Okay, a lot of you guys probably remember this song playing on the radio while in the car going to school or at home when our kasambahays had it playing.

Sweet Soul Revue (yes it is spelled that way apparently) was a hit by a Japanese Pop group named Pizzicato Five which was released back in 1993, and hit #1 in the charts here in the Philippines. It gained fame cause it was used as in an advertising campaign by some Japanese cosmetics corporation.

This is probably one of the only J-pop songs we all could remember. Hell it's surprising enough that it even went main stream here, since Asian pop wasn't really a thing here back then (excluding OPM of course).

I don't have anything against it though, the tune's pretty catchy.

As a bonus, here's the translated lyrics of the song.

I didn't notice till I looked
in the mirror
this morning
I'm falling in love with you
I'm falling in love with you

where am I going
dressing up?
yes, I'm going
to see you
baby, this town is always a parade
baby, so I am following

in this world
there are a lot of sweet
and catchy things
wanna hug
wanna be happy
don't you want to hold them close?

hey, the revue is starting
hey, don't be late
hey, the revue is starting
hey, don't forget

perhaps you noticed
when you
looked at me today
you're fallin' in love
fallin' in love with me

on tv I saw
and old movie
it was like
a musical revue
baby, the town is always a parade
baby listen! don't you hear it?

in this world
there a lot of happy
and lucky things
wanna kiss
wanna be glad
don't you want to hold them close?
don't you want to hold them close?

hey, the revue is starting
hey, don't be late
hey, the revue is starting
hey, don't forget

in this world
there are a lot of
sweet
and catchy things
oh lord,
don't rain
on my parade
but even if there is no
happy
or lucky things at all
in this world
you make me
so happy
don't you wanna hold them close?
don't you wanna hold them close?

hey, the revue is starting
hey, don't be late
hey, the revue is starting
hey, don't forget

A little too fluffy for my tastes

A little something we're gonna be doing weekly from now on, Musical Mondays features the hit songs we may have or may have not missed back in the day. If there're any songs you guys might know of back then, we're open to take requests!

Kicking it off would be this tune from Smashing Pumpkins. "Tonight Tonight" was released back in 1996 and is known as one of the band's greatest hits. While the song itself was well received and pretty damn sweet, the video that accompanied the song was what caught everyone's attention. It won 6 awards in the MTV Video Music Awards in 1996:

Video of the Year
Best Direction
Best Special Effects
Best Art Direction
Best Cinematography
Breakthrough Video

To this day, it's still considered to be one of the greatest music videos of all time

A little trivia, the video was heavily based on a silent film "A Trip to the Moon" by Georges Méliès waaay back in 1902. Here's the vid if you wanna take a peek at it:



For more info and updates on the band, check out their site: http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/