Star Track Album

Seen 'N' HeardHEARD…most Sri Lankans can never

do it right, without bickering.In this instance, they all want to be

seen, and prominently, as well, and inthe process – the real cause (or purpose)is forgotten.

Some wanted to scuttle the originalplan and project themselves, and theirideas.

With a few more weeks to go, any-thing could happen!

Pen Pals

= NAME: Laura Mulder= AGE: 15.= GENDER: Female.= ADDRESS: Klauwertswei 8, 9248SE

Siegerswoude, The Netherlands.= HOBBIES / INTERESTS: I really

love music and making music, also love eat-ing and cooking, dancing, my lovely horse,Sunny, and I’m very interested in other cul-tures..(Kind of pen pal I’m looking for: I’m look-

ing for a pen pal who wants to be creativewith me and I want to learn about their cul-ture.)

=Write to; Ivan Alvis, C/o “Star Track,”The Island, 223, Bloemendhal Road,Colombo 13. Or mail the required details to:jetliner02@yahoo.com

12 Tuesday June 23rd, 2015

Write to; Ivan Alvis, C/o “Star Track,” The Island, 223,Bloemendhal Road, Colombo 13. Or mail the required

details to:jetliner02@yahoo.com

All around the world, pretty girls

Wipe the floor with all the boys

Pour the drinks, bring the noise

(It’s Iggy-Iggs!)

We’re just so pretty!

All around the world, pretty girls

Jump the line, to the front

Do what we like, get what we

want

(Where you at, Brit?)

We’re just so pretty!

Britney Spears:

Hey, don’t you know that it’s

always the same

From Australia ‘round to LA

You can betcha’, wherever the

girls go, boys follow

We be keeping them up on their

toes

They can laugh, but they don’t

get the jokes

Just you watch, they’re so pre-

dictable

(Some things don’t change...)

Pre-Chorus:

(The girls roll up)

Windows roll down

(Eyes on us)

Jaws on the ground

(Watch them go)

It’s just so funny

(Like bees to the honey)

Chorus:

All around the world, pretty girls

Wipe the floor with all the boys

Pour the drinks, bring the noise

We’re just so pretty

All around the world, pretty girls

Jump the line, to the front

Do what we like, get what we

want

We’re just so pretty

Britney Spears:

Tell me, is it true that these men

are from Mars

Is that why they be acting bizarre

Every time I walk out of my

house it’s like, “Hey, baby!”

They don’t see me rolling my

eyes

They buzzing around me like flies

They got one thing on their

minds

(Some things don’t change...)

(Repeat Pre-Chorus and Chorus)

Iggy Azalea:

If you ask me, I’m killing them

softly

I would spend time with you but

that’d cost me

They pray that Iggy-Iggy give ‘em

one more chance

But busy Iggy wouldn’t even give

‘em one more glance

See, enter in line between the

beauty and a beast

Slim waist, thick cake, the whole

world want a piece

Bad girl, good (ooh) would make

you lose your mind

All of the boys begging Britney,

hit ‘em one more time

Iggs

(Repeat Chorus)

* Sent by: Kylie (Pretty Girl) of

Colombo

Yes, a new

Aquarius is

in the mak-

ing, with ex-

Mirage bassist,

Benjamin (Benjy)

Ranabahu, at the

helm.

The Island’s

“Star Track,” as

usual, was the

first to report on

such a happening,

and now it has

been confirmed.

Since leaving

Mirage, this year,

Benjy had plans

to put together

his own group.

Although he

went missing

from the music

scene, he was

arduously working

- on getting his

band into shape.

The first band,

Benjy formed

years ago, was

called Aquarius,

and he decided to

revive that name,

because three of

the present mem-

bers (Benjy

included) are

from the original

line-up – drum-

mer Shiran, and

lead guitarist,

Danushka.

The rest of the

guys are Janith,

sax, and Jayan,

keyboards. And

they all sing.

But, the plus

factor is the

glamour side of

the band and that

is where they are

bound to score!

Up front will be

two dynamic

female vocalists from the Philippines – Melody and Jojo.

What’s more, Benjy will be presenting Aquarius, to the public,

in a novel way.

He says everything about Aquarius will be different to most

other bands we see perform in Colombo.

“We will

project our-

selves, on

stage, in a

dynamic way.

There will be

lots of action,

and the music

will be pleas-

ing to the

majority,” he

said.

However, Sri

Lankans, will

have to wait a

few months

more before

experiencing

the sounds of

Benjy and

Aquarius.

Their first

public per-

formance will

be in Qatar, at

the Radisson

Blu Hotel’s

Qube night-

club.

They have

been signed on

to do this

scene for three

months, com-

mencing mid

July, 2015.

When they

return to

Colombo,

there is a pos-

sibility of the

band swinging

into action at a

known

nightspot in

the city.

Benjy says

he is extreme-

ly happy with

the new set

up.

“The prac-

tice sessions

are going

smoothly and

we are looking forward to creating a mighty big impact with our

music, and as entertainers.”

Beny also did mention that he had a great time with Mirage

and that he is ever so thankful to both Donald and Melantha for

taking the group to the very top.

Sheppard might be yetto gain significantattention in the US

and UK, but they’rebecoming serious super-stars in their home nationof Australia. The Brisbane six-piece

shot to number one withtheir multi-Platinum sin-gle ‘Geronimo’ last year,and even managed toknock down PharrellWilliams’ record-breakinghit ‘Happy’.Needless to say, the

band were, indeed, veryhappy when they discov-ered that they had beatenthe pop giant to the top ofthe chart in Australia, andeven more so when their independent debut album, ‘Bombs Away,’reached number two. They remain, however, contrite that Pharrell’sopportunity to break yet another record was snatched from him.Says George Sheppard: “He was about to break a record for the

longest running number one single in Australia ever. ‘He had some-thing like 13 weeks, and if he hit 14 he would have beaten Eminem’s

‘Lose Yourself.’ We kindof cut that short forhim.”Frontwoman, Amy

Sheppard, admitted that‘it felt great’ to hit sucha milestone with theirfirst single. “We felt abit like, ‘Oh, sorryPharrell, not so happyanymore, huh?’Seriously, ‘Happy’ wasdefinitely on its last fewweeks at the top any-way,” she says.‘Happy’ still managed

to become the best-sell-ing song of 2014 in theUS and UK, however,and actually became theUK’s best-selling single

of this century so far. While it was denied the chance to become Australia’s longest run-

ning number one, it still became the best-selling single of all time inneighbouring country New Zealand.Sheppard are currently on with their second album and have a new

single, entitled ‘Let Me Down Easy’.

Ranil Wasantha Ranasinghe gainedrecognition when he was placed first inthe Western Provincial Round of the

Rajitha Rasmi TV programme.He later participated in the Sirasa Super

Star competition and made it to the thirdround.

Ranil has now decided to create his ownmusic, and with the help of Upali BandaraWeerasekera (lyrics) and S.S. Krishnan, hehas come up with the song “Mage Susum” (MyBreath).The musical side was handled by Nuwan

Ajith of Gemba Studio.

Britney Spears (Feat. Iggy Azalea)

Pretty Girls

with Ivan Alvis

His firstcreation

Ranil Wasantha Ranasinghe

Benjy and Aquarius

TOTP PopShot Chart

World Singles Chart

9. Sugar –

Maroon 5.

10. Love MeLike You Do – EllieGoulding.

1. See You Again –Wiz Khalifa andCharlie Puth.

6. See You Again– Wiz Khalifa andCharlie Puth.

3. Lean On –

Major Lazer,

Snake & MO.

7. Uptown Funk– Mark Ronson,feat. Bruno Mars.

4. Cheerleader

(Felix Jaehn

Remix) - OMI

3. Want To WantMe - Jason Derulo

2. Cheerleader(Felix Jaehn Remix)

– Omi

4 Where AreYou Now – Skrillex

and Diplo/JustinBieber.

5. Lean On -Major Lazer, feat.DJ Snake andMØ

9. Bills –LunchmoneyLewis

5. Runaway(U & I) -Galantis

2. Bad

Blood – Taylor

Swift

6. Hey, Mama- David Guetta,feat. Nicki Minajand Afrojack

1. Want To

Want Me – Jason

Derulo

10. Hey, Mama -

David Guetta, feat.

Nicki Minaj and

Afrojack

8 .Shut Up +Dance – WalkThe Moon.

7. Somebody –Natalie La Rose, feat.Jeremih

Sheppard

8. Shut Up AndDance – Walk TheMoon