Fast Talk with Boy Abunda: Celeste Legaspi, may revelations sa kanyang hit songs! (Full Episode 482)

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Aired (December 4, 2024): OPM Icon na si Celeste Legaspi, may surprising revelations sa likod ng kanyang mga hit songs! Handa na rin siyang ibahagi ang kanyang karanasan sa mga National Artists na kanyang nakatrabaho. Panoorin ang video!   For more Fast Talk With Boy Abunda Full Episodes, click the link below:   https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRhcC_vtOrattdXLVqpvE8vMq3pOq8qT   Watch the latest episodes of 'Fast Talk with Boy Abunda’ weekdays at 4:00 PM on GMA Afternoon prime, starring Boy Abunda. #FastTalkwithBoyAbunda   To our Global Pinoys in the U.S., catch your favorite Pinoy shows from GMA Pinoy TV, GMA Life TV, and GMA News TV, now available on YouTube TV!   Subscribe now for only $14.99 per month. Visit tv.youtube.com for more details.

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00:00Today, the very first party is going to be a show to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Philippines' independence.

00:09Good afternoon, Philippines and the whole world!

00:12Ni Tay Kapuso!

00:13Please lend me your 20 minutes of your afternoon.

00:15I am Boy and welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.

00:21To everyone who is watching on Facebook and YouTube, thank you.

00:24To everyone listening on DZW, welcome to the program!

00:30There are a lot of people here.

00:32Maybe...

00:382,100 people in the audience.

00:44Our evening is special because we have a very special guest.

00:48She is beautiful.

00:50And she is the one and the only, Celeste Legas.

00:58Hi, Pepe!

01:01Thank you so much.

01:03I'm very happy to be here.

01:05You look beautiful.

01:06Thank you, thank you, Celeste.

01:07Please, please.

01:08Thank you so much.

01:10A while ago, they wanted me to ask you why you don't dye your hair.

01:16That's the first question. Okay.

01:19I just felt...

01:20You know, the first time I let my white hair show

01:23was maybe three months before my daughter got married.

01:28Usually, when that happens...

01:30That was the first marriage in the family.

01:33Usually, when that happens,

01:34the thing you will do is you'll retouch your roots.

01:37Right.

01:38And you'll get Botox.

01:41But I decided that this is it.

01:43This is the next phase of our lives.

01:46And I'm tired of all of this dying.

01:50And I decided to just let it go.

01:53And it's really very...

01:55I feel better about it.

01:57But we were and we are excited to have you here

02:00because we would like to talk to you about many things.

02:02One of them, some of them are your songs.

02:05Oh, okay.

02:06Okay.

02:07And I'm going to start with Saranggola ni Pepe.

02:09All right.

02:10What is the story of Saranggola?

02:12Written, of course, by Nonoy Galeano.

02:15The husband.

02:16The husband.

02:18It was martial law.

02:2077.

02:21Yeah.

02:2272.

02:2372.

02:2472.

02:25I was pregnant for the first time in my life

02:28and then martial law was declared.

02:30So, of course, when you're pregnant,

02:33the first time, you're already scared.

02:35And martial law.

02:36So, it was a very difficult time also for us.

02:41And then my husband wrote lyrics

02:44talking about how he felt about the times.

02:47That was really...

02:48So, Saranggola is about martial law.

02:52And the times that we were living in.

02:54Okay.

02:55He also has environmental concerns in that song.

02:59But he put everything in a childlike situation.

03:05Yes.

03:06That's why when it was recorded,

03:08Eddie Moonhee was the one who arranged it.

03:11Eddie Moonhee.

03:12He was asking Nonoy,

03:14how do I approach this song?

03:16I can't understand the lyrics.

03:18Because the lyrics are difficult, right?

03:19Correct.

03:20So, Lakai asked my husband,

03:23how do I arrange this?

03:27Nonoy said, just use the ukulele.

03:30That's why the arrangement is like that.

03:32That's a nice formula.

03:33The title is simple.

03:35But...

03:36The song is difficult.

03:37You know, it was in my second long-playing album.

03:42And what we were pushing was another song.

03:45A song of Ernani Cuenco,

03:46which is also a very beautiful song.

03:48But the DJs were so intrigued by the title,

03:51so they started playing it.

03:53That's how it became a hit.

03:55Mamang Sorbitero was written by...

03:58Joe Marichan.

03:59I really didn't know that.

04:00Joe Marichan.

04:01We were doing research on your songs.

04:03You know, there's this one.

04:05Did Joe write Mamang Sorbitero?

04:07Yes.

04:08At first, he had written it to be Mr. Songwriter.

04:11But he wrote it because the formula of...

04:15Saranggola.

04:16Saranggola.

04:17Yes.

04:18I moved to a recording company,

04:19and the recording company wanted another one

04:21that's similar to Saranggola.

04:23That's the technique.

04:24Yes.

04:25The managers and the recording executives used to...

04:28I don't know if this is a practice.

04:30If your song is a hit,

04:32don't move the second song.

04:35Yes.

04:36You know that Mamang Sorbitero is...

04:38There's a Buduts version.

04:40Do you know that?

04:41No, no.

04:43It's used in all Zumba classes in the entire Metro Manila.

04:49Looking forward to that.

04:51Now, I'm going to go to the Ernani Cuenco song.

04:53Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal.

04:55That was a surprise hit for me.

04:58Kasi the same...

04:59Hindi mo inaasahan?

05:00Hindi ko inaasahan.

05:01That was in the same album where Saranggola ni Pepe

05:03and Tuliro were.

05:06Ang Walang Kamatayang Tuliro.

05:09Saranggola ni Pepe was already a hit.

05:12So I said to myself,

05:13siguro yun na, yun na ang hit noong album na yun.

05:15Siguro a year later,

05:17I would be performing for parties or whatever

05:20and I'd be requested to do Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal.

05:23And I'd ask the audience,

05:24how do you know that song?

05:26Ano? It's being played.

05:28Yun pala it became a hit na I didn't even know.

05:31Gaano Ko Ikaw Kamahal.

05:32Yun ang talagang the beauty of the song,

05:35the beauty of the lyrics.

05:37Siya talagang nagdala noong why it became a hit.

05:41And this is written and composed by two national artists?

05:45Yes, Levy Silerio and Ernani Cuenco.

05:48You've been listening to the new singers today.

05:51What is your assessment?

05:53Some of them are very, very good.

05:55Stell of SB19 is absolutely fabulous.

05:59Napakagaling niya.

06:00And Julian San Jose is very, very good.

06:03Excellent, excellent.

06:05So some of them are very, very good.

06:07And who are very committed.

06:09And very committed.

06:10And very professional.

06:11Tama.

06:12Because I just got to work with a lot of young people

06:15in a series and everybody was focused

06:18and committed and disciplined.

06:20I was very happy to see that.

06:22Dalawa lamang sa mga pinudus mo

06:24at ni Girlie Rodis,

06:26ang ating kaibigan.

06:28Let's talk about Katie.

06:32This was in 1987.

06:34My father watched one show of mine.

06:36And I put in the song Sabado

06:40that was written by my husband.

06:42And the audience didn't know the song.

06:47But the audience loved the song

06:49because it's a good song.

06:50And my father said to me,

06:52Maricel, this is exactly what he said to me,

06:54Maricel, why are you doing covers?

06:58What you should do is an original work, sabi nya.

07:01And then I said,

07:02because Papa, the audience,

07:04they feel more comfortable if they know the...

07:06But look at Sabado, he said.

07:08They like Sabado.

07:09They have never heard it before.

07:11So I was embarrassed in front of my father.

07:13And I'm a Papa's girl.

07:15I'm sorry, Papa is National Artist for Visual Arts,

07:19Cesar Legaspi.

07:21So of course,

07:22when a national artist speaks,

07:24you're embarrassed, right?

07:25So I said...

07:27So it came to my mind,

07:29original.

07:31I don't want to do concerts anymore.

07:33I'm getting bored.

07:34So I thought,

07:36Nestor Torre came to us

07:38with an idea of making something

07:40about the life of Katy De La Cruz.

07:43And that's when it came to me,

07:46why don't we make it an original musical?

07:49An original musical.

07:51And that's what I want to do from now on,

07:53I said to myself.

07:55And Mommy Kate,

07:57when I was new in the business,

07:59Mommy Kate was one of those

08:01who was very, very, very kind to me.

08:04Very welcoming.

08:05And I'll never forget that.

08:06She was very kind,

08:07she was very welcoming.

08:09She and Tita Sylvie.

08:11Sylvie Alatorre.

08:13Such lovely ladies.

08:14And they just made me feel so welcome

08:17and so at home.

08:18And it's beautiful.

08:19Do you know that

08:21you were included in the story of Pulang Araw?

08:24Yes, I know.

08:25It's so exciting.

08:26So the young people are

08:28becoming aware of Mommy Kate.

08:30Played by Julianne.

08:31Yes, yes, yes.

08:32It's beautiful.

08:33Oh, there's Mommy Kate.

08:34That's right.

08:35What a lovely, lovely one.

08:36But I think,

08:37my favorite song,

08:40there's a lot,

08:41but it's that,

08:42the final song.

08:44Sometimes I get confused.

08:46Just like now,

08:47only the heart needs fast talk.

08:49Oh, yes.

08:51Is it fast talk now?

08:53Let's fast talk.

08:54Okay.

08:55Okay.

08:56We have two minutes to do this

08:57and our time begins now.

08:59Alright.

09:00Gray hair, black hair.

09:01Gray.

09:02Sorbetero, saranggola.

09:04Saranggola.

09:05Classic, trends.

09:07Classic.

09:08Jologs, social.

09:09Jologs.

09:10Mataray, maarte.

09:13Mataray.

09:14Always beautiful, always sexy.

09:18Always sexy.

09:19Singing or acting.

09:22That's hard.

09:23Sing, act.

09:25Movie, entablado.

09:26Entablado.

09:27Award-winning, world-class.

09:32As long as it's good.

09:34Old song, new album.

09:37Old song.

09:38Filipino singer that you admire.

09:42Stell.

09:43Biggest showbiz crush back then.

09:45Back then.

09:49Biggest showbiz crush back then.

09:52Back then, that's been on.

09:53Back then.

09:54Back then.

09:57Robert Arevalo.

09:59Song of your life.

10:01Tuliro.

10:02You'll make a movie of your life.

10:03Give it a title.

10:06Tuliro.

10:07Tuliro.

10:09Lights on or lights off.

10:10Lights off.

10:12Happiness or chocolate.

10:14Happiness.

10:15Best time for happiness.

10:17Morning.

10:20Complete this sentence.

10:21I am Celeste.

10:22And I am...

10:25Mataray.

10:31I'm honest.

10:32No, no, no.

10:33And I was about to ask you that.

10:34You know, in, I think, an interview with Socorro.

10:36With Ku.

10:37Yeah.

10:38And with Mitchell saying,

10:39that's mataray.

10:40Let's talk about that.

10:41What does this mean?

10:42How mataray is Celeste Deligaspi?

10:44The answer to the return of Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.

10:49Back to the show.

10:51With the one and the only Miss Celeste Deligaspi.

10:54Let's go to the mataray thing.

10:56Okay.

11:00What is it?

11:02Is that a reputation?

11:03Is that for real?

11:05It's for real.

11:06I have to be honest.

11:07As I told you, I'm always honest.

11:09Of course, you're always honest.

11:10It's for real.

11:11It's for real.

11:12I tend to be mataray.

11:14Yes.

11:15What are you good at?

11:18Honesty.

11:19It's honesty, actually.

11:20Patience?

11:22I'm very, very patient.

11:23Okay.

11:24I'm very patient.

11:25So, it's not impatience.

11:26It's not...

11:27It's because I have to be honest.

11:29That's why I'm mataray.

11:31Okay.

11:32So, if you're inefficient.

11:33Oh, if you're inefficient around me,

11:34I will tell you.

11:36And if you're not doing your best,

11:38I will tell you.

11:39All right.

11:40And I guess people find that mataray.

11:42You're not just a producer and a singer,

11:45Celeste Legaspi.

11:47You're also an artist.

11:48You're also an artist on television.

11:50And you were chosen to be on television.

11:53You were also brave.

11:54But you know, boy,

11:55I started in theater.

11:56I started on stage.

11:58I was in elementary,

12:00and I was doing stage.

12:02Right.

12:03So, actually,

12:04and I did community theater also.

12:06I was doing moromoros and comedias.

12:08Okay.

12:09So, actually,

12:10I'm very comfortable on stage.

12:11It's a happy place.

12:12It's a safe place.

12:13The film is different.

12:14The film is different.

12:15How different is the film?

12:16Because the camera is right here.

12:19So, you cannot...

12:21You just have to be.

12:23You just have to be in the moment.

12:26You just have to...

12:27If you're supposed to be happy,

12:29you have to be happy.

12:30You cannot be like happy.

12:33You have to be happy.

12:35So, there's more truth when it comes to the film.

12:38And I learned that from Lino Broca.

12:41That's great.

12:42Lino Broca is very lucky

12:43because I think you were part of his last finished film.

12:47Yes, yes, yes.

12:48Sa Kabila ng Lahat.

12:49Yes, yes.

12:50How was it working with another national artist for film?

12:53Lino's...

12:55The only time he scolded me was

12:58we were doing something for television,

13:01and I had brought only two outfits.

13:04And he scolded me.

13:06He scolded me.

13:07He said,

13:08You're a theater.

13:09How come you only have this?

13:11So, I learned.

13:12I learned my lesson.

13:13And the other lesson I learned from Lino is

13:16we were doing a television...

13:20My role is,

13:21I'm a singer,

13:22and I come home.

13:23My husband left me.

13:25And I'm the only one in the...

13:27I'm the only one in the entire set.

13:31And then he would tell me,

13:33You know when you turn?

13:34Because you're a singer.

13:35When you turn, you have this.

13:38You have this.

13:40You should turn like this.

13:41You turn.

13:42Just like that.

13:43That's what I learned from Lino.

13:44You've done a lot, Teteng.

13:46As a producer, as a singer, as an actor,

13:48as a human being, as a mother, as a wife.

13:51You know,

13:52if you were to share with us

13:55your biggest life lesson,

14:00what would it be?

14:02I'll have to put it in context.

14:10You know, God has been very kind to me.

14:13He has given me a lot of blessings.

14:16Like he gave me my voice,

14:18and he gave me my talent so I can act.

14:21But he also gave me my family.

14:24He gave me my husband,

14:26who is a wonderful man.

14:28And I'm committed to that.

14:30So that when I started to become popular,

14:33I knew that I can only be popular

14:38up to a certain extent.

14:40Because first of all is my family.

14:44I'm raising my children.

14:46My husband is important to me.

14:49So I always knew

14:51that's how far I can go as a star.

14:56And that's my biggest life moment.

15:01Accepting that reality.

15:05And the moment that I did that,

15:07I became so happy.

15:10That's what I did.

15:11I accepted it.

15:12That I will never be a Sharon Cuneta or a Nora Onor.

15:16I will never be that.

15:17Because first is my family.

15:19I'm not going to go that route.

15:22And maybe I'm too sophisticated in what I do.

15:30And not everybody will understand it or appreciate it.

15:34I accepted that also.

15:36So accepting is very, very important.

15:39That's my life's important moment for me.

15:43It's beautiful to hear.

15:48And the lesson that I'm getting,

15:50you know what I'm hearing is that

15:51you're not Sharon Cuneta,

15:54you're not Vilma Santos,

15:55you're not Nora Onor.

15:58And this is not meant to flatter you.

16:01But you are Celeste Dligaspi.

16:07Accepting that you have your own space.

16:11Recognizing that.

16:12Embracing that.

16:15I think that's where you found

16:17silence and happiness.

16:20Long live, sister.

16:22Thank you so much.

16:26I'm giving you a concert.

16:30My pleasure.

16:32The one and the only,

16:34Celeste Dligaspi.

16:36Thank you very much.

16:38Night-eye, Kapuso.

16:39Thank you so much for continuing with us,

16:41for your stories every day.

16:44Be kind.

16:45Make your mother and father proud.

16:47Hashtag say thank you.

16:49And do one good thing a day

16:51and let's make this world a better place.

16:53Goodbye for now and God bless.

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