A demonstration of how NOT to sing Pelangi’s “Biarku Menjadi Lilin”
December 29th, 2007Today we will have a music lesson. For that, we will choose a frequently requested song, which can be found in any karaoke bar in Malaysia. That song is “Biarku Menjadi Lilin” by the group Pelangi.
A little background about the song: it was released in 1986, composed by A. Ali with lyrics by Habsah Hassan, and has been covered quite a few times.
Our lesson for today is entitled “get your key right.” Do this BEFORE you start singing, preferable after rehearsing the song well ahead. This is of utmost importance, because once you start singing, you CANNOT stop the performance and ask for a different key in order to repeat the song from the beginning. That is unprofessional and most likely will turn your audience off.
Bearing that point in mind, should you find the key to be incorrect, you’d be forced to do the “tinggi rendah” (high low) move i.e. shifting between higher and lower octaves as you sing the song.
Observe (and of course enjoy) how this guy made a huge mess of the song, without probably even realising it. It was recorded in a nightspot somewhere in Sabah a few nights ago:
Suffice to say, listening to the audio is enough. If you saw the video too, like I did, I am sure you’d think that the guy needs to start reading wrinkle cream reviews.
Now compare that performance with how Pelangi did it:
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hehehe, that was funny… real funny… BUT YOU MISSED ANOTHER GREATEST MOMENT…. A PICTURE OF SABAH’S OWN STEVEN SEAGAL…!!!!!!! HE WAS ONE OF THE PATRONS, LISTENING TO THIS “PARROT” SWASHBUCKLING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No way, not even John Moores, Getty Images photographer, who used a state-of-the-art DSLR’s motor drive (10 pics per second - CV Chong standard?!) to take the late Benazir Bhutto’s suicide bomb explosion WILL NOT DARE take a photo of Steven Seagal of Sabah at that time!!!
ANOTHER THING WAS NOBODY UNDERSTOOD ANY DAMN WORD THIS GUY WAS SINGING….. INFACT HE SANG PURE TRASH……. HE SCREWED THAT SONG REAL BAD…. WHAT THE x@#$)(*&%^%!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have said this before, and I will say it again: the only things worth putting up on youtube are those which are REALLY GOOD and those which are REALLY BAD. Those in between (average) nobody interested to see/hear.
ni orang mabuk punya lagu…mau kasi rosak lagu je…
WHY DONT YOU COMPOSE A SONG SIMPLY ENTITLED “MABOK”!!!!!!!!!!!!!