Song of Colors

When the weather seems to be uncertain and everything in sight turns to be blurry, that’s the time to think back that “there’s a rainbow always after the rain.”

Rainbow, performed by the Philippines’ premier R&B band – South Border, is a feel-good song that did not only hit the airwaves and topped almost all radio stations’ charts but also touched people’s hearts and lives.

It was in 2003 when Jay Durias, South Border’s keyboardist and musical director, was asked to write a song for an upcoming movie to be released in December of the same year. Durias, along with the band’s manager Sharon Inductivo, started composing and arranging the said song.

Durias was the only one asked to sing and record the song as a movie soundtrack, but since the band had their new lead vocalists, Vince Alaras and Duncan Ramos, he decided to record it with them. The launch of Rainbow came along with the new members’ rise to fame and also bringing the name of South Border back to the music scene.

The soft melody of the song added to its sincerity that made it more heartfelt. The combination of the constant mellow drumbeat that goes with the bass, the slow strumming of the acoustic guitar, the windblown flute, and the smooth keys of the piano made the rhythm perfectly arranged for this feel-good song plus the refreshing blend of the singers’ voices.

Rainbow is not one of the ordinary R&B songs that contain lyrics about romance, drugs, and gangsterism, but it is one that gives hope to people who may have not clearly seen the reasons why trials occur in their lives.

Its lyrics of the song basically talks about certainty in times of uncertainty and “that no matter what happens, life goes on and on” for there are lots of people who tends to give up whenever they are not able to handle themselves in difficult situations.

It invaded airwaves and captured the hearts of listeners across the country and its message of optimism in the face of difficulty, loneliness and heartache has brought on refreshing confidence at a time in our country when the skeptic in most of us tends to float up.