Suwandi

Category: Music

  • The Shins – New Slang

    Like this one so much!

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M11Kr1-q-pA&rel=1]

    And if you’d ‘a took to me like
    A gull takes to the wind.
    Well, I’d ‘a jumped from my tree
    And I’d a danced like the kind of the eyesores
    And the rest of our lives would ‘a fared well.

    God speed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs,
    And bleed into their buns ’till they melt away.

    I’m looking in on the good life I might be doomed never to find.
    Without a trust or flaming fields am I too dumb to refine?
    And if you’d ‘a took to me like
    Well I’d a danced like the queen of the eyesores
    And the rest of our lives would ‘a fared well.

    Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
    But I know where I want to go

    (Taken from ‘The First Day of My Life’)

  • How Far We’ve Come

    “…If I fall along the way, pick me up and dust me off; If I get too tired to make it, be my breath so I can walk; If I need some other love then, give me more than I can stand; When my smile gets old and faded, just wait around I’ll smile again; It shouldn’t be so complicated, just hold me and then, just hold me again…”

    Listening to Matchbox Twenty again, since they released their latest album, and i remember that i always love this one. Taken from BENT. Love it.

    Oh yeah, they’ve released Exile on Mainstream. Listen to ‘How Far We’ve Come’ and you’ll understand how great this band is. Altho, many says that we could not recognize them as Matchbox Twenty, as they’ve changed so much.

    I pretty much agree. It’s not like my favs: 3am, Push, Rest Stop, Kody, Back 2 Good, Could I Be You, If You’re Gone, or Bent. Anyway, everything’s changing, right!

    Go, Rob, Kyle, Paul!

     

  • Fray’ing My Soul

    Dont exactly know why, but everytime i tune to The Fray – How To Save A  Life, i get this spooky feeling. Try this, you watch the video:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKxnJ5iyC-w

    and while watching, you read this lyric:

    Step one you say we need to talk
    He walks you say sit down it’s just a talk
    He smiles politely back at you
    You stare politely right on through
    Some sort of window to your right
    As he goes left and you stay right
    Between the lines of fear and blame
    You begin to wonder why you came

    Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
    Somewhere along in the bitterness
    And I would have stayed up with you all night
    Had I known how to save a life

    Let him know that you know best
    Cause after all you do know best
    Try to slip past his defense
    Without granting innocence
    Lay down a list of what is wrong
    The things you’ve told him all along
    And pray to God he hears you
    And pray to God he hears you

    Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
    Somewhere along in the bitterness
    How To Save A Life Lyrics on http://www.lyricsmania.com
    And I would have stayed up with you all night
    Had I known how to save a life

    As he begins to raise his voice
    You lower yours and grant him one last choice
    Drive until you lose the road
    Or break with the ones you’ve followed
    He will do one of two things
    He will admit to everything
    Or he’ll say he’s just not the same
    And you’ll begin to wonder why you came

    Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
    Somewhere along in the bitterness
    And I would have stayed up with you all night
    Had I known how to save a life

    Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
    Somewhere along in the bitterness
    And I would have stayed up with you all night
    Had I known how to save a life
    How to save a life
    How to save a life

    Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
    Somewhere along in the bitterness
    And I would have stayed up with you all night
    Had I known how to save a life

    Where did I go wrong, I lost a friend
    Somewhere along in the bitterness
    And I would have stayed up with you all night
    Had I known how to save a life
    How to save a life

    I read this song is the “outlet” of Fray’s lead singer Slade, who once lost a friend (drug addiction). I dont know any friends with particular situation, but still, how come i thought i’ve lost a friend ya?

    Don’t know where I am, don’t know where I’ve been
    But I know where I want to go

    (Taken from ‘The First Day of My Life’)

  • Letto! Letto!

    Most listened album this week : Letto (Truth, Cry, & Lie)

    Yes! I was listening to Letto most of my time while driving my ‘grasshopper’ to work. Heard of them? If no is your answer, than you must try tuning in their hits like ‘No One Talk About Love Tonight’. At the end of the track, you probably will say “hmmm… I think this is one of Keane, or Oasis, or Coldplay, or Starsailor, or Athlete’s…”.

    🙂 Tell you what, they are very very good. I was in a record store last week, and this track had stolen my attention. I stay at the store until the end of the almost-5-minute track. And can’t hardly wait to ask the staff, “..what is the Now Playing?..”, and she replied, “Letto”. I said : “That indonesian band?” I was amazed. Damn, I thought it was one of the britpop megastars.

    The vocal is excellent. The music is good (in my opinion). The variety of the music and consistency of genre, impressed me more. They’re just not as lucky as other less-talented-bands like Samson. Poor Letto.

    Hope they can do better with marketing and promotion next time. I do believe this is a world class band. With a touch from international-minded-management, they can rock UK and US too. Trust me.

    You should also try “Ruang Rindu”, which I love the most in the album.

  • Walk The Line

    Jerry Lee Lewis : We’re all going to hell for the songs we sing!
    June Carter : And what about me, Jerry Lee; am I going to hell too?
    Jerry Lee Lewis : No, June, you’re beautiful.

    Just watched “Walk The Line” last night. A very very good movie, actually! I love it. Also, just found something interesting about the movie, Joaquin Phoenix’s role as Johnny Cash, was actually decided by Johnny Cash himself. Mr Cash was impressed with Joaquin’s performance in Gladiator.

    Interesting huh? 🙂

    But, i think the greatest part is, both Reese Witherspoon and Phoenix sang all the songs without being dubbed. They both can sing very very well. Overall, i like the movie.