Merdeka 2 ( KITA )

Kembali lagi... entah kenapa....aku jadi gila nak mentelaah kembali koleksi lagu-lagu M.Nasir dalam komputer riba nih...akhirnya aku tersentuh dengan satu lagu...cuba anda perhatikan liriknya...

Anak-anak kitakah yang berlari telanjang
Di bawah mentari sumbing
Sambil bernyanyi lagu
Ketakutan hari-hari ini

Anak-anak kitakah yang memikul beban
Kesilapan kita
Hingga dia tak kenal
Budaya canggung bangsa sendiri

Selamatkan anak kita
Dari padang jerangkap samar
Selamatkan anak kita
Orde baru politikus usang

Anak-anak kitakah yang bermain
Di hutan belukar
Dengan senapang kayu ubi
Cambah tak kenal bahaya

Anak-anak kitakah yang tak tahu nak pulang
Bila petang
kerana terlalu sibuk main lastik
Dan berpistolan
Pistol-pistolan

Jaga-jaga anak kita
Jangan sampai jadi hamba
Jaga-jaga anak kita
Kita ini orang merdeka

Panggillah mereka pulang
Ayah nak ajar
Tentang kurang ajar
Jadi mereka takkan sendiri lagi

Panggillah mereka pulang
Ayah nak ajar
Tentang kurang ajar
Jadi mereka takkan dimomok lagi

Fikir
Selamatkah kita di tangan tukang karut itu
Fikir
Selamatkah kita di tangan dalang wayang itu
Fikir
Selamatkah kita di tangan ahli koporat itu
Fikir
Selamatkah kita di tangan doktor jiwa itu
Fikir
Selamatkah kita di tangan pakar kitab itu
Fikir
Selamatkah kita di tangan tuhan-tuhan itu

...itu lagu M.Nasir - Anak-anak Kita....terfikir sejenak...apa agaknya yang bermain di fikiran beliau ketika mencipta lirik lagu ini...dari segi gubahan bunyi aku taknak komen...mantap...ada bunyian nusantara macam biasa...hahahaha

Sekali imbas...apabila lirik itu dituturkan oleh beliau...sudah pasti "anak-anak kita" yang dimaksudkan adalah dari golongan kita....muda-mudi...mungkin beliau cuba untuk menyampaikan pesan kepada golongan sebaya aku...dan juga kepada ibu bapa kita mungkin...supaya mendidik anak masing-masing...bagus!! syabas diucapkan!!...

Tapi aku masih 'ragu-ragu'....siapa yang dimaksudkan dengan "politikus usang", "tukang karut", "dalang wayang", "ahli koporat", "doktor jiwa", "pakar kitab", "tuhan-tuhan" ??? kalian punya pendapat? suarakan....hehehehe

Merdeka 1 (sukahati ibu dan ayah mereka)

Assalamualaikum,

Dah lame aku x tulis kat sini...lame gak la sampai aku sendiri pun taktau nk start dari mana....so nak bagi senang cerita....jom sembang...sembang pasal MERDAYKA

Smalam aku terbaca blog member (Najwan) yang menceritakan tentang lagu Negaraku (yang skarang ni HITZZZ gile)....agak-agak kalo masuk Billboard bleh chart topping hit tuh...paling koman sminggu....semua hasil 'kreativiti' rakyat Malaysia sendiri yang menggubah dan adun semula lagu tu dengan irama bunyi ala-ala hip-hop dan gaya nyanyian 'rap'....diselit pula dengan nada-nada sinis sindiran, teguran mahupun kutukan...semua lengkap (Fusion gamaknye)

Dan disentuh juga tentang asal-usul lagu kebangsaan yang 'kantoi' akhirnya...rupanya dipetik dari lagu Mamula Moon gubahan Pierre Jean Berager dari Peranchis...hahahhaa...aku ingat lagi masa belajar sejarah dulu...cikgu bagitau lagu Negaraku asalnya dari lagu Terang Bulan iaitu lagu rasmi negeri Perak...tapi rupanya ada rahsia tersembunyi disitu...ada seseorang yang ditindas dan namanya dipadam disitu...yea tuan2 dan puan2....tak lain tak bukan...Pierre Jean Berager....komposer asal lagu Mamula Moon yang akhirnya diciplak oleh Perak (dengan tajuk pun nk ciplak...apekejadah la orang yang bagi idea nih)...dan akhirnya diambil secara 'sah' oleh kerajaan Malaysia sebagai lagu kebangsaan yang kita dengar hari ini...

Aku taknak sentuh la kisah lain...kisah bendera...kisah tu kisah ni....semua kisah tu malas la aku nak kupas panjang...lagi baik hadirin sekalian pergi menjenguk blog saudara Najwan....moral daripada semua ini ialah sampai bila nk jadi camnih!!!

tatkala industri bunyi-bunyian (baca : muzik) di Malaysia makin sakit...
tatkala para penggubah lagu dan penggiat seni menyuarakan bantahan terhadap cetak rompak....
tatkala para seniman bertarung mempertahankan royalti....

tatkala itu masyarakat terus menutup mata dan menyumbat telinga...
tatkala itu sejarah sebenar lagu kebangsaan ditutup ceritanya...
tatkala itu masyarakat terus menyanyikan lagu kebangsaan yang pada asalnya memang cetak rompak....
tatkala itu kita terus dilabel sebagai negara cetak rompak...
bukan kerana lanun-lanun CD atau DVD....
tapi dek kerana lanun-lanun yang kita sendiri pun dah tak kenal mana satu....
semua bagai satu

aku tak kesah sama ada lagu ni diambil secara sah atau tak....tapi paling koman cerita la betul-betul..ape nk takut?? takut dilabel sebagai penyokong blok Barat?? takut dilabel sebagai penyangak harta intelek?? takut dilabel sebagai lanun no.1 dunia???.....ko x cite pun orang dah tau!!!

Goyang-kakee

"Pre-Engineer Season". Yups! It's industrial training period for me commencing from yesterday (160407) til 060707...it's day 2 today and i'm sitting on my boss' chair, using his computer to type this blog...everybody's out to the President's new high-end house (it's for real!!)....not much to do but i hope there'll be something for me to write n present when this period ends...better late than never though.

It's still early for me to get back into my musical enthusiasm again since works are just started...tomorrow there'll be GEMA at MMU Cyberjaya and i heard Butterfingers will be the guest band (most of my posts ade name Butterfingers kan?? hahahah)...mayb next week i'll unwrap my guitar and start running my fingers on its fretboard again...it's been a while since i last played her (HER??!!)...hahahaha....i miss those days anyway...when we could all gathered and play our own guitars in circle....those were the the glorious days...salute to all my bandmates whom i played with throughout these years and for those who still sharing the journey with me...let's make a real blast someday!!

HECTIC!!

yea i know i've been away for about 2 months...away without leaving any words here...the truth is i've been busy (and i know it's a lame excuse) but it's true anyway...so i'll try to summarize everything in this post

• Muse World Tour - the big band was here in KL!! went to stadium negara with nard, cha n along...n we sat together with garseng, jj, mio, mad, gaza....ramai la!!! it was really a blast!! they got everything from showmanship, lighting, sound system, crowds, the atmosphere...the best of everything was mixed well in nearly 2 hours of continuous music!!

• Uniten Relief Team to Batu Pahat - yups..i've been chosen as one of the commitee member for Uniten Relief Team...we went to Batu Pahat on 10-11 February 2007...about 120 students were involved in this charity program to help the flood victims in Batu Pahat in collaboration with Rakan Muda and Kementerian Belia dan Sukan...and tell u what...it was a damn tiring program!!! i designed everything from posters, flyers and even the tags...butAlhamdulillah everything went well...KUDOS to us!!

• The Otherside Of Uniten ; A Photography and Short Film Competition - the photography unit (currently known as Uniten Shutters) had came out with what i should call 'a big-break for our existence' when we started this competition...it was really nice to see what engineering and IT students could do when it comes to creativity and arts...u all should watch the winning short film...damn nice!! I'd like to say a heartiest THANK YOU and CONGRATZ to Uniten Shutters...next sem kita merdeka!!!

• ASTENA JammFest '07 - Anak Seni Tenaga Nasional (ASTENA) once again organized this event...my band was chosen as one of the top 13 bands to compete in the final...but we didn't won (again!!)....but its ok anyway...at least we tried and talk to what we considered as 'political bulshits'....and all the bulshitters were there...and we smack them on the head!! hahahahaha....if u r one of the audience for jammfest....u should know who they are (clue : ko ingat ko rockstar sangat??!!!)

that's all for now kot....diriku teramat sewel sekarang....i badly miss someone...but i think i shouldn't.....but i really do.....but i'm sooo bz....n my lecturer keep giving tasks like we're a superficial-being with robotic-heart...which means....we're DEAD! bye

_SHIFT the future...

I just wanna write a short post here with a main question :

"Can we shift sumthin without changing its current condition?"

Let's think of an example here shall we. Let's say if you like pizza sooo damn much, and you want it to be your main course everyday. For breakfast, lunch, tea-time, dinner, supper...you always want that pizza like you already fall deeply in love wif it. So now you're shifting your pizza, from twice a week to an everyday meal, without changing its current conditions, which are; it's pizza; it's your most favourite food. It's just that you don't want that pizza to dissapear and lost in time. You don't want others to take your favourite pizza. But it's ok if others still like the same pizza, as long as they don't like it as much as you do. You want that pizza to be there for you always...coz you believe that there's no one on earth can love that pizza as much as you do...but you still want it to be the same pizza, same taste, same ingredients....could it be possible?

It's always possible for me....

Butters & Friends : Butter Worth Pushful 10th Annyversary Showcase (130107) @ ZOUK KL

Butterfingers did it again this time!! If any of you still remember their 2nd album Butter Worth Pushful on 1997...it's the 10th annyversary and everybody gathered together for the last time at Zouk KL to watch them live on stage performing a long set from the album.

The show started quite late, 4pm, Damn Dirty Apes was the opening band for the day with their space-reggae style. Like usual, i didn't get the chance to watch the opening band. Me n Bleak went to KLCC to get something to eat...1901 hotdogs!! hahaha...when we're back at Zouk, Republic Of Brickfields was on stage and the crowd still standing and moving slowly; almost unmotioned; well...i bet they do coz most of them came for Butterfingers!! But as expected, when OAG on stage, everybody was crazy like hell!! the packed crowds suddenly got wild, moshing, jumping, diving...while me n other crew members were busy setting things up for Butterfingers. Tuning their guitars, setting their gadgets, preparing the camera, find the best angle bla bla bla...fuuhh

It was about 6.50pm and Butterfingers got up on stage...and also as expected...the crowds went hysterically crazy!! They played a little stupid tune for soundcheck (2 songs called C# and D#...hahahahaha)...then they took a break at 7.15pm. 15 minutes after that, Butterfingers were seen on stage, all geared up, Loque make some noise with his guitar, and everybody else does actually...then the show begins!! Luckily i got a better angle than last week, and i change my position whenever they change their guitars...thanx to those bodyguards from Zouk for being a human barricade...u guys rawks!!!

I might say i was a little dissapointed with the show yesterday coz Butterfingers was supposed to be the main act...yet they were short of time so they have to cancel 4 songs!! (and that includes Mating Season...you should know how dissapointed i was)....but luckily they played Delirium, one of my most favourite song!! Oh yea and also Ruin By The Selling Out...damn nice man!!

I wanna give my biggest, heartiest THANK YOU to the people who involved in this showcase:

• To the main act, Butterfingers - Emmett, Kadak, Loque, Loko...u guys are my legendary heroes
  
• To all the guest bands - Love Me Butch, 18SGG, Seven Collar T-Shirt, Prana, Damn Dirty Apes, Republic Of Brickfields, OAG
• To the organizer - Laguna Records
• To the RoyalButterfingers family - UGLY (tq for the opportunity dude!), Bleak, Freak, Bob, Rayzaw, Rafuyel, EddVedd, Ieda, Ikin, Bahkutteh, Adi, Kit, Romie, Kamen, and anyone who i didn't mention here...as long as u r part of Royal family
• To the crowds and everyone who attended the show...we're a part of each other...so UNITE!!!

see u guys in next showcase...Transcendence maybe?? hehehehe

Butters & Friends : The Warm-up Session

It was Saturday and everybody was rushing to Zouk KL for the first time; full line-up performance by Butterfingers since early 2005!! I was asked by UGLY to shoot the video with other 2-3 cameraman (and a woman also).

The show started at about 3.30pm with 18SGG as the opening band. Not much to say about this band coz i was at the entrance that time (tgh tolong Tajul jaga pintu). After 18SGG was Prana and...well...if you ever heard their new tunes....you better judge 'em yourself la kan?? (hahahaha)...after that was Seven Collar T-Shirt and what else could i say about them..Duan's vocal is hard to beat...Ham's creative effects lead SCTS to another dimension...then came Love Me Butch...the crowd suddenly gone wild and i got to watch them from the VIP section...hahahaha...have to get ready for the main act...BUTTERFINGERS!!!

Just after LMB finished, Emmett got up on stage and the crowd suddenly gone "Waaaarrrghhh!! Emmett!!! Arrrghhh!!!"...hahahah gile la diorang nih...i searched for the best angle to shoot the video but sadly the front stage area was packed already!! then i decided to sit on the stage, in front of Emmett himself...so i was in the middle between raging crowds n him...n for God sake i had a back pain today coz the crowd keep pushing me for the whole Butterfingers set!!! Hopefully next week i'll get a better angle. Then after the show we all just lepak outside Zouk then move on to Pelita Nasi Kandar (nearby KLCC) to eat n do some post-mortem. Me, all the RoyalButterfingers crews, Emmett n his wife Terrina.

Here's the setlist for last night:
The Chemistry (Between Us)
Garden City of Lights
L O V E
Mokhsha
Girl Friday
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Words vs Wisdom
Epitome
Mermaids
M E (encore)
Floating in a Vacuum (encore)

Trivia :

• Loque bought a new guitar...Squier Telecaster (he said cheap only..made in China...bleh caya ka?)
• Kadak's most memorable phrase "Ape cerit?" (i didn't miss the 'a' there..it's truly 'cerit')....hahahahahah
• Seven Collar T-Shirt's new album will be out maybe this year (source from Duan himself)
• Emmett's Epiphone guitar was broke down before the set started so he borrowed Ham's (SCTS) Telecaster
• Still remember Loque playing his acoustic guitar at Rock The World 4?? That is Martin guitar!!! If any of you don't know what it is...i'll tell you...briefly...Martin acoustic guitar would cost around RM10k or more...got my hook?
  

that's all...see u next Saturday, same time, same place, for the Butter Worth Pushful 10th Annyversary Showcase...the set will be longer n better!! trust me!!