Saturday, September 27, 2008
Passing of a GREAT Actor - Paul Newman
26th September 2008 Paul Newman has passed on at his home in Newport, aged 83
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, race car driver, racing team owner and humanitarian.
He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards.
He won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel Indy Car racing.
He was also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million.
Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut after a battle with lung cancer.
Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 - September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, race car driver, racing team owner and humanitarian.
He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, and an Emmy award, along with many honorary awards.
He won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing and his race teams won several championships in open wheel Indy Car racing.
He was also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company from which Newman donated all profits and royalties to charity. As of May 2007, these donations have exceeded US$220 million.
Newman died at his long-time home in Westport, Connecticut after a battle with lung cancer.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
19 - Paul Hardcastle
The 1985 release of 19 brought Hardcastle acclaim and chart success.
19 veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder was a dance record, featuring stuttering samples of television narrator Peter Thomas speaking about Vietnam war PTSD. Initially unhappy about having his voice used in this way, Thomas later relented and allowed the single to be released.
19 veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder was a dance record, featuring stuttering samples of television narrator Peter Thomas speaking about Vietnam war PTSD. Initially unhappy about having his voice used in this way, Thomas later relented and allowed the single to be released.
We Didn't Start The Fire - Billy Joel
It took me some years to really understand the lyrics.
Many of these understanding came from The History Channel, NatGeo and Discovery Channel.
Things like Cola wars, Pat Moon Jong and many many more... You should Google some of the words.
Billy Joel We Didn't Start The Fire
(C) 1989 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Many of these understanding came from The History Channel, NatGeo and Discovery Channel.
Things like Cola wars, Pat Moon Jong and many many more... You should Google some of the words.
Billy Joel We Didn't Start The Fire
(C) 1989 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Friday, September 19, 2008
Not 80s but Good Song - Creep by Radiohead
I know this is not an Eighties song but I like it very much....
Especially the flash version of "MTV"
Especially the flash version of "MTV"
Roy's favourite Depache Mode song...
This is for you Roy NYK... The person to knows how to enjoy loneliness!
Enjoy The Silence...
This is another version feat. Linkin Park... Quite nice...
Enjoy The Silence...
This is another version feat. Linkin Park... Quite nice...
Today is Depache Mode Day.... Ha Ha
Found lotsa DM songs that really brings back memories....
Remembering locking ourselves in our room, blasting these songs (& mom screaming for us to turn down the volume....)
Remembering our one & only SHARP Double Deck Mini Compo that we bought for RM150 (I think I still have the warranty card) from America Electronics....
Everything Counts (in large amounts)
In Your Room (Actually I have never heard this b4)
Somebody (My personal favourite)
Remembering locking ourselves in our room, blasting these songs (& mom screaming for us to turn down the volume....)
Remembering our one & only SHARP Double Deck Mini Compo that we bought for RM150 (I think I still have the warranty card) from America Electronics....
Everything Counts (in large amounts)
In Your Room (Actually I have never heard this b4)
Somebody (My personal favourite)
Julie's Favourite Group.... Depache Mode
This is for your Julie and other DM fans
People Are People
Just Can't Get Enough
People Are People
Just Can't Get Enough
Johnny Hates Jazz
An old friend, Yun Siang call-up today. Ask me....
"What's the name of the song with lyrics - i wish that i could turn back the clock, bring the wheels of time to a stop,back to the days when love is so much better..."
Well.... the song is "Turn Back The Clock" sung by Johnny Hates Jazz in the year 1988
Another good son by JHZ.... Shattered Dreams
This is the USA Version
"What's the name of the song with lyrics - i wish that i could turn back the clock, bring the wheels of time to a stop,back to the days when love is so much better..."
Well.... the song is "Turn Back The Clock" sung by Johnny Hates Jazz in the year 1988
Another good son by JHZ.... Shattered Dreams
This is the USA Version
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Then the is Leslie 張國榮 - Monica
With Alan Tam who can forgot Leslie 張國榮....
It's a shame that he has passed on..... buy his voice is irreplaceable...
It's a shame that he has passed on..... buy his voice is irreplaceable...
Alan Tam 譚詠麟 - My idol - 愛情陷阱 (Love Trap)
Many of my peers would know that during the 80s, the Hong Kong music scene was very hot!
During my teenage days, Alan Tam was my favorite. Right or not?? Yun SIang??
I dunno about others, I started with this song.... 愛情陷阱
During my teenage days, Alan Tam was my favorite. Right or not?? Yun SIang??
I dunno about others, I started with this song.... 愛情陷阱
Nice song - The Captain of Her Heart
Dunno if you people know this song. It wasn't that significant of a song but I liked it very much.
The piano solo is so nice.
Released in the US in 1986 by Double.
The piano solo is so nice.
Released in the US in 1986 by Double.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Friends as Old as Me
Ha! Finally today I in a room filled with people that knows all the 80s songs!
Gosh! All old people in one room... Reminiscing on those good old days!
Some talked about Apple computers (with the green screen), BBSs (the time before internet), our first modems (Hayes - 14.4kbps Modems) and getting high on @*# %*&
Then there was some Michael fans... We looked up "Beat It" Wah!!! The year was 1982 (26 years ago!)
Here it is.... The Pop King of our era (that looks like an alien now)
Gosh! All old people in one room... Reminiscing on those good old days!
Some talked about Apple computers (with the green screen), BBSs (the time before internet), our first modems (Hayes - 14.4kbps Modems) and getting high on @*# %*&
Then there was some Michael fans... We looked up "Beat It" Wah!!! The year was 1982 (26 years ago!)
Here it is.... The Pop King of our era (that looks like an alien now)
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Empire Strikes Back : Then... it was only Star Wars Trilogy...
During our time it was only Star Wars Trilogy. This was the 2nd of the trilogy. The Empire Strikes Back Release Date : 21 May 1980
Remember those laser guns that looked so cool.... and of course the Light Sabre. I think all of us wanted to own one then.
Remembering the X-Wing, TIE-Fighter, The Falcon and Darth Vader's Imperial Fighter....
Not forgetting R2D2 and C3PO...
And the Storm Troopers that looked so fierce, but look the this
Remember those laser guns that looked so cool.... and of course the Light Sabre. I think all of us wanted to own one then.
Remembering the X-Wing, TIE-Fighter, The Falcon and Darth Vader's Imperial Fighter....
Not forgetting R2D2 and C3PO...
And the Storm Troopers that looked so fierce, but look the this
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Today is EARTH DAY!!!
What have you done today to keep the earth healthy??
Think about the future.....
The Great Commandment : Camouflage
I have found it!!!!
The group that sounded like Depache Mode & Yazoo, which I kinda liked better, which again got my lil' sister saying them to be copycats.
But I liked them and so did my 2 good buddies YunSiang & TeeBeng.
Here's to 80's Disco Time with baggy pants and loafers mixed with hair-styles like Malcolm McLaren (see my previous blog entry)
Song : The Great Commandment
Album : Voice & Images
Release : 1988
For you information.... They survived longer than Depache Mode
Last released album or compilation : 2007 with this : ARCHIVE#01
The group that sounded like Depache Mode & Yazoo, which I kinda liked better, which again got my lil' sister saying them to be copycats.
But I liked them and so did my 2 good buddies YunSiang & TeeBeng.
Here's to 80's Disco Time with baggy pants and loafers mixed with hair-styles like Malcolm McLaren (see my previous blog entry)
Song : The Great Commandment
Album : Voice & Images
Release : 1988
For you information.... They survived longer than Depache Mode
Last released album or compilation : 2007 with this : ARCHIVE#01
Monday, April 21, 2008
Buffalo Girls : Malcolm McLaren
Malcolm McLaren - Cool man, sorta papa of punk and new wave music.
Then he looked like this
Now he's an old man
Buffalo Girls Video :
Then he looked like this
Now he's an old man
Buffalo Girls Video :
Friday, April 18, 2008
Decade of Apple II Computer
Remember those days of Green Monitors, Floppy Disk Drives that looks like 2 pieces of bricks put together???
Disk Drive that read only 1 sided five-quarter inch disks (MD-1DD) and the non-stop sound of [Crack... Crack...] When the drive was reading the disks!
WOW!!! That was wayyyy.... before Bill got rich!!
My favorite game then was of course LODE RUNNER
Those non-stop hours of trying to go-to-next-level and with six fingers crumpled in a lump in the middle of the keyboard... How did we manage? HAHAHA!!!
Watch this video... Sure brings back fond memories!
Disk Drive that read only 1 sided five-quarter inch disks (MD-1DD) and the non-stop sound of [Crack... Crack...] When the drive was reading the disks!
WOW!!! That was wayyyy.... before Bill got rich!!
My favorite game then was of course LODE RUNNER
Those non-stop hours of trying to go-to-next-level and with six fingers crumpled in a lump in the middle of the keyboard... How did we manage? HAHAHA!!!
Watch this video... Sure brings back fond memories!
Thursday, April 17, 2008
West End Girls : Pet Shopt Boys
Pet Shop Boys...
Duo from UK, Lead singer Neil Tennant and Keyboardist Chris Lowe.
Remembering them for our disco parties that we organised. Renting sound systems, compiling song with our double deck Sony Mini-Compo.... Ah.... How nice if there were I-Pods then.
But we enjoyed ourselves too.
Song : West End Girls
Album : Please
Release : 1984
Look at that hair style!!!
Duo from UK, Lead singer Neil Tennant and Keyboardist Chris Lowe.
Remembering them for our disco parties that we organised. Renting sound systems, compiling song with our double deck Sony Mini-Compo.... Ah.... How nice if there were I-Pods then.
But we enjoyed ourselves too.
Song : West End GirlsAlbum : Please
Release : 1984
Look at that hair style!!!
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Ahhh.... The Eighties
Eighties are the times when we were teenagers... The time of maybe what your sons' and daughters' age now!
Are those memories still vivid or are they seem a little faded?
Remember when we still ride our bicycle around, not so much traffic, fly kites during [Kite Flying Season], going to Pasar Malam just for the sake of "going to pasar malam" and when most importantly the weather is not as HOT as now....
Come to think of it, if I'm not mistaken, The Eighties was the time of the first Space Shuttle Mission. All that awe and excitement. That was when we first heard "Mission Control... This is Columbia... [crack]".
FYI the 1st space shuttle mission was Columbia (OV-102), launched on 12th April 1981.
Nasa Orbital Vehicle Designation
: OV-102
Designation
: STS-1
Launch Pad
: 39A
Landing Location
: Edwards Air Force Base
Fond memories.
And of course the songs of the eighties.... Songs by Madonna, Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Tears for Fears, Leslie Cheung (the late), Jacky Cheung, Alan Tam, Anita Mui (the late, again), just to name a few.
So I will try to put an eighties song a day here so that we can all reminisces the days of better weather (less global warming)
For today, I want to suggest "In A Big Country" by Big Country
Was this band BIG then? I'm not sure cos' during that time there was no internet or Wikipedia. We only rely on US & UK Billboard reports in newspapers and how many of us read the newspapers at that age...
Song : In A Big Country
Album : The Crossing
Release : 1983
(info got from Wikipedia : you see how good is the World Wide Web)
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Are those memories still vivid or are they seem a little faded?
Remember when we still ride our bicycle around, not so much traffic, fly kites during [Kite Flying Season], going to Pasar Malam just for the sake of "going to pasar malam" and when most importantly the weather is not as HOT as now....
Come to think of it, if I'm not mistaken, The Eighties was the time of the first Space Shuttle Mission. All that awe and excitement. That was when we first heard "Mission Control... This is Columbia... [crack]".
FYI the 1st space shuttle mission was Columbia (OV-102), launched on 12th April 1981.Nasa Orbital Vehicle Designation
: OV-102
Designation
: STS-1
Launch Pad
: 39A
Landing Location
: Edwards Air Force Base
Fond memories.
And of course the songs of the eighties.... Songs by Madonna, Howard Jones, Depeche Mode, Erasure, Tears for Fears, Leslie Cheung (the late), Jacky Cheung, Alan Tam, Anita Mui (the late, again), just to name a few.
So I will try to put an eighties song a day here so that we can all reminisces the days of better weather (less global warming)
For today, I want to suggest "In A Big Country" by Big Country
Was this band BIG then? I'm not sure cos' during that time there was no internet or Wikipedia. We only rely on US & UK Billboard reports in newspapers and how many of us read the newspapers at that age...
Song : In A Big Country
Album : The Crossing
Release : 1983
(info got from Wikipedia : you see how good is the World Wide Web)
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