Quiet Down by Adhitia Sofyan

Oke, akhirnya nggak nahan juga buat share karya yang pricelessnya Bang Adhitia Sofyan :D

Nggak pernah sebelumnya nge-fans sama musik karya orang Indonesia sampai sebegininya. Dulu sih pas kecil, gue ngefans banget tuh sama yang namanya Agnez Monica. Tetapi semua berubah sejak negara api menyerang..

Eh bentar. Negara api itu menyerangnya kapan, ya?

Guys?
Gusy?
Hello?
Nggak tau, ya?

Oke deh.
Skip.
Lupakan.

Pokoknya ngefans sama Agnez (Eh, Agnez apa Agnes, sih?) tuh jaman SD. Ngeliatnya keren gitu dancenya. Dan kayaknya emang cuman suka-sukaan aja, gitu. Nggak bener-bener 'diresapi'. Pas SMP, ngefansnya jadi sama Taylor Swift. Ini awet banget ngefans sama Taylor tuh. Sampai punya ratusan lagu di folder. Beranjak SMA, sekitar kelas 11, kenalan sama musiknya Ed Sheeran, gara-gara dia duet sama Tay di lagu Everything Has Changed. Sampai punya ratusan lagu juga dari Ed. Dan sampai sekarang masih sih ngefans sama Tay dan Ed ini.. ♥

Sip, cerita di atas ditutup sampai disini. Balik lagi ke musiknya Adhitia Sofyan.

Suatu hari, gue, aku,
Bentar. Aku kalau ngomong sehari-hari kan pake 'aku', ya. Cuman kalau di blog mah 'gue' aja lah, ya. Biar lebih nyante gimana gitu, bro 8))

Oke, jadi gini. Suatu hari, gue nonton film pertamanya Raditya Dika, yakni Kambing Jantan. Waktu itu nontonnya dari youtube. Pas di ending film, ada lagu yang bikin stuck di kepala sampai beberapa hari. Liriknya:

I'll be, looking at my window, seeing Adelaide sky
Would you be kind enough to remember?
I'll be, hearing my own footsteps, under Adelaide sky
Would you kind enough to remember?

Yang emang keadaannya pas banget sama posisi si Bang Radit saat itu, yang lagi di Adelaide, Australia dan LDRan sama pacarnya.

Respon pertama denger lagunya: 'Eh, catchy nih. Enak lagunya. Kayak gak asing, kayak pernah denger. Lagu siapa, sih?'

Browsing-browsing liat ke song-listnya Kambing Jantan, dan ketemu judulnya Adelaide Sky. Terus diliat siapa penyanyinya...

'YA AMPUN, TERNYATA ORANG INDONESIA? :O Kirain penyanyi luar, lah! :O'

Distalk youtubenya....

'Ih, asik ya lagu-lagunya..'

Akhirnya didownload semua albumnya :'D

Albumnya waktu itu berbentuk .zip kalau gak salah. Karena males nge-unzip, akhirnya si album ada di folder komputer selama berbulan-bulan, dan playlist winamp masih penuh sama Ed waktu itu. Sampai akhirnya agak bosen sama lagu Ed yang itu-itu lagi, akhirnya foldernya di-unzip, dan sekarang entah udah berapa bulan lagu-lagunya Bang Adit ada di playlist winamp. Diputer shuffle, dan repeat-all. :D

Kali ini, mau bahas Quiet Down, album yang pertamanya. Untuk album yang kedua dan ketiga, entah mau dibahasnya kapan. Karena satu, ini tuh postan kedua di blog ini di hari ini. Dan dua, cadangan buat post bulan Mei. X)) Jadi, kemungkinan buat album yang kedua dan ketiga, bakal dipostnya minggu depan. :D Walaupun sebenernya ingin ngeshare semua sekarang, sih.. X))

Di album Quiet Down ini ada 11 lagu. Bahas satu-satu yuk, mariii


1. Adelaide Sky

Kayak yang udah dibahas sedikit di atas, lagu ini tentang LDRan, dan salah satu tokoh yang menjalani LDR ini ada di Adelaide.

I'll fly away tomorrow
To far away
I'll admit a cliché
Things won't be the same without you

Tentang how-I-want-you-to-fly-with-me

I let you know what's on my mind
I wish they've made you portable
Then I carry you around and round
And I bet you'll look good on me

Tentang how-I-miss-you-when-we-apart-and-it's-so-hard-for-just-to-talk-with-you

I've been meaning to call you soon
But we're in different times
You might not be home now
Would you take a message
I'll try to stay awake
And fight your presence in my head

2. Memilihmu

Lagu ini satu-satunya lagu Bang Adit yang gue punya, yang berbahasa Indonesia. It's pretty catchy, I can say.

Dari judul juga bisa ditebak, kalau ini lagu tentang memilihmu :))
Lagu ini semacam bilang, "Memilih itu nggak gampang. And then I choose you. Ya walaupun, I'll never get you. Siapa lah saya, berani-beraninya mimpi bisa sama kamu."

Memilihmu perlu kemampuan yang total
Gitarku saja tak cukup tuk jadi andalan

Cikiciki bombom out the door
I’ll never gonna get you anyway
Cikiciki bombom I’m outta here
I’ll never gonna get you anyway

'.... Saya nyerah, deh.'

Mungkin di lain waktu
Kau ada waktu tuk dengar aku
Sekarang saatnya ku pergi

3. Blue Sky Collapse

Kalau dari versi album EP yang Adhitia Sofyan Live From His Album, sih ada lirik awalnya dulu, kayak gini:

I am waiting on a line, hoping you change your mind
I am waiting under big blue sky, collapsing on me

Ini tentang putus. Dan susah move on.

I wonder if I should look back
To all of the things that were said and done
I think we should talk it over

Tapi si dianya mah semacam, 'Dude. What's done is done. We're done. We're over. Get over it.'

Then I noticed the sign on your back
It boldly says try to walk away

Tapi ya tetep aja yang namanya susah move on mah mau gimana lagi...

Still everyday I think about you
I know for a fact that’s not your problem

Keukeuh, ya..

You see people are trying
To find their way back home
So I’ll find my way to you

4. Invisible

Aku kurang ngerti juga sih yang ini. Tapi yang aku 'artiin' sih, ya.. Entah bener atau enggak, but here's how I heard it..
Lagu ini tentang, you know, how complicated life is, and God, seriously can we just be invisible? You and me? Disappear? Only both of us? Let just go somewhere, and we'll forget about the world.

Well I would if you want to go
Just disappear from this madness
Yeah I would if you want to go
Where we will remain invisible

5. Greates Cure

Probably, ini tentang anaknya Bang Adit. :'D

Can’t wait to see those sleepy eyes
They will refuse to end the day
Can’t wait to hear those mumbling goo
Saying I got a lot to learn

I’ll be on my way, wait till you see the toys I bought
I’ll be by your side, let’s close our eyes and end the day

6. In To You

Lagu ini.... Lagu ini... Hehehe. :'))
Ini tentang, ketika kamu dan dia deket..

Early in the morning I was still in bed
You call me just in time when the sunlight comes
You said “How was your sleep? I didn’t do too well. 
Would you be a friend and take a walk with me?”

Sementara rumor bilang, "Dia nggak baik. Player." yang mungkin secara nggak langsung bilang, "Kenapa dia, sih? Jangan dia!"

My friends they all been telling me that you’re no good
You broke a lot of hearts and you don’t even know

And you'd be like, "Masa, sih? Nggak percaya, ah.. Eh tapi.. Iya nggak, sih.."

I refuse to believe any of that is true
But I’ll hate it when they’re right and tell me told you so

'... Tapi kalau beneran kan berabe.. Ah tapi, gapapa lah. Udah. Terlanjur. Suka.'

I don’t want to be a victim of a broken heart
I don’t want to put myself into another mess yeah
I don’t want to be a fool and make a big mistake
I should’ve known better, but it’s alright
Cause I’m in to you

Kepikiran terus... Yaudah jalanin dulu aja lah, ya..

Early in the morning I was still in bed
The thought of you remains the biggest mystery
I was left unsure of all this thing would go
I guess I’ll think about it when I walk with you

7. Reality

Nggak bisa tidur. Butuh kamu. Halah.

Well I have been trying lately to close my eyes
Those little lambs complaining they’re getting tired
Try as I may and I would fell off my bed
Don’t tell me no bedtime stories,
They just won’t do this time
I know just what the cure is it’s gonna work
I need to get you by my side
There’s no other way

Semacam, 'Where are you? Pikiran saya nggak di kehidupan nyata. Ngelayang. Mikirin kamu.'

But every time I try to catch you I stumble and I fall
How do I begin to finish this never ending fairy tale
I need to get back to reality
Every time you do that thing the thing you always do
I ended up in misery while starring at your photograph
I’m loosing my grip to reality

8. Deadly Storm Lightning Thunder

Belakangan ini, lagu ini di repeat gitu..
Jadi gini... kamu pergi. Jauh. Beda benua. Kamu bisa kasih kabar, nggak?

Would you call me if you can
I’m waiting underneath it all
All the mess and the chaos you’ve caused
Now you’re nowhere to be found

So tell me I’m trying to define
The meaning of unconditional love
When it puts you faced down on the ground
You’re out there sailing away

Iya, ngerti. Di sana lebih 'hijau'. Lebih baik daripada di sini.

It’s all right I totally understand
They’re greener on the other side
And the sun will shine brighter everyday
I guess that’s where all the light goes

Saya nggak apa-apa di sini. And I hope the best for you.Seneng-seneng di sana, ya! :')

And I’m ok, I hope the best for you
Remember to go out and have fun
You could spend the day out in the ocean
I heard the water’s fine over there

Saya coba buat rela. Dan di mana pun kamu, Tuhan selalu dekat bersamamu.

I guess I ‘ll learn to come by without you
And somewhere out there I’m sure God is watching you close

Ya walaupun, saya berharap ada petir yang menyambarmu, and it hits your head so hard. Then you'll come to me.

Just maybe a deadly storm will come and catch you
Lightning thunder will strike you
It hits your head so hard you’ll come to me

9. Without Your Love (WYL)

You know I can't live without
You know I won't live without
Yea I refuse to live without your love

10. City of Flowers

BANDUNG!!♥

Semacam, 'Don't cry, honey. We're leaving the town. And we're going to a place where I was born. Leave all your trouble. We'll create our new stories over there.'

Pack your bags we’re leaving out of town
Wear that big black scarf wrapped around your pretty face
I’m not gonna stand here hopelessly while I see you cry

And yeah, it only takes two hours from here
Yeah, when we get there we’ll write our brand new stories

We’re going to a place I know, where I was born
The city of flowers been waiting so long
Life too short you could’ve been shot
Remember this time, leave all your troubles behind

Dan kemudian, 'Please, just let me help you..'

All your life you’ve waited for a time when that someone comes
To get your feet back on the ground
I’ll be that someone to help just like in that Beatles song

So here we go we’re going to a place
At the rainbows end to put some colors back on you
Let me be the gold and I will put the shine on you

11. Number One

With breakfast on the go
We’ll dine on city lights
Didn’t I tell you to just sit back
Cause my girl, they all don’t matter 

Cause you don’t even have to try
You’re already my number one
I don’t need the mellow tunes
And all the lines you’ve wasted over me

...

YA AMPUN, INI POST PANJANG SEKALIH! :O

Jadi, yang bikin gue jatuh cinta sama musiknya Adhitia Sofyan ini, ya liriknya. Plus alunan instrumennya, yang cuman ngegunain gitar. Dan ciri khasnya Bang Adit. Dan rasanya adeeemmmm, banget. :D Entah udah berapa kali ketiduran sambil dengerin lagu-lagunya. Emang top deh pokoknya :D

Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell

Jadi gini... UN selesai, dan kemarin udah nyelesain The Fault In Our Star by John Green, and that book is just awesome, I have nothing to do with that. Terus nyelesain Eleanor& Park tadi pagi.

Okay, before I begin, I'll just share some quotes from that book.

Bono met his wife in high school, Park says.
So did Jerry Lee Lewis, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be, she says, we’re 16.
What about Romeo and Juliet?
Shallow, confused, then dead.
I love you, Park says.
Wherefore art thou, Eleanor answers.
I’m not kidding, he says.
You should be.

'Oh, yeah,' he said. 'You know me.' 
I don't, she thought to herself, not really.

'I just can't believe that life would give us each other,' he said, 'and then take it back.'
'I can,' she said. 'Life's a bastard.'

There's no such thing as handsome princes, she told herself.
There's no such thing as happily ever after.

...

Okay, so.. Eleanor is not that lucky girl, I can say. Singkat cerita, dia ketemu Park, half-Asian-boy, di bus, pas mau berangkat sekolah. Jadi, Eleanor itu semacam anak pindahan. Pas baru datang gak diperlakuin baik sama temen-temennya. She looked for her seat, but the seat is already taken by everyone, as usual. Cuman si Park yang duduk sendiri. Yes, he have an 'extra' seat.

'Sit down,' he said. It came out angrily. The girl turned to him, like she couldn't tell whether he was another jerk or what. 'Jesus-fuck,' Park said softly, nodding to the space next to him, 'just sit down.'
The girl sat down.

Every morning, they were sitting next to each other since then, but never talked to each other. Never. Until finally, Park caught Eleanor reading the comic book that he was read. The next morning and after school, she always did it. Sneaking at his comic, 'till he feels like he should to turn the page slowly.
Dan akhirnya, Park bawain buku-buku comicnya, and he putted it on Eleanor's seat. You can borrow it, he said. Thanks, she said. The next morning, she returned 'em to him, and he already brought the new packs of the book. And it always go on and on and on. Without saying a word. Again.

'Do you like The Smith?' Park asked as he looked at the list of The Smith songs on her book. 'I don't,' she replied. 'Then why you wrote their songs on your book? So that people think that you love them?' 'Short of. I've never even heard any of their song.' 
By the night, Park made a tape of The Smith songs for her. He didn't know why he did it, but he did it anyway. The next morning, as always, he putted the books on Eleanor's seat. But with the tape.

'I can't take it. I don't have the player to hear it,' Eleanor said.
So then, he shared his earphone and let her to hear those songs from his ipod. And then love, start to bloom since then.

It was all fun and game, you know. Like a fairy tale. Like in a movie. They went together, and blah-blah-blah, as you can imagine, BUT THEN.

But then the ending, crashed the beautiful story to... I don't know, alas. but I hate the way it ends!
I mean, along those ending that can possibly occur, why do it have to end that way?!

Yak, si Eleanor ceritanya kan tinggal sama ayah tirinya yang galak. Sampai akhirnya dia kabur dari rumah. Anyway, rumah dia sama Park itu satu kompleks. Dia ketemu Park. Dibantulah dia kabur dari situ. Mau ke rumah pamannya, katanya. Posisi mereka di Omaha. Pamannya ada di Minnesota. He drove her to his uncle's house. Dimana malem itu mereka udah senang-senang di taman, and it was actually their first real-date, di malam itu juga, pas Eleanor pulang ke rumah, her step-dad and her mom were fighting, sampai akhirnya Eleanor harus pergi, dan akhirnya dia kabur gitu...

Sampai di Minnesota, everything was fine. She remembered his phone number. Of course, Park knows her uncle's address because he drove her there. And this is how I hate the ending.
She remembered Park's number, but she never called him ever since she was at her uncle's house. Park sent her gifts. Letters. Everything. She left the letters unopened, unread. Never replied it.

Seriously tough, what the fu--, Eleanor?! GIRLS!

Been months. He kept sending her those things. Until he stopped himself. And then he went to the prom-school, and kissed this one girl, named Cat. (Whhhyy?!)
Eleanor feels like it is not good for them if he keep sending her those things, but she found it worst when he gave her totally nothing. Until finally, the next day after prom, as Park woke up from his sleep, he got a postcard. And that was from Eleanor. The End.

Now tell me, why should I love the ending? It just frustrating, you know. It happened too fast. The life changing things. It just.. Too. Freaking. Fast. :"


But oh-well. Oh well.

+ (album) by Ed Sheeran

A late review? Idk, man. I don't care. Yes, man. I knew that x will come out this year. Ini kepikiran buat nulis gara-gara lagu One yang bakalan ada di x yang katanya bakal jadi lagu terakhir tentang Alice. :')
I mean, dude. Seriously. I feel like I have to thank her for the + album. Without her maybe Ed will never wrote those songs called Lego House or Sunburn or Give Me Love or the rest of his songs. ☺

1. The A Team

Well, we all know that this song is about a prostitute and then she died. End of the story.

And they say she's in the Class A Team
Stuck in her daydream
Been this way since eighteen but lately 
Her face seems, slowly sinking, wasting
Crumbling like pastries
And they scream
The worst things in life come free to us

2. Drunk

About Alice? I don't know. It's about breaking up.

And I've got no plans for the weekend
So shall we speak then
Keep it between friends
Though I know you'll never love me like you used to.

You know that feeling when you broke up with someone you really love and that just broke your heart into pieces that you don't want to know anything so you just be drunk instead to feel a little love.

3. U. N. I.

At first, I thought the UNI is pronounced like 'uni' as in the 'university'. But then I listened it, and knowing that it pronounced as 'you and I'. This song is about breaking up too. And I love the intro:

I found your hairband on my bedroom floor,
The only evidence that you've been here before
And I don't get waves of missing you anymore,
They're more like tsunami tides in my eyes
Never getting dry, so I get high, 
smoke away the days never sleep with the light on
Weeks pass in the blink of an eye,
And I'm still drunk at the end of the night
I don't drink like everybody else,
I do it to forget things about myself,
Stumble and fall with the head spin I got
My mind's with you but my heart's just not

So am I close to you anymore, if it's over
And there's no chance that we'll work it out

That's why you and I ended over U N I

And I said that's fine, but you're the only one that knows I lied

This song has its story line. You know if you really listen to the lyrics, it just heartbreaking.

4. Grade 8

This song is about falling in love (Yeay! Finally bukan lagu galau :D).

Your strumming on my heart strings like you were a grade 8
but i never felt this way,
I'll pick your feet up off of the ground and never ever let you down

Why do I love Ed that much? Jago nyekil, bok! :">

Your body is my ballpoint pen
And your mind is my new best friend,
Your eyes are the mirror to take me to the edge again,

5. Wake Me Up

WAH YANG INI WAJIB DENGER, ASLI!

Bingung mau nyantumin liriknya yang mana.

And you will never know
Just how beautiful you are to me
But maybe I'm just in love
When you wake me up

This song has its story line too. And it's really clear like he tells a story with a song. It's flashing back some memories. And it just beautiful.

And I know you love Shrek
Because we've watched it 12 times
And maybe we're hoping for a fairytale too

The first time I heard this song, I smiled a lot like seriously. Imagining those things like how sweet it is. ♥

6. Small Bump

It's about.... an unborn baby. :-)

You’re just a small bump unborn
In four months you’re brought to life

I don't know man, but I found it attractive when a boy playing around with children. :D

Fingernails the size of a half grain of rice
And eyelids closed to be soon open wide
A small bump, 
In four months you’ll open your eyes

7. This

You start to fall again with that someone.

This is the start of something beautiful
This is the start of something new
You are the one that will make me lose it all
You are the start of something new

...someone that you used to know.

And I’ll throw it all away

And watch you fall into my arms again

... maybe to fix something that was wrong.

And take me back, take me home

8. The City

It's obviously about a city. A city that never sleep. It's London.

London calls me a stranger, a traveller

This is now my home, my home

9. Lego House

Siapa sih yang gak tau ini lagu? :D

Dengerinnya berasa lagi di modusin sama Ed. :">

I'm out of touch, I'm out of love 

I'll pick you up when you're getting down

And out of all these things I've done, 

I think I love you better now

And it's dark in a cold December

But I've got you to keep me warm

If you're broken I will mend ya 

And keep you sheltered from the storm that's raging on, now

10. You Need Me, I don't Need You.

Many don't know that I can rap and somehow love it too. :))

Hey, seriously. Whenever I get mad, instead of swearing with some inappropriate words, I'd tend to rapping out loud with whatever song. :))

There is 2 version of this song. The short one. And the long one.

The long one last for about 10 minutes and you can hear it on a live show.

The short one is that one song in the album. This is one of the reason that I more like his live concert music than in the album. Because there's always be an extended for some songs. 

This is about his career on music. Maybe he met a douche who screwed him up. :))

Call yourself a singer-writer you’re just bluffing

Your name’s on the credits and you didn’t write nothing

11. Kiss Me

Uhm.. you can tell what it's all about by the tittle, can't you? :-*

I heard it repeatedly cause it just beautiful as always. It come up with:

Settle down with me

Cover me up. Cuddle me in.

Lie down with me

And hold me in your arms

Warm? :">

Kiss me like you wanna be loved

I was made to keep your body warm

But I'm cold as the wind blows 

So hold me in your arms

12. Give Me Love

I love the extended version of this one too! :D

This one about.. well, mau move on tapi masih sayang gitu..

Give me love like never before,

'cause lately I've been craving more,

And it's been a while but I still feel the same,

Maybe I should let you go,

You know I'll fight my corner,

And that tonight I'll call ya,

After my blood is drowning in alcohol,

No I just wanna hold ya.

13. The Parting Glass

Maybe it's a goodnight song.

Goodnight and joy be with you all.

Or maybe it's about you'll leave your home.

Of all the comrades that e'er I had 

They are sorry for my going away 

And all the sweethearts that e'er I had 

They would wish me one more day to stay 

Deluxe version:

Autumn Leaves

Missing someone that is far away. 

Hush now

Close your eyes before the sleep

And your miles away

And yesterday you were here with me

And thinking about life.

Another day, another life

Passes by just like mine

It's not complicated

Another mind, another soul

Another body to grow old

It's not complicated

Another tear, another cry

Another place for us to die

Its not complicated

Another life that's gone to waste

Another light lost from your face

It's complicated

Little Bird

I don't know who's the girl in this song. Alice? Well, they nursed a broken-leg-bird until its dead.

If we take this bird in, with its broken leg

We could nurse it, she said

And of all this thing i'm sure of, 

i'm not quite certain of your love

You made me scream 

but then i made you cry 

when i left that little bird with its broken leg to die

I love the part when:

I'm covered by nature and i'm safe now

Underneath this oak tree, with you beside me

:">

Gold Rush

And maybe you should learn to love her

Like, like the way you want to be loved

Sunburn

It takes a while for me to get this song.

You're not her

Though I try to see you differently

You're in here is someone. Her in here is your ex.

I saw your eyes

And then I saw her staring back at me

Your eyes. That someone eyes.

Her. Your ex. 

I guess that someone is have a friend-relation-something with his ex.

Maybe you love that someone. Maybe you're not. You never take a serious chance.

When we never even tried, we never even talked

We never even thought in the long run

Whenever it was painful, whenever I was away

I'd miss you and I miss you

...because you still care about her. 

She was mine, I was hers

And all that's in between

When she would cry, I would shelter her

And keep her from the darkness that will be

Better for not play with this love. Might be burn you all as well. Everyone will hurt.

Don't drop me in, it's not my time

If you cut deep then I might burn at you

Scar and left me like a sunburn

So you'll just forget about her. And forget about that someone. Moving on.

So I will try to find another one

Who's suited to me as well as her.