(354) MUSIC AND ME (Dec. 6) That's Why They Call It "Rest Room"

THE 2 JUNIORS (JR.) AT CHINESE SINGING CONTEST
Howard Charles, Jr., left, and Jemty Peter, Jr. are the 2 juniors (jr.) contestants of the 2nd Chinese Songs Singing Contest held on Nov. 28 at Sea Passion Hotel. Charles, Jr. won the 2nd place and pocketed $200.00 while Jemty won a special prize. Roberto Hernandez accompanied all 5 contestants with a Yamaha keyboard.
(Photo by Roberto Hernandez)


       THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT
               "REST ROOM"

I WAS asked by a mother of four kids this question: “You play piano at Waves Restaurant for 3 straight hours? You don’t take a rest?”

This reply made her laugh together with her 2 daughters—“I only take a rest when I go to the rest room. That’s why they call it rest room because it’s where people like me take a rest.”

In Philippines, they call it “comfort room” or CR. It other places, they call it“powder room” where the girls put powder on their faces.

In the Refrain of the song “I’ll Be There” by The Jackson Five, it goes like this“I’ll Be There To Comfort You, Build My World Of Dreams Around You…”

When I’m singing it I usually change the first line to “I’ll Be There To Comfort Room,” and the following people have laughed about the change—Santy Asanuma, Aira Jane Torres and Shinji Otsuka.

                                                   CONTINUATION OF “MY REPERTOIRE OF INTERNATIONAL SONGS”

Year                                                                Title/Singer                                                                                              Page

1957                                         ALL THE WAY (Frank Sinatra) R 152

1988                                         ALL THIS TIME (Tiffany) B 193

                                                  ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (Beatles) R 184

1972                                         ALONE AGAIN NATURALLY (Gilbert O’Sullivan) DB 40

1977                                         ALONE AT LAST (Neil Sedaka) DB211

1997                                         A L O N E (Heart) DB 49

1982                                         ALOHA FRIDAY (Paul Natto)

1985                                         A LONG AND LASTING LOVE (Crystal Gayle) B 236

1982                                         A LONG, LONG TIME AGO (Kuh Ledesma) (Filipino Song) OPM173

                                 A LOVE SONG (Elton John) DB172

1982                                        A LOVE SONG (Kenny Rogers) (Lee Greenwood) B 338

                                                 A LOVE SONG G 5

1992 A L T A R (Palauan Song) G P 19

1925 A L W A Y S DB186

A L W A Y S (Atlantic Starr) DB187

ALWAYS ON MY MIND (Willy Nelson) G 7

1979 ALWAYS SOMEWHERE (Scorpions) DB170

A MAN AND A WOMAN (French Song)

A MAN WITHOUT LOVE (Engelbert Humperdinck) G 9

1941 A M A P O L A V 25

AMAZING GRACE

AMENO BODJO (Japanese Song) J 3

1972 AMERICAN PIE (Don McClean) B 80

AM I THAT EASY TO FORGET (Engelbert Humperdinck) G 100

1959 AMONG MY SOUVENIRS (Connie Francis) V 17

A M O R (Julio Iglesias) (Spanish Song) DBI 30

1957 AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER (Vic Damone) B 59

1977 A N A K (Freddie Aguilar) (Filipino Song) OPM 24

1976 AN AMERICAN DREAM (The Dirt Band) (Rodney Crowell) DB 70

ANAK DALITA (Freddie Aguilar) (Filipino Song) OPM8

1973 A N A T A (Japanese Song) J 5

1964 AND I LOVE HER (Beatles) R 221

1971 AND I LOVE YOU SO (Don McClean) G 1

ANG DALAGANG PILIPINA (Filipino Song) OPM 93

1981 ANGEL OF THE MORNING (Juice Newton) DB246

Source: Music and Me by Roberto Hernandez

Tia Belau Newspaper

Pages 8-9

Volume 21

Issue 88

December 06, 2012