is a discipline and a mistress of
good order and good manners,
she makes the people milder,
and gentler, and more moral,
and more reasonable...
"Tales behind the songs"
September 28, 2007Ok, ok… I shall be posting the lyrics of my recorded songs and - as a bonus - give you some "tales behind the songs", how the songs came about, what inspired me to write a particular song, the "spirit" behind the song, etc. etc. - anything of human interest. I know that we get to appreciate and understand a piece of music better when we are given a deeper look into it, get to see the scenes behind the scene. Agree? Stay tuned then…
Well, what better way to start this than with one of the most loved, most popular Igorot love songs : LAYAD NAN LIKATAN. This is also one of the most talked-about songs in the internet!
Anyway, it was back in grade school when my dad bought a 45RPM vinyl record copy of this Bontoc love song. Listening to the raspy but melancholy voice of the late PEDRO CHINALPAN, I never dreamed that this same song would be instrumental in jump-starting my enduring musical love affair with Cordillera music. Looking for an Igorot song to spice up my very first recording (it was a condition given by my producer), I chose "Layad Nan Likatan" for lack of other choices. Now I wonder, was it providential? It was one of the best moves I ever did in my singing career. It became so identified with me and it became a major signature song notwithstanding the fact that I wasn't the first one to record it and neither did I write it.
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