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The Wallflowers - One Headlight 2005

Joe Chung — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:14:10 +0000

Jon Lovitz: “So is that about a girl with one giant breast?”

That pretty much sum up this old track… not. Really, it was one of the catchy tunes to come out from the 90s and pretty much introduced the Wallflowers to the music world. I have huge admiration for Mr Jakob Dylan to make it on his own (with the band), despite of the behemoth name of his father’s.

This is a re-worked track by the same band, but done acoustically. Not too bad. Something fresh. I gotta find it on MP3.

And yeah, Mr Jakob Dylan have gone solo too (what happened to the band?), with this album, Seeing Things, out recently on 10 June, 2008. Will have a go at it later.

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

Joe Chung — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 06:45:48 +0000

A good close friend of mine will soon be jumping over to the greener side of the field. I can’t help but feel a void crawling into me. True, we haven’t met much lately, which was really my own making. But with her going, there will no longer be chances for the random lepaking, the mamak dinners at Pandii’s, the walks at the mall or the groceries (yogurt and canned tuna spread are musts), or even the occasional movies. Or simply the good enjoyment of your company.

Soon, all that will be gone. I wish I could stop you from going. But you leave for a better life, which is really a good thing. And to be closer with your inspiration, that’s a huge plus. I know I should be supportive, but at times like these, I really do want to be selfish. I have only myself to hit my head on.

I guess the part that I will miss the most is seeing you smile, the Kate smile.

I know this song already meant a lot for you than it will be coming from me. But here’s to you, for your new found life.

Download: Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here (MP3 format) - Live Version

Wish You Were Here
by Pink Floyd

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell?
Blue skies from pain?
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?

Do you think you can tell?

And did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?

And did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here

We’re just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have you found?
The same old fears

Wish you were here

Manchester United: Champions of England and Europe 2007/2008

Joe Chung — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:10:42 +0000

Click here also for nifty version of the song by Green Day.

UEFA Champions League Theme

Image sourced from ESPNsoccernet.com.

Silverchair - Those Thieving Birds / Strange Behaviour

Joe Chung — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:15:10 +0000

I just love rock anthem/opera/epic tracks. They pump me up even on a lousy day.

As Daniel Johns put it, this track requires some patience.

Download: Silverchair - Those Thieving Birds / Strange Behaviour

Those Thieving Birds (Part 1) / Strange Behaviour / Those Thieving Birds (Part 2)
by Silverchair
from Young Modern (2007)

Those thieving birds
Hang strung from an empty nest
This swan plagued pond
Foresaken and under whelmed
Those leaving words
Hang strong from an emptiness
Hang strong from an emptiness
Those thieving birds
Hang strung from an empty nest

This is tearing me apart
If the sun won’t shine
Forever will never be fine
Underneath the hollow ground
Lies a night time sky
For only a desperate eye

When I’m paranoid I see walls behind walls behind walls
When I’m over joyed I see falls over falls over falls
When I’m all alone I’ll be wary and careful to
Only eat with uncles
Never talk to strangers
God is in the kitchen
Faking baby dangers

Change whatever karma means
For the only things that end never truly begin
If this streets air ain’t up to par
I’ll take my clothes and take this strange behaviour
Not only liked but loved as well
If this streets air ain’t up to par
I’ll take my clothes and take this strange behaviour
Not only liked but loved as well

If this keeps tearing me apart
The walls come down won’t stop this empty feeling
For everything apart from this

Lonely in life
Dead or alive
If the truth had incursions
No more goodbyes
No more big lies
If the truth had versions
As long as you and I are together
I’ll hold onto the jewellery
Like staple strapped clenched fist and tongs

Hang strung from an empty nest
Those thieving birds
Hang strung from an empty nest

Lyrics from chairpage.com.

media.joechung.org

Joe Chung — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:07:31 +0000

Need a single page listing all the songs that I have posted here? Then head over here. It is not much, but it is something that I can come out with within few hours out of idleness at work.

Happy Labour Day!

Go to media.joechung.org now, tomorrow, or later!

P/S: There’s also a new News page, with sources from NME, Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine. Read it here.

Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart

Joe Chung — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:15:19 +0000

Emo-band Death Cab for Cutie will be releasing their new album (their 7th?), Narrow Stairs, on May 13, 2008.

The first single off the album, I Will Possess Your Heart, runs at a full 8:30 minutes. Check out the video below for the radio edit version. Or here, for the full length.

Update 17 June 2008: Alas, the once rumoured DCFC stop-by gig in Malaysia has been squashed. How about bringing in Weezer instead? Heard Rivers Coumo is an Asian-loving chap. Perhaps the organizers can persuade him by offering 300 Asian groupies, no?

I Will Possess Your Heart
by Death Cab for Cutie
from Narrow Stairs (2008)

How I wish you could see the potential
The potential of you and me
It’s like a book elegantly bound
But in a language that you can’t read - just yet

You gotta spend some time, love
you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find, love
I will possess your heart

There are days when outside your window
I see my reflection as I slowly pass
And I long for this mirrored perspective
When we’ll be lovers, lovers at last

You gotta spend some time, love
you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find, love
I will possess your heart

I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

You reject my advances and desperate pleas
I won’t let you, let me down so easily, so easily

You gotta spend some time, love
you gotta spend some time with me
And I know that you’ll find, love
I will possess your heart

I will possess your heart
I will possess your heart

Weezer - Pork and Beans

Joe Chung — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:05:51 +0000

To all youse geeks out there, Weezer will be releasing a brand new self-titled album (yet again, now dubbed “The Red Album”) on June 24, 2008. The first single, to be released April 24, 2008, is this track.

Go over here to download the track. Or to their official website to stream the whole song.

What do I think of the track? Awesome, geeky awesome.

Update June 1, 2008: Added the video for Pork and Beans. Really good.

=w=

Pork and Beans
by Weezer
from Weezer (2008)

They say I need some Rogaine to put in my hair
Work it out at the gym to fit my underwear
Oakley makes the shades that transform a tool
You’d hate for the kids to think that you lost your cool

I’mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene

I ain’t gonna wear the clothes that you like
I’m finally dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I’m tickled pink
I don’t give a hoot about what you think

Everyone likes to dance to a happy song (Hey, hey)
With a catchy chorus and beat so they can sing along (Hey, hey)
Timbaland knows the way to reach the top of the charts
Maybe if I work with him I can perfect the art

I’mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene

I ain’t gonna wear the clothes that you like
I’m finally dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I’m tickled pink
I don’t give a hoot about what you think

No, I don’t care
I don’t care

I’mma do the things that I wanna do
I ain’t got a thing to prove to you
I’ll eat my candy with the pork and beans
Excuse my manners if I make a scene

I ain’t gonna wear the clothes that you like
I’m finally dandy with the me inside
One look in the mirror and I’m tickled pink
I don’t give a hoot about what you think

X Japan - I.V.

Joe Chung — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:25:27 +0000

This is one supergroup reunion that I have missed out last year. X Japan, once the biggest band to come out from the land of the rising sun (Japan lah), released I.V. digitally early this year, topping the iTunes’ daily chart. It also appears on the soundtrack of the movie Saw IV.

It is no Endless Rain (one of them jiwang songs which I like, a lot), but it is still a rock epic that fits well to the name that is X Japan. Oh, and the whole song is in English. But, why?

Download: X Japan - I.V. (MP3 format)

I.V.
by X Japan

Needles are piercing through my skin
I’ll tell you the feeling what it’s like
Is life just all about deception?

Please don’t be a part of a fairy tale
But you’re so young to play with thy own will
Should I trade the breath of my life for freedom?

(In the rain) I’m calling you, dear
(Find the way) Can’t you see me standing right here?
(Feel my pain) Life’s bleeding from fear
(Find its place) I will give it straight from my vein

Needles are piercing through my skin
I don’t fear the fucking life

This never meant I can’t sit by
They say as if it takes me somewhere
Just let me swallow the faith by injection
Life better be rushing to my head, my love

I’ve played with this game before to find a piece of my true self!
I’m lost within!

(In the rain) I’m calling you, dear
(Find the way) Can’t you see me standing right here?
(Feel my pain) Life’s bleeding from fear
(Find its place) I will give it straight from my vein

I’m feeling my pain
Do you feel where it’s been
Can you cope with history of the world
When it’s sad part of life?
Can set the shadows fade
Forever fade away

I’m calling you, dear
Can’t you see me standing right here?
Life’s bleeding from fear
I’ll give it straight from my vein

(In the rain) I’m calling you, dear
(Find the way) Can’t you see me standing right here?
(Feel my pain) Life’s bleeding from fear
(Find its place) I will give it straight from my vein

Radiohead - Bangers & Mash

Joe Chung — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:58:59 +0000

Radiohead perform “Bangers & Mash” in Nigel Godrich’s basement studio exclusively for Pitchfork.tv.

http://pitchfork.tv/node/468

Intense stuff.

Greatest video/song of all time

Joe Chung — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:57:28 +0000

Possibly one of the greatest video/song of all time. Check it out.

Click here to check it out.

Here’s wishing you a Happy April’s Fool.

Keep on Rick Rollin’