It was one of those Monday nights where I found myself immersing in the audiofest that was Rockeoke at Mag:Net Bonifacio High Street.  Already, groups of (frustrated) singers had taken charge of the mic and spotlight, belting out tune after tune with vocal styling that maybe only a mother or better half could love.

Despite some people's voices making my ears bleed, the one thing I enjoyed marinating in a music-infested environment was that it was a great place to reunite with songs that I used to like but have long forgotten.  In the three hours that I sat there, I had rekindled my love for Morrissey, Aerosmith, Annie Lennox, The Cure, and Deep Blue Something.  

Internet song hits
You see, old songs are like high school friends - you hardly see or hear from them but once you get together, you continue where you left off.  With reunions being just a click away thanks to social networking sites, your burning love for certain songs or artists can also be reignited because of the Internet.

Here are some songs that were probably once part of your musical past and now have made a Whitney-Houston like comeback:

Song: Take On Me
Artist: A-Ha
Claim to tech-fame: "Take On Me" will always be known as the song that's almost impossible to sing at a karaoke without messing it beyond belief by making it sound like a joke--even a decent singing voice will make those high notes of the chorus sound like fingernails on a chalkboard.

But it hit the viral video circuit when someone rewrote the lyrics so that they say exactly what's going on in A-Ha's odd music video for the song. The "Take On Me: Literal Version" video has been a moderate hit, and thankfully, the singer manages to hit the high notes without too much trouble.

Other literal versions have also made it into the tech scene: Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart, Meatloaf's I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That), James Blunt's You're Beautiful, REM's Losing My Religion, and Nirvana's Smells Like Teen Spirit.  

Song: Careless Whisper
Artist: Hayden Kho and Katrina Halili
Claim to tech fame: First it was the song's sultry sax and George Michael's sexy voice that pulls you in until the 2009 version gyrated into our computer screens.  Sure, seeing the doctor and his sexy almost-has been "rehearsing" might have peaked interests in all men, women, and genders in between but those interests weren't shared by politicians who had nothing better to do and made a national (nut) case about it. Is the hearing even over yet?  Anyway, despite the brouhaha it caused (and fashion bandana wearing faux-pa), the song will forever resonate in our memory as one best danced to when in your skivvies.