They say music is the language of the soul. If this must be true, music should be in the native tongue of the listener for it to delve into the deepest of the soul. One could enjoy music with foreign lyrics, yes. Did it became rooted in him?
There are OPMs in English but the use of English has been Filipinized. OPMs also come in different languages of the islands. My favorites would be in Tagalog or in Filipino. Use of two or more languages, indigenous or foreign, are also common. They are nice yet still not full.
Genres I like are hip-hop, r&b, and rap. You would probably regard the half of these as 'jologs'. Others would argue still that OPM died in the 80's as the genres that flourished in the past two decades were these. OPM is not genre-limited. As long as it is popular and Pinoy, it is P-pop.
In the age of the Internet, the 'masa' gets to decide what becomes popular. English OPM by artists western enough to be TV personalities could continue to have their turf in expensive optical discs sold in record stores.
Ang Pusong Bato ang pambansang kanta ng mga sawi at bitter noong nakaraang taon.
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