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October 15, 2006

WHEN YOU'RE OLD ENOUGH TO REPAY, BUT YOUNG ENOUGH TO SELL

it's a rainy and a little bit cold sunday afternoon. to pass the time, i did two recordings of neil young's "tell me why". don't ask my why.

ever since i was a kid, i always wished i had his distinct shrill voice but my dad's genes gave me and my brothers very deep voices. the best i could do in this case was to speed up the recording during post production. here are the results.

1. the original version using my natural voice

2. the chipmunk version neil young imitation

hmmm.... somehow, i kinda like the chipmunk version better. what do you think?

September 17, 2006

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

I love the Janis Joplin cover of the Kris Kristofferson song. Here's my take on Me and Bobby Mcgee.

January 04, 2006

Won't you please read my signs, be a gypsy

PLEASE BE WITH ME - i love songs that mention gypsies. one of the earliest clapton songs i've heard. i love the easy bluesy melody of this song.

December 26, 2005

But all my words come back to me in shades of mediocrity

HOMEWARD BOUND - simon and garfunkel classic. a song that came to mind last weekend. there we were - a pinoy couple uprooted from singapore trying to spend their first christmas in california and terribly missing home.

December 14, 2005

Casual conversations how they bore me

in 1979, supertramp released an LP called "breakfast in america". classic record dahil walang tapon na kanta. ang isa sa mga paborito ko roon ay ang kantang "casual conversations".

pakinggan ninyo ang cover version na ginawa ko. mayroong "overdub" of sorts. kinanta ko ng tatlong beses using my primitive recording equipment. di ko alam kung maganda o hindi - parang gregorian chant ng mga ngo-ngong monk.

April 23, 2005

BREAK A HEART OF STONE

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.

January 03, 2005

HOW CAN I TELL YOU

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.

January 01, 2005

WHEN IT COMES TO BEING LUCKY SHE'S CURSED

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.

December 05, 2004

JOSE FELICIANO AND THE SOULFUL RENDITION

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.

December 01, 2004

JONI ROCKS!

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.

November 09, 2004

ALAY KAY DADDY

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.

November 07, 2004

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.

November 03, 2004

OUTSIDE THE RAIN BEGINS

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"

January 03, 2004

I LOVE THE GIRL WHO HOLDS THE WORLD IN A PAPERCUP

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.




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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".