Thursday, May 20, 2010

Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars - Billionaire

A relieve from drug, sex, money hip hop theme that we usually heard from this kind of songs. It is good to know that a real song like this still can be made in this generation. Bruno Mars voice is good and really suitable for this songs. Good song to dream a while in this stressful world. Enjoy the video...

Sunday, May 16, 2010

RIP Ronnie James "Dio" (1942-2010)

I just read news about him passing today. A big legacy that he leave behind. A legend that will never be replaced with another.

Excerpt from Wikipedia :

Ronnie James Dio (July 10, 1942 – May 16, 2010) was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser Hear 'n Aid. He was widely hailed as one of the most powerful singers in heavy metal, renowned for his consistently powerful voice and for popularizing the "devil's horns" hand gesture in metal culture. He was collaborating on a project with former Black Sabbath bandmates Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Vinny Appice, under the moniker Heaven & Hell, whose first and only studio album, The Devil You Know, was released on April 28, 2009. He died of stomach cancer on May 16, 2010.


Dio can you hear me?

RIP Dio...

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Les Paul - Extraordinaire Musician and Inventor

Without him, we might never heard Rock & Roll. He is also credited with many recording innovations, including overdubbing (also known as sound on sound), delay effects such as tape delay, phasing effects, and multitrack recording.

Here is a short documentary I found out from YouTube that literally explain a bit about him.


"What's your name?
It's on your guitar... - Les Paul"

Les Paul died on August 12, 2009 at the age 94. A great loss to the music world. RIP

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Yellow Matter Custard

It is a rare occasion that a group of well known musician gather and play Beatles songs. Here they are, Yellow Matter Custard : Paul Gilbert, Mike Portnoy, Neal Morse and Matt Bissonette. Awesome performance!


Thursday, March 18, 2010

RIP Alex Chilton (1950 -2010)

One of my favorite musician has died today. Alex Chilton. He may not be the greatest Jazz-er but he has a unique strumming that catches my attention when I first heard him.

Excerpt from Wikipedi,

William Alexander "Alex" Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial sales success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was not repeated in later years with Big Star and in his indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew a loyal following in the indie and alternative music fields, and is often cited as an influence by many mainstream rock artists and bands.


My baby just cares for me, one of the songs that he cover that catches my attention.

RIP Alex Chilton

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Kyu Sakamoto

For those who born around eighties, surely remember a song called Sukiyaki popularized by a group of singers called 4PM when we were teenagers. But do you know about the actual singer who sang that song?

He is Kyu Sakamoto.


The real title for the song is "Ue o muite arukō". Here is the original video clip that I found from Youtube.com.



He will be remembered by millions... The Japanese Elvis Presley...

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Changing Blog name

As for my 3rd anniversary of blog writing, I'm considering to put out another blog apart from my main blog. So here we are, Crappy Blogger on the loose.

This blog will be mainly on everyday things that happen and who know, I will post up anything good.  I know this blog are really worth your time.

Let me re-introduce myself again. I'm just an ordinary guy who have a family blessed with a little boy. I'm Beatles obsess and don't be surprise because we named our boy Sean Taro. :P Love Japanese culture so much (blame it to the TV). Even I'm typing this away, I'm listening to Late Kyu Sakamoto songs.

So tune in and drop in occasionally.