Maryam’s Musings

I have decided to write a review on Mawi’s new studio album titled Yang Tercinta. I bought it a week ago.. and have been listening to it on my way to and from the office.. just to really get a feel of it.

No doubt, he has a great voice. And I especially like the songs Kian and Perempuan, other than Aduh Saliha of course. And the duet song with M Nasir, is a another good one.

However, despite the good voice and the okay songs, I still feel that Mawi would perform best on sentimental songs. I mean.. I could never forget the way he sang Dewa’s Pupus, Nassier Wahab’s Memori Cinta Luka and even Jamal’s Kekasih Awal dan Akhir. He has got a good control of his voice and he can really sing high notes.

But to hear him sing such ‘fast’ songs with loud music.. I just think that he could have done better. Maybe M Nasir should start composing slower ballads for Mawi to sing.. maybe something like the most famous “Suatu Masa”.. Imagine Mawi singing that song…

Note: My husband likes Yang Tercinta better than Mawi’s AF songs because he hates sentimental songs.

It was the ‘night’ of the year. The Juara Lagu 19 took place last night. My favourite song, “Relaku Pujuk” won the competition. And I am terribly happy. He sang so well. Although I personally think that there was a lack of competitiveness amongst them, overall the performances were good. Siti Nurhaliza, the Malaysian songstress, refused to enter the competition this year, but she would have won if she did.

I tried to translate part of the winning song..

No words are more superior than your expression of love that I have been waiting for.. (Tiada lafaz yang lebih agung, Kalimah cintamu, Yang ku tunggu-tunggu)

Nice.. And very meaningful too…..