Piliin ang Pilipinas (Choose Philippines)

I want to visit a lot of these places some day.

Also, 2:48, because apparently every Philippine tourism video needs a rap.

“Here Lies Love”

According to Wikipedia:

Here Lies Love is a concept album made in collaboration between David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, about the life of the former First Lady of the Philippines Imelda Marcos along with the woman who raised her — Estrella Cumpas — and follows Marcos until she and her family were forced to leave the Philippines. The album features 22 guest vocalists and was released on April 6, 2010, under Nonesuch Records and Todomundo in several formats, including a deluxe double-Compact Disc set with a DVD of music videos from the album and a 120-page book. The title is taken from a comment made by Imelda Marcos during a visit to her husband Ferdinand Marcos’s embalmed body. Imelda Marcos expressed that she would like the phrase “Here Lies Love” to be inscribed on her tomb stone.

Been listening to songs from the CD all night. This is the first track and features Florence Welch from Florence and the Machine. More information about the songs can be found by clicking here. For some reason, I felt compelled to look up information about Imelda Marcos during my Education lecture today and wound up finding this. I do have to say that the songs are pretty awesome and I like how there is a storyline that goes along with the music. Not to mention that it is interesting that an concept album would be created about Imelda Marcos in the first place. Good stuff.