NOW WHY IS FILIPINO COUNTRY FIRE!? Latinos react to Filipino Country for the first time

[@MartinJohnKintanar]

Yup! Just a normal Sunday for us. Most, if not all, FM radio stations has this kind of programming every Sunday. They play throwback songs and that's mostly country, folk, and mixed with some old rock music (Beatles, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones etc...). Not to mention some old AM radio stations, I think some of them still play this kind of music on a daily basis.

[@breezycramheartz3066]

Every sunday FM radio plays old but gold like 60's & 70's

[@daxaq7888]

In the Cordilleras, we have this thing called "Igorot Country Sound." Cordillerans love country song so much. We also love "cowboy" culture. I think that is the biggest western we adopted, while the lowlands adopted the most Spanish influence.

[@bongcordova2024]

why are filipinos good in country? hmm. let me check. wake up to heavy metal in the morning. shift to alternative rock an hour after that while having my breakfast and segue to radio that plays all kinds of music while driving to work. have the same music in the background while at work. country around 4 to mellow down. alternative rock music driving home. then classical music (beethoven, vivaldi or brahms) just before turning in. eclectic? hell yeah! no wonder that in any videoke/karaoke sessions, you have bts, taylor swift then beatles, elvis, eagles, bieber and sinatra in the request slips for one table.🙃

[@renzericsongabuya7842]

its all around everyday, every emotion, breakfast, snacks, lunch, snacks again, dinner, snacks again, night life, sleep. all of that we play different music.

[@ivy5435]

Oh my. I relate so much 😅

[@jeirenvinamalawis8827]

In the North of the Philppines esp Baguio City.

[@adrianvalencia2065]

This is me bruh😂

[@Daofro0]

❤️‍🔥😁👌

[@arnoldcomparativo7860]

We Filipinos have the most flexible tongues,the most versatile singers in the world,a chameleon, adjustables and can easily get to sing no matter what kind,languages and end genre it might be,even the small kids can do it better,that's a God given most prescious Gift to us❤❤❤❤❤

[@jarmoni727]

i grew up in Isabela, a province in the Northern Luzon, where we both wake up from the blasting sound of country music from one neighbors speaker to another along with the clucking chickens, my grandma and mom both play instruments and they love playing Dolly Parton, Lucinda Williams, Kenny Rogers, Anne Murray, Jean Shepard, Elvis you name it.. country music is an anthem specially on Sundays, Rock songs on a monday, Love songs on tuesdays, Jazz on Wednesdays, The blues by Thurdays, Reggae comes friday, Saturdays either OPM or acoustics.. and STILL, here i am, part of the 10% of the Filipino population who can't sing unless inside the shower LOL..

[@themultifandom3116]

Couldn't agree more...from city of ilagan, isabela!

[@ShanCatadman]

From Negros Oriental here and yes I agree to this as well. I grew up listening to american and british songs. For american country or folk music, my papa has albums from bands and solos: The Eagles, Americas, Kenny Rogers, Simon and Garfunkel, Don Mclean, John Denver, Peter/Paul&Mary, James Taylor, Jim Crose, Bob Dylan and many many more. Other albums: The carpenters, Letterman, Mamas and Papas, Bread, Beatles, Queen, so much more. Ooh, the influence of american and british music to us in the old days. Amazing! My childhood, basically. 😊

[@edfarotv8489]

Benguet and mountain here in the Philippines province love country music

[@VeeGee1902]

​@@themultifandom3116 hello fellow Ilagueño! We were exposed to country music at a very young age back then.

[@yssad.958]

All over the province not just to specific ones actually

[@ReynnPerez]

It's a thing here in the Philippines that sunday is a throwback Sunday for all radio station.

[@Rodmar-t5d]

In Baguio,mountain province and in Benguet country music is so popular

[@GeneCampos]

From the Cordilleras myself, country music is in our blood

[@WineSippingCowboy]

@@GeneCampos FDG Stages is the main KZbin channel for Philippine country music. More details on my post.

[@tomguzman5242]

Agree

[@GeneCampos]

@@WineSippingCowboy hey, thanks! I do appreciate it.

[@WineSippingCowboy]

@@GeneCampos 😊

[@enzoinakerosales6692]

Im 41.. when my papa was still alive.. or when i was little.. we always hear old songs... From tom Jones to Engelbert.. from yellow submarine to top of the world.. Fernando to chiquita.. and more.. and now i have a 15 yrs.. he his favorite songs are from Kenny Rogers and more.. sometimes i think my son was reincarnated from those era... Hahhah

[@ArcelieMaeda]

country songs are usually sang in highlands in Ph like in cordillera region....

[@AmiyaSkye]

I was born and raised in Baguio City and this is the normal music in our household. As a teen growing, we were listening to rock, hiphop, R&B but my dad always switched the FM radio channel to Baguio Country Music Channel (Magic 99.9) and always tell us that country is the real music that never fade. He used to play guitar and sing like that too. And so when I reached adulthood I appreciate country music very much especially pop country as they call it.

[@carolinekepes7953]

In Cordillera region, north of Philippines,country music is our faaaaavvvoorrite!! T'was americans who introduced to us highland peoples 😊 Like every drivers would blast songs while travelling the Halsema road😁

[@marissab.7318]

Those songs are regulars in Karaoke Song books thus Filipinos, being lovers of Karaoke singing, are famiar of those songs. Also, those songs are played on radio stations especially on Sundays. I got sentimental in the "Don't Cry Joni" cover as that was one of my late Mother's favorite songs.

[@karmaeijoj4958]

.,country music is very popular in the Philippines specially every Sunday. They play country music every Sunday morning

[@мякмяк-д4ы]

most of the kids in 90s grew up listening to their father playing guitar while singing in " inuman session " and my favorite one is " country road"

[@proudajero1709]

We have the 12 Important Sounds taught in school : cross over, rock n roll, oldies but goodies, blues, popular music, country, divine, jazz etc.

[@edgarebro1228]

dont forget the novelty

[@proffiesloth]

@@edgarebro1228”ispaghetting pababa, pababa ng pababa” 😂

[@modassirmacabangin837]

where did you even go to school😂

[@carmelarosecabrera8547]

​@proffiesloth that's novelty song and some are abuchikik, totoy bibo and song of Willie villame though have funny sounds and lytics but it's way of people to enjoy music in rural provinces and to add in its also a key to educate our kids to dance with the songs.

[@norbertnewsum1668]

You should react to the Mongolian Cowboy Enkh Erdene. You will be pleasantly surprised

[@plmahong39]

I was born and grew up in Malabang, Lanao del Sur , Philippines in 1965. I remember in early '70s, music like waltz, that of mantovani, christmas by Ray Conniff (and many others) and of course country songs were already introduced in my family especially when we got our phonograph. When our first cassette tape arrived, i think it was in 1972, we learned to sing with the music... John Denver was a favorite... (What makes it interesting is the location of my hometown where and when these songs were introduced)

[@previaxxi_desu]

I live in Bukidnon, and we grew up listening to country or classic music on the radio every Sunday. Even today, most radio stations in Bukidnon still play old hits, throwback tunes, or country music every Sunday. Listening to the radio is still commonly practiced.

[@EdzChan-w5c]

Country is popular in the Cordilleras..I grew up listening to many back in Benguet, courtesy of my aunts/uncles

[@le57erguapo43]

As a Filipino, I am hearing country songs like Kenny Rogers, Carpenters, Bee Gees, The Hollies, among others. Yeah, it is sang in karaoke. Hahahahaah A lot songs on it. Hehehwhw

[@notsniwaez]

country songs here is commonly heard in radios and from old people that pass on us overtime.. We do grow up mostly all genre of western side from Oldies to new songs..

[@maxtenke3738]

yes. I grew up listening listening to radio music .. all genres are played... including country music, classics, opms, kundiman, pop and hip-hop, rock hard n soft,and even rap,music from the 50s to 70s to 80s to 2000s,even reggae,folk ,acoustic, religious Christian songs and everything in between...they are all played in the radio at one time or segment or program in a day or week.. ü... music is such a blessing

[@nathquil229]

I grew up in a folk, rock, & country songs. Till now I have the cassette tapes of Kenny R. John D. James T. and others. That's what Filipinos are way back then in the countryside.

[@norbertovelasco8976]

We, filipinos appreciated any kind of music. It started when they are young. Multi culture or races we have but when it comes to music we are united as one.

[@abrilmargarita8332]

country music is usually played in radio stations every sunday.. i am forty, i grow up hearing this sang in karaoke and played in radio stations.. we call it in our dialect "dinominggo" domingo means sunday.. usually people rest of relax on sundays and drinking while singing is one of the recreation here in the philippines.😊

[@rudymanansala1531]

COUNTRY MUSIC is POPULAR also in the PHILIPPINES since KENNY ROGERS and other OLDER COUNTRY SINGER. We grow Up Listening COUNTRY MUSIC too. Thats why we HAVE YOYOY VILLAME,etc. where HIS SONGS are inspired by COUNTRY MUSIC

[@TitoRAM]

So loved that he has a restaurant named after him Kenny Rogers Roasters. I thought it was international but it was a local resto.

[@JessJar]

Rock and country music was and is popular here in the province of Benguet, and all of the Cordillera Administrative Region. Cowboy Movies, outfits and songs are imitated here. They have the hat, the boots and the leather jackets lol. A lot of bands even right now are mostly country music. Even in the bars. So yeah. We also have some country songs translated to our vernacular language 😅

[@Onin_D_E]

thats pretty normal... youngsters nowadays tend to loves country music... we always emulate our uncles singing in karaoke.

[@heidiOhhhRaRa]

I regularly hear radio every Sunday here in the Philippines.. Every SUNDAY... EVERY YEAR ❤️ I grew up hearing those. All Sunday radio is exclusive to all old music from maybe up to 1940's. You can still hear those in some house or street. But you will definitely hear it on a Sunday ❤️

[@AprilPanganiban]

we grow up listening to these songs, radio stations usually play old songs every sunday. so these are like lullabies in our ears. that’s why we have this what they call " good old Sundays”

[@hw3874]

EFRA’s Confusion is a thing of beauty --and I am here for it! 🔥🔥🔥

[@japethserondo-my2vd]

Country songs will be played every sunday on almost every radio stations and my grandpa played it loud..whenever you go country music echoes

[@jackiealipio3538]

We call it sunday's best. where our parents or grandparents will play old school songs in the radio while doing chores specially doing laundry in the mornings. So nostalgic.

[@navarropuff187]

Kenny Rogers was actually big here back in the 70s most especially in the provinces, like in my place in Leyte. Blues was also a huge thing, most especially with Aretha Franklin.

[@nytingale08]

Grew up listening to a lot of the classics whether jazz, country, ballad, rock etc every sunday. My grandparents like to listen to these songs really loud. 😅

[@Henyo1070]

I remember back in the 70s, the 80s, and even in the early 90s, there were a number of bars in the Philippines where they played a lot of folk and country music. Singers like John Denver, Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton were big back then. Country music would get its airtime on the radio usually after lunch on weekends when people had their siesta time.

[@njbattad15]

What makes Country music popular to places outside the US is that the words are easy to understand making the music more enjoyable.

[@arianecalleja764]

Yes, we used to listen to every genre. There's this thing in the Philippines where every sunday all the music they played in the radio was from 60's to 90's from western music, American, Uk, and also local music.

[@dantemalla3753]

I grew.up washing dishes singing John Dever songs. They are the first songs i played when I learned guitar. And yes...I am a filipino.

[@Rodmar-t5d]

Country music is specially sung in the northern part of luzon

[@engallardo964]

You guys are so wacky! so love your reactions...we all literally grew up with and in country music, and our environment (farms, mountains, forests) is literally country as well...and I guess Filipinos simply love music, and music loves us back big time...✌

[@binsoy728]

In my case, I can always hear Country music every Sunday morning while preparing to go to church because that's the kind of songs that were being played on radio stations.

[@renzericsongabuya7842]

Music is/was/were a big part on our curriculum. We studied it from the momment we step in the classroom. We sung Children song, Religious song, Folk songs, and many more. Then Primary to Secondary we studied local, national and international music. Plus everything we hangout we went to Videoke/Karaoke/Sing Along whatever you wanna call it either in friends house, a Carenderia, Videoke house, street or bar whenever wherever; in short Music is life and we live on it. And lastly our Radio stations are full of schedules; some stations play mainly rock, some are mellow, some mixed POP, RnB, Alternative, and more. Then on Sundays are mostly like this; Old country music, Classic, etc. Everything we tacle depends what type of person you are. we all have a station to choose from. Enjoy and feel the beat for everyone to enjoy. Have a nice day Waleska and Efra

[@MariaTheresaGolosino]

every sunday the radio station plays the country music and old songs from 70"s, 80"s. This songs are also in the Karaokies that's why We Filipino's knows this songs.

[@kenzogiltendez4465]

I grew up with those songs coz thats what i heart every Sunday at radio and every "inuman" Sessions of my parents, uncles, cousins, neighbors. 😂❤

[@bangwi]

There is a lot of Kenny Rogers restaurants in the Philippines

[@dennismorales7265]

Every genre of music has a radio station playing those type of music. from Country, Folk, Rock Pop, New Wave, Electronic Pop, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Ballad, RNB, Jazz, Trance, Techno, Dance Music and everything.

[@Dana-pf5bu]

Yes! And until now i'm already on my 50's I still love country songs... It gives me chill vibes and relax mode. Theyre still on my playlist alongside many genre... mind you theres BTS, G- idle ,and many more kpop and Ppop on my playlist...😅❤

[@nylagapin4608]

Here in the highlands of Cordillera, we love country music, and yes they sound like that😊😊

[@abbysisson8580]

growing up in the Philippines i remember the only thing my parents can afford was the casette with the multiplex and those are the collections of ABBA, CCR, Tom Jones, Simon & Garfunkel, BeeGees, Beatles, The Animals, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers and the likes... basically the country, country rock or whatever you call it that was popular in the 80s... i guess coz at that time there were american bases so influence they brought might be one of the reason

[@hayazyn2972]

Yeah i grew up listening with some country songs,my parents are from the northern part of the Philippines which is BATANES, we have there we call it Marlboro Country, a rolling hills, greeny meadow. Herding cattles and goats, riding horses..so much country feels. Most provinces here love country misic, they even have rodeo shows/contest. Since in provinces they have farms, local cowboys and dont forget the cowboy hats hehe😊

[@Ooberwulf]

John Denver was big here. My father would always tune in to radio stations that play those kinds of music from Elvis Presley, Tom Jones, Trini Lopez and the Beatles etc. I swear my father can even vocally mimic Elvis on the karaoke. 😊

[@pebsstonesteel1424]

Filipinos know A LOT of country music 😊 Back when John Denver was famous there would be singing contests imitating him. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers are famous in the Philippine. It is a staple in the karaoke. We have the Kenny Rogers fast food restsurants 😊 Back in the day... 60's and 70's, I think, when "cowboy stuff" were popular, it was also popular in the Philippines 😊

[@elanneyamoto4976]

Cordillera region is the Texas and Nashville in the Philippines. We love country songs.

[@ohkeera]

I grew up in Baguio and country music was EVERYTHING 😂😂😂 Our family karaoke is def full of country music. The best thing is... The filipino accent comes back after singing 😂😂😂. P.S. The Americans did stay in the Philippines for years lol 😅

[@cartechhome]

Yup we grow up with that music one of my favorite folk rock and country music always played in most Philippine radio stations every Sunday also oldies but goodies or golden sunday music.

[@ConradoJoseMiguelAranas]

Im Pretty Sure we don't need the singers to come here nowadays because Karaoke is the University and Song Books are the Lesson Plan.. LOL

[@ayashimizuki5198]

born 1976 and yes country music is part of the music genre we grew up with ❤❤❤ I had to go back to this video because I think one reason why country music became popular is that in the 70's and 80's, so many young Filipinos were interested in playing the guitar so we buy "Song Hits", a magazine of songs which includes guitar chords as learning guides and most of them will have country songs ❤ so we learn basic guitar chords derived from country music and naturally we fell in love with the melody and rhythm of country music

[@atemimie]

I grew up listening to country music, my father would usually play country music in the morning. And when he is off from his work.😊

[@lp1836]

I grew up with country music/ country gospel music too, from the city of pines in the ph it's normal, been watching you both for year's :)

[@IamproudAtin13]

Sa mag magcocomment na naman na “hindi lang itong genre kaya ng mga Pinoy” fyi, alam nila Waleska and Efra yan. Syempre this video is dedicated to Filipino Country only.

[@Simply_ME224]

I'm born year 1999. I remember growing up there's always music going in the house from Kenny Rogers, The Beattles, Chicago, Carperters, Journey, Backstreet Boys, Westlife, and all those great musics that made me love music itself. At some point I even started experementing to listening to different genre of music by myself and fell inlove with classical. It's just so amazing how music is so integrated in our everyday life and there's a genre for anyone and everyone. No one excluded.

[@joenelalacre9377]

Just a sunday throwback on the radio. We dont waste such good music. We have a program on a specific fm station thats called "OLD BUT GOLD". AND THROWBACK. Yeah, thats about it.

[@cherrysakura2760]

Pinoys love Listening to Radio everyday , am radio to provinces w/o FM hehe , am radio , they play old songs & country music 😅 Pinoys are used to classic songs , memorized d melodies & love d beat & lyrics .

[@SeniorWeisBichen]

I grew up hearing country music everyday. Thanks to my dad blasting it in our speaker every morning so he can hear it while working at the farm. He loves music in every genre but country is his favorite.

[@krysteljoy]

When I always remember cassette player was always played in our home. We have a lots of it with. Every Sunday radio plays so loud. My papa played organ my ma and other relatives sing together. Nostalgia indeed.

[@Jerol-b1k]

It's normal throughout in the Philippines to hear all Americans songs Monday to Sunday you can listening in radio FM or even in the streets sing in a karaoke..

[@luvetannies13]

I grow up listening to old country music... islands in the stream is one of the song i sang ang played guitar when i was little. I loooooovvveeeee country music

[@marcemark1175]

Those were the songs played in the radio every Sunday morning... Way back in the 80s and 90s

[@cherryzerna3830]

Yeah. I grew up listening to the fave music of my grandparents and man, they are good.

[@joevan5606]

Filipino loves music that radios are always on and during my time when karaoke isn’t popular yet every time there is a new music people buy “song hits” so we would know the proper lyrics of the new songs and waited for that to play in the radio or buy cassettes that we could sing along. And acdg to my mom during their time radios play their favorite music 3x so they could get familiar with the tunes and lyrics and they could sing along. The cheapest way to be entertained is to have a radio on while doing the chores, while waiting in a vehicle going to school or work due to traffic etc music is just part of our life it sets the mood in the morning ..

[@maiyamz4348]

This song is a sunday song, every sunday this type of music is being played in radio, And we grow up hearing this song.

[@LaraMaeFailon-hj8tq]

I missed this old songs!! I remember when i was a kid our neighbor always listen to these music ( he is connecting the music to big speaker) and my morning is always so good!!! Like imagine these kinds of songs are your alarm clock you will never have a bad morning

[@jerdeltam3340]

Growing up listening to all of genre of music reason why we are so flexible witb different kinds of music. You listen to our radio stations, mostly are mixes. there are only few which has a specialty of tune. We even had a karaoke then evolved into videoke which pioneers by our old school guitars with music magazines.

[@lezzgochoco5203]

OMG this is giving Sunday golden memories. My goodness, I never thought I needed this reaction vid until you made one. OMG!!! Country music is very popular in the Philippines. Some songs are even karaoke/videoke favorites.

[@MORPHLING.]

Back then no cellphone no internet and my grandmother and grandfather just have the small radio and every sunday country music is so popular, specialy in the morning 🥰👌 that's nostalgic

[@eugeniobalao609]

I am 47 years old and all the country songs you just watch are popular growing up. I also grew up with Kenny Rogers songs. We use to have tapes of his albums.

[@arcelli5798]

We can always heard those kinds of sounds every Sunday wherein FM Radio Stations played throwback songs and country songs.

[@imminentDanger21]

Every weekends were oldies but goodies music day.. i grew up with that. My dad loved to listen to them country music.

[@renalex99]

Country was a big part of Philippine radio way back in the 70s to 90s. Even now when you prowl the acoustic club area, you can still get one with a singer that plays a James Taylor song

[@aprillabiste6017]

we grew up listening to our grandparents, father, uncles even neighbors singing old but gold music on normal days especially sundays it's family day..... karaoke time!

[@rainieresguerra6519]

When I was stull studying more than 4 decades ago, I used to frequent music bars that had live country music. There were lots of music bars in Metro Manila, Baguio and even in the provinces where country music was played live.

[@Yoursalways29]

Every Sunday i remember my Father Tune in a Radio Station which is Playing OLD BUT GOLD MUSIC from 70 - 90's songs. And believe me all songs played in that radio i can sing along until now but i don't know the title of that song.

[@elmuo-53]

We love karaoke so... All genres are included 😅

[@purplebutterfly7268]

Grew up with my parents playing country, ballad, rock ballad, kundiman, and all the genres available during their time. So we also developed a love for these types of music--and sing them, too. :)

[@jasonquinones4901]

We grew up listening toCountry music bec it is part of the typical playlists of Sunday morning FM radio programs in the Philippines. We also have our own Filipino folk rock music, which has some similarities/inspirations from US country music but with distinct Filipino flavor.

[@JanKyle17]

We were the Americans' little brown bro. We try to have anything and everything from the US including country! 😂 Then coming to the 2000s, you have American Idol. In music playforms like MTV, you hv country artists that enter the charts: Lady Antebellum, Carrie Underwood; pop singers that moved to country like Kelly and Jessica Simpson, and so on.

[@Alownzki07]

Every sunday, the radios play those songs. And even in TV's they have mellow music segments in the afternoon.

[@princessjoanneobido9756]

This all true my mother like olds songs ...80s , 90s old song ....old rocks song 😊🎉

[@ranzcelinestar]

We have listened to these songs on the radio growing up ❤ and as you guys have said, Filipinos are so good in vocal impressions

[@oldmeta2026]

Filipinos love good music generally.. Genres/Language comes along with it..

[@joybernae]

Since we grew up listening to radio, we have listened to every music genre. Only few radio stations are playing new music. Mostly are mellows, classic, lite rock. Philippines is already known to the artists as music lovers in the 70s. David Newman, John Denver, Kerry Rogers, Patti Austin, Angela Bofill, Bread and many more already performed here. Seen concerts of David Pack, Survivor, Hall & Oats, John Ford Coley, etc

[@magic91tv80]

We grew up listening country song every sunday in all Radio station and then when weekdays around 5pm all radio stations in the Philippines starting to play all Slow rock and alternative Rocks and in every morning they play all love song music😅😅that is why we Filipinos knows a lot of songs

[@Zoidielicious]

For Filipinos, The top 2 things you do in daily basis, 1st is Job, and 2nd is music. So it's normal here that most Filipinos can sing. There's no internet before so we love our radios and tv, cassettes and cds. In school, student brought guitars, and walkmans. We even have "Song Hits". In early 2000s MTV and MYX is very popular. Basically speaking, Filipinos doesn't need to learn how to sing. It is already imbedded in our DNA.

[@andiefrancisco-fy9xg]

These songs are always on the radio every Sunday.. Literally grow-up with it 😂😅

[@MagnumNYC]

It's relatively simple. If it's a good or popular song a Filipino can and will sing it. It doesn't matter what genre or what year. Good music is timeless and it's appreciated.

[@davidbeckham2293]

Banyak Vloger Indonesia yang berkunjung liburan ke Filipina, dan Vloger Indonesia kaget karena orang Filipina pandai berbahasa inggris hampir semua kalangan, ketika mereka bernyanyi atau mengcover lagu dalam bahasa Inggris, aksen mereka sangat bagus ❤

[@chicolanog6943]

Country songs were played every sunday mornings on radio. Actually until now i can still hear it. Our parents usually turn on the radios early in the morning while during the chores..cooking.. and also to wake their kids hehe

[@runine114]

I remember growing up every sunday local radio station would be blasting country music songs...from 9am until 3pm back then I dont really appreciate country songs I think they sound so boring but now I appreciate it so much.

[@dolce9494]

ohh, We love country music too. We listen and love the old songs too. any type of genre. ❤ You can hear it in karaoke sessions too.