i recorded a new song. it's a cover of alice cooper's classic "i never cry" which came out in 1976 (from the "alice goes to hell" album). memorable ang kantang ito sa akin dahil ito ang isa mga unang natutunan kong tipahin sa gitara. we used to sing this song a lot sa tambayan namin sa novaliches when i was growing up. ito rin ang kinanta ko nung nag audition ako sa parish choir ng aming simbahan in 1981. awa naman ng diyos eh nakuha ako - sa "bass" ako napunta pero "soprano" ang inaplayan ko. hehehe.
iniba ko nga pala ang ending. HERE IT IS - sana magustuhan 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.
Always something there to remind me. i love this song, especially the soulful rendition of Jose Feliciano. i know, in my version, i bastardized it again. but so what. this was done on the night of the first singapore idol semifinals. i was so putoff by the quality of the singers that i decided to sing and record, just to show them what singing means. that they must do it like jose feliciano (or perhaps like me) - with soul. ha! ang yabang ko talaga. hehehe.
The Circle Game, Take 2. sinali ko na rito yung stanza containing the lines of the title of my previous blog entry - "words like, when you’re older, must appease him, and promises of someday make his dreams". ay naku, such great lyrics.
EAST OF GINGER TREES - this is an obscure song of seals and crofts. the melody and the lyrics are haunting. i don't know why but when i listen to this song, i am reminded of my dad. minsan naiiyak nga ako. just the same, the original version is one of my favorites.
MORNING COMES THE SUNRISE AND I'M DRIVEN TO MY BED
4 and 20 - this is my cover version of one of my favorite CSNY songs. taken from the deja vu lp that was released in the '70's. i think my version is rougher than the original but that's ok.
WE'RE ALL ALONE. boz scaggs classic, tawag ko rito eh "carmelie", kasi nung araw ang kanta ko sa lyrics ay "close the window, carmelie. and it will be allray"
DANNY'S SONG - loggins and messina song bastardized by batjay. wala lang, maganda kasi itong kantahin lalo nag yung part na "i love the girl who holds the world in a papercup. drink it up. love her and she'll bring you luck.
these are cover versions of some of the songs that i listen to.
one time i got bored, so i took out my guitar, played and recorded
these songs over a two weekend period. no overdubs, no practice -
just plain 1 take eveything
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".
