sister act 2

hola,

so i was browsing through youtube (i use my time so wisely.... it's quite ridiculous...) and came across couple clips of sister act 2 and it brought back so many memories. when i was about 10 years old, i was absolutely obsessed with this movie. when i was a little bit older i bought the soundtrack and the vhs and  memorized every single song. i would go online to print out the lyrics. haha i swooned over ryan toby like no other because he was such a good singer. i would rewind his part in the movie where he sings "oh happy day" over and over again and would just be in awe of his talent. lauryn hill kills it with "His eyes are on the sparrow" and "joyful joyful" and this was even before her albums with the fugees like "the score" and  her solo album "the miseducation of lauryn hill." yep...before she was a superstar, she was in this movie. 

i don't know why but i just love soulful music. if you can sing, its most likely that i will ask you to sing over and over again. i remember going on my senior trip to ojai with a girl named natalie who was an amazing singer. i would constantly ask her to sing songs that i requested throughout the trip. (yes, super annoying of me). i admire it when people can belt out a song like old school mariah carey in her "music box" days and boys II men in their "II" and "Evolution" days. maybe its because when i was about 3 years old, i joined my dad watching the mariah carey concert at madison square garden on laser disc. i was hooked from there on out. we would listen to luther vandross, the fugees, lauryn hill, old school motown (yes, even the jackson 5) and etc. on our way to school in the morning. growing up, i would stay up every friday night while everyone else was asleep to watch Amateur Night on Showtime at the Apollo.  i would secretly go upstairs and watch it with excitement. (man... okay this has to go under my 'thing before i die' list. i am going to go to the freaking apollo even if no one comes along with me. i may be the only asian chick there, but its all good). 

anyways i'm just blabbing at this point so i shall stop. but at the end of the movie, they perform "joyful joyful" which is amazing (clip above). haha goodness...i memorized the 2 raps and performed it a couple of years ago when i graduated from junior high. (hahaha i was a lost child indeed) if you haven't watched this movie, you're missing out! but then again, people say i don't have the best taste in movies so...hmmm...you decide.

enough of my foolishness. 

adios,

yuri