont understand the Japanese parts of the songs LOL!!


So thats about it...

Next... maybe I will talk about the new Anthem Blue Ray? If I can complete watching it. Its like over 4 hours long of the concert and some interviews.

LOL!!



Last photo CUTE OBI STRIPS .....  TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!

(BERITA) Japanese Rock Incoming News that excites me - LOUDNESS / ANTHEM / OUTRAGE etc

Salam and Greetings To All.
WARNING - This is a long post.

As usual, I will talk-cock in my style of Disrespectful Rude Market Malay Language, and then to my Incorrigible Broken English Language.

But first, I saw this poster on the internet and how fucking mentally frustrated I am.
Loudness, Outrage and currently for the past few years my favourite Japanese Heavy Rock band - Anthem.
All together in one show. DAMN! SHIT! How I Wish I Could Be There Moment. This is a dream line-up if there ever was one.
Its like BELINDA CARLISLE & VREID opening for IRON MAIDEN. LOL!!!

Speaking of a Japan show, Iron Maiden is playing two nights at the same place in April in Japan.

Now in another time another place, that would be suitable for fans with limited budget who is travelling especially backpacking to see their favourite band but able to stay put in one place and see Maiden play over two nights at same location.

I once did this for Festhalle Frankfurt which Maiden played for two nights in 2014.
Maybe I get a similar chance next time.

Dari berbual pasal ELLA rock melayu dalam posting yang lepas, kita pindah ke rock Jepun.
Sama hebat, tak lebih , tak kurang.


1) Poster atas - Loudness/Outrage/ANTHEM. Bulan Mei ni kat Jepun. Aku tak paham selain dari maklumat itu. Lain semua berbual Jepun. Pada aku la ni sangat terbaik kalau dapat pergi tengok persembahan ini dengan tiga band Jepun yang aku minat beraksi satu malam. 

-Loudness tentu korang semua tahu. 
-Outrage ni kadang2 la, kadang2 pada aku ni band lagi Metallica dari Metallica.
-Anthem, sapa baca blog ni tahu la betapa kemaruk aku dengan kumpulan Anthem ni.

2) Bercakap pasal Loudness, Loudness dalam suasana menyambut 35 Tahun sebagai sebuah kumpulan. Itu hari dah keluar remastered Thunder In The East, ada satu boxset giler bapak mahal dalam ada vinyl semua, ada satu edisi dua disc yang masih harga berpatutan, dan nanti bulan 3 nanti akan keluar versi remastered satu disc.
Ada 11 album yang asli nye dari syarikat rakaman Columbia akan keluar bulan March nanti dengan remastering membabitkan anggota Loudness.
Tak silap aku Lima Album Pertama Loudness (empat pertama yang aslinya untuk pasaran Jepun dan kelima ialah Thunder In The East, campur SPIRITUAL CANOE, PANDEMONIUM, dan tiga album dari zaman solo Akira Takasaki.
Kalau ada peluang nak dapatkan remastered version ni, 
Aku target album yang antara aku paling minat 
- Disillusion English Version
- Disillusion 
- Law Of Devil's Land
Untuk aku ni dua album atas ni terbaik terutama Disillusion English Version.
Disillusion tentunya album paling Heavy Metal dan untuk aku terbaik setiap lagu zaman Loudness bermula dulu sebagai band Jepun sebelum mereka dikenali dunia dengan Thunder In The East.

Untuk aku Thunder In The East ni macam Dio punye Holy Diver.
Orang ramai dan penulis2 puji macam nak mampos, hebat la apa la...
Untuk aku Thunder In The East tu bagus la, tapi typical rock album untuk telinga aku walau ada lagu best, sama macam Holy Diver.
Album2 lain lagi best, untuk aku la. 

3) Bercakap pasal ANTHEM pulak...
Anthem akan keluarkan satu live Blue Ray Disc, bertajuk ANTHEM 30+
Aku rasa seluruh Blue Ray ni ialah Anthem main live dan interviews dan backstage.

Senarai lagu nanti aku letak kat bawah nanti.. aku jumpa kat dalam tenet untuk sapa yang minat Anthem sini.
Ni aku rasa ialah album cover untuk ANTHEM 30+ Blue Ray Disc.

Akan terbit sama hari dengan 11 Remastered albums Loudness zaman Columbia records yang aku cakap kat atas tadi.

4) Outrage dan One OK Rock - Aku berbual kons cakap omputeh eh.

K , tukar cenel 3 ke cenel 5.

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So as the above,
Loudness is celebrating a sort of 35 Years Anniversary, that already have that expensive but really wonderful Boxset of Thunder In The East.
Unfortunately... Backpacking for Iron Maiden Book Of Soul World Tour is more important LOL!!!
so lets skip.
But next month, Loudness is releasing 11 albums as remasters versions with the involvement of the Loudness band members themselves.
So guess which ones I am going to go for?
of course the early years when Loudness was just a Japanese band.
The two Disillusion versions and Law Of Devil's Land should start of nicely.
Once I hope to get them, and if I really get them, I will blog it here. LOL!!!


As another of the photo I pasted above, 
ANTHEM is releasing a blue ray called ANTHEM 30+
I think that photo will be the cover of the album.
This I hope to have a copy.
ANTHEM has been my flavour of the month Japanese band for like? few years now. LOL!!!

continuation..

Lasrly Outrage...

They have recently released a mixture albums of cover songs from the Psychedelic Japanese Bands of early 70s, plus some traditional songs I believe (Kojono Tsuki) and also some of their own songs.

Album is called GENESIS I.

This is the cover above.

I dont have it. I think its good.
This is a video of their version of the song IJANAIKA from the 70s Psychedelic Japanese Band The MOPS.



Lastly,

ONE OK ROCK or something?

I knew they played Singapore. Never got to know about them. I think they are a younger band.

But then I think they will play Donington Park at Download Festival on 2nd stage Sunday (Iron Maiden headlining day).

If I can make it for this event, and I am trying to make it possible whatever the challenge$$$ LOL!!.
Maybe I can find some time to check them out?

This is the latest poster with their band name on it. See Sunday.

But it will be chaos and I dont know how the timetable will be like.
Seems its going to be confirmed Maiden will not clash with both SAXON and JANE'S ADDICTION, and I assume NAPALM DEATH on 4th Stage will also have stopped playing once Maiden hit the stage on Main Stage.
Its going to be a crazy Sunday.

OK till next time.


RONG RIVE WOCK N WOLL!!


Next post... Lets go for the best of British..
Not Iron Maiden, or Deep Purple or Black Sabbath or even Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest or Rainbow, 

but the more heavier and Satanic kind of music...

HUMAN LEAGUE AND PET SHOP BOYS among others.

Cozy Powell Forever ( produced by Munetaka Higuchi )

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Mati. Bila Munetaka Higuchi (Loudness) yang buat tribute album ni untuk Cozy Powell yang meninggal pun SAMA jugak dah takde lagik, aku sebagai peminat muzik dorang seluruh hidup aku lagi sekali diingatkan yang sooner or later....tapi later tu pun, kejap je pun datang.
Dan dorang dua pun bukan tua sangat la jugak ye tak?, kira masih elegantly rocking lagik, tapi dah ajal , satu eksiden terbabas, satu cancer liver. But thats life.


Can anyone do a translation of what this handsome Munetaka Higuchi is saying? hoho.

OK, another superb Japanese tribute to Cozy Powell this time by the late Munetaka Higuchi and join by a super line up of Akira Takasaki, Minoru Nihara,
and members from other bands such as the Earthshaker guitarist etc etc plus one or two non-Japanese like Carmine Appice the brother of Vinnie Appiece drummer of Black Sabbath/Dio etc etc.
Reminds me of another tribute to Rainbow by Niji Densetsu ( and I still fail to know what NIJI DENSETSU really means ) which features some non-Japanese i.e Joe Lynn Turner.

This tribute cd possibly could be the trigger for the original Loudness that we all love to get back together for Spritual Canoe album back in 2000.




Similarity to Rest In Peace tribute which is more to Anthem guys, this cd has songs from various Cozy Powell drumming contributions like Rainbow ( of course ),
Michael Schenker Group with Armed And Ready, some Jeff Beck and Gary Moore, Whitesnake and his own drum instrumentals, an example is sure to have Tchaikovsky Overture 1812 but this one has complete bells all over. Plus Emerson Lake and Powell.








What I really like about this cd.
- Tchaikovsky Overture 1812 complete with all the bells being rung. Majestic and magical.
- Munetaka Higuchi+Minoru Nihara+Akira Takasaki plays Stargazer and Jeff Beck Ice Cream Cakes together. Stargazer is complete version with all the " my eyes are bleeding my heart is leaving here i wish ... " infinity never ends ending. Dio! Dio! Dio! Dio!...
Stargazer Studio version by these Loudness guys is very nice and Ice Cream Cakes is highlight of this cd, very groovy.
- Lost In Hollywood, All Night Long and Since You Been Gone , super songs from Graham Bonnet Down To Earth Rainbow era is represented here...

- Theme One is an old BBC Radio programme show theme. Makes this cd becomes a nice pleasant mixture of style. When you add Emerson Lake and Powell the Score, this album actually has a few interesting instrumentals plus the most beautiful and sad The Loner.
- Kill The King guitar on this tribute is refreshing after listening to this song by the original group and tribute groups studios and live versions till cannot be calculated times for all my life.
- I like the Armed And Ready here. These Japanese rockers sure know how to make songs we listen too becomes something unique.
- This cd is sort of a incomplete very basic historical trip along Cozy Powell career. Should have at least one Cinderella Long Cold Winter on it.

I add some text on Samurai artworks and this is the result

Saje2 je ada free time sikit kul 3 pagi tadi..

Front Cover


Back Cover



Mungkin kalo aku rajin dan ada time, Untuk Kenangan mereka yang sekepala pasal hidup makin padat dan penuh ranjau .. Mungkin lain kali takde time untuk ni semua....
Hidup kena susun priority.

Review Loudness 25th July 2011 Scape Warehouse Singapore

Cakap omputeh dulu..

This is what I saw and hear on 25 July 2011 Loudness Live in Singapore at Scape Warehouse during their 30th anniversary tour.

1) First Time I went to Scape. Unlike most of you lucky guys in Johor and Singapore who catch the legendary Sentosa 1989 show with Mike Vescera, this is my first time haha. Nice place for about 800 standing capacity, I think there are more space but I think there is those safety rules to comply. Full house definitely and as its a Monday evening, you see a few in office attire among the rock tshirts. Clear majority in attendance are Malays young and not so young and far from young haha.
2) Come across old and not so old friends. Always bound to happen when going for rock concerts. BIRDS OF THE SAME FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
I know some of them are loyal longterm continuity hardcore Loudness fans, so like I say, tonite show means a lot for these people.
3) Entry I got problem, line up and then turned away at the door because no tagging. So Line Up again another section.
4) Tshirts collection for pre-booking is very smooth. Thanks a lot.
5) I enter and Paul Danial Trio with Jatt Ali is already playing...

Sort of a Ronnie James Dio setlist...Fantastic performance by the four of them.. I manage to catch them playing Gates of Babylon ( Gates Of Babylon siak !!! legend giler ), Children Of The Sea, Heaven And Hell, Holy Diver, Dont Talk To Strangers... Jatt not need to sing as the audience especially those in front are singing for him...word for word. But when he sings, I hope Dio Disciples takes him on haha. I was hoping they play a Ministry Of Rock song but nope.
6) Jatt Ali sings " Gadis Ayu ", just that portion. I am so happy. Long Live BDB.
7) Wait for Loudness and I am nearer back, no mood to hustle and bustle nearer the front and I am trying to bootleg the show on my recorder so I guess I avoid the expected fanatcial singing-along by most guys in front haha.
8) Wait and see the Loudness crew preparing the stage.
Then its Loudness time..
9) Intro tape played. Drummer Masayuki Suzuki, then bassist Masayoshi Yamashita and Akira Takasaki appears and start play instrumental Fire Of Spirit.
10) Then Minoru Nihara appears and ask for the lighting staff to off certain lights as too bright for him, then he and Akira leaves the stage and call Masayoshi off stage too.
11) We wait again...about 4-5 minutes for them to sort out the issue.
12) Intro tape played again. Akira say sorry.
13) Played Fire Of Spirit again.
14) Minoru Nihara reappears wearing sunglasses this time, and they play Hit The Rails.

15) Minoru greets the crowd and say sorry for the earlier problem. He mentioned about Loudness having played here but for himself it is the first time.
16) Crazy Night next.
17) Heavy Chain followed.
18) Akira whispers to Minoru, so Minoru says Akira guitar needs tuning. So Akira talks about his age and Loudness debut, about Loudness 30 years anniversary, about the tiny Japanese guy who loves his Rock n Roll , and making jokes about the front row younger fans not born yet or something haha. I think he jokingly ask for a guitar to play accoustic. Then he introduce the drummer.
19) Akira ask for a drum solo. So Masayuki plays a drum solo.
20) Akira leads a 'we want more' chant, so Masayuki plays a second drum solo.
21) Akira then went to the drums and we got an Akira Takasaki drum solo.
22) Akira guitar tech joins in on the ending of the drum solo while preparing the guitar.
23) Masayoshi leads a 'we want more' chant next, so Akira went to the mic and ask for a bass solo.
24) So we get a bass solo. The crowd next ask for a Vocal Solo. Hillarious and very funny.
25) In The Mirror next, I always love these fast and furious Loudness songs so I guess thats why I love Disillusion the most, and I think Disillusion is the most tilted to heavy metal album by Loudness ever.
26) So Lonely next, what a surprise because its not played in the US Leg of the tour. I would prefer the original song that first appears as Ares Lament but beggars cant be choosers. Quite long version of So Lonely this one with Akira solo and everything hahaha. Near 8 minutes. I think everyone can sing along all nite long with this song and not get tired of it.
27)Exploder intro is played next, and Akira starts his solo which intertwined with Exploder. This is about 6 minutes long.
28)Like Hell continues the older 80s songs sequence.
29)Band Introduction next, Minoru talks a bit and joke about the new drummer being nervous backstage and introduced and ask applause for the drummer twice.
30) Get Away follows.
31) Black Star Oblivion next.
32) We got the intro Requiem and then King Of Pain.
33) Immediately follwed by Crazy Doctor. This version verses is sung in Japanese version not English version. I am happy to hear people singing along once the chorus switch to English.
34) Loudness leaves the stage.
35) What comes next is hillarious. Akira comes up on stage to tease the fans with his sayonaras and 'why you so quiet', but everytime he speaks, it has some in the crowd bursting with laughter including myself. Very cute way of speaking this Akira.
36) Let It Go. And I think this song takes everyone back to the 80s during their younger days haha.
37) SDI.
38) Loudness waves farewell.

About 107 minutes. Still waiting for a high quality complete bootleg of the show anyone? Mine pekak badak but I super like it haha. Tak jemu dengar.

After the show, bade farewell to friends who I dont know when I meet again or hear from again, and the words in most mouths is " WHITESNAKE!!!".


Cakap melayu sikit, happy la jumpa kawan2 lama dan tak lama sangat dan muka2 familiar hehe. Semoga jumpa lagi. Cam aku cakap, bila nak blah, yang disebut2 ialah 'Whitesnake'. Dan jugak aku survey jugak show ni sapa ramai pergi, so selain ada sebilangan kaum Cina dan Mat Salleh, majoriti terang lagi bersuluh budak mim jugak. haha. Tapi bagus, disiplin bagus, salute korang, dan jugak thanks a lot to the organisers. I dont think they are really focus on the heavy rock/rock n roll market but great job guys kat counters , kat pintu dan masa tagging and thanks for the cheaper tickets and tshirts. Cuma terkehel tak clear pasal tagging tu, or mungkin aku yang memang pekak. Semoga korang host lagi banyak genre heavy rock / rock n roll shows cam gini.




Baju belum bukak plastik pun...kawan aku cakap " nasib baik N dia betul " haha.. siot je.

A super quick brief report of the unusual things that happen in Loudness live in Singapore yesterday..

My report tommorrow la..but a short 'gezek' first.

I think these are the unusual things that happen that did not happen elsewhere..
I also never managed to make it for the KL show so I dont know the setlist there but the unusual things are -
Singapore got
1) TWO times the intro music
2) TWO times the first instrumental Fire Of Spirit as Loudness wants to redo everything from the start after their ' walk out '.
3) Loudness walking OFF stage to settle some lighting issues once Minoru appear after the first Fire Of Spirit.
4) THREEE DRUMS SOLO!!! with Akira doing one
Drum solo 1 done and completed.
Akira cheerleading 'we want more!' so we get drum solo 2 as his guitar hasnt complete tuning I think.
Akira then takeover drums to do his own drum solo..and his guitar tech join in during tuning of his guitar.
4) Masayoshi Yamashita then continue the " we want more! " cheers..
and end up Akira ask for a bass solo.. So we got a bass solo too before they proceed to next song after guitar tuning complete.

These are the unusual things...

Still waiting for the first audio complete bootlegs to appear, if none, I will take out mine..