SONG REVIEW : PALOMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=OV1x_ZzxUYg


I fell in love with this song the moment I heard her voice. This is real music, when the distinct voice and the name of the singer does not mean anything but the song makes you freeze. I stopped for a moment to answer all the questions I have in this life. Indeed, I am young to ask questions and be confused of what life gives me today. I thank God for these songs.

So, I am here again evaluating and re-evaluating things about this and that. (Oh, I am really loving the song, listening while I am writing)

So, I am very much aware of the struggle I have to do or else I will fail. I just do not know what I am doing. But I will figure it out. " i know people..." these words from the song makes me think of those people who did it. This song tells me not to give up on myself and push things harder. I then have to know what I want and what I do not want, then everything will be black and white. I will find my way back to that person who was as tough as the mountains, unmoved by anything, and do this. I will do things on my own without cheating and lying to myself. I will not depend on other people's expectations after I find my own goals. And I shall not stop until I achieve it. I will not stop but I will stop sulking about my frustrations and blaming others for my mistakes. I will not get hurt and hurt. I will do what I have to do and be happy.

I will find myself.

See, singers should venture for words that give meaning. Instead of singing songs of sadness why not write songs that strengthen people or those that make people think of standing up. Like Jasmine Sullivan's Bust Your Windows, which talks about the girls who broke her ex's boyfriend's car window because he broke her heart. She fought and this singer tells other women to fight back.

Composers and script writers should do away from writing something that encourages acts against public policy like thinking you're the boyfriend of someone who already has one. Or that that insinuates brothers and sisters falling in love, like that Filipino Telenovela. It is just absurd we should take inspiration from this things. Inspiration means lifting up and fighting back. Life is a bitch indeed and we are not underdogs!

I am also thinking about Leona Lewis' song "RUN." It made me cry because the song spoke to me. "I won't Give Up" by Jason Mraz was also heart felt. These songs lifted me up. They are true artists because they made me feel like they have been there too and they succeeded. I do not like the songs that promote self-pity and sadness.

I will now turn off the music and go back to the real world.