Tragic Love Songs

Below are tragic love songs (not necessarily romantic) that tug at the heart and inspire.  Hope you like it too:

               Buloy - Parokya ni Edgar

 This song propelled Parokya to stardom during the time when Yano, Eraserheads, Rivermaya and Teeth dominated the alternative rock mainstream.  The Eraserheads and Rivermaya eventually became enshrined as rock icons of Philippine music while Teeth and Yano disappeared into oblivion.  More than 15 years into the business, Parokya ni Edgar remains strong and much loved by music enthusiasts as their music transcends age, gender and social class.

             Better Days- Dianne Reeves

A grandmother advises her grandchild that everything will only get better if you persevere despite the hardship that life has to offer.

              Ang Huling El Bimbo- Eraserheads

Perhaps one of the most iconic songs by the Eraserheads.  A tragic love song about a childhood love that was lost.

                    Tonight - FM Static

This song was allegedly written for the composer's girlfriend who died in the 9/11 terror attacks.  Makes the message of the song pierce the heart more.

                     Honey - Bobby Goldsboro

The song is looped.  Bobby's soulful melancholic voice and the choral background add drama to this tragic song.  Kumusta ang hair niya d? Lolz

                   Last Kiss - Pearl Jam

This song is based (I'm not sure though) on Eddie Vedder's girlfriend who died in a car crash just like what the lyrics say.

                  Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton

This song was written after Clapton's 2 year old kid fell from a window and died.

                 One Sweet Day-  Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

Still one of the best duets and most commonly sang duets during videoke sessions.

          Dance With My Father - Luther Van Dross

Perhaps one of the most inspiring songs written.  A last song for a departed dad.

I hope you enjoyed the videos I posted here.  Feel free to post comments or suggest more tragic songs. :-)      

Moron

I am always in awe of people who pass their moronity off with grand gestures and seemingly intelligent speeches.  Many of them are usually people who are distinct, powerful and popular.  Here in the Philippines, we have an abundance of politicians who are obviously morons with lots and lots of money to bribe the ignorant poor to vote for them.  Some are just plain dumb and take every opportunity to grandstand for media exposure.  This is very true of former Senator Jamby Madrigal and eternally oppositionist Senator Alan Peter Cayetano.  Others would rather keep their mouths shut particularly because they have nothing of essence to say or do.  They sit there in their chambers oblivious to what is going on around them just because they most likely don't even know the difference between a law and a bill and have no business at all in the first place to be sitting there.  Hello Senator Lito Lapid and Bong Revilla.  Hello Congressman Manny Pacquiao. 

Recently, another self-important lawmaker of questionable IQ emerged and is trending worldwide for trying to stop a trend worldwide.  Essentially, he wants to stop this:

You can read an article regarding the matter here:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/offbeat/story/2011/09/20/filipino-anti-planking-bill.html

Representative Winston Castelo has lost his marbles.  He wants CHED to be like a guidance center telling the students they could not do this, they could not do that.  Planking is a stupid exercise that is meant for plain harmless fun.  The bill itself is restricted only to students in universities and colleges who will do planking as a form of protest.  Planking has almost always been used by militant groups holding protests in the streets virtually to try and stop traffic so that motorists and pedestrians will be forced to listen to their plights until the police will come to drive them out.  Mr Castelo wants to make an impact because he feels so strongly about the matter he drafted a new bill to permanently cement his demented state of mind in the lower house:

http://sowhatsnews.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/after-anti-planking-lawmaker-proposes-anti-angry-birds-bill/

So he goes inside a mall, gets irritated by the fad and with sunlight from heaven washing his face, he has an epiphany.  A realization so grand and great his heart could not contain.  I will make an anti-angry birds bill. Yes, I will make an anti-angry birds bill! Which, if approved into law, means people like this could get jail:

It's no wonder why common sense is hardly common nowadays. I feel sorry for the people of Quezon City, they have a donkey to represent them. Apparently, he is the Grinch of anything that is a popular temporal craze.  With a lot of things going on in this country, with reforms that need to be in place, a lawmaker opts to make bills that are a reflection of himself: a moron.