Pinoy Bandwagon

With 99.5 RT’s year-end countdown, the RT 100, a celebration for pinoy band music is just about fitting as 25 out of the 100 songs came from OPM bands… and these are not just bottom spots….

Finally, Sponge Cola scored one as they topped RT’s list with their power ballad, KLSP, beating out The Day You Said Goodnight to 2nd spot….. and like perennial chart occupant, Hale, they scored three songs in this chart…. note that the 7 of the top 10 songs are all OPM…

anyways, the list goes:

1. (  1) KLSP - Sponge Cola
2. (  3) The Day You Said Goodnight - Hale
3. (  5) Leaving You - Session Road
4. (  6) Sorry - Cueshe
5. (  7) Lihim - Milk & Money
6. (  9) Sandalan -  6 Cycle Mind
7. (10) Stay - Cueshe
8. (15) Cool-off - Session Road
9. (21) Sa Uulitin - Mojofly
10. (24) Hanggang Kailan - Orange & Lemons
11. (26) You’ll Be Safe Here - Rivermaya
12. (35) OK Na - Milk & Money
13. (44) Gemini - Sponge Cola
14. (52) Akap - Imago
15. (59) Kahit Pa - Hale
16. (64) Minamalas - Mojofly
17. (66) Sayang - Stonefree
18. (68) Tell Me Where It Hurts - MYMP
19. (69) Una - Sponge Cola
20. (73) Broken Sonnet - Hale
21. (76) Ewan Ko - Soapdish
22. (92) Bolunji - Velcro
23. (94) Humanda Ka - Sandwich
24. (97) Prom - Sugarfree
25. (98) Sige - 6 Cycle Mind

One out of every four songs is an OPM… it’s a great stride… but here’s looking forward to more… (",)

Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM has listed their 12 OPM songs of the year…

and they picked:

• (  1) The Day You Said Goodnight - Hale
• (  2) Love Moves In Mysterious Ways - Nina (i call it Nina’s song)
• (  3) Sandalan - 6 Cycle Mind
• (  4) Same Ground - Kitchie Nadal
• (  5) Gemini - Sponge Cola
• (  6) Hallelujah - Bamboo
• (  7) Too Crazy - South Border
• (  Stay - Cueshe
• (  9) Heaven Knows (This Angel Has Flown) - Orange & Lemons
• (10) Posible - Rivermaya
• (11) Gitara - Parokya ni Edgar
• (12) Kuwarto - Sugarfree

i don’t know about you, guys… but this list freaks me out… (",)

Looks like the ‘Hale’storm started to fade Dec. 30…

with Wave 89.1 year-end special, 89+1 most famous soul/RnB, it is certain that this will be a "Hale"-less list…

OPM band/group songs included are (in random order):

• Sweet - South Border
• Reward - South Border
• Tonight Ur Mine - 7 Shots
• Tell Me Where It Hurts - MYMP
• Say You Love Me - MYMP
• Sama Na  - Chillitees
• Paikot-ikot - Chillitees

thank goodness for RnB!!!!   (",)

I have to insert the Jam 88.3 year-ender data…

Get Me by MYMP was the only OPM ong to make it on the On The Charts TOP 12 for the year 2005….

but Jam has a list of 15 indie songs for 2005:

    1. FALLING LEAVES - Wickermoss
    2. PULIS PANGKALAWAKAN - Kala
    3. SANA NA LANG - Blue Ketchup
    4. WATCHING THE SUN - Kinetic Daze
    5. MAGWAWALA - Liteswitch
    6. STAY - Caffeine
    7. IN MY HEAD - Shamrock
    8. BAHID - Salindiwa
    9. SAYAW SA HANGIN - Isha
  10. EWAN KO - Soapdish
  11. KAIBIGAN - Reggae Mistress
  12. MAYBE - Updharmadown
  13. NGAYON O BUKAS - Kartoon Chemistry
  14. I KNOW, I KNOW - The Members
  15. BORROWED TIME - Solace

Here’s how the Dec. 31 countdowns of Magic 89.9 and Monster Radio RX 93.1 came out for OPM songs:

Magic 89.9

       OPM : Final countdown

• (  1) : (  2) The Day You Said Goodnight - Hale
• (  5) : (11) Kahit Pa - Hale 
• (  6) : (21) Hanggang Kailan - Orange & Lemons
• (  9) : (23) You’ll Be Safe Here - Rivermaya
• (10) : (27) Same Ground - Kitchie Nadal
• (18) : (18) Broken Sonnet - Hale

Monster Radio RX 93.1

       OPM : Final countdown

• (  1) : (  2) The Day You Said Goodnight - Hale
• (  2) : (  4) Broken Sonnet - Hale 
• (  3) : (  5) Stay - Cueshe
• (  4) : ( 9) Same Ground - Kitchie Nadal
• (  5) : (14) Kahit Pa - Hale
• (  : (32) Gemini - Sponge Cola
• (10) : (38) Kung Wala Ka - Hale

medyo nakakalito yung sa Broken Sonnet sa Magic… pero yun talaga yung nasa Top 30 nila, hmm, maybe the Magic people have some way of calculating this…

oh, and by the way… Hale placed 2nd to It’s Like That at Magic 89.9 and to We Belong Together at Monster Radio… both songs by Mariah Carey… (",)

Aaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgh!!!!!!!! I missed ….

the K-Lite Top 103.5 countdown because i was… doing my laundry!

Anyway, at least i know that BAMBOO retained the Best M.L.A. Artist of the Year… This is the second time Bamboo won the award…

actually, i was just reserving this entry space… i am going to check their website to check which pinoy band songs made it to the top 103.5…

after checking the list in their website, here are the pinoy band songs that made it:

• (18) Suntok Sa Buwan - Session Road
• (26) Liwanag Sa Dilim - Rivermaya
• (31) Dizzy Boy - Pedicab
• (37) Mata - Mojofly
• (49) Wag Na Wag Mong Sasabihin - Kitchie Nadal
• (56) Leaving You - Session Road
• (62) The Day You Said Goodnight - Hale
• (63) Hallelujah - Bamboo
• (69) The Only Thing - Mayonnaise
• (70) Masilungan - Sabdwich
• (72) Tulad Ng Dati - The Dawn
• (73) Masaya - Bamboo
• (79) Much Has Been Said - Bamboo
• (80) You’ll Be Safe Here - Rivermaya
• (91) Broken Sonnet - Hale

told you you’ll find the list in this space… (",)

as you may notice, the countdown of KLite is a bit behind when compared to contemporary pop radio stations… that’s why i don’t consider their weekly tally top 35 for the PB20… but i still check it once in a while…

‘Hale’storm rages on… reaches signal no. 3!!

Magic 89.9 has listed its Top 30 OPM songs for 2005 with the Year-end OPM Final Countdown which Slick Rick, Mighty Mike and Tetta News announced today at the Early Returns time slot, Dec. 27….

Again, Hale topped the chart with their moving ballad, The Day You Said Goodnight…this song was also awarded two days later as OPM Song of the Year in the E.R. Year-ender awards … as for the other songs, Kahit Pa landed on no. 5, while Broken Sonnet ranked no. 18… this feat earned for Hale the OPM New Artist of the Year…

Rivermaya, however, scored another triumph when they bagged the OPM Artist of the Year… this is a fitting follow-up to their MTV Pilipinas awards…

Making it to the elite list are:

•   1. The Day You Said Goodnight - Hale
•   3. Tell Me Where It Hurts - MYMP
•   4. Hallelujah - Bamboo 
•   5. Kahit Pa - Hale
•   6. Hanggang Kailan - Orange & Lemons
•   7. Stay - Cueshe
•   9. You’ll Be Safe Here - Rivermaya
• 10. Same Ground - Kitchie Nadal
• 12. Bulong - Kitchie Nadal
• 15. Bolunji - Velcro
• 17. Lunes - Join The Club
• 18. Broken Sonnet - Hale
• 19. F.U. - Bamboo
• 20. Kuwarto - Sugarfree
• 21. Ewan Ko - Soapdish
• 22. Beautiful - Velcro
• 23. Jopay - Mayonaise
• 24. Minamalas - Mojofly
• 25. Sige - 6 Cycle Mind
• 26. Gemini - Sponge Cola
• 27. Hari ng Sablay - Sugarfree
• 28. Sweet - South Border

Which among the top songs will make it to their Final Countdown on Dec. 31?

and will this storm ever let-up???  (",)

I don’t watch the channel… but hey, it’s still Pinoy band news!

Of course, anyone can correct me… by all means.

The beginning of a "Hale"storm…????

The first year-end pinoy music countdown was unleashed evening of Dec. 23 with the Monster Radio RX 93.1 Countdown Top 7 OPM 2005.

Duplicating their labelmate’s (Bamboo) feat last year, HALE copped three major awards… OPM Song of the Year for "The Day You Said Goodnight". OPM Band of the Year and OPM New Artist of the Year.

They also got the Top 2 songs (The Day You Said Goodnight and Broken Sonnet) , the no. 5 song (Kahit Pa) and the no. 10 song (Kung Wala Ka)… This is for 2005 OPM songs based on their weekly countdown top 7, which in turn is based on their Daily Survey…

Other awardees include Sponge Cola for OPM Indie Band of the Year,  Kitchie Nadal is the OPM Female Artist of the Year and Artstrong, OPM Male Artist of the Year…

The pinoy band songs that made it into the RX 93.1 year-end OPM top 20 are…

• 1. The Day You Said Goodnight - Hale
• 2. Broken Sonnet - Hale
• 3. Stay - Cueshe
• 4. Same Ground - Kitchie Nadal
• 5. Kahit Pa - Hale
• 8. Gemini - Sponge Cola
• 10. Kung Wala Ka - Hale
• 11. You’ll Be Safe Here - Rivermaya
• 12. Akap - Imago
• 14. Hallelujah - Bamboo
• 15. Hanggang Kailan - Orange and Lemons
• 18. Sweet - South Border
• 19. KLSP - Sponge Cola
• 20. Tonight U’r Mine - 7 Shots

Hmm, as we wait for the countdown of the other pop stations, can this be the start of an imminent ‘Hale’ storm?…

what to expect with the year’s top 20 pinoy band songs…

Sponge Cola started the year right with KLSP…will it be included? will Gemini make it, too…? and will Una be a fitting ending for the year?…

Hale will surely be in the countdown…the question is how many songs will they log in?

Looking forward for the year-end…

2005 is about to end, and I can’t wait to find-out what will the PB 20 be for this year… the twenty hottest pinoy band songs for 2000 + 5!!!

Of course, I will be posting the PB20 for ‘05 on January 01, 2006, so as not to preempt any year-end countdowns of the radio stations…

which reminds me…

Monster Radio RX 93.1 will be the first to unveil their OPM countown on Dec. 23, Friday, 6 PM, with the year-end OPM countdown TOP 7… they will be announcing their choices for OPM Song of the Year, Best New Artist and Band of the Year… flashback, Bamboo swept it last year, i think… their Countdown TOP 20 for the year will be on the next Friday… (The Top 20 will be on, not Friday, but, Saturday - New Year’s Eve, too…)

Campus Radio 97.1 WLS-FM will also have its year-end countdown on New Year’s Eve..  they will be announcing Artist of the Year and Best New Artist, too… Last year, it was South Border and Bamboo, respectively…

Magic 89.9 will announce their year-end Final Countdown Top 30 on New Year’s Eve, too… I am not sure if they will continue announcing a number of awards in different categories for both local and foreign… I will try to find out…  (the FC Top 30 will indeed be on new year’s eve… the E.R. Picks will be on Thursday, Dec. 29 and the OPM Top 10 will be on Tuesday, Dec. 27)

NU 107 have made their choices in the Rock Awards, so it’s just a matter of finding out the 107 songs that rocked the nation… New Year’s Eve, too?

For 99.5 RT, Jam 88.3 and Wave 89.1, I will have to find out more details… (99.5 RT will have their RT100 on January 1, Sunday from 6 am onwards… Jam 88.3 will have all the specials on Dec. 31… Top 12 On the Charts and the TOP 15 Local Licks for 2005)

KLite will have their Top 103 year-end tally on Dec. 28, Wednesday…