Male’ Blues – by Justin Wah
Justin Wah came to Maldives as a friend of Fasy for FASY Live which was held on 16th February. He sang some blues such as Red House for Fasy in his show. During his time in Male’, he enjoyed both the uniquenesses and oddities of Maldivian life and found “Koththu Roshi” at the restaurants to be among his favourite dishes. After the show, he had a good holiday with the band and he wrote a blues – “Male’ Blues”. According to him, he started feeling the Male’ blues when he was on holiday and wrote this song.
MUSICinMALDIVES.com obtained the lyrics courtesy of Justin. This blues has yet to be recorded and MUSICinMALDIVES.com will publish the audio as soon as it is available.
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MALE’ BLUES (by Justin Wah)
The palms were swaying when I reached my destination
Plane touched down in Male’, I walked straight through immigration
Two days in Male’ town, but the bands not here
And worst of all, I can’t even buy a beer!
I got the Male’ Blues
But they ain’t so bad
I got the Male’ Blues
Best blues I’ve ever had
The guitar on stage was wailing with a roar
The bass was so heavy, it moved the floor
The drums were hot and ended with a crash
The crowd went wild, three hours passed in a flash
I got the Male’ Blues
And the feel so good
I got the Male’ Blues
Don’t you wish you could – feel it
(Fasy plays an out of this world SOLO)
We rocked so hard, the lights fell down
Fasy looked at us and said we better leave town
We hopped on a boat to an island in the sun
Like Paul McCartney said… we are a band on the run
I got the Male’ Blues
But it feels alright
I got the Male’ Blues
Wish I had every single night
Gigging round the islands it was out of sight
Buffet meals and snorkeling gear, the band played so tight
Now its time to go, but I really want to stay
I’m gonna miss you all and that groovy sound we play
I got the Male’ Blues, I don’t wanna go away
I got the Male’ Blues, Lord I wish I could stay
We got the Male’ Blues… We got the Male’ Blues… We got the Male’ Blues…
© 2006 Justin Wah
March 4th, 2006 at 10:36
Justin, better ‘Kothu roshi’ can be found at Restoran Ismail in Taman Tun. Try it with their special fried chicken. Male’ ‘kothu roshi’ is garbage.
March 4th, 2006 at 10:37
extra bit: they call it roti goreng.
March 4th, 2006 at 15:08
hey thanks…ill go and try it…but although the kothu may be more tasty, the scenery will be a let down!! Nothing like sitting on the top floor of the Dolphin View and having tuna fried noodles (the kothu not so great there, but the noodles are!)..ps where were the dolphins????
March 4th, 2006 at 20:32
“Come’on Male’.”
– Justin Wah -
you sounds great man!!!
March 5th, 2006 at 13:12
Justin, I hate you for saying Male’ kothu is not too great. But I still think you’re a great looking foreigner. I loved the things you did on stage.
March 7th, 2006 at 06:53
Fareeda…
please read again..i didnt say Male’ kothu was not good..that was obo fili…i just said the one at the Dophin View wasnt that great…I LOVE the Male’ Kothu and cant wait for more! Please dont HATE me…hehe
March 7th, 2006 at 06:53
oooops im sorry..i mean Ahmed said the Male’ Kothu was no good…
March 7th, 2006 at 21:19
,,,, UR THE MAN ,,,,,,
March 13th, 2006 at 19:03
hehehe….
March 22nd, 2006 at 14:41
Hi Justin….i didn’t get the chance to see the show but, heard it was GREAT…wish i was there
Cant wait to hear ur song “Male’ Bluse”. best of luck with the recording..
March 22nd, 2006 at 14:42
sorry justin i meant “Male’ Blues”…hehe
March 23rd, 2006 at 09:54
hey thanks….not sure when we will ever record it, but who knows…hopefully on my next trip to the maldives!!!
March 27th, 2006 at 16:16
justin….you can sing….
but when you first came to the stage…..hehehe
i thaught u were a dancer!!…
i mean……..ur really good at that!!…
and the coke bottle…..i was able to touch it….but couldnt catch it…
hehehehehe….
March 29th, 2006 at 06:59
hehe…thats pretty funny!! ill bring more coke bottles the next time!! that one was actually Fasy’s…I cant believe anyone even noticed i threw it! To be very honest im really missing the maldives and my very good friends there! that show was really one of the highlights of my life…i hope we can do it again!…! n An ill dance the whole time!!!! Hello MALE’!!!!
May 8th, 2006 at 23:13
koththu roshi is not originally a maldivian dish. its a Sri-lanka dish.
May 12th, 2006 at 11:31
shouldn’t we be talking about “Male’ Blues” here, instead of KOTHU ROSHI….
May 20th, 2006 at 07:35
well said!!! any of you got the male blues??!!!