I Love Jason Mraz

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jason mraz, mr. a-z, music, waiting for my rocket to come, we sing we dance we steal things

Waktu itu gue masih kelas 2 SMP saat lagu The Remedy sering banget diputer di radio-radio ibukota. It was fresh, unique, sangat berkarakter, or at least I thought so.

Well, if you you’ve got the poison, I’ve got the remedy
The remedy is the experience, this is a dangerous liaison
I says the comedy is that it’s serious
This is a strange enough new play on words

Upbeat, dengan lirik yang very rich, sembarangan orang nyanyiin lagu ini bisa2 malah cuma jadi mumbling ga jelas. Mulai saat itulah gue tertarik dengan musiknya Jason Mraz. The Remedy adalah single pertama dari album studio pertama Jason Mraz, Waiting for My Rocket to Come. Gue jadi inget temen SMA gue si Arya. Dia ngasi pinjem gue CD original album ini, dan setiap gue mau balikin dia bilang ga usah. Waah, jadilah itu CD masi di gue sampe sekarang. Hihi, thanks Arya =)

Waiting for My Rocket to Come (2002)

Berlanjut ke album kedua yaitu Mr. A-Z

Mr. A-Z (2005)

Suatu kebetulan yang sangat, sangat menarik, bukan, bahwa Jason Mraz dikenal sebagai musisi dan penulis lagu yang liriknya sangat kaya akan kata-kata yang catchy dan berima, nama belakangnya pun, yakni Mraz, bisa dimodifikasikan dengan tanda titik dan penghubung hingga menjadi Mr. A-Z? Mungkin sama halnya dengan Alicia Keys yang memang terkenal fasih dengan kunci-kunci piano (keys) . Tapi ini jauh lebih lucu banget kalo menurut gue.. Mr. A-Z.. Buat kalian yang memang suka menulis mungkin akan suka dengan gaya musiknya Jason Mraz yang memang banyak mengeksplor permainan kata-kata. Single pertamanya pun diberi judul Wordplay, lucu banget kaan? Hihi..

Ha La La La La
Now listen closely to the verse I lay
Ha La La La La
It’s all about the wordplay
Ha La La La Love
The wonderful thing it does
Because, because
I am the wizard of ooh’s and ah’s and fa-la-la’s
Yeah the Mr. A to Z
They say I’m all about the wordplay

Brilliant.

Tapi gue ga punya CD-nya. Tapi gue udah ngerti cara-cara donlot lagu jadi ya gue donlot aja tu semuanya.. Tapi ga semuanya juga sih. Gue suka banget sama yang judulnya Life is Wonderful. Mungkin dibanding sama lagu-lagu lain, lagu ini punya lirik yang jauh lebih sederhana. Tapi kesederhanaannya itu ga bikin bosen, malah jadi semakin bermakna karena emang maknanya indah banget.

It takes a thought to make a word
And it takes some words to make an action
It takes some work to make it work
It takes some good to make it hurt
It takes some bad for satisfaction

La la la la la la la life is wonderful
Ah la la la la la la life goes full circle
Ah la la la la la la life is wonderful
Al la la la la

Mood-saver banget kalo gue lagi suntuk.. =)

Oiya dan ada satu lagu yang dia duet sama Rachel Yamagata di situ, tapi klo didengerin sepintas, ga kayak duet sama sekali deh! Abisnya vocal timbre-nya hampir miriiip.. Dengan Jason Mraz yang ga berat-berat banget untuk ukuran cowo, dan Rachel Yamagata yang lumayan berat untuk ukuran cewe. Hear it for yourselves, deh. Judulnya Did You Get My Message?

Dan sekarang gue baru aja minjem album ketiganya dari Mas Kevin.

We Sing, We Dance, We Steal Things. (2008)

Presume dari gue adalah..dengan melihat cover-nya yang ga lagi menampilkan foto dirinya, kayaknya lagu-lagunya bakal lebih idealis, dengan lirik-lirik yang lebih tajam dalam mengkritik kehidupan sosial masyarakat jaman sekarang. Tapi kok kalo diliat dari single pertamanya, Im Yours, ga begitu-begitu juga ya..

Well you done done me and you bet I felt it
I tried to be chill but you’re so hot that I melted
I fell right through the cracks
and now I’m trying to get back
Before the cool done run out
I’ll be giving it my bestest
Nothing’s going to stop me but divine intervention
I reckon its again my turn to win some or learn some

I won’t hesitate no more, no more
It cannot wait, I’m yours

Malah lebih ke cinta-cintaan gini.. Hmm.. Gue coba dengerin dulu deh, nanti gue cerita-cerita lagi yaa. See youu =)

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PS: Entah kenapa gue punya opini yang sangat gue yakini, tentang belajar Bahasa Inggris, yaitu:

Daripada buang-buang duit mahal buat les di EF, TBI, LIA, mending donlot dengerin banyak-banyak lagu-lagu sejenis lagu-lagu Jason Mraz. Baca juga liriknya. Jangan lupa install software kamus. Dgn cara ini bahkan menurut gue lebih ampuh. Mungkin karena lirik2 lagu tu everchanging yaa..dan lebih beragam. Just an opinion, though =)

This -10 Thing- Thing.

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meme

My first-ever baton..or meme..or i dont know what this kind of thing usually be called these days ^^’

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# Each blogger must post these rules.
# Each blogger starts with ten random facts/habits about themselves.
# Bloggers that are tagged need to write on their own blog about their ten things and post these rules. At the end of your blog, you need to choose ten people to get tagged and list their names.
# Don’t forget to leave them a comment telling them they’ve been tagged and to read your blog

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So here we go..

10. I think I am much overestimated. Or is it just me underestimating myself? I dunno. I just feel that people have these HUGE expectations of me..and sometimes it just..kills. And Im a selfish itch. I have to overcome this somehow. I have to.. Cos being an adult means responsibility. And Im 20 this year. And being selfish is just so irresponsible =(

9. I looove Aqua! Not the color aqua. Not the band Aqua. But the one hell of a drinking mineral water brand Aqua! Or it can be just simply said – I love mineral water. But hell no, Im much more to this brand – Aqua. All drinking water should be packaged like this, you see. Blue-ish image. Not red-ish like VIT. Not orange-ish like the one you got on Cihampelas X-Trans (oranges are so..orange juices, and so not for this signature beverage of mine). And the price is just fit! Whyever people should go buy Evian i can never understand..

8. I like to watch english-speaking TV-series/movies on dvds with good english subtitles. I cannot stand bad subtitles. (Yea I shouldve bought the original ones, but hey, who does?)

7. I hate the fact that there are people out there who spend a huge amount of money for the ever so-called branded stuff, just so others know that they are these branded-stuffed persons.

6. I wish I could cook.

5. I want to have my singings recorded on Talent Box – Ciwalk! This has been going on for a year already. Mehehehehe xD

4. I like to put smileys on my smses. I use equal sign ‘=’ instead of dividing sign ‘:’ for default eyes.
My favorites are: =)  =(  =D  x)  xD  x(  ^^  and  ^^’

3. Im good at keeping secrets. Especially my secrets. Dark ones. Muehehehehe =P

2. I love my famillies. Everyone at my home back there in Jatibening. I love my next-door-neighbours. Warm acceptances. Rules that keep me in the line..keep my feet on the ground.. Its good to have it now that we know the world is harsh. I love my friends. And I love it when they get to laugh because of me. I love it when they think its comfortable having me as their friend, you know.. You get it, right? =)

1. I gotta have faith. -George Michael
Its the one thing that you can hold on to when it feels like every single backs has turned against you.

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I’d like to pass the baton to:

- Gita

- Rainy

- Rani

- Rangga

- Ditta

See you on my next batons or memes or whatever it is!! xD