#MusicMonday - Rachael Yamagata - "Even If I Don't"

I am totally bad and looking out for good music especially when it comes to non-mainstream music. Good thing I have friends that shares good music with me and here I wanna to share with you guys too! I will try to do more #MusicMonday! To kick start this "program, here's a good song by Rachael Yamagata.

I think the lyrics is pretty cool and something that always everyone can relate yourself to. No? 



"Even If I Don't"

I miss you most in the morning
Most every morning
I wake up thinking
I could call
I could come visit
I could come running
We could relive it

But when I think of all that we've been through
Going back to you
Seems such a foolish thing to do
I hope you know
That even if I don't
I wanted to

All those words
You said at the ending
Were pretty revealing
And I can't forget them
All those ways
We missed at connecting
Despite all our trying
It always came back to
What I couldn't give you

So when I think of starting up again
Or trying to be friends
It seems impossible to do
I hope you know
That even if we can't
I wanted to

Who knows why
Two people perfectly aligned
Should ever have to find themselves apart
I'll never understand my heart

I miss you
Most in the morning
Most every morning
I wake up crying

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LMF - Lazy Mutha Fucka

I've been their fans for a few years. When I say I'm their fan I don't mean I memories their birthdays or buy all their CDs and in fact it is really hard to get any of their music.

Who are they? According to Wikipedia :

LMF also known as Lazy Mutha Fucka or Lazy Muthafucka, is a Cantonese hip-hop group in Hong Kong. The group, signed by Warner Music, was founded in 1993, disbanded in 2003 and regrouped in 2009. Some members of LMF are pursuing solo careers.
In contrast with the norm of commercialized and packaged Cantopop at the time, LMF writes and perform their original music. All members of the group hailed from poverty and their songs often depict life and struggle in the underclass and working class; which created a lot of controversies due to the cursing and the subject matter. They are ostracized by the mainstream media for a variety of reasons; among them, their perceived negative influence on Hong Kong youth, their promotion of the hip-hop attitude, and their rough appearance that contrasted the normally well-dressed and clean-cut performers in the music industry.

Update on 11 Feb 2013: I found these videos online, an interview for the LMFs. Dare Ya - 大你. It's a little long but it's interesting. There are some lines that I really like: (pardon for my translation.)

"playing music, forming band is not about getting rich, if you wanna be rich go be a bank or something."

"We like music, we play music. I don't like it when people recognize me, I just want to play music. I am not idol."

"I don't think people want to know who likes what or who is the best in what cause we are not idol, we just need people to like our music." 

These are something that makes me really like them. They know where they stand, they know what they are doing and for what. It's not just about making money or getting fame cause like they mentioned, there are better ways to get fame and make money. I guess it's the same thing I will tell many bloggers in Singapore. Guys, you don't blog to be famous or rich, there are other way of doing it. Like blogging because you like to write. 

Here is the 6 part youtube interview. (My fav has to be part 4 and 5. About HK Music and HK Media.)








I discovered this band back in 2000 there about where I was at one of the typical night market also better known as Pasam Malam and they were playing some canto rap and that totally got my attention. After some research and all I finally manage to get my hands on two of their Original CDs at HMV.

LMF Shits which I am still listening to.

LMFAMiGLIA, my very first LMF CD.

 I would say because of the things they sing they get very little media acknowledgement for it even when it's very meaningful and nice. Not that many Singaporean understand Canto and thus they are not THAT popular here as well. In fact not many knows about them. Every time I see any person who knows them I feel like I just bump into a long lost relative.

I would like to introduce two of my favorite song of theirs, it's not because it's just catchy or is it full of vulgar but because it's really meaningful.

Respect For Da Chopstick Hiphop

I really like this part of the lyrics:

     介绍呢种音乐
　 系关于社会 关于自由 关于种族
　 真正Hip-Hop声音系每一句说话都系有血有肉

This is what Hip Hop is about. It's about singing what you feel. Expressing yourself.

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And this is another one which I really like.

我地既出世就好似一张签爆左既信用卡分期摊还最后发觉回头太难.

Which means having a kid is like a credit card, you just have to keep paying.

Anyway I'm really sad that it's hard to be their fan here as we have very limited resource and I'm even more sad that they are disbanded. But good music never dies.

Hope you guys enjoy my intro for this Friday.

Mr.Smith, RESPECT RESPECT.

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