SAVE YOURSELF; LEARN THIS SONG
I was up to my neck in work lately and I wasn’t planning to update this blog site when I stumbled upon this tragic news on the internet.
In that senseless tragedy, a man was killed because he didn’t know the Korean song “Nobody.” Witnesses said that one of the four suspects was singing “Nobody” (by Wonder Girls) when the victim approached him and asked naively, “Pare, ano ‘yang kinakanta mo?”
I asked a friend to tell me more about the news and he said that according to the newspaper he read, the suspects first thought that the victim was just joking but they were all aghast, one of them even trembled, when they realized that the victim didn’t really know the song.
In that senseless tragedy, a man was killed because he didn’t know the Korean song “Nobody.” Witnesses said that one of the four suspects was singing “Nobody” (by Wonder Girls) when the victim approached him and asked naively, “Pare, ano ‘yang kinakanta mo?”
I asked a friend to tell me more about the news and he said that according to the newspaper he read, the suspects first thought that the victim was just joking but they were all aghast, one of them even trembled, when they realized that the victim didn’t really know the song.
What kind of a man is this? the suspects murmured to themselves. The suspects probably thought that since the victim didn’t know the song, he didn’t deserve to live.
My friend added that every Filipino who heard about the news was appalled, not with the brutal killing but the victim’s ignorance about the song.
Okay, my friend didn’t have the flair and the accuracy of Mike Enriquez when it comes to news reporting but this song really was extremely popular that just a few days ago, a senator made a privilege speech imploring his fellow senators to pass a law urging students (from kindergarten to those taking up doctorates) to sing this song after the flag ceremony. The four suspects were reportedly being asked to teach the students how to sing (and dance) the song properly.
It's high time we create a really useful law, the senator emotionally ended his speech.
And I agree with him.
Comments
Ouch. What a way to go. Dead over a lousy Korean song.
The NOBODY MASSACRE
Yaweh, Guide Us!
Puwede niya sigurong hiramin 'yong title mo, JM. :]
The SUMMER OF SAM (1999) was almost musical with lotsa dancing and disco sounds. The one and only John Leguizamo showcased his talent here.
It is about the serial killing by the Son of Sam that happened in the late 70s while at the same time exploring the disco era and the growing paranoia that gripped New York during June and July of 1977.
Oh, well, CJC can still film a version of Valntine de los Santos' LAPIANG MALAYA massacre (religious cult vs Manila Police) of the 60s.
Lagyan naman niya ng SALSA MUSIC. Huwag sana niyang kalimutan yung EL BIMBO.
Har-har-har