Listening to Vispop

Tonight, after posting some articles about the President-elect Rodrigo Duterte -- or if one insists on being hypertechnical about it, the Presumptive President-elect Rodrigo Duterte -- I watched again the two videos of the Cebuano song "Papictura ko nimu, gwapo" by Marie Salvaleon, both the official video, and the lyric video.

This song was among the entries of Vispop back in 2013.  I like the upbeat music and the funny, without getting slapstick lyrics of this song.  Strange as it seems I only discovered this song this year, partly because I hadn't really heard about Vispop.   Be as it may, I found it after I got tagged by another friend who is as every bit as enthusiastic about Visayan music in general. 

The lyrics video was excellent even though it doesn't follow the recommended orthography of the Akademyang Bisaya.  The official music video was even funnier - it features the singer trying to get a photo of a guy whom she has apparent feelings for - hence the song "Papictura ko nimu, gwapo" (Let me get a picture of you handsome). How the video ends up, I'm not going to give away but suffice it to say that there were moments I was laughing.  And the singer incidentally wears clothing that surprisingly is similar to the shirt that President-elect Duterte wears.  And this song came out three years ago.  Surprising, most surprising.

But enough, I'd like to go back and listen to the song again and again...

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