Listening to my Favorite Songs

Pag andito ka abroad, you listen to songs you tend to ignore when you were in Pinas. These are the songs that once touched your heart in some way, then were forgotten like certified hits which dropped several notches down the billboard. My external hard drive has some millions of songs in it... no, maybe just thousands. Thanks to my husband. But out of these thousands, I just listen to less than a hundred songs.

"Christian Bautista" hits
- I like Christian's songs very much. Magaling talaga siya. His versions of classic songs are so magical, his rendition of original songs is much better. I don't really like his performances, I just love his songs and the way he recorded them. They are far more effective than sleeping pills, believe me. My most favorite; "Completely".

"Regine Velasquez" songs
- Regine Velasquez sings songs like no other. She never failed to make me internalize the love stories she shares through her music. I watched her perform in a concert years back, and I loved her more after that. My most favorite: "Sabihin Mo Lang".

"Leanne Rimes" songs
- I love country rock. Leanne Rimes gives us the modern side of this type of music. I remembered using one of her songs as my contest piece when I was still in college. The song that made me a star and my favorite: "On the Side of Angels"

MYMP and Nina revivals
- Songs by MYMP and Nina -especially the revivals -are a good relief after a long day's work. MYMP's singer (forgot her name) is more "tone perfect" than Nina, but both their types of music can lift one's soul. My favorites: "Separate Lives" by MYMP and "Sunlight" by Nina.

"We Belong" by Toni Gonzaga
- Toni is not that great compared to other artists of her generation. But she showed her unique singing prowess when she brought us "We Belong". I haven't heard anyone sing that way. I can't even imitate her when I sing this song. Frustrating!

80's and 90's classic songs
I am not the type of person who listens to whatever hits the billboard chart. I listen to songs that I can sing, songs which I believe will be a future classic. This is why my playlist mostly consists of songs from my elementary and high school days. They were the songs that usually tell stories of my life -of what I felt once upon a time, what I saw, or simply what I believed in when I was younger. My favorites: "Sana'y Maghintay ang Walang Hanggan" By Sharon Cuneta and "If I Believed" by Patti Austin, among others.

I wish I could sing all of these songs once again...