Star Track Album

NAME: N. Jeewan.AGE: 21.GENDER: MaleADDRESS: 4, Philip Perera

Road, Ja-Ela.HOBBIES/INTERESTS: TV,

reading, music.(Keen to have pen pals from Sri

Lanka and abroad).If you are keen to make friends

with readers of this page, send us yourname, age, gender, address,hobbies/interests, school/occupation,and e-mail address (if any).

Write to; Ivan Alvis, C/o “StarTrack,” The Island, 223, BloemendhalRoad, Colombo 13. Or mail therequired details to:jetliner02@yahoo.com

HEARD…most didn’tlike the set-up andbelieve they were givena raw deal by theorganizers.

The venue is certain-ly not suited for suchacts, and neither is theseating arrangement.

An internationallyfamous pop stardescribed the venue astotally unsuitable, butthe organizers continueto give the public a rawdeal.

Probably, their onlyconcern is money!

Pen PalsSeen 'N' Heard Thanks, Ivan, for the “StarTrack” link on the Facebookwallpost of “Music Clubs and

Gangs of 80s-90s.”I know you have done a good

job to promotemusic, amongstthe youngsters,in the 80s-90s.

I really appre-ciate that, andyour work was,and is still, fan-tastic, great and awesome.

I now need to touch on the per-formance of Miley Cyrus at the MTVVideo Music Awards night.

It was a shocking, horrible anddisgusting performance, in front ofmillions of viewers, world wide, thatparticular night.

My family members were watch-ing this show as they wanted to see

the glamorous and beautiful per-formances from the stars of themusic world.

Kids love Miley, because of herfantastic acts on “Hanna Montana”

and some ofmy nephewsand nieceshad hugeposters of herin their bed-room walls.

But nowthey are ashamed to talk about her.

I call Cyrus’ performance at theVMA cheap publicity.

Yes, of course, people will talkabout this nasty performance formany years to come, but they needto know that Miley Cyrus is one ofthe present day shameless singers,in the world music scene.

Adrian Channa Manoj

More brickbats for Miley Cyrus

Rememberthe goodold days

of the sixtiesand seventies inunspoiled SriLanka? If youdo, then some ofthe foremostnostalgic memo-ries that willcome flooding bywill be the glorydays of theSpitfires and the

Jetliners who were the bandsthat dominated the music scene, at that point in time.

Well, the reformed Spitfires were in Australia lastmonth, and Trevine Rodrigo, of the Lankan TimesMelbourne, checked out their Melbourne performanceand sent us the following report:

The reformed Spitfires took Australia by storm,entertaining sell out crowds in Brisbane, Sydney andMelbourne. They were all treated to a vintage displayby the evergreen performers, none of whom appearedto have lost that magic touch of so long ago.

Dalreen Suby, Desmond De Silva, Budrin Musafer,Sohan Peiris and Maxi Rosairo slipped into gear asthough they were back in their heyday and, almostwithout blemish, churned out several hits from an erawhere the music produced then will never die.

To pick a crowdfavourite would bemost unkind, but itmust be said thatthe unending andthe unlimited exu-berance ofDesmond de Silvawas a treat towatch, and he wenton to show why,even after 50 yearsin the business, heis still a class act.

He led the group with great dexterity and theothers, who are professionals in their own right, blend-ed perfectly to give music lovers a musical treat thatwill not be easily forgotten.

Ronnie Boustead (lead guitar and vocals), FelixFernando (bass guitar and vocals), MohanWimalasuriya (organ and vocals), Laurensz Manricks(rhythm guitar) and Hassan Musafer (drums) complet-ed the star-studded line up.

Melbourne’s number one band, Replay 6, began thenight’s proceedings before the Spitfires swung intoaction.

And Esric and Sandra Jackson set the mood byproducing music from way back then to set the tempo,creating the right the mood for the Spitfires.

Yes, what an exhilarating night it turned out to be.

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Now that I have capturedyour attentionI wanna steal you for arhythm interventionMr. T, you say I’m ready forinspectionSh-sh-show me how youmake a first impression

Oh, ohCan we take it nice and slow,slowBreak it down and drop itlow, low‘Cause I just wanna party allnight in the neon lights ‘tilyou can let me go

I just wanna feel your bodyright next to mineAll night longBaby, slow down the songAnd when it’s coming closerto the end hit “Rewind”All night longBaby, slow down the song

Oh, oh, oh, ohYeah, baby, slow down thesongOh, oh, oh, ohYeah, baby, slow down thesong

If you want me, I’m accept-ing applicationsSo long as we can keep thisrecord on rotationYou know I’m good withmouth-to-mouth resuscita-tionBreathe me in, breathe meoutSo amazing

(Repeat Verse Two, Threeand Four)

Breathe me in, breathe meoutThe music’s got me goingBreathe me in, breathe meoutNo stop until the morningBreathe me in, breathe meoutYou know I’m ready for itFor it, for it!Yeah!

Breathe me in, breathe meoutThe music’s got me goingBreathe me in, breathe meoutNo stop until the morningBreathe me in, breathe meoutYou know I’m ready for itFor it, for it!Yeah!

(I-It’s the cataracts)

(Repeat Verse Three)

Oh, oh, oh, ohYeah, baby, slow down thesongOh, oh, oh, ohYeah, baby, slow down thesong

How do I do it?I-I-It’s the cataracts

Ha, ha, ha, ha

* Sent by: Kylie (PrettyGirl) of Colombo.

2. Blurred Lines –Robin Thicke, feat.T.I.and Pharrell.T.i. andPharrell Williams.

5. SummertimeSadness – Lana DelRey vs CedricGervais.

TOTP PopShot Chart

World Singles Chart

8. Treasure –Bruno Mars.

7. Holy Grail - Jay-Z, feat. JustinTimberlake

6. SummertimeSadness - Lana DelRey Vs. CedricGervais.

2. Burn – EllieGoulding.

8. Applause –Lady Gaga.

Slow DownSelena Gomez

Spitfires

Replay 6

1. Roar – KatyPerry.

3. Wake Me Up –Avicii.

4. Sonnentanz (TheSun Don’t Shine) –Klangkarussell, feat.Will Heard.

6. Hold On We’reGoing Home –Drake.

7. We Can’t Stop –Miley Cyrus.

9. Lost Generation– Rizzle Kicks.

10.Earthquake –DJ Fresh vs. Diplo,feat. DominiqueYoung Unique.

1. Roar – KatyPerry.

3. Applause –Lady Gaga.

4. Koisuru FortuneCookie – Akb 48.

5. Get Lucky –Daft Punk, feat.Pharrell Williams.

9. Safe And Sound– Capital Cities.

10.Hold On We’reGoing Home –Drake, feat. MajidJordan.

Miley Cyrus’ new controversial‘Wrecking Ball’ video breaksrecords for the most views in 24

hours, receiving 19 million views on Vevo.The risqué singer broke the record that

was previously held by British boy band,One Direction, who’s single, ‘Best SongEver,’ received 12.3 million views on itsfirst day of release, back in July, 2013.

Miley’s eclipsed the previous record fora number of reasons and it is doubtful theactual single ‘Wrecking Ball’, is one ofthem.

The spectacle, known as the ‘wreckingball video’, sees the former Disney starmount a wrecking ball naked, as well asusing a sledge hammer in a provocativefashion whilst singing about heartbreak.Surely there could be easier ways to illus-trate a heartbreak than using hardwaretools?

‘Wrecking Ball’ is Miley’s second singleoff her upcoming album ‘Bangerz’ which

will be released on October 8th, 2013, andthe 20-year-old took to twitter to thank herfans for her record breaking video.

The video also can only remind the pub-lic of Miley’s R-rated VMA performancewith Robin Thicke earlier last month dur-ing a rendition of Thicke’s summeranthem, ‘Blurred Lines’.

The Hanna Montana star ‘twerked’ andgrinded all over Thicke and most shocking-ly began rubbing a foam hand on thecrotch of the married man whilst wearinga tiny nude-coloured bikini.

Miley defended her performance, claim-ing she wanted to “make history.”

Miley may have achieved exactly whatshe wanted as her performance will stickin the public’s minds for a long time tocome, which may have caused momentumfor her video to break the most viewedrecord.

A perfectly executed plan or is it justdown to nothing more than ‘sex sells.’

Dalreen Suby

Maxi Rosairo

Miley Cyrus

Desmond de Silva