On fortieth Folks Energy anniv, Leah Navarro, APO Mountain climbing Society provide music as love letter to PH

The 2 veteran music acts return to EDSA to proceed the struggle for democracy that they took half in 40 years in the past

MANILA, Philippines – For veteran music acts Leah Navarro and APO Mountain climbing Society‘s Jim Paredes and Boboy Garrovillo, standing on stage on the Trillion Peso March on the fortieth anniversary of the EDSA Folks Energy Revolution was a full-circle second.

As they took the stand alongside White Plains on Wednesday, February 25, Navarro, Garrovillo, and Paredes knew that occasions had modified. 4 a long time had handed, and there have been already a number of generations that got here after them.

Navarro, who can also be an activist, had walked the trail of EDSA 40 years in the past. Whereas she admits that she will not tread that very same distance now, what’s saved that fireplace inside her alive had by no means actually modified.

“Ito ang kaya ko pa rin: na manindigan para sa katotohanan, mag-call out sa lahat ng tiwali na nangyayari dito sa atin, [at] mag-call out sa mga kurakot kasi ‘yan ang EDSA Folks Energy,” she stated.

(That is what I can nonetheless do: rise up for the reality, name out all of the corruption that’s occurring in our nation, and name out all of the thieving politicians as a result of that’s what EDSA Folks Energy is about.)

Earlier than she sang her hit track “Isang Mundo, Isang Awit,” Navarro had only one name to motion: “Kailangan ituro natin uli sa kanila na magmahal sa ating mga kapwa at sa ating bansa.”

(We have to train them how one can love each other and our personal nation.)

Garrovillo and Paredes aren’t any strangers to the struggle for democracy, both. However they weren’t there to sing any of their viral love songs like “Panalangin” and “Once I Met You.” They went down the lesser recognized, but extra patriotic route — selecting to sing “Minamahal Kong Pilipinas,” a message track that they imagine many individuals solely heard for the primary time throughout their efficiency.

“Alam natin kung bakit tayo lahat nandidito. Minamahal natin ang Pilipinas at gusto nating ayusin ang ating bansa. Kami’y bumabalik dito after 40 years dahil hindi pa tapos. Kayo, mga kabataan, kayo na po magpapatuloy nito hangga’t gumanda ulit ang buhay natin sa Pilipinas dahil ito lamang ang minamahal nating bayan,” stated Garrovillo.

(Everyone knows why we’re right here. All of us love the Philippines and we wish to repair our nation. We’re returning right here 40 years later as a result of it’s not over but. To the youth, it’s now as much as you to proceed the struggle till our lives within the Philippines get higher once more as a result of that is the one nation we love.)

To drive the purpose residence, APO Mountain climbing Society invited different legendary OPM artists on stage to sing the 2023 remake of “Handog ng Pilipino sa Mundo,” which first got here out in 1986 to commemorate the Folks Energy Revolution. In accordance with the veteran group, the newest model of the track consists of the youth, and is extra related than ever.

Apart from Navarro and APO Mountain climbing Society, the Trillion Peso March additionally featured speeches from key personalities throughout completely different sectors, reminiscent of Kiko Aquino Dee, Winnie Monsod, and Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David, amongst others. Artists like Morobeats, Gab Cabangon, Toto Sorioso, and comedy group SPIT Manila additionally carried out. – Rappler.com