Friday, November 20, 2009

The Killers - Romeo and Juliet cover

salam...
different day, different mood,
different mood, so different post...

post today is about a cover song by the killers. Seriously i knew the killers up to their 1 st album only Hot Fuzz if im not mistaken la.. The one i layan back at the time was Mr Brightside and Somebody Told Me.. After that, The Killers not on my mind anymore....

One day, one of my friend pass me this song. (of course la illegal downloading.. original CD so lame) . Title "Romeo and Juliet".. so i thought.. "eh, ni lagu Dire Straits feveret ak la sial".. So i gave it a listen.. and the first thing that caught my attention was the guitar playing... perghh... very smart, stylo and sweet la katakan... (sorry i dont know how else to describe).. The chords are still based on the original one by dire straits.. but altered a bit with a more soft and mellow sound.. just when i was amazed by the guitar playing... Brandon's voice joined in... if anything, its more like telling a story than singing.. only that the lyrics are more poetic and beautiful... and i find it unbelievable that his stunning voice blends in the music perfectly...

A lovestruck Romeo, sings the streets a serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Finds a streetlight, steps out of the shade
Says something like, "You and me, babe, how about it?"

Juliet says, "Hey, it's Romeo, you nearly gave me a heart attack"
He's underneath the window, she's singing
"Hey, la, my boyfriend's back
You shouldn't come around here, singing up people like that
Anyway, what you gonna do about it?"

Juliet, the dice was loaded from the start
And I bet, that you exploded in my heart
And I forget, I forget.. the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

Come up on different streets, they both were streets of shame
Both dirty, both mean, yes and the dream was just the same
And I dream your dream for you and now your dream is real
How can you look at me, as if I was just another one of your deals?

Well, you can fall for chains of silver, you can fall for chains of gold
You can fall for pretty strangers and the promises they hold
You promised me everything, you promised me thick and thin, yeah
Now you just say, "Oh, Romeo, yeah, you know
I used to have a scene with him"

Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said, "I love you like the stars above, I love you 'till I die"
And there's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

I can't do the talk, like the talk on the TV
And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be
I can't do everything, but I'd do anything for you
I can't do anything except be in love with you

And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be
All I do is keep the beat, and the bad company
And all I do is kiss you, through the bars of a rhyme
Juliet, I'd do the stars with you any time

Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry
I said, "I love you like the stars above, I'll love you 'till I die"
There's a place for us, you know the movie song
When you gonna realize, it was just that the time was wrong, Juliet?

A lovestruck Romeo, sings the streets of serenade
Laying everybody low with a love song that he made
Find a convenient streetlight, and steps out of the shade
He says something like, "You and me, babe -how about it?

The chorus part

"Juliet, when we made love, you used to cry

I said, "I love you like the stars above, I love you 'till I die"

is the very 'mahal' part... If anything, Dire Straits should be grateful coz Brandon did them justice by carrying out the chorus perfectly... and the whole song as well..
The song goes for more than 5 minutes, but it took me less than 1 minute to figure that this cover is better than Dire Straits version... i mean we're talking about Dire Straits here... it is excusable if you guyz dont know anything about them.. but, just do me a favor and google them.. these guyz are legendary la.. If everything goes well, maybe i'll continue posting more about other songs... Cheers..

Sunday, November 15, 2009

2012





salam kawan2...
kali ni saya nk post dlm bahasa plak...dengan sedikit rojak2... maklumla.. kempen 1 malaysia... bahasa kena jadik 1 gak la.. walaupun rojak2 pasembor skit
so.. sapa2 rasa dia power sgt bi dan tak reti baca bahasa... sila blah sekarang juga...

Filem yg menjadi mangsa review kali ni ialah 2012 yg hangat mcm goreng pisang emas... Honestly, boleh dikatakan ak ada bnyk expectation la utk movie ni... maklumla.. satu lg keluaran hollywood pasal kiamat dunia.... rasanya mat salleh mmg suka kot dunia nk kiamat ni... lgpun diorang kan suka buat benda jahat2 akhir zaman ni...

Warning.. stat perenggan ni ada spoiler alert.... nk dijadikan crite... tahun 2010, government amerika dapat tahu kerak bumi akan jadi tak stabil sbb akan matahari akan tembak partikel neutrino mutan yg sampai kat teras bumi. Efeknya sampai kat kerak bumi dan destabilize kerak bumi ni.. resultnya... satu dunia hancur... sbb gempa bumi, letusan gnung brapi, tsunami dan lain lain.... jadi time G8 summit, presiden amerika jumpa ngn pemimpin dunia lain utk diskas cmn nk panjangkan umur manusia2 lain ni.... hasilnya, satu plan dibuat utk hasilkan beberapa bijik kapal yg besar cam nak haram utk menampung seberapa bnyk mungkin manusia dari kemusnahan dunia... tp cukup utk 450,000 penumpang ja.. dan tiket utk nek kapal ni hargenya 1 bilion euro sorang... benda ni dirahsiakan dari pengetahuan awam kecuali segelintir orang... Heronya plak ialah seorang ayah kepada 2 org anak struggle utk selamatkan keluarga dari event ni dan cuba utk nek kapal besar ni secara free...

Sebelum event kehancuran tu, 1 jam pertama filem tu agak solid.... basically, filem tunjuk crita dari dua persepektif... dari view point kakitangan government dan dari life ayah kepada 2 org anak td... government jmp hint2 dunia nk kiamat dan cmn diorang prepare utk event tu... cita hero lak .. dia bwk anak2 g camping ke yellowstone national park dan jmp hint2 dunia nk hancur gak.......

bila stat je babak2 kehancuran secara besar-besaran... hampeh...., CGI mmg lawa... cara dia tunjuk bangunan bandar, rumah, transpot2 hancur mmg nampak real dan bergaya.. tapi bab hero menyelamatkan diri dari event tu mmg menipu penonton bulat2... ada ala2 war of the world, tapi lebih menipu dan tak real.. imagine la....

Gempa bumi stat-->tanah merekah--->rumah hero dekat2 nk runtuh--->hero dan keluarga nyaris2 survive

naik kapal terbang--> kapal terbang fly ke arah bangunan tinggi yg meruntuh-->nyaris2 lepas bangunan-->nyaris2 survive

hero jatuhke dlm gaung rekahan tanah-->tapi dapat juga panjat balik-->nyaris2 dapat survive



agak2nya kebarangkalian hero untuk hidup sama dengan menang loteri sport toto 8D sebanyak 5 kali berturut-turut... melihat babak camni.. membuat ak rasa mentaliti ak direndahkan ke tahap cipan yang otaknya belum develop lagi...

Dari segi lakonan lak.. boleh dikatakan cukup2 makan r... tapi babak dunia hancur memberi peluang yg sedikit kepada watak2 utk develop dgn lebih mendalam....jadi... resultnya...kita tak rasa rapat sangat dengan karektor2 tersebut... lantak dia la mati jatuh gaung ke... mati tersepit, mati katak ke...

so, konklusinya... kalau korang boleh lupakan realism, buat2 bodo terhadap benda tak logik,suka letupan, benda2 hancur dan minat geologi ala2 hollywood ... movie ni mmg utk korang.. jangan lupa kencing puas2 sebelum ke wayang sebab durasi filem selama 2 jam 45 minit cukup utk buat pundi kencing korang rasa nk meletup.. sekian