Remember
that popular Parokya ni Edgar song
where they unusually become somewhat less comedic and they transform into
something endearing and melodic?
Harana was an important song for PNE.
All of a sudden, they are not just a band that does parodies or nonsensical
tunes. Harana expanded the band’s target audience. The song made them
accessible to women, sought after in all radio stations, and become relevant to
all walks of life.
In PNE’s
Inuman Sessions live album, you’ll
hear Chito Miranda mention Tony Lambino. Almost thirty-somethings
like me who isn’t clueless on Pinoy Showbiz would probably remember Tony
Lambino as the guy that is often paired up with Geneva Cruz during their Smokey
Mountain days. Ever since their quartet folded, Geneva Cruz has since
become a veggie lover, Jeffrey Hidalgo
is at times turning up in telenovelas and other singing gigs, and James Coronel
is busy doing other endeavors. Tony
Lambino is probably doing some “suit” job which puts him more on the
boardroom than on stage.
Which
is why this is a challenge.
I want
to have a copy of the original version of Harana. Sure, Chito Miranda did an
outstanding job owning the composition. It was so outstanding that only a
little of my generation know that Tony Lambino was the song’s original singer. Sure,
the PNE version has edge and made the song less corny (remember that Tony
Lambino was singing in a generation where balladeers owned OPMlandia),
sometimes you just have to check out other renditions and other versions of
your favourite songs.
Add
the fact that Tony Lambino was trained by the legendary Ryan Cayabyab. It is a given that Tony’s version has a meatier
twang and has better range.
The
only version I got from the internet is a MP3 that has a stinger that seems to
be synonymous to a watermark. I will still hunt for a version that doesn’t have
any “watermarks” on (the internet isn’t really spoiling me at the moment), but
in the meantime I’m going to settle with this.
Game
over.
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