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Saturday, November 20, 2010

.:. Music Generation Gap .:.

Do you hear, or do you listen?

Due to my investment in my itouch, bout 1 month ago, now I have access to music in camp, which I must say is very essential. There is always little pockets of time, too short to take a nap, or too long to stone. Also there is the freaking long MRT ride home, bout 1hour plus a little bit. I think if I dun have my itouch to provide entertainment, I would die of boredom.

Those who know me will know I am definitely very picky bout the kind of music that I listen to. I dun listen to a particular genre of songs, I jus go in search of songs that are in tune my ears, and I listen to them. Though I find myself edging towards pop a little, but otherwise still very selective. And what this means is that I do not actually have alot of songs in my computer library, current count, 116 songs. Not exactly a wise usage of the 8gb memory space in my itouch huh.

The first songs I actually started really listening to are Japanese songs, with much thanks to Gundam Seed. It was during my secondary school days, and kinda like the anime period of my life. So japanese music is like the base of my music foundation. Yes I dun speak japanese, which means I wun understand half (or rather anything at all) the lyrics of the songs means, but what I'm listening to is rythm of the song, the feel I get when I hear it. Of course I do take the effort to go and find out what the song really means, and most of the time I find them very interesting :).

But due to my pickiness, of course there's hardly enough to fill the space. hence next is my inventory of chinese songs, which is of course much smaller than my japanese bank. I din really start listening to chinese songs, until I started going kbox-ing with chinese gang of GOF. I would say chinese songs isn't really that foreign to me, for both my parents do speak chinese and I grew up listening to chinese radio. So you can actually say chinese songs were my root, just that I didn't actively started pursuing it until much later. And recently I start listening to retro chinese songs, songs that I assume should be around my mum's generation?

Then comes the few, and very limited supply of english songs I know of. My onli source of english songs actually comes from listening to background music played in the shopping malls mostly, or like certain events where music is just blasted for the sake of not letting you talk to your friends without shouting. Hence, of course I dunnoe much english songs.

Which here comes the problem. Because of my initial start in my japanese songs, I left out the english and chinese songs that are so popular to teens of my age there and then. Then now as I try to find to songs, it becomes a problem. Its mostly the case of "Hey I've heard that tune before, but I never knew the title."You play the song, and I know it, but without the title, I dunnoe the song. That's the main problem that's hindering me now, but onli way I guess is to slowly explore more. No I do not regret starting to listen to japanese songs, just wished I could have paid more attention to the other songs around me then.

And here's another thing bout music. Do you listen to music, or do you hear music. Do you go simply for the rythm of the song, or do you appreciate the meaning behind the lyrics which the writer so painfully took so long to compose. Its like our Singapore National anthem, we all know how to sing it, but how many of us actually know what its true meaning is? Well I would say I am guilty of both, there are songs that I just plainly like the tune of it, and others the meaningful lyrics. Hey that's giving credit to both song writers and composers ma :)

Anyway, here's some retro chinese songs for your enjoyment:

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Gundam Freak

No one ever knows boku no oto
Doko made mo shinka suru
Mada shiranai jibun ga mezameteku
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Name: Dalvin

He values friendships to the highest degree. He may seem quiet to those who do not know him, but for the fortunate who do they know he is always there for them whenever they need it, wherever they need it. He puts great importance in his honour, and will do anything to uphold it.

Luvs:
Family
Friends
Teachers
Gundam!!!
Japanese Music
Kamen Rider
Anime

Training academies:
St Gabriel's Primary School -> 1D,2D,3B,4B,5A,6A
St Gabriel's Secondary School -> 1E3,2E3,3E1,4E1
Yishun Junior College(1st 3 months) -> P09
Nanyang Junior College -> 0804

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No one ever knows my sound
I everlastingly evolve
A part of myself that I wasn't aware of is awakening.

the One-Winged Angel
Imperfection at its best

Taiyou ni akogarete
Takaku takaku tonda tsubasa
Sono netsu ni tokasareta
Fukai umi e to ochite yuku

Odayaka na minamo ochita namida no hitoshizuku ga nami wo tate
Sono nami wa kaze ni fukare haruka kanata ni made mo todoku you ni

Tsuki ga sotto kata wo tataki
minamo utsushite kureta kiiro michi
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Looking up to the sun
Flying high, up high on wings
The heat dissolves them
and he falls into the deep sea.

A single tear drops into the serene water, creating a wave
That wave is blown by the wind and reaches far away.

The moon gently massages my shoulders
reflecting a yellow path on the water surface.

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Slowly carving a path through the world by on his own...