In my book, three of the best OPM songs written in the past couple of decades or so are Eraserheads' Ang Huling El Bimbo, Rivermaya's 214, and, arguably the best of the best, the late Francis Magalona's Kaleidoscope World.Today at noon news of the Master Rapper's untimely demise broke, opening a floodgate of emotional comments (1749 and counting) below his last post in his Multiply site timestamped Jan 14, '09 5:50 AM. The proud Filipino died of leukemia at 44.
Admittedly, I'm not one of the biggest Francis M. fans out there. I have none of his albums. I don't wear a shirt from his nationalistic clothing line. But I have always admired his music. To this day, save for Chris Carabba's songs, no other piece has affected me as much as Kaleidoscope World's deeply charged poetry has.
To the guy who told me and countless others that it's okay to have a flat, less-than-perfect nose, may you rest in peace, man.
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