Rhythm of the City + Brandon Boyd

I am a member of several pages in Facebook. These are the pages which I want to read updates in my news feed. Examples - Time, CNN, Michelle Obama, The Today Show, Colbert Report, The Onion, LesMills Body Pump among others. I have to admit though I rarely visit these pages unless I am very much interested with their updates.

But there's one page I never fail to visit these days everytime I log on to Facebook. It's the Vintage Sound of 99.5 RT (Rhythm of the City). I am just so glad to have seen the page in one of the updates from a network list. Most of the people are like me, someone who grew up listening to the music and the jocks of this radio station. The 80s were the glory years of RT. Always the first to play new songs. They play it even before it becomes a national anthem. There is some kind of exclusivity when it is played over at RT. A clique? Not really. Just satisfying a craving for some good, fresh music before the airwaves bleed them to death.

One great example I can remember is Lies by The Thompson Twins (neither Thompson nor twins by the way). Eat Bulaga's dance contest made it soooo popular. Back then, record companies promote a song, a danceable song, by way of a dance contest in noon time shows. Creative ha. I can still see on my mind the moves and steps and the sometimes out-of-this-world costumes.

Here is an example of those dance contests. 2:51, Lies but Flashdance here is the clear winner! :D


Anyway, like what I've posted in my FB status the other day, the Vintage Sound of 99.5 RT made me dig from my archive of songs and find the others in YouTube. Songs from the 80s and 90s. It's great to watch and hear the songs being posted at the page.

But well, this is not a vintage RT sound, but the fan girl in me (like what I've said in my Twitter) is alive again. It's THE BRANDON BOYD! Great, great vocalist. I love his rendition of Drive in this particular video, acoustic version. Suave, effortless, easy to listen.


I love the solo whistling. Brandon Boyd, may you reach greater heights in your life and career.