Sleepless. Wake up from the bed to find some comforting music. Go around to find. Bump into Mr Synyster Shark's website: http://synystershark.wordpress.com and I found her.
Mr Shark mentioned Catherine Tran a few years back when I came to London for the concert. I barely paid any attention to her music at that time. This time I keep looping through her music on Myspace. Love "What you do" but can't find it on youtube. Love this track too so I post it instead.
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Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Thursday, July 16, 2009
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Caroline Lavelle - Moorlough Shore
A less known but original version of the song covered by The Coors. Beautiful!
Carpe diem
Monday, June 04, 2007
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Amorphis & Kalevala
The lyrics on Amorphis' second album 'Tales From The Thousand Lakes' are based on the Finnish national pole book 'Kalevala'. This book is in fact a collection of ancient songs, combined and adapted by Elias Lonnrot (1802 - 1884). Most of these songs were found in Karelia, a part of Finland/Russia which is bordered in the east by the White Sea. The name of this area also served as the name for their first album 'The Karelian Isthmus'. The final version of Kalevala, which was released in 1849, has a total of 22,795 verses.
The songs on 'Tales From The Thousand Lakes' follow two main storylines. The first story is about Vainamoinen, the singer-wizard from the old ages:
Joukahainen, a young man from Lapland, leaves his parent's house to find and challenge Vainamoinen, who is said to be a better singer than he himself. When Joukahainen has found his opponent the two men start their (singing-) contest:
"I have a good mind, take into my head,
To start off singing, begin reciting..."
--- IN THE BEGINNING ---
Vainamoinen is indeed the better singer and starts to sing magic songs, which almost kill the young man. Joukahainen can only elude a certain death by giving his sister Aino to the singer-wizard. Aino however is not too happy about the idea of living together with the old man and runs away from home, to become a water-nymph. But as she cannot swim, the young girl drowns and her voice can still be heard above the water:
"I went to wash at the shore,
I went to bathe in the sea,
And there I, a hen, was lost..."
--- DROWNED MAID ---
When Vainamoinen hears about Aino's death, he becomes extremely depressed, as he was really looking forward to living together with the young maid:
"Once I had a mind and thoughts was given, but nowadays,
In this evil age, all my sense is somewhere else..."
--- FORGOTTEN SUNRISE ---
Joukahainen, still angry because of his defeat, is determined to kill Vainamoinen, and he almost succeeds: the old man falls from his horse into the sea and almost drowns. But while the old Vainamoinen is fighting for his life:
"A bird flew out of Lapland, an eagle from the North East",
which is so big that:
"One wing ruffled the water and the other swept the sky..."
--- THE CASTAWAY ---
The eagle gets Vainamoinen out of the water, and brings him back savely to a beach near the village of Sariola.
The second story is about the wedding between Ilmarinen, the master of the anvil, and the daughter of the land of the North, whose name is never mentioned:
The daughter of the land of the North is not so sure if she will be happy when living together with Ilmarinen. A few moments before the wedding she becomes depressed and wonders:
"... how the lucky feel, how the blessed men think,
Like a daybreak in spring, the sun on spring morning...".
But at this moment she feels:
"Like the flat brink of a cloud,
Like a dark night in autumn, a black winter day..."
--- BLACK WINTER DAY ---
But the wedding continues, and all people from Kalevala and Pohjola are invited except one: Lemminkainen, the islander. He is not invited because he is always willing to start a fight.
When Lemminkainen notices there is a wedding going on, he prepares to go there to take revenge. His mother tries to stop the angry man and tells him of the 3 dooms he will meet on his way. But Lemminkainen is not afraid and determined to
"... wash my hands of the evil master's blood..."
--- FIRST DOOM ---
When Lemminkainen, after some difficulties, arrives at the wedding, he wants to have a beer. As Lemminkainen is an unwanted guest, the least important serf is ordered to bring the worst beer:
"Hey there, tiny wench, my perpetual serf,
Put stew in a pot, bring water for the guest"
Lemminkainen is not pleased to get beer of such a minor quality and challenges the father of the bride, ruler of the land of the North:
"Before we part, before your neck is broken,
You strike first, son of the north"
--- MAGIC AND MAYHEM ---
The father of the bride is killed (decapitated) by Lemminkainen, which makes the islander an even more unwanted guest. It's time for him to take to his heels. To be save from the other wedding-guests he changes his shape into an eagle and soars heavenward, and:
"The sun burnt his cheeks, the moon lit his brows"
--- INTO HIDING ---
High up in the sky, Lemminkainen prays to Ukko, the mightiest of the gods, to bring him home safely:
"O old man, good god, careful man of heaven,
Keeper of the storm clouds, make misty weather,
And create a tiny cloud, in whose shelter I may go"
--- TO FATHERS CABIN ---
Link: http://www.dse.nl/~inferno/issue3/amtales.html
Carpe diem
The songs on 'Tales From The Thousand Lakes' follow two main storylines. The first story is about Vainamoinen, the singer-wizard from the old ages:
Joukahainen, a young man from Lapland, leaves his parent's house to find and challenge Vainamoinen, who is said to be a better singer than he himself. When Joukahainen has found his opponent the two men start their (singing-) contest:
"I have a good mind, take into my head,
To start off singing, begin reciting..."
--- IN THE BEGINNING ---
Vainamoinen is indeed the better singer and starts to sing magic songs, which almost kill the young man. Joukahainen can only elude a certain death by giving his sister Aino to the singer-wizard. Aino however is not too happy about the idea of living together with the old man and runs away from home, to become a water-nymph. But as she cannot swim, the young girl drowns and her voice can still be heard above the water:
"I went to wash at the shore,
I went to bathe in the sea,
And there I, a hen, was lost..."
--- DROWNED MAID ---
When Vainamoinen hears about Aino's death, he becomes extremely depressed, as he was really looking forward to living together with the young maid:
"Once I had a mind and thoughts was given, but nowadays,
In this evil age, all my sense is somewhere else..."
--- FORGOTTEN SUNRISE ---
Joukahainen, still angry because of his defeat, is determined to kill Vainamoinen, and he almost succeeds: the old man falls from his horse into the sea and almost drowns. But while the old Vainamoinen is fighting for his life:
"A bird flew out of Lapland, an eagle from the North East",
which is so big that:
"One wing ruffled the water and the other swept the sky..."
--- THE CASTAWAY ---
The eagle gets Vainamoinen out of the water, and brings him back savely to a beach near the village of Sariola.
The second story is about the wedding between Ilmarinen, the master of the anvil, and the daughter of the land of the North, whose name is never mentioned:
The daughter of the land of the North is not so sure if she will be happy when living together with Ilmarinen. A few moments before the wedding she becomes depressed and wonders:
"... how the lucky feel, how the blessed men think,
Like a daybreak in spring, the sun on spring morning...".
But at this moment she feels:
"Like the flat brink of a cloud,
Like a dark night in autumn, a black winter day..."
--- BLACK WINTER DAY ---
But the wedding continues, and all people from Kalevala and Pohjola are invited except one: Lemminkainen, the islander. He is not invited because he is always willing to start a fight.
When Lemminkainen notices there is a wedding going on, he prepares to go there to take revenge. His mother tries to stop the angry man and tells him of the 3 dooms he will meet on his way. But Lemminkainen is not afraid and determined to
"... wash my hands of the evil master's blood..."
--- FIRST DOOM ---
When Lemminkainen, after some difficulties, arrives at the wedding, he wants to have a beer. As Lemminkainen is an unwanted guest, the least important serf is ordered to bring the worst beer:
"Hey there, tiny wench, my perpetual serf,
Put stew in a pot, bring water for the guest"
Lemminkainen is not pleased to get beer of such a minor quality and challenges the father of the bride, ruler of the land of the North:
"Before we part, before your neck is broken,
You strike first, son of the north"
--- MAGIC AND MAYHEM ---
The father of the bride is killed (decapitated) by Lemminkainen, which makes the islander an even more unwanted guest. It's time for him to take to his heels. To be save from the other wedding-guests he changes his shape into an eagle and soars heavenward, and:
"The sun burnt his cheeks, the moon lit his brows"
--- INTO HIDING ---
High up in the sky, Lemminkainen prays to Ukko, the mightiest of the gods, to bring him home safely:
"O old man, good god, careful man of heaven,
Keeper of the storm clouds, make misty weather,
And create a tiny cloud, in whose shelter I may go"
--- TO FATHERS CABIN ---
Link: http://www.dse.nl/~inferno/issue3/amtales.html
Carpe diem
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Watching Anathema live from Helsinki - Finnland!
What a special treat from Anathema! They are playing in Finnland and I'm here watching them comfortably in my chair :-) . The gig is streaming live from Tavastia Club in Helsinki. I think i missed some songs cause I juz noticed a message from my friend a while ago. They have just played a new song, named "Angel walks among us", followed by a female-vocaled song. Now they are playing a different one, sound new too! Wow, this is amazing... gonna continue watching...12.01am now...
12.03: they are playing a cover song of Pink Floyd in album Dark side of the moon, can't recall the name now! ... oh no ... it's not from DSOTM, it's "Comfortably Numb"!! .... oh, i'm so numbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb..................
But this is the end of the show! Wtf! So I missed a lot not only few songs :( .
Btw... "Happy New Year! Get drunk! Don't die" ( last words from Anathema vocalist :) .... haha...
Carpe diem
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Friday, November 17, 2006
Nemo - Nightwish
This is me for forever
One of the lost ones
The one without a name
Without an honest heart as compass
This is me for forever
One without a name
These lines the last endeavor
To find the missing lifeline
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
My flower
Withered between
The pages two and three
The once and forever bloom gone with my sins
Walk the dark path
Sleep with angels
Call the past for help
Touch me with your love
And reveal to me my true name
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again
Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forever more
Nemo sailing home
Nemo letting go
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
All I wish is to dream again
My loving heart
Lost in the dark
For hope I'd give my everything
Oh how I wish
For soothing rain
Oh how I wish to dream again
Once and for all
And all for once
Nemo my name forever more
Nemo my name forever more
Carpe diem
Thursday, November 09, 2006
Opeth & Paradise Lost @ Carling Academy Birmingham 8/11/06
Paradise Lost played opening
Nick Holmes
Greg Mackintosh
Opeth - main players
Mike
Peter in action
and in a pose :P
A girl threw her bra on the stage so that's why we got this video ^^
Carpe diem
Nick Holmes
Greg Mackintosh
Opeth - main players
Mike
Peter in action
and in a pose :P
A girl threw her bra on the stage so that's why we got this video ^^
Carpe diem
Tuesday, May 30, 2006
In Joy and Sorrow
Oh girl we are the same
we are young and lost and so afraid
there's no cure for the pain
no shelter from the rain
All our prayers seem to fail
In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
in joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
Oh girl we are the same
we are strong and blessed and so brave
with souls to be saved
and faith regained
all our tears wipe away
In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
in joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
In joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
in joy and sorrow my home's in your arms
in world so hollow
it is breaking my heart
and my home's in your arms
and it is breaking my heart
my home's in your arms
and it is breaking my heart
Carpe diem
Monday, May 22, 2006
Harvest - Opeth
Stay with me a while
Rise above the vile
Name my final rest
Poured into my chest
Into the orchard i walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all i see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr
Pledge yourself to me
Never leave me be
Sweat breaks on my brow
Given time ends now
Into the orchard i walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all i see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr
Spirit painted sin
Embers neath my skin
Veiled in pale embrace
Reached and touched my face
Into the orchard i walk peering way past the gate
Wilted scenes for us who couldn't wait
Drained by the coldest caress, stalking shadows ahead
Halo of death, all i see is departure
Mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr.
Carpe diem
Saturday, May 20, 2006
No more beating as one ( Live )
She was no longer precious to me
I guess my hate grew much stronger than my love for her ever did
(I was) so tired of chasing that person who made me feel loved
and as we were embracing I cut and spilt the dearest blood
I'm praying for her soul as this blood on my hands stains me whole
You were my life, from you I fed of
And now parted by knife - the suicide of our love
So callous and frigid was that stillborn soul
yet no other half could ever make me whole
You promised: "'til death do us part", and then you made a stone of my heart
And with the last rays of the setting sun the loveless pulse fades away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame
Gone are the times when I felt alive
Gone are those nights with you by my side
And now here I stand as the shadows grow deep
With the death on my hand at your grave I weep
We were one yet not the same
Once passion abundant, now pain
And with the last rays of the setting sun the loveless pulse fades away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame
Love laved with stillness like the grave in my heart
and all the reasons huddled in your seeping blood
And with the last rays of the setting sun the loveless pulse fades away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame
And with the last rays of the setting sun she bled her love away
No more beating as one, no longer burns the flame
Carpe diem
Thursday, May 18, 2006
No one there
The axe, the bottle and the rope
The feeling there really is no more hope
The thought of the great unknown
And facing it alone
The dark, the silent and the cold
The feeling I have come to the end of my road
Yes, these are the things I spend
My remaining moments with
And the wind blows through my heart
Shivers me one last time
As I now reach out in the dark
No one there
Why did it have to be so hard
For us to live our lives
Again I reach out in the dark in despair
The desperation and the snow
The feeling of finally coming back home
The melancholy and the hole in the soil so hard and cold
And the wind blows through my heart
Shivers me one last time
As I now reach out in the dark
No one there
Your love for me, my love for you
Things we somehow managed to lose
Now there�s only the ruthless wind
To blow right through
It freezes my heart, my desperate heart
It freezes my heart, my desperate heart
It freezes my heart, my desperate heart
To think we both will die alone
And the wind blows through my heart
Shivers me one last time
As I now reach out in the dark
No one there
Carpe Diem
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Katatonia & Novembre @ Mean Fiddler - London - 22.4.06
That was the first time I could stand in the front row, it just felt so good, so near to the bands ^^ Novembre played the open set. Well, I heard about them but never listened to any albums of them before. Their music are dark, similar to early Katatonia in the 90s. I was quite impressed with the bass player, his bass-lines are impressive and more than good. Quite disappointed with the guitarist, or more appropriately, the guitar sounds. It was simply lost... Well, in conclusion, Novembre is a band worth checking them out.
Katatonia was the main character of the show because this show is for promoting their new album "The Great Cold Distance", they played a couple of songs from the new album, from "Viva Emptiness" and only few songs from earlier album like "Tonight's Decision" and "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"... sadly, no songs from "Dance of December Souls" or "Brave Murder Day" era were played. The band really showed off their level... They were perfect! That night was the guitarist's birthday as well, he poped a champagne and sprayed over the fans! ^^ I was not prepared to capture that moment, haizz...
Enough said... here are the photos...
Novembre
Katatonia
Carpe diem
Katatonia was the main character of the show because this show is for promoting their new album "The Great Cold Distance", they played a couple of songs from the new album, from "Viva Emptiness" and only few songs from earlier album like "Tonight's Decision" and "Last Fair Deal Gone Down"... sadly, no songs from "Dance of December Souls" or "Brave Murder Day" era were played. The band really showed off their level... They were perfect! That night was the guitarist's birthday as well, he poped a champagne and sprayed over the fans! ^^ I was not prepared to capture that moment, haizz...
Enough said... here are the photos...
Novembre
Katatonia
Carpe diem
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Katatonia - My Twin
This video is awesome! Song taken from just-released album "The Great Cold Distance"
Katatonia rulezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!
Carpe diem
Katatonia rulezzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!!!!!!!
Carpe diem
Monday, March 27, 2006
In Flames & Sepultura @ Carling Academy Birmingham
Short review:
Dagoba was the band played the opening for the show. They are French. They are brutal. They are undergound... but they are very good, a promising band. IMHO, they were better than Sepultura and In Flames at that night. Heavy, simple guitar riffs with relentless double bass drum and astounding vocal... they blew everything away...
Sepultura was the next. They were legend but they music is not attractive enough nowadays... their new songs lack guitar solos - an important factor to distinguish a great band among loads of mediocre bands out there. But still there are Brazilian folk music elements so they can define themselves: We're Sepultura!
In Flames was the main character of the show. They played most of the song from Come Clarity 2006 album with hits like: Come through knives, Take this life, Come clarity. Some songs from "Reroute to Remain" like Trigger, Drifter and some from melodic death metal era like Moonshield, Only for the weak. I was quite disappointing with the vocal: it was almost lost! ... can't hardly hear it except in some semi-ballad songs...
Anyway, it was still a great show and it was a great pleasure to see they playing live in here - Birmingham.
Carpe diem
Dagoba was the band played the opening for the show. They are French. They are brutal. They are undergound... but they are very good, a promising band. IMHO, they were better than Sepultura and In Flames at that night. Heavy, simple guitar riffs with relentless double bass drum and astounding vocal... they blew everything away...
Sepultura was the next. They were legend but they music is not attractive enough nowadays... their new songs lack guitar solos - an important factor to distinguish a great band among loads of mediocre bands out there. But still there are Brazilian folk music elements so they can define themselves: We're Sepultura!
In Flames was the main character of the show. They played most of the song from Come Clarity 2006 album with hits like: Come through knives, Take this life, Come clarity. Some songs from "Reroute to Remain" like Trigger, Drifter and some from melodic death metal era like Moonshield, Only for the weak. I was quite disappointing with the vocal: it was almost lost! ... can't hardly hear it except in some semi-ballad songs...
Anyway, it was still a great show and it was a great pleasure to see they playing live in here - Birmingham.
Carpe diem
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Paradise Lost & Anathema @ Mean Fiddler - Londdon - 28/1/2006
I welcomed new lunar year in a darkest and doomiest show ever, with Anathema and Paradise Lost, 2 of big four of Doom metal played that night. Juz when Anathema started off, I knew it would be one of the most special moments in my life. They completely blew me away with unbelievable musicianship. In one second, I lost my mind and drifted away to somewhere far beyond. It was the first time to see my heroes performing. I'm wordless now! Photos time!!
Anathema
Paradise Lost
Me & friend
Carpe diem
Anathema
Paradise Lost
Me & friend
Carpe diem
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