Most baduy songs in your playlist

(Disclaimer: This is not for the faint of heart. This is just me during a thunderstorm.)

I COULDN’T stop laughing as I read a playlist posted by my editor in a mailing list. He dubbed it, “Baduy Songs.”

Baduy is a Filipino term that describes something or someone who is out of fashion. It also sometimes means “geeky” or “corny” but that could be debatable. Baduy could also mean jologs or lowbrow. So if you say a certain song is baduy it means “bad” or “nasty” music. But I guess the meaning changes based on context. Anyway, let’s move on to our little story.

My editor Leo Magno urged us to post the most baduy songs we could find in our playlist. Apparently, everybody has a secret playlist tucked in somewhere in their iTunes folder or in their iPod.

He eventually posted at least 40 tunes he considered the worst songs he has collected (He’s willing to share them, if you like). I was floored. He even revealed that he had to do some research to match the songs with the artists.

Okay, I know you’re excited to know what tunes landed in his baduy songs playlist. Here they are in no particular order of baduyness.

• 20 Minutes Before Takeoff (Dan Henry)
• 628 (Europe)
• Achy Breaky Heart (Billy Ray Cyrus)
• Always (Erasure)
• Angelina (Lou Bega)
• Angelina (Psy)
• Asereje (Las Ketchup)
• Barbie Girl (Aqua)
• Body Dancer (Magic Fire) “shake, body-body-dancer… shake…”
• Boom Boom (Paul Lekakis) “boom, boom, boom, let’s go back to my room, so we could do it all night…”
• Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom (Vengaboys)
• Boulevard (Dan Byrd)
• Brother Louie (Modern Talking)
• Candyman (Aqua)
• Da Da Da (Trio)
• Dayang Dayang (Erika Macho)
• Designer Music (Lipps Inc)
• Dr. Jones (Aqua)
• Electric Youth (Debbie Gibson)
• The Final Countdown (Europe)
• Give me Hope (Joanna) — Eddy Grant
• Gloria (Laura Brannigan)
• The Great Commandment (Camouflage)
• Hit that Perfect Beat (Bronski Beat) — “Beat boy, beat boy, hit that perfect beat boy…”
• If You’re Not Here by My Side (Menudo)
• Keys Me (Alyssa Alano’s version of Kiss Me)
• Lambada (Kaoma)
• Liberte (Gilbert Montagner)
• Like a Cannonball (Menudo)
• Macarena (Los del Rio)
• Magic Carpet Ride (AringKingKingKing) — Mighty Dub Katz
• One Way Ticket (Boney M)
• Ride the White Horse (Laid Back)
• She Bangs (William Hung Version)
• Square Rooms (Al Corley)
• Sukuleu (Tantra)
• Swiss Boy (Lou Sern)
• Tarzan Boy (Baltimora)
• Thai Na Na (Kazero)
• We like to Party (Vengaboys – “The vengaboys are coming…New York to SanFrancisco..”)

Now, it’s your turn to share your baduy playlist.

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