national day is coming again!
Can't wait for National Day hols! Anyway, here's the old debate on what makes a good National Day song...and a few alternatives! Which do you prefer?
While local indie rock band Electrico's song, What Do You See, is this year's National Day Parade (NDP) theme song, it has drawn flak from some detractors who feel the four-minute-long soft rock tune is not 'catchy' enough.
Enter Things So Singaporean, an upbeat ditty posted on YouTube that waxes lyrical about everything from the uncles and aunties buying lottery, to the durians keeping the Merlion company.
According to some local blogs, the song was composed and sung by Ann Hussein, with lyrics written by Judith d'Silva.
Since it was uploaded on YouTube in December last year, the song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIW7i0UT5j0) has garnered more than 9,000 page views, with rave reviews praising its quirky lyrics, and its catchy tune, compared to Electrico's tune.
Gushed one netizen: "This song should have been our National Day song this year.... Very Original and soooo.... Singapore..... GREAT!!!!!!!"
Elsewhere in the blogosphere, some netizens have even suggested that this little-known song be made the NDP theme instead, or at least, be featured as part of the NDP festivities.
On social networking site Facebook, a group with 277 members sought to garner support to make the song one of the official songs of NDP 2009.
The song was also featured on the N.E.mation! III website, which is for youths to express their ideas on Total Defence through animation'.
Electrico has graced previous NDPs as a fringe act. According to the band's frontman David Tan, What Do You See took about two weeks to write.
The band was originally formed in 1996 under the name Electric Company, which was shortened to Electric Co, and finally, Electrico.
From Straits Times, "The other NDP song?".
posted by HP at 7:39 PM
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