Monday, January 30, 2012

lovely Duncan

Duncan James
Background information
Birth name Duncan Matthew James Inglis
Born 7 April 1978 (age 33)
Origin Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
Genres Pop rock, R&B
Occupations Singer, songwriter
Years active 2001–present
Labels Innocent 2001–2007
Associated acts Blue, Antony Costa, Lee Ryan, Simon Webbe
Website officialduncanjames.co.uk

all about Duncan James

Duncan Matthew James Inglis (born 7 April 1978)[1] is an English singer, actor and television presenter. He is best known as a member of the boyband Blue.

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[edit] Early life

James grew up an only child in Devon and was raised primarily by his mother and grandparents after his father abandoned his mother before he was born.[2] He was raised a "strict Catholic"[3][4][5] and educated at Dumpton School (where his grandfather worked as a music teacher), the Milldown School in Blandford Forum and Corfe Hills School in Corfe Mullen and Sidmouth College in East Devon. At 15, he played Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He also played Dr Watson in Sherlock Holmes for Sidmouth Youth Theatre. James also worked for Haven Holidays as a Havenmate on the Isle Of Wight and at West Bay in Dorset.[citation needed]

[edit] Music career

[edit] Blue

In early 2000, James, along with Antony Costa, convinced Lee Ryan and Simon Webbe to form the group Blue.[6] Blue's R&B-influenced pop allowed the group to achieve commercial success in the United Kingdom and many other countries, including Ireland, Portugal, Belgium, Italy, France, Australia and New Zealand. From May 2001, when the group released its first single, "All Rise", until 2004, when the band released its final chart-qualifying single, "Curtain Falls", Blue had achieved 11 Top 10 singles in the UK, three of which went to Number 1.
James along with the other members of Blue represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 2011 in Germany, finishing in 11th place with 100 points, as well as being the spokesperson for the same country two years earlier.

[edit] Solo career

In October 2004, James collaborated with Keedie to release the single "I Believe My Heart", which entered the UK singles chart at Number 2.[7] He returned to the solo music scene in May 2006 with his single "Sooner or Later", releasing the video in early May and planning to release the single commercially on 5 June 2006. The video reached Number 2 on The Box and Number 5 on The Hits. However, the single was no commercial success and entered the British charts at Number 35, before slipping down to Number 72 in its second week. "Can't Stop a River" was James's next single. Released on 21 August 2006, the track could only reach Number 59 in the UKRe, and Number 97 in Ireland. In continental Europe, where "Can't Stop a River" was released the day prior to the UK, it similarly proved unpopular, dropping out of the singles charts in many countries such as France, Turkey, Germany, and Belgium. James' album also fell short, selling less than 1,000 copies in the UK in its first week (and failing to reach the Top 50). The album sold a total of 412,350 copies around the world. Although his debut album did not do as well as hoped (with the exception of Italy, where the album reached Number 2 on the chart and has been certified platinum for shipments of 80,000 copies), on 2 February 2007, music channel B4 premièred the video for "Amazed", his new single which was scheduled to be released 12 March 2007. However, there was once again a lack of interest. The release was cancelled and James was dropped from his recording contract. He has since announced he has quit least his solo career.[citation needed]

[edit] Theatre

In 2007, James appeared in the West End production of Chicago.[8] He completed another 10 weeks in Chicago from 10 December 2007 until 9 February 2008.[9] James has been cast as one of the leads in the musical Legally Blonde (adapted from the film Legally Blonde) as it transferred from Broadway to London's West End in December 2009.[10] He plays opposite Sheridan Smith as Elle, and Aoife Mulholland as Brooke.[11] In December 2009, James appeared as 'Warner Huntington III' in the West End production of Legally Blonde.[12]

[edit] Television

Duncan James
James has worked occasionally as a television presenter, having presented the 95.8 Capital FM's Party in the Park for the Prince's Trust (2003 and 2004), and ITV2's coverage of the TV series Soapstar Superstar, along with Jayne Middlemiss. Other presenting work includes Pop City Live, Variety Club Showbusiness Awards 2004, T4 Movie Special: Spider-Man 2, Record of the Year: Downloaded and GMTV's Entertainment Today. He also took part on ITV1's Dancing on Ice in 2007, in which he made it to the grand final alongside rugby player Kyran Bracken and actress Clare Buckfield. He came third in the contest, although was unable to perform his Bolero performance. In 2007, James played himself in the pilot episode of Plus One, which was part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase. A full series was broadcast in 2009, in which he played a broad caricature of himself called "Duncan From Blue". James made an appearance on a new show for Sky One called 'Guinness World Records Smashed' performing with Festival4Stars contestants.[13] It aired in November 2008.[14] In 2008, James became an Ambassador of Festival4Stars talent competition after he judge a national final.[13] He appeared in an episode of The Bill called "The Morning After" which aired on 1 January 2009. He played a character called Dan Colman. It was confirmed in February 2009 that James had been chosen to replace Denise Van Outen as the presenter of Grease: the School Musical which is the sequel to Hairspray: The School Musical. Filming of the show commenced in early 2009. In May 2009, James announced the UK's voting in the Eurovision Song Contest. He presented Hannah-Oke on Disney Channel UK, a singing dancing contest based on the popular Disney TV series Hannah Montana. He also appeared on Celebrity Are You Smarter Than A 10 Year Old? (UK) and raised £10,000 for his charities. In 2006, James appeared with the other members of the boyband Blue on the 26 June episode of Ministry of Mayhem, where James and the other band members were all hypnotised by UK stage hypnotist David Days.[15] James appeared as a celebrity guest on 14 August 2009 on Daily Cooks Challenge.[16] In 2010, James presented the quiz show 'Scream if You Know the Answer!' where the contestants have to answer questions whilst on rollercoasters. In July 2010, he appeared as a judge on Don't Stop Believing, a talent show for choirs. James has his own radio show on 95.8 Capital FM, every Sunday from 7–10 pm.

[edit] Personal life

According to an interview he gave to Gabby Logan on BBC Radio 5 Live on 28 July 2007, he is a great-grandson of Herbert Chapman, the manager of the Arsenal football team of the 1930s. James lives in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. He has a daughter named Tianie Finn with former girlfriend Claire Grainger. James came out as bisexual in an interview with the News of the World on 12 July 2009.[3][4][17]

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums


Year Album details Peak chart positions
UK FRA IRE BEL ITA
2006 Future Past
  • Released: 12 June 2006
  • Label: Innocent Records
  • Format: CD, LP
55 68 55 25 2

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
UK Singles Chart ITA
2004 "I Believe My Heart"
(Duncan James and Keedie)
2 13 I Believe My Heart by Keedie
2006 "Sooner Or Later" 35 3 Future Past
"Can't Stop A River" 59 23
"Amazed" 71

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Sunday, January 22, 2012

AKU TIDAK MAU LAGI

Aku tidak mau (menangis) lagi.

Meski rindu terasa berat berlipat

Meski lara hati terasa penat menyayat

Meski sesak dada kian mencekat,,,,

…..tapi hidup tidak ingin ikut cacat…

Mengakhiri memang bukanlah suatu hal yang mudah.

Melanjutkannya juga bukan merupakan pelarian dari rasa gundah.

Berat ringan sudah bukan ukuran.

Karena sulit diterjemahkan antara ada dan tiada.

Lama atau sebentar adalah waktu yang sama.

Karena sudah tak bisa terhitung lagi detak jarum jam.

Degup yang kencang atau tidak, tidak ada bedanya.

Karena harapan hanyalah impian.

Sepanjang rindu yang selalu hadir menghampiri tanpa celah…

Segenap kebahagiaan (semu) yang didapat tidaklah mampu untuk berbuat

Karena ini adalah cinta tanpa masa depan

Sekuat apa aku tegakkan.........

tetap saja akan runtuh

Karena ini adalah cinta tak bertonggak

  Sekuat apa aku berjuang,,,,

bukan hasil yang kudapat

Karena ini bukan cinta yang harus aku perjuangkan…

cinta tanpa masa depan…..

aku tidak mau menangis lagi…



januari' 22, 2012  21:30

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Aku Teriak

disalahkan

atas genangan kata

yang tak mengalir

namun menghapus seluruh asa

yang pernah singgah.

cukup lah meramu,

ego ku kah?

aku diam,

berharap kau datang.

sangat berharap.

tapi harga diri lebih penting.

ya, lebih penting

lebih penting sampai akhirnya aku ditampar

ditampar tanya otak sendiri

sampai kapan aku seperti ini

sebandingkah harga diri dengan ketiadaanmu?

sebandingkah dengan waktu?

sebandingkah dengan jarak?

sebandingkah dengan semua bantahan mu?

sanggah mu akan ku?

bersiaplah



AKU AKAN TERIAK.....!!!!!

(Catatan Hati)

buat yang pernah torehkan luka di hatiku

-

tak perlu kau tanya
hendak kemana dan dengan siapa aku
sebab kutahu
kau tak akan pernah mengingatku
apa lagi mengikuti jejak jejakku
-
biarkan aku berjalan tenang
tanpa iming iming bayang
bayang wajah manismu yang mengganggu
aku pun tak ingin lagi mengenangmu
dan rasa itu kuakui sudah lama hilang dariku
-
dulu memang kuanggap kau rembulan
yang menerang malam
di hatiku yang temaram lugu
menunggu ketetapan dari sang waktu
hingga angin kebencian itu datang
setelah sempat ia kabarkan bahwa senyummu hanyalah tipu
-
tak perlu kau tanya
ya, tak perlu
dan biarkan aku berjalan tenang
menjauh dari bentuk lekuk wujud dan lelaku palsumu
karena angin memang tlah kabarkan
segala kebenaran tentang siapa sebenarnya dirimu
kau bukanlah rembulan yang selalu kuharap harapkan itu

Thursday, January 19, 2012

bolehkah kuminta 10menit saja waktumu untukku......?

“Hai, bolehkah kuminta sepuluh menit saja waktumu untukku?”

“Kenapa? Buat apa? Apa sih…?”

“Aku… sibuk nih!”

Yah, itu jawabmu kemarin, lebih tepatnya dulu, beberapa bulan yang lalu. Aku sungguh heran pada diriku sendiri. Bila kemarin aku begitu benci padamu, sekarang aku jatuh dalam kerinduan yang sangat dalam pada candamu, suaramu, ehm.. foto profilmu.

Benar, kau telah berubah, kau ubah fotomu sehingga aku merasa rindu! Maafkan aku, aku hanya manusia biasa yang mudah marah, mudah lelah, mudah putus asa, namun tak jua menemukan apa itu arti bahagia.

Sore ini, aku mencoba memetakan sepuluh menit sisa waktu kerjaku untuk kujadikan sebuah tulisan yang indah. Hemh.. semoga kau tak tahu, atau setidaknya pura-pura tak tahu, walaupun diam-diam kau baca tulisanku.

Ah, sudahlah, semoga besok bisa kulanjutkan lagi sepenggal tulisan ini. Selamat sore cintaku, aku tak tahu apakah aku mencintaimu, dan aku juga tak tahu apakah kau pernah sudi mencintai aku.

Tanggal dua puluh dua adalah tanggal bersejarah bagiku. Saat itu aku benar-benar sendirian dan memasang mode memanjakan diri, aku rehat, aku cuti, hilang dari peredaran dunia kerja dan nyata. Hanya sebentuk kecil percakapan denganmu, seorang yang bernama Aan.

“Hai…”

“Hai… aku besok gak masuk, mo rehat..”

“Kenapa? Sakit?”

“Ehm…”Sebuah pertanyaan yang sepele darimu, namun mampu membuyarkan kesendirianku. Aku terluka, aku tergugah. Berapa lama sudah aku tak pernah mendengar seorang pris menanyakan hal itu kepadaku. Yah, bagimu memang sepele, namun bagiku seperti sebuah kesejukan dan keteduhan
 bagiku seperti sebuah kesejukan dan keteduhan yang luar biasa, Aan kau bangunkan elang-ku.

“Ehm
“Ehm .. enggak, aku cuti, mo rehat aja… ntar malam online gak?”

“Biasalah, kalo gak capek ya ol, kenapa?”

“Temani aku yah? Mau? Maksud aku, temani aku ol sampai pukul dua belas malam tepat…”

“He.. he.. ya ngantuk to aku nanti…”

“Sekali ini saja, tolonglah…
”“Ada apa sih?”

“Besok aku berulangtahun…”

“Hah? Selamat yah… eh belum boleh yah aku ucapin sekarang?”

Aan , kaulah yang pertama, setelah beberapa tahun berlalu tanpa ucapan itu, kaulah yang berani memaki dan memaksa aku untuk mengakui bahwa aku ini cengeng, penakut, dan tak berani mengatakan keadaanku yang sesungguhnya,
 "Terima kasih Aan , aku merasa sangat berbahagia…”

“Ah ha.. ha.. ha.. Tapi aku khan bukan someone special-mu? Bagaimana mungkin?”

Bagiku kau special An, aku sahabat yang berbeda, kau datang dari masa lalu ku, untuk menyampaikan perubahan besar yang harus aku lakukan. Dan aku merasa tergugah, aku tersindir, aku gelisah, maafkan aku An... aku seperti seorang yang sedang tenggelam dan menantimu yang akan melemparkan pelampung.

indahnya sepi laksana ombak nikmatnya tak tercecap, teduhnya berduyun pergi
sepinya keindahan seperti gurun di senja hari,
dinginnya tak terdekap, hangatnya tak menghidupi.....

Hai, akhirnya kau mau menemaniku. Tahukah kau betapa bahagianya aku saat ini? Cintamu yang dulu beku seperti bongkahan es, kini telah cair. Tiap hari kau hampiri aku, tiap waktu selalu kau sempatkan waktumu untuk mendoakanku. Duh betapa hebat cinta yang kau miliki, yang kini kau tuang untuk jiwaku yang sepi.

“Kau baik-baik saja khan?”

“Ehm ini aku bawakan sesuatu untukmusemoga kamu senang..”

Sekelumit kehangatan yang sangat kusuka! Walaupun dulu pernah pula aku
alaupun dulu pernah pula aku mencicipinya, namun kini aku sangat menikmatinya. Sentuhan lembut kasihmu padaku seperti kain sutera nan lembut, yang menggerogoti kasar hidupku. Aku terharu, aku menangis, namun kau pasti tak akan pernah mendengar tangisku!

Kasihku, di sini akhirnya kita bertemu, taman yang indah dengan rerumputan hijau dan beberapa pohon tinggi yang menaungi. Persis, bahkan bisa aku katakan sangat mirip dengan kejadian waktu itu, saat aku mengkhayalkan diriku dan dirimu bersama dalam sebuah keheningan taman yang sejuk.


Tahukah kau, apa yang aku lamunkan? Ditemani kicauan burung-burung yang menari riang, kau genggam jemariku yang layu, kau hangatkan hidupku yang beku, kau tiupkan nafas semangat dalam langkah-langkahku. Namun itu hanyalah khayalanku, seorang bodoh yang selalu membuatmu jengah dan kelu!
 Hemh.. indahnya sore ini, aku sungguh tak mengira kau akan sekangen ini padaku. Aku bahagia, aku gembira, walaupun hanya aku yang bisa merasakan, sedangkan kau hanya bisa menerka-nerka saja, tentang apa yang aku rasakan saat ini.

Terima kasih, bungamu indah, kasihmu teduh, doamu tulus. Semoga sekarang kau tahu, bahwa aku sungguh-seungguh mencintaimu. Jangan bosan menemuiku, karena aku sudah tak mampu lagi membuatmu jengah dan jemu. Cintamu abadi,
 cintaku selamanya, mereka terbaring disini, bersama bumi yang memeluk erat tubuhku.

Kesunyian ini indah, karena engkau selalu bersamaku setiap pagi dan sore.. entah sampai kapan, entah sampai kapan, aku harap kau tak pernah bosan membelai nisanku.
 “Apalagi yang kau mau?


tak usahlah taburi nisanku dengan bungamu
adalah hal terindah bila kau berlalu
dan membuang semua hal tentang aku
agar indahlah senja di jauh tatap matamu,
tentu saja tanpa hadirku,
yang selalu usik jalan indahmu”
___________________________________

To my Captain Eagle... Yul Brillianto......
Jogya, 22 April - 22 Desember 2011 =======

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