Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

Read: Big Brother Is Watching You

Tempo hari disuruh baca sama review novel, yang rupanya bagus banget. 
Judulnya 1984, karangan George Oswell.
Tentang dunia distopian. Tentang kekuasaan dan terenggutnya kebebasan. Tentang penyiksaan dan pelenyapan akal sehat manusia.


Ringkasan:

Novel ini menceritakan tentang dunia distopia London di masa depan, di mana kehidupan diatur, diawasi, dan diarahkan sepenuhnya oleh negara. Setiap gerak-gerik kecil akan diawasi oleh Polisi Pikiran melalui teleskrin. Setiap rumah dipasangi poster Bung Besar, pemimpin mereka. Setiap hari, rakyat dicekoki pidato manipulatif dari pemerintah. Sedikit saja ada gerakan menyimpang, seseorang akan langsung diuapkan (dilenyapkan), seperti Goldstein—yang dibenci seantero negeri karena melawan kediktatoran rezim.

Winston Smith bekerja di Kementrian Kebenaran, tepatnya Departemen Catatan. Sehari-hari, ia bertugas untuk mengubah dan memanipulasi seluruh catatan dan sejarah pemerintahan, yang kemudian disiarkan kepada rakyat sesuai instruksi dari Partai. Kenyataan yang diterima rakyat selama ini bukanlah kenyataan sesungguhnya. Pikiran rakyat telah ortodoks, menganggap bahwa Bung Besar ialah penyelamat mereka.

Winston berpikir bahwa hal ini salah. Ia mulai membenci rezim Bung Besar, meski ia tak punya nyali untuk menujukkan hal itu. Selanjutnya, ia mengenal O’Brien, seorang anggota Partai Inti. Winston melihat sesuatu yang menarik dari dirinya. Setidaknya, ia tahu bahwa O’Brien memiliki pikiran yang sama, membenci Bung Besar.

Di sisi lain, Winston mulai jatuh cinta kepada seorang perempuan dari Departemen Fiksi. Winston telah berpisah dengan istri lamanya, tetapi ia ragu untuk memulai hubungan baru. Selain karena ia membenci perempuan Partai yang kolot, kegiatan seks adalah hal terlarang dalam Partai, bahkan pernikahan hanya dianggap sebagai formalitas untuk mendapatkan keturunan.

Ada sebuah slogan dari partai tersebut yang paling nyanthel di otak:
Perang ialah Damai
Kebebasan Ialah Perbudakan
Kebodohan Ialah Kekuatan


Yang ngeri, novel ini kayak semacam ramalan, yang beneran terjadi! Sebab, nih novel mahakarya ternyata dibuatnya tahun 1940-an, yang menceritakan tahun 1984! Ngeri nggak noh coy?
Bagusnya, ni novel ceritanya nggak ngeri-ngeri mulu, alias stagnan. Ada komedinya, walaupun lebih ke dark comedy, sih. Tapi serius, ceritanya menarik banget buat dibaca.
Dan ntah kenapa waktu baca-baca buku ini review orang-orang tentang buku ini yang kebayang di benak saya adalah album Megadeth terbaru. Hehe.



Eh, nih novel ternyata ada filmnya juga loh. Tapi nggak tau sih, saya belum nonton. Agak ragu sih apa bakalan sebagus novelnya, soalnya nih film dibuatnya juga di tahun 1956 coy. Jadi mungkin efek-efek visualnya agak lucu kalo ditonton di zaman sekarang.



Terima kasih dosen mata kuliah jurusan lain. Masuk kelasmu ternyata nggak sia-sia. 
PS: Bacanya sih baru di pdf dan belum rampung. Pengen beli aja ke gramed deh kalo sempet dan punya duit. Heu. 

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Hail To The King ♫

New single of Avenged Sevenfold's album with the same title.



FYI, album pertama mereka tanpa The Rev.

Albumnya udah bocor di inet sebelum bereda.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

What A Long Song ♫

Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence is a massive 42 minute song by the lords of progressive metal-Dream Theater. The song is about six people with mental diseases (multiple personality, schizophrenia, autism, etc). This is the longest Dream theater song, in front of Octavarium, A change of seasons, and in the presence of enemies. This is known to be Dream Theaters greatest work! (WARNING!!! THE SONG IS TOO LONG! But it isn't boring, I think.)


Friday, August 31, 2012

A Tout Le Monde - Megadeth ♫

Don't remember where I was
I realized life was a game

The more seriously I took things
The harder the rules became

I had no idea what it'd cost
My life passed before my eyes

I found out how little I accomplished
All my plans denied

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Roulette - S.O.A.D. ♫

I have a problem that I cannot explain,
I have no reason why it should have been so plain,
Have no questions but I sure have excuse,
I lack the reason why I should be so confused,

I know, how I feel when I'm around you,
I, don't know, how I feel when I'm around you,
Around you,

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Fiction - Avenged Sevenfold ♫

Now I think I understand
How this world can overcome a man
Like a friend we saw it through
In the end I gave my life for you

Gave you all I had to give
Found a place for me to rest my head
While I may be hard to find
Heard there's peace just on the other side

Not that I could or that I would
Let it burn under my skin, let it burn

Let this life just set me free
Took a piece of you inside of me
All this hurt can finally fade
Promise me you'll never feel afraid

Not that I could or that I would
Let it burn under my skin, let it burn

I hope it's worth it
Here on the highway, yeah
I know you'll find your own way
When I'm not with you

So tell everybody
The ones who walk beside me, yeah
I hope you'll find your own way
When I'm not with you tonight

I hope it's worth it
What's left behind me, yeah
I know you'll find your own way
When I'm not with you

So tell everybody
The ones who walk beside me, yeah
I know you'll find your own way
When I'm not with you tonight

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

M.I.A - Avenged Sevenfold ♫


 
(G D A Em G D A C Em)2x

G                         Em D Am
Now fighting rages on and on,
G                               Em  D Am
to challenge me you must be strong.
G                                 Em   D Am 
I'll walk your land but don't be long,
G                             Em   D Am
two million soldiers cant be wrong. 

G
Its no fun but i've been here before. 
Em
I'm far from home and im fighting your war. 
 D            A               Em            G
(By the way i pictured this i wanted better things) 
G
Some are scared others killing for fun,
Em
i shot a mother in front of her son. 
 D            A                     Em                 G
(Change this from my consciousness and please erase my dreams) 

G                 D
Fight for honour, fight for your life. 
A                 C
Pray to god that our side is right. 
Em                           A
You know we won but still we lose,
D
until we make it home to you. 

G                 D                  A                
I see your mother still in tears we grew up so fast
    C                              
where did those years go. 
Em            A                  D    
Memories wont let you cry unless i don't return tonight. 

(G D A Em G D A C Em)2x

G
So many soldiers on the other side, 
Em
I take their live so they can't take mine. 
D               A                Em              G
(Scared to make it out alive now murders all i know.)

G
Nobody tells me all the reasons were here,
E
i am a weapon so there's nothing to fear. 
D             A               Em               G
(Another day another life but nothing real to show for.) 

G                 D
Fight for honour, fight for your life. 
A                 C
Pray to god that our side is right. 
Em                           A
You know we won but still we lose,
D
until we make it home to you. 

G                 D                  A                
I see your mother still in tears we grew up so fast
    C                              
where did those years go. 
Em            A                  D    
Memories wont let you cry unless i don't return tonight.

G                       D                                A
Staring at the carnage, praying that the sun will never rise. 
        C               A
Living another day in disguise. 
      G                D                     A
These feelings can't be right, lend me your courage to stand up and fight. 

C                                                   C Em C Em
Watching the death tool rise wondering how im alive. 
G                             A
Strangers blood on my hands, showed all i can. 
C                                                         C Em C Em                               
There were no sunny nights watching your brothers all die 
G                            A                         
To destroy all their plans with no thought of me.

G      A        D
(No thought of me) 
               G
No thought of me

Thursday, July 14, 2011

Eternal Rest - Avenged Sevenfold ♫

Black enchanting eyes,
cut through my heart
with no regret or sign of life
They tear apart my pride
and cold runs through my veins
I feel their stare from miles
haunting every step
and they won't stop hunting me down
I know the time will come,
when all around me's burned
and you'll still see me there
Asking where you went too
and what person brought you here
And why you left the burning children
cold out in the night
and calling for you all alone...

Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Take these chains away that are holding me down
Holding me down

They'll find you alone
and your desperate and villainous ways
Turning their hearts into stone
they seek more than vengeance
Look in their eyes your pain is their satisfaction
Look in their eyes and see the darkness take hold
I'm controlled by fate (waiting for)
Tired of your parade (waiting for)
No sign of vengeance (waiting for)
Burn for the rest of time (waiting)

Hear the haunting words (They'll find you alone)
lost children with no heart are crying (Turning their hearts into stone)
and you're the lost mother they're calling
Go now, run and hide (seek more than vengeance)
I hear them crying at night (your pain is their satisfaction)
outside when the planets are falling (for the rest of time)
They want to feel and know you hear them (Go now, run and hide)

Dark in their hearts,
I can feel it burn inside of me
Tormented young with no souls, haunting me
Pain in their lives all they know is misery
Take these chains away that are holding me down
(holding me down)

Go now
Run and hide

Eternal rest in time
Eternal rest in time

Thursday, July 7, 2011

So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold ♫


Never feared for anything
Never shamed but never free
A life to heal the broken heart with all that it could

Lived a life so endlessly
Saw beyond what others see
I tried to heal your broken heart with all that I could

Will you stay?
Will you stay away forever?

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place and time always on my mind
I have so much to say but you're so far away

Plans of what our futures hold
Foolish lies of growing old
It seems we're so invincible
The truth is so cold

A final song, a last request
A perfect chapter laid to rest
Now and then I try to find a place in my mind

Where you can stay
You can stay away forever

So Far Away

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place and time always on my mind

I have so much to say but you're so far away

Sleep tight, I'm not afraid
The ones we love are here with me
Lay away a place for me
Cause as soon as I'm done I'll be on my way
To live eternally

How do I live without the ones I love?
Time still turns the pages of the book it's burned
Place and time always on my mind
And the light you left remains but it's so hard to stay
When I have so much to say and you're so far away

I love you
You were ready
The pain is strong and urges rise
But I'll see you
When it lets me
Your pain is gone, your hands are untied

So far away
And I need you to know

So far away
And I need you to
I need you to know

Friday, May 20, 2011

And All Thing Will Ends - Avenged Sevenfold ♫

Lived through you,
safe with how we lived our lives,
with how it all turned out.
(But things are bound to change)
Uncovered lies, surfaced throughout,
will make you change your mind

Sometimes life is altered
Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

When I see you, I can read it in your eyes,
fate misunderstood.
(But things are bound to change)
Swallowed the lies, can't blame you for,
thinking with your heart.

Sometimes life is altered.
Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
Uneasy with confrontation.
Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right

I see my world crumble and fall, before my eyes
I know, I know.
Dark will turn to light, in time I'll be alright
I know, I know
(I never imagined my life could turn out this way
So cold so black so alone)

Living goes by fast, catch your breath
and it will pass you by.
And it won't last, to sulk with the memories you hold.

Sometimes life is altered.
Break from the ropes your hands are tied.
Uneasy with confrontation.
Won't turn out right. Can't turn out right
[x2]