25 April 2011

The 13-day theory

Thirteen days before Manny Pacquiao beat Antonio Margarito for the World Boxing Council (WBC) super welterweight championship, а Cebuano held his daughter hostage for about an hour. It turned out that the 32-year-old man has been suffering from a mental illness and was brought to the Cebu City Hospital right after.

Thirteen days before Manny Pacquiao succeeded to defend his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title from Joshua Clottey, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Chile. It killed 122 people, twisted buildings, and sent tsunami waves.

Thirteen days before Manny Pacquiao reclaimed WBO welterweight championship from Miguel Cotto, the rest of the world commemorated the dead.

Thirteen days before Manny Pacquiao knocked Ricky Hatton twice, the Legacy Group of Companies collapsed. It affected more than 12,047 police and soldiers lost P317,556,356 million worth of pre-need plans.

Thirteen days before Manny Pacquiao embarrassed Oscar De La Hoya before a packed house at the MGM Grand, three Cagayenos drowned from the flood brought about by continuous rains in the province.

So in his bout against Shane Mosley, it is possible that Manny Pacquiao will take home his welterweight belt again. There had been a landslide in Pantukan, Compostela Valley yesterday. The Light Rail Transit (LRT) suffered a glitch, too, at the Libertad station in Pasay City, as well as the and Metro Rail Transit (MRT) in Mandaluyong.

"May problema tayo lately sa gate dahil naubusan tayo ng spare parts para maayos ang regular na maintenance. Ang ginawa natin ngayon hinuhulog nila sa box ang card para mabilis ang exit nila," Hernando Cabrera, LRT Administration spokesman, was reported saying.

(We have had problems with the stiles because we ran out of spare parts. For now we let the passengers drop their cards into a box and let them leave via a regular gate.)

Since medieval times, some people developed triskaidekaphobia (from Greek tris meaning "3", kai meaning "and", deka meaning "10" and phobia meaning "fear"). After all, there were 13 people present during the Last Supper. Witches' covens also have 13 members. Scandanavians already have 12 demigods when another one joined and cast evil. The number 13 signifies death in a Tarot deck, too.

But “The Great,” “The Destroyer,” “The People’s Champ,” “The Pacman,” has been winning, title after title, for every disaster happening 13 days before his bout. Currently, he holds the WBC Flyweight title (1998), the IBF Super Bantamweight title (2001), the WBC Super Featherweight title (2008), the WBC Lightweight title (2008), and the IBO Light Welterweight title (2009).

He also has the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation (OPBF) Flyweight title (1997), the WBC International Super Bantamweight title (1999), the WBC Super Featherweight International title (2005), and the RING Super Featherweight title (2008).

References

22 April 2011

Pangarap ka na lang ba?

Talaga yatang walang pag-asa
Upang ako'y iyong ibigin pa
Pano mangyayari
Gayong ako'y di mo pansin
Pano mo malalaman
Sayo'y may pagtingin?

Lagi na lamang sa aking isipan
Sana ito'y iyong maramdaman
Masabi ko na sana na minamahal kita
Doon mo lang malalaman
Pag-ibig ko'y hanggang

Pangarap ka na lang ba
O magiging katotohanan pa
Bakit may mahal ka ng iba?
Ngunit di bale na kahit mahal mo sya
Mahal naman kita

Kung totoong lahat ng iyan
Sana ako'y nangangarap na lang
Masayang man iyan ay pangarap lamang
Di naman ako ganong masasaktan

Mary Jane C. Mendoza, popularly known as Jamie Rivera, sings about love and faith. "Love, for me, is God, that's the root. Love comes from God. Love should be selfless, because it should be shared with everybody."

The Diva for the Divine, Rivera promoted praying through singing. "You have to practice what you want to instill in your children. For example, if you put a knife on the table, in the past, I'll just let it be. Now that I'm a mother, I see a knife there and I'll put it aside or keep it. I know it can hurt my child. Just like faith. If you're more aware of your faith, if you want your children and other people to be influenced, you have to be careful and set an example not only to your family, but to everybody."

"I don't really go for very deep music and lyrics. I want to reach a lot of people. I want them to relate to whatever song I'm doing, whether for me, another artist or commercial jingles."

References

20 April 2011

On body

You know I still love you baby
and it will never change.

I want nobody but you
How can I be with another
I don't want any other
I want nobody nobody [else]

Why are you trying
To make me leave you
I know what you're thinking
Baby why aren't you listening
How can I just love someone else
And forget you completely
When I know you still love me

Telling me you're not good enough
My life with you is just too tough
You know it's not right so
Just stop and come back boy
How can this be
When we were meant to be

I want nobody but you
How can I be with another
I don't want any other
I want nobody [else]

Why can't we just,
Just be like this
Cause it's you that I need
And nothing else until the end
Who else can ever make me feel the way
I feel when I'm with you?
No one will ever do

Back to the days when we were so young
And wild and free
Nothing else matters other than you and me
So tell me why can't it be
Please let me live my life my way
Why do you push me away?
I don't want nobody but you

It’s a wonder why in this age of women empowerment that Nobody did not make it to the Billboard Hot 100 Chart.

It was composed by Park Jin-young. Widely known as J.Y. Park, Park is the current CEO of JYP Entertainment, a record label of Asian pop music he himself founded.

Under his name, Park released seven albums: Blue City (1994), Tantara (1995), Summer Jingle Bell (1997), Even After 10 Years (1998), Game (2001), and Back To Stage (2007). He produced 31 charting singles and 25 albums for Rain, Wonder Girls, MC Mong, Min, J Lim, G-soul, Will Smith, Mase and Cassie.

His success in promoting Asian singers prompted the organizers of a music conference* to invite Park as a keynote speaker.

Park holds a B.A. in Geology from Yonsei University. He collaborated with Jackie Chan in May 2008 to form the I Love Asia Project and help earthquake victims in China.

He had been married to Yoon Jeong-seo in 1999. But they broke their vows last March 2009 since, Park claimed, they ‘slowly grew apart’ after 16 years. The couple didn’t have kids.

JYP Entertainment is developing a show in the US with Lawrence Bender showcasing the singers of this song.[5]

*Midem 2009 brought together about 9,000 professionals from over 90 countries.

References

19 April 2011

Leaving behind yesterday

Since you left me, I never really tried
To put my life to where it should belong
And I've always let the past gone by
I'm realizing that it could be wrong

But now I fin'lly knew
I had to let it go
To make way for a brighter tomorrow

So now I'm leavin' yesterday behind
And fin'lly I've made up my mind
So let the mem'ries stay away and think about today
I'm leavin' yesterday behind
'Cause now I'll try to live my life once more
The way I did before

Since I know that I never will forget
The memories that made my yesterday
I will try not to let it
Interfere the choices I will make along the way

'Cause I'm not livin' in a world of fantasy
I'm here now in the world of reality

Here is a person who managed to leave yesterday behind.

He wrote a book entitled A Song Across the Barriers of Time to discuss the powers of love. Albeit fictional, it is actually about the love story of Karen Carpenter (singer, The Carpenters) and Leo Adam Alba III (billionaire).

He is Leo Mark Bonaventura from East Chicago, Indiana. His father once thought that his second child would not succeed in life. Leo proved him wrong when he attended the Marquette University and the Indiana University School of Medicine to obtain an M.D. in 1970. He remained a dreamer, though, and in December 2007 collaborated with the characters of his book.

* * * *

It was unclear why the song was written. I only got information on Paul Harrison, the jazz pianist who arranged the notes of the song. He has his own group, Trianglehead, and is currently writing music for John Scofield and the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra.

References

18 April 2011

In love lost

I realize the best part of love is the thinnest lace
And it don't count for much
But I'm not letting go
I believe there's still much to believe in

So lift your eyes if you feel you can
Reach for a star and I'll show you a plan
I figured it out
What I needed was someone to show me

You know you can't fool me
I've been loving you too long
It started so easy
You want to carry on

Lost in love and I don't know much
What I'm thinking about
Fell out of touch
But I'm back on my feet
Eager to be what you wanted

While unpopular in the rest of the world except in Australia, Graham Cyril Russell wrote this song (in 15 minutes only!), which title is the cover of their 1980 album. It became a hit shortly after their homegrown record label Big Time Records sold its distribution rights to Arista Records. Only did when Air Supply became known in the international music scene.

The song was also sung by Dickey Lee and Kathy Burdick later in the year, and Demis Roussos and Florence Warner on a duet. Nearly after two decades, a Kiwi pop group Deep Obsession turned it #1 in New Zealand. Grammy Award-winning producer Brian Rawling remixed it in 1999 under Deep Obsession's debut album Infinity.

The other ‘side’ of the soft rock duo, Russell Charles Hitchcock, is a family man with a son and a daughter. He met Russell during the musical production of Jesus Christ Superstar in May 1975.

They were supposed to be with Chrissie Hammond, Jeremy Paul, Adrian Scott, Jeff Browne, Mark McEntee, but only Russell and Hitchcock are left behind.

The Air Supply that we know today has Rex Goh on guitars, Frankie Marino on keyboards, Jonni Lightfoot on bass, and Russell Letizia and Mike Zerbe on drums. Frank Esler-Smith, David Moyse, David Green, Ralph Cooper and Jed Moss used to play for Air Supply but left to pursue solo careers.

Air Supply would release Mumbo Jumbo sometime this year.

"We have just arrived back from Australia and Hong Kong where we sold out every show and received the best reviews of our career. The shows in Australia were especially important to us as we began there so long ago and we are very proud to be an Australian act.” -from the official Air Supply web site

References

Get you over I'll never

I hear you're taking the town again
Havin' a good time with all your good time friends
I don't think that you think of me
You're on your own now, and I'm alone and free
I know that i should get on with my life
But a life lived without you could never be right

As long as the stars shine down from the heavens
Long as the rivers run to the sea
I'll never get over you gettin' over me

I try to smile so the hurt won't show
Tell everybody i was glad to see you go
But the tears just won't go away
Loneliness found me
Looks like it's here to stay
I know that I oughta find someone new
But all I find is myself always thinkin' of you

Oh, no matter what i do
Spending a lifetime to live through
I can't go on like this, I need your touch
You're the only one I've ever loved

First, this was sung by Exposé in 1992. Then by "The Queen of Tejano music" Selena Quintanilla-Pérez followed by the Irish pop group Bellefire. It arrived the Philippine shores, and this was sung by the MYMP (Make Your Momma Proud).

I wonder what made the avid fan Yolanda Saldívar kill Selena. From what I’ve read, "The Mexican Madonna" had been a big help to Saldivar. Selena’s death marked April 16 as "Selena Day" in Texas.

References

13 April 2011

Constant Change

We're on the road, we move from place to place
And oftentimes when I'm about to call it home, we'd have to move along
Life is a constant change...

The friends we know, we meet along the way
Too soon the times we share form part of yesterday
'Cause life's a constant change and nothing stays the same, oh no

Clouds that move across the skies are changing form before our very eyes

Why couldn't we keep time from movin' on?
Hold on to all the years before this moment's gone?
Why must we live the days at such a frightening pace?

Have we outgrown our Peter Pans and wings?
We've simply grown too old for tales of knights and kings
'Cause life's a constant change and nothing stays the same, oh no

Jose Mari Chan is timeless. The songs he sang in the 60s are still popular, even though his career spurn when the Beatles and the Beach Boys were the hits in the Philippine music industry. He has composed more than 20 soundtracks since 1970, but had a breakthrough 19 years after when his album carrying this song received Diamond Record.

Joe Mari wrote his first song at 13. But he refuses to be called a "composer" but a songwriter, reasoning that he is not trained and schooled to ‘compose’.

12 April 2011

Child sleeping

The Milky Way upon the heavens is twinkling just for you
And Mr. Moon he came by to say goodnight to you
I'll sing for you, I'll sing for mother, we're praying for the world
And for the people everywhere, gonna show them all we care

Oh my sleeping child the world's so wild, but you've build your own paradise
That's one reason why I'll cover you sleeping child

If all the people around the world [they] had a mind like yours
We'd have no fighting and no wars—there would be lasting peace on Earth
If all the kings and all the leaders could see you here this way
They would hold the Earth in their arms [and] they would learn to watch you play


The song is simple. Even the music video (a child is playing as the band sang). But it is with its simple message that chartered the album it belonged to #43 in Sweden.

Can't I just stop loving you

I just want to lay next to you for awhile
You look so beautiful tonight
Your eyes are so lovely; your mouth is so sweet
A lot of people misunderstand me
That's because they don't know me at all
I just want to touch you and hold you
I need you
God I need you, I love you so much

Each time the wind blows, I hear your voice so
I call your name . . .
Whispers at morning, our love is dawning
Heaven's glad you came . . .

You know how I feel, this thing can't go wrong
I'm so proud to say I love you
Your love's got me high, I long to get by
This time is forever, love is the answer

I hear your voice now, you are my choice now
The love you bring heaven in my heart
At your call, I hear harps and angels sing

You know how I feel, this thing can't go wrong
I can't live my life without you
I just can't hold on, I feel we belong
My life ain't worth living if I can't be with you

At night when the stars shine
I pray in you I'll find a love so true . . .
When morning awakes me, will you come and take me?
I'll wait for you

You know how I feel
I won't stop until I hear your voice saying "I Do"

I just can't stop loving you
We can change all the world tomorrow
We can sing songs of yesterday
I can say, hey . . . farewell to sorrow
This is my life and I want to see you for always


There is no published reason why Michael Jackson wrote and composed this song.

All Wikipedia says is that MJ had intended this song for a duet with Barbara Streisand, Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin or Agnetha Fältskog of ABBA. But all were unable to record the song.

It was Siedah Garrett who sang with him. It became a chart-topper—the first of five consecutive number-one Billboard Hot 100 singles from Jackson's Bad album, and in the Billboard R&B and adult contemporary charts. Had he not died, he would be performing the song again with Judith Hill in his This Is It concert. Hill just went on to record a ‘sequel’ to the song, entitling it I Will Always Be Missing You.

In his autobiography though, MJ revealed that he had no one in particular when he wrote the song, though someone would disturb his thoughts whenever he sings it onstage. MJ had sung this in Spanish (Todo mi amor eres tu) and in French (Je ne veux pas la fin de nous).

References

10 April 2011

Be my baby always

Always be my baby chronicles a relationship that has ended with the singer still longing for her former lover. Its music video shows a tale of young love where a young boy and a young girl eloped in the middle of the night.

We were as one, baby, for a moment in time
and it seemed everlasting that you would always be mine
Now you want to be free so I'm letting you fly
‘Cause i know in my heart, baby, our love will never die!

You'll always be a part of me; I’m a part of you indefinitely
Boy don't you know you can't escape me cause you'll always be my baby
And we'll linger on; Time can't erase a feeling this strong
No way you're never gonna shake me cause you'll always be my baby

I ain't gonna cry and I won't beg you to stay
If you're determined to leave boy, I will not stand in your way
But inevitably you'll be back again
‘Cause you know in your heart babe, our love will never end

I know that you'll be back boy
when your days and your nights get a little bit colder
I know that you'll be right back
Believe me, it's only a matter of time

In the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1996, this pop/R&B song debut at #2 only. Two alpha male mixed this: Grammy Award-winning record producer and songwriter Manuel Seal Jr., and Jermaine Dupri Mauldin, an American record producer, rapper and songwriter better known as Jermaine Dupri or J.D.

Seal is just a staff songwriter and a producer at Dupri's So So Def Recordings. He co-produced You Make Me Wanna, Nice and Slow, With Me, My Boo, and We Belong Together.

It was easy for Dupri. He has his father’s connections so he was able to dance for Diana Ross when he was just 10 (during this time though, his parents separated). He was also able to tour with Whodini and Run-D.M.C. at 12, and produce the female rap trio Silk Tymes Leather (It Ain't Where Ya From, 1990) at 14.

He met Chris Kelly and Chris Smith at a local mall in 1991, and produced an album for them, Totally Krossed Out, which received multi-platinum recognition. Then he formed Xscape, a female R&B group he discovered in 1993 during a festival in Atlanta. Their album, Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha, went platinum.

Around that time, he met Shawntae “Da Brat” Harris, signed her to his label, and released Funkdafied. The album went and sold 1,000,000 units. Seizing the limelight, Dupri produced for TLC, Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton, MC Lyte, Bow Wow, Jagged Edge, Anthony Hamilton, and J-Won, making him a multi-millionaire at 24.

A Michael Jackson fan at heart, Dupri is currently working with Brandon Hines. He has collaborated with Snoop Doggy Dogg, OutKast, Slick Rick, Nas, and Master P to come up with his own debut solo album (Life in 1472) in July 1998. He had dropped his surname to create an identity apart from his father, favoring 2Pac, Snoop, Dr. Dre and Notorious B.I.G.

"Dupri's sound is down-home, basically bassy, and lusciously--marketably--bubblegum." –Vibe

References

09 April 2011

Back will love lead you

Saying goodbye is never an easy thing
But you never said that you’d stay forever.
So if you must go, darling I set you free,
But I know in time that well be together.

I wont try to stop you now from leaving
'cause in my heart I know

Love will lead you back,
Someday I just know that love will lead you back to my arms where you belong
I’m sure, sure as stars are shining [that] one day you will find me again
It wont be long [when] one of these days, our love will lead you back.

One of these nights, I’ll hear your voice again,
You’re gonna say how much you missed me.
You’ll walk out this door, but someday you’ll walk back in,
And darling I know, I know this will be.

Sometimes it takes sometime out on your own now
To find your way back home...

Diane Warren only ought the song to tell the story of a woman who set her lover free, hoping that he will eventually ‘find [your] way back home’ to her. Warren wrote it in a hotel in Russia, and had intended to offer it to Whitney Houston. However, Clive Davis, president of Arista Records, wanted Taylor Dayne to record the song.

Although chronicling a failed love affair, its black-and-white music video just shows Dayne singing with her band in a studio while holding a love letter. It was rendered again by Kyla, Nina, Yuri, Patti LaBelle and the Young Divas.

References

07 April 2011

Again

Araw – gabi, bakit naaalala ka't
‘Di ko malimot - limot ang sa atin ay nagdaan
Kung nagtatampo ka at kailangan bang ganyan
Dingging ang dahilan at ako ay pag - bigyan

Kailangan ko ang tunay na pag - ibig mo
Dahil tanging ikaw lang ang pintig ng puso ko
Hahayaan mo ba aa maging ganoon na lang?
Ang isa't – isa’y mayro'ng pagdaramdam

Bakit di pagbigyang muli ang ating pagmamahalan
Kung mawawala ay di bat sayang naman
Lumipas natin tila ba’t kailang lang

At kung nagkamali sayo, patawad ang pagsamo ko
Tayo na't ulitin ang pag - ibig natin
Muli ikaw lang at ako

Sung by a Filipino songwriter, Muli was rendered recently by another Filipino artist who won a singing competition.

Rodel Naval could have been more popular. But his talent scout died of heart attack when he was about to sign a contract with the Imperial Hotel in Las Vegas. He only goes out on performances and promotions. He began to feel sick just as he was turning to be an icon in the Philippine entertainment industry. He became a part of Miss Saigon only to die of pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, an HIV-related disease, three months after his father passed away.

Jay "Bugoy" Drilon-Bogayan became known as "The Farmer's Son" in a televised singing competition, and favors listening to Guy Sebastian, Brian McKnight, and Boyz II Men.

He longed to finish his studies and perform onstage. But his father worships alcohol, so Bugoy has to work as a janitor to sustain himself. He continues to respect his father, though, even after winning 2nd place in a contest and earning P500,000, a Sony Bravia LCD TV, a Hi-Fi Kiks minicomponent, a VAIO laptop and a kitchen showcase from Whirlpool.

References

REFERENCE LIST

25 April 2011
The 13-day theory
http://boxing.about.com/od/records/a/pacquiao.htm
http://www.gmanews.tv/pbr/article/205934/pacquiao-batters-bigger-margarito-for-8th-world-title
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=300697
http://www.philstar.com/thedeanscorner/columnscontent.aspx?articleId=559328&publicationSubCategoryId=69
http://sports.espn.go.com/dallas/columns/story?columnist=watkins_calvin&id=4993939
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=255767
http://www.nypost.com/p/sports/boxing/pacquiao_bloodies_cotto_to_affirm_homXP1nu8GCkzWelOgmEqL
http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=4129461
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=200215
http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_sports/2008/12/06/2008-12-06_de_la_hoya_is_golden_boy_no_more-2.html
http://archive.inquirer.net/view.php?db=1&story_id=173814
http://www.manilatimes.net/news/nation/15-survive-dozens-feared-dead-in-landslide/
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/218637/nation/glitches-stall-lrt-1-mrt-after-4-day-maintenance-work
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/583835/the_number_13_superstitions_and_rituals.html
http://www.gmanews.tv/story/104166/Manny-Pacquiaos-Boxing-Titles

22 April 2011
Pangarap ka na lang ba?
http://www.metrolyrics.com/pangarap-ka-na-lang-ba-lyrics-jamie-rivera.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Rivera
http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/sb/sb003073.htm

21 April 2011
On body
http://www.elyrics.net/read/w/wonder-girls-lyrics/nobody-lyrics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_Jin-young
http://seoulfull.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/park-ji-young-ends-marriage-after-10-years/

20 April 2011
Leaving behind yesterday
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/keno-leaving-yesterday-behind-lyrics.html
http://www.leaveyesterdaybehind.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Harrison_%28musician%29, http://www.paulharrison.info/home.html

19 April 2011
In love lost
http://www.lyrics007.com/Air%20Supply%20Lyrics/Lost%20In%20Love%20Lyrics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost_in_Love_%28Air_Supply_song%29
http://www.nndb.com/people/407/000041284/, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Supply
http://www.airsupplyheartandsoul.net/airsupplyhistory.html

18 April 2011
Get you over I'll never
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/selena-i-ll-never-get-over-you-getting-over-me-lyrics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selena

13 April 2011
Child sleeping
http://music.yeucahat.com/song/English/507-Sleeping-Child~Michael-Learns-To-Rock.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Child_%28Michael_Learns_to_Rock_song%29

12 April 2011
Can't I just stop loving you
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/michaeljackson/ijustcantstoplovingyou.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Just_Can%27t_Stop_Loving_You

10 April 2011
Be my baby always
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaine_Dupri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Be_My_Baby
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Seal,_Jr.
http://www.starpulse.com/Music/Dupri,_Jermaine/Biography/
http://www.answers.com/topic/jermaine-dupri

09 April 2011
Back will love lead you
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/taylor-dayne-love-will-lead-you-back-lyrics.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Will_Lead_You_Back

07 April 2011
Again
http://www.opmpinoy.com/opm-muli-lyrics-539.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodel_Nava, http://rodelnaval.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugoy_Drilon