"Salamat, Salamat Musika!" music and lyrics by Gary Granada, interpretation by Nanette Inventor, is the grand prize winner in the professional division of the Seventh Metro Manila Popular Music Festival, or Metropop, in 1984.
Aanhin ang kayamanang di madadalaThe last week of July is designated as Linggo ng Musikang Pilipino (Week of Filipino Music) by virtue of Proclamation No. 933 in 2014. Liwaliw Sounds features some of the winning entries from Metropop during its run between 1978 and 1985. I selected particularly the winning entries that are about, or that celebrate, music and singing.
Aanhin ang kagandahang pansamantala
Ang katahimikan ba ay may magagawa
Upang ihayag ang nadarama
Lyrics in this one (particularly those quoted above) was very much in tune with the social consciousness-raising efforts at the time. It was one year after the assassination of former Senator Benigno Aquino Jr., who returned to the Philippines from political exile. The following year, the overstaying occupant of Malacanang will be calling for snap elections. And after next, life as we martial law babies knew, will change dramatically, the Filipino people, on the world stage, much admired and awe inspiring.
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