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Firehouse – Dream (Mp3 Download)

Gallivanter — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:06:25 +0000

This is an old song by Firehouse, 12 years to be exact. It was from the album after the album that gave us “I Live My Life For You”. While this song fails to capture the momentum of that track, it’s still a decent rock ballad of sorts. I know many people have a love-hate relationship with Firehouse, but I used to be a big fan of them back then, until like all bands do, whither away into oblivion.

Firehouse - Dream (Mp3 Download)

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Nelly – Tippin’ In the Club (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:06:13 +0000

It’s been a while since Nelly took the world by storm some 10 years ago. He’s been trying every now and again to return to stardom but have failed miserably. What about this track though? Banging beat, classic Nelly rapping, just about the right ingredients to get the booties shakin’ and the hearts pumpin’. Could this be the return of Nelly? Possibly if he keeps churning songs like this.

Nelly - Tippin' In the Club (Mp3 Download) Review

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Great Big Sea – Yankee Sailor (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:06:05 +0000

This is a folk rock band, and I kinda dig this track. It sings about the usual American hoopla, although delivered in some Scottish/Irish theme to make it a decent potpourri that could go down well with some. In fact, I’ll share not only this track but also a fast number called “Good People”. My personal inclination is obviously towards this song because of the smogasbord of instruments.

Great Big Sea - Yankee Sailor Review

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DOWNLOAD Great Big Sea – Good People MP3 5/10

Coming Soon? Mitsubishi Lancer Badged as Proton!

Gallivanter — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:06:19 +0000

Yes, you read it right. Come year end, Proton will finally stop making the God-damned Waja. They will instead sell Mitsubishi Lancer rebadged under Proton for less than RM80K! I think the Lancer’s approx RM115K in the market, so to those of you who bought the Mitsubishi Lancer, you’re technically screwed in the second-hand car market.

Proton Lancer Waja Replacement?

Having said that, I doubt that it’s the above Mitsubishi Lancer the dudes at Proton been yapping about. I have a sneaky feeling it’ll be this Lancer, Lancer Fortis instead, which is very similar to the Waja and is as ugly.

Proton Lancer Fortis AKA Proton Lancau?

Whatever it may be, I’m glad to have gotten rid of the Proton Gen-2. While it has served me well for 5 years, I realized what I was truly missing when I switched to a Kia Forte. Driving these days has been an absolute pleasure!

Atozzio – It’s Amazing (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:06:44 +0000

Wowee. Now this is a nice slow jam by Atozzio. And this is coming from someone who dislikes R&B music in general because of the similarities in the genre that makes it boring. The chorus is really pleasing to the ears although you get the feeling that the melody is recycled from some other tune. Despite that and it’s weakish verses, I think overall, it’s a nice track for an easy listening.

Atozzio - It's Amazing (Mp3 Download) Review

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DJ Jacky featuring Pitbull – Google Me (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:50:44 +0000

Again, Janet Jackson’s haunting song, is sampled yet..again. This time Pitbull joins forces with DJ Jacky and I think it’s that fella Fatman Scoop also lends his voice. It’s not that great big deal of a song as it sounds more like a mashup of sorts. I think if these musicians put their hearts and minds to it, it would’ve been a more polished effort. The jury’s out on this one.

DJ Jacky ft Pitbull - Google Me (Mp3 Review)

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Modern Family (TV Series) Review

Gallivanter — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:06:58 +0000

I have to thank my boss Julian who introduced me to this series. He spoke about it while we were having a departmental lunch. I asked him more about it and he said, “If you like Arrested Development, you’ll love this even more.” I remember enjoying watching “Arrested Development”, so I thought what the heck.

Modern Family TV Show Review

Mel & I loved the show. It has all the cliche of a modern family – a dad who marries a younger foreign hot wife, a typical family whose 3 children are the examples of nerdy, beauty without brains and a dumb son. Then there’s the gay couple who adopts a foreign son ala Angelina Jolie.

My favorite character, funny enough, because I am homophobic to an extent, is the fat gay dude whose hilarious. I have to also specially mention the dad in the movie, another quirky character, but never fails to make you laugh as well.

The jokes are very dry but very effective. It may not go down too well with some people because there’s no laughter background like your usual sitcoms – situational comedies. It’s a mockumentary, similarly shot in the style of “The Office” in terms of interviews.

I am looking forward to Season 2 already!

Modern Family (TV Series) Review

GALLIVANTER’S VERDICT: 8/10

Win 25 Online TV Passes to Watch Badminton World Championships 2010 LIVE Streaming FREE!

Gallivanter — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:06:11 +0000

From 23 August 2010 to 29 August 2010, Paris will play host to the Badminton World Championships 2010 where the world’s best badminton players battle it out individually to be crowned World Champions in their respective categories – men’s singles, men’s doubles, mixed doubles, women’s singles and women’s doubles.

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China are the hot favorites once again to retain all 4 categories it won in the 2009 event when Lin Dan took the gold for the men’s singles, Lu Lan for the women’s singles, Fu Haifeng and Ca Yun for the men’s doubles, Zhang Yawen and Zhao Tingting for the women’s doubles.

Lin Dan has won 3 titles in a row and it would take a Herculean effort from his competitors to prevent him from winning his 4th.

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Bon Jovi – Return to the Crossroads: Greatest Hits Volume 2 1995-2010 Song List

Gallivanter — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:06:17 +0000

I’ve been reading about this, that Bon Jovi’s planning a Volume 2 of their greatest hits, and many fans out there seem to be confused with the definition of Volume 2 as they hope for hits like “Livin’ On a Prayer”, “I’ll Be There For You”, “You Give Love a Bad Name”, “Wanted Dead or Alive”, “Bad Medicine”, “Bed of Roses”, “Keep the Faith”, “In These Arms”, “Blaze of Glory” to make the cut. Balls. This is VOLUME 2.

Bon Jovi: Return to the Crossroads

Here’s a list of songs that I hope would make the cut, in addition to the 4 new songs that Bon Jovi plans to release, just like they did with Crossroads when “Always” and “Someday I’ll Be Saturday Night” became classics.

This is what I think Bon Jovi will do commercially, looking at the singles from each of their album spanning from 1995 to 2010:

1. Hey God
2. This Ain’t a Love Song
3. These Days
4. Lie to Me
5. Real Life
6. It’s My Life
7. Say It Isn’t So
8. Thank You For Loving Me
9. One Wild Night
10. Everyday
11. Misunderstood
12. All About Lovin You
13. Have a Nice Day
14. Welcome to Wherever You Are
15. Who Says You Can’t Go Home
16. (You Want to) Make a Memory
17. Whole Lot of Leavin’
18. Till We Ain’t Strangers Anymore
19. We Weren’t Born to Follow
20. When We Were Beautiful
21. Superman Tonight

Plus 4 new tracks to be released as a double CD.

Bon Jovi: Return to the Crossroads

Here’s what I would like to see instead:

1. Hey God
2. This Ain’t a Love Song
3. (It’s Hard) Letting You Go
4. Hearts Breaking Even
5. Bitter Wine
6. Real Life
7. It’s My Life
8. Undivided
9. Misunderstood
10. Bounce
11. All About Lovin’ You
12. Have a Nice Day
13. Welcome to Wherever You Are
14. Bells of Freedom
15. (You Want To) Make a Memory
16. Whole Lot of Leavin’
17. Any Other Day
18. The Last Night
19. When We Were Beautiful
20. Love’s the Only Rule
21. Learn to Love

Bei Maejor feat Keri Hilson – Gamez (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:06:36 +0000

I wanted to blog about Bei Maejor’s other song, “Drunk in the Club”, providing mp3 download for you, but somehow I missed out on that tune. I only realize after I heard of this track “Gamez” featuring Keri Hilson. Nevertheless I will share both tunes for you to download at the end of the post. I have to admit that so far with these songs, Bei Maejor has come out with 2 infectious tracks that I will not be surprised one of it will blaze the radio stations in the near future.

Bei Maejor - Drunk in the Club & Gamez

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New Boyz feat Iyaz – Break My Bank (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:35:43 +0000

I heard this song a couple of weeks’ ago, but it didn’t really stood out enough for me to blog about it. The reason for a change of mind is because as I was scouring through the charts looking at the latest releases, I noticed that this track was an airplay gainer. It’s a very chilled back cool melody but that’s just about it, as there’s nothing special about this track to stick in one’s musical library for a long time.

New Boyz feat Iyaz - Break My Bank (Mp3 Download) Review

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Newsboys – Running to You (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:06:48 +0000

This is a religion-themed track, and Newsboys knocks it out of the park. It’s a pity that I’m no longer active in church as I was when I was much younger, else, I would’ve defied the traditional Catholic rules by introducing songs like this during mass, to make it more relevant to the current society. Great track by the way!

Newsboys - Running to You (Song Review)

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Ramzi – Man in the Mirror (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:06:45 +0000

This is a nice ode to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. It’s not easy trying to cover his tracks without ending up looking like a poor man’s version. Ramzi brings an R&B vibe to it, and the beat makes it a little gospel, delivering a more uplifting theme than the original. I love Michael Jackson’s Man in the Mirror, and I remember singing it in front of my classmates when I was 11 years old. Ramzi does OK here.

Ramzi - Man in the Mirror (Song Review)

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Steve Azar – You’re My Sunshine (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:06:05 +0000

An absolutely amazing delivery of a melancholic yet emotionally-driven track with a mellowed musical arrangement, which makes it a perfect ying-yang. I love this track and prior to this, I have never heard of Steve Azar, who’s apparently been in the music business since 1996. I like to unearth tracks like this, with so much warmth and poise, like a nightfall on a weekend, welcoming the calm before a storm called Monday comes to take you on a rollercoaster ride.

Steve Azar - You're My Sunshine (Song Review)

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Travis Garland – Sexy Together (Mp3 Download) Review

Gallivanter — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 00:06:00 +0000

I love the chorus of this R&B track. The beat blends very well with the delivery of the emotions that Travis Garland offers. This 20-year old dude was previously with some boyband called NLT, whom for the life of me, have never heard of them. I think the highest accolade that one can give to a singer with all the knowledge that it’s a racist statement is, Travis Garland sounds black and that’s a freaking compliment.

Travis Garland - Sexy Together (Song Review)

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