Persiapan Maksimal Untuk Konser Maroon 5

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  Oleh: Lika Samiadi
  Menonton konser memang akan jauh lebih seru jika kita bisa ikut menyanyikan lagu-lagu yang dibawakan dari atas panggung. Tak heran, banyak orang berusaha menghafalkan lirik lagu jauh hari sebelum pergi ke konser.
  Namun ketika lagu yang liriknya sudah susah-susah kita hafalkan ternyata tidak dibawakan oleh sang artis, bayangkan betapa menyebalkannya.
  Nah, jika Anda adalah salah seorang yang beruntung mendapatkan tiket konser Maroon 5 di Jakarta, 27 April nanti, tak usah bingung hendak menghafal lirik lagu yang mana. Sepanjang 2011, Maroon 5 — yang memang sedang menggelar tur dunia — ternyata punya daftar lagu yang tak banyak berubah.
  Nyaris di setiap konser, mereka membawakan lagu-lagu yang itu-itu juga. Apa saja?
  1. Misery
  Singel pertama dari album Hands All Over ini selalu dijadikan pembuka konser, alias lagu pertama.
  

  So scared of breaking it that you won't let it bend

  And I wrote two hundred letters I will never send

  Sometimes these cuts are so much deeper then they seem

  You'd rather cover up, I'd rather let them be

  So let me be, and I'll set you free, oh yeah

  [CHORUS]

  I am in misery

  There ain't nobody

  Who can comfort me, oh yeah

  Why won't you answer me?

  The silence is slowly killing me, oh yeah

  Girl you really got me bad

  You really got me bad

  Now I'm gonna get you back

  I'm Gonna get you back

  Your salty skin and how it mixes in with mine

  The way it feels to be completely intertwined

  Not that I didn't care, It's that I didn't know

  It's not what I didn't feel, It's what I didn't show

  So let me be, and I'll set you free

  You say your faith is shaken, you may be mistaken

  You keep me wide awake and waiting for the sun

  I'm desperate and confused, so far away from you

  I'm getting there, I don't care where I have to run

  Why do ya' do what'cha do to me, yeah

  Why won't you answer me, answer me, yeah

  Why do ya' do what'cha do to me, yeah

  Why won't you answer me, answer me, yeah

  2. She Will Be Loved
  Lagu melankolis dari album pertama Maroon 5 ini tak pernah ketinggalan ada di set list konser-konser mereka.
  

  Beauty queen of only eighteen

  She had some trouble with herself

  He was always there to help her

  She always belonged to someone else

  I drove for miles and miles

  And wound up at your door

  I've had you so many times but somehow

  I want more

  I don't mind spending everyday

  Out on your corner in the pouring rain

  Look for the girl with the broken smile

  Ask her if she wants to stay awhile

  And she will be loved

  And she will be loved

  Tap on my window, knock on my door

  I want to make you feel beautiful

  I know I tend to get so insecure

  It doesn't matter anymore

  It's not always rainbows and butterflies

  It's compromise that moves us along, yeah

  My heart is full, and my door's always open

  You come anytime you want, yeah

  I know where you hide, alone in your car

  Know all of the things that make you who you are

  I know that goodbye means nothing at all

  Comes back and begs me to catch her everytime she falls

  Tap on my window, knock on my door

  I want to make you feel beautiful

  Please don't try so hard to say goodbye

  3. This Love
  Lagu inilah yang membuat nama Maroon 5 dikenal di seluruh dunia. Meski tak dibawakan di konser mereka di Turki awal April lalu, “This Love” adalah salah satu lagu wajib yang pasti tak akan luput dibawakan di Jakarta.
  

  I was so high I did not recognize

  The fire burning in her eyes

  The chaos that controlled my mind

  Whispered goodbye as she got on a plane

  Never to return again

  But always in my heart

  Oh!

  This love has taken its toll on me

  She said goodbye too many times before

  And her heart is breaking in front of me

  And I have no choice, cause I won't say goodbye anymore

  ooo! ooo! ooo!

  I tried my best to feed her appetite

  Keep her coming every night

  So hard to keep her satisfied Oh!

  Kept playing love like it was just a game

  Pretending to feel the same

  Then turn around and leave again

  Bada boo!

  I'll fix these broken things

  Repair your broken wings

  And make sure everything's alright

  (it's alright, it's alright)

  My pressure on your hips

  Sinking my fingertips

  Into every inch of you

  Cause I know that's what you want me to do

  4. Makes Me Wonder
  Sesaat setelah membawakan “lagu terakhir” dan berpamitan ke belakang panggung, Maroon 5 biasanya akan muncul lagi untuk membawakan encore yang terdiri dari dua lagu. Salah satunya adalah lagu ini.
  

  I wake up with blood-shot eyes

  Struggled to memorize

  The way it felt between your thighs

  Pleasure that made you cry

  Feels so good to be bad

  Not worth the aftermath, after that, after that

  Try to get you back

  I still don't have the reason

  And you don't have the time

  And it really makes me wonder

  If I ever gave a fuck about you

  Give me something to believe in

  Cause I don't believe in you

  Anymore, anymore

  I wonder if it even makes a difference to try

  Yeah, so this is goodbye

  God damn, my spinning head

  Decisions that made my bed

  Now I must lay in it

  And deal with things I left unsaid

  I want to dive into you

  Forget what we've going through

  I get behind, make your move

  Forget about the truth

  And you told me how you're feeling

  But I don't believe it's true

  Anymore, anymore

  I wonder if it even makes a difference to cry

  (Although)

  So this is goodbye

  I've been here before

  One day I'll wake up

  And it won't hurt anymore

  You caught me in a lie

  I have no alibi

  The words you say don't have a meaning

  5. Sunday Morning
  Lagu unggulan dari album pertama Maroon 5 ini biasanya jadi lagu penutup yang mereka bawakan di pengujung konser.
  

  Sunday morning, rain is falling

  Steal some covers, share some skin

  Clouds are shrouding us in moments unforgettable

  You twist to fit the mold that I am in

  But things just get so crazy

  Living life gets hard to do

  And I would gladly hit the road, get up and go if I knew

  That someday it would lead me back to you

  That someday it would lead me back to you

  That may be all I need

  In darkness she is all I see

  Come and rest your bones with me

  Driving slow on Sunday morning

  And I never want to leave

  Fingers trace your every outline

  Paint a picture with my hands

  And back and forth we sway like branches in a storm

  Change the weather still together when it ends

  Oh yeah

  But things just get so crazy living life gets hard to do

  Sunday morning rain is falling and I'm calling out to you

  Singing someday it'll bring me back to you, yeah

  Find a way to bring myself back home to you

  Lagu lain yang biasanya mereka bawakan:
  1.       “If I Never See Your Face Again”
  2.       “Harder to Breathe”
  3.       “Never Gonna Leave This Bed”

Ramsey: Waktunya Arsenal Belanja Besar

 

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London - Sudah enam tahun Arsenal mengalami paceklik gelar. Salah satu cara mengakhirinya adalah dengan belanja pemain berkualitas. Hal itu lah yang dikatakan oleh Aaron Ramsey.

Musim lalu, Arsenal kembali dipaksa gigit jari. Cesc Fabregas dkk. kandas di seluruh kompetisi yang diikutinya dari semula menargetkan untuk meriah quadruple.

Tidak hanya seluruh anggota klub Arsenal saja yang frustrasi namun juga para supporter. Bahkan saking kecewanya sampai-sampai fans melancarkan kritik langsung kepada Arsene Wenger atas kegagalan tersebut.

Sudah dalam beberapa tahun terakhir, Wenger tidak pernah membeli pemain bintang. The Professor lebih senang membeli para pemain muda berbakat--dengan harga murah tentunya--tapi masih kurang memiliki mental juara.

"Aku yakin ada perubahan seperti musim yang lain tapi aku berharap Arsene akan aktif di bursa transfer," harap Ramsey seperti dikutip The Independent.

"Ada beberapa nama yang sudah disebut dan aku yakin ada beberapa pemain yang masuk dan keluar, jelas kami tidak memenangi kompetisi untuk waktu yang lama. Tekanan telah berkembang dan fans cukup bersuara belakangan ini."

"Tapi semangat di ruang ganti selalu sama seperti dulu. Semua pemain saling mendukung jadi tidak ada masalah dengan semangat tim. Semoga kami bisa maju dan memenangi sebuah trofi di musim selanjutnya," tuntas pemain Wales itu.

Sejumlah nama yang diincar The Gunners telah muncul ke permukaan. Di antaranya striker Real Madrid Karim Benzema dan bomber FC Porto Radamel Falcao.