The Moment

Updated Discography but was gonna try & write a review then read this nice little one in a UC Berkeley newsletter ^__^ so refreshing that someone else enjoys it just as much as I do. Then I realised for me a review is actually redundant like why explain why you like watching sunset or a baby sleep. Enjoyment should be intimate, personal & dun require much explanation. I know a lot of ppl still feel that David has failed in this album. I think it depends on what criteria, if you think he has failed to produce a groundbreaking album that will sweep up all the awards in GMA, definitely he has failed cos he did not even consider coming out with such an album.
I am beginning to understand why he included the 3 cm songs. Maybe he is trying not to be pretentious by coming out with a critically acclaimed album either, untainted by commercialism. He is just being a musician who wants his audience to enjoy the songs he has written. So what if they had been commissioned & paid for. Do we enjoy Mona Lisa less cos it was commissioned? Many great works of art were commissioned & despite working within demands, a talented artist should be able to find room for creativity like Michelangelo's masterpiece in the Sistine Chapel.
Besides all the 3 cm songs are pretty wonderful & 1 of them is actually my fav in Beautiful - The Moment. Everytime I listen to this song I feel so calm & happy. Strangely it reminded me of Dear God. Then the lines kept repeating in my mind -- ... at that moment, think of the future, think of the past, just at the end of the dark road, there will be a shining light from the sky ... I wondered if this song is abt life after death. That no matter what, one should live bravely, with hope & look forward to the day where you finally meet the God of your religion. A song that gives me courage to face another day.