here is my version of LET IT BE. nung bata ako (mga 5-6 years old), ito ang isa sa mga paborito kong kanta together with "yellow submarine". binabalikan ko lang ngayon by doing a cover version of this beatles' classic.
this song is a cut from the classis "After the Gold Rush" LP that came out during the 70's. perhaps of all the albums i've listened to, this one has been one of my early favorites. here's my cover version of one of the cut's in that LP, neil young's I BELIEVE IN YOU .
here's a song that's a personal favorite of jet and i. it's "you're my home". there's nothing like a great billy joel song - everything's right on. the music and most especially the lyrics. in this case - the lyrics do appeal to us. we've been living abroad for over three years and the home that we know is the house where jet and i live together. and that's basically what the song says - PAKINGGAN NINYO.
nag record ulit ako ng kanta kagabi. nainggit kasi ako sa mga contestant ng singapore idol. hehe. cover version ito ng kanta ni cat stevens na pinasikat ni lani hall. simple lang ang melody pero minsan mong marinig, parang gusto mong patugtugin ulit. ganyan ata ang kalidad ng mga classic na kanta - PAKINGGAN NINYO.
tatlo pala ang version ko ng "first cut is the deepest" sa aking iPod. kanina ko lang nalaman. what's the significance of this fact in the order of things in the universe, i ask myself. nothing much, i answer back. tangina, kinakausap ko na naman ang sarili ko. balik sa kanta: mayron akong original ni cat stevens. tama ka virginia, siya nga yung kumanta ng "father and son" at "peace train" na ironically ay dineport ng mga amerikano recently, kasi may ties daw siya sa mga terrorist. ngyehehe. mayron din akong cover version ni rod stewart na naging popular nung 1970's. ang panghuli ay yung kay sheryl crow. paborito ko ito dahil siya ang pinaka soulful ang rendition sa tatlo. napahinto nga ako sa pagbisikleta nang tugtugin ito, tapos biglang naupo sa park bench at nakinig. pag-uwi ko, nag record din ako ng sariling version - PAKINGGAN NINYO.
I am an overseas filipino worker.
Now, I am part of that "babalik ka rin crowd" you see around christmas
time, arriving at the NAIA in droves from all over, gold chain around
their necks, in jeans and maong jacket, ray-ban shades, goatee, and baseball
cap, pababa pa lang ang eroplano kinukuha na ang hand-carry luggage at
nagpapalakpakan na't handang halikan ang lupa pagka-landing!
george w bush's smirk, mga
pangalan na nilalagyan ng "h" (katulad ng jhune, dhanny,
jhoey, jhim, jhay, jhet, mayron pa nga akong kilalang piph), tunog
ng baril ni agent X44 Tony Falcon, tunog ng suntok ng mga pelikulang
pinoy, people who say "at the end of the day" all the
time, allergic reactions to seafood, tunog ng stirofoam pag pinisil,
tunog ng kinaskas na kuko sa blackboard, war, alikabok, the term
"weapons of mass destruction", sales people who always
say "absolutely", people who don't take a bath everyday,
anghit, people who don't change their shirts everyday, tropical
heat, people with anghit who don't take a bath and don't change
their shirts everyday at kasabay mong maglakad in the tropical heat,
cnn's jim clancey's reporting, monday afternoons, NAIA, the term
"liberating the iraqi people", jeepney fumes, standing
on a bus going home, cruise missles, pelikulang bumbay, stale coffee,
tomahawk missles, january 2, ping lacson, tessie aquino ureta, pimples,
powdered orange juice, elevator music, kenny-g's music, elevator
playing kenny-g's music, donald rumsfeld's squint, funeral parlors,
hospitals, hospital morgues, cold showers, nagtataeng ballpen, nagtataeng
ballpen na nakalagay sa bulsa ng puting polo shirt, lapis na bale,
disco music, rap music, loud bar music, loud rap music played in
a bar, non-functioning remote control, scientific calculators that
are not casio, automatic watches that stop in the middle of the
night, smelly farts that are not mine, come to think of it - any
kind of fart that did not come from my asshole, "bawal umihi
dito" signs (ang mahole, bogbog), sunglasses na tabingi pag
sinuot mo, yellow-orange shirts, pink pants for men, pantalon na
bitin, lalaki na naka yellow-orange shirt na may ternong pink pants
na bitin, lawlaw na shorts, tsinelas na luma, loud preachers inside
a bus (PRAISE THE GOD!), el shaddai, amerikana ni brother mike,
brother mike, good friday, american war propaganda, train stations
in india, being thirsty, LBM, smelly hair, ugly american speeches,
tinapay na may amag, mainit na coke, soft boiled egg na sobrang
soft, CNN reporters na pumipikit-pikit pag nagrereport, sign pen
na walang tinta, CD na tumatalon, abstract painting na binebenta
sa bangketa sa quiapo, palenkeng maputik, cell phones ringing inside
theatres, sappy love song ring tones, sappy love song ringtones
ringing inside theatres, loud text message ringtones, mcdo hamburgers
na may chii sauce, taxes, ringing phones at 2 o clock in the morning,
traffic jams, fast changing traffic lights, war councils, tapilok,
somebody wearing turtle neck sweaters in manila, somebody wearing
leather jackets in manila, somebody wearing leather jackets over
tutleneck sweaters in manila, the term "decisive force",
censorship, self righteous people, self righteous censors, names
i can't pronounce, people calling me "david", riding in
a car that's been left baking in an open parking lot in manila at
12 o clock noon, pentel pen na malapit nang maubusan ng tinta, the
disco song entitled "zodiac", low batt cellphone right
when you need it, underpowered cars, stars on 45 music, stars on
45 music being played inside buses, stars on 45 being played inside
a bus when a preacher suddenly shouts "PRAISE THE LORD"
while you are a few seconds from finally taking a nap, funeral wreathes,
lumang pera, kahit anong pelikula ni steven segal (except yung kasama
niya si idol kong tommy lee jones), ang mukha ni prime minister
john howard ng australia, "operation iraqi freedom"...
...AND, the most kinaiinisang bagay-bagay as of late: the term "shock
and awe".
