Scoring Memories
The soundtrack of my life. In no particular order:
Always by Erasure. I seem to remember this song from the first grade.
Ragga Muffin Girl by Apache Indian, and other similar beats. Grade 5 or 6, somewhere there. For some reason, everybody seems to be dancing to reggae.
“O giliw ko, miss na miss kita” song by Father and Sons. I can still vaguely remember that this was a trio of, guess what, a father and his two sons. Sometime during the later years of primary school too, I think.
Vulnerable by Roxette. I think this was their only song that the guy sung. I was in Grade 6 when this became a hit. Along with their other songs, I still feel guiltily happy whenever I listen to them.
Michael Learns to Rock Greatest Hits. Too many to mention. Extremely difficult not to memorize. Until now, people are still denying that they know the words to 25 minutes and Paint my Love. They were quite popular back in high school.
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. I never got to know the verses but I can still remember the bastardized, “ice ice buko, may kasama pang puto bumbong.” I seem to remember Queen sued Vanilla Ice because he used the riff from Under Pressure.
Close to you by Whigfield. I was a freshman in High School and everybody were using this in Mass Demonstrations.
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. Well, everybody loves Karate.
Daimos opening song. Yeah, and probably the ending as well. I mean really, who can forget that very catchy “Buyase, buyase, nankani buyase?”
Fushigi song. For a different reason than remembering Annie’s white panties that always seem to mysteriously find a way to show themselves, this chant by Puma’s minions is still embedded in my head. “Fushigi shigi maka fushigi ruwa (shigi shigi).”
Standing at the edge of the Earth, by Blessed Union of Souls. I really don’t know why I still remember this song.
As long as it matters, by Gin Blossoms. Till I hear it from you will always be their most popular hit, but this one is still my personal favorite. I still can’t find my Congratulations, I’m sorry CD.
From A Distance, and other songs used in interpretative numbers. This has got to include Gary V’s Natutulog ba ang Diyos. These “interpretative” tracks always bring back memories of the childhood days.
If we hold on, from the Land Before Time. You’ll forget the dinosaurs, but you’ll never forget this song. Always a top choice in Graduation songs. Special note to Nherz.
Sweet Soul Revue by Pizzicato Five and Feel Like Dance by Globe. Nobody knew what they meant but they all danced to the beat. Well of course, Feel Like Dance meant, feel like dance.
Pinch me by Barenaked Ladies. The chorus was a tongue-twister, but for some reason (probably the title really), it always make me wonder what’s real.
I’ll be there for you by The Rembrandts. I do have friends.
Eraserheads songs. No OPM band will ever come close.
Nerbiyoso by River maya. This one’s for Dea. This is my song when she’s near.
It’s amazing how we many memories a bunch of old songs can bring. Serious songs aside, I claim that the bulk of the songs that jump and grab at you from the past are the once that you really know without actually knowing them. Truth is, you’re actually trying to forget them. That’s probably where the catch phrase, “kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan” came from. More to come, as I continue to remember.
Always by Erasure. I seem to remember this song from the first grade.
Ragga Muffin Girl by Apache Indian, and other similar beats. Grade 5 or 6, somewhere there. For some reason, everybody seems to be dancing to reggae.
“O giliw ko, miss na miss kita” song by Father and Sons. I can still vaguely remember that this was a trio of, guess what, a father and his two sons. Sometime during the later years of primary school too, I think.
Vulnerable by Roxette. I think this was their only song that the guy sung. I was in Grade 6 when this became a hit. Along with their other songs, I still feel guiltily happy whenever I listen to them.
Michael Learns to Rock Greatest Hits. Too many to mention. Extremely difficult not to memorize. Until now, people are still denying that they know the words to 25 minutes and Paint my Love. They were quite popular back in high school.
Ice Ice Baby by Vanilla Ice. I never got to know the verses but I can still remember the bastardized, “ice ice buko, may kasama pang puto bumbong.” I seem to remember Queen sued Vanilla Ice because he used the riff from Under Pressure.
Close to you by Whigfield. I was a freshman in High School and everybody were using this in Mass Demonstrations.
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. Well, everybody loves Karate.
Daimos opening song. Yeah, and probably the ending as well. I mean really, who can forget that very catchy “Buyase, buyase, nankani buyase?”
Fushigi song. For a different reason than remembering Annie’s white panties that always seem to mysteriously find a way to show themselves, this chant by Puma’s minions is still embedded in my head. “Fushigi shigi maka fushigi ruwa (shigi shigi).”
Standing at the edge of the Earth, by Blessed Union of Souls. I really don’t know why I still remember this song.
As long as it matters, by Gin Blossoms. Till I hear it from you will always be their most popular hit, but this one is still my personal favorite. I still can’t find my Congratulations, I’m sorry CD.
From A Distance, and other songs used in interpretative numbers. This has got to include Gary V’s Natutulog ba ang Diyos. These “interpretative” tracks always bring back memories of the childhood days.
If we hold on, from the Land Before Time. You’ll forget the dinosaurs, but you’ll never forget this song. Always a top choice in Graduation songs. Special note to Nherz.
Sweet Soul Revue by Pizzicato Five and Feel Like Dance by Globe. Nobody knew what they meant but they all danced to the beat. Well of course, Feel Like Dance meant, feel like dance.
Pinch me by Barenaked Ladies. The chorus was a tongue-twister, but for some reason (probably the title really), it always make me wonder what’s real.
I’ll be there for you by The Rembrandts. I do have friends.
Eraserheads songs. No OPM band will ever come close.
Nerbiyoso by River maya. This one’s for Dea. This is my song when she’s near.
It’s amazing how we many memories a bunch of old songs can bring. Serious songs aside, I claim that the bulk of the songs that jump and grab at you from the past are the once that you really know without actually knowing them. Truth is, you’re actually trying to forget them. That’s probably where the catch phrase, “kailangan pa bang i-memorize yan” came from. More to come, as I continue to remember.
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