AJL25 – Ana Raffali
I wanted to write about food in Dumai but almost everywhere I stopped on the Malaysian blogosphere, AJL25 was what I found. Ana here, Ana there, Ana everywhere, e i e i o… I mean so on and so forth… And not to mention a few people have asked me to hop on the bandwagon. So people, be careful of what you wish for because now you have to bear my piece on AJL25…
Out of 10 blogs that I visited, 8 were not quite happy with her winning the AJL25 last night. Ana Raffali with her Tolong Ingatkan Aku beat other favorites such as, Faizal Tahir and Hafiz. The last time I checked, music experts don’t really have time to blog and majority of the bloggers are hardly music experts.
But, last night and today, many bloggers have been making so-called expert criticisms on her selection as the winner. I find that rather strange and this is the point of this post in case you still haven’t got a clue on where I am heading with this post…
In other words, I am very sure that the juries, who are the experts, had done proper evaluations before deciding on the winner. Don’t you think so?
Am I a die hard fan of Ana? I only heard that songs a few times played on the radio while I was driving to and from work. The first and the only other song that I have heard from her was Hujan Bunga di Kuala Lumpur. I believe that would clearly disqualify me from a die hard fan title, right?
Here is a piece of that Hujan Bunga…
Hujan bunga di Kuala Lumpur
Kini sudah tiada
Masa untuk mencari payung
Berteduh kita bawah surat khabar
Lalu terbaca berita kata
Hujan ini tak akan reda
Most people who read that would say what a crap that is. But then, that’s Ana. That’s what differentiate her from Siti Nurhaliza with her Balqis or Misha Omar with her Bunga Bunga Cinta or Adibah Nor with her Terlalu Istimewa. Now some people have to swallow their own crap…
The way I look at it, music is not much different from food. Well, I was about to write about food, remember? Some people like sushi, some people like curry and some others like bakso. People eat what they like to eat and when they are served with something other than what they like, criticisms will be jumping out of their mouths… That’s what it really is, in a nutshell…
As much as it is interesting to read about all the good and bad of the last AJL25, I am taking it with a pinch of salt and move on. We have bigger problems on our hands that require more serious attentions such as, the increasing price of fuel and the shortages of cooking oil, the rising cost of medical care and a few others…
By the way, luckily for me, I enjoy eating from sushi to some hot curry and anything in between and when it comes to music, I can easily indulge in listening to song such as, Bahtera Merdeka from Ahmad Jais all the way to Pawana from Search. So Tolong Ingatkan Aku is not a problem at all.
Congrats Ana! Peace!
P/s:
I did not even watch the AJL25. I was busy watching the Junior MasterChef Australia on StarWorld.
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