Zach Lucero: Fall Crash Infect April 29, 2010
Posted by Mary Star in 1.Tags: aimee marcos, crash, fall, hungry young poets, Imago, infect, katwo, kris dancel, lourd de veyra, marie jamora, nu107, solo album, zach and joey in the morning, zach lucero
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In the thriving scene of pinoy rock, it is relatively easy to point out artists who are copying the wrong artists. It’s a waste of talent, and if it means a bit to them, a waste of aweful time. Fortunately, I can’t say the same thing with Zach Lucero’s solo release Fall, Crash, Infect. As far as I could remember, although I knew his name first as the drummer of Hungry Young Poet and Imago and as the wacky guy whose loud babble wakes me up every weekday morning through NU107′s “Zach & Joey In the Morning” show. The first time I saw Zach in person would have to be in Saguijo. I can’t remember now what band I was watching but I remember standing barely 2 meters away from the band, overly giddy, when he enters and stood across my view, and the tall guy that he is, it totally spoiled that night’s Saguijo experience for me. “Very inconsiderate!” I said to my myself, “no wonder why HYP kicked him out,” Haha! Well, that was my mad self talking. Overtime, especially with the rise to Imago to mainstream stardom, Zach Lucero had become too hard to ignore.
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This fan girl’s Top 11 OPM videos of the past 10 years January 24, 2010
Posted by Mary Star in 1.Tags: Akap, Benny And Betty, Bonfire, Ciudad, December 2, Different Worlds, Fatal posporos, First of Summer, Imago, Kwarto, markus highway, Masilungan (girl version), Motilov, narda, Pupil, Sandwich, Sili Song, sugarfree, taken by cars, The Vince Noir Project, Top 11 OPM Music Videos, Urbandub, Wha' A Git
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11. Ciudad – Benny And Betty
Not quite a fan of Ciudad but I love watching their videos. I think I just don’t quite get their music just yet; maybe in the future. I love ‘em clays, though.
10. Sugarfree – Kwarto
I could have chosen Kung Ayaw Mo Na Sa Akin, that video was quirky and funny but I feel that I have been mostly into slow songs more than the Quirky Sugarfree songs so it’s only fair I put Kwarto on the list. And besides, once upon a time, this was the soundtrack of my life. The song had me the day I saw this video! I love that letter that was over-layed on the video. It was said to be Ebe’s own handwriting.
9. Fatal posporos – Sili Song
I have only seen this video like 3 months ago while I was researching on what to put on this Top 11 List, I was just mesmerized by how these girls had all the fun back when I was all too deep in my Science books.
8. Markus Highway – Bonfire
Beach fun! Humor and Wisdom, or Humor in Wisdom that’s what this music video has. There’s this low-res uniqueness plus the fun in it that you just can’t help but be envious as you watch it.
7. Taken By Cars – December 2
I heard from a semi-reliable source that this track is about one of their friend who killed herself. That explains the video pretty well. Someone in an almost perfect colorful world that just keeps running.
6. Urbandub – First of Summer
I think this track is Urbandub’s “that Hit,” if ChicoSci had Paris, this is Urbandub’s Paris. The track they rarely miss to play in a gig because it’s what keeps the audience dancing. The video has a story which tells us that Urbandub’s not your ordinary OPM band, they are deep and introspective much like the lyrics of their songs.
5. Pupil – Different Worlds
I think Ely for one understands how a solid fan base is beneficial in a band’s career, being in the industry for almost a couple of decades now. And I like this music video because they performed with their fans. The ones that frequent their gigs, the ones that sell the shirts Dok’s Shirts – he has a printing business. And that comfy Couch, it looks so familiar, don’t you think?
4. Sandwich – Masilungan (girl version)
I know, it’s so “Senti” so you might be thinking STFU it can’t even come close to the top 100! Well, the video has an undeniable depth. The portraits of people in their lonesome moments are artistically shot that you can see yourself in one the portraits. So I can’t help watching the music video over and over again. Just like reading a Jessica Zafra book or something, it’s corny but you like it because you see yourself in every cuss or experience she expresses.
3. The Vince Noir Project – Wha’ A Git
I was so into TVNP at a certain point in my life. Maybe until now, and no matter what you say this has got to be the most low budget awesome music video. It’s so original. Who would think of black background with holes in it, Aless with only a duck tape on, and the rest of the guys in their own dance moves, or whatever that was—only Quark. Kudos to him for this.
2. Imago – Akap
There is but one purpose why musicians has to make music videos: promotion. Okay, maybe in a perfect world you do it for Art, but we’re not even close to a perfect world. I don’t have a point, really. This video is awesome is putting across the meaning of the song. It’s a close to perfect song and by this video it makes it all the more better.
1. Narda – Motolov
I saw this video shortly after the band announced they’re disbanding. The song took a whole new meaning for me. The band that used to sound sweet and jazzy had evolved into an edgier, angrier indie garage punk band. The video is just garage punk and I love it. The video brings heartbreak and a pinch of joy which you can feel by their infectious energy and love for their craft.
Behold! Rejoice, Markus Highway is Hear Nah! January 12, 2009
Posted by Mary Star in Music.Tags: biboy, Clark, Earl, eraserheads, eto na, kamonkamon, la union, markus adoro, markus highway, mhw, mike, rakenrol, skim boarding, surf, surf album, surfernando, surfing, wow kalabaw, wow philippines
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In the city, everything is fast. Time flies. You have to run to catch a Jeepney ride or even a bus! You have to push people and be pushed at to get inside the MRT. Fastfoods are aplenty and they serve fast! they should, anyway, otherwise it will defy the name fast-food? In the city, simple things are made complicated, actually, most of the time people do not like simple things! in the city, living is expensive. You will meet a lot of “Conyos” and most of the time they are evil, let alone downright stupid and pretentious! In the city you have to wear make-up at work, wear make-up to parties, some even wear make-up right after waking up! gimme’ a break!
That is why i like the province, i like the beach for the most part. But because i have chosen to stay in the city for personal reasons, listening to Markus Highway is as close as i can get to getting to that place of bliss. The album is called Behold, Rejoice, Surfernando is Hear Nah! I know you have heard the story of the post-Eraserheads days, Markus, Buddy and Rayms replaced Ely with Kris Gorra-Dancel and several months later Markus left the band and went to live and surf in La Union. He was not heard of that much, unlike his ex-bandmates. Some articles I’ve read before depicts him as less talented than his ex-bandmates. You can say he’s the most underrated Eraserhead. But I say, this album goes to show that he’s the BEST Eraserhead. To think that i’ve always been an Elytista!
this was shot when i first took the CD home
I can easily think of 3 things when i listen to this album: #1 – patriotic, #2 – mundane, #3 – fun/funny. No, actually there’s a #4 – COOL.
MHW is bringing Pinoy Folk back in the the Pinoy Rock Industry. But the songs aren’t just your ordinary folk songs, it is the ultimate Folk-surf album, full of witty and funny lyrics. The typical Makoy antics. Some songs in the album had been included in his previous EP’s Kamonkamon and American Gurl. MHW also includes Earl on lead git-git-guitar, Boybi on Bass, Clark & Mike on percussion.
One thing you can expect with this album is it’s so Pinoy. I believe this is dedicated for the Filipino people, especially the ones who are drawn to the beach. In the album’s in-lay, you can read Markus’ answer on the question: What is Localism? Localism as per my experience is a word most commonly used by Surfers and Skimmers, alike. They always say: Respect the locals. This album is for the Locals, who is you and me and each and every Filipino.
Markus was a Philosophy major student in college, so I believe it is safe to say he is a Philosopher. His medium is music, which I think is cooler than becoming a priest? In the song Wow Kalabaw, a wordplay from Wow Philippines, he is telling us to go be a tourist to your own country, travel, explore because there are so many beautiful things out there apart from your daily boring routines. “Habang papalayo sa Ermita’y gumagaan ang mundo/At habang papalayo sa maynila’y bumabait ang tao/ O ikaw na ang magsabi kung ito ay totoo/ Ba’t di mo subukang mamasyal sa bayan mo?”
“Lala,” the first track off the album, it starts off with a Kundiman: “Hindi ako naniniwalang ikaw’y di para sakin..” and it will break into a four stanza rap-reggae beat: it’s Markus teaching someone how to write a song. I think one can pick up pretty good advises in writing a song on this track. “Dubi,” on the other hand starts off slow but as Markus sings, “eto na, eto na, eto, eto na..” as if counting off, it progresses into an upbeat track, Dubi will be repeated for what i think is a million times, it’s fun. “Drivethru,” a favorite track of mine from the Surfernando days, i believe is well-recorded here compared to the previous version. It’s so laid back and it’s so easy to sing along, good for listening during long drives. “sang mabilis na bus ako ay nasa pila/ mayroon akong siyam na talampakang karga/ sa seat #2 dyan ang aming pwesto/ ginang kundoktora ako’ gisingin na.” That’s a picture of a surfer’s lifestyle for you.
In “I Remember” Markus compares life in the States and life here in the Philippines: he sings “Local Union is the best.” This is followed by “Miss Nurse” which is a very funny track, the person who wrote it is clearly infatuated with a nurse “mahal na yata kita miss nurse/ mahal na rin ang gastos ko / teka lang.” In “Ingat,”a guitar-driven song, Markus passes on life’s lessons and a good spanking humor.
Markus signing authographs for fans in Baguio
Not all of the people I know may understand why I listen to MHW. The people who knows me so well would probably say, I am too much of an Eraserheads fan. Partly, I would agree. But ultimately, this album serves its purpose for me: it is fun, so it makes me smile when i listen to it. A great way to break away for a while from the hassles at work and life in a crowded city. Along with the humor are lines you can pick up a lesson or two from. and of course, it makes me love my country even more, despite the horrendous unfair tax cuts. It feels great to hear down-to-earth music, different from what you hear these days on the radio. I had a friend who told me once that Markus’ music efforts is the closest to the sounds of the Eraserheads compared to the efforts of his ex-bandmates. I think it is not that Markus hasn’t progressed from the Punk Zappa days but he in fact had progressed so much that he had incorporated a lifestyle to his music. It is unpretentious. He had explored his music in more ways than one. He didn’t just listen to a lot of cerebral bands and create an album. With Behold! Rejoice, Surfernando is Hear Nah! he actually lived it, he tasted it, learned it, endured it all, and then he created an album.
So i say go grab a copy now, you will never regret it.
Taken by Cars: Endings of a New Kind December 14, 2008
Posted by Mary Star in Music.Tags: A Weeknights in Memoir, Benny Yap, Bryan Kong, Bryce Zialcita, Endings of a New Kind, In High Definition, Miguel Alacaraz, saguijo, Sarah Marco, Siopao Chua, taken by cars
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In this age of super groups it’s a relief to see a group of unassuming lads climb the ladder of limelight with their undeniably infectious beats and lyrics that reminds you of the skulls and bones in your closet. Taken by Cars are: Sarah Marco (androgynous vox), Bryce Zialcita (wailing guitar), Siopao Chua (jagged guitar), Benny Yap (driving bass), and Bryan Kong (hybrid drums) – band members description is from their myspace.
Right before they got a record deal, their reputation had preceded them. a couple of years ago I’ve never heard any of their songs but i thought i knew them. I don’t know if it’s just me or are they just coming like one hell of storm?
So i thought to myself, i have to see them play live. so i did, last year I guess it was and from then on, i was Taken. so was my friend when I took her to one of TbC’s gig in Saguijo. My friend would go, “they’re so cool” or “they’re perfect.” And in my head I would smirk and go ” I know, right?” They’re a gem.
Sure, you can easily associate them with the dance-rock groups like Bloc Party, Cut Copy or Tokyo Police Club but I’ll bet my life on it these groups wouldn’t Mind at all.
Prior to the full-length studio album Endings of a New Kind, there was the single A Weeknight Memoir (In High Definition) which reached number one in NU107′s Stairway to Seven. This track would have to be my personal favorite. Its lyrics is feisty and beats are dancey – imagine the silly dancing banana emoticon in plurk. It’s one hell of a party if you have this on your ipod.
The album was rightfully produced by Miguel Alcaraz. He was also the culprit for Narda’s Discotillion. The record starts off with a few keys on the keyboad which lobbies for the track Uh-oh. If you have been listening to the radio only now, this track would be the most familiar as this was the first single from this album. It’s so infectious it can pass up to be your LSS ( Last Song Syndrome) for the day, or maybe for the week? if you are stuck in traffic, it is advisable to listen to this album, go to track number 3: The Blackout if you want something to keep you up and take your mind off getting pissed for a moment. You can do the drum roll on the steering wheel and just sing away, be mindless for a bit. Until you get to Logistical Nightmare (this is assuming you are not on “shuffle songs” setting), it will keep you bobbing your head. Afterwhich is a filler titled Untitled. December 2 Chapter VII would come on and you’ll hear the androgynous vocals of Sarah Marco singing “It’s like you, it’s like you never left, It’s like you never left at all..” Apparently this was a song about a friend who committed suicide. “And when I’m gone, I want you to wonder..” The Afterhours follows suit, a song describing emotions during the afterhours, “The lights transmit a certain kind of wanting to absent my mind, From all that I see… I’m all made up of missing parts, A string of tortured souls and hearts.” When the song gets to you, it rubs salt in your wounds but in a gentle, calm manner (trust me there’s a way). Meanwhile, Stereolove starts off with Bryan Kong’s electronic Drums, nicely complimented with a slow progression of guitars as Sarah Marco utters the words “I’m fragile in your midst… I am“
The album caps off with Shapeshifter, The 13th track and the 3rd single the band released. Definitely not a track you would want to miss. Hopefully by this time you have already reached your destination – safe, sound and happy. From here on out I believe you would have your own opinion of this band and this album.
Sometimes I wish all albums that come out would be as refreshing as this one. Not the ones that would make you wanna’ kill your brother for adding such ear-bleeding tracks in your ipod.
Jason Mraz’s We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things December 1, 2008
Posted by Mary Star in Music.Tags: Colbie Caillat, James Morisson, jason mraz, We Dance, We Sing, We Steal Things
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I’ve read a stranger’s blog before and it’s weird because she thought it’s useless for people to do something different from the usual like sky diving or circling the world in your own jet, because after you die no one will remember what you did, as many others have done it too. You will just be like everyone else. And I guess I entertained the idea for a second until I listened to Jason Mraz’s latest release: We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things.
Mraz’s words are not like the Pope’s but it does teach you a thing or two about how to make the most out of your boring existence.
“Well all i really wanna’ do is love / a kind much closer than friends use” are words from the track “If it kills me,” wherein Jason writes about a person who woes an ex-lover in a desperate schematic way. “make it mine” is the opening track, a very catchy tune. I especially liked the part with the trombone, i think it’s fun. the song seems biographical for Mraz and he tells us that we can do the same. To reach for our dreams — make it ours. Unfortunately for the most who liked the Mraz who juggled his words so fast you can hardly sing with it, will be slightly disappointed in this album, save for The Dynamo of Volition. However, he makes up for it with the smooth, life-changing, sweet talk in “I’m Yours.” Evidently influenced by his long retreat in the beach, through the acoustic guitar’s progression , the song gives you the beach feel: Hawaii, bonfire, friends and a lot of good time.
“Lucky” on the other hand, is a duet with Colbie Caillat and its lyrics in my own words are “to die for.” It’s a lot more romantic than any romantic movies that I could think of right now. I think this track should have been included in the 21st Date OST, had it been made 4 years ago.
“Details in the Fabric” features James Morisson, and you can notice how Mraz’s versatility works like magic and his lyrics touches you in the most intricate places of your heart: “If it’s a broken part, replace it / But, if it’s a broken arm then brace it / If it’s a broken heart then face it.“
Basically, my point is if you want to be remembered, you might as well kill a country’s president or someone important and admit your crime in court, right? Heck, they’d most likely make a movie about your life 20 years from now. Otherwise, you can listen to Mraz’s
We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things to put a little smile on your face.
A Punk Tribute to Weezer November 22, 2008
Posted by Mary Star in Music.Tags: a punk tribute to weezer, Dr. Know, punk tribute, Weezer
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I need some extra cash so i wrote a review in Ciao. If you can rate it, please do so, here is the link. Thanks!
A Punk Tribute to Weezer is a 13-song album that features Weezer tracks covered by punk kids, I mean, the so-called punk bands. The album starts off with Angry Samoans doing Buddy Holly, Monkey Pirates does Island in the Sun, The Targets covered Dope Nose, Xdxix covered Say It Isn’t So and Dr. Know closed the album with Undone (The Sweater Song).
I have been a die-hard Weezer fan and i’ve never hated a Weezer album until I heard this album. Sure, Weezer are widely known in the punk genre and it’s great to know these punk kids love Weezer too, but the second i listened to this album they destroyed the last great memory I had about Weezer.
However, if you are one of those people who loves listen to punk bands whose forte is to cover Britney Spears’ “Hit me baby one more time” in a punk-like out-of-tune way because it sounds fun, well this album is perfect for you. Especially Dr. Know’s cover of Undone (The Sweater Song), itis a very promising track, it surely takes the boredom off under the skull.
Sugarfree LIVE! November 16, 2008
Posted by Mary Star in Music.Tags: ebe dancel, jal tagibao, kaka Quisumbing, live album, sugarfree, sugarfree live, the manila symphony orchestra
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today as i walked into Odyssey store, i had two things in mind: The Eraserheads Reunion VCD and the Sugarfree LIVE cd. I have a limited budget so I knew i only have to choose one. Yes you guessed it, I chose to buy the Sugarfree LIVE cd. not that I hate to reminisce the E’heads reunion concert but because I was there at the concert and I missed the Sugarfree’s first major concert last year. i just have to hear what I haven’t heard yet. and i think Sugarfree definitely deserved the major concert. i think they deserve another major concert!
anyways, so as soon as i got home i popped Disc 1 in my dvd-drive right away. and Oh yes there’s
Disc 2 and Disc 3 (Pugad Baboy/Dencio’s themes). and Oh what a glee! 
The live album features the Manila Symphony Orchestra. The concert was held last September 29th, 2007 at the Music Museum in San Juan, GreenHills. It starts off with Overture. A two-and -a-half-minutes of classical sound that prepares you and lobbies the next track: Prom. An up-beat pop track off the album Dramachine, released in 2004. You can hear the crowd go wild as Kaka kicked off the Prom intro drum-beats. The Manila Symphony Orchestra are still imminent in the background. It’s a truely blissful combination. especially on the bridge part: “Parang atin ang gabi, para ba’ng wala tayo’ng katabi, ng tayo’y sumayaw, na parang di na tayo bibitaw…“
Basically they featured their past and current hits which would get you teary-eyed in one way or another, if you’re a Sugarfree fan. As for me, pop as they are, their music has been a soundtrack to my life in some way. I was so into their music around 2005 and 2006, when I used to take the bus from MIAA to Makati. The first years of living on my own. The then-boyfriend was miles away. I used to have this round cd-player and i had a cd with all the sugarfree tracks on it. i don’t cry when i’m at home alone, but I cry most of the time on the bus, listening to Kwarto. It’s so corny! I don’t know why i’m even saying it here. But i’m very thankful I had the company of their music at the time. In this album, it looks like it’s doing the same to me again. getting me all teary-eyed! Aaacckkk!
Don’t get me wrong, the album is not all about making you cry. It’s definitely fun, too! Telepono starts off like a Bossa Nova track on this one. If Nirvana could have an MTV Unplugged album, Sugarfree prides itself with a live album with The Manila Symphony. The music we love so much mixed with classical music, sounds so much better than the tweaked studio album. not to mention the screaming fans that were there. lucky bastards!
Sugarfree also made a cover of Still Fighting It by Ben Folds Five. No one could have covered the track better than them. This is an album that I think I would listen to for the rest of my life. Along with Disc one are the tracks Tulog Na and Mariposa. The former is introduced with a two-minute guitar progression and continues on with Ebe changing the lyrics from “Tulog na mahal ko” to “Tulog na baby ko.” While the latter, is not as it is in the studio album until after the first 3 minute of the song. It ends in a sort of celebratory note.
Disc 2: “o wag ka’ng tumingin ng ganyan sakin, wag mo akong kulitin, wag mo akong tanungin, oh kay tagal din kita’ng minahal” i don’t know how Ebe casually mash up those witty lyrics into one amazing song that is: Burnout, from their debut album in 2003: Sa Wakas. Disc 2 actually features tracks from their most recent studio album Tala-arawan, save for Burn Out. Batang-bata Ka Pa was second to the last song on this CD , and the crowd sang along. Seemed like a very happy moment for people who were there. Dear Kuya was lashed out with Ebe’s party mood which righteously ended the show.
I guess to wrap it up, I say Boo to me for missing the chance to see them live with the Manila Symphony Orchestra. but Thanks to EMI for releasing the Live album. I don’t know if I should mention this but i have read somewhere that before they recorded Tala-arawan, Sugarfree was on the verge of breaking up as a band. Until Ebe I think rented a condo in Makati and he was able to write these songs and then his bandmates saw it and thought those materials were too great to pass up so they recorded their 3rd album. I would like to say they’re the savior of Pinoy Rock. They came into the mainstream in 2003 when it seemed the flame was dying. They offered us music that would make our hard living a little bit easier. so Cheers to them for that. I’ll forever be grateful.
Weezer’s self-titled album a.k.a. The Red Album November 12, 2008
Posted by Mary Star in Music.Tags: pink triangle, pinkerton, rivers cuomo, The Red Album, Weezer
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If your age bracket today is about 25 to 30, chances are you have listened to Weezer when you were in high school. My most favorite track would have to be Pink Triangle, off their 2nd album – Pinkerton. Released in 1996, I would have to be in 2nd year high school then. NU107 was still being broadcast live in my province down south, they always play that track. and i went to an all-girl school, and i wore a Pink uniform. anyways, I am sure you have your favorite Weezer track too.
Weezer is like your next-door neighbor band. They are simple but distinct. Rivers is a genius.. I noticed they didn’t change their style that much, from the self-titled Blue Album to the Green album. But they have been amazing to keep it catchy and unique most of the time, song-writing-wise, Rivers Cuomo gets better at every album they release. The best part of course was that it sold like pancakes. They were dubbed phenomenal in the 90′s. They’re a success story. From being “nerds” to being a bunch of hotshots in Hollywood.
Last June 3rd, 2008 Weezer released their sixth studio album, self-titled, also called the red album This new album though has a twist; a change. Rivers Cuomo’s bandmates contributed songs. Scott Scheiner, bassist co-wrote “Cold Dark World” and also shared vocal duty with Cuomo. Brian Bell also did the vocals in “Thought I knew” a song originally written for his side-band The Relationship. and “Automatic” is sung by Patrick Wilson. I don’t think it worked for the critics though because the band had received bad reviews because of these, especially Brian Bell’s “Thought I knew.” But then again, they’re a legend now, they can pretty much do whatever they please. Personally though, the track “Thought I knew” made me double check if I’m really listening to a Weezer’s album. It just don’t seem like the Weezer I knew. Not to worry though because the album has great surprises, the track The Greatest Man That Ever Lived (Variations in a Shaker), a track that doesn’t follow the verse-chorus-verse variation — is definitely awesome, it’s terrific! it becomes kind of theatrical as Rivers go “If you don’t like it, you can shove it / but you don’t like it / you love it / I’ll be up here in a rage / until they bring the curtain down the (stage)” If you like to trip on Weezer’s old style, you have to hear Dreamin’, the lyrics is kind of Beatles-que and it’s a great wake-up music. ‘reminds me of The Beatle’s I’m Only Sleeping but the track on my mind is The Vine’s cover version.
Anyway, the carrier single Pork and Beans is also a treat. It sounds like an attack to Record Companies: “Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the charts / maybe if I work with him I can perfect the art / Immu’ do the things I wanna’ do / I ain’t got a thing to prove to you…” The video is very funny and quirky, It’s a YouTube parody. The track was apparently chosen by Geffen to be the carrier single. It was recorded last, under a close watch of Geffen A&R Irishman Lee. Originally, the band chose Troublemaker as a carrier
single. an up-beat track wherein Rivers is somehow telling us to be ourselves and not give up: Rivers put it simply in a biographic way “Put me in a special school/ ‘Cos I am such a fool / And I don’t need a single book /To teach me how to read / Who needs stupid books? / They are for petty crooks / And I will learn / By studying / The lesson in my dreams / Turn off the TV / ‘Cos that’s what others see…” It’s a hilarious track, if you ask me. Meanwhile, “Heart Songs” is a pop ballad. Rivers’ tribute to the musicians that influenced him from all those years. The Angel and The One starts off with a slow tempo and it’ll catch up a little in the Chorus. It’s a song about inner peace and this could be a soundtrack to a movie about civil wars or something.
Aside from the tracks that are uniquely Weezer, what’s more interesting too is the album cover. It’s like their first album’s cover (popularly known as the blue album) only the background is Red. It’s like a statement saying: that’s what we were before, and this is how we are now, almost the same and there’s little bit of difference. If you ask me if you should buy the album? I say go get a copy! especially the deluxe version which has four additional tracks (Miss Sweeney, Pig, King and The Spider). A thing you might want to remember though: Don’t mind the bad reviews.
Narda’s Discotillion November 11, 2008
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if there’s one album i could listen to for hours, and even days, Narda’s Discotillion would have to be on the top of my list.
I came to know the band on its later days. I went to Saguijo with a couple of my friends to unwind and have a couple of beers when I saw this chic vocalist dressed in black and she was wearing pumps, screaming her heart out on a megaphone. backed-up by a tight-sounding band. Alas, it was the first time I saw Katwo with her band Narda.
One of the strengths of Discotillion for me is its consistency without really boring you out.The vocals, synths, drums and guitars are strewn together like a punch-drunk love: sort of like a blissful craziness, not a tripping druggie. Motolov – its carrier single, would make you thrash your cushions while you’re flanging an air guitar. Kay lab is melancholic in a way because it could get your heart to the floor but it’s not as mushy as say, sounding like Michael Learns To Rock. Gasolina which they released at the time when they were disbanding is one kick-ass track that would keep you musing if the voice on your mp3player was singing about the unending gasoline price hike or the an uncontrollable love/lust over somebody, whichever you prefer.
all eleven tracks of the album are in Tagalog. I don’t know if it just happened or if they did it to at least reach out to certain types of listeners. I also have heard their EP’s prior to this album, they’ve had four by the way, but this album is very much heavier than their EP’s. Hell, you maybe wouldn’t even believe it’s them. This album has been a transition from the sunny sound of their EP’s to this angst-y black-liquid eye-liner-type full-length album – Discotillion. But just when they have earned new adoring fans, released a full-length album, and crossed over gracefully to an edgier genre, they have decided to call it quits.
The band might have lost the hope to soldier on as Narda, they have left us, the fans, with the priceless gift of their music and who knows? we might still be listening to this album when we’re 80.
