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Do you agree? Filipino songs/music are better and world class compared to Filipino movies? |
Travel Info I know some Filipino movies are good and won abroad, but majority are junks and copycat to US movies..Unlike Filipinos songs which are very good in terms of melody, lyrics, arrangement, etc.. Travel Tips Movies: Cinematography is bad. Directing is bad. Special effects bad. Pero one thing I realized, although the acting is bad, it is mainly because of how they are directed to act. "American Adobo" acting was great. Likewise with "The Debut" But they are both US-made movies by Filipinos. One thing I noticed is that they are getting better. Music: the Philippines has some of the best singing talents in the world (Leah Salonga, Banig, Regine V.), pero the use of musical instruments is predictable, elementary; uses a lot of synthesizers and keyboards. Unlike mainstream (US) music where the basic instruments are used (Drums, guitars, bass guitar, maybe keyboards) but the melody and originality are incredible. Also, the OPM voices are being flooded out by the instruments. The last "original" and carefree era has got to be the 70s - the band and swing era. A lot of tagalog songs but not corny. The songs make you dance. Great use of band instruments and originality, not the constant effort to sing love songs in English. Don't get me wrong, there were some great talents and songs in the 80s, 90s and early 00s. But they have all been the same. Puro love songs ng love songs, and remakes. Enough already! Personally, I think that there has been a Filipino "Musical Renaissance" lately, thanks to groups like Eraserheads and now 6 Cycle Minds. I have not cared for OPMs for the last decade and a half (since The Dawn), until I heard songs from Eraserheads and 6 Cycle Minds. Very original and unorthodox. Finally, a re-birth of Filipino music that would showcase not just our talent, but our creativity as well. Others i knw movies here suck alot.. the effects here are just like the effects from the 1st superman movies made decades and decades ago.. and that a really long time.. yes our songs are the best, unlike the movie section correct. dont you just love ugoy ng duyan, pasko na sinta ko, nandito ako.... tagalog love songs made and sung in the 80's and early 90's by ogie alcasid, jam morales and gary v. don't include yucky pa-cute songs, ha? I dont understand, why the likes of regine, jaya, sarah g., have to do the "birit" thing? dont you just hate the wwawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa huwaaaa thing they do? why not sing the song the way it suppose to be, mellow, easy to the ear. I agree with you 100%. Our Ryan Cayabyab's, Kuh Ledesma's, Gary Valenciano's and many more could really hold their own in the world stage. Unfortunately, the same quality of artistry and talent is no longer evident in our film industry. Where are the successors of Lino Brocka, Ishmael Bernal, atbp? Why is the gestation period taking so long? Best in ASIA but not in the world! Indeed we do perfectly well in composing and expressing our emotions through music!! I hope we have more new, original and really good ones....and i don;t only mean more singers (i like to think that every pinoy is a natural born singer!) but also songwriters/musicians... I still believe our imagination is very creative and can be original when properly honed... but generally, we are not too accurate when expressed in film since we are easily influenced by what the local/global market dictates. |
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