Taylor Hicks had a great time in the Philippines and I knew that he was going to find the Filipino people highly receptive of his visits there! A long time ago, I predicted that Taylor Hicks would have fans in that country because Filipinos love old school music and old school style singing! We love Karaokes and Videokes and we never have gatherings without singing and dancing in them. The funkiest the dance moves are, the better it is. The older the song is, we will find a way to revive it, and make it new. Hence, Taylor Hicks fits right in. As much as we also embrace the newer songs, we are always nostalgic, and long for older songs to get played. We have kids as young as 5 year olds who can belt out songs like Release Me and Cuando, Cuando from Engelbert Humperdinck. Haha! In other words, music is a way of life.
The success of Taylor Hicks' mini tour in the malls in the Philippines may not be reported in the U.S. entertainment sections of our media here, because I think Jamie Lynn Spears' teenage pregnancy is much more imporatnt, I guess. (rolls eyes) But this is a remarkable achievement for Taylor Hicks and his Soul Patrol in the U.S and in the Philippines. The Philippines felt priviledged to have been Taylor's first ever tour outside of the States. So, as a Filipino myself and a long time Taylor Hicks supporter, I would like to thank Taylor Hicks and his management for letting the Filipino people experience for themselves that magic that is Taylor Hicks. And for his SP here in the US, based on a lot of the comments I received about Taylor's reception from the Filipino people, they are happy and relieved that Taylor was well loved by Asians, and the Filipinos in particular. There seemed to be a little apprehension on the fans here in the US when Taylor announced his appearances in Asia. I'm glad those worries are no more.
We look forward to his next visit and this time, with a longer promotion and more radio airplay of his songs, you can bet that the Pinoy SPs will be mobilized and they will even be making more noise and the love for Taylor Hicks will even be shown more.
Soul Patrol, Mabuhay si Taylor Hicks!
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Taylor is amazing! I really enjoyed watching him live!
Nice write-up. I will try to make a write-up also.
Mabuhay ang Soul Patrol! Mabuhay si Taylor!
Taylor Hicks has said that he will play his music to those who are willing to listen to it, well, Taylor, Asia is listening!
I can definitely agree on how Filipinos can become nostalgic too. I have nothing against people who support Beyonce, Justin Timberlake or any other mainstream artists but I just ask this question: Do those artists teach you something that you can use in the long run?
Taylor's struggle in the music industry and his triumph on the biggest and grandest TV show ever is an inspiring one and I cannot measure how much that gives me hope. And his music? They're deep and easy to relate to. Absolutely NOT dirty and uplifting. If there's one thing I discovered about myself after seeing Taylor win AI, it's that good music to me are those that truly touches the heart. :)
I am proud that Filipinos knew how exactly to react to great music and to great performances. Mabuhay talaga si Taylor and mabuhay din ang mga Pinoy!
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