Gone Too Soon

The news last week of the passing of the King of Pop, Michael Jackson came quite a shock. I myself couldn't believe the text message I received from a friend of mine early in the morning last Friday. I was scrolling down on the message to see if it was a joke and was looking for the punchline. There was none. So I had to turn on the TV to see if it was true. CNN was big on the news about MJ. I was shocked and goosebumps slowly creeped on my arms.

He was only 50 years old. So young. A great loss in the music industry. I don't think my childhood would ever be the same without the songs, Billie Jean, Beat It and of course the infamous music video of Thriller. No matter what people say about how he looked on the latter part of his life, he is still one of the best performers... ever!

So to all Michael Jackson fans, I too mourn for his passing. Rest in peace and enjoy jamming with the legends in heaven. :)

Here's a playlist of MJ and The Jackson 5 hits. Enjoy!

Domesticated Spice Girl

Sometimes, there are still a lot of things to do but my energy level just can't handle it. Having the capacity to do chores after a long day is really difficult. Just like what happened yesterday when my husband and I just got back from our review class and was so dead tired. I realized that I need to do some folding from all the laundry that I've done last Saturday. Just looking at the pile of clothes made me want to just lie on the bed and sleep. Unfortunately, that was not an option.

So what I did was go to our audio racks to pick a CD to play while doing the folding. I needed something that has a fast beat and something that I would enjoy singing and dancing to. I chose the Spice Girls Greatest Hits album. Heehee!

I love the Spice Girls. I remember back in the late 90's, I was in college then, the Spice Girls was a huge hit. My friends and I would even pretend to be them whenever their song was playing on the radio. I was always Posh Spice. LOL. So anyway, I hit the shuffle button and played the CD. I was surprised to see that after three songs, I was almost done folding the laundry. I especially remember doing the dance steps of "Stop" when it played. That was one of my favorites. Here's a music file just in case you're folding the laundry while reading my blog. Teehee! Enjoy!

Stop - Spice Girls

Thank you Spice Girls! Till my next laundry day.

Supersonic

I was surprised to see an old friend of mine in the mall the other day. We were good friends in elementary. We really didn't have the chance to catch up so we decided to meet up on another day. She invited me to her home for a late lunch and coffee. We were laughing while we reminisced our grade school days. Both of us would laugh hysterically at the mere mention of our crushes back then.

As we were having coffee, she led me to their home entertainment room because she wanted to show me something. I was shocked to see the inside of it. It was like entering a miniature theater. It had mood lights, cinema chairs plus home theater carpet. So anyway, she showed me the cassette tape that we used when we performed in our grade 4 Christmas party. We danced to the music of J.J. Fad's Supersonic. Remember that song? I just couldn't help but laugh. It was one of the hit songs in the late 80's. I remember the moment the teacher asked us what would be the song we would use for our dance number, all four of us agreed it had to be Supersonic. I think it wasn't just us who used that song for their Christmas party performance. LOL!

Smokey Mountain

It was my first time to watch the Pinoy Dream Academy Little Dreamers. The songs that they performed tonight were from the famous group in the late 80's to the early 90's formed by the musical director and composer, Ryan Cayabyab called Smoky Mountain.

I remember I used to have a crush on Jeffrey Coronel and would always sing whenever they would perform this song...

And one-two-three go!



What's your favorite song from Smokey Mountain?

Interpreter Please!

Now these four songs (Sweet Soul Revue, Angelina, Macarena & On ne s'aimera plus jamais) would likely generate two reactions from you: 1.) you would dance or sing along with it; OR 2.) your face would totally cringe just by hearing the first few notes. Haha!

I will not be a hypocrite so I would say that mine would be the first reaction. The only problem when singing these songs is that I have no idea what it says or means (pang Singing Bee..Hahaha!).

It is because of the melody and beat of these songs that allowed us to accept them (aminin nyo man o hindi! LOL!) despite the language barrier. There are only four songs that I've included in this post because I can't remember the other one that was a hit in the 90's. Do advise me if you know it. I'm not sure what language it was in though.

Anyway, if I'm not mistaken, the second song has a tagalog translation that my guy friends know oh so well. The person who came up with the lyrics probably had a bad experience with a girl. Hahaha! I cannot post the lyrics here because some will surely find it offensive.

So people, travel back in time. Bring out your dancing shoes and start grinding. :-) Enjoy!

Vanilla Ice & Francis M.

Dun dun dun dududun dun... I'll always sing that when someone mentions Vanilla Ice. He may be a One-Hit Wonder but it was still a big hit in the 90's. I don't think there's a single person who doesn't even know how to dance the running man while dancing to the tune of Ice Ice Baby. I even recall my dad singing those three words when he'd get ice from the freezer. LOL! I think most of us have memorized or at least tried memorizing the lyrics.

The second song is by Francis Magalona entitle Mga Kababayan Ko. Another huge rap song hit in the 90's. It has a great beat plus it makes you just feel proud to be Filipino. I have to confess that I loved this song so much when I was a kid that I recorded it from the radio, listened to it and wrote down the lyrics so I can memorize it. Hahaha! Di pa kasi uso pirated non eh.

How Gee

I was driving from the mall the other day and I was listening to the radio. The station I was listening to was playing old songs. Well, they're really no that old but mostly they're from the 80's till the early 2000. I was brought back to memory lane when I heard this song. Flashback of me and my friends in our sophomore year going crazy on our high school dance come rushing. Hahahaha! Almost all were shouting just as the 3rd note was played. We all knew what song it was. My friends and I would all shout in unison the line: "How Gee!!!" in the chorus. Bwahahaha! The boys that were there gawked at us. It's either they were impressed or disgusted. I'm guessing it's the latter. LOL! But we didn't care.