How I listen to Mr Big (Cammana aku dengar Mr Big)

Salam and Greetings.
First in  Broken English, and then in Bahasa Melayu Pasar.

I envision if I do live long, what music I will listen to and how?
I guess Maiden will remain a staple, anything Ritchie Blackmore and another will be Mr Big.
I had ripped my Mr Big collection to mp3, installed them to my walkman for listening when walking, on bus, on trains, and occasionally plays them thru speakers at home.

Persiapan hari tua , kalau panjang umur murah rezeki...
Termasuk hiburan sihat. HAHA.
Muzik apa aku nak dengar bila Jalan kaki, dalam bas, dalam train, atau kat rumah atau mana2 sahaja?
Rasanya band Mr Big tentu jadi pilihan aku.
Aku dah ripped abis semua dah bawah ni jadi MP3.
Dah letak dalam Walkman aku, senang dengar bila2 masa di luar, malah tempat kerja bila waktu malam takde orang lain..  dan di rumah aku bluetooth kan aje ke speakers...

Mungkin senang aku akan ulas sekali gus setiap koleksi Mr Big aku ni....

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Maybe one day I will summarise my Mr Big collection.

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...

Mr Big - RLS 113 Sendai Official Bootleg Nov 8, 2014 double cd - review

Salam and greetings to all. 

As usual first in English, then in Malay Language - Bahasa Melayu. 

I have no time to resize my UK Iron Maiden 2017 British Tour backpacking photos,

so until then, lets entertain other things. (Lots of packaging photos on this post).

From Kreator live review to now showing off the double cd Japan only - MR BIG R.L.S 113 SENDAI OFFICIAL BOOTLEG NOVEMBER 8 , 2014.

after opening... the cute obi strip....
Two booklets,
one colour photos booklet,
the other is text booklets complete with all lyrics in English and Japanese.

(more photos of packaging below)

So a few things special about this album...

- Its an OFFICIAL BOOTLEG.

Its stated Produced by Mr Big but I suspect its very minimum production and basically it sounds like any Fan-Collection Bootleg which is sourced from the Soundboard Recording.

But still the sound is absolutely nice if you are into Mr Big or even if you never hear of Mr Big, this is a very fascinating live album.

- R.L.S 113 - stands for Raw Like Sushi.

Mr Big has some Japanese only release live albums which is entitled Raw Like Sushi, so this is basically the one labelled 113. On this same tour (supporting The Stories We Could Tell album in 2014) is already a full live album with the full blue ray recorded in Tokyo or something. That one is entitled R.L.S 114.

This tour is also where Matt Starr comes into the picture, Pat Torpey is more to percussions and backing vocals and taking the lead on Judas Priest Living After Midnight cover.

But Pat Torpey still drums on some songs.

*Amazing how the band take care of their unwell drummer*

- Sendai 

I guess Mr Big release this special live 2cd official bootleg album, is because finally they get to play for their fans in SENDAI, which was hard hit by the Earthquake and the Tsunami of 2011. 

- This album has live versions of songs from ..What If and ... Stories We Could Tell..

For myself, I kind of prefer Mr Big live albums as its so exciting.

Anyway, they are coming again to South East Asia.... going to see them play in Singapore this October, wishing I could go to the Kuala Lumpur show too..  

- The packaging of this album reminds me of those early 1990s Italian bootleg companies which print professional bootleg cds of high quality fans recordings or soundboard sources like companies like the famous K.T.S (Kiss The Stone) label.

A really good buy...  whether you are into Mr Big or even if never hear of Mr Big before...

And for their live shows, just bite the bullet and buy a ticket, even if you never know them, it will be magical once they perform on stage. And.. you will be surprisingly impressed by the quality of their songs live too.

(more photos till end of blog)

Hi Semua...

Ingat nak cerita sambungan Iron Maiden, tapi aku malas nak resize photos.

Aku tak suka terus tampal photos nanti blog aku makin berat.

So dari ulasan Kreator buat persembahan live minggu lepas ke menunjukkan bungkusan Mr Big Official Live Bootleg - 2cd rakaman dari 2014 Sendai Jepun.

Ni macam aku cakap atas dinamakan R.L.S 113, kerana Mr Big ni kat Jepun dorang keluarkan album2 live khas dan RLS ni sambungan nya, RLS tu maknanya Raw Like Sushi.

Live album ni sebenarnya dari show2 Mr Big tahun 2014 yang support album baru waktu tu album.. Stories We Could Tell.

Jadi antara sebab aku beli cd ni aku nak simpan koleksi live2 version dari album2 What If dan Stories We Could Tell,

pasal Mr Big live ni istimewa sangat. Tak bedek... Aku tak tipu...  Satu pengalaman menarik tengok Mr Big Live.

Sama macam tengok kumpulan Toto beraksi.

Macam.. cakap macam.. Biar Betik... apa nye persembahan ni, dan lagu2 mereka gerek.. dengar sekali first time pun dah suka... dan showmanship memang power jugak..

Aku tak tipu...

So bungkusan ni jugak tiru macam sapa2 dulu beli atau kumpul bootlegs2 dari negara barat atau Jepun yang punya bungkusan yang fantastik... so dalam ulasan ni aku tunjuk setiap apa ada...

selain obi strip yang kiut tu..

Dan jugak...  Album ni aku rasa Mr Big release live album bentuk "official bootleg" kerana akhirnya mereka dapat main di Sendai.
Sendai ni yang berapa tahun dulu tu kena Tsunami teruk sangat. Yang gempa bumi dan tsunami kena Jepun tahun 2011 tu...? Sendai antara wilayah paling teruk la so memang ada part dalam live album ni memang rasa sedih sangat la..

Ni album banyak jugak lagu2 dari album ... What If dan... Stories We Could Tell..

contoh ni album ada Undertow live.

Jadi aku memang teringin nak kumpul setiap live album untuk setiap tour support setiap album studio.

Dan...  Mr Big ni, waktu ni dah pakai drummer jemputan, kerana Pat Torpey dah makin teruk kot Parkinson Disease dia, jadi Matt Starr takeover drum,

Pat Torpey lebih kepada percussion dan backing vocal dan jugak lead vocal masa nyanyi lagu Judas Priest.

Jadi...  mana2 band2 melayu, cuba la kan bila drummer jatuh sakit, pandai2 la take care, cubalah jangan sampai jadi bahan cacian dan kutukan..., ni band omputeh punya la gerek jaga drummer Parkinson disease.

So Mr Big akan beraksi lagi di Singapore dan Kuala Lumpur jugak, sapa was2 nak pegi ke tak nak, aku cakap pergi...  bayar je harga tiket untuk sesuatu sangat istimewa.

dan apa lagi eh? aku dah lambat la.. so aku stop... bye.

ok more photos...

p.s 

Pat Torpey main drums lagu Fragiler, Just Take My Heart, pun boleh nampak dia sakit...

Wooo ni tour dia mesti dapat tempukan paling gemuruh dari aku... haha...

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.