Vincent Bueno's performance of "Singin' in the Rain"
(Video downloaded from youtube.com)
Vincent Bueno uploaded a video of "Singin' in the Rain" by Jamie Cullum on his Facebook account. I posted a comment on that video where I mentioned I would be uploading his (Vincent's) version of the song on this blog as soon as I am certain there would be no legal implication in doing so.
I downloaded the video from youtube.com just couples of weeks after Vincent's win in Austria's Musical: Die Show as Grand Winner and just as I was trying to learn the technical aspect of blogging--including the downloading of videos from the Internet.
The said video is no longer available on youtube.com. Although I was able to download it, I failed to get the name of the person who uploaded it so I can properly give credit in case I use said video for blogging purposes.
"Singin' in the Rain", Vincent's version, was my most-watched video. I was quite certain I have watched this video perhaps a thousand times or more. No exaggeration at that. I remember I watched it for the whole year--except on Good Friday to respect the holiness of the day.
Anyway, I love "Singin' in the Rain". It is my most favorite of all Vincent's performances. It has both beautiful and happy melody. It really makes my heart sing. Also, the video was where I first saw Vincent sing and dance. And I was very much impressed with his performance.
During the time I fell in love with the song, my life was laden with problems and sorrows. There were problems in all areas of my life, and everywhere--at home, in the workplace... everywhere!
It was also during that time when a doctor in the Subic Dispensary and a cardiologist in the Nueva Ecija Doctors Hospital in Cabanatuan City told me there was finding in my ECG results. It was during this time when I was feeling very, very weak and very much afraid.
"Singin' in the Rain" became a sort of self-affirmation to me. I AM HAPPY--despite the rain. I AM SINGING AND DANCING--despite life's insurmountable problems. I am not negatively affected by problems that have enveloped me.
I sang this song when I jogged or took a brisk walk at Olongapo's Tapinac Oval--everyday.
I sang this song while walking and as I headed for work.
I sang or hummed this song when I walked on the hallway of the building where our office is housed. And everyone who heard me sing or hum could not help but sing or hum this song, too. Even Aling Helen, our janitress, was also singing this song. Ask her.
After a year or a little more than a year, when I had my annual physical examination again, the nurse who conducted my ECG told me, "It's okay, sir. It's normal." Praise the Lord! To where shall I attribute the healing aside from jogging and brisk walking if not to positive thinking thru singing that song and my fondness for its singer--Vincent!
Well, it's mid-October. Pretty soon, the rainy season would be over. I don't like the floods! But I do love the rain. So, before the rainy season winds up, as the rain rhythmically falls down from the heavens, I'll get out and sing in the rain (a la Vincent Bueno--with matching umbrella--but minus the backflip and break dance, of course).
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