so when i was home alone and sick last week, i sat down and watched tv.. for the first time in AGES. mtv was playing some shitty reality/bimbo show (i can't remember what) so i flipped channel to Hitz tv instead and saw this video by the band Billy Boy On Poison (quick question, how come hitz tv plays better music than hitz fm? arent they supposed to be the same thing?)
their sound kinda reminded me of The Vines, so i went and checked out their album. not bad for a band whose average age is apparently 17. they've got some pretty catchy stuff. Angry Young Man is probably my favourite song off their album Drama Junkie Queen.
"Cause every nice young girl needs an angry young man" ooh.
oh, new clip from Dorian Gray
i cant wait for this. i've just gotten my hands on the old film (1945 version) which i plan to watch properly soon. i watched the first half an hour or so of it and i really think colin firth is gonna be perfect as Henry Wotton in the new one.
I realize that i get a sort of thrill everytime i watch the opening titles of old films. you know how they'll start of with (in most cases) the MGM lion, followed by the shaky film title, and the equally shaky credits with the sweeping, dramatic music (extra points if it's in black and white or sepia)? LOL. like Gone With The Wind, The Wizard of Oz, Romeo and Juliet, My Fair Lady.... even the Classic Disney animations like Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and The Sword In The Stone did it. It feels like you're about to witness something epic, ya know? haha. ok enough of my babbling :)
how come this is the first time i'm hearing about this? i've been waiting for a follow up to the monkey island series for years! and damn that music sure brings back fond memories.
THRRRRRREEEEEEPWOOOOOODDDDDDD!!
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okay managed to get my hands on the first part. one word: AWESOME.
man i LOVE the music. it kinda reminds me of Chrono Cross (it's one of my favourite RPG games, for all you non gamers hehe).
second day off sick at home. last night i thought i was getting better, but it seems to be getting worse again today. i hope it was just the rain, and not something more serious. i hate going to the doctors and taking medication.
mtv world stage malaysia has come and gone. had an awesome time, it's been too long since the last rock gig. i managed to score 8 passes to the red zone. brought my little brother to his first 'rock' concert. i'm so proud he's taking after me. HAHA. but again i find myself wishing we have more of these stuff in malaysia. i mean come on, check this out. TBS, HIM, MCR.... at one venue. how awesome is that? and that's only 3 out of 39 bands aight? and hey i thought sunny day real estate were no more? :D
anyways, back to topic. mtv world stage was pretty cool. it's not everyday we get to see so many international bands in one night! there were some glitches with the sound system i think. there were some points where you could barely hear vocals. The long breaks in between bands were also tedious, but quickly forgotten once the next band came on. I didnt manage to get any photos of the bands with my own camera... i didnt bring one. all i brought was my phone which unfortunately doesnt have the ability to zoom. lol. so every photo you see in this post are from the official mtv worldstage live in malaysia website :)
Local boys Estranged kicked off the night. only song of theirs which i'm familiar with is Itu Kamu so i'm not gonna be able to tell you what songs they played. ha.
[source] you can't see in the photo but Andy's eyes were flaming red XD
Boys Like Girls came on second. they were pretty awesome. They played Love Drunk, Hero/Heroine, Thunder and the inevitable The Great Escape. i lost interest in them after 'the great escape' got overplayed on radio but they put on a good show. lol the lead singer (martin?) climbed up pretty high on the steel thingamabobs at the side of the stage. that was pretty rad.
[source] dude's eyes are HUGE. everytime there was a close up of him, his eyes were like a man possessed. lol.
third band was raygun. like most people, i was only familiar with 'just because' lol. they were pretty fun too but we spent the duration of one of their songs moving further back in the crowd lol. the front was really uncomfortable. prolly cos we had a railing on our right side. there was this bunch of girls leaning forward against the railing (which was btw NOT facing the stage) i couldnt understand why they were just leaning there, looking surly and moody. O_o. and you wouldnt believe it, but there was this bunch of kids trying to push their way in front of us. tsk tsk, starting so young. haha.
Pixie Lott came on fourth. She only performed 3 songs: The Fall (Turn It Up), Boys & Girls , and Mama Do. i was bummed she didnt perform Cry Me Out. i love that song. haha.
You know what they say about saving the best for last? :)
Final three performers were Hoobastank, The All-American Rejects and Kasabian.
I was never a huge Hoobastank fan, but they were brilliant. I was hoping they'd perform Crawling in The Dark... they didnt disappoint :D but the highlight of their performance has gotta be getting the crowd to sing-along to Ray Parker Jr's Ghostbusters. Epic! that moment is gonna be mentioned on every review of the concert. HAHA.
and now for the All-American Rejects. i'd been expecting an amazing performance from them. i'd been following tyson on twitter and he's been posting pics of him with red glitter all over himself recently lol. he's deleted all his recent tweets though. i wonder why. anyways, AAR were AWESOME. seriously, tyson ritter is one hell of a showman. dude was all over the place, and yes, with GLITTER GALORE. he is so flamboyant, man. and he looked SO filthy. absolutely filthy. but they put on a great show. gay, but great. haha. They did Real World, The Wind Blows, I Wanna, Gives You Hell, DIRTY LITTLE SECRETS, It Ends Tonight and the amazing Swing Swing. i love that most of the crowd knew all the lyrics to Dirty Little Secrets, Swing Swing and It Ends Tonight. brilliant :D
[source] check out the glitter. he was practically covered from head to toe.
and finally, kasabian. woot! was really looking forward to these guys and AAR. Kasabian were quarantined in Australia over fears of H1N1 and were given the all clear just 24 hours before the gig. lol tom went 'I'M ALIIIVEEEE!'hahaha. A lot of the crowd left after AAR were done. Sad. Kasabian were awesome. They did Club Foot, Underdog, Vlad the Impaler, Fire, Empire, Where Did All The Love Go, SHOOT THE RUNNER and LSF (encore song). Brilliant stuff. only disappointment for me was that they didnt play Fast Fuse. OY HOW CAN?!
