There’s
a huge chance I’ll be heading to PhilPop finals night next week, LIVE! though
nothing’s really final yet. Talk about sudden flip of events. But the usual butterflies
in my stomach are already dancing in keyed up swells right now. Being a huge
fan of the local music since time immemorial, this mere thought in mind brings
this inevitable twitterpating lunacy out of my system, itching to first-person-ally
experience such glorious musical event. As usual, I’m equipped with my
ever-reliable musical taste, lol, thus this list – of entries which I think will
most probably seal the deal come July 23rd.
Interpreter: Nyoy Volante
Writer: Jeroel Maranan
While
the music video is a colossal disappointment to say the least, my faith for
this entry is still solid rock, biases aside. The track, being a worship song as it is, boils down to being
thankful for the gift of life, for the grace of the higher being – which is the
song’s very strength – its very foundation being anchored to a solid
inspiration. I may not be huge believer but I very well understand where this
song is coming from.
Interpreter: The Juans
Writer: Johann Garcia
This
track isn’t hard to love. And while love at first sight is its main theme, love at first hear rather, was my immediate case since its Spotify release. “Binibini
sa MRT” gives a refreshing take on how
inspiration could actually be drawn from the most unexpected place at the most
unconventional time, that before you’ll know it, it has already smitten you
hard, down to your spines. It’s a matter of believing that there is something more to this life than trying to
find that someone to understand you, because at the end of the day, there is a
possibility that person is there and understands you more than yourself.
Interpreter: Acapellago feat. Jimmy Marquez
Writer: JC Jose
Though “Stars are Aligned” is not on my personal list of
favorites, I bet it has a good fighting chance. Aside from the incoherence in
the lyrics and a few more vague lines that needs further
revising which could have been band-aid-ed with a little more effort in
editing, it has all the other tricks to pull to win the race. It’s overflowing
with optimism and shades of empowerment – that which I think, is its main
weapon. It’s unique (being different is equated to standing out) and is a breath
of fresh air (iit’s rather refreshing to have another formula which deviates
from the usual trend in the recent past, but offers an equally good alternative).
Interpreter: Banda ni Kleggy feat. Aikee
Writer: Aikee Aplacador
With the advent of hugot jokes
in the very recent past and even in current trends, it’s not really surprising
to have hugot-inspired songs
going on some rounds these days. And in all fairness to “Pabili Po”, it’s
enough-ly cohesive and heavily on point with respect to the kind of theme and
direction the song tries to point towards to. It somehow crosses that thin fine
line between being clever and being trying hard, weighing in to the former. It
presents a good contrast of being a raw novelty hit yet at some point, is
actually a serious one, a good source of moral lessons, even.
Interpreter: Bayang Barrios, Cooky Chua, and
The Benjamins
Writer: Paolo and Miguel Guico
There
are two extremely admirable things about this overly anthemic “Tinatangi” penned by lyric geniuses in Paolo and
Miguel Guico. One, it’s a good surprise being an OPM love song we would not
really expect to come out at this age when music has already evolved into
something millennials defined music as it is. And two, it’s a celebratory tune
with all the sense of adoration and joy and contentment in the world at its
very core. But what I’m hugely in love with, was
how love was defined as that thing we all need – dissecting it in stages parallel to a
whole cycle of a day.. pagmulat ng araw, pagyakap ng dapithapon, pagsapit
ng dilim.. hanggang sa paghimlay.. but paradoxically transcends the bounds of time.
The essential add-ons were the veterans in Cooky Chua, and the legendary Bayang
Barrios giving it the required breath to make the song an alive account of how
glorious it is to live and love and let things just fall on their right places. Overall, it’s effortlessly moving in a lot of ways
that makes it an enoughly, outright frontrunner.
Posts
