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“Welcome World to our big beautiful country” sang Joe Mari Chan. Then the next generation went on Facebook and electro-hip-hopped and rapped their message to the Internet Universe that “It’s More Fun in the Philippines.”

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BIG BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY
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“Welcome World to our big beautiful country” sang Joe Mari Chan. Then the next generation went on Facebook and electro-hip-hopped and rapped their message to the Internet Universe that “It’s More Fun in the Philippines.”

[DatePublished] => 2013-02-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133943 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804831 [AuthorName] => Cito Beltran [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 221800 [Title] => Play & sing the music of Jose Mari Chan [Summary] => A song is not a song if it has ceased to be performed, is not heard anymore and is doomed to oblivion. I do understand a songwriter’s resistance to the use of his songs in some instances. He does not like the new arrangement or the way the artist will do it or he wants more by way of royalty payments. But there is really no reason to withhold the use of one’s works for a selfish reason like not wanting other artists to sing your song. An unheard song is a dead song. [DatePublished] => 2003-09-24 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135672 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804842 [AuthorName] => Baby A. Gil [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) ) )
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