photo grabbed from dam im’s official facebook page
Being a true blue self-imposed fellow of the Dami Army, I waited for this music video like a Gladiator. Now that it is finally released, the coming nights now seems brighter, my glass of sour wine now tastes better and the constant pit of fury in my gut now subsides.
Dami is one truly amazing talent. Another incredible song with a perfectly fitting and visually stunning music video!
Mala-gladyeytor sa galing!
ella henderson
More than a year ago, I wrote about Ella Henderson. After seeing and hearing her unique and magnificent rendition of Cher’s Believe in X Factor UK, I was immediately mesmerized. I continued and followed watching that show until the night Ella got eliminated. I ceased to watch it and never knew who won that year’s contest.
Just tonight while surfing the net, I got to see and be updated with the Ella Henderson goings on. I am glad that her new single Ghost is doing good and its official music video on YouTube already have more than 8 million views.
But what made me write again about Ella Henderson is this amazing video. I still can’t fathom how this great talent did not even made it to the contest’s finals! Her singing of the acoustic version of Ghost seem to turn the 2012 X Factor UK TV show a big joke. Watch!
Astig ka ‘te. Husay!
leave your lover by sam smith
The latest single of Sam Smith is entitled ‘Leave Your Lover’. I so loved the song, because it is something selfish and evil-ish in a way. Imagine, asking someone to leave a lover for your own gain? That is so messed up! Yet, the lyrics though can be perceived egoistic and self-seeking, also exhibits deep sorrow, pleading and yearning.
Aside from the poignant lyrics of the song and the moving rendition of Sam Smith, I am also blown away by the lonely ballad’s music video.
Leave Your Lover music video amazingly navigates the dynamics of friendship that leads to longing for intimate relationship. But what is so stunning about the video is that the story can be recognized in variety of angles. It has such a wide spectrum! Even the last few seconds of the video even adds up to the already complex twist of the three leading characters!
There’s harmony yet jealousy, allegiance yet competition, care yet disregard, joy yet disappointment, and many other irony of life’s circumstances. In terms of socio-sexual context, it can be perceived either as straight, gay, bi-sexual and even polysexual affection.
The compelling video seem to imply that it would be up to the viewer which layer from among the standpoints and feelings of the characters he or she would like to grasp the story from. It would be for the viewer to decide on how the story would continue and or conclude. The storyline presented is so complex, it engages you in some deep astute contemplation. And that is all conveyed brilliantly in 3 minutes and 10 seconds.
Don’t just watch. Listen!
Masabi nga yan wan op dis deys. Mwahaha!
my new favorite male singer artist
One of my best references to know and be updated about emerging hit songs is my dear nephew Luis. When I wanna be updated, I would simply ask him what’s his latest music downloads. He of course would be all but willing to play these songs in his phone. I then would got to select which ones would I like and ask him to send it to my phone via the ever reliable bluetooth.
Several weeks ago, Luis introduced me to the music of Sam Smith. After that moment, I was totally hooked on the beautiful music of this British singer. When Luis first played Sam Smith’s song on his phone, I asked him if the guy was a black artist. It is because he sounded like a soulful black singer!
When I first saw his video on Youtube, I believed that Sam Smith – with his enormous talent and rising popularity – is an Adele in the body of Boy George. That Sam Smith would most likely be the offspring in case Adele and Boy George would have a baby.
Kidding aside, since then I got so curious with the body of his works. I was so impressed by his unique voice, his exceptional vocal range and the stirring lyrics of his songs. I now got a separate playlist of Sam Smith’s music in my phone. Songs taken from his debut and sophomore albums.
Here is Sam Smith, my favorite male singer this year!
Ibang bumirit! Simpleng Husay!
The mighty Dami Army must be very happy today. This is because today is the day the fresh new single of Dami Im has been released entitled Super Love. Being a self-confessed member of the Dami Army (I follow her in Facebook), I myself has excitedly been looking forward to this new super upbeat of a song.
The message is positive, the tune is catchy, the singer is remarkably charming and talented. What I particularly like about the fun and fabulous video was the diversity of human race that was featured being touched by a super hero played by Dami who chants “nothing can bring us down, we got the super love”. While my favorite line of the song would be, “I wanna breathe you in and never breathe you out”. That is just boom brilliant!!!
This song will definitely be the constant tune inside my house for the next several days! Super Love it!
Katulad ng palaman lang sa tinapay, Spred da Super Lab!
The Philippine Madrigal Singers has long been a musical ambassador of my country. They have brought countless honors to Philippines. They are my country’s representatives who imparts to the world through their majestic musicality that there is more to the Philippines than mega-disasters, mega-traffic and mega-corruption.
Through the Philippine Madrigal Singers, let me place a piece of polished culture in this blog. Just watch and listen! Their incredibly refined musical harmony can simply be compared to a gourmet food fit for an aching spirit.
I’m pretty sure after listening to this short musical showcase, you can say that… all is well and good with the world.
‘Tangna! Napa-nga-nga ko dun ha!
Today is Valentine’s Day and this “awe-mazing” song just smacked right between my ears. It obviously is not a cupid love song, yet this fantabulous pop track simply represent how still positive I am amidst this dreadful day.
The lines of this applause-worthy song that truly hit me denotes strength and independence.
“When I got my back up against the wall,
don’t need no one to rescue me.
‘Cause I ain’t waiting up for no miracle,
yeah tonight I’m running free!”
I like this song simply because I have never been a believer of self-pity. Self-pity is for people who have too much time on their hands yet they wait for miraculous change to befall them. As for me. Instead of dreaming miracles, I have long learned to make my own.
This may not be this year’s song for those who chose or no choice but to remain solo and unattached, let me nevertheless announce that Into The Blue by pop goddess Kylie Minogue as my Feb 14 theme song…
hapi balentong…
After the semi-successful launch of the first single of American Idol Season 11 runner-up, people kept wondering what shall be the follow-up single on her first album launched in April/May of this year.
If the management of Jessica Sanchez would be able to read this post, I hope that the next single to be released in her Me, You & the Music album would be the reggae-like tune mixed with a whisk of dance-pop and R&B beats entitled Don’t Come Around.
If this track would be produced with very good music video, I believe this would be a potential big hit. The beat is infectious, the type that would basically grow in you. This would be aside from the song’s tough and unapologetic message which would add some color to the somewhat bland and pa-twitams (nauseatingly cute) image of Jessica Sanchez.
Let me share this little golden nugget of a music.
Na-aw! Na-aw! Na-aw!
I am happy that the music video of Dami Im has just been released today. After watching the whole super nice video, the only thing that dawned on me is that Dami Im could possibly be the next fashion icon of this planet.
Dami has never been afraid to try new things to wear. What is so impressive about her and her team of stylists (if ever she has one) are the various ornaments, hats, embellishments and head pieces she has worn and showed off. Those stuffs were simply fresh, unique, chic and fashionable.
HRH Queen Elizabeth is too old while Lady Gaga looks too tired and worn out. The freshly released video of Dami Im’s Alive simply seals her as the new Queen of Modern Headdress. Those headdresses can truly trigger a different kind of fashion buzz…
Maka-suot nga ng ganyan sa sa opis sa Lunes…
It has been quite disappointing to know that the line-up of nominees in this year’s YouTube Music Awards (YTMA) Artist Of The Year were nothing but a product of strong marketing campaign.
The award says “artist” but the line-up of nominees seem out of place. Yeah, they had the greatest number of views and likes in their respective videos but that does not mean they are the greatest artist this year. I would be more convinced if any one of these nominees were lined up in the category of YTMA Popular Celebrity of the Year.
For me, YouTube’s coming up with bunch of awards to give out has been a total mess. It’s nothing but a cringe-worthy crusade. YouTube is YouTube. It’s a totally huge, massive and colossal virtual world of videos representing every walks of human life. With the enormous amount of artistic videos uploaded daily around the planet, you can’t just select and trim down in just ten so-called worthy celebrities who are products of western pop marketing campaigns.
One pop group or a celebrity cannot in any way represent the great impetus of YouTube. YouTube coming up with these nasty awards is only making itself cheap and annoying. YouTube should realize the social impact that they’ve done and continuously doing and not just a mere portal of pop music and their celebrities.
Yuchub! Ang labo mo…
Nengkoy 