vox angelica

true. i hate to see people with hairstyle like rian d'masiv. or giring nidji.  and the skinny pants too. or the hair of viera. maybe until the end of time. but i enjoy their songs. because the street artists (as how i like to call the buskers of metromini and kopaja) helped me to digest their music. so, i'll share you some of my favourites.

 

as for st12, i love them with all my heart. and the looking like abang-abang penjual dvd bajakans charly st12 with his overacting it a lot singing live on stage. but the way he did isabella, even with my continuous verbal-vomit, i still think st12 rules!

 

-      mau dibawa ke mana – armada band

        first heard it on metromini 610 sang by the duo buskers with punk style. the one singing is rather cute, and i just couldn't help not to sing along as he take the song to the next level with his cengkok melayu. he sounded better than the original version.

-          rindu setengah mati – d'masiv (feat. kevin aprilio of vierra)

        almost all buskers (and me) know this one (or every d'masiv new released). but i grew to like this one after a ride of metromini 72. two buskers, a teenage boy (i guess he was about 17 or 18 rather cute) with a deep voice and a kid, probably 9 or 12 with an even immature voice. the kid played the guitar, quite impressive, better than most adult buskers, i must say. i liked the way they sing the song. and they are quite polite and dressed nicely. with shoes even! still, i wait for that d'masiv expert in pondok labu who always sings d'masiv songs better than the original performer. if only he would perform earlier, since now i almost never go to work around 6:30.

-          buka hatimu – armada band

        i knew this song quite a while. i guess it was one of the sinetrons soundtrack. but starting to like it when in one of my 610 ride, hopped a girl collaborated with a busker to sing the song in metrominis and kopajas. her story was she sings to collect money to pay for his father's debt who left her and her mother to live with his new wife. she had to pay for the debts because she was the eldest and her mum was sick. she studied in bsi mampang, so she said. she always mentioned her name at the end of her 'show', which i keep forgetting every time. and i don't really care with the story even when it sounded so everybody's excuse, i don't even give her anything most times. but i sort of like the way she interacted with the passengers, she even remembered some of the regulars (like myself). and most of all i think they successfully nailed the last 'betapa sakitnya betapa perihnya..' part.

-          rasa ini – vierra

        i have to heard this song quite often before i could really enjoy it. i thought because i like viera's perih, then i could try to enjoy this one. and i did.

-      aw aw aw – the potters

        the duo buskers with simple drums and guitar who look and sounded like kangen band (the potters is kangen band's apprentice, so both bands do sound like each other; hence the cover version should somewhat alike) in metromini 72 from lebak bulus performed it better than the potters. it's true. i downloaded the the potters' version and was disappointed that the song did not sound the same (so i deleted from my computer). i even think that the buskers rearranged the melody.

-      di bawah langitmu – opick

        this is ramadhan song. but in metrominis opick specialist performer are easily found. my favourite was the d'masiv expert in pondok labu. i guess i like his type of voice. and this song is not as overrated as maha melihat who is sang by literally most opick specialists.

-      telepon aku – shandy canester

        when i heard and saw the video clip, i wasn't too fond of it. i thought he sounded like ello and john mayer. i hate ello's songs and I thought 'your body is a wonderland' is rather overrated. but, when i heard it in either kopaja 63 or metromini 640, his song became more acceptable to my hearing senses.

 

* i like alexa too, but couldn't find the title of the song i like. i like that one particular song because the intro reminded me of the smashing pumpkins.