Smokey Mountain—the singing group

The Urban Policy Team and Professor Tony reminded me of a singing group I adored when I was a kid called Smokey Mountain named after the mountain of trash you saw in pictures this evening. Many of their songs talk about salient Filipino experiences, some of which we talked about in class. Beware of the extreme sappiness of the music, but then again, that too is vital part of the Philippine experience.

Smokey Mountain Roster of Songs:
Mama (About a girl missing her mom who’s working as an OFW abroad): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vc2ndP1JCY

Paraiso (Literally translated Paradise, it’s about what it’s like to live in Smokey Mountain): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCC2GNtBwzE&feature=related

Da Coconut Nut (There’ll be lots of these in the motherland. Be careful you don’t get hit in the head with one of them or you might sound as silly as they do in this song!): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9VdGiQYzM

A Better World (Perhaps the sappiest of all the songs, but isn’t this why we’re taking a class such as this, to help make a better world? Special treat: This version is of a reunion the group did many years later.):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiRZbfSpiLs&feature=related

(posted on behalf of Aileen Payumo)