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] Date Posted:14:18:20 11/26/06 Sun Author Host/IP: 58.69.126.16.pldt.net/58.69.126.16
Pops and other silvers
SOUNDS FAMILIAR By Baby A. Gil
The Philippine Star 11/10/2006
Has it really been 25 years since a pretty 14-year-old named Pops Fernandez made her debut with the song Dito? That is what Silver, the title of her new album seems to say. Not quite. There is nothing in the way Pops looks that indicates she is 25 years older and I doubt if she will allow any sign of the times to make an appearance soon. Truth is, the actual 25th anniversary of her singing career is set next year and the album is but the first salvo in what will be a year-long celebration.
As it has always been with her colorful career, Pops proffers a lot of things that will be much-talked about in Silver. I'd say the most important among these is the cut Friends. She does this with a talented young man named Robin Nievera who also wrote the light rock ballad and plays acoustic guitar in the recording. Robin is the son of Pops and Martin Nievera. Given what his parents have accomplished I will not be surprised if Friends is the beginning of what will be his music career.
Now Pops and Martin may have already gone their separate ways but I do not think any of them has been on the lookout or is planning to look for another singing partner. They continue to work together and support each other's individual projects. And that is why Martin is also very much present in Silver. He composed a song for Pops entitled Still in Love. Is he sending a message calculated to send shivers down the spines of diehard Pops and Martin fans? Maybe or maybe this just turned out to be the title of his song. No matter. At the bottom line is still Pops singing a Martin song.
Coincidentally, other cuts in the album also contribute to this kilig factor. Pops' Silver also contains Kung Malalaman Mo and You Said Goodbye by Vehnee Saturno; Ano'ng Sabi ng Puso by Moy Ortiz and Edith Gallardo; Mahal Kita Dahil Mahal Kita by Babsie Molina and Edith and Wag Kang Mangako by Cecile Azarcon. For her foreign covers Pops chose By Heart because she has always wanted to record a Jim Brickman composition; Wrong for Me to Say I Love You, the Pia Sadora original which is the album's first single and What I Did for Love, the standard which sums up what artists of any kind gave up to fulfill their dreams.
Pops sings all these in the simple laid-back arrangements that have become her trademark. In a land where vocal acrobatics have become the norm, she is a radio-friendly presence. Too bad that while enjoying Wrong for Me to Say I Love You, a lot of people are thinking about what went wrong between her and Martin and if things are serious between Pops and Jomari Yllana. Still it can never be denied that such kilig items helped sustain her popularity during the past 25 years and will continue to do so in the future.
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