You’re Beautiful

.. Mr. James Blunt!!!!!!!! “:>
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and so where do i begin? im still smiling to myself everytime i remember the concert last night @ the Araneta Coliseum. it started an hour late. o well that was kinda expected. but when the show began we didnt really mind the delay. james’ very first song was I Want You from the recent All the Lost Souls album. ’twas the first time i heard it really and i loooooove it agad. as in.
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the whole repertoire was a combination of the Back to Bedlam album and the recent one mentioned above. the concert wasnt that well-attended for whatever reasons there could be, but hey it was worth the watch and im sure everybody present there did have a great, great time. really!
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i love it when he spoke with that heavy, heavy brit accent. he talked a bit of the songs before singing them. “this next song im gonna play you will make that one sound like a happy one (goodbye my lover) cos this is really miserable.” hehe. he was referring to his next song No Bravery relating it to the time he was in the army.. witnessing life and death. cute niya din magsalita ng tagalog.. maraming salamat, paalam.. hehe.
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ala akong matitinong videos at photos dahil ang dilim. (i might search youtube for better videos.) the only one i took in full was “You’re Beautiful” (gosh it takes forever to upload so gotta skip this one.)

james head-bangs hehe
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dont know what song was in the video above but boy! james sure headbanged at the piano =)). the crowd just went wild hehe. ang likot niya galaw ng galaw.. ikot ng ikot except for the really slow ballads of course. there was this one time he surprised everybody by going down to the audience and quickly made his way to the throng of people.. mabilisan lang inikot niya ang oval don sa baba at bumalik din agad sa stage. whew i wasnt able to capture that one, nagpanic kasi di ko napindot record button hehe.

all in all, i wasnt expecting the James that i witnessed last night. seeing him on tv appearances and the videos released, he seemed the serious type. my mistake. he is fun and playful, he has charisma, he is down to earth, he connects with the audience, and undeniably.. without question.. a great, great singer-composer. his voice alone is more than enough to capture my heart
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you’ll really be be with the quality of his voice. kahit alang accompaniment maa-appreciate mo talaga. so strong. so solid. so raw. so full of heart. so full of soul. lahat na hahaha!
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another special event that’ll forever be cherished “:> “:>

 

This is Home

great great song/performance by Jon/Switchfoot at the Leno Show. the long-haired look suits him well. another great masterpiece.. kudos to Jon! this makes the movie, Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, doubly adorable hehe.

 

Cure for Pain

The first time i heard the song.. boy o boy it brought my spirits down. the melody alone can make you cry. ewan. all in all it, depresses me.
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but i love jon. i love his songs. i love his voice. i love his honesty. i love how he speaks my thoughts, my emotions, my vulnerabilities. but i think i want to make an exception for this song. for surely, i dont want to hear it that often. really.. really it touches a chord somewhere. aaaaaaaaaaaahhh ayoko nadi-depress.. for a song. nope. sorry jon. not this one. (nothing to worry though, the rest of your songs are lovingly tucked in my iPod )
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someday pag feeling so down siguro i might listen.. over and over again.. not for the purpose of further bringing myself down. but for the reason that it evoke such deep unexplained emotions that it’s a sure way to make myself cry. just to let it out. and that’s it.

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have to hear yet the rest of his “Fall” album. a far cry from the rest of the Switchfoot songs. a very different jon here. very, very different.

 

To James or Not To James?

.. that is the question!!!
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two more weeks and james will be here weeeeeeeeeeee! :”>
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sana..sana makanood ako. kahit sa pinakadulo lang ng araneta coliseum
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ok na marinig ko lang boses mo james :”>
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kinda tight on the budget nowadays ‘cos of the present economic situation in the country. gosh! lahat nagtataasan! as in ramdam na ramdam namin :-S (actually the recent food crises is not only felt in the Philippines but also in the neighboring asian countries.. haaaaayyy.. hirap maging batang third-world.)
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pero james! james! alam kong wrong timing ang concert mo but i will really, really try to set aside for the tickets makita at marinig lang kita. crossing my fingers that i’d have spare this coming sweldo.
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if not, see you in YouTube na lang =))

 

Forbidden Kingdom

first ever movie-tandem of Jackie Chan and Jet Li. nothing more say.. the 2 big stars is more than enough to make this movie a hit worldwide.

 

Leeches

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dreamt of these slimy bloodsuckers last night..ewwwwww! sobrang dami dumikit sa damit ko (huh dumidikit sa tela? hehe)
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natanggal naman lahat. but got this one na huling-huli natanggal at ramdam ko pagkakaalis sa leeg ko (the only one that got to my skin actually).. ouch!
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siguro nga sa dami ng mga ginagawa ko lately, kinda nadi-drain energy ko.
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pero kaya yan. kakayanin ko as always )

 

Guitar Hero 3 rocks!!!

eto ang latest na kinababaliwan sa bahay. no matter how tiring my day is, i wont miss playing this cos nawawala lahat ng pagod ko
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best played with a PS2 guitar accessory.

medyo mahal kaya controllers lang muna ginagamit namin. sobrang galing! addictive once masimulan mo na. the players will act as guitarist/s of a band. playing of songs will greatly depend on the keys being pressed as displayed in the monitor. kaya’t dapat magaling ka tumayming once your into the rhythm.. wow! feeling mo galing galing mo mag-gitara feeling mo rockstar ka na hehe.

 

Darn! i Cant Make Objects Fly!

started playing Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. 

very engrossing. i kinda feel how it is like to be a witch/wizard . nakakatuwa. me doing the adventures that Harry did in the movie. there are various charms and spells to master and use in order to survive and save the day. you just put your wand out and flick and turn hehe. i can disarm an enemy, paralyzed them, hang them upside down, inflict pain (have to or id be dead ).
i can repair things. at the same time i can ruin/break them . i can make objects come to me or throw them away. i can light things up or burn them to the ground haha. but what the..?!? there’s this one spell i just cant perform. ’tis the Wingardium Laviosa spell. it can make things/objects fly and from there you can control said object.. lift them up.. transfer them.. pile them up.. etc. pero di ko magawaaaaaaaaaa. pasaway. practice.. more practice. or i wont be able to unlock the so many unlockables in the game.

 

James Blunt in Manila? huh?

what a way to start the week. i checked out TicketNet’s website at ito bumulaga sa kin..

whaaaaaaaaatttttttttttt?!?! nong Friday lang sinabi ko sa isang friend, Sana pumunta dito si James Blunt. gooossssshhhhhh nagdilang-anghel ba ko or what?

 

Jon’s thoughts on the release of his solo Fall album

(my thoughts on blue hehe)

hi my name is jon foreman and this is my bio.

I’m writing it from a backstage dressing room in Ohio. It’s a beautiful fall day outside and the dying leaves make a fitting backdrop for the decaying junkyard across the street. Fall.

Autumn is my favorite time of year. Everywhere. Even back home in San Diego where there is little distinction between the seasons: autumn is my favorite time of year. (ooops.. we dont have autumn on our end)

Perhaps this is because the fall reminds me of the sunset: the beautiful death of another day or another year. A chance to look back- to . look out across the pacific and see gallons of beauty mixed with regret.

I was born in October. Maybe that has something to do with the nostalgia. Even when I was young, the Autumn sunsets were sober reminder that everything loses it’s leaves eventually. The body goes cold. The air grows dark. The fall.

I have been on tour off and on since ‘97. I’ve had the rare privilege of actually doing what I love for a living with amazing people that I love to be around… And I’m thankful, this life is a real gift.

I kinda grew up all over: lake arrowhead, boston, virginia… but from high school on I’ve lived in San Diego and the north county feels like home.

It’s a pretty incredible place where I can go for a surf with my dad or my brother and almost always see someone I know.

Ten years ago, when I actually started making money with my songs I was nervous that the magic would disappear. That somehow, the passion, the joy, and the high that I got from music would evaporate with every step I took towards the modern music industry. I’m so thankful that that hasn’t happened. I’m so thankful that these songs still mean so much to me. In fact, I am perhaps more drawn to music than ever.

Lately music has been my compass: it’s neither the map, nor the road but a steady constant that can help me make sense of the both. (ano daw? )

Most of the time, the songs that I write are more honest than I am. Sometimes I don’t play certain songs for people because I’m not ready for that sort of honesty.

I don’t write many happy songs, at least not lately. Which is odd because I’m a fairly upbeat guy. So I’ve got a few theories as to why this might be the case.

It might be because life wears down on you. And you lose that part of yourself. (very true, the idealism one may have just dissipate through the years. the system wears you down. sometimes you look back and compare the idealistic YOU once were and see the big disparity of the YOU are now. how sad can that be. musings, musing.. again.)

Or it could be because the songs are the only place where these types of ideas can find a release- like a dream where your subconscious is trying to tell you something. (true.)

Or perhaps I don’t write songs when I’m happy. You know, a celebration requires a few friends and depression requires solitude. (yeah.. yeah..)

Either way songs have become my way of finding beauty in the midst of chaos and the pain. It’s a way of finding redemption for mistakes and regrets that I have. (huh..! what’s your regrets jon.. c’mon you can tell me )

In this way I feel like the creative process brings me closer to God. As a creator of a song I get to take all these broken fragments of failure and chaos and weave together something beautiful and meaningful. Decay. Death. Pain. Fall. And if God is a songwriter then these fallen leaves of mine can be redeemed. (demm he can be poetic! ok i love you na.. haha )