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A number of Philippine-imported karaoke units with two cassette drives were used in private households. Video TV tapes, mainly consisted of popular and contemporary songs rendered by Filipino artists, and with a mix of English and Tagalog songs were soon used. Projected lyrics on TV screens became very common as the main source of karaoke ...
Some Filipinos—even those who love the song—will not sing it in public, in order to avoid trouble or out of superstitious fear. [2]As of 2007, the song reportedly had been taken off the playlists of karaoke machines in many bars in Manila, after complaints about out-of-tune renditions of the song, resulting in violent fights and murders.
A combinination of karaoke singing and a spelling bee-style competition, this show features contestants trying to remember the lyrics to popular songs. [1] In each episode, six contestants will be selected from the audience to play a series of games that test their knowledge of song lyrics.
With lyrics that speak to a universal desire for reinvention, Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark" has resonated with just about every karaoke singer at some point. The 1984 song won ...
"Anak" (Filipino for child or more gender specific my son or my daughter) is a Tagalog song written and performed by Filipino folk-singer Freddie Aguilar. It made the finals for the inaugural 1978 Metropop Song Festival held in Manila. It became an international hit, and was translated into 51 languages. [2] The lyrics speak of Filipino family ...
"Awitin Mo at Isasayaw Ko" ("You Sing and I'll Dance") is a disco song by the Filipino group VST & Company. Although released only as a B-side of the ballad "Ikaw ang Aking Mahal" ("You Are My Love"), it is one of group's biggest hits in the country. The lyrics were penned by Joey de Leon and its melody by Vic Sotto and arranged by Lorrie Illustre.
The music and the concept itself is a parody of the song "Baby Cakes" by the American singer Dee Dee Sharp, released in 1962. "Butse Kik" (" buche cake ") is a play on the title "Baby Cakes". In Filipino cuisine, " butse ", " buche " " butsi " or " buchi " is a deep-fried pastry made of sticky rice flour with sweet red bean filling.
The song is about a bahay kubo (lit. ' field house ' in English), a house made of bamboo with a roof of nipa leaves, surrounded by different kind of vegetables, [3] and is frequently sung by Filipino school children, the song being as familiar as the "Alphabet Song" and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" from the West. [4]