Back when

Picked up a new song over the weekend, Aqua's "Back to the 80's". It reminded me of Sandwich's "Betamax".


When M&M was just a snack 

And Michael Jackson's skin was black...

Back to Rocky and Cherry Coke, yeah...

Too many men with heavy makeup on / Too many poodles with guitars 

Thanks for all the joy you've given us / You will always be our superstars...

Hooray for Cosby and Rubik's cube 

Hooray for Dynasty and moon boots

Hooray for Devo and barber curls

Hooray for Poltergeist and Barbie girls

Let's go back to the 80s

Wala pa nung myx wala pa nung MTV

Wala pa nung internet

Wala pa nung ipod at mp3

Wala pa nung cable

Wala pa nung cellphone

Wala pa ring cd or dvd

Meron lang betamax

Nagreklamo si Chikoy Pura

Sa balita ng Asin

Ang anak ni ka Freddie

Kinontra ni Edu Abraham

Dumibidoo ang Apo Hiking

Mga kababayan ni Francis M

Beh buti nga sa Hotdog

Nosibalasi Sampaguita

Sa jingle magazine

Natutong mag gitara

Sinifra ang mga kanta

Sa cassettte at plaka

Does the immediacy of the net generation have us longing for the good old analog days?

Not necessarily, as Sandwich sums up, "ipagpatuloy ang daloy ng alon" ( my terrible translation is... "it's the continuous flow of the waves").