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Malaysia 101: Beautiful Malaysian Songs & Talented Artists Part 3

Amy Search Rock Band Malaysian Music

Malaysian rock bands have indeed carved a niche for themselves in the industry, drawing inspiration from iconic Western bands like Metallica, Bon Jovi, and Scorpions. Bands such as Search, which formed in the mid-, have become legends in their own right, breaking records with their debut album and delivering electrifying live performances that resonate with rock enthusiasts. Image source: Facebook

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Malaysia 101: Beautiful Malaysian Songs & Talented Artists Part 1

Alleycats Malaysian Singer David Arumugam

transcends cultural and linguistic boundaries, offering a shared experience that resonates with people regardless of their background and this includes our Malaysian songs that were made famous by Malaysian artists from different backgrounds & cultures. One such artist is the group known as Alleycats who are made of Indians and Chinese. Image source: Rate Your Music

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History 101: Remembering Childhood Grand KTMB Diesel Locomotives

Class 93 China Locomotive Train KTMB Public Transport

KTMB operates a number of locomotives manufactured by different manufacturers & countries and one of the most modern ones would be the slick 19 units of Class 93, Electric Intercity and Komuter trains manufactured by CRRC Zhuzhou , China. It is capable of achieving speeds up to 180 kilometres per hour although my recent experience had the running at a moderately slow speed. Image source: Wikipedia.

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My Favourite 1980s English Song: Everybody Wants To Rule The World By Tears For Fears 1985

1980s Everybody Want to Rule the World Tears for Fears Song

I rate the 1985 song, Everybody Wants To Rule The World as my top ten songs from the that I can hear all day long. I said this before in one of my posts and I will say it again – the 1980s was a golden year for both the & industry with some of the evergreen songs being composed by great musicians around the world. Image source: Youtube

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Tamil Song 101: Kamal’s Pon Maanai Catchy & Wonderful Classic 1984

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(The many faces of the great man in multiple roles all these years and he still making headlines even now. Image source: http://www.bollywoodlife.com)

In terms of , after the great , we were lucky to have taking up the lead when it comes to powerful acting. And over the years, he has not let us down with a powerful storyline and acting (still remember this?).

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Ilaiyaraaja: Project “Then, Now & Forever” 2013

Western classical is perspective – look at the number of people involved in a symphony! Our traditional music is lonely –

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A very young Ilaiyaraaja with the very talented and S. Janaki in the early during a recording session. Image source: The Federal

As long I could remember, I have been listening to Ilaiyaraaja music since I was still young and started to have an appreciation of his style of music – all the way from the (you are aware that Annakili was not his first and that he had to impress the producer Panchu Arunachalam by a song that his mother sang and using the table as a music instrument?) to his latest flick in “Neethane En Ponvasantham” – thanks to my Dad who was a big fan of Ilaiyaraaja (Ilaiyaraaja means the “younger” Raja – that is because the music industry already had another named Raja – the famed A.M. Raja).

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Childhood Memories: Part 21 – Best Old TV Series

combat TV vic morrow 1980s

(The dependable Sergeant Saunders with his platoon from the hit , Combat! Image source: Pinterest)

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Lately, I have been watching M*A*S*H (the series) – last seen on national TV in the (or earlier, I can’t recall) and I must say that I almost missed something rather brilliant. Then again, I was too young to understand the double meaning jokes in M*A*S*H. Now it makes sense to me.

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Childhood Memories: Part 16 – Great Groovy 1980s Music

kids 1980 music madonna

(One of the greatest female singer from the 1980s music arena – Madonna who still tops my playlist for 1908s songs. Image source: http://mediaimages.boxedart.com)

I don’t why but I recall the good old 80’s as I sat in front of the laptop doing work and listening to A-Ha’s “Take on me”. That song and other songs in my collection bring back a sense of déjà-vu.

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Childhood Memories: Part 15 – Fast Exciting Motorcycle Grand Prix

grand prix superbike motorcycle

Still, remember the time when Formula 1 was unknown and a distance away and all we have was the Bike GP (Grand Prix)?

And to colour them was Rothmans Honda, Lucky Strike Suzuki and Marlboro Yamaha. I still remember entering my uncle’s room one day and there on the wall, was a large poster of Kevin Schwantz taking a corner on his Lucky Strike Suzuki.

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