Alleycats had this song called Seribu Bintang and it’s such an iconic song to me.
This song was released in 1999.
I remember the family car was a Mazda. A boxy looking car. I do like boxy looking cars instead of the ’rounded’ corners that cars of today have.
We drove over the highway at night and this song reminds me of the cool night air. Trips to Malaysia, just to visit the kampung and leave ‘quickly’ to get back home before the jams happened. When passports covers to Malaysia was blue because it was a special Malaysia/Singapore passport. You couldn’t use it for international use but you could for going across the causeway.
When karaoke is back, or it survives somehow. I want to sing this in a karaoke room with friends as I put down my glass of honey lemon and dust my fingers off the complimentary spicy chips to grab the microphone.
Do you have a song that takes you back to a year? Also listening to this song, it’s such a tsundere song that fits with a lot of characters that I like in stories.
Translation of Seribu Bintang (A Thousand Stars)
by Alleycats (Malay lyrics by M Nasir)
I want to leave you So I can understand why I miss you I want to dive deep into your soul So I can understand your love for me I want to hate you But there is no hatred within me No matter what you think I still love you. I've been living a miserable life for a long time I have failed in love And now you appear with a thousand stars These stars had been hidden from me These stars were meaningless If you are willing to touch my heart I'm always close to you But don't you dare To play with my heart I've been living a miserable life for a long time I have failed in love And now you appear with a thousand stars These stars had been hidden from me These stars were meaningless If you are willing to touch my heart I'm always close to you But don't you dare To play with my heart Don't play with my heart Don't play with my heart