This entry is a pure dedication to Brown Shoe Electric. Started out as a very small tiny band(I won't even call it a band), it has established to a certain level of credibility, not that well, but manageable. I am not afraid to tell the people, to tell the world that we uses poor equipments, low quality sound system, cheap pedals. I will tell you people that I can't use pick to do a set of solos and my theory sucks, Kenyee cant even do a slapbass(he only picked up playing bass when he moved into the hall), ChongEu gets hyperventilated when comes to big events and lost all his beats(perhaps he won't if his gf is with him), Isabelle goes haywired on times she can't remember her lyrics, Han's face gets so red(or blue? He's so emo that any colour on his face looks the same to us) when he can't figure out his sound on stage. In some part of the journey down, some of us mentioned about quitting the band, some of us quarreled.....
This is what we are, we are not putting ourselves high upon the shelf, we are simple. Then came Brown Shoe Electric's every first original song, Living in the Eyes of You. Its lyric and tune were purely composed by us. Special thanks to Nathaniel for his fantastic idea(I don't know about you, but I do appreciate him alot) in the chorus-making process. There's a phrase that sings Though this song is not yet fine-tuned, but sure it makes doable. Performing our first very own creation its a leap across the universe, and it means alot to every single one of us, to Hans, Ken, Chong, Isabelle and Nat. Hope the memories will stay with you guys forever, long enough to tell your children, and your children's' children. That's an old man saying, but I can't care less about it.
Her is a gentle and humble announcement - we don't have that much money and skills to have good equipments like the rest, we only own six-piece hearts and one simple rule for one another, that is to ^smile ^ when we sing no matter what happens. It can be darn pretty hard as the focus must be there. Should we have done it, then, I will truly be proud of the band, I will.
BTW, I just realised something oddly disturbing, what will be made up if Isabelle, Chongeu, Kenyee and me stand together?
That would be DICK (Deryck,Isabelle,Chongeu,Kenyee)
Pardon me for not including both of you(Nat and Hankiong) in the acronym. You guys are just not dicky nuff, I guess. Heres a retarded suggestion: go home, get a name like HEnry and ADam and line up behind us...if you know what i mean. hehe<--(gay laugh) Anyway, here are some clips taken at Homeclub, courtesy of BSE and Homeclub. And Thank you so much for letting us to play there.
Living in the Eyes Of You
Don't you worry if you cant find the way
coz i found you underneath the sky
Don't you worry if you cant see your shadow at all
coz the sun's not up and u are not alone i guess you could
Pre-chorus
stand up and look ahead
dress up and get out there
span out ur little wings and fly
Chorus
you made your move but you forgot your steps
if you looked behind there wasn't lights for you
you sniff at it and it blows you off
you sat down and think you're feeling out
emptiness mirrors you to the wall
living in the eyes of you
Verse 2
Don't you worry if they left you in this world
coz i found you in your darkest hours
When you start to see your favorite pictures on the trees
thats where u will find me hanging on the swing and thats when you could
Pre-chorus 2
stand up and look ahead
dress up and get out there
span out your little wings and learn fly again
Living in the eyes of you
living in the eyes of you.... END
There you have it. The first verse was actually about us struggling to define our music genre, our style, our weakness, our fortes. Well I guessed everybody will be lost sometimes, I've been wanted to exit the band once due to feeling of being ostracized, Hans mentioned the same thing due to miscommunication and stress(IMHO), Isabelle talked about her shit-may-matter performance and felt like hiding her face under a brown paperbag with a pair of holes, Ken almost became some sort of retard and start sitting awkwardly on the floor whenever he lost his enthusiasm.
The Chorus was about the guitarists, bassist and drummer forgetting what's the next note, reminding us that if ever anyone plays wrong notes, there is nothing others can do for you even if you look back. All we need is to be audaciously creative(Hans, I know you have exploded your creative juice, but we haven't). You are in ADM for a good cause.
P.S. To all the ladies(Isabelle, Nat, Hans, Chong, Ken) in BSE, forgive me for bragging about you, I just collect the info and piece them up.
