The Gig

A lot has been said and written about the gig. I'm going to make this short. Opening song was as expected since I had a hunch it's not going to be much different from the Jakarta's gig. I was right except they played 19 songs here instead of 17!!! Here's the Malaysian setlist:

1.Knights of Cydonia

2.Hysteria

3.SBH

4.Butterflies and Hurricanes

5.Assasin

6.Citizen Erased

7.Hoodoo

8.Apocalypse Please

9.Feeling Good

10.Sunburn

11.Starlight

12.Plug In Baby

13.Map of The Problematique

14.TIRO

15.New Born

16.Soldiers Poem

17.Invincible

18.Stockholm Syndrome

19.Take A Bow And yes, they played Invincible and I sang my heart out till my voice's gone!!! And there was this girl standing next to me, laughing while I'm shouting and singing along like crazy. Girl, this boy just want to have fun and if I was too loud, blame the raging adrenaline! By the way, there's no such thing as too loud in a gig!

It's like a dream come true and our 2-month wait is finally over. And what's the difference between The Pitt (the so called VIP area) and our Rock Zone? Nil, none, zero, nada, zilch!!! Ahahaha!!! You guys were duped, big time! Right Put? They should have installed the barricades instead of that bloody useless crime-scene tape!!! What were they thinking? That we going to meditate there and starring at the moon? Damn right we moshed!!!

What got us wilder was when Matt says 'Selamat Petang Kuala Lumpur' and 'Kami Cinta Malaysia' while Dom keep on saying 'Terima kasih' a few time. Corny eh?

To the boys and girls whom I've kicked, stepped on or even squashed, sorry!. Especially during TIRO. It was intentional mates! Hehehe. So that I have some space for myself! And for my mental friends of course!

And thanks to the cute guy standing next to me for giving me way to take some pictures. Felt like kissing you but it's a gig, not some wild gay party!

My plug in babyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!

Crucifies my enemies

When I'm tired of givinggggg!!!!!

My plug in babyyyyyy!!!!!!

In unbroken virgin realities

I'm tired of livinggggg!!!!!

What's next? Radiohead? Yeah keep on dreaming!!!

MUSE World Tour '07, Live at Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Sunday 25th February 2007.

The Review

The Fratellis-Chelsea Dagger

This is just a track-by-track review on Muse's Black Holes and Revelations since it's almost 18 hours before the gig. All songs reviews are made in alphabetical order.

Assassin

I hate to make comparison but this one I can't resist. Initial tune reminded me of the Knight Rider theme song. Political and subversive lyrics:War is overdue/The time has come for you/To shoot your leaders down/Join forces underground, though it looks like it was written by a 13-year-old kid.

City of Delusion

This one made my body moves. Not really my favourite but Matt's energetic chorus amused me. Flamenco anyone?

Exo-Politics

I hope Zouk's The Loft will play this song when my friends and I have fun there. Great track to dance to, hands down. Definitely Indie clubbers beauty.

Hoodoo

It's a shame that this track made itself in the album. If I were to close my eyes while listening to this, I'd say Thom Yorke's singing. Not that Thom is bad, but I can tell that this one will fade without delay and die at once.

Invincible

Another overused military drumbeats? Stop it and move on. I've had enough of this. Clever use of distorted bass lines anyway.

Knights of Cydonia

Probably one of the best tracks. I've reviewed this before here.

Map of The Problematique

I have no problem with this one. It's honest and didn't patronise fans like the over-hyped-radio-friendly SBH.

Soldier's Poem

Slow number, reminded me of Louis Armstrong's What A Wonderful World. Irritating.

Starlight

One of my favourites. I've reviewed this before here.

Supermassive Black Hole

Despicable. I've reviewed this before here.

Take A Bow

Inventive composing and chord changes. Another standout track. Ferocious with massive guts. Can bee seen as a direct attack against that bastard and his counterparts that I don't even want to have their names here.

Overall, BHR surpasses the average line. Maybe seeing them live tomorrow night may change some of my thoughts? Matt, Dom and Chris, see you guys there!

The Series

Guillemots-Annie, Let's Not Wait

Razorlight-Stumble And Fall

The Futureheads-Decent Days And Nights

I'm obsessed with Heroes now. It's addictive. Almost like a drug but this one keeps getting better. I've been watching till episode 14 now. Thanks to the p2p program. Really can't wait for the next one. I only hope that they won't started putting on spandex. I'd die unhappy if they did.

My favourite character for the moment is Hiro. He's not cute I know but it's his abilities that matter. I have many things in my mind if I possess his time-bending ability. Mostly personal. Things will be different. Totally different. I'd not have such great friends I'm enjoying now if I were to change where I started. Might end up in another part of the world. Might end up as another people's freak as well!. Things might be better but I can't imagine having different kind of friends than I'm having right now. I won't get better. These ones are the best.

Being mind-reading Matt is cool too. Just how much do you wish to know what other people really think right before they really spit out their minds? Don't you want to know what those cute guys think when they are looking and passing in front of you? Won't it be easy to please your partner/s(I like living in plurality)? Won't you get better bargain at the flea markets? But thinking about it again, people will start to avoid me once they know that I know they want to kiss or kill me. I'd become their freak then.

Invisible man Claude is another character featured in Heroes(I'm such a spoiler eh?). Don't you ever go and think that you're alone when you know that someone you know is invisible! One of them might be in your room while you doing that thing you do. You know what I mean. You might as well indulged in a threesome when you weren't even aware of it! Scarry eh?

All in all, I just want to know why the heroes have the powers that they do. I want to be a hero too!

The People

The Futureheads-Trying Not To Think About Time

The Futureheads-Meantime

It's funny when people tried to convince others of something that they don't believe. It's even funnier when the shits they said snarled right back in their faces.

Conviction is one thing but precedent events eventually carried the day. You guys might wonder what the hell is this all about. Just another ramblings triggered by continued intimidations of stuck-up, opinionated bigots swarming my average days. It's like a rampant smearing campaign, like nothing matters other than their shits. Rumour has it they won't stop. Unless I rape them.

I habitually talked from experiences and more than often, attentively listen to things I was not subjected to(although sometimes my mind wanders like a boar in the wilds). Criticism may followed later after I made myself understand of what being told.

Just like Put, a good friend who continously telling me "Don't know why but we attract weirdos..." after sharing our everyday stories on how we encounter freaks of all kinds. As much as I hate it, fact is, these people making news.

Afterall, it's a free country we are living here, am I wrong?

Pardon me. I'm barely sober.