MUSIC!!!

The few days leading up to Christmas has been too much music-filled, I must write an entry dedicated to my love of music, partly chalk it up to the VH1 specials that I’ve been watching lately, hehe

Jpop/rock…sugoi!!!
Ask me the foremost thing that Japan’s been blessed with, and I would immediately say that they have the best rock bands I’ve heard! I may seem biased in this regard but what the heck, this is my blog. I watched my favorite band, L’arc en Ciel’s (or Laruku) 15th anniversary special at Wowow last Saturday…grabe, man, it’s the first time I became too involved in watching a concert on TV… I almost cried when they performed my favorite song White Feathers…sobrang ang drama talaga ng song na ‘to, to think that I’ve never seen them perform it on stage pa…surreal

Hyde’s vocals are so dreamy, exag talaga sa high notes! When he sang Niji (this is the opening song of Samurai X the movie din), as in hands-down na ko sa boses niya! Tapos ang cute pa niya when he was coerced to dance on stage. At saka type ko yung last black outfit niya (obvious ba na crush ko siya?) Astig ng hair ni Yukihiro, hanep ang palo. Ken and Tetsu as usual grabe ang appeal (I love Ken’s guitar, ganda ng graphics). I think I’m gonna die (figuratively) when I get to see them perform live (as I usually lament, kelan kaya un?!?). They’re getting old na, huhu…

Slight OT: I told Dale before that Raimund Marasigan (Sandwich) reminds me of Hyde, tapos sabi niya dati layo daw…well recently sabi niya na baka nga, kse may isang time na nagperform siya na may bat wings (wc was Hyde’s costume sa Grand Cross concert in ’99), tapos lagi din siya naka-eye liner (na kinda uso din kay Hyde since before) haha, galeng ko talagang pumansin.

Bring on the Motown…

Although Motown is not a genre (it’s a record label), I believe that it has it’s own style kaya parang genre na rin ang turing ko dito…I bought this 5-cd set of Motown songs (100 songs in total), for only 850 pesos…that’s like the best bargain to date. Dami kong na-discover dito, although I know the usual hits (lalo na if you’ve watched Sister Act), ang dami kong mga bagong lss… Dalton Boys’ Take My Hand, The Contours’ Do You Love Me (shempre, this is the ending song sa Nonstop! I love the boom-boom part nung bass vocal), and Edwin Starr’s War (WAR! Ugh! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!!!). Sobrang natuwa din ako sa Love Machine of The Miracles and Super Freak by Rick James (kinda popular na to).

Disappointed lang ako dahil walang Shop Around of The Miracles, at I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) of Four Tops, kumpleto na sana kung andun din un…

Novelty naman…

My bro gave me for Christmas my most recent obsession…Michael V’s The Bubble G Anthology album…haha ang laki talaga ng range of songs ko… so I spent my Christmas finishing this Jdorama (Hana Yori Dango, which is the Jap Meteor Garden kumbaga) then onward to Michael V’s videos. Hahaha sobrang laughtrip, although I’ve watched most na sa Bubble Gang, sobrang todo kanta pa rin ako. When Michael V started spoofing the theme songs of GMA’s primetime shows, I had it in my mind that they should compile everything to make more profit, and here it is! Hihintayin ko na lang din ung video compilation ng Sexballs, hehe. Iba talaga si Michael V, mahirap pantayan…sa bawat spoof niya, obvious na pinaghirapan talaga. Hindi lang basta nagsasaksak ng bagong lyrics as long as pareho yung count, he really makes sure that the spoofed lyrics would sound like every syllable of the original lyrics. Favorite video/song is Chaka Niya (spoof of Sa Kanya by Sharon Cuneta)…bagay sobra.

Yun na, my family performed as usual sa Xmas party sa Tanglaw kagabi…my dad on drums, Ate and Dale on vocals, Dale din sa guitar, tapos ako sa piano (yeah, if u know us and the instruments we usually perform with, sobrang nag-iba ang line-up namin hehe). Buti na lang di ako nag-violin, andun pala ung teacher ko, sobrang macoconscious ako pag ganun, hehe.