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World WATER Day / Hari Air Sedunia - luahan aku.

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First in English, then in Bahasa Melayu.
As usual, different contents... So learn both languages. LOL!!


Most of the time I blog about things I have passion for. Once in a blue moon, I blog about something serious.
Macam semua tahu, blog ni merapek meraban je bual syok sendiri, tapi setahun sekali aku akan blog sesuatu serious. Dan aku tahu aku akan kena lahar pasal menegur Melayu untuk sebahagian orang Melayu ialah bermakna menegur agama Islam, dan akhirnya aku akan dipanggil Kafir hanya kerana menegur perangai orang Melayu.

Water.
Even Clint Eastwood without water is DYING in the movie "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".
And we all know just like Bruce Dickinson says before Where Eagles Dare on A Real Dead One "Whatever The Problem Is, Clint Eastwood is going to Solve it". But nope, Clint Eastwood nearly died of thirst in TGTB&TU.
Water.
The lyrics to Damn Yankees "Someone To Believe" in..
Just like the air
That we breathe in a single day
To a drowning man
How much do you think he'd pay

Play around with the words and you get
- Just Like The Water
That We Drink in a Single Day
To a Thirsty Man
How Much Do You Think He'd Pay.
Water.
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner - irregardless  the original poetry or Maiden's version
tells about the crew on board the ship dying of thirst
and yet they are surrounded by nothing but ocean
with the most beautiful and famous literature writing ever...
"Water Water Everywhere Nor Any Drop To Drink".
Water.
If anyone runs out of water, for anyone..
Even if he is the richest man in the world? or he is the KING, he is a PRINCE?
He will exchange whatever his richness, all his wealth, all his power
for Water?
So he and his love ones can survive. Will they do? or wont?
Water.
Even if you are alone in a HUGE HOT DESERT, surrounded by a million army.
Never fear.
Just poison their water supply.
The million army will die of thirst in the desert.
Water.
Always love that scene in the movie Schindler's List, that person in the crowded Cattle Wagon?
~~THe woman is Dangling jewelry diamond? for exchange of water with shivering begging hands.~~
So collect all your richness, collect all medals and prestige honours for people to kneel to you, get the best mass destruction weapons, trample and steal from the poor for all the wealth, but never forget clean water is more important.

So Happy World Water Day Tomorrow. 22nd March Each Year.
Water is Precious. 
Water is Everything
Water Is Life.







(all photos, GOGGLEd and GOGGLErised)




Besok HARI AIR SEDUNIA. ye kot kalau alih bahasa tu la sebutan nya kan?

Agama Islam dah cakap pasal benda ni dah seribu tahun lebih.
Patut kita orang Islam dah tahu pasal kepentingan air bersih untuk diminum lebih dari orang lain.

Katalah, kalau korang ada air bersih yang boleh dibuat minuman sebanyak semua air lautan dalam dunia ni?
Tapi bila korang ambik air sembahyang, 
korang berwuduk, berapa kali maksima? TIGA kan?

Jadi tu la sesuatu kita kena fikir.

Korang jangan lahar aku ok, aku tahu, aku ni calon bila mati masuk oven,
tapi,  tak dinafikan betapa penting nya air bagi aku.

Seperti aku kasi contoh2 kat segmen bahasa omputeh kat atas.
Seperti aku cakap, sebagai calon bila mati masuk oven
aku tengok orang kat mesjid ambik wuduk,
pasal cam gitu aku belajar,
aku tengok orang baik nye perangai,
segi percakapan, lemah lembut bersuara, 
cara orang baik komunikasi, 
cara mereka senyum dalam pencampuran masyarakat, 
cara mereka merendah diri, sampai cara mereka ambik wuduk dan solat.

Tapi, korang cakap kat aku, tempat wuduk masjid, adakah aku nak kena tengok cammana orang bersarban berjubah ambik wuduk,
atau tengok orang cuma pakai baju tshirt dan seluar biasa je?

PASAL AKU TENGOK, ada bukak paip untuk berwuduk macam Niagara Falls nye air terjun, tapi ada bukak kecik.
Dan terbalik yang guna air sikit ialah dressing biasa, yang bukak air paip punya la kuat menderu2 ialah geng yang imej world.
Sorry eh, ni bukan semua... tapi you know what I am talking about. Dont deny it.

OK, ada korang cakap, "kita bayar apa, bayar bil air apa", tapi ni bukan masalahnya, kalau kau kaya cam Sultan Brunei pun, tapi kalau takde air bersih untuk minum cammana?
ok la boleh cakap bersihkan diri, all that pakai air laut tapi nak survive kena minum air pe.
Takde air, kejong siot.

So, sayangi air. HORMAT air. 
Jangan aniaya air bersih yang sumber kita minum.

Aku tahu betapa berat bila ada catuan air. Kaum pompuan pun kena angkat air dalam baldi berat2 naik tangga duduk rumah flet.
Aku tahu betapa berat bila air paip tak mengalir. Kau gi Supermarket dan kedai, setakat air suling, air dalam tong 5 liter dah habis licin.
Ada la kat supermarket tu ada tapi cuma tinggal brand mahal - SPRITZER.  Brand mahal!!

Betul tak semua aku cakap? BETUL KAN??? 
Tu baru berapa hari atau minggu takde air.
Kalau permanent? 

Anyway... aku selalu berharap, satu hari nanti manusia dianugerahkan kepandaian ubah air laut, dan air longkang air najis kepada air boleh diminum dan suci lagi mensucikan DENGAN HARGA MURAH.
Teknologi tu ada sekarang tapi tak banyak negara mampu wujudkan teknologi ni kerana mahal sangat dan perlukan kepakaran, 
walaupun dilahar oleh sesetengah orang sebagai minum air kencing atau air taik,
tapi cam aku cakap, kau ejek dan hina gitu, kau dah ejek nikmat Allah beri kat manusia.
Tapi well.....  

Selagi tu, tengok la tv ke sokkabar ke, kat banyak tempat dalam dunia orang takde air minuman cammana derita.

Aku tak paham orang2 ni semua perang2 pakai senjata paling brutal dan ganas, bunuh semua orang..

Senjata paling kuat dalam dunia ialah air bersih untuk minuman dan lain2.

Kalau terjadi masalah masyarakat yang tak boleh dikawal sesiapa, ia ialah pasal air.
Kalau Perang Dunia Ketiga jadi, ia ialah pasal air .

So fikir la... 


CEWAHHHH!!!!!  aku kalau buat post serious, abis je aku gelak diri sendiri.
OK, next time aku buat post serious selalunya bila tiba Aidil Adha.
Borak merapu meraban akan ke udara seperti biasa next post.

PYROMANIA Deluxe Edition - Def Leppard and news of Maiden's continuation release of the 180gram heavyweight black vinyls.

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OK, after the SERIOUSNESS of 
World Water Day/Hari Air Sedunia.









Lets start the review/opinion and ulasan of Def Leppard's Pyromania Deluxe Edition in Bahasa Melayu and then  in English.
As usual I try to make the contents different,
usually the Bahasa Melayu one will be more gossipy. LOL!!

Photos of the complete packaging and all the HISTORICAL TEXT of the making of Pyromania inside the booklet for those who havent seen it will be pasted all along this blog.



Untuk korang peminat lagu rock melayu dan omputeh,
satu antara dua ni akan berlaku dalam hidup korang.

Sama ada 
a) korang dengar lagu FOOLING dulu, lepas tu dengar BERPALING dari Search.
ATAU 
b) korang dengar lagu BERPALING dari Search dulu, lepas tu baru dengar lagu FOOLING.

tapi salah satu atas ni, selalu terjadi, lumrah hidup korang sebagai seorang peminat rock n roll band.

Kenangan kan ni semua.
Pyromania ni asalnya tahun 1983 dulu, dan versi deluxe ni ialah tahun 2009 keluar.

First sekali aku nak cakap, kalau aku cuma boleh pilih satu album Def Leppard aku akan pilih album Slang, aku pernah blog pasal Slang dua kali, satu kali untuk Slang double CD, dan lagi sekali bila Special Edition Slang keluar.
Aku siap beli single2 dari album Slang pasal aku nak versi live lagu2 dari album Slang.
Slang ni unik, terkeluar ring gitu...
ok, balik ke tajuk perbincangan dan berbual syok sendiri.
Jadi aku akhirnya memiliki cd Pyromania. Aku tengok kat gerobok aku tak pernah nampak la. haha.
Kaset memang....
Zaman sekolah dulu, pakai Walkman ye tak.
SEMUA LAGU GEREK, sepuluh sepuluh lagu Terbaik dari ladang.
Aku paling tak suka lagu Fooling dalam kaset Pyromania ni. Pasal cam gagap gitu. Macam bas ekpress KKKL. Korang tahu tak, kalau kat rumah sebut bas KKKL katalah beli tiket bas express KKKL kan? tak panggil KKKL tau, tapi panggil "Bas Gagap".

Gurau je eh, jangan terasa... hidup zaman ni memang stress, cakap sikit je kecik hati, marah2. haha.

 Aku paling suka lagu Comin'Under Fire dan lagu Stagefright.
Seronok giler dua dua lagu ni.
Tapi apa pun setiap lagu gerek... dan Die Hard The Hunter bila part gitar solos tu kan, gerek giler.

Jadi sapa belum memiliki tapi nak cukupkan korum dan masukkan cd Pyromania dalam koleksi korang, Sila tangkap versi Deluxe Edition kerana bukan saja Pyromania tapi cd yang kedua dalam bungkusan ini ialah sangat hebat, live songs dari persembahan 1983 mereka kat Los Angeles.
Dahsyat, dan best sangat. Evergreen.

Versi live giler babi nye istimewa sangat zaman dorang memang hebat tahun 1983 dulu - 
6 lagu dari album Pyromania, 2 dari album On Through The Night, 6 dari album High N Dry, dan satu lagu cover Travelling Band dengan Brian May dari Queen.
So memang sapa minat Def Leppard, ni peluang memiliki live album rasmi dengan persembahan dan sound terbaik dari zaman tiga album pertama bila mereka memang rock.

dan ingat, ni zaman paling best Def Leppard, 
-RICK ALLEN MASIH ADA DUA TANGAN. Belum eksiden putus tangan lagik.
-STEVE CLARK MASIH HIDUP. Hensem eh dekni.. aku suka dia tapi kaki botol rabak nye kot.
dan 
-PHIL COLLEN MASIH PAKAI BAJU. Geli siak aku tengok dia sekarang. Sebab tu aku tak mau gi tengok Def Leppard main, buat apa aku bayar tiket, abis tu aku geli tengok Phil Collen tak pakai baju.
OK aku tak kesah orang lain ok aku akan bayar tiket -, Lovehunters tak nak pakai baju, aku alrite, HIGH-ON FIRE memang trademark frontman tak pakai baju berpeluh cam mandi gitu, tapi seronok, 
aku berharap dapat tengok High On Fire main lagi sekali, giler babi laju dorang live 3 piece dan gerek nak mampos style heavy metal dorang.
antara band paling terkejut beruk kan aku ni band la.
aku cuma random je tengok apa band ni masa nak tunggu Slayer main satu masa dahulu, sekali tu makkao!! thorbaik.
anyway, balik kepada cerita,
tapi kalau Def Leppard Phil Collen tak pakai baju? Muntah Hijau. haha.

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PYROMANIA solo breakdown.
Too Late For Love, Die Hard The Hunter, Comin Under Fire, Action Not Words,
- Steve Clark.
Stagefright, Rock Rock Till You Drop, Rock Of Ages, Photograph , Fooling
- Phil Collen.
Billy's Got A Gun - BOTH.
Its a nice read above when Phil Willis got fired during the recordings, and how Phil Collen was brought in.

Pyromania. Deluxe Edition.
Always got the cassette tape, never the CD.
So its time to upgrade to CD and why not the Deluxe Edition.
Deluxe Edition has the Pyromania album remastered
and there is a wonderful 2nd CD of 15 live songs from a 1983 show in LA Forum.

2 songs from Through The Night, 6 songs from High N Dry and 6 from Pyromania. Plus a cover of Travelling Band.

THE 2nd CD is simply worth the reason to purchase this edition. Its so rocking and showing how awesome Def Leppard first 3 albums were.

Anyway, I always love Slang, and I had make a comparison of the original release of Slang Double CD version with the acoustic live 2nd cd, and also the fabulous Slang Deluxe Edition, again a double cd with songs previously unreleased that was as good as anything on the Slang album.

The link is here - Def Leppard Slang Deluxe Edition double cd (2013) - In Comparison with original Slang double cd (1996)

So Pyromania. Complete Perfection from start to finish.

Listening to this and you hope you got that Back To The Future vehicle.
How awesome it must have been then when it first came.

This are some other pages,
oh shit I didnt realise I take a snapshot of the below photo using my handphone,
and the glare is on the head of...
Rick Savage.
I think I miss out the photo of the legs of huge cranes.










Till The Next Time...

I always like English rock bands the most..
and that invasion of my heart and mind continues till today...

I really hope to find time to blog about a particular awesome album by Savage Messiah.
A modern day English rock band. Ermmm.. ok more to thrash actually. LOL!!!



Anyway.. The news is that Iron Maiden is releasing the continuation of the HEAVYWEIGHT 180gram BLACK Vinyl.
The First Eight albums already have the "supposedly" box, but IT DID NOT FIT EVERYTHING!!
as usual Maiden being Maiden, always things got screwed up,
although they won acclaim by everyone for the way they sell tickets for 2017 UK Tour, with almost all tickets directly go to fans with the cheap official prices. (me included, hurray!!)
(LIKE I SAY HOW AM I WILLING TO PAY MONEY TO SEE METALLICA IN FRONT SECTION IN SINGAPORE WHEN ITS EQUAL TO SEE MAIDEN UPFRONT AT ABOUT 5 SHOWS?? EVEN COUNT TO LOGISTICS AND FLIGHT, HOW CAN METALLICA BE SO EXPENSIVE COMPARED TO IRON MAIDEN?)
which now Metallica is having problems with EUROPEAN fans for the 2017 European Tour where lots of tickets are ending up at the wrong hands, and not directly to the fans at cheaper official prices.

So, I am not going to buy all the vinyls.
Money for personal entertainment and personal earthly pleasures have to be carefully manouvered for maximum 666/666 satisfaction.
My strategy right now is to see my favourite band or bands live.
If I live longer, and my favourite band/bands are retired,
and thats when I start buy more of their re-released items.
I will maybe slowly buy one at a time. LOL!!

But right now,
I JUST WANT THE BOX first!! Thats all. LOL!!
I can collect this version vinyl albums slowly next few years, or wait till they retire. LOL!!
So the box, if you want it, it will come with NPFTD and FOTD albums.
OK, its fine with me.







Nasik tambah sikit,
Iron Maiden dah umum nak keluarkan belen 180gram heavyweight black vinyl sambungan yang lepas tu.
Yang lepas puaka tu sebenarnya tak muat kan dalam kotak merah tu?
Aku tak beli semua vinyl pasal cam aku cakap kat atas, beli vinyl 180gram heavyweight Maiden ni lain kali boleh... tak payah kelam kabut.
Aku cuma nak kotak dia je.
So cerita nya belen2 yang belum keluar semua akan keluar bulan 5 sampai bulan 7.
Kotak kali ni besar giler.
Siap akan boleh selitkan vinyl Book Of Soul yang 3 LP tu.

AKU CUMA NAK KOTAK DIA JE!!!

Vinyl ni semua lain kali, kalau ada rezeki, umur panjang aku beli sekeping2 rilisan cetakkan 180gram ni.

TAK PENTING (ayat nak sedapkan hati). lain kali pun boleh beli, aku rather save nak tengok dorang main seberapa boleh, selagi nyawa dikandung badan, selagi dorang boleh main sama2 enam orang ni.
Tapi sapa tak tahu, untuk bulan 5 nanti, dalam kotak tu untuk rilisan bulan May ialah ada dua album, NPFTD dan FOTD. yang lagi belen bulan 6, dan bulan 7.
(remasters 2015 yang sezaman waktu dorang buat untuk Itunes Remasters Khas pendengar Itunes tu kot?) So aku expect sound baik sikit. hahaha. Tapi aku tak harap,
pasal ni
BAND PALING JAHANAM Tak Mau Dengar Cakap Orang, SUKA TOK NENEK DORANG, DEGIL KEPALA BATU!! ni la Iron Maiden.
Aku tak tahu cammana Adrian Smith boleh tahan dengan diktator Korea Utara Steve Harris. hahaha.
Tolonglah.... next album Steve Harris cuma tulis lagu dan main bass je la, lepas tu diharamkan dari studio. Tolonglah kasi Adrian Smith jadi tukang approval album...  haha.

Apa pun ARLDO dan Donington 1992 Takde...
Entah tengok cammana....

So... macam aku cakap.. AKU NAK KOTAK BESAR GILER TU JE...
haha.

Long Live British Rock N Roll
I think they are going to rehearse soon, and I am sure Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson are confirming the setlist for the 2017 shows.
I hope no change. The pacing was perfect and the selection awesome.
Maybe just maybe... one more song. LOL!!!
One of their Pop Singles would be nice addition.




incoming- Savage Messiah "fateful dark"(Japan Ver.), Gary Moore"montreux 2010"(2cd Japan Ver.), Depeche Mode"spirit"(1 cd cheap version LOL!!!)

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A short and sweet post. (I try). hahaha.
But first let me talk cock in Bahasa Melayu.

Oppss Its a FRIDAY. Hari jemaat ye tak? hahaha.



- Savage Messiah "The Fateful Dark" - band Rock England yang aku lambat sedar kewujudan mereka. 
Dorang  main style heavy metal miring ke thrash metal. Terbaik sangat pada aku segalanya pasal album ni dari segi lagu dan bungkusan, jadi aku terus sambar versi cetakan Jepun pasal cam biasa versi Jepun ada nasik tambah.
- Gary Moore Live At Montreux 2010. Rakaman rasmi live terakhir Gary Moore sebelum dia mati.
Kalau versi CD, hanya cetakan Jepun je yang penuh kena sumbat 2 cd, kalau versi biasa/Eropah hanya satu CD.
Kenapa aku sambar versi Jepun terus? kerana semua lagu dalam show tersebut ada dalam 2 cd versi Jepun. Pada aku ni antara live album / live video paling dahsyat aku pernah menghayati. - GARY MOORE BUAT SHOW CONDONG KE ARAH PILIHAN LAGU2 DIA YANG HEAVY METAL - Senang cakap.. tiga lagu baru tak pernah dimainkan sebelumnya, dan lagu2 dari album solo yang bernama Wild Frontiers yang memang heavy rock nak mampos.
- Depeche Mode "SPIRIT" - band paling unik dan gelap untuk aku dari aku sekolah sampai sekarang. 
Takkan ada band serupa Depeche Mode. Band2 Metal berlumba2 nak bersaing sapa lagi evil, tapi entah pada aku DM semula jadi dari zaman 80an lagi. Dan album ni condong ke arah politikus dan sentap jiwa aku, emosi aku tergugat dengar album SPIRIT ni. Mendayu dayu.

Nanti aku tunjuk dan borak merapek meraban satu2 ok lain kali. Kalau ada kesempatan la haha.


SOME INCOMING!! Recently..

Savage Messiah The Fateful Dark. (Japanese version)
Its a case of better late than never. Like I say, English Rock Bands have been invading my heart, mind and soul since I was a little boy, not even comprehending English language then.
Now, 666 years later, English Rock Bands, I mean, newer English Rock Bands continue to dominate me. Thats why I like to check out new young bands in Donington.
In this case, Savage Messiah is simply playing very good Heavy/Thrash Metal. Full showing of the awesome Japanese content and packaging soon.

Gary Moore Montreux 2010. (Japanese version)
I want an original audio version of the full show, unfortunately the normal version does not have that as it comes as one cd. Only the Japanese version has the full show as an audio 2cd format. I simply love Gary Moore when he plays Heavy Rock and this show's setlist and the 3 new songs are simply heavy like fuck.

Depeche Mode "Spirit". (1 cd cheap version)
The Masters. Non more black, non more evil. The Kings of all Masters and Servants. I like this album. Slow burner, burning in my heart!


I will try to show the packaging and talk cock more next time.

next -

OPTIMUS! 
PRIMUS! 
DOMESTICUS!!!!

aku akhir dengan ayat paling win, so far tahun 2017 ni

"Joe hanya seorang pemain gitar je

Prime Domestic - live review 2nd April 2017 Kuala Lumpur

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Ulasan/Pendapat/Opinion aku pasal

PRIME DOMESTIC
Live 2nd April 2017
House @ G Tower Hotel KL

Sapa tak mau baca pendapat dan ulasan dan apa aku tengok dan dengar dan apa yang aku nak merapek meraban panjang lebar pasal kumpulan sensasi dan supergroup all-star band Prime Domestic, maka ini ialah setlist dia, dan top 3 kejadian apa aku suka tadi, man of the match aku dan conclusion aku. OK Bye-Bye.

Setlist just now -
1. ILLUSI INTONASI (Wings)
2. HALLOWED BE THY NAME (Iron Maiden)
3. KAU MASIH BERDEGIL (Wings)
4. GEMURUH (Double Trouble)
5. LENA DIULIT INTAN (Wings)
6. MENITI TITIAN USANG (Search)
7. TEKNO DEWATA (new song)
8. SATUKAN IMPIAN (new song)
9. SEDINGIN PLUTO (new song)
MEDLEY songs 10-16
10. BIRU MATA HITAMKU (Wings)
11. CINTA SEPI (Search)
12. TAMAN RASHIDAH UTAMA (Wings)
13. KAU PERGI (Search)
14. ANUGERAH (Wings)
15. SEBATANG TONGKAT UNTUK BERDIRI (Search)
16. RANJANG MAWAR (Wings)
17. DRUM SOLO
18. BASS SOLO
19. LANGIT DAN BUMI (Search)
20. ALAM BARZAKH (Wings)
21. INGATKAN DIA (Wings)
22. FANTASIA BULAN MADU (Search)
23. MENTARI MERAH DI UFUK TIMUR (Search)
24. SEJATI (Wings)
25. PASTI (Search)

Total Timing On Stage - 2 hours.
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3rd placing apa aku suka tadi - Setiap lagu gerek, persembahan gerek dan dahsyat sangat. Sila tengok Prime Domestic untuk sapa belum tengok dorang main live.
2nd placing apa aku suka tadi - Setiap lagu Search, muka Hillary Ang berseri2 senyum manjang, happy sangat dia, dan bila dia solo2 lagu2 tu yang memang dia yang gitaris original lagu2 tersebut, macam menceritakan kegembiraan dan kenangan terpancar kat muka dia. Meniti Titian Usang dan Sebatang Tongkat Untuk Berdiri tadi... was like worth the price ticket alone.
1st placing apa suka tadi - Walau semua lagu gerek, tapi tiga lagu baru original Prime Domestic ialah paling best of the best. Aku suka band sentiasa main lagu baru. Lagu lama tak dilupakan tapi cam aku suka cakap kat blog aku, aku suka band2 yang aku minat sentiasa main lagu baru, dan stay relevant. Jangan lah asyik ulang ulang zaman kegemilangan zaman dulu. Ni pada aku la, masing2 nye citarasa.
Aku harap Prime Domestic akan banyak2 buat lagu baru dan keluar full album, dan harap semua lagu, ada sumbangan dari band members sendiri. All 3 new songs dalam single terbaru is by Joe Wings. Semua sedap dan macam rentak - fast , mid tempo, slow.

Man Of The Match untuk aku - Drummer. Nama dia Ainoll. Terbaik , Showmanship First Class dan powerhouse octopus.

Conclusion - Aku nak gi backpack tengok Iron Maiden main merata UK bulan 5 ni, dan lepas aku tengok Prime Domestic main tadi, aku cakap kat diri aku, Maiden baik main giler babi nye best of the best untuk 5 shows aku nak tengok dorang untuk tahun 2017,
pasal kalau tidak mungkin aku akan pilih PRIME DOMESTIC main tadi sebagai best live show aku tengok untuk 2017. Terutama kekuatan tiga lagu baru mereka yang mereka mainkan tadi.

Ni ayat atas ni compliment paling best aku boleh beri kat persembahan Prime Domestic tadi. 
Korang sendiri tahu aku kat blog ni Advocate band rock Melayu dan memang berat sebelah aku akan puji dan sokong band rock Melayu tak kesah dari Malaysia atau Singapore dan aku anggap mereka setanding band rock omputeh. Sila lahar aku but ni keyboard  dan wifi untuk tenet ni pun bukan korang punye aku pakai.
Aku harap line up ni tak ubah. What a show - Joe + Hillary Ang + Aweera + Fauzi bassist + drummer Ainoll plus keyboardist.
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((( ULASAN NASIK TAMBAH UNTUK SAPA BERMINAT)))
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OK, Siap sedia? Tarik nafas.. go.
Kalau aku buat silap ke hapa ke, maaf aku tak tidur dah lama, Hari Sabtu aku dah kerja malam, abis kerja, aku rush dari Singapore gi JB, kat Larkin carik tiket bas, rush balik KL naik bas ekpres, balik rumah Malaysia relak kejap, terus lepas Magrib naik LRT gi Ampang Park.
Ni aku tak mau tidur pasal aku kejap lagi nak naik bas ekpres pasal hari ni hari Isnin aku kerja petang pulak. So aku plan nak tidur dalam bas ekpres je.

Serious berbual, ni la salah satu cabang kehidupan aku, sebagai seorang peminat rock n roll band. Sapa baca blog ni memang tahu la kegilaan aku sanggup buat apa saje untuk band2 domestik Malaysia dan Singapore dan jugak backpack sorang2 untuk Iron Maiden dan band2 omputeh lain.

a) Post ni takde foto. Mungkin nanti kat tenet banyaklah foto2 kejadian tadi kat show tersebut. Kalau aku nak transfer foto dari henfon ke laptop, mungkin kirim salam pasal ambik masa dan aku tahu kalau aku tak taip blog ni sekarang, maka mungkin takkan buat langsung.

b) Penuh sesak. LEBIH DARI FULL HOUSE. MELIMPAH-LIMPAH RUAH penonton. OVERFLOW. Harap promoters/organisers/ sponsors dan band Prime Domestic sendiri akan dapat keyakinan tentang brand name Prime Domestic dengan kehadiran penonton tadi.

c) Hallowed Be Thy Name - ni kelakar... aku terkejut first verse yang nyanyi bassist Fauzi. Ye la, first song kan instrumental, abis HBTN kan second song, aku dah la tak perasan sapa on stage. So aku ingat Aweera takde so pada aku no problem la kan kalau band member lain boleh cover vocal...
OOOHH False Alarm la, terus Aweera masuk masa lagu speed up, walaupun ada sikit berkecah masa nak masuk tu. HAHAHA. Sorry la, ni lagu Iron Maiden siot..., I mean, terkucil sikit pun boleh detect kan? haha.

d) Aweera - Aku macam... eh? ni Rob Halford Judas Priest masuk melayu ke hapa? sudah pekik2 style Rob Halford sey... Dahsyat la Aweera ni. Sedap suara nya dan 2 jam ok dia kena nyanyi lagu2 yang legend semua nya. Bukan mudah.
Harap dia makin terror dan makin punya trademark dan style sendiri. Harap dia stay dalam band ni.

e) Pada aku, seorang gitaris asli/original yang main sesebuah lagu, dan terutama solo dalam lagu tu, dia hanya perlu dapatkan seorang penyanyi handal yang boleh bawa lagu tersebut.
Ni apa RITCHIE BLACKMORE buat bila dia buat persembahan tahun lepas dan June 2017 akan tour UK, dengan gunakan semula nama Rainbow selepas dia menjumpai kehebatan suara Ronnie Romero.
Macam aku cerita masa aku gi backpack tengok Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow main di Jerman tahun lepas, peminat2 satu dunia sanggup travel datang, pasal nak tengok Ritchie Blackmore main balik lagu2 Deep Purple dan Rainbow.
Mintak maaf la sangat, tapi takkan ada orang dalam dunia yang boleh kasi bulu roma kat tengkok kat solo Highway Star, kecuali orang tu ialah Ritchie Blackmore sendiri.
Steve Morse dalam Deep Purple memang dahsyat, tapi takkan sama, bila aku tengok Deep Purple dengan Steve Morse, bila masuk solo2 Ritchie Blackmore..
Aku suka Steve Morse, tapi... betapa apa pun, tu semua solo Ritchie Blackmore kalau lagu2 sebelum tahun 90an dulu..

So harap korang paham la apa aku nak cakap sebagai seorang peminat. Tak payah nak pertikan benda ni semua hanya "Engineer" ke " pakar " ke boleh kasi komen ye?

Aku bayar tiket tengok band buat persembahan. Aku beli cd ori. Aku peminat. Aku luangkan masa, duit, susah payah, dan tanya la sapa2, ingat senang ke ambik cuti atau tak datang kerja pasal nak tengok band kegemaran kita? terutama dengan keadaan ekonomi sekarang? Orang ambik leave untuk famili tapi peminat rock n roll  band sanggup ambil leave bukan saje untuk famili matters tapi untuk band kegemaran? dan ikat perut susah payah, lepas duit tolak untuk famili, duit gi kat band kegemaran, tanyalah sapa2..
So aku berhak bersuara pendapat aku walau aku cuma Syok Sendiri sekalipun.

Never think you are too big, never insult fans intelligence.

Betapa sapa nak perkecilkan atau lupakan sumbangan Joe dan Hillary kat Wings dan Search, tak kesah pasal YANG PENTING SEKALI IALAH PEMINAT TAK LUPA.

Aku suka pilihan lagu2 Wings ialah dari tiga vokalis Awie, Mel, dan Mus.
Dan aku tak tahu, mana lagi pincang bagi peminat, Wings tanpa Joe? Atau Joe tanpa Wings?

Tak pedulik la kan apa mass media atau artis cakap, tapi tipulah peminat tak rasa kehilangan antara dua ni.


f) Ranjang Mawar tersangatlah terserlah versi heavy nak mampos. Thanks to the drummer. HAHA. Dahsyat dan paling best version ever.

g) Alam Barzakh - Joe nye intro solo tersangat best, dan Aweera "nail this song", Aweera pernah nyanyi lagu ni live sebagai opening act untuk Wings 30 Tahun yang show 4 jam kat Stadium Merdeka dulu.

h) Pasti - aku rasa boleh tanya sesiapa la, antara kenangan manis kalau tengok Search main live ialah kalau lagu terakhir ialah lagu "Pasti".
Salah satu kenangan ialah ini ialah lagu "perang botol air mineral". Berpuluh2? Beratus2 botol air mineral kena lambung dan kena campak dari berbagai arah. Paling teruk kalau ada yang lempar botol air mineral yang masih penuh. So baik letak tangan kat atas kepala kalau Search memainkan lagu "Pasti" sebagai last song. Meriah sungguh lagu ni... kenangan.

i) aku suka show ni jugak band ni having fun. Enjoy gitu. Bassist selalu tampil ke depan dan berganding dengan Joe dan Hillary.
Dan drum dan bass solo bila bergabung masa solo tadi memang awesome.

lagi??

j) aku nye pendapat la kan, mana2 konsert rock baik melayu atau omputeh, ada waktu bila penyanyi nak cakap sikit, memang kadang2 penyanyi suka berbual2 berceloteh macam Bruce Dickinson, tapi kadang2 tu memang dia dan seluruh band nak tarik nafas kejap.
giler ke hapa main non stop satu lepas satu lepas satu lagu.
mestilah ada pause kejap barang seminit dua, minum air atau tarik nafas kejap.
Kesian Aweera, baru nak celoteh sikit je, ada fans dah pekik2 suruh sambung next song. HAHAHA.

nanti la aku ingat aku tambah... haha.

Aku nye pilihan 3 apa aku paling suka , man of the match untuk aku, dan conclusion aku dah cerita kat atas tadi..

OK bye. Tadi Aweera cakap Rock Never Die. haha.

mestilah rock maintain, takkan melayu hilang di dunia sama macam rock never die.


p.s

lets tengok any bootlegs keluar tak untuk show ni. aku takde time actually nak upload full audio shows macam aku buat dulu. nanti aku try ok.. kasi cool dulu...
seperti biasa, masuk bakul angkat sendiri, aku dengar balik bootleg aku tape tadi... macam alrite je.








"LIVE METALLICA" official 2cds of the shows for Jan 22, 2017 & Aug 24, 2013 and how the packaging looks like

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Let me talk-cock in Bahasa Melayu first before ends in English.
(The Bahasa Melayu version is quite long this time because its full of gossip. LOL!!)

- Selepas "euphoria" dimana peminat rock melayu dimana sahaja tentu meraikan bersama berlangsungnya persembahan PRIME DOMESTIC selama 2 jam ahad lepas, yang dimana PRIME DOMESTIC mempertabatkan dan mengingatkan kembali kegemilangan rock melayu didepan penonton melimpah ruah di ruah kecil yang dilaporkan penonton ialah 800 orang (??) yang datang. 
- (patutlah aku pun heran, tempat kecik, dan aku sampai kul 9 gitu, tapi sungguh heran, non-stop peminat keep on datang turun basement level, dan masa PRIME DOMESTIC beraksi, kat tangga2 penuh orang, dan kat atas ground level pun ada orang pasal dinding kaca kan so boleh nampak. Aku siap wassap Zan, show dah nak start, aku masih beratur panjang kat belakang nak tunggu cek tiket hahaha )
- Anyway, I will try to upload audio bootleg yang aku tape untuk show ni bila aku ada masa.
Aku dapat tape the whole show, untuk peminat2 PRIME DOMESTIC yang paham apa aku tape dan kenapa aku share live bootlegs rock melayu yang aku tape sendiri.Tolong jangan bastard bontot aku macam bila aku upload bootleg full show Kembara Mark 1 and Mark 2, beraksi di Istana Budaya, pasal menyusahkan sangat akaun aku tempehasuka666 di youtube. 

Maka dari rock melayu kita kembali kepada rock omputeh, dengan aku nak tunjukkan korang 2 bungkusan packaging LIVE METALLICA untuk show2 di Singapore tahun 2013 dan 2017.
Nak cakap ni OFFICIAL BOOTLEG DIRECT FROM SOUNDBOARD?? DEFINITELY NOT!!!, seperti style Deep Purple buat kat boxset boxset istimewa mereka pada awal tahun 2000an dulu tak boleh jugak.
Pasal aku speku, Metallica sangat prihatin kualiti maka cd2 live persembahan mereka di setiap tempat yang mereka beraksi, rakam dan jual kat peminat2 yang hadir pada malam tersebut atau siapa2 yang nak sesebuah persembahan kerana apa sebab pun,  maka mereka tidak terus ambil terus rakaman audio dari "soundboard" mereka, tetapi mereka masuk studio, edit dan REMIXED.
Jadi, boleh cakap la dah macam live album rasmi. Memang rasmi, tapi kualiti nya sangat baik.
Macam Matakucing cakap pasal Pearl Jam dan sebagainya,
apa aku tahu, satu masa dahulu, beberapa kumpulan muzik jual selepas show rakaman2 yang baru dipersembahkan pada malam tersebut.
Jadi kira - Soundboard > burn cdr > jual kat sapa nak secara rasmi.
Aku tahu KISS pernah buat gini.
Pearl Jam aku tak tahu dorang jual terus lepas show atau pre-order atau buat style Metallica, rakaman2 tu masuk studio dulu untuk Remixing.
Apa pun cakap lagi sikit...
- Nak dapatkan ni semua kena beli kat website METALLICA.COM untuk dapat versi cd atau versi digital download tapi tetap seronok pegang CD kat tangan ye tak?
Bila dah dapat rip MP3 sendiri la kan masukkan kat portable player masing2 nak dengar masa jalan kaki, naik bas, atau naik train.
- Bungkusan2 LIVE METALLICA ni memang canggih, Cantik dalam packaging kadbod yang berkualiti dan lawa designya.
- Kalau korang perasan LIVE METALLICA cd2 zaman dulu semua print hitam putih tapi untuk Singapore nye show ada warna MERAH. Pengsi abis.
- Dan design kat cd tu stylo kerana meniru kertas setlist bagi show tu sendiri, dengan boleh nampak kat kertas setlist tu lagu2 yang betul dimainkan malam tersebut.
So memang menarik la kan.
Berminat atau nak tahu lebih sila pergi tengok kat - 
https://metallica.com/store/live-metallica-cds








So for anyone curious about LIVE METALLICA cds at their official online store, this is how the packaging looks like for the physical cds.
As can be checked on the packaging the sound is remixed. Maybe that is the reason there is a waiting time between the shows and the dates the shows are released.
These are the two shows they played in Singapore in 2013 and 2017 and the 1993 show I guess is not available.
The 2017 show is part of the  World Wired Tour, and is special because the tour starts in Asia, and the last show was in Singapore. THE NEW SONGS ARE SO FRESH AND EXCITING.
The 2013 show is laden with dot dot dot AJFA stuff. Four songs including the 9min plus title track.

So thats about it. I was going thru the latest setlist of theirs and I think Chile Lollapaloza show has a pretty nice setlist. Maybe next time I would like to order shows that I find has nice songs that I like.

I talk-cock a bit for the 2017 Singapore show.
Its here for anyone interested
http://deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/2017/01/metallica-live-singapore-indoor-stadium.html

Rest of Metallica thingys I talk cock thru the years is here.. just keep scrolling down and cliking the previous pages for ever more older blogs.
http://deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/search/label/metallica



Gary Moore Montreux 2010 Japanese Version 2cd & Prime Domestic KL 02Apr2017 bootleg penuh aku dah upload dalam youtube dan aku merapek meraban depan laptop lepaskan frust!!

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Lets begin with an extended version in Bahasa Melayu and then a short one in English.
Photos spread all over the post.

Seperti banyak kali aku Mat Jenin berangan di blog ini, lepas berapa tahun akhirnya aku berjaya memiliki cetakan Jepun yang complete bentuk 2 cd bagi Gary Moore Live In Montreux 2010.
Pasaran lain untuk cd nya hanya sekeping maknanya tak complete semua lagu dipersembahkan.
Video persembahan ni dikeluarkan bentuk DVD dan BLUE RAY dan sangat popular video2 rakaman untnk show ni dalam YouTube dengar viewers ramai giler.

(** nota, aku tulis blog ni dua kali, separuh jalan , terus aku sambung ni balik, so mesti huru hara, tapi sapa kalau nak baca tu, paham2 je la,
sapa tak mau baca, nak tengok gambo je tak kesah la).


Anyway Montreux ni setiap tahun ialah wujud nama Montreux Jazz Festival, tapi sebenarnya macam2 jenis muzik ada selain jazz.
Dan untuk peminat2 rock tak boleh lari pasal sapa minat Gary Moore dan TOTO tahu dorang selalu main kat festival ni,
dan jugak, pengasas festival ni ialah zaman dulu masa DEEP PURPLE tu yang ada lagu Smoke On The Water yang bangunan tengah terbakar "FUNKY CLAUDE" tengah selamatkan orang kan?
Claude tu juga pengasas Montreux Jazz Festival ni.

Memang rasa ni tempat untuk music lovers kot festival ni.. ok satu hari boleh backpack gi sana kalau Iron Maiden headline HAHAHA.. tak mungkin la kan haha.

Setlist persembahan ni memang dahsyat, Gary Moore drop blues dia, 
DIA MEMANG CADANG TAK MAU MAIN LAGU2 BLUES UNTUK TOUR 2010 DAN FOKUS MAIN LAGU2 ROCK DIA ZAMAN SOLO DAN ZAMAN PHIL LYNOTT, TAPI ADA LA SIKIT DIA MAIN LAGU BLUES DIA SATU DUA haha.
YE LA CARIK MAKAN. hahaha.
Still Got The Blues kan popular giler, lagu2 yang radio akan putarkan.
Jadi apa yang peminat cam aku dapat bila Gary Moore main persembahan dengan condong ke arah lagu2 rock dia? Heaven la siak!!

Tapi penggunaan tepat dalam nota dalam ni ialah "celtic rock". 

dia combine balik dengan Neil Carters si botak tu, lagu2 dari Wild Frontiers dan After The War yang kalau korang tahu ialah album2 solo dia yang sangat rock, lagu2 zaman Phil Lynott, dan lagu2 slow dia yang terbaik seperti So Far Away/Empty Room yang serious berbual lagu Empty Room sedih giler siot, tiga lagu baru yang tersangat hebat dan rock walau salah satu nya slow rock sedih giler, dan of course lagu2 top dia macam Parisienne Walkway dan tentunya Still Got The Blues yang aku skip hahaha.
Dan tak lupa Gary Moore bermainkan satu lagu dia Nightwish cover version. Yang memang lagu dia tapi terimakaseh kat Nightwish, Gary Moore dapat peminat2 baru yang expose kat lagu2 dia.
(Ni serupa dulu aku kat sekolah, lawak pasal ada budak Cina cakap Scorpions tiru lagu Wind Of Change dari penyanyi Cina. Nasib baik takde budak Melayu buat lawak cakap Scorpions tiru Still Loving You dari Jatt Ali). 

OK, divert sikit, untuk sapa tak tahu, aku nak bilang aku dah UPLOAD seluruh audio persembahan Prime Domestic selama 2 jam pada 2nd April 2017 lepas kat House G Tower, Kuala Lumpur.
Terimakaseh banyak la kat kata semangat pasal aku takut masyarakat melayu ni, jarang hargai rakaman bootlegs band2 tak macam masyarakat barat dimana setiap show banyak tapers, lepas show semua tukar rakaman dan rakaman terbaik dikongsi untuk peminat satu dunia sebagai koleksi peribadi dan harta dunia.
So ni rakaman aku, macam biasa pecah rumah nye taping, tapi pasal takde orang lain upload full bootleg, maka aku upload la versi aku yang ok la jugak, tak la hancur sangat haha.
Full review kat dua posting lepas dalam blog aku.
Enjoy, dan tolong jangan bastard aku...
aku kena ban lagi dengan Youtube selama setahun, aku tak mau upload lagi apa2 bootleg band rock melayu yang main kat Singapore atau Malaysia yang aku tape. haha.

Lama siot aku kena ban dengan youtube pasal aku upload full show Kembara Mark One dan Kembara Mark Two main kat Istana Budaya.

Dan yang aku tape tu ialah malam pertama dorang main extra song.
Teruk siak aku pasal setahun aku kena ban so aku pun malas nak upload bootlegs rakaman2 aku buat untuk show2 Melayu..

Aku upload is for fans ok, peminat2 yang sama minat cam aku.
Tak lebih tak kurang.
aku cuma tahu, ramai fans seluruh DUNIA MELAYU akan nak tahu apa jadi dan nak dengar seluruh kejadian malam tu.

SO AKU CUMA NAK CAKAP " SIOT LA , tak puas hati tak happy sila bilang aku, kau pergi paoto Youtube dan entah apa kau dah bastard, terus setahun siak aku kena"

Apa pun aku nak cakap sikit...
Korang tengok la adakah aku bebal dan tongong dan buat kerja bodoh? tapi hingga hari ni aku asyik tanya apa setlist Wings dan Superfrens?
Giler empat malam, tapi takde fans bilang apa setlist?
tak payah 4 malam.
satu malam je pun?

Korang paham tak? ni masalah aku... NI PROBLEM AKU.

Aku nye mindset, ok aku tak pergi I WANT TO KNOW!!! apa setlist? apa perform apa?
That kind of thing...
Sebab tu aku mati kejong siot benda ni...   
kalau omputeh sorry la, satu dunia tunggu twitter, tunggu song by song setlist, siap peminat buat periscope live broadcast.. pasal kepentingan setlist dan lagu2 dipersembahkan.

OK OK, ni masalah aku.. aku tahu Melayu tak penting ni semua, tapi untuk aku penting.

And please dont give me the crap " nak tahu, datanglah".. aku cuma boleh ambik annual leave satu hari pasal semua shows tu aku kena kerja la, haha, and of course Prime Domestic wins hands down is the show I want to go pasal Joe hanya seorang pemain gitar bergabung dengan musicians mature dan muda yang handalan. Bonus nya the 3 new songs are nice. Band Sendiri, lagu sendiri. 

Aku tak paham, kenapa dalam show2 aku pergi, aku jarang sangat jumpa tulisan atau apa2 yang ada kena mengena dengan setlist atau apa2 pun pasal lagu sendiri.
So nasib baik aku pergi, dan aku syok sendiri dalam blog aku..

So macam aku cakap, mungkin ni masalah aku. Orang Melayu tak penting sebenarnya untuk mendokumentasikan peristiwa malam tersebut tentang apa sebenarnya yang dipersembahkan.
Yang penting, SELFIE. Pakai cantik2 hanya untuk jadi tarikan. Dan tunggu lagu hits yang Jom Heboh selalu keluar untuk singalong.
Tapi takde dokumentasi atau rakaman untuk jadi reference masa depan, takde info untuk peminat2 setia yang tak mampu pergi atau tak dapat, takde butir2an yang patut dinotakan.
OK tak perlu semua,
aku paham.. tapi takkan dalam ribu2, berbelas ribu.. takde satu pun orang pedulik?
Mungkin aku speku, ada ramai tapers golongan Melayu, atau mereka yang buat nota dalam blog2 mereka, website2 mereka cuma aku tak tahu je.
Dan mungkin mereka tulis dalam FB. Hahahahahaha.

Siot la korang, jangan jadi secret society boleh tak? manjang cakap FB ada info tu la, FB ada maklumat ni la, tau kat FB la...

Meluat siak aku baca korang puji2 FB. haha.

Tapi aku rasa aku sorang la kot ada masalah ni, pasal kaum Melayu CANNOT BE BOTHERED, so nak puaskan hati aku...
aku akan kena pergi, aku akan enjoy myself sorang2 pasal aku malas nak cakap dengan orang yang aku takut tak komited macam aku.
Aku akan bootleg, aku akan dokumentasikan dalam blog aku untuk maklumat sapa yang berminat.
Aku akan dokumentasikan apa terjadi dalam bentuk inferior bootleg aku,
pasal macam aku cakap " kalau satu orang je, satu orang je paham apa aku buat, paham kenapa aku buat ni semua, aku gembira pasal at least ada satu orang MELAYU dalam berpuluh juta peminat seni melayu tahu apa aku nak sampaikan".

Anyway jangan lahar aku ye? 

Ni keyboard aku.
Dan wifi ni bukan pakai wifi korang.
So suka hati aku la nak cakap apa.





Nak jump ke page terus gi sini - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQtK0JHBpSM&t=28s

Aku upload Sabtu malam kot?
Eh? ada orang dengar, 2 ribu view? wahh pendengar muzik melayu tahu dengar bootleg? haha. Kot pasal takde orang lain upload full show , so nak tak nak terpaksa layan.
Tak pun dengar sikit dah trauma. haha.
OK OK Enjoy untuk sapa berminat.




ok balik ke judul berbual syok sendiri kali ni..

Rasanya tentu ada peminat muzik rock melayu yang suka dengar lagu2 Gary Moore dari berbagai zaman terutama bila dia main lagu2 bercorak hard atau heavy rock.
Jadi album ni, yang ada versi video Blue Ray/DVD ni dirakam live Montreux 2010 , enam bulan sebulan Gary Moore mati kat Sepanyol.
Istimewa sangat dan kenapa aku suka giler rakaman live ni sampai aku beli cetakan Jepun pasal aku nak seluruh persembahan dalam 2 cd ni ialah kerana masa persembahan ni, Gary Moore sengaja rancang untuk kurangkan lagu2 Blues, dan main balik lagu2 bercorak Hard Rock dan Heavy Metal dia.
Ini terutama, ceritanya Gary Moore hantar anak2 dia ke sekolah, dan cikgu kat sekolah tu yang dia jumpa ialah si botak Neil Carters.
Neil Carters ni masa muda nya ialah Rhythm Guitarist dan keyboardist bagi kumpulan UFO, dan dia juga main dengan Gary Moore zaman Wild Frontiers.
Dan kita semua tahu, betapa dahsyatnya kerock mamposan sangat album Wild Frontiers.

Jadi mereka bergabung, dengan perjanjian akan main semula lagu2 rock dari album Wild Frontiers dan After The War, dan After The War tu kalau kita tengok pemuzik nya ialah Cozy Powell dan Bob Daisley.
Anyway, selain dari setlist condong ke arah rock, Gary Moore jugak waktu tu dah tiga lagu baru yang tersangat hebat (kalau ikut tulisan kat inlet buku cd ni dia cakap Celtic Rock ke hapa entah) dan perancangan ialah album studio selepas tu Gary Moore akan buat album Hard Rock.

Tapi apa nak buat, Gary Moore dah ajal.

Tapi kenangan album ni, dan video nya... aku rasa akan sangat disenangi dan disukai peminat Gary Moore.
Kalau korang tak minat atau tak tahu Gary Moore, aku rasa korang pun enjoy.

Anyway, aku minat Gary Moore kalau dia main rock, tak kesah la dengan zaman solo, atau zaman Phil Lynott ke hapa ke.
Kalau Gary Moore main blues.. aku ok tapi kureng.. Sebab tu aku giler ngan album live ni.

Kalau nak test dengar apa tu Gary Moore, seriously berbual aku suruh tengok youtube rakaman2 Live In Montreux 2010.

Kalau korang tengok Gary Moore ok la dia dah mati tak boleh jawab tuduhan, tapi dia cam banyak togok.
dia nampak tak sihat...
Yang dia mati kat Sepanyol tu pun rasanya dia minum banyak kot sebelum dia dijumpai mati.


OK borak Melayu abis kat sini tapi kat bawah banyak fotos, aku link youtube sebahagian rakaman video persembahan ni dan... aku baru dapat apa aku carik selama ni.... hehe..










Hi Everyone,

after an emotional , laptop breaking session in Bahasa Melayu,
this post is just to show the Japanese packaging for the audio cd version of Gary Moore Live In Montreux 2010.
Other versions worldwide carries only one cd which is incomplete show.

Of course the video versions are very popular and the footages on Youtube is going crazy till now,
but I love these recordings so much that I want a full original audio cds version.

In short, as the notes say, Gary Moore meet up again with his Rhythm Guitarist/Keyboards player Neil Carter at school which his children goes.
Neil Carter had stopped performing in rock bands but Gary Moore called him to join forces again, drop all the blues and play Hard and Heavy Rock again, but its referenced in the text and on Neil Carter's own writings in the internet as "CELTIC ROCK".
He wrote 3 new songs, retrieved the Wild Frontiers material.
And they tour and the Montreux 2010 shows was filmed and recorded.

The plan was for a "Celtic Rock" studio album next,
unfortunately Gary Moore died.
If nobody had seen Neil Carter's personal website do check it out. He also plays for UFO.

I think on this album and video, Neil Carter does nearly steal the show.
But as he wrote on his website, after Gary Moore died, he will not play Rock again or something.

So those who have never heard or seen about this Montreux 2010 recordings please do so.
Especially those who love it when Gary Moore drop the blues and just ROCK.

These are some videos...

Thunder Rising from Wild Frontiers, I doubt this song is often played live.


Wild One , one of the 3 new Rock or they called it "Celtic Rock" Gary Moore had written and performed on this show, and supposed to record a full album.
CHECK OUT THE RHYTHM GUITARIST. I love it so...


Empty Room.  OK I LOVE THIS SAD SAD SONG.
I always think the "You Hope That She Will Change Her Mind" part is heartbreaking.


Some Phil Lynott era of course.
Of course I had never seen the chance of seeing Phil Lynott play.
but I managed to see the Thin Lizzy Tribute Band featuring BLACK STAR RIDERS members + AEROSMITH bassist + JUDAS PRIEST drummer opening for Ritchie Blackmore RAINBOW in Loreley Germany,
and the Thin Lizzy / Phil Lynott songs played was simply amazing amazing AMAZING!!





NOW LOOK WHAT I GOT..

At last the Japanese Pressing of the Remastered 1998 double cd of WASP The Crimson Idol.
Absolute CUTENESS PRETTINESS AWESOMENESS this Japanese version pressing.



LONG LIVE 
LONG LIVE
LONG LIVE THE KING OF MERCY!


Belinda Carlisle live date confirmed.

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First in Bahasa Melayu and then in English.




Dengan konfemnya berita ini, maka tiket paling PANAS untuk aku tahun 2017 ni ialah bukan berharap nak backpack sorang2 ikat perut tengok Iron Maiden main bulan 5 ni 5 kali, tapi nak tengok Belinda Carlisle beraksi "live". Dia akan buat tour untuk 30 Tahun Heaven nye album.
Aku serious kurang dengan album Heaven pasal beberapa solo album dia yang lain memang pukul abis dahsyat terbaik dari ladang.

Aku berharap seperti biasa Kuala Lumpur nya event boleh jadi umum lambat sikit. Harap Belinda Carlisle pun beraksi di KL. Muahahaha. So aku boleh gi dua2 haha. 

Ni la lejen. Cengkih segala cengkih.
Kalau aku dapat jumpa dia aku cakap "You are Ronnie James Dio equal". haha.
"AND I HAVE SEEN YOU AND RONNIE DIO PERFORM AT The same place - FORT CANNING PARK!!" (both amazing nights )
hahaaha...

and please STAR THEATRE IS A SHIT PLACE FOR ME.
Play somewhere else please next time.
But I have no choice. I excuse myself this time from purposely avoiding this place.



Bulan 11, lambat lagi, tapi aku dah teruja, dan aku dah rezeb satu tiket.

(a quick from on top of the head) DREAM SETLIST. 
Fantasy but realistic choices of popular songs.

- As its a Heaven On Earth 30 Years Celebration I will take 4 songs from that album.
- I have chosen only the singles and the popular songs to be realistic
- ROXETTE IS OPENING BAND. (yes yes I am over-fantasizing on this part).


1. Heaven Is A Place On Earth
2. Our Lips Are Sealed
3. World Without You
4. I Get Weak

5. Runaway Horses
6. Mad About You
7. Circles In The Sand
8. Leave A Light On
9. Do You Feel Like I Feel
10. New Song From Coming Album

11. Vision Of You
12. I Plead Insanity
13. Half The World 
14. Always Breaking My Heart (Roxette joins on stage. Pers Gessle sings!)
15. New Song From Coming Album
16. Summer Rain
17. California
18. Falling Into You (First Time In History and the original singer blows away Celine Dion version)

19. Vacation
20. We Got The Beat
21. Little Black Book

22. Valentine
23. Lay Down Your Arms  (Charlotte Caffey plays please)
24. Big Scary Animal

I will surely miss out many songs surely.
I CANNOT EVEN FIT IN "LA LUNA", thats how difficult it is to create a fantasy setlist for Belinda Carlisle.
I know the above won't happen. Not in a million years. HAHAHA.

But this is the greatest female singer of them all
Belinda Carlisle can sing any song, she can sing Do-Re-Mi and not a problem for me.
Hell, she can sing just one song and go home and I will be happy.

So as the above advertisement says Belinda Carlisle is performing in Singapore coming November 2017. I am not so liking the Tour Name of Heaven's 30th Anniversary, as I am worried the focus is too much songs on Heaven's album.

I would rather a REAL 25th Anniversary to celebrate REAL album. Now that would ROCK!!

But still, beggars cannot be choosers.. 

Anyway, I think she has finished recording a new album.
I cannot wait.

For other of my blog postings on Belinda Carlisle - Her deluxe editions, Her rare box sets, live review and whats what.. 
over here - http://deaf-angel.blogspot.sg/search/label/belindacarlisle



Next

I try to find time to finally talk about the Prime Domestic CD Single which I obtained at their live show two weeks back, and the Japanese Only Release of Hanoi Rocks Million Miles Away..



Metal Hammer magazine May 2017 Maiden galore & incoming KEMBARA cds aku baru memperolehi

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Hi all.

Firstly.. WRATHCHILD?? WHY????I will never understand Steve Harris and Bruce Dickinson mentality in choosing a setlist for PART TWO of their most successful album tour ever.
SURELY THIS IS THE MOST CRAZIEST SUCCESFUL ALBUM TOUR FOR A BAND WITH NO RADIO AIRPLAY OR MASS MEDIA EXPOSURE at a VERY MINIMUM.
2016 has simply an amazing well-balanced setlist for an album tour.
Antwerp Belgium two nights ago, and it was simply suspenseful following the news on the internet as each song is being played in Belgium for fans all over the world.
Great Unknown replacing Tears Of The Clown is amazing but basically swapping Wrathchild for Hallowed Be Thy Name is mind-boggling.
The only valid reason surely is the setlist is very difficult for Bruce as it is.
But still, never mind. Better Wratchild then no more Iron Maiden ever LOL!!
Maiden can just play Wratchchild 5 times in a row and say goodnight and I will still try to be there. LOL!!

Anyway, not many bands with such a long history, dare to play at least 6 new songs each night consuming up to 50 minutes of the stage time, and the audience are loving it and singing to the lyrics and "football chanting" all the melodies and instrumental sections.



A quick post as I require minimum time for thinking as I will be posting lots of snapshots.
I hope to have more time to talk cock soon.
In English for the awesome Maiden laden issue of Metal Hammer Magazine May 2017 issue.
and in Bahasa Melayu for some Kembara cds that I got recently.

I have no choice but nowadays to cramp two topics blog to make one. LOL!!

This is the cover and the outer jacket of the Metal Hammer Magazine May 2017 issue.



My only intention in posting the below photos is I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE cannot get their hands on the Metal Hammer Magazine May 2017 issue.
Its a very excellent magazine issue for the still surviving Metal Hammer.

Lots of things for everyone,
-some nice articles on German Thrash bands inclusive live reviews.
-some X Japan even So this is really a very nice issue to purchase
-some of other bands that I am curious.
-some of other bands that I skipped completely the pages and photos as I have no interest.
-some very nice and interesting advertisements

and a little matter of SIX PAGES OF interview with Steve Harris.
and a little matter of a weird Top 50 Iron Maiden songs.
IT MAKES A GOOD READING, but for me, how is there to create a top 50 of Maiden songs?
On this magazine Top 50, even though it includes nominations and scores from the writers, the fans, other bands including Kirk Hammet,
but it cannot even fit in Dance Of Death? For The Greater Good Of God? LOL!!

Maybe a Top 100 Iron Maiden songs would be possible for me to try nominating a list.

So here it is, I only try to capture the Steve Harris interviews, and the Top 50 opinion of Metal Hammer staff and whoever they checked with.
Click to make it big, save and enlarge or buy a magnifying glass.
I hope you all can see them.

For those who are not interested or cannot be bothered, enjoy the designs of the pages and pretty photos.



WEST HAM COLOURS OF COURSE.

I HOPE WEST HAM DONT GET RELEGATED!!!

FOR STEVE HARRIS' SAKE!!














So below it the Metal Hammer May 2017 issue of their selection of Top 50 Maiden songs.

Like I say, its just impossible to select a Top 50, although Metal Hammer May 2017 list done by their staff, other bands and whomever is certainly interesting with the write up for each song nomination,

Maybe a Top 100 may be realistically possibly to nominate top Maiden songs.

but, one glance and there is no Dance Of Death? A few songs from A Matter Of Life And Death..
There is no Einstein Intelligence of a Formula E = mc SQUARE and the description of  an Atom Bomb lyrics of Brighter Than a Thousand Suns? There is no STARBLIND.
THERE IS NO STAR"FUCKIN"BLIND. A genius of a song both musically, delivery and lyrically.
There is a lot of songs I like that is not there. LOL!!
SO a top 100 would be great.

Like I say, this makes a very good read and a good advertisement for Maiden. Thats all.










KIRK HAMMET..

Simply love on Metallica 2013 Tour, I dont know about other shows, but on the Singapore show he did Where Eagles Dare during his solo.
Here he is talking about the song POTO













Lastly these are the backpage and the cardboard backcover of Metal Hammer May 2017 issue.




On the right is the new issue of the Maiden Fan Club and 

IT HAS AN AMAZING NEW INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN BIRCH..

Yes, the master producer who gives amazing production to Maiden, and also Deep Purple's Machinehead and Rainbow albums and of course Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell album...

Love the part when Ritchie Blackmore plays for him the first album of Iron Maiden.


I am lucky I grow up and still is loving on all these musical merry-go-around talents of the above.......





OK Tu hari aku dapatkan empat cd Kembara, campur dengan cd yang aku dapat masa Kembara Mark 1 dan Mark 2 beraksi di Istana Budaya...  so aku suka la pasal aku nak simpan bentuk cd yang dirilis.




campur dengan bootleg2 aku tape, aku nak buat boxset sendiri haha...




so aku pasang balik bootleg IB hari Jumaat nye show yang aku tape...

aku rasa macam sial sangat, macam SIALLL sangat pasal tentu ada yang ingin curious nak dengar cammana suasana malam tu terjadi, walaupun rakaman bootleg.

aku tahu, walaupun bootlegs aku cuma beberapa orang je dengar kat youtube,
dan siap yang tengok pun kasi thumbs down aje..

tapi cam aku cakap, kalau ada satu orang je paham apa aku buat ni semua, then aku happy.
Ni semua akan mati dan hilang gitu sahaja pasal there is no documentation of any official or unofficial release.

Lepas tu audience tape untuk hidupkan seni tu dan untuk peminat satu dunia, yes Melayu tersebar satu dunia...

kau paotokan aku.

Well...... akaun aku dapat balik lepas kena ban setahun so not so bad....


Maiden FC Mag #105 dan NASI AMBENG MAK UDA

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Lazy and lazier. I wont be saying I am busy because that is exaggerating life.
Everyone has 24 hours. 
 So I condense two blog into one.
Firstly in Malay Language , I want to talk about a nice place in Singapore to eat a nice dish called " NASI AMBENG" quite well-known among the Malay ethnic group of Singapore/Malaysia and Indonesia in South East Asia.
Then secondly , a short review on the latest Iron Maiden Fan Club Magazine number 105.

Nasik Ambeng...
Susah nak komen Nasik Ambeng ni, makan la 5 kedai/gerai baik di Johor Bahru dan Singapura, dan setiap 5 gerai/kedai tu kandungan nye lain.
Nasik Ambeng ni terpulang masing2 punye citarasa.

Jangan anggap mahal, jangan anggap murah, jangan komplen harga, pasal pandai2lah pilih lauk sendiri kalau nak murah. haha.

OK nari aku review/ulasan/opinion cerita pasal NASI AMBENG MAK UDA. Ni kat belakang Chong Pang Yishun, kat satu gerai kat dalam AA Restaurant kat sepanjang Sembawang Road.
Terbaik dari ladang.
Ni gerai seorang brader peramah dan wife dia , run the show dorang je.

Sambal Goreng dia aku suka giler, mungkin antara sambal goreng paling sedap aku pernah makan, dan terkejutnya portion dia kasi banyak. Dah macam ratah Sambal Goreng tu.

Anyway, kalau pilih lauk macam nasik campur harga sangat berpatutan. Aku suka gerai ni.

Ni pulak set Nasi Ambeng , katanya hidangan untuk sorang tapi tu hari makan kita dua orang je pun boleh, siap beli tahu goreng gerai lain.
Ni aku tukar sotong dan udang yang sepatutnya ada dengan lauk lain.

Enjoy the view of the Nasi Ambeng Mak Uda.  Cantik sajian nya.

Kalau korang bungkus, takeaway, tapao, gerai ni akan letak dan susun cantik gunakan plastik tupperware besar giler.

Untuk sapa kat Singapore please try..  Atau sapa kat Malaysia yang balik Singapore atau datang visiting sedara mara, kawan2.. boleh try jugak kat kedai ni...

Aku suka k, maybe tekak aku..   






So this is the cover and backcover of Iron Maiden Fan Club magazine number 105 which coincides with the now running Book Of Soul Tour 2017, the second part and conclusion of the World Tour which starts last year.



Again,
never a dissapointment, superb quality paper all colour 48 PAGES, no ads no nothing except everything Iron Maiden related, Iron Maiden fan related, everything got to do with Maiden

So Adrian Smith has 8 pages latest interview.

And lots more, but the best is MARTIN BIRTCH.

YES, THE LEGENDARY PRODUCER.

PLEASE, maybe RAINBOW, DEEP PURPLE, BLACK SABBATH (the best era when Ronnie James Dio was fronting), and OF COURSE IRON MAIDEN,

will the albums and songs even be the same if its not Martin Birch producing???

Now that is something to ponder.

So Maiden Magazine got a 8 pages AMAZING latest interview with MARTIN BIRCH.

And now seems they have a constant photographer John McMurtrie who did the Flight 666 photo book, to select his favourite photos,

and this is two of them , a nice shot from Singapore fancy Marina Bay Sands with background of Marina Bay and the Financial Centre.

and also...

Muslims do their daily prayers before Iron Maiden play. A shot from Jakarta Indonesia.







Also, Nicko McBrain usually have a two page spread of him behind his drum kit...

I always like to ogle at his pretty drum kit and one of the photo spread I most look forward to everytime a new fanclub magazine comes out.

also this is the first two pages of the 8 pages Adrian Smith interview about lots of things especially about China and also EL SALVADOR. Both an insight into how these two countries work.





Also a nice few pages about the Live Props For Maiden England Tour of the previous Eddies being frozen in time, 




Lastly some pages on the Martin Birch interview.. total of 8 pages of amazing information and I am so happy he is in good health though he looks older.

This is the producer of many albums that I love from Deep Purple Machinehead, Rainbow Rising, Black Sabbath Heaven and Hell and of course Maiden in their glorious 80s and early 90s era.

Love the Ritchie Blackmore mention, seems its Ritchie Blackmore who first plays to Martin Birch the very first Iron Maiden album, and both talk about Martin should be producing Maiden,
and love how the first meeting between Martin Birch and Maiden went.








UP THE IRONS!!

I got to go thru the lyrics of Great Unknown a bit, LOL!!! New song played live this tour replacing Tears of Clown. The damn song ends when they are speeding up. DAMN YOU MAIDEN!! The fast parts should go on longer!!
Amazing reviews and fans opinions so far of their shows..

But since when it hasnt been amazing.

(and I am not speaking of their sound. LOL!!) 

I AM SO FUCKIN WORRIED OF THE TICKETLESS SYSTEM..

I am travelling a huge distance, and I am going from show to show backpacking and sleeping on buses and such...

AND I DONT HAVE ANY TICKET BECAUSE THE DAMN SYSTEM IS TICKETLESS, at least for the standing section of the shows I am going to see.

Oh well, hope it goes fine.

p.s This blog is played with a selection of songs from Youtube playing WASP pre 1992 era.

Very emotional and nostalgic era... haha.

soto ayam, Hats Off To Led Zeppelin, Maiden Empty Box Replacement for the ill-fitting 1980-1988 red box.

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Hi, lets astray from real life for a while and bring my silly, fun, laugh out loud in front of laptop, happy times into this blog.
I will summarize (its actually a long novel LOL!!) on 3 SERIOUS topics.
In green italic will be in Bahasa Melayu and the rest will be in English.
As usual the Malay Language version is longer as its full of GOSSIP and SLANDERS. LOL!!

Soto Ayam - tamak haloba macam jin aprit, bagedel sekali dua.




Soto Ayam is a traditional Indonesian food of spicy soupy chicken shred, with packed rice, potato cutlets and bean sprouts, addition of chili paste to your own taste, and its famous in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia of course.


Next, Tribute Bands.
I will never see the Beatles, Elvis, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin and many others performers play live. So the feel is when there are great talents performing tribute acts.
HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN seems has won an award in UK as the best Led Zep Tribute Act.
So I hope I am able to see them play.
It would be nice to get an imaginary feel of the REAL THING, while having a bit of fun.

Seriously, if I live long, and Steve Harris has close the book on Iron Maiden not long from now, the Maiden tribute acts would have an important part to play to sustain the needs of the Maiden fans all over the world.
So HATS OFF TO LED ZEP is playing in Singapore soon. I got a ticket, I hope I am able to go depending on my working shift pattern, and also its the RAMADHAN month. LOL!! (I hope my soul can still be saved. LOL!!)



Here is the text from 2013 article - http://www.thebelfastempire.com/event/hats-off-to-led-zeppelin/1989/






Macam aku cakap kat atas, BANYAK!, RAMAI! kumpulan2 dan artis2 aku minat aku takkan dapat tengok pasal, dorang dah takde lagi..
ada dah mati, ada dah berpecah, dan ada yang masih wujud tapi aku takkan dapat tengok yang betul.
Jadi apa yang boleh dapat?
Aku cuma boleh dapat tengok Tribute Bands.

Dan ini peluang untuk tengok satu tribute band Led Zeppelin yang memang dinobatkan sebagai antara paling terbaik.
HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN, seperti artikel memang cengkeh band ni.
Aku tengok2 youtube awal tahun ni ada rakaman dari Greece, memang dahsyat No Quarters.

Aku tak tahu kenapa, setiap kali aku dengar lagu NO QUARTERS, aku rasa nak nangis.
Ada macam sesuatu di kerongkong. AKU RASA HIBA sangat.
Sebab tu aku suka sangat John Paul Jones, dia punya mainan keyboards menyentuh sanubari ku.

So, bulan puasa confirm, aku dah cek rota kerja aku.. aku kerja hari tu, tapi kerja pagi....
HAHA..
Aku masih teringat zaman2 dulu, SLAYER main kat Expo Singapore 10 malam terakhir RAMADHAN.
Buka puasa makan Burger King.
Terus SLAYER! SLAYER! SLAYER!! 
tu jam Slayer - Jeff Hanneman masih hidup, masih ada.. dan Dave Lombardo masih ada. 

Jangan cop aku jahat, SETAN, dan apa2 negatif bersangkut paut agama, bukan aku tak suka, tapi pasal aku sayang korang semua pembaca blog aku yang huru hara ni, pasal nanti takut korang wujud dalam hati perasaan sombong dan rasa korang lagi baik pulak. Bahaya.
Ni memang adat Melayu kan, rasa diri lagi baik, lagi agung, lagi prestige, dari orang lain. Dah sebati dalam orang Melayu.
Kita takde kasta terbuka macam kat India.
Tapi kita Melayu ada kasta yang tak diperasan orang and I fucking hate it.

Aku tak mau jumpa korang dalam oven nanti. Walau aku pun takut mati masuk oven.
Tapi aku harap love ones aku, famili aku, kawan2 aku yang gerek nak mampos baik alam nyata atau alam cyber semua tak masuk oven la. Amin.
Anggap je la aku nakal. HAHA.OK nakal macam kucing.. 
(Aku baru dapat wassap group ada hamba Allah ni baru meninggal hari ini, jatuh dalam bilik air, terhantuk kepala meninggal, dikhabarkan muda orang nya pasal aku tak kenal hamba Allah ni, begitulah kehidupan dan pengakhiran masing2)



atas ni aku tampal dari youtube tribute band Hats Off to Led Zep ni main No Quarters pun, aku dah rasa semacam punya Sayu masa keyboards start. Ni la lagu magik untuk buat aku kesedihan.
Untuk aku keyboards lagu ni ialah tersangat cantik. John Paul Jones adalah "water carrier" Led Zep Tukang angkat baldi band Led Zep.
Korang sapa sokong Arsenal ingat tak Gilberto Silva?
Aku sayang giler kat dia, kalau jumpa aku peluk dia.
Dia la pencacai.. dia la tukang basuh jamban pasukan Arsenal.
Turun naik turun naik, matikan bola pasukan lawan, jadi tukang pencacai team, jadi player lain boleh bebas buat sarkis bodohkan team lawan.

Sama la John Paul Jones.
Dan versi ni, minit 3:15 onwards masuk bahagian instrumental... aku nak tengok la. Harap dorang main lagu ni..

ok sesuatu yang rancak. Ni tempat sama Megadeth beraksi di Singapore tu hari, harap kerusi semua masih boleh duduk dan belum pecah dan sompek macam kerusi2 kat stadium bola Bukit Jalil. hahaha)

 


FINALLY...

For those of those who have the Maiden Remastered 1980-1988 box and are trying to stuff the stuffs into that RED BOX and cursing and swearing at Maiden for always making life hell for you,

there is a something nice to cushion your pain.

Email nicely to  customerserviceteam@warnermusic.com telling them your horrible predicament.
They will nicely email you back, and the rest is history.

My original box I got from Amazon UK I think, and this replacement box is from US, and I think the box looks similar. But at least, more space.

This is a sample of my email and the unboxing of the box. LOL!!
A million thanks to the staff at Warnermusic who had assisted me.





Kan........
PER ok
tahu apa tu PER??

Bukan PER MERTESACKER ok ( Ni gua punya CAPTAIN ok!! walaupun season ni satu game dia belum main, final FA Cup memang kalau? dia jugak gi ambik piala dengan Royalty kat Wembley. HAHAHA).


Tapi PERCUMA.

So....  ada rakan2 yang dah mencuba... nampak so far menjadi.. tapi jangan pos pulak buat hal. Tapi aku punye sampai masih elok kotak dia. Tapi aku pakai alamat Singapore untuk ni.
So korang try ok..

Jumpa lagi...

The Crimson Idol - W.A.S.P (1998 Japan 2cd Remastered version).

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No Food photo to launch this post.
Lets start with Bahasa Melayu Malay Language and then to English.
Photos are scattered the whole post.



**Sebelum aku post aku tengok balik apa aku type ni semua?
Giler aku dah datang haha.

So abaikan la ye kalau tak suka.
Otak aku sort-dort WAYAR KEJAP KENA KEJAP TAK KENA ni aku rasa masa aku type.

Nak edit malas. so let it be je la.

Ni panjang pasal aku ambik kesempatan cakap sikit pendapat aku tentang beberapa perkara.


Ni mula2 keluar 1992. Kalau korang tengok video live zaman tu di youtube antaranya persembahan mereka di DONINGTON 1992. Mereka antara band termasuk Slayer terbabit untuk DONINGTON Monsters Of Rock tahun tersebut dimana IRON MAIDEN menjadi headliners.

Tahun tu jualan tiket 70,000 je pasal masa 1988 Maiden headline dah dua peminat mati pasal lumpur dan asakan penonton 107,000 masa GNR beraksi siang hari.
Tapi aku dah gi Donington dua kali tengok Maiden headline dan dua2 hari Maiden headline rasanya 80-90,000 datang kot. Tapi dah dialihkan tempat pasal memang padang Donington besar giler, boleh isi berapa banyak airport gitu kat kawasan terbuka tu.


Nanti aku link kat bawah korang tengok video tu kat belah bumbung semua lampu2 show Iron Maiden dah dipasang, dan kat belakang pentas pun dah ditutup kain hitam segala stage set Maiden.
Ni ialah Donington di mana keluar cd dan video tape Iron Maiden Live In Donington 1992.
(ada minit ke berapa entah kamera fokus kat penonton siap bawak gitar kadbod lagik).

Jadi album THE CRIMSON IDOL ni memang terbaik dan sangat dahsyat kehebatan nya.
Sepatutnya jadi album solo Blackie Lawless tapi last minit jadi album kumpulan WASP.

Album ni ialah album konsep. Dan istimewanya, kebanyakkan lagu akan membawakan tema dan melodi sama berulang iaitu antaranya "Only Love Can Set Me Free", dan "Long Live The King Of Mercy".
Suara Blackie Lawless dalam album ni menyentuh jiwa.

Ceritanya ialah pasal Jonathan Steel ni anak kedua dalam satu keluarga dan mak bapak dia hanya beri perhatian dan kasih sayang kat anak sulong saje. Iaitu abang Jonathan.
Jonathan nasib macam kentang, kena pukul ngan bapak dan mak dia pun tak suka dia.
Nak jadi cerita,
masa Jonathan 14 tahun abang dia mati eksiden kena langgar pemandu mabuk kot? (haha.. aku dah lupa la cerita dia eksiden kereta, tapi tak tahu mabuk kot drebar lagi satu).
So abang dah mati pun.. Jonathan tetap tidak dipeduli dan siap dipukul lagi.
So Jonathan lari dari rumah, jadi budak nakal, satu hari dia pecah masuk kedai guitar, dan dia beli gitar yang Crimson tu... (warna seakan Merah pekat tu).
Jadi nak pendekkan cerita, Jonathan jadi rock star.
Satu hari dia telepon mak bapak dia, pasal dalam hidup dia, dia cuma nak rasa kasih sayang dari ibu bapa, sekali tu borak borak kejap, tiba2 mak dia cakap yang dia takde anak dah...

Jonathan kecewa, malam tu masa persembahan dia ambil string gitar dari gitar warna Crimson merah dia buat ikatan tali gantung, dan dia gantung diri.
Jonathan mati, bunuh diri kecewa mak bapak dia masih tak mau terima dia sebagai seorang anak,walaupun dia dah besar, dah kira berjaya dalam hidup.

OK, kalau 1992 waktu album ni keluar, album ni cuma ada 10 lagu.
Tapi tahun 1998 waktu album ni keluar remastered dah ada bacaan cerita pasal Jonathan ni dibaca oleh Blackie Lawless.
Dan kalau korang jumpa versi double cd memang terbaik pasal ada dua lagu studio yang aku tak tahu bersangkut paut jugak tak dengan konsep dan tema dan jalan cerita album ni,
dan jugak ada banyak lagu dari persembahan mereka di Donington 1992 yang aku cerita kat atas tu.
Jugak termasuk satu cover lagu Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks.

Album ni sangat hebat, dengan setiap lagu tersangat sedap. Ada beberapa bahagian slow dan mendayu2 kat album ni dan jugak ada lagu Hold On To My Heart. antara lagu paling tak sangka WASP boleh buat lagu2 cam gini.
Antara lagu aku paling suka dalam semua lagu gerek ni ialah Chainsaw Charlie (Murders In The New Morgue) lapan minit panjang tapi tak rasa, lagu The Idol, dan tentu lagu feberet aku ialah I AM ONE, dan kira semua lagu la. dan semua babak.

Aku suka kumpulan ni, walaupun aku tak ikut satu persatu segala album mereka, dan yang paling terakhir sekali aku minat dan betul2 ikuti ialah Babylon, walaupun pada pendapat aku Blackie Lawless ni ialah seperti agungkan kulit putih dan kalau korang perasan masa video lagu BABYLON IS BURNING, masa part liriks dari Bible "Who Unto The Beast?" video screen belakang keluar gambar President Barak Obama kan? dan tak semua kan rakyat Amerika suka Obama tu kulit hitam dah diragui latar belakang nya,  aku pun dah lupa korang gi cek sendiri video lagu tersebut. Jadi kesimpulan aku memang mereka ultra kulit putih.
Tapi seriously aku suka lagu Babylon Burning cuma video screen belakang tu, boleh la buat kesimpulan sendiri tentang pemahaman sebahagian kulit putih seperti kumpulan WASP dan Blackie Lawless sebagai ketua, 
ada makna tu video video sejarah tu semua. Yasser Arafat pun ada ok.
Well.....? masing2 nye pendapat ye tak?
Tapi again aku cakap, aku suka WASP pasal lagu dorang gerekkk.



Dan masa aku sekolah dulu, kau tahulah dulu budak2 melayu semua katak bawah tempurung, akronim WASP ialah "We Are Satan People", dan di barat, seperti isteri Vice President USA, Tipper Gore cakap akronim tu ialah "We Are Sexual Perverts" tapi rata rata akronim sebenar ialah "White Anglo Saxon Protestant" yang pada pendapat aku memang golongan ni ialah mereka yang agungkan kehebatan kulit putih.
Memang sangat terserlah.
Aku takkan tuduh kumpulan ni dan Blackie Lawless rasis menjunjung kehebatan kulit putih amerika, tapi cukup aku cakap dorang bukan Bruce Dickinson sebagai frontman Iron Maiden nye cara pemikiran yang sangat universal dan menerima semua.

(korang kena paham ye, aku bezakan ye, aku minat seni mereka, lagu2 dan persembahan kumpulan ni sangat unggul dari aku kecil sampai kini aku minat band ni, tapi pada masa sama aku nilai band ni dari segi pemikiran dan apa yang mereka nak tonjolkan).

Tapi tu mungkin perbezaan zaman dahulu antara band rock Inggeris dan band rock Amerika.
Inggeris mungkin rasanya rakyat mereka secara umum terima semua warna dan kepercayaan manakala Amerika rakyat mereka ada macam "hidup atas pokok", mereka hanya fikir negara mereka saja wujud dalam dunia.


Steve Harris minat West Ham, dia ada tempat duduk sendiri di Upton Park, dan aku pernah jalan kaki dari stesen keretapi di East London sampai ke Upton Park, kiri kanan semua kedai India dan orang India origin. Kedai Alhamdulillah banyak kedai halal, dan kedai jual daging halal, so waktu aku jalan tu aku memang imagine yang memang kumpulan Iron Maiden tak lari dari kehidupan becampur gaul dengan masyarakat berbagai bangsa dan agama.
Memang seronok kalau tengok kawasan Upton Park Stadium tu...
Rasa cam kat Little India je.
Tu la ceritanya, West Ham United gi majlis2 masyarakat India contohnya, kasi tiket untuk tengok game, untuk besarkan fan base dorang, ye la sekarang dah pakai Stadium Olympic London siot. 


Balik kepada pemikiran band London macam Iron Maiden, Mungkin, Sebab tu tak kekok untuk Bruce Dickinson atas pentas berbual pasal warna kulit dan sebagainya.
Mungkin Metallica ada berbual pasal famili la apa la, tapi... aku rasa dorang taklah expose kepada kehidupan majmuk di Amerika seperti mana masyarakat am exposed di England.

Ni pendapat aku je la.

Lagi satu keunikan WASP untuk aku ialah, selain dari video2 mereka beraksi di Donington depan penonton2 yang dahsyat ramai berhimpit lagi membakar aku nak gi Donington tapi masa aku nak ulang kaji cammana keadaan Hellfest pasal memang aku langsung tak tahu apa2 dan cammana nak gi sana pun,
aku masih ingat aku ulang2 tengok youtube WASP beraksi di Hellfest, dan aku study video handphone peminat mereka dan aku dapat konfiden suasana peminat masa WASP main cammana keadaan pesta Hellfest, yang aku boleh gi sorang2.

So tu la kalau aku kenang WASP, pada aku mereka jadi reference aku untuk nak gi Hellfest dengan konfiden sorang2 dengan prinsip main rembat je, apa jadi jadilah. hahha.

Gitar kat album ni kalau kat album ni ialah Bob Kulick (abang gitaris Kiss zaman feberet aku akhir 80an awal 90an) dan Doug Aldrich.
Tapi bila dah terbit main live ialah Doug Blair. Aku suka dekni dia keluar masuk Wasp tapi video2 live Donington tu semua dia la, dulu rambut perang2 sekarang hitam kot last aku tengok youtube.


ni ialah album original Crimson Idol.

Sila dengar satu album dan jatuh cinta ok dengan album ini. 
Berapa rock mampos pun sebagian, dan berapa mendayu pun part lain,
inti nya, kalau nasib macam kentang, mak bapak tak beri kasih sayang dari kecik, kena pukul lagi, sampai mengaku takde anak lagi, maka gantunglah diri pakai string gitar.



bawah ni pulak, korang tengok
bumbung dia, semua dah siap untuk Iron Maiden waktu malam dan semua kain hitam tu sembunyikkan prop dan pentas gergasi Maiden.
Minit ke 1:48 orang masih bawak gitar kadbod..


Donington,
untuk peminat muzik, takde tempat sepertinya dalam dunia..
walaupun bertukar organasasi, walaupun dah ada peminat mati pasal berlumpur dan himpitan 107,000 orang berasak,
tapi dari 1980 sejak pertama kali Donington jadi tempat metal dan rock, sampai sekarang.
Lokasi mereka ialah kawasan Blue Collar sangat
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Kawasan di mana Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Judas Priest ((Maiden ialah budak2 bandaraya London dan Ritchie Blackmore dan Deep Purple dari kota2 lain, Roger Glover dari Liverpool sama bandar dengan si Jeff Walker Carcass, pasal masa aku tengok Carcass, Jeff Walker bukak story pasal Roger Glover Deep Purple cakap dorang sekampung)) mulakan segala tok nenek rock dan metal mereka,

jadi tempat Donington tu ialah seperti jantung untuk muzik rock dan metal kerana yang datang setiap tahun ialah peminat2 dari Birmingham, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham dan ni semua ialah kaum masyarakat yang memang kaki rock dan metal.
Aku dah gi dua festival 2013 dan 2016, dan aku tahu Maiden akan headline lagi satu festival sebelum bersara, dan aku nak gi lagi, lengkapkan hat -trick. Banjir lumpur ke, keadaan darurat ke, apa ke, its rock n roll.

OK saje je.. ni ialah video Babylon Rising dari tahun.. entah dah 10 years kot lagu dan album ni..
tapi cek out video screen dia kat belakang dengan synchronisation lyrics nyanyian Blackie Lawless.
apa pun ni antara lagu paling aku suka dari Wasp.
Walau aku kurang suka dengan pemilihan kat video belakang tu..
Tapi WASP ni cubalah buat create fantasy setlist show 100 minit kalau kata dorang main bawah kolong flet blok rumah aku. Impossible kan? Giler banyak sangat lagu sedap yang aku suka ni band.


WALAUPUN AKU MINAT LAGU NI, hebat sungguh lagu2 dalam album Babylon.

Tapi pada pendapat aku, untuk rakyat Amerika yang dimana band ni berasal pun,
yang aku tak nafikan rakyat Amerika antara yang paling "KATAK BAWAH TEMPURUNG" mentaliti mereka, dan pentingkan diri sendiri, dan tindas kulit lain dan agama lain walau mereka ada Freedom Of Speech,
untuk mereka yang minat WASP, tapi nonton video ni,
apa rasa mereka? tengok watak2 kat belakang tu.
So benda2 gini aku suka tengok, untuk aku ni la benda2 cucuk jarum.
Dan jangan keliru, mereka sendiri tak percaya dengan Obama dan soalkan latar belakang nya.

Blackie Lawless ni seorang yang sangat pintar.
Bukan sahaja pandai main muzik, cipta lagu, tulis lirik dan suara sedap giler.
Aku suka giler dia ni actually. haha.


Liriks balada Hold On To My Heart cantik sangat dalam album Crimson Idol ni.

There's a flame, flame in my heart
And there's no rain, can put it out
And there's a flame, it's burning in my heart
And there's no rain, ooh can put it out
So just hold me, hold me, hold me

Take away the pain, inside my soul
And I'm afraid, so all alone
Take away the pain, that's burning in my soul
Cause I'm afraid that I'll be all alone
So just hold me, hold me, hold me

Hold on to my heart, to my heart, to me
Hold on to my heart, to my heart, to me
And oh no, don't let me go cause all I am
You hold in your hands, and hold me
And I'll make it through the night
And I'll be alright, hold on, hold on to my heart




"... STEVE HARRIS FOR EXEMPLIFYING TRUE INTEGRITY IN EVERYTHING IRON MAIDEN DOES."


So This is the Remastered Japanese Pressing of the Crimson Idol.
It comes with two cds instead of one.
As usual the Japanese packagings are very cute with the Obi and everything.

Even the story naration of Jonathan text is printed. And even all the Donington live songs from 92 as the lyrics printed. So I post here all the English text.

In summary as I type above in green italic,

-I was talking about why Donington is so special to me having seen Maiden headline there on two seperate years festivals.
-The awesomeness of this Crimson Idol album.
Every song is so special
and the 2nd cd of songs makes this version an amazing collectible.
-The suicide of Jonathan due to his parents attitude towards him.
- A small matter of Babylon Rising song and the video behind it.
I am not agreeable with some of the faces featured among others but I think the song itself is a fabulous song.





















Maiden SCOTLAND pretty photos and short review. (GLASGOW 16TH ABERDEEN 17TH MAY)

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A quick one. I am using a tablet so not too familiarise with this,
Full review next time. (Maaf lain kali ok aku cakap melayu, ni aku pendek2 je, kasi intro, kalau tak blog aku sendu , haha)
I will share how I travelled and how much it cost. Or bring your love ones, its possible.
Dont follow how the rich and famous people travel, they all are for show,
Its possible to travel for everyone, nowadays everything is easy and comfortable and if you know how to do it, AFFORDABLE,

So those travelling by yourself can gauge the price on backpacking to some UK places to see your favourite bands play.
Or thise want to travel with your love ones also I think can follow how I did and do my journey for my Maiden UK 2017 trip

Firstly, Glasgow show at the huge amazing dome of SECC was amazing. I think the capacity is 13,000 and I think its full house.
Aberdeen show was beyond amazing, its an all standing set up for the audience and I think its a full house 8,000 show.
Reviews of this shows next time but Aberdeen show has a special touch when Bruce start to mention the names of towns and places near to Northern Scotland I think, and the people around me are so happy.

This is just another example of what Maiden has been extra extra special to many many people all aound the world.
That little human touches here and there.

Travelling around and across Scotland from the southern part to the northern part is very long but beautiful. Its worth the trip,
You see the sea, the fields, the flowers, the beatiful old houses, castles, and fields, and fields, and fields, the mountains and of course the beautiful cows, sheeps, huge horses, cows, cows, sheeps , cows, cows agsin, sheeps, horses, and cows again.

Its like a NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC trip.
I took an express bus from Glasgow to Aberdeen for about 3 hours.
I took an amazing beautfiul sights train travelling for 7 hours from Aberdeen changing trains at Edinburgh, change again at Preston, and now at Liverpool for the first Iron Maiden show in Liverpool since 1990. It will be very very loud on Saturday I am sure.

This trip can be done, and I do find it easy and comfortable, so those of you planning to bring your families for this kind of trip and creating adventures by travelling on your own selfs, OR THOSE ENCOURAGING YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS TO TRAVEL AND EXPLORE AND IN A WAY MAKE THEM A BETTER HUMAN BEING LEARNING ABOUT OTHER PLACES AND CULTURES, should have no problem. ITS SAFE.

UK has a far more advance and comfortable trip for public transport FOR ALL AGES compared to many other places.

Ok photos time...




Beautiful free roaming cows and sheeps grazing huge huge eternity distance beautiful hills.
I love Scotland scenery. From the south to the north where I manage to pass by.



A bit of Glasgow street scene where I manage to walk thru. Ok Glasgow was easy and I only have to walk everywhere. I slept near the SECC and it takes me a slow walk carrying backpacks haversacks about 25 minutes to reach the city centre where everything is. Buses, trains, food, lots of Halal Food for Muslims and sceneries and wundow shopping.


Aberdeen has this standard colours for buildings,
Beautiful place.
Its again all walking for me.
The harbour, the trains, the buses and the food and malls are again all in one place.

But, to go the AECC for Maiden show, I have to take a public bus, but no worries all is easy and even after the show ends, lots of buses are ready to bring those taking public transport bqck to the central bus station,

Not so in Glasgow, BUT IN ABERDEEN THEY SPEAK A DIFFERENT ALIEN LANGUAGE, BEAUTIFUL, as seen from the signboard above, they have their own.
A BIT LIKE THE MOVIE "braveheart", but I cannot have any idea what they talk about. haha.
FREEDOM!!

Ok, full reports and pretty pictures next time.

Oohh some Maiden photos.. I love this one. I got lucky.
Ok ok, you may find the photos ugly and poor photo taking,
But for me its all HAPPINESS.

THESE ARE GLASGOW ONES... I TOOK SOME PHOTOS AND THIS TWO OF THEM,

A steve harris pix, and a dave murray with janick gers pretty cute photo.

I had resized them and bluetooth around to the tablet so I have no idea on the quality. Sorry if its grainy or blurry.






Ok next MAIDEN LIVERPOOL 2017.




P.s I was at Aberdeen, warm up band has completed playing, anyway Shinedown was very good. I have no idea at all about this band but choosen by Maiden to open the UK tour, there must be something Iron Maiden like about them,
And the vocalist is a humble person. He knows their place, they are there like in his own words, for the event of 2017, Indeed.

Anyway, when the Aberdeen crowd is jostling for position waiting for Maiden intro to start,
A group of ladies in what seems working attires crowds near me, and guess what? "THESE LADIES ARE POINTING AT THE IRON MAIDEN LIGHTNING RIGS ON THE ROOF OF THE STAGE AND ANIMATEDLY DESCRIBE THE LIGHTNING RIGS, Yes I dont know exactly their language but there are describing about the lightning rigs which will tilt and all that. THEN THEY TAKE OUT THEIR HANDPHONES AND SNAP THE IRON MAIDEN LIGHTNING RIGS!!!".

now this is why another reason i love to travel to places to see Maiden. Extra ordinary moments like these, and there are many of them.
And surely, Aberdeen is a friends and family oriented shows seems a lot of families young and old, and seems everyone knows each other,
Maybe thats the Scotland way, haha,

And the six new songs from new album? Huge roars same like old songs.

Aku sepatutnya FIRST OT THE BARRIER aku dapat message untuk persembahan Aberdeen. Tapi rasa Tak kausa dah aku , tapi aku suka letak nama kat first to barrier ni, tapi kalau dapat, aku tak gi. Haha. Aku rasa aku takut aku kena potong nama dah, pasal buang karen je. Ni not first time dah. Haha.

Ok aku nak gi pasar dorwng ni kat Liverpool aku suka tengok orang mat salleh beli ikan, beli sayur.. hahaha. Tu cara aku kenal tempat orang.
 Apa pun Liverpool ni nampak rebellious orang nye,
Semacam, dan aku suka.
Aku pakai selipar jepun jalan meleser dan aku happy sangat lalu lorong2 belakang bandar Liverpool ni explore shortcut carik makan, Ok je..

Ooohh makan, haha. Nanti aku cerita cammana aku survive backpacking ni untuk budget makan,

Ingat, aku kan lapar nasik nye orang. K bye,


























Cavern Club Liverpool, terrorist bombing Manchester dan pengamatan aku, gezek satu dua foto Iron Maiden on stage, dan Liverpool Central Mosque (masjid besar Liverpool).(My Maiden UK 2017 backpacktrip to see Iron Maiden thru out Scotland, Wales and England)

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I'll speak in market-street-style-talk Bahasa Melayu then I switched to English. As usual Bahasa Melayu has all the gossips and sensitive things.

FIRSTLY TO ALL MUSLIMS WORLDWIDE.
HAPPY WONDERFUL RAMADHAN.
May this year be better than the last.

Masa Terrorist bombing kat luar Manchester Arena(DEKAT LUAR YE), takde kena mengena ngan dalam indoor stadium tu, (dan IRON MAIDEN baru main kat sini dua minggu lepas) Pengebom tu kat luar stadium, jadi tolong jangan jadi bodoh pergi marah2 security, pergi marah pihak polis kenapa tak cek bag, kenapa tak cek tu tak cek ni.....

dimana semua orang boleh berdiri, sebab tu masa aku tahu lokasi dia dalam hati aku cakap"abislah ramai ibu bapa tunggu anak2 kat luar nak jemput pulang, mereka yang tentu mati sapa tunggu kat luar dengan pengebom tu", pasal malam tu kan persembahan artis yang peminat semua budak2 pompuan. 
Sapa yang keluar paling cepat masa show abis, pasal nak elakkan jam, atau nak balik cepat, dorang yang paling teruk kena.
So aku tahu masa aku kat Bristol (by the way Cranberries cancel kat Bristol, Delores sakit) wassap dari better half aku pasal Manchester Arena kena bom , aku kat UK tapi aku tak follow news, dan aku dah tido la kan pasal aku memang kat UK apa, tu bomb meletup kul 11 malam, aku dah marah2 Cranberries, "weak la Delores, sakit sikit kensel. haha", so aku baca wassap tu "reaksi aku ialah Biar Betik!!"

aku macam... okayyyy aku baru tengok Iron Maiden kat Birmingham 16,000 orang (Birmingham memang dahsyat, memang berdebar ok tengok indoor stadium dia, BAPAK BESAR!! aku ada rakam beberapa video dari tepi nanti aku tunjuk lain kali dan terus terang la kan, Birmingham tempat Hardcore la kan kalau band rock main ni semua.. macam aku cakap Birmingham dan seluruh kawasan Midlands ialah jantung muzik metal dan rock sedunia..) , , dan Liverpool 13,000 orang peminat Iron Maiden (korang tahu tak Bruce buka cerita pasal Liverpool nye team bola, kena boo rabakkk hahaha, nanti aku cerita)
 dan memang nak jadi cerita pengebom tu pilih Manchester, mungkin pasal Manchester rumah dia, dan dia dilahirkan di sana so mungkin dia tahu kawasan tersebut dan aku terus macam... oooo kayyy apasal "soft target" orang gi tengok persembahan musik sey... dah tu terang2 show budak2 suka kan? grande ke hapa tu...
yang mati semua budak2 pompuan umur ada 8 tahun je. 
Susah nak bayangkan dan nak dianalisakan oleh otak aku tentang cara pemikiran sesetengah orang dan hati dan jiwa mereka.

dan memang suspen apa jadi seterusnya, tapi terus Maiden cakap show dorang macam biasa teruskan, terus aku lega, dan persembahan seterusnya IRON MAIDEN dan jugak yang aku gi tengok selepas pengemboman di Manchester ialah dua hari selepas tu di Cardiff.
Nanti lain kali aku cerita, pergi tengok Iron Maiden main tapi memang nampak Polis bertugas, tapi Police jenis SWAT Team.
Police yang bawak "machine gun""machine gun" gitu bukan revolver.
Memang heran la... nak tengok "Iron Maiden" ada ni semua... nanti la aku cerita ye lain kali...
Nari aku cerita pasal Cavern Club, dan aku gezek satu dua gambo aku snap Iron Maiden atas pentas kat merata tempat aku gi tengok dorang main seluruh UK, dan last sekali aku gezek foto aku gi semayang jumaat kat Liverpool.

Dan... aku terus terang cakap, masyarakat UK rata2 takde masalah ngan orang Islam, orang Islam bebas bergerak dan buat aktiviti tanpa apa masalah, bebas meniaga dan PERNIAGAAN ORANG ISLAM memang top di UK.

Korang bayangkan beribu2 orang dah giler babi tengok Iron Maiden lapar, abis show, apa lagi yang bukak? cuma pub, drinking spot, dan kedai2 majoriti orang Islam yang jual kebab, burger dan sebagainya. Semua pun dengan tshirt Iron Maiden semua serbu kedai2 orang Islam dah kebulur.

Cuma ada beberapa ekor manusia je dalam internet yang taruk racun nak rosakkan hubungan orang Islam dengan bukan Islam, tapi untuk aku, depan mata aku.. Insyallah takde beza.
UK adalah satu tempat yang kita boleh tiru pada aku cara kehidupan berdisiplin dan majmuk mereka (KALAU DORANG TAK MABUK LA!!).

So again aku cakap, beberapa ekor manusia je yang sengaja nak racunkan hubungan dan keruhkan suasana.
Tapi untuk aku... selagi Bruce Dickinson SETIAP MALAM atas stage cakap " We Dont Care What Is Your Religion bla bla bla"... untuk aku peminat2 Iron Maiden semua gerek dan satu hati la satu dunia. Semua mungkin tak dengar apa Politician cakap, tapi apa Iron Maiden cakap, akan dipasang telinga.

Aku memang sedih, korang ingat dua tahun lepas kat Paris kena terrorist attack yang band rock tengah main kan?
OK kau tau tempat tu La Bataclan, setahun sebelum serangan tu aku ada kat dewan tu tengok EXTREME main.
Dan bila terrorist attack tu terjadi dan aku baca laporan2 mula keluar, aku tak tipu, aku boleh bayangkan apa terjadi.. pasal kat mana tu description cakap Terrorist masuk, dan start tembak, dekat situlah aku diri dan tengok Extreme main. Aku diri kat belakang, dekat tempat merchandise jual baju band kat sudut belakang La Bataclan, kat situlah ada pintu kaca masuk keluar. So memang sapa diri situ la first yang kena tembak satu satu jatuh.
Dan band atas stage EODM ingat kat belakang sekali ada orang letupkan mercun kot ceritanya...

Dan memang boleh imejin pasal aku memang betul2 perharikan setup La Bataclan pasal cantik giler masa aku kat sana. tingkat dua ada boleh isi berapa ruang untuk duduk..
bawah semua... hurray hurray all standing La Bataclan. Kalau aku gi Paris lagi, aku nak gi La Bataclan (korang naik mrt sampai kawasan Republique), pay my tributes.

So mungkin orang2 Paris yang hurray hurray keliling aku malam tu masa Extreme main, ialah peminat sama yang mati, ada 50-60 orang mati kan kena tembak malam tu, dan ramai lagi cedera, trauama malam terrorist attack setahun selepas tu. 

Ye la, peminat band rock berapa kerat je kan.. orang tu orang tu jugak gi tengok lain2 rock band beraksi.
So memang tak tahu apa nak cakap....

ok cukup buat waktu ni cakap pasal Terrorist Attack ni...

OK Cavern Club, tempat lahir nya Beatles.
Oooo aku nak bilang korang sapa tak pernah gi Liverpool pergi weiii.
HAPPENING GILER tempat ni.
betul2 macam mana Michael J Fox sampai 50s masa filem Back To The Future gitu...
Memang orang Liverpool ni "perangai", ada "attitude", boleh rasa lain sangat dengan bandar2 lain.
Budak2 sekolah yang kecik2 pun pakai leather jacket.
Pengsi aje.

OK So aku gi Matthew Street. Aku gi Cavern. Cavern ni kalau tempat bersejarah dan terkenal tu ialah Cavern Club, dan depan dia ialah Cavern Pub, adik beradik la dua tempat ni kat lorong Matthew Street.
Tempat ni ialah kelahiran Beatles dan bakat2 rock n roll British 60an gitu beraksi di sini.
Sampai sekarang tempat ni masih dahsyat,
penuh dari berbagai lapisan umur dari paling muda paling tua semua ada.
Semua mungkin peminat rock n roll British awal 60an terutama diterajui Beatles gitu.

Jadi memang la, macam aku trip backpacking ke seluruh UK ni tengok Iron Maiden, naik bas, naik keretapi...
aku macam pergi trip sejarah... aku berpeluang gi tengok tempat2 Iron Maiden beraksi di zaman awal hingga pertengahan 80an, aku di Bristol aku gi Hippodrome, aku gi Colston Hall, kat Cardiff aku gi ST DAVID HALL.
Ni semua untuk peminat Iron Maiden ialah tempat2 lagenda.

Jadi balik kepada Cavern Club, memang seronok, pergi sana, masuk free kalau siang hari, tapi siang malam pun sama, nak minum boleh minum, tak cukup tangan staff sana supply beer, band main..
ada dua pentas, pentas famous yang serupa gua dan pentas lagi satu, memang dua dua pentas siang hari aktif, memang sentiasa ada bands dan artist rotate kat situ, terutama tengah musim ada sambutan apa entah pasal Beatles.
Memang banyak barang2 memorabilla rock n roll 60an, dan tentunya foto dan barang2 Beatles banyak.
OK, ada dua foto tiga foto aku tampal ni bukan dari Cavern Club tapi dari Beatles Museum di Liverpool pasal untuk tunjukkan betapa keadaan Cavern Club zaman dulu.

Maka lagi sekali aku cakap, Cavern Club ni sangat menarik, maka enjoy foto2..
Cavern Club aku snap fotos, beberapa foto sejarah Cavern Club aku snap kat muzium Beatles juga di Liverpool , satu dua foto2 Iron Maiden beraksi (dah memang aku backpack untuk Iron Maiden pun), dan suasana Liverpool nye Masjid.

FUHHH PENAT OK TYPE NI SEKALIGUS... Harap takde misinterpritation apa aku type kat atas.
Aku rembat je terus sekali type.

Foto sampai abis.... enjoy...




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So backpacking and backpacking and now its at Liverpool to see Maiden plays in Echo Arena Liverpool. What a blockbuster show Maiden put up in Liverpool, Maiden had not played in Liverpool since 1990.
I was in Liverpool for about 3 days on arrival from Aberdeen (What another awesome show in a very intimate 7000 maximum capacity all standing indoor arena)

So 3 days, I got a chance to explore some parts of Liverpool city, and PEOPLE WATCHING.
Liverpool is so very awesome place.
Like I say, the school children wear leather jackets.
They have not move on.
They are still ROCK N ROLL!!!
Attittude people, all the streets are crowded.. a very happening place.
I will tell more about my Liverpool experience next time but now its just Cavern.
I will add a few photos to depict Cavern in the early 1960s, which I took at the Beatles Museum also in Liverpool,
So Cavern has two stages, the other stage is opposite the lane at Cavern Pub.
I was there in the daytime to evening so free entry, the beers are flowing very high capacity demands I notice. I was just observing and absorbing the atmosphere.
The both stages have performers rotating. There was a Beatles celebrations so bands from around the world rotate to pay tribute to the 60s British Rock N Roll and Beatles.

Simply a magical place. Enjoy all the photos. OK on the photo of that second stage with the John Lennon photo on the left, on the right is Paul McCartneys bass...  so lots of memorabilla to ogle if you are into these kind of memorabilla stuffs from rock n rollers of all generations at The Cavern Club.

Do make a trip there if you are in Liverpool. Such an amazing place with people seems to have the "rock n roll attitude" city.. I want to find a job there. LOL!!

So Matthew Street, both ends, and along the stretch and the exterior of Cavern Club, and Cavern Pub (the sister establishment face to face to each other) and of course that famous John Lennon statue.











So the inside of the Cavern Club....









SO this next few photos is I mixed it with some historical photos I took at the Beatles Museum also in Liverpool

to give us all an idea of this amazing place in the early 1960s before Beatles get too big to play here anymore.
One photo depicts the Beatles on stage.
Another photo depicts another Liverpool band.
Another photo depicts how tight squeeze for the Beatles band on stage set up during their Cavern days.







OK I think this blog is too long...

A nice pretty photo of Steve Harris and Dave Murray having so much fun on stage
I believe this one is in Glasgow...
(taken by me , I got lucky a few times able to take some decent photos , at least for me)





ok lastly, I will tell more next time opportunity.

FRIDAY PRAYERS AT LIVERPOOL CENTRAL MOSQUE.


Review HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN -Live In Singapore 2nd June 2017

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Lets take a break from talking about my backpacking trip walking around exploring cities and places in Scotland, England and Wales and bus and train journeys all over UK watching Iron Maiden on their just simply spectacular and their jaw dropping performances of the just completed UK Tour.
I did not backpack the whole tour but whatever shows I saw, its just that. Simply magnificent performance from the band with a great setlist for this Book Of Soul Tour (Tears Of A Clown dropped for the 2017 part of the World Tour, and swapped with Great Unknown is I thing its a bit slow and it slows down the pacing after a furious start of the show. LOL!! But I really love Tears Of A Clown live renditions on the 2016 shows I saw)

Today I want to tell about the just completed HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN experience I had, just now. I have to agree with all the accolades given to this UK Tribute Band. Best band, nearest to the real thing, and whatever all else.

Lets switch to Bahasa Melayu Malay Language for a while.


Led Zeppelin beraksi kali terakhir tahun 1980, jadi seperti The Beatles, Elvis dan Michael Jackson (aku recommend tengok Tribute Show - "Michael Jackson Thriller WEST END LONDON Theaters nye show, Smooth Criminal siap ada senget badan, tapi nak tengok clear kena beli tiket mahal, tiket murah paling tinggi, pasal tradisional theater bangunan dia macam opera2 zaman dulu gitu, aku ada cerita pasal persembahan seni di bahagian West End London kat blog ngan details dia sila carik sendiri.)
So... Kalau peminat masa kini nak rasa tempiasnya, nak cuba terokai cammana persembahan2 band ni zaman lampau, maka kena carik tribute performers handalan. 
Hats Off To Led Zeppelin ni bukan calang2 nye band, mereka dinobat antara band tribute terbaik di UK selama beberapa tahun, mereka dapat sponsor2 yang tak dapat oleh band tribute lain, mereka disokong dan diberi pujian oleh mereka yang ada nama dan bersangkut paut dengan sejarah Led Zeppelin.

Dan memang, apa aku saksikan, Hats Off To Led Zeppelin memang dahsyat tadi, 
Takkan dapat aku rasa tengok Led Zep main, tapi dengan nonton band HOTLZ ni, boleh rasa sikit betapa hebatnya Led Zep beraksi dengan bermacam2 lagu dan lagu dorang pun komplikated giler.
Betapa handal nye pemain2 muzik nya, betapa hebat penyanyi nya.
Dan seronoknya, persembahan tadi di Kallang Theater ni pakai lampu stage yang best giler. Jadi memang persembahan nya menampakkan suasana Gah.
Dan penonton pun semua sporting, aku rasa penuh jugak tadi... berbagai lapisan umur. Semua pun minat Led Zeppelin.

Dan pada aku tengok band ni mendengdangkan lagu2 Led Zeppelin, bak kata Jack Black, the greatest rock n roll band ever, macam mengimbau kembali kehebatan ROCK MELAYU.
Ingat tempat ni kumpulan MAY sambut 25 Tahun mereka beraksi, dan Rusty Blade, Unwanted etc pun main kat sini.
Lagi sekali aku cakap, aku sebagai peminat rock Melayu sangat bangga dengan kehebatan 
band2 rock Melayu dari dulu sampai sekarang.
Ada masa untuk Iron Maiden, ada masa untuk rock, dan ada masa untuk jadi peminat heavy metal omputeh dan backpacking Eropah untuk Metal, tapi ROCK MELAYU TETAP DI HATI, dan TETAP DALAM MP3 AKU (contoh bila aku gi Hellfest ,sorang sorang, aku pastikan MP3 player aku semua lagu ROCK MELAYU, ingatkan aku yang AKU NI ORANG MELAYU!!!!!).

So Melayu jangan malu dan terima hakikat dengan kehebatan band rock melayu baik band Malaysia atau Singapore.

 paling seronok tengok bassist dia masa persembahan ni tadi, yang sebijik macam John Paul Jones, tukar2 instrumen. Sedangkan Penyanyi dan Peman Gitar memukau penonton dengan aksi dan kehebatan persembahan mereka, tapi pemain bass seperti mana John Paul Jones yang menambat hati aku dengan sumbangan nya pada persembahan ini. 
Akhirnya, seumur hidup aku, aku baru dapat rasa cammana nak tengok betul2 cara lagu No Quarter dimainkan live. Tak gua tak nangis, tapi gua sedih... Dahsyat bassist main keyboard dekni, sebijik John Paul Jones.
Drummer tak yah cakap la. Ni John Bonham nye posisi siot dia duduk dan main.

Senarai lagu dimainkan , kalau kata aku yang pilih setlist nak lagu2 aku suka pun mau 4 jam tak abis. Tapi of course kalau aku pilih, tentu banyak lagu slow, dan mesti otak kejong siak show jadi slow down. haha.

Dan banyak giler lagu2 popular dan famous dan disukai ramai, dikenali ramai pun tak dimainkan.
Tapi ok la, Hats Off To Led Zeppelin main dalam 110 minit.
Aku tape show ni dan aku dapat bootleg hebat (sorry ye gua masuk bakul angkat sendiri), tak kuat la volume dia so lain kali aku upload kat youtube channel aku, sapa minat dengar pakai speaker komputer atau soundblaster ke hapa ke).





OK aku tukar balik cakap omputeh.. Ni setlist nya...

SETLIST- HATS OFF TO LED ZEPPELIN 
2nd June 2017 , Kallang Theater SINGAPORE
Total Playing Time (1hr 50mins based on my recorder timing for my personal collection live bootleg)

I hearing back the show, This should be the setlist tonight. An uptempo pace this show. Very energetic.
Its been a very very long time since I hear Led Zep songs in my collection.
So its so refreshing and fun remembering each song.

Or as Jack Black says in front of Barack Obama for the Led Zep Induction to Rock N Roll Fame,
THE ZEPATHON. 
OK song by song played and some info observation.

1. ROCK N ROLL
2. IMMIGRANT SONG
3. BLACK DOG
4. RAMBLE ON
5. NO QUARTER
6. THANK YOU
7. GALLOWS POLE (bassist/keyboardist extraordinaire plays Mandolin this song)
8. HOW MANY MORE TIMES (BASS SECTION)
(Drummer swapped snare drum, and band take opportunity to introduce each member to the audience, the guitarist says the singer last year was named as top 4 vocalist in UK in a magazine in UK. A really Proffesional act they are I dont think many people realise it of the drums problem)
9. THE LEMON SONG
10. THE OCEAN
11. THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME (Famous Double Neck)
12. GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES
13. TRAMPLED UNDERFOOT
14. CUSTARD PIE
15. KASHMIR (Longest applause at the end of this song)
16. SINCE I'VE BEEN LOVING YOU
17. Song of Hope aka Led Zep Wedding Song aka STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (double neck again, of course)
18. HEARTBREAKER
19. CELEBRATION DAY
20. WEARING AND TEARING
21. WHOLE LOTTA LOVE (with DAZED AND CONFUSED mid section).

 I would say some fast songs rare gems played.
1hr 50mins.
Excellent, worth the price of the ticket.





Review and opinion of Hats Off To Led Zeppelin live just now.

So what can I say? If this band comes to your town, village, country, void deck of your flat, neigbouring country, etc. Go and See Them.
Buy a bit more expensive ticket so can see more clearly. LOL!!
Worth It.

I will never see Led Zep plays. It is impossible.

So listening to their music, and watching videos of their live performances,
but just now watching Hats Off To Led Zeppelin,
maybe.... just maybe, "I got that just a l,ittle just a little bit" feel of the actual power of Led Zeppelin live.
It must have taken a lot of discipline, talent, practise, hard work to deliver a full Led Zeppelin setlist show.
So like I say, at least I got an idea.
Kashmir was brilliant and rightly receive a long applause.
And at last, I got an idea of how No Quarter is played live and I did not cry. A most beautiful yet Miserable song of all time, this No Quarter.

- So Man Of The Match for me just now is definitely the bassist also keyboardist also Mandolin player.
Though all is amazing performance from whole band.
- The drummer, OMG.
- The singer. (Can Ritchie Blackmore try him out for next year's Rainbow lineup please...I will be there for the first show again, just like in Loreley Germany last year with fans from all over the world, and you have signages indicating Iran fans, so if Iran Rainbow fans is there, surely it means the whole world is represented to salute the return of Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow after 30 years)
- The guitarist. So... if he is that amazing, so how could Jimmy Page playing a full Led Zeppelin show be? LOL!!
Hope to see them again.

Like I say above, if I can request songs, at 4 hrs mark the band is still on stage LOL!!
No Achilles Last Stand, no In The Light, no All My Love, no Tangerine, no Communication Breakdown, no so many. But its not possible with so many songs of Led Zeppelin that I really like.

Thats about it.

Next post back to all the travels, food photos of all over UK, photos of exploration of streets and corners and mosque, sight photos of different cities and locations and of course pretty pictures of Iron Maiden on stage taken by me... me ... me...

More photos of the band Hats Off To Led Zeppelin.. below....
If I got time I will upload the full audio of the show on youtube for all of you to check them out.
Remember the audio bootleg does not represent their actual superb sound, but it gives an idea of how good they are...

Bye.


p.s - To All Muslims, continue to have a great and wonderful Ramadhan.





Does Anybody Remember Laughter??  (nope).






Oh Let The Stars Beat Down Upon My Face.. Stars To Feel My Dreams...
I am a Traveller of Both Time and Space... To be where I have Been...






gezek foto makanan di UK, Iron Maiden tshirt merchandise some tour designs, some live photos (my Maiden UK 2017 Backpacking trip part 3)

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Hi all. Scattered post in both English and Bahasa Melayu.
I know its Ramadhan for the Muslims,
but some food photos.
This is a Muslim food place selling halal food in CARDIFF, WALES. As you all know I was backpacking alone for the Iron Maiden UK Tour , not the full whole tour, about half. LOL!!
I will tell more next time...

Nanti aku tunjuk jugak kedai2 aku gi makan...


For those in Singapore and Malaysia, thousands of miles away, but the menu is so familiar.
Kan, korang tengok siap ada teh tarik tu...
nak gelak aku.. brader ni pernah duduk Singapore pun.
Padahal jauh siak kat Wales sana... lain kali aku cerita.

One more, I was starving and I only want rice. I just arrived at Birmingham Bus Station after taking bus from Liverpool. ( I went for both Iron Maiden shows at both cities).
Below is photo of a halal rice dish, Briyani or Beryani, UK Halal Style. in Birmingham, England.
My God, its so dry, there is no gravy like what i am used too.
But I was going crazy, I need rice. Rice is my staple food all my life. Without it I DIE.
LAPAR NASI , nasib baik di Birmingham dan aku makan nasik kedai sama masa aku backpack gi Birmingham 2013 dulu tengok Bon Jovi main kat stadium Villa Park.
Sapa jenis Lapar Nasik paham la apa aku cakap... boleh jadi giler....
betapa jumpa banyak kedai pun tengok makanan semua tak kena...
desperate sampai nampak kedai halal, kedai india soalan ialah "Bro, you got rice? anything as long as rice , I dont care what colour!"haha.


Other times I will tell about places I stopped by while taking long express buses and trains.

This is BRISTOL below, lovely picture that I got lucky in taking it. Well, at least for me this photo is very pretty.
Amazing city amazing place. It was between the Birmingham Maiden show, and Cardiff Maiden show...
Supposed to catch Cranberries in Colston Hall Bristol, but Delores fall sick so its cancelled. But Bristol was amazing...  OOO Lots of amazing and historical photos next time (especially if you are a history buff in regards, Iron Maiden and other UK music legends like the Beatles and such, because Beatles play at Colston Hall too in the 60s)



More of all the above NEXT TIME..

Next, I want to share some merchandise that I got for the Iron Maiden 2017 UK Tour to support the Book Of Soul World Tour.

FRONT VIEW.
From left..

1) Maiden 17 - is a very pretty and sweet bootleg tshirt that I saw was on sale at the road side outside of the Liverpool Echo Arena and Birmingham Barclaycard Arena.
I finally decide to buy it for 10 Pounds.
One of the most simple and very pretty design I see of Iron Maiden for a long time. Yes, a bootleg, a fantastic fan design this one.

The rest are tour tshirts for 2017, 
2)with second from left is the UK/IRISH TOUR TSHIRT for the whole UK Tour. 
3) 3rd from left - Thats a new design EDDIE for 2017 with the Mayan Eddie Theme.

4) THAT KILLERS TSHIRT, its always the same problem with Iron Fucking Maiden.

They tease, people got excited thinking Killers was going to be on the setlist once this design was made into a 2017 Tour tshirt.

ALL ARE PRICED AT 25 POUNDS. And, the designs even if you buy it at the Maiden Official Shop will have different tags on the collar, and no dates and places. 
Take note the dates are only sold at the venues of the show, although those who follow the news will realise that earlier on before the tour start, Iron Maiden sold the event tshirts with dates IN ADVANCE about one month before the shows reach UK. But I dont buy it then, I only buy physically at the stands when I am at the venues.
The ones at Maiden Official Shop will be priced at about 22 POUNDS with different collar tags, and no dates and locations. And I dont think that other two tshirts will be sold too. 
(it carries the black label of Iron Maiden Merchandise or something if you buy the ones without dates


this is the behind...

- Check out again the bootleg tshirt.. the behind designed like a football jersey...



- again.. the second tshirt is the rear of the BRITISH/IRISH TOUR TSHIRT
and its has a very very cute Cow.
SO the story is Eddie on the bike travelling all over UK and Ireland, as the front design goes, being a nuisance with a vehicle who got into an accident, the front design has all the directions and places Maiden is going to play with some flags on the flyover.
Eddie got into trouble on the road and hit the poster wall advertising all UK dates, makes a hole and off he goes again.
And as those travelling in UK will know the roads sides are all fields with lots of cute cows so there is one right there being a busybody.


- The rear of the 3rd jersey is also a new design. There are a few other tshirts with this design, but I dont buy all. I rather buy a few more UK tour shirts for my love ones.
- the one most on the right is the Wasted Years design. A song they played on both the 2016 and 2017 section of the book of soul world tour.

This is the tagging... of the official merchandise tshirt sold for the british part of the world tour 2017, and as can be seen for the bootleg, the label (I think its fruit of loom), is snipped off.
I think its a practise of British bootleggers? I am not sure.
I am not cordoning bootlegging for monetary profit. But I think everyone have to admit this is a very pretty tshirt.


OK one more shoot of the cute cow... and the dates..


Allow me to tell you, not only the above pretty thshirts only available at the shows.

but there are others pretty tshirts too, there is one THE RED AND THE BLACK, looks like an American Baseball Tshirt. 

Allow me to say, I have done quite a few backpacking travels for different tours, not only on this tour is Maiden playing beyond beyond expectation and really unbelievable they can top up their usual 666% performances of the past to a new 667% performances for this tour (2016 was amazing but the 2017 was another planet completely)
and the merch is simply amazing this year. Its like so many bands merchandise but actually its all Iron Maiden.
(aku ringkaskan, design2 atas tu Maiden 17 tu tipu nye, orang jual tepi jalan tapi cantik giler, so aku beli satu, Sweet 17 sangat tshirt tu.
Yang lain semua hanya jual kat tempat show je.
Yang British Tour Eddie naik motor tu, ada jual kat Maiden nye website tapi takde dates dan lokasi, dan bukan je takde tarikh dan lokasi tapi tag pun tak serupa, kalau beli kat official maiden website dia pakai tag Iron Maiden warna hitam tu. Yang lagi aku rasa memang tak jual.
Yang design tiga dari kiri tu Eddie lukisan baru untuk 2017

Belakang dia pun sama lukisan baru 2017
ikut tema Mayan Book Of Soul
Yang akhir tu design lama lawak nye korang tahu la tshirt ni ada, orang ingat Killers dalam setlist. Puaka besar ni Iron Maiden ni.

Also tshirt tour British/Irish tu ada cerita , design depan Eddie naik motor, dalam design depan korang tengok ada papan tanda tunjuk tempat2 bandar2 Maiden akan pergi, dan Eddie cam pelesit sampai ada kenderaan eksiden tu korang tengok betul2, ada orang kibar bendera England, Scotland contoh nya.
Kat belakang dia, Eddie tersasar, tersondol banner poster Iron Maiden untuk UK tour ada dates tu semua.. lokasi semua.. lepas tu ok, masuk jalanraya balik.
tapi sapa travel kat UK, naik bas, naik keretapi, tentu tahu kiri kanan semua ladang2 ternakan lembu kebanyakkan jadi ada seekor lembu jadi mak kepo la gi tengok lobang tu ).




OK before ending this post... 

MARI KITA CUCI MATA

some shoots of Maiden live on stage I took... on different shows, I stand at different places, and managed to move around a bit and there.
I manage to get some pretty photos of Maiden. Actually its more like I got lucky really...

Dave Murray, Adrian Smith and Janick Gers together in one photo. I always got difficulty getting them together in one photo shot. The magnificient Three Amigos. (I think this was in Aberdeen?? I forgot).


There is more of this scene I snapped. I will choose a prettier one next time.
This is just some photos.
I know its not nice, but its what I like, and for me they are all beautiful photos.

Below..
Bruce Dickinson, Ohhh I was trying to get him for Death Or Glory.. That monkey sequence and all that , and I think I was a little bit successful. More next time.




Last photo for this blog post, till next time.....

The one, the only, there will be no one more like him ever....

Mr Steve Harris.




Till next time bye.


FULL REPORTS OF TRIPS AND FOOD AND THE PHOTOS OF DIFFERENT CITIES AND LIVE PHOTOS.. all next time, dont know when. haha



Photos galore - Birmingham UK flea/outdoor market, lots of photos of Birmingham, Islamic Relief HQ and more Iron Maiden live photos of UK 2017 taken by me me me (continuation of my Maiden UK 2017 backpack)

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Over 20 days has passed in Ramadan. How time flies quickly.
First in English then in Bahasa Melayu. .




For my backpacking travels alone to watch Iron Maiden plays their very successful UK Tour and amazing performance in both their live shows and the fans attendance at every show, in 5 places/cities in Scotland, England and Wales, I try to explore as much as I can the cities and places during the daytime especially I went to NOT where the outsiders visit but I go to where the locals go.
So means I explore the lonely backlanes, the markets, and see how the locals buy and sell vegetables, meat, even secondhand goods.
So this time I want to blog about the Birmingham City Centre Flea/Secondhand/car boot/market /sale or whatever you want to call it. Its across the road from Bullring shopping area and St Martin Church(above are both of them the Church and Bullring Mall, I guess thats the name).
Its near the vicinity of the Islamic Relief Building.
So enjoy the photos of this huge flea/car boot/secondhand dealer market of Birmingham City and the area of the Islamic Relief Building near Birmingham City area.

Iron Maiden plays Birmingham Barclaycard Arena on Sunday 21st May so I arrived there at Sunday Noon by bus travelling from LIVERPOOL where Maiden plays the night before.
And this is how the Birmingham Barclaycard Arena looks like, way before Maiden starts their show. And I was not even near the front. Such a vast huge place and the standing section Floor level was like a football field size. LOL!!


Atas tu dua foto tu ialah apa korang nampak kalau korang sampai Birmingham naik bas ekpress dari mana2.
So keluar dari bas terminal nampak ni dua, satu gereja satu shopping mall.
atas foto ketiga tu tujuan aku gi Birmingham dan tempat lain bulan lepas, backpacking sorang sorang tengok Iron Maiden untuk Book Of Soul Tour 2017 yang akan jadi penutup.
Lepas dorang pusing Amerika lagi satu round. Bulan 7 ni pentas Iron Maiden guna akan dibubarkan. Aku rasa konfem gossip peminat tahun depan ada tour berlandaskan History Tour part 4 atau mungkin berlandaskan greatest hits dengan pentas baru dan semua baru untuk masa depan nya usage.

Bawah. ISLAMIC RELIEF HEADQUARTERS BUILDING sedunia. kalau tak silap aku.
Aku ingat nak carik tapi sebenarnya senang nak jumpa kalau korang jalan kaki kat kawasan tu tapi aku tak gi la bangunan tu. Beg dah berat giler, aku gi pasar karat dia kat kasawan situ.

Dan Royalty paling aku hormat dan suka dalam dunia ialah keluargaQueen Elizabeth.
Bila aku dengar cerita dari orang Melayu kita yang pernah kerja sama Islamic Relief di Birmingham pasal Queen Elizabeth. Aku sangat terkejut.
Jadi bila aku baca reaksi orang terkejut gembira pasal Prince Harry berbuka puasa bulan Ramadhan dengan orang2 Islam di Singapore, dan act macam orang biasa je kat Singapore, lagipun memang pun, lantak la kau diraja tempat lain , ada tempat kau tetap dilayan sama rata dengan semua orang.

(mulut manusia tak boleh ditutup, ada "keturunan" bila kat Singapore cam cam perangai.)

aku tak heran sangat, sudah tentu Queen Elizabeth dah ajar cucu2 dia tentang agama kita dan semoga sokongan Permaisuri menguatkan ummah kita di UK.
(dan serious berbual ramai giler orang melayu kat UK ok,- aku pernah cerita kan, first aku sampai stesen keretapi kat Piccadilys, aku backpack nak tengok Iron Maiden main kat Donington 2013 dulu, aku dah tak boleh jumpa train aku nak naik dah aku sorang2 dah lambat pasal aku nak rush gi Birmingham nak tengok Bon Jovi main kat stadium Aston Villa, so kelakarnya, kat tempat sendiri kena speaking omputeh tanya arah, tapi kat England berbual melayu pasal aku nampak muka melayu so aku gi la kat dorang..., aku first cakap eh dah sampai England, aku cakap Melayu pasal ada budak Melayu lelaki pompuan so aku berbual melayu langsung tak yah nak belit lidah speaking omputeh - 
terus terang aku cakap ramai giler dalam context "ramai giler" melayu di Eropah la, dari Portsmouth - ni tempat memang budak Melayu ramai tak yah khuatir.. - paling bawah UK tu, sampai naik atas UTARA ke Glasgow..(cuma kat Aberdeen aku tak nampak Melayu atau dengar orang cakap Melayu haha)..  aku tahu pasal aku dah sampai Glasgow pun dan aku jalan kat kawasan ada U ke kolej sekolah tinggi la gitu,.. orang2 Melayu ok ngan pompuan baju kurung., nanti aku cerita pasal aku semayang jemaat kat masjid Liverpool... Kecohhh berbual melayu.. aku siap tanya "ingat lagi cakap melayu tak? haha, ada dah duk sana orang melayu kita, dari tahun 1960an, zaman beatles ok, sila jangan berbual pasal Iron Maiden la kan aku... diam dah.. ni semua old timers legend.. zaman Beatles dorang dah kat Liverpool.. takde fight la kan....).
Serious berbual la, Melayu ni kan.... jangan cakap dari negeri mana , negara mana la kan..
Melayu ni kan...boleh cam la pattern melayu kalau gi mana2... hahaha....
lagi Melayu tu nak berlagak mat salleh, lagi terserlah kekampongan nya.

ok sambung balik pasal Birmingham...Lagipun pada aku, Birmingham ni ialah bukan sahaja jantung Heavy Rock dan Heavy Metal dari segi sejarah dan hingga hari ini, 
tapi jantung umat Islam seluruh Eropah pada aku kerana jumlah umat Islam di Birmingham sangat ramai.

Ok Lepas Islamic Relief tu, ialah pasar karat, pasar jual beli barang yang dah digunakan, . Kira macam Sungei Road skala besar giler.
Macam2 ada... sila tengok sendiri... kasut boots caterpillar, doc mart, barang mainan, rekod piring hitam dan cd, barang2 ayat suci untuk hiasan rumah, pakaian memang banyak dan macam2 dari untuk musim sejuk ke biasa, peti sejuk dan mesin basuh juga dijual di pasar ni, nampak ada baru ada dah 2ndhand, alat pembinaan, bantal, tilam, perkakas barang dapur dan sebagainya.
Ramai dari penjual dan pembeli ialah umat Islam kita.
Langsung tak nampak dari foto foto ni aku ada kat Birmingham UK.

OK la aku sumbat semua cakap Melayu kat sini, jadi bawah tu lagi, sebahagian bangunan2 lama yang sangat cantik di bandar Birmingham ni, dan sikit2 foto tempat ada bahagian beli belah dan shopping di Birmingham..

Dan bawah lagi tu jalan menuju ke Barclaycard Arena Birmingham..
aku ikut je laluan air tu (water canal) terus sampai...
jalan ikut laluan tu aman, terus sampai kecoh giler...

dan ada satu bahagian mall tu kat Bullring, bercahaya giler siot...

dan bawah lepas tu foto foto aku snap sikit2 masa tengok Iron Maiden merata tempat untuk 2017 UK Tour ni...
tu je kot.... nanti lain aku cerita2 la, tempat2 lain dan macam2 je la...makan2 tu semua...

OK tu je kot. Selamat terus berpuasa dan apa2 je la korang buat di bulan Ramadhan yang mulia ini.











Besides this I took some photos of the buildings which are old, historical and very beautiful.
Also some photos of their shopping districts and pink colour trams...
also,
I was looking for the Barclaycard Arena, so the locals just tell me to follow a Water Canal.

Amazing, its peaceful, tranquil, you even have ducks on the canal.
And once you reach the arena you got the 16,000 fans? or less? Maiden hardcores of Birmingham.
Amazing show as usual, amazing audience too.
So these are the photos to the end.

I will end it with some more Maiden live photos I took..








But these photos below are the prettiest... hahaha








Ronnie James Dio hand salute will always always be there ..

\m/   \m/



and while Bruce is talking away, Steve and Janick will wipe their sweat their perspiration,
tuning their bass and guitar, and will have a little fun and joke among them two..
and these are precious things to see..
I got some photos.. next time.. LOL!!
I need to look for them in the memory.





More next post, to be continued...

till then...


this is Aberdeen.. a great city, very cold, and Iron Maiden again played another blinder in this city. a very intimate place for an Iron Maiden show as it fits about 7000 people only in the indoor hall.

I took this photo, I think this is the first photo of an Aberdeen street I took once I arrive by bus in Aberdeen from Glasgow.

About a 4 hour ride of full of the ocean on one side, and lots of beautiful nature of cows and fields, and flowers and sheeps and beautiful old homes.









JARUM - HATI BONGOK EP, & KREATOR, VADER & MR BIG - Tickets show off.

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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.

KREATOR (w/ Vader) Live 31 Aug 2017 - Scape Orchard, Singapore.

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Salam and Happy Eid Adha to all Muslims Worldwide.

A short story, review and setlist of Kreator live in Singapore last night (31st August 2017).
Then it will be followed by a longer one in Malay Language - Bahasa Melayu, which of course as usual in this blog will be full of slander, insults, gossips, and lots of talk-cock.



This was like my first rock concert since doing my 2017 backpacking trip watching Iron Maiden plays all over Scotland, England and Wales in May for their UK Tour supporting Book Of Soul album. So the itchiness to be in a rock n roll environment is there in me.

Firstly, I came early (for my standard), the tshirts I want in sizes I want are all sold out. OK, not so early then I realised.. LOL!. - The opening act has finished, I think Vader was just starting.  
So I left the place and go elsewhere.
I came back later and saw a bit of Vader for about two songs. I do not know Vader, first time watching them. Too short, I cannot make a conclusion if I like them or not. 




Then went out for a drink, came back and its Kreator time.

setlist 

1. Hordes Of Chaos
2. Phobia
3. Satan Is Real
4. Gods Of Violence (intro tape start used with Sami the guitarist playing along) 
5. People Of The Lie
6. Total Death
7. Mars Mantra (tape)
8. Phantom AntiChrist
9. Fallen Brother
10. Enemy Of God
11. From Flood Into Fire
12. Apocalypticon (tape)
13. World War Now
14. Hail To The Hordes
15. Extreme Aggression 
16. Civilisation Collapse

17. Patriarch (tape)
18. Violent Revolution
19. Pleasure To Kill
20. Death Becomes My Light (tape)

A balance setlist for those who enjoyed different eras of Kreator since this is the tour to support the latest album of which 5 full songs played.

- 1 song from their mid years experiments.
- about 4 songs from their early old-school thrash years
- about 13 full songs from their post 2001 melodic thrash years.

I think everyone has a good time. The hall is full, maybe 500-600 solid in attendance? and enough space for those wanting to circle pit or participate in the walls of deaths.

The band what can be said? it is Kreator. They were awesome. 
Mille Petrozza is in good voice.
The bassist has lots of fun and centrestage on Violent Revolution.
The guitarist Sami was clear and in the spotlight a lot.


The set up after Vader takes a much longer time than expected by the Germans support crew.
Maybe they just want to ensure 100% perfection.

Too bad, no Flag Of Hate, no Tormentor.

But Mille Petrozza does all the countings in German.

Eins! Zwei! Eins! Zwei! Drei! Vier!!



Bye and more photos below...
changing TV Channel to different language broadcast.



Ini cerita semalam,
ulasan dan cerita merapu..
aku off day semalam kebetulan haha.
so raya aji ni memang dah plan aku ada di Singapore.

so aku ingat aku tak mau jadi star karat, nak datang awal untuk menengok konsert rock ini.
sekali aku datang tshirt2 kreator lawa2 kau, ada dates Asia dan Australia,
dahbis dah size2 aku nak...
nabey..
aku mati2 ingat aku datang awal dah haha.
rasanya tu jam Vader dah nak start kot?
haha.. lambat la tu, opening band dah lama abis main ler tu haha.

So ok malam raya siot kebetulan jugak..
so gi Al-Falah, magrib dan takbir hari raya dulu.
Dahbis sikit lebih kurang takbir hari raya, lap2 air mata sikit muahaha.
apa lagi....

its Kreator time.
so sampai, eh? Vader masih perform, dapat tengok.
Tak tahu pasal Vader so first time dengar dan menengok apa dorang sebenarnya.
OK, ending tu dorang pakai lagu Star Wars "IMPERIAL MARCH" theme untuk farewell dengan audience.
OK haus pulak tekak, gi minum..

then datang balik ok, Kreator.
Dah boleh agak la kan lagu2 dorang nak main lagu2 apa. (setlist atas tu kaler merah). Aku OK je kalau dorang main new album seluruh album start sampai abis pasal aku suka.

Lama jugak dorang set up lepas Vader, entah apa tidak dipuaskan hati sound dorang, semua CAKAP JERMAN dia dengan crew set up on stage...
last2 ok kot.
Then maka bermulalah Kreator. Apa nak dikata? Hebat la kan. Takde la nak cakap apa2 tak baik.
Beberapa lagu old school zaman 80an sampai Coma Of Soul, satu lagu zaman 90an, dan majoriti lagu sejak mula zaman nasik tambah melodik 2000an tu sampai sekarang..
album baru ada 5 lagu full, satu lagu intro..

Semalam, penonton nak buat apa buatlah... asal jangan ada rusuhan sudah. HAHA.

Wall of Death ke, Circle Pit ke, buatlah korang, buat puas2. Cuma aku heran siot, budak2 ni semua mana dapat stamina siak?
Aku tengok macam tiap2 lagu pun lasak betul.
Tapi yang penting, sapa yang tak mau masuk campur sila pilih tempat berdiri yang selamat. hoho.

Kreator tak main lagu raya. Tapi ok la kan forgiven.

- Tiptop ye suara Mille Petrozza memandangkan kalau tengok dates shows dorang tu memang teruk.
- Bassist dia si Christian tu ha, bila diri tengah tempat Petrozza hah, showmanship dahsyat.
- si gitaris si Sami tu memang bapak awesome ler kan, sebijik macam dalam mp3 dengar.
- drummer si Ventor, aku tak nampak langsung dia ketuk2. Tak nampak, tapi of course dengar clear. Crystal clear.



(sapa tanya aku semalam? apasal tak kedepan??
hah... macama aku jawab.. nak mampos??? 
tu.. parting of the red sea tu.... dah sedia nak rempuh tu peminat2 Kreator yang happening2 )

haha.





OK dah tu je kot? nanti aku sambung la cerita pasal backpacking tengok Iron Maiden main merata UK Mei lepas dan tempat2 yang aku suka tengok lalu aku spend time dan mengambik gamba kawasan2 tersebut dan perjalanan2 backpacking aku untuk Maiden 2017.

Tu hari kan, entah cammana aku teringat, ada satu band member Iron Maiden cakap dorang nak main full Jepun tour.
So ni macam aku dah terfikir.. last time kan dorang main luar Tokyo ialah 2008 iaitu Yokohama.

Dan aku pernah baca satu tulisan peminat Iron Maiden yang dah tengok Maiden main banyak tempat, dia bilang dia tak pernah tengok betapa best Maiden main dan sound dorang macam seperti kat dewan yang kat Yokohama tu.

So kali terakhir Maiden main kat Jepun dan bukan saja kat Tokyo ialah Amolad tour iaitu - Tokyo, Nagoya, Osaka, Hiroshima.

Ni yang ada foto famous Steve Harris tengah gi kedai bootlegs dan dia kerut dahi sambil tunjuk show2 Iron Maiden dirakam peminat dan dijual kat kedai cd Jepun.

So the mind boggles kan?

aku pernah merentas negara2 bukan cakap Inggeris macam Jerman dan Peranchis nak tengok Maiden, Rainbow, gi Hellfest dan apa je la, naik train ke ekpress bas ke, tapi tu tempat semua masih guna huruf RUMI huruf aphabet, tak paham bahasa pun boleh cam kan huruf ABCDEFGHIJKL....., tapi nak backpack merata Jepun sorang2 tengok Iron Maiden main dengan guna keretapi atau naik bas ekpress takut siot, dah tulisan Jepun pening. haha.
Tapi takpe, bak kata Winston Churchill , WE SHALL NEVER SURRENDER!!!


















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

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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...


Masjid Al Rahma Mosque, Liverpool & more Iron Maiden live photos (Book of Soul UK Tour 2017)

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Salam and Greetings (as usual first in Englishthen in Bahasa Melayu Malay Language)
LOTS OF PHOTOS on this posting till the end of the post.

While backpacking alone for the Iron Maiden Book Of Soul UK Tour, travelling by long distance buses and trains,
I take the opportunity to walk around and explore the cities and places I went to.

So on one of the Friday, I was already in Liverpool and take the opportunity to attend Friday Prayers at the Central Liverpool Mosque called Al-Rahma Mosque.
I took a slow walk of about 30 minutes to absorb the surrounding and Liverpool environment walking to the mosque from the bustling city centre of Liverpool.

So here are some photos of the place...

Full of different colour skin and languages of peoples from all over the world, understandable as this is England, the UK. Coming from my part of the world, its easy to identify Muslims from Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
The sermon of course was in English. The Khatib was not using any script, he got the positive messages across very well, it was near to Ramadhan then.

So here are the photos of the mosque building from outside, the inside, the ablution location, , the main prayer hall and all that.

To get a close up view of the pulpit, I waited till majority of the Friday Prayer Congregation had dispersed.















I hope to go again...




And now an Iron Maiden photo before the Malay Language text and then lots more photos till the end. There may be repetition from previous photos in previous blogs postings but I hope not.
The photos are from different shows. (I think) LOL!!



Hi semua...

ok apa aku nak cakap eh...

ok....

So masa tengok Iron Maiden main tu hari kat bebebeberapa tempat kat Britain... England, Wales, Scotland..

SO memang aku ronda la sorang2 lorong2 ke hapa ke, semua aku rembat je, insyallah takde apa2 la. haha. Macam aku cakap, pakai tshirt Iron Maiden adalah paspot kebaikan di negara2 barat.

Kalau kat sini, kau pakai tshirt Iron Maiden, memang kena chop kat dahi, macam kau dah fit a certain character profiling, macam mereka-mereka tahu je la kan sapa dia nak tahan mintak tengok IC.

So,
Masa Jumaat aku dah sampai Liverpool dari Aberdeen, aku masih ingat aku naik keretapi Tujuh jam tukar keretapi 3 kali kot, tapi ok la, sana sistem semua tersusun, tak yah bimbang, ikut jadual je, turun kat bandar mana pekan mana, gi platform berapa tunggu je ikut waktu nanti konfem keretapi kau nak akan sampai....
Permandangan pun cantik..

OK post ni aku tunjuk, aku nak gi semayang jemaat, solat jumaat kat Liverpool.

(OK, ni bukan nak menunjuk ok?? Atau nak bilang aku ni konon baik ke hapa k, aku bukan nye betul pun kan..), aku cuma nak kongsi je la informasi untuk sapa belum berpeluang lagi kan...

So aku jalan kaki, memang cantik pemandangan, bangunan2 klassik, memang best la kan... Liverpool memang terbaik dan special. Aku dapat rasa berapa tempat la kan..
Aku ada jugak la merasa berlainan tempat di UK sikit2 tu ada la, dan aku dah sampai dari atas tu Aberdeen tu dan paling bawah Portsmouth dan Isle Of Wight. 
Dan memang Liverpool sangat unik, 
tempat nya, dan orang nya... budak2 sekolah pakai dressing dan rambut macam James Dean.



OK so aku jalan jalan jalan tu gi masjid, aku hirup pemandangan dan udara, so aku pun sampai kawasan Masjid.
Nama Masjid ni Al-Rahma. Macam aku cakap kat atas aku hegeh hegeh ada la 30 minit, jalan stop jalan stop kan tengok tu ni.
So kat masjid ni, masuk je aku dah nampak orang orang Melayu.

Memang kelakar pun ada..

Kat Singapore, kat Malaysia tak sapa orang Melayu la kan, buat apa nak sapa Melayu, merata ye tak?

Tapi kat sana, nampak je Melayu pakai kain pelikat, nampak je muka Melayu hidung penyek.. Ye la Melayu hidung penyek apa...

Aku siap tegur " MELAYU EH?? " haha.. Serious, ada satu orang tua ni, aku tak tahu apa nak panggil dia, datok? Pakcik? Tuan? Encik? So aku pilih panggil Abang, kasi angkat sikit la kan hahaha...

Dahsyat dia dah duduk Liverpool dari tahun 1960 or 61. Siak ah dia kat sana masa zaman Beatles.
Terharu dia peluk aku dia tanya aku " MELAYU???"

Gitulah... Takkan Melayu Hilang Di Dunia, Sama Macam dengan ROCK NEVER DIE!!!

So dia cerita asal usul dia kat aku, Penang, KL, apa je la dia lahir kat mana semua,  dan pasal bang azan lambat lagi so ada la dia share story dia,, 
so then aku jumpa Melayu la... Dari Malaysia dari Singapore.. haha...
Biasalah semua dulu orang Navy kan, lepas tu merantau.. semua landing Liverpool tak balik la.
Balik Singapore, balik Malaysia pun jumpa sedara mara keluarga je.
Tapi kan... dorang tanya aku kat Liverpool buat apa?
takkan aku cakap aku backpack tengok Iron Maiden main kan?
so...

Aku cakap aku tengok persembahan budaya.. .. aku memang pakai tshirt Iron Maiden, tapi pasal masuk masjid aku zip up tutup dengan jaket aku. 

So seronok seronok sangat dan aku tahu dorang seronok berbual melayu dengan aku

Aku seperti biasa seorang bastard.. aku suka tanya " INGAT DAN TAHU CAKAP MELAYU LAGI KE?? " haha.

So ni la kat atas ni beberapa foto suasana solat Jumaat dan selepas solat. Ye la ramai orang takkan aku nak snap foto. tapi ada foto foto tempat ambil wuduk istinjak , sama jugak England ke, UK ke, apa ke sama jugak ngan konsep kita.. takde beza la...
Satu dunia orang Islam sama je, tak kira kulit dan bahasa.. kita semua sama... Itulah kekuatan Orang Islam, pasal kita semua sama je dari corok mana pun kau kat mana2..

Aku tak pernah percaya apa mass media cakap, bila aku tengok Rainbow main kat Jerman kat Loreley masa Ramadhan 2016 dan ada orang Jerman tu cakap cerita kat aku masa borak2 dia makan dinner lambat pasal kawan dia berpuasa dan nak tunggu 9.30 malam buka, 
bila dalam keadaan huru hara banjir lumpur hujan turun, 80,000 peminat tengok Iron Maiden main kat Donington 2016 , orang sebelah aku peluk2 aku cakap "Then I love you twice as much because Islam means Peace" masa Iron Maiden tengah main bila aku provoke dia masa kita pekik2 kat telinga satu sama lain pasal tengah gamat kecoh suasana Maiden tengah main, dalam keadaan tonggang terbalik dia tanya aku dari mana dan aku nasik tambah info yang aku orang Islam.. saja nak test market..  (NI SEMUA AKU PERNAH CERITA DONINGTON FESTIVAL 2016 NYE POSTINGS)

aku tak pedulik apa mass media cakap, siapa yang racun kan hubungan orang Islam dan bukan Islam, dan memang ramai dua dua pihak suka racun meracun masyarakat untuk benci membenci , tapi.. pasal untuk aku yang penting peminat2 heavy metal dan heavy rock dan band2 rock dan heavy metal semua takde  masalah dan takde tanggapan negatif kat agama Islam aku alright je pasal this is my kind of crowd la kan. Lain2 tu gi relak one corner sua.

Dan memang people on the street Insyallah tahu apa terjadi.. dorang pun macam kita jugak, tahu mass media dan hasutan internet sebar kebencian ni semua putar belit je.

SO sambung balik...
Khatib tak pakai skrip... berbual style Will Smith...
Tu jam nak masuk Ramadhan kan Iron Maiden nye UK Tour, so khatib ni sound la pasal Ramadhan, kalau sakit ke, travel ke, apa ke.. ada keistimewaan Allah dah beri...
macam2 la dia cakap..
Heran nya aku boleh paham... pasal dia gunakan bahasa mudah dan cara penyampain yang sangat mudah dihadam dan macam Will Smith siak dia nye bahasa haha.

Aku nak tergelak pun ada.
" TAKE IT EASY MAN, YOU ALL TAKE IT EASSZZYY...
RAMADHAN IS A MONTH OF RAHMAH (RAHMAT).
NOT A TORTURE.!!
IF YOU SEE PEOPLE TRAVELLING AND THEY ARE EATING..
DON'T YOU ROLL YOUR EYES AT THEM!!!!"
(Sambil dia sendiri pusing kan mata buat jelingan gitu)...
Dia cakap pasal solat jamak la apa la, .. anugerah Allah kenapa kita manusia elak padahal tu anugerah untuk sekian sekian peristiwa kita sedang lakukan.
semua nye sama, standard operating procedure SOP la kan umat Islam satu dunia.

So tu la... ni semua pengalaman dan pengajaran ye tak.... terutama untuk orang cam aku. (MUAHAAHAHA!!! - KETAWA JIN)

nanti aku cerita2 lagi... entah bila game nya...

OK layan foto foto kat bawah ni... ni semua merata tempat la, aku pun dah tak fikir mana show mana show..


Dave Murray, Janick Gers dan Adrian Smith... the 3 amigos..



Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith have a new hilarious action during the last two chorus of Wasted Years with Bruce monkeying around with Adrian's mic.
When Adrian is suppose to do backing vocals for this song....






Climb Like A Monkey... Bruce with his monkey mask presenting Dave Murray with a banana for Dave solo during this song...




Janick Gers with the amazing ending solo of Blood Brothers, when the whole world eyes will be on him...


Steve Harris face... haha.


TO be continued.... once completed I will retitle all these Maiden UK 2017 to proper labels..

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