| TRIBUTE
is the place especially
made for anyone who wants
to speak out about the
band through words. It
can be an inspirational
momment, in remembering
their kindred spirits or
social movement. Or maybe
it's just a plain thanks
for their contemporary
noise. Whatever. Cause in
TRIBUTE everyone is
invited. Just free your
mind and liberate your
sense. |
This is my
own experience so in some
cases it might not happen
to
you, but though we're in
separate, will you just
read
it, cos at least there's
a chain that bound us,
right?
O.K, here's I start.
U2 TEACH ME TO BE
ADDICTED TO THE NOISE. In
a positive
way, of course. I felt in
love with this band at
the
first sight. Really, it
wasn't from the radio or
someone's tape, but from
the video a friend had
recorded from MTV. There
were various artists, but
once this band came up
with their With or
Without U
video, I just couldn't
take my eyes over them.
The way
Anton Corbijn visualized
their image was
so...imaginative, made
you so curious about
them. And
then, their song, the way
they crafted the tunes,
the
beat was so...cool, or
very delightful I might
say-
for that time. Though I
was so desperately like
them,
there was no passionate
on me that made me had to
buy
their album, or to
collect their stuffs, the
way
DuranDuran did to me on
that time. I was so teen
you
know, that the hippest
band I related to was
DuranDuran and the best
were Queen and Genesis.
So
what I always remembered
about them was the black
and
white image, the shade of
grey band...cool but
untouchable. Then they
came again in 1991 with
their
Achtung Baby, that made
me suddenly stucked for a
while..it's that the band
with the charcoal?..why
they
can be so...funky now?-
that was the first thing
came
on my mind when I heard
Mysterious Way on the
radio
then on TV. This was then
I felt in love so deep
with
them..musically. The
album was my first best
album
ever, cos I adored all
the songs. This album
also that
made me financially broke
up cos I had to buy their
past albums, in the name
of love I had for them,
the
way Queen, Genesis or
DuranDuran did to me
before.
Here then I realized that
this band was so
different...they are the
wanderers, the adventures
-or
anything- in the tunes.
Hearing their songs-from
past
to present-was such a
trip, like watching the
saga of
the Star Wars, or the
Indiana Jones. The actors
were
still the same, but the
place and the stories
were
totally different, a
whole new world.
Something that
made you want to beg for
more...Here then also I
became aware in music...I
mean I ready to jump to
another tunes, ready to
push my ears to hear
different
beats...and ready to live
in various harmony. And
what's is the best tunes,
anyway? For who and in
what
kind? As long as you feel
alive in that beat then
that's the best one...for
you, at least. If you're
ready to play with the
open mind in your head,
then
you can discuss what's
the best one for anyone.
That's
another lesson I got from
them. Then...
U2 SHOW ME COLORS WHEN
THERE'S NO TO SEE. Like
it or
not, I realized then that
U2 tought me to be a true
believer, when I
was...you know, losing my
religion.
The way they talked about
God and so on, made me
want
to bring back my inner
self to be more
passionate in
my belief as much as I
listen to their music.
They
really gave me a hope
when I couldn't believe.
I know,
there's something beyond
our logic here, but if
they
can be like that, why
can't I? Or, at least
they show
me that there's no wrong
with that...or being the
believer doesn't mean I
have to look like a
prisoner
or a stranger, out of
nowhere. I can be still
what I
want to be, without have
to cut off my personal
connection to The One
that made me.
And you know, once we
want to bring back our
realm of
sprituality, then the
rest will swift smoothly
in our
mind, that finally
reflect in our attitude.
And this
moment... is a rare thing
or maybe the hardest one
I
found in any pop
musicians. And this one
also that
make me want to stamp
them as my best icons
ever,
cause they give me a
multi-dimensional
feeling, that..
"as you get to know
it better, it draws you
in,
becomes something more
personal to you",
Edge said.
But I don't feel the
right one here. It's
alright if
you think that they just
a band -that's what they
are,
right?-, no more than
that...I mean no more
than just
the music its self. I
just want to say that...
I feel
so happy and so blessed
to have it..that kind of
feeling...and just want
to share it with
you...with
hope that you can feel it
too...if not today, maybe
next time, some other
best time.
And for the first time,
baby, I feel love. -Tri
Rahayu Kusumawati
u
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