Into the New Year with the old tunes.

One American in-law of a sister thought that the Philippines was still under the Americans.  Perhaps, she was glued in the 40's and because she saw so many Filipinos living in the U.S.A, she thought that the Philippines was still part of the U.S. commonwealth like Puerto Rico.

Frank Sinatra's Fly me to the Moon is a popular among karaoke and videoke singers

Being glued in a certain era or period happens to many.  Yesterday as we celebrated the last day of Christmas in an IHMMEC Christmas party, some young members had a hard time finding songs they knew from a karaoke song book.

Others found songs familiar to them in a breeze.

Songs by the Carpenters, Cliff Richard, the Beatles, Frank Sinatra, Andy Williams, Paul Anka, Matt Monroe and Manila local singers like Sharon Cuneta, Dina Bonevie, Freddie Aguilar and Marco Sison are popular among karaoke and videoke afficionados.

Each one represents a certain decade or era. There's the jazz era, disco era, or the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's and  so forth yardstick.

Filipino artist Freddie Aguilar of the internationally-acclaimed Anak

One could refuse or find it difficult to learn new songs and stick to the songs of one's teen years or early adulthood; others belt out old and new songs and some young ones try to learn the revivals. Some oldies listening to the music of their children adopt the new tunes easily.