Sponge Cola

A special entry
This is a music review
About Sponge Cola's 3rd album
Entitled: "Sponge Cola"
I bought my copy
At SM City Sta. Mesa
Yesterday, September 20
It was 320Php

The Album contained 14 tracks
I'll enumerate it in order
-Ayt! (T)
-Puso (T)
-Step Back (E)
-'Di Na Mababawi (T)
-In Another Life (E)
-G.K.T. (T)
-A Tear (E)
-All The Time (E)
-Wala Kang Katulad (T)
-Makapiling Ka (T)
-Lights (E)
-Meteor Shower (T)
-Saturn (E)
-Keep The Fire Burning (E)
(Legend:
T- Contains Tagalog Lyrics
E- Contains English Lyrics)

All are new and original
Except "A Tear" and "Saturn"
The 2 tracks are included in their Indie Album
But of course
They made some new "twist" in the song

-Ayt!-
The song talks about
A person in morning
That's the literal meaning
But the deeper meaning
In my interpretations
They are like a friend
That saying:
"There's hope waiting for you my friend"
The combo of instruments is also great
The part
"Konting bilis, kami ay naghihintay"
It is a great LSS for your mind
4 of 5 stars

-Puso-
Theme of the UAAP '08
Also like from a friend
Never quit
Very simple
The part "Dehado kung dehado"
Was very catchy
4 of 5 stars
-Step Back-
My personal favorite
The sound wasn't too loud or "metal"
A little bit sentimental (as they call it)
There is a part when
The only sound you can hear
Is the vocalist's voice
It was a great effect and the meaning of the phrase
Is too great
5 of 5 stars

-'Di Na Mababawi-
A silent song
The meaning is not too hard to figure out
I think an acoustic guitar is used in this track
Simple
Somehow
I can relate to it
4 of 5 stars

-In Another Life-
Just like Chris' songs
Jillian and Myself In You
This talks about a love one
The story is like
"My life is sacrificed even for you"
That's just my interpretation
4 of 5 stars

-G.K.T.-
Gising-Kain-Tulog
A song saying that GKT
Is a secret
That has an advantage and disadvantage
Together with Jomal Limao
If I'm not mistaken
He's from Kamikazee
But I'm not sure
The song's great
4 of 5 stars

-A Tear-
Aside from the better sound quality
You'll see the difference
To be honest
I like the older version
The older contains more rock actions
But the thing that I like most in the new version
They used
"Screamo"?
I'm not sure about the term
But it's a shout
It is located after the part:
"Why won't we come back"
It's great
Very great
5 of 5 stars

-All The Time-
They used a filter for the voice
That's why it is somehow difficult
To understand
It's the shortest in the album
3 of 5 stars

-Wala Kang Katulad-
This song
I don't if it is only me
But I think I've already heard the tune
The meaning's great
4 of 5 stars

-Makapiling Ka-
This song is a little bit sentimental
I think this song is humble
The one saying this seems eager
To be with the one he/she loves
Too much devotion
But the song is great
5 of 5 stars

-Lights-
A track that says
At the end of the darkness, there's light
The lyrics is positive
It give light
I mean
Hope for the listener
5 of 5 stars

-Meteor Shower-
The title's written in English
But the song is Tagalog
So tricky
They used the Meteor Shower
As a substitute for the exact meaning of the song
Still
It is tricky
They put descriptions about Meteor Shower
Which gives the lyrics a great meaning
4 of 5 stars

-Saturn-
They rearranged the song
Making the 2 verses
One after the other
And they used hi-hats too much
It's great
I liked it like the older version
They didn't used guitars at first
Or if they used it and I didn't realize it
Too minimal
LSS
5 of 5 stars

-Keep The Fire Burning-
The last song
And the longest one
The song says about
There's no such thing as end
They also used piano
As a major instrument used in the song
The melody is good
4 of 5 stars

That's the summary of the tracks
Now let's get to the album's physical characteristics
The case isn't too good
Since they only used
I think a cardboard
Instead of using CD Hard Plastic Case
Just like other album's
The album's front
Is simple
Sponge Cola
Represents the artist and the album's title
Is written in the center
And there's a big red circle
With 3 white spots scattered around it
In my interpretation
The circle represents the Saturn
And the white spot represents lights
And lights that will represent
Never ending fire
The back cover is an art
There's an image of the members
But stenciled
In the upper-right corner
There is the location of the song listing
And it has a very small font
The inside part
There's a large folded paper
Contains Pictures, Song Title and line from the song
The CD is simple also
It just like the circle in the cover
With "SC" in the lower-left portion
The only thing that I didn't like in this
Unlike the 1st 2 albums
They didn't include a sheet of paper
Containing the lyrics
So it is too difficult to sing along

I think I already said everything
Thanks for reading
Have a nice day

"Still I'm drawn to the flame and the feelings remain but the fire for the night, now a long lost memory."

---- Sponge Cola ( Step Back)

--marc22fews

Momentary Bliss

I've been a li'l bit busy
So I didn't able to enter these past weeks

To summarize the story
It's been fun
And a little bit great
But still
There's some negative
And that won't be taken off in our lives

Last September 6
We went in Metrowalk
It was fun
We celebrated my dad's day
The females used the "karaoke"
As for the males
The billiard table is available
At first
Me and my dad are playing
But as the visitors came
We give them a chance to play
But they didn't give us a chance anymore
Good thing I brought my guitar
So me and my cousin had a jam
We jammed Emily by Paraluman
Since it's the only song we are very familiar with
And the celebration ended
We had a picture taking session
While we are having some pictures
Eirene immediately said
"Nsan, diba si Raimund yon?"
And then I looked to the man
I was starstruck
It was Raimund Marasigan
1/4 of the Eraserheads
Member of different bands
And lead vocalist of Sandwich
I was going to ask him for a picture
But it was too late
He immediately go away
I felt disappointed
It was a chance of a lifetime
So we went to the parking lot
While walking
2 men overtaken me
And they were talking
I looked at them
They are Diego Castillo and Mike Dizon of Sandwich
I felt happy
I asked them immediately for a picture
And that picture is now posted at my friendster account
http://www.friendster.com/angpaboritongtaonihudas
Just go to the Public Photo Album and search
Back to the story
It was really great
I'm overwhelmed

Just to share to you
I already got my PS2
And there was no damage at all
So I did not pay anything
Even a single cent
So I continued playing
The games I'm playing

Last September 17
We had a celebration
In relation to the Science Month
As a Sophomore student
I'm a part of
"My DNA Works" Exhibit
Our classroom was decorated
We prepared different activities
In one activity
We used some worms
And everyone enjoyed it

To be honest
I don't know
If I forgot something
My apologies

Yesterday we went to Sta. Mesa, Manila
We bought a new guitar
It's a Lele Lumanog
Like my classmate's guitar
But of course
With a different design
I chose a black one
It was really great
Unfortunately
It was not the one I bought
It has a damage
So I chose another one
And it came out to be
A red turtle-back acoustic guitar w/ pick-up
It was awesome
I tried it to attached at our amplifier
And it sounds great
I also bought yesterday
Sponge Cola's new and 3rd album
Entitled: "Sponge Cola"
More details to be revealed next entry

Thanks for reading
Hope you'll be back for more
Wait
I remember one important thing
Our distribution of cards
It was held last September 13
My grades was fine
The lowest was 82
And it was Filipino
I also got grade below 85
In Social Science, Biology and Physics
To be boastful
My highest grade is in Advance Algebra
I told you I'll be boastful
I'm the highest in the class
It was 94

I think I did not forgot anything already
Again
Thanks
'Till my next entry

"There's a Fruitcake for everyone."

---- Eraserheads (Fruitcake)

--marc22fews