this is up at Metakritiko where i’ve been alive in times that this blog isn’t. trying to link ’em all together obviously.
medyo hirap lang sa dating sariling namamayagpag sa blog na ito, na sa kasalukuyan (at dapat pala) ay (parating!) rine-revise. so in the meantime, eto ang isang sariling enjoy sa pagsusulat tungkol sa kulturang popular, lahat pinapatulan, lahat may posibilidad ng subersyon/pag-aklas/pagbabago, gaano man kaliit.
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Mix Tape 1: Ode to Sibling-hood
When I was a kid, my liking for the local was judged as baduy by my Kuya who took to liking everything not Pinoy. We fought over the remote control on Sundays when I couldn’t get enough of GMA Supershow, and he wanted the rerun of any other foreign show or movie on Channel 9. I watched That’s Entertainment, day in day out, to Kuya’s raised eyebrows. Yes, the talentless lived there, and they were “watermelon singing!” Kuya said, exasperated. That is, they didn’t know the words to the songs they pre-recorded and so they just keet repeating the word “watermelon.”
And here, the songs that I love(d) from the height of baduy Origina Pilipino Music (OPM) in the mid-80s to early 90s, all of which I’ve got memorized like a know how to ride a bike, to Kuya’s distress/disgust/despair, of course.
Side A: The Baduy Collection
- I Love You Boy, Timmy Cruz
- Points of View, Pops Fernandez and Joey Albert
- I Remember the Boy, Joey Albert
- Mr. Kupido, Rachel Alejandro
- Kapag Tumibok ang Puso, Donna Cruz
- Mr. Dreamboy Sheryl Cruz
- I Like You, Geneva Cruz
Ituloy ang pagbabasa todits.