there’s this john denver song called “i want to live”. it’s not one of his best songs and i find some of the lyrics so melodramatic (e.g. “Have you watched the dolphins frolic in the foam”). but it’s a song i like to listen to nonetheless, because it reminds me of my dad. well, it’s one of the songs that remind me of my dad.
my best pinoy rock moment is very intimate. it was the time when pepe came to our house during my birthday many years ago. he came with my brother and his wife. after a few beers, we jammed and he sang an acoustic cover of the doors’ “riders on the storm”.
many years later, my friends and i still talk about this great event that spiced up our rather boring lives. hehehe. and so, my great big wish before i move on to that great big gig in the sky: i want to spend one of my birthdays jamming with with the jerks, binky lampano, sampaguita and pepe smith.
FROM THE INSIDE BY ALICE COOPER, and the song i always hum when i’m on the outside
in 1978, alice cooper released an album called “from the inside”. it was the album he produced right after going into rehab for alcoholism. one of the songs there is a sweet ballad called “how you gonna see me now”. it tells about a man’s apprehensions about going back to his wife after screwing up both their lives. he’s wondering if he’ll be accepted and if it will still be the same again. been to hell and back, honey. fade to black?
kahapon ng umaga, tinawag kami ng boss namin sa kanyang kwarto for a highly irregular (and definitely unannounced) staff meeting. akala ko nga magpapakain ng breakfast. naalala ko, di pala uso ang magpakain sa singapore. anyway, sabi niya, kaya raw hindi pumasok ang isa naming office mate ay dahil nag self quarrantine (kaba-kaba-kaba).
apparently, yung father in law ng office mate ko ay nagkaroon ng high fever after visiting a clinic whose former patient contracted SARS. hmmm…. “interesting”, naisip ko, habang maraming scenario ang naglalaro sa fertile kong imagination:
kahapon ng umaga, tinawag kami ng boss namin sa kanyang kwarto for a highly irregular (and definitely unannounced) staff meeting. akala ko nga magpapakain ng breakfast. naalala ko, di pala uso ang magpakain sa singapore. anyway, sabi niya, kaya raw hindi pumasok ang isa naming office mate ay dahil nag self quarrantine (kaba-kaba-kaba).
apparently, yung father in law ng office mate ko ay nagkaroon ng high fever after visiting a clinic whose former patient contracted SARS. hmmm…. “interesting”, naisip ko, habang maraming scenario ang naglalaro sa fertile kong imagination:
kung libre kayo ngayong weekend, panoorin nyo yung award winning short film ni raymond red – Anino.
request sa karaoke: bossing, patugtugin nyo naman ang “starry, starry night” by vincent.
“Starry, starry night
Flaming flowers that brightly blaze
Swirling clouds and violet haze
Reflect in Vincent’s eyes of china blue
Colors changing Hoy”
Miron: “Colors Changing Hue. Hindi Hoy. BOBO!”
Habang nag-se-search ng mga artist na kasali sa “PHILIPPINE HITS – AROUND THE WORLD KARAOKE”, napadaan ako sa binebentang CD sa Pinoy Central na pinamagatang “Kukurutin Ko” ni Bert Dominic.
Sino si Bert Dominic? Naiintriga ako sa kanya. Bakit ganito ang title ng mga kanta niya?
1. “solitude”, nina simone
2. “god bless the child”, billie holiday (di naman ito love song pero, sa boses pa lang, suicidal ka na)
3. “come away with me”, nora jones
ayan tatlong kanta, para puno ng sipon at luha ang unan mo ngayong gabi.
oo nga pala, kinanta ni lisa simpson ang “god bless the child” ni billie holiday sa special episode na “the simpsons sing the blues”. kinanta rin ni homer dito yung “born under a bad sign”. hehehe… they made a CD out of this. find it if you can.
bigla tuloy akong napa-download ng “solitude”. hay… galing talaga. gusto nyong kopya? 3MB. hehehe… sinama ko na sa download yung “house of the rising sun” both by nina and the animals. tapos simahan ko pa ng nora jones na “come away with me”. walang kamatayanang kasentihan ang gabing ito. huhuhu… buti na lang at nandito ang partner ko sa tabi ko. di nga lang ako pinapansin dahil nag-ko-cross stich. hehehe. crotch tish? crotz tits? crotch tits?
