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Musical..... B-b-b-baton? - Tuesday, May 24, 2005 at 10:37 AM

For one, i dun really understand this musical baton whatever, but if it gives me an opportunity to write up an entry on muzak, why not?

And... Musical Baton? Wat's this? Musical chairs? Come on Wong... I'm sure you can do better than that. At least have something cool like a... Musical Stun Baton! Or a musical axe!

Anyways... here 's my list. I've seperated them into genres, but you'll see a trend in the songs a listen to. Check this out:

POP
Michelle Branch - All You Wanted
My Happy Ending - Avril Lavigne
Your Song - Ewan Mcgregor
Beautiful, The Voice Within - Christina Aguilera
I Will Remember You - Sarah Mclachlan

Hey... come on... you can be the cool "i-only-listen-to-hard-rock" whatsoever dude, and luff at this insanely corny list, but hey, easy listening sometimes is good for the ears! Don't knock it till you've tried it.

POP/ROCK
Adrienne - The Calling
Blinded - Third Eye Blind
Evening News - Lo
I Want You, Runaway - Electrico
Zhong Jie Gu Dan, Wen Rou - May Day
Black Balloon, Iris, Slide - Goo Goo Dolls
California - Phantom Planet
Swing, Swing - All-American Rejects

PUNK, POP/PUNK
Dammit, The Rock Show - Blink182
Lifestyles Of the Rich And Famous, Hold On - Good Charlotte
Basketcase, When I Come Around, Castaway - Green Day
Addicted, Don't Wanna Think About You - Simple Plan
99 Red Balloons - Goldfinger, 7 Seconds

Catchy tunes... nice melodies... What's there not to like? Other than the fact they are mainstream? Hey, dun bother that. It's always about the muzak.

ROCK, ALTERNATIVE/ROCK, ALTERNATIVE
World At Large - Modest Mouse
Unwell, Bright Lights, If You're Gone, Time After Time (acoustic) - Matchbox Twenty
Drive, Certain Chade Of Green, Wish You Were Here - Incubus
Bizarre Love Triangle, Krafty - New Order
All My Life, Learn to Fly - Foo Fighters
Fresh Feeling - Eels
Don't Look Back In Anger, Wonderwall, She's Electric, Whatever, Live Forever - Oasis
Dakota, Have A Nice Day - Stereophonics
Closing Time - Semisonic
Beautiful Ones - Suede
Burn Baby Burn - Ash
Mr Brightside - The Killers
Reptilia - The Strokes
Ride With Me - The Vines
The Middle - Jimmy Eats World
Spirit Dreams Inside, Blurry Eyes, Stay Away - L'Arc~En Ciel
Broken - Seether feat. Amy Lee

SKA/ROCK
Sunday Morning, New, Don't Speak, Bathwater, Don't Let Me Down, Spiderwebs, Oi To The World, In My Head - No Doubt

Less mainstream, but still somewhat mainstream. If you get what i mean. But again, it's always about the msic baby.

EMO PUNK
Way Away, Only One, Ocean Avenue, Gifts And Curses - Yellowcard
Stare At The Sun - Thrice
Until The Day I Die, Sidewalks - Story Of The Year

Your daily dose of emo punk. But... after a while, most emo punk bands sound alike. Emo punk is probably the flavour of the month, or at best year.

ROCK & ROLL
Growing On Me - The Darkness
Sweet Child O Mine, November Rain, Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Guns N Roses
Keep The Faith, Always, Living' On A Prayer, Bad Medicine - Bon Jovi
Start Me Up, Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones

Ahhhh.... Good ol' Rock And Roll. Here to stay forever.

BLUES ROCK
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Tears In Heaven, Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

Ol' Slowhand and gang. Classics.

FUNK/ROCK
Californication, Can't Stop, Right on Time, Otherside, Scar Tissue - RHCP

Flea's the king. 'Nuff said.

Well, you probably see a trend on my song list. Pretty mainstream, but that's what i like about it!

But i prefer listening to "live" tracks. I really appreciate it when bands can perform on stage with the same sound quality (or close) as their cds. And value added stuff... extra improvised riffs etc. .... woohoo.
And the bands who does good "live" shows are:
No Doubt
Yellowcard
Simple Plan
Red Hot Chili Peppers
All Rock and Rollers
Story Of The Year
Matchbox Twenty
Incubus

If you got anymore reccomandations, drop me a msg on my tag-board. Will appreciate it.

Anyway, this is my chopped list. Missed out on some other songs, but i guess it's time to pass the baton back to wongcheok cos:
1. I'm freaking tired and still have 200 minutes of driving in Yio Chu Kang to complete in about 10 hours time.
2. Maybe it's Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic, but i would appreciate it if you could pass me a musical stun baton the next time round. (*ahem* advertisement time. Go get the game if you like the Fallout and Baldur's Gate series)
3. I'm gonna luffed at for my musical taste anyhow. Geez, what's with the total rejection of mainstream songs? They are played mainstream for a reason you know.

That's it for now. Friggin tired. Played The Sims before? You know, when your character gets so tired, yet you force him to do stuff like take out the rubbish or clean the dishes? He'll just end up sleeping in the kitchen, the dining room floor or wherever you left him to do that extra work. I feel exactly like that now, so got to go sleep. Shutting down the computer... oh no... eyes, too heavy. Can't... seem... to shut down computer.... before i shut down.... losing control... one more button left... *grunt*... come on....

*plonk*

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At the Movies With WC - Friday, May 20, 2005 at 11:24 AM

*SCROLLING MATINEE* INTRODUCING THE MOVIE OF THE YEAR... STAR WARS EPISODE III: REVENGE OF THE SITH

Ladies and gentlemen, though we're not even halfway through 2005, i shall make this bold statement, Episode III IS the movie to catch. But, one man's meat is another man's poison, so if you dun like the movie.... YOU CAN SMACK YOURSELF IN THE HEAD, BEND OVER AND KICK YOURSELF OVER TO A GALAXY FAR FAR AWAY! There's no not liking this movie man.

THIS MOVIE IS SO DAMN GOOD, I'M GONNA SACRIFICE VIEWERSHIP OF MY BLOG FOR IT!!!

WARRRRRRRRRRRRRNNNNNNNNNIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGG!!!!!!!!

POTENTIAL SPOILLLLLLLLEEEEEEERRRRRSSSSSS AHEAD!!!!!!!!

Anyway, basically the story is a link-up between episodes I,II and epidodes IV,V,VI. So, basically the story just yaps on the necessary, for closure of the 6 episodes... right?

WROONNNGGG! It's more than that!

Check out the first light sabre battle between Anakin, Obi-Wan and Count Dooku. Can't get any better.

The music? Lagi best. But i really dun mean that you should rush out to buy the OST, pop it into your cd player in your car, and listen to it in the middle of a Monday morning rush hour. I mean some pple do, but i really just mean that the mood of the music, fitted into the entire movie... perfectly! Magnifique~~

And my favourite line from the movie: (Obi-Wan Kenobi screaming painfully at Anakin after defeating him at the final battle scene.)

"You were the Chosen One! It was said that you would destroy the Sith, not join them! It was you who would bring balance to the Force, not leave it in Darkness!"

Classic.

Frens, you will hear me repeat it over and over again, that i promise you.

Anyway, as i always say, but this time i really do mean it.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR AND CATCH THIS SHOW! DUN BE A.... LOSER!

I'll be off now. Gonna go find some ways to get episodes 1,2,4,5,6, and the cartoon clone wars, and have a mini star wars marathon. In the mean time.... may the force be with... Darth Vader. With all that 1st degree burns, he'll need all the help he can get.