This song made me smile today...

... and you'll know why when you listen to Masters of the Hemisphere's "200 Heads" - courtesy of a rocker friend.;o) Aside from the obvious, there's something about Indie Music that really lifts my spirits. It brings a nostalgic "nakakasakit-ng-tiyan" but comforting feeling and paints a picture of old bicycles, swings, and corn fields in my head. Probably not the most exciting picture, but it somehow feels like home. Note: I don't know how to ride a bicycle and have never lived in a farm... hehe.

I had my first taste of indie music one lazy Saturday afternoon at Tower Records' listening booth where they featured a compilation CD, appropriately called (at least for me) "I'd Spend My Day With You". The sound was so refreshing, uplifting, and yet a little bit melancholy... just like my weekend afternoons. Another indie song I really love is the "You and Me Song" by the Wannadies. Hmm, come to think of it, I first heard this song from the Romeo & Juliet remake movie, but I never could classify its genre at that time. I didn't know what "indie" was then, but I remembered that nostalgic feeling... It's a mixture of deja vu, childhood, and the need to escape... I don't know if anyone would ever relate to this same feeling or state of mind that until now I could not get people to understand. But then again, except maybe for my sisters, though they're not indie fans.:o)

Anyhow, I may not be as indie aficionado as some other people, but this is just a simple ode to the music that truly makes me smile... :o)