MMmmmm Music

Ive got soo much to blog about man! But this time I'm gonna cast everything I planned to say, aside...for a single topic close to my heart. Music!!!

I dont know about eveyrone but a question I woudl ask anyone is...which do you admire most abt a song? the lyrics? or the music composition?

I know I used to think that the lyrics matter most to me..but I reaalize that what really makes a song stick...is mostly the tune. I mean come on...how come camp songs can stick to our minds so well? Despite how most of us dont like to sing it? (except Yanhan)

I've explored music from various countries and the ones who stick to me most...
Indian, Israeli, Indonesian (rock), Chinese classics, Turkish

Indian: note the carnatic bits where he just goes back and forth on the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa music scale. Btw its very hard for english song singers to sing indian songs well..alot more of throat needed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sH1N6jhKYyY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M52k--GmLRs (composed by THE AR Rahman)

Israeli: Idan is a bloody good composer! He composes songs sung in Hindi, Hebrew, Ethiopian Lang, French, etc I think its got to do with Israel being a melting pot of cultures. I adore this man and his works!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axCT1a_M0lc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbWxg4asm_A&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRTxeOOxtLM&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iG3hNkBAxc&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH6Hs7P2xW0 (Favourite)

Indonesian Rock: Peter Pan. I havent explored Sheila on 7..or is it 5? hmmm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHzWhQPJOYQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGXniVSfSZE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wsFwsFr3lc

Chinese Classics: Crisp and clearly articulated :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxu8Kxuf-Sg&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYpPfFOEBZo&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlxRMW19qJs&feature=fvw

Turkish: Its got its own mix of hip hop, RnB, Rock genre..sounds very interesting with a hint of its own culture. Their vocals are very throaty too.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eetg759xwp0&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoBLgi-dm8s&feature=channel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWPbUeVP-ig&feature=channel

Of course there's more so here are some other links...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltKg1WacKlk (Massari from lebanon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOnsB2-o8VU (Massari from Lebanon)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wk670zx0Cg8 (Oceans 13, capoeira part)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGsm3FCCpKQ&feature=related (French Rap)

I guess the most impt thing is..how much foreign music are you gonna open yourself to?

And thinking of this...how open are you to things outside of what you know or believe in?


I had a discussion w a colleague yesterday and I made a comment that she agreed totally..that youth these days feel the need to voice out and vent and just make known their existence by stating their opinion. Eg: blogs. BUT very few of them can feel confident enough abt their opinion and themselves to not feel threatened when people actually take come in to read and leave comments. I guess what I feel is...if you dare to post stuff up, then dont get affected byt eh snide/harsh comments of passerbys. They do that for hte same reason that you started writing/venting to start with. And if you do reply to defend yourself, then you add fuel to the fire. If you're a nice person, your other good passerbys will defend you..better yet. Let God do the judging. Till then, if u want to voice it out, always be prepared to stand firm.

Its a new mindset tat gets worse as the ages go because the younger you are,t he higher tendency of commenting some nonsense on nonsensical stuff...the worst comment is a comment that is not well thought of..or rather one that has no credibility, no sense in it.

K time to sleep my remainding hours. Hope you enjoy the music Ive put in. If you can, search for the lyrics/translations. Helps alot.

Lotsa love to all who bother to come, for good or for bad hahaha

God Bless