Back to the ’70s Era…

Back to the ’70s Era… Masarap balikan ang mga bagay na nagpapaalala sa atin noon, di ba? Tulad ng mga ito…..

The highlights of our era is the proclamation of Martial Law in Sept. 21, 1972 by President Ferdinand Marcos ITO ANG THEME SONG…. (which we were made to sing after flag ceremony!) May bagong silang May bago ng buhay Bagong bansa, bagong galaw Sa bagong lipunan Nagbabago ang lahat Tungo sa pag-unlad At ating itanghal Bagong Lipunan….. Kontrolado ang telebisyon at newspapers; may curfew mula 12 mn hanggang 4 am; maraming nahuling sibilyan; maraming bawal……

Ang click na click na loveteam noon…. • Guy and Pip • Vi and Bot

Wow!! Ang payat pa ni Direk Bobot! Fashionista pala si Ate Vi and Ate Guy!!!

Were you able to get hold of one of these magazines? Inaarkila ko pa ito sa labasan ng bahay namin!

Terms like Noranian, Vilmanian, Tirsonians….sound a bell? • Officer ng nationwide Tirso Cruz III fans club ang tita ko kaya madalas kami sa Sampaguita pictures at sa bahay ni Pip sa Valencia. Madalas pumunta doon sa bahay nila si Ate Guy! • Naalala nyo pa ba si “Maria Leonora Theresa”?

Eto pa iba nilang kabatch…. • ….remember the song, “each time I sit by my window, imagining the night I was with you….” yiiiiihahhh! A: Eto rin sya oh….sino itech? B: Sino naman ito? Tignan ng mabuti…

C: E, sino naman itong kasama ni Ate Vi, aber? [grabe naka nik-nik at bell bottoms; pamatay din ang mini skirt ni ate vi!] D: This one? (clue: kapartner ni Ate Guy sa Lollipops & Roses)

Eto, tignan ko kung mahulaan n’yo!! E: Eto pa? Hanep sa coiffeur! C: Guess who? EF ang initials D: Eto? Kalaban ng Tirsonians… F: Eto, bago-bago pic?

Marami pa sana, kaya lang di ako makakita ng pictures nila: • Esperanza Fabon • Rhodora Silva • Romy Mallari • Efren Montes – • “a kiss, a kiss a kiss me in the morning, a kiss a kiss me in the night…..” • Boy Mondragon • “rain gently falls whenever we say goodnight, falling like rain….” • Eva Vivar • “I’m nobody’s child, I’m nobody’s child, just like a flower I’m growing wild…” • Danny Cruz at Dorothy Joy • Janine Frias

Towards the middle of 70s, may dumating pang mga sikat….apat sila….. Si Dondon Nakar at Winnie Santos Lala Aunor at Arnold Gamboa! Grabe na ‘to!! Grabe, nagkanda rapa ako ng pumunta si Dondon Nakar sa skul namin sa Rizal High, para lang makapagpapirma ng autograph!

Also, in mid-70’s, natuto akong magparty. Funk ang uso at walang ilaw kundi ang ilaw lang ng stereo, bakuran pa. Ang mga usong grupo at kanta? Ito…! I found a diary underneath the tree, and started reading about me… Yeah, I feel sanctified….. On a cold dessert highway, cool wind in my hair… How deep is your love is your love, how deep is your love…. You, you make me feel brand new, for God bless me with you… “one day in your life, you’ll remember a place, someone’s touching your face….. There’s a lady who’s sure all that glitter is gold and she’s buying a stairway to heaven..

Ang yaman natin sa magagandang awitin noon…mostly nirerevive ngayon…. Pero tayo pa rin ang orig! • “you were just within my reach, and I got caught dancing again….” by Hues Corporation • “I come back this morning to where I first came alive…’ Terminal by Rupert Holmes • “but I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you…” by Don McLean • “I learn the truth at Seventeen that love was meant for beauty queen…” by Lani Hall • “killing me softy with his song, killing me softly…by Roberta Flack • “do you know where you’re going to, do you like the things in life is showing you…” by Barbara Streisand • “No I can’t forget this evening, or your face as you were leaving…” by Nilsson • “so goodbye yellow brick road, where the dogs of society howl..” by Elton John

Movie themes were becoming regulars in the pop music arena starting from… • Towering Inferno's "We May Never Love Like This Again”; • Theme Song from Carrie that goes like “Could it be that the lady is me in the photograph…” • A Star Is Born's "Evergreen“ • And the movie theme song of all time - The Way We Were.

Pagdating naman mga tagalog songs at filipino singers, ito ang in… Ano man ang sabihin nila, ika’y patuloy kong mamahalin…. Ahhh, awitin mo at isasayaw ko… Could we just stop and talk awhile get to know each other…. Baby, kung mahal ka nyang talaga, sige pakasal ka, sige pagpatuloy mo na…. Namamasyal pa sa Luneta ng walang pera… “mahirap talagang magmahal ng syota ng iba..” Laki sa layaw, laki sa layaw, jeprox… Ewan ko ba kung bakit type kita, di ka naman gwapo… Parang ice cream na bilad sa ilalim ng araw……

At ito naman ang mga walang kamatayang movies na pinilahan natin…… The first Superman movie was shown during our era, the 70s Remember Danny Zuko and Sandy Olson in the famous GREASE? Pati na ni Sigourney Weaver as Ripley sa “Alien” How about Rocky Balboa? Saturday Night Fever naman ni John Travolta At tinakot tayo ng Jaws… Si Linda Blair naman sa “Exorcist”

Makarelate ka kaya sa mga palabas na ito sa TV noon? Mike Connors as Mannix

Sa mga tagalog namang palabas sa TV, ito ang mga sikat…. Student Canteen ni Eddie Ilarde at Bobby Ledesma John en Marsha Seeing Stars with Joe Quirino…..take it away… Big Ike’s happening and D’ Sensations Meron pang….. ISKUL BUKOL, KAPWA KO, MAHAL KO CHICKS TO CHICKS TODAS DISCORAMA Unang in-air ang Eat Bulaga noong 1979 sa RPN 9

Sa sports naman, eto ang ilan sa mga balik-tanaw….. CRISPA – TOYOTA – YCO Okey ang mga mini shorts!! Ha ha ha… Paborito ko si Bogs Adornado at Atoy Co!

CAPTIVATING NEWS IN THE ’70S….MARGIE WINS! Ito ang tumambad sa first page ng Daily Express pagkatapos manalo ni Margarita Moran Miss Universe in July of 1973. She was crowned all the way from Athens Greece.

In 1971 coke came up with arguably the best of all cola commercials…. Kanta tayo…… I’d like to buy the world a coke And furnish it with love Grow apple trees and honeybees and snowhite turtle doves I’d like to teach the world to sing In perfect harmony I’d like to buy the world a coke And keep it company… That’s the real thing…..

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