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Doobidoo! In ‘Limang Dekada nAPO Kami,’ the group shares the non-public tales and behind-the-scenes moments that formed their five-decade journey
MANILA, Philippines — APO Mountain climbing Society’s half-century profession is now sure in print.
Persevering with the group’s long-running behavior of weaving wordplay into their branding, Limang Dekada nAPO Kami collates the tales behind the group’s milestones, from their origins as excessive school-to-collegiate performers within the late Nineteen Sixties to the a long time of albums, TV reveals, and concert events that adopted.
“It’s a private historical past ebook, the place we actually give our ideas as we went by sure conditions and we give tales that you just by no means hear us speaking about,” stated Boboy Garrovillo throughout the ebook launch held on August 7.
Born out of a intentionally absurd, tongue-in-cheek identify that clung nicely previous its founding roster, APO’s early incarnation was a band of campus pranksters with guitars and a simple knack for concord.
Nevertheless, by the mid-Seventies, the core trio of Garrovillo, Jim Paredes, and the late Danny Javier had grow to be fixtures of an OPM motion nonetheless in its infancy, marrying sharp pop craftsmanship with a sensibility rooted in Filipino humor and sentiment.
APO’s combine of folks, pop, and novelty songs — “Ewan,” “Panalangin,” “Pumapatak Ang Ulan” — discovered house in each radio charts, abroad venues, and the nation’s selection present circuit.
Their long-running Sunday program Sa Linggo nAPO Sila on ABS-CBN cemented their visibility past music, whereas the flip of the millennium introduced tribute initiatives just like the Kami nAPO Muna duology, reintroducing their discography to youthful audiences within the 2000s.
For a gaggle as storied as APO, a ebook chronicling its 5 a long time should take a distinct strategy to documenting this historical past. With over 200 pages of full-color pictures and textual content, the ebook bisects the work as half memoir and half commemoration, with the members narrating the situations, relationships, and business realities that produced their songs.
For listeners accustomed to consuming the music with out context, this opens up the mechanics behind their inventive {and professional} decisions.
Greater than a mere catalogue of achievements, Garrovillo stated they needed readers to pair the chapters with the songs, turning the act of studying into an lively encounter with their music.
“We needed the folks to have a whole expertise whereas they learn the ebook. Take heed to the music whereas studying… while you learn the ebook parang ‘ah, so eto pala ’yung kwento sa likod ng mga kantang ’yun’ (you’ll assume, ‘ah, so that is the story behind these songs’).”
Informed in their very own voices, the ebook retraces the circumstances and decisions that formed APO’s profession. Moreover, the members word that the group’s longevity has taken on a distinct form since Javier’s passing in 2022.
“You actually need to be taught lots of issues to outlive as three and now we’re studying to outlive as two. A gaggle is totally different from a solo profession,” Paredes advised Rappler.
Throughout a long time, APO’s songs have moved consistent with the nation they sang to — from the hopeful refrains of the OPM motion’s early years, the coded dissent of the Nineteen Eighties, the nostalgia and reinvention of the 2000s, and even the wake of a member’s passing.
The brand new ebook locations their journey on file, not as a method of claiming farewell, however as one other means for the group’s voice to journey alongside the audiences which have carried it this far.Limang Dekada nAPO Kami is on the market by emailing apohikingsocietyinquiry@gmail.com. – Angela Divina/Rappler.com
Angela Divina is a Rappler intern learning Bachelor of Effective Arts in Inventive Writing at Ateneo de Manila College.
