Two-together Again 2019 Concerts Pops and Martin
"That's the state of how I was taught, was the whole thing of Ohana, wishes family unit…and that'due south 1 matter that we don't get enough of in the Philippines; [it is] all about family and same in Hawaii and that's one thing I've e'er enjoyed is to be able to treat my people, of the people I perform with, the people that I perform for as if we were family unit. I don't go upwardly at that place and become this big God and endeavor and make people worship me. I hate that, if there's anything about mine in my career I hate most is that. But to be able to relate to my audience to have them be the stars and not me during a 2 3 hour concert that for me is the ultimate mission of my every testify – so the upbringing of Hawaii, the temper of the laid-backness of Hawaii but more than anything the Ohana factor, the family unit factor that became very part and package of my human action even joking around about family how my mom raised me ala Rex [Navarrete a comedian] never end there; that kind of matter you know when he jokes about his grandmother and his mother being then Filipino is unbelievable. I put all of that in my show, okay then nosotros got a Hawaiian Filipino with the spirit of Ohana and rich in everything." – Martin Nievera, with Philipp Harth on Fan TV (2010).
I have watched Martin Nievera at his solo concerts in Los Angeles, and wondered about his accessibility to the audience. I was not a fan yet. Information technology reminded me of ASAP stars on The Filipino Channel with how they literally made the audience a part of their testify. Information technology makes for an unruly audience who would at times interrupt the singing with selfies.
But, after watching Nievera with Pops Fernandez, my initial impression of a flamboyant singer who attracts his audience with his exuberance and enthusiasm turned into an expressive Martin who was counterbalanced with Pops and her serenity onstage.
Every bit Pops came out in her ivory, no shoulder gown, with laced cutouts, Martin admired information technology by belongings up the bottom to showcase the designs, to which Pops tenderly remarked to put information technology down as she had no skid underneath.
When Pops appeared every bit the start Filipina guess on CBS' "The Globe's Best" hosted past James Corden in early Feb. 2019, I wondered how she became a talent judge. I, of grade, did not know that she has built a formidable singing and interim career, as the better half of Martin's love team on tv and film, his one-time wife and the forever mother of ii "wonderful treasures," whom he referred to, their sons Robin and Ram. It was my classmate, Rose B., who reminded me of their television show, "Penthouse Live," that she watched every Sunday for years.
But more than that, Martin has garnered 18 platinum, five double platinum, three triple platinum, and one quadruple platinum albums. That amounts to millions of records sold.
Equally an ex-married couple, the generosity in their friendship is palpable, when Pops said in a GMA interview with Janet Susan Rodriguez Nepales, "I got a phone call from Martin (Nievera, her ex). I was doing a video shoot. Martin texted me and asked me if I heard well-nigh the show. Yes, I told him. He said that they chose him. I said, Really, wow good for you lot. Just then Martin said, I don't remember I tin can brand it. I can't make the dates. So he asked me if I could do it instead? I thought that was really touching of him to recollect of me. I said. That is so sweet of y'all. Picayune did I know that I would be the first Filipina to be featured in the show as a judge. It was a wonderful feel. It is a fantastic show. I promise they will do more seasons and I can gather over again with the other 49 judges."
The duo performed at both Palace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles and Samala hall at Chumash Casino on two consecutive weekends.
Samala, by the way, means "recognized past God" with a capacity of one,500 seats, well-nigh all claimed that evening. At the Palace Theatre, its one,068 seats were all claimed, leaving the organizers to sacrifice their seats for others.
Palace Theatre in its golden fifty years was located on Broadway, a major thoroughfare and LA's major commercial district. It was the largest celebrated theater commune listed on the National Register of Celebrated Places. "This venue was once graced by Charlie Chaplin, Harry Houdini, West.C. Fields, Marx Brothers," and add to that now, Martin Nievera and Pops Fernandez.
Today'due south Palace Theatre has newly installed lighting and audio systems and their songs resonated loudly and a few times, one could experience actual reverberations of the band'south music get from one's ears to the body, literally.
Nevermind that the sound dynamics have to be tweaked, nor that the fans were into small-scale-talk reunions in their seats, since thousands sabbatum within the theater, filled with excitement to see their idols, reunited.
Cherilyn Diane | AJPress photo past Noel Ty
The opening acts occupied fourth dimension, a flake raunchy for my taste that we volition go out it at that. But, one vocalist, Cherilyn Diane, who traveled from San Diego, did not resort to any external props or raunchy trip the light fantastic moves, as she simply sang to the audience's delight, "I Give up," past Celine Dion.
Equally presently equally Martin and Pops appeared in the Palace theater, the pocket-sized irritations of gossiping fans, of audio dynamics that needed tweaking and stabilized subsequently, all were forgotten as they sang their opening medley, "Together Again": "Together/forever/To be together/Forever with You/Together again."
They captivated everyone with this number, and Martin started relating their journey as a duo on stage and real-life. With how it all began, he sung, "No One Can Brand Me Feel This Way," and so expressively, he made us believe, "Tell me where I went wrong," and recounted how Pops did not like him at first, as he was perceived to be arrogant.
Could it be because he was raised in Hawaii, a son of Bert Nievera, who was a fellow member of Society of 7? Martin got to picket his dad perform every dark, at times, iii times a night. He knew what a performing artist does onstage.
In 1980 at Agree Pavilion, Martin was one of the back-up singers for Barry Manilow and from that stage view, he watched equally Manilow was applauded past fans and that became his dream for himself. "I was 17 years old I'd sang in a singing contest with 4,500 contestants. It'due south called California State talent contest, it'southward four days long and I think I was one of the only Asians in there singing. At that place [were] a lot of Asian dancers, Bennett singers, [to brand the] long story short on the fourth day I was crowned the overall grand champion of the state of California in1981," Martin said in a FANTV interview in 2010 with Philipp Hart.
He shared that he and Pops became a stage team, fell in love, had two beautiful children, who were raised past Pops, and admitted he" messed up." He and then asked the men in the crowd, "How many of you here messed upward?" Of course, to that question, no one would fess up. He alleged, "They volition exist my life, the balance of my life. This woman and 2 children."
He and so dedicated the concert to Rosie Chua, one of the organizers of this August 10 concert with this vocal, "Ikaw lang ang mamahalin": "Sa bawat pag-ikot ng ating buhay/May oras kailangan na maghiwalay/Puso'y lumaban homo, walang magagawa/Saan ka, kailan ka muling mahahagkan? (In this bike of life, at that place is time to say goodbye, even if the eye struggles, in that location is nothing that can be done. Where and when can I embrace yous over again?)"
The crowd went wild when he sang, "Sana ang tibok ng puso ko, sana yakapin mo kahit sandali, (Perchance with my center's beat out, possibly you lot can hug me only ane moment), i could experience the loving expressions. Even if the vocal was defended to his concert organizer, expressions towards Pops and her persona were what he was singing his words to.
Onstage, the expected rancor between ex-spouses was not there, only respect, candor and humour. For every verse and lyrics they sang, "Ikaw ang bigay ng Maykapal (You are a gift from God), or "Ikaw ang Tanglaw sa Buhay Ko, (You are the lite force of my life), the fans could not become enough of their chemistry onstage. Though the couplehood is gone, they are thriving as a family unit and equally they entertain their fans, moving them to tears, as well as laughter.
During the Chumash Casino concert that I attended a calendar week later, courtesy of good friends, Martin described Pops equally "This adult female [who] became the nearly understanding woman in the world. She raised our children by herself, Robin and Ram. He proceeded to belt out, "Baby I dear you. This is my last chance for beloved."
Perchance the most endearing numbers for me were the duets of Robin Nievera, the first-born son, with his male parent and mother. Robin is superb with his acoustic guitar and fifty-fifty his limerick, "Domicile," that was a fusion of his dad's rendition of a yesterday song, "Unchained Tune," sang in tribute to ten million Filipinos who work overseas and in Los Angeles, over 500,000 now.
When Pops spoke of passing the torch to one of her earlier songs, "The Piffling Star," she moved me to tears with her heartfelt love for her firstborn. It reminded me of how I was, giving birth and caring for my own firstborn, a special favorite girl in my heart, Corina, and even more so, my granddaughter past her, Princess.
Simply as this firstborn sang, "I am not them, I am me," you know he is asserting his identity, separate in style and skills and talents from his parents, and one who is finding his way around Los Angeles, introducing emerging talents to Hollywood. Of course, he is not them, but he is from them, and maybe by embracing the musical genes that produced him while in the womb, he can be the next Andrea Morricone, who declares, "I knew music before I was even born. Morricone, born to parents who both were into music, i of whom is Ennio Morricone. Since then, the father and son won an Oscar for their latest film score. I wonder if that is as well in the hereafter of the Nievera and Fernandez family, a potent composition, all their own to be sung and to win an Emmy or an Oscar?
Irrespective of that wish, when Pops sang, "I could accept said goodbye/if I knew it would exist the last fourth dimension." It was a very moving concert for me, now that I know their dearest story and how they manage to notwithstanding bring out the best in each other, onstage and off, giving each one the generosity and support they need as parents to Robin and Ram.
Every bit the concert ended, Martin went to where the first row fans were seated and sang songs to Mrs. Priscilla Hunt, a respected philanthropist, whom he serenaded. Then, other fans intruded into the song to get their selfies, which Martin encouraged. Indeed, it was Ohana night, all over once more, fifty-fifty afterward 37 years of performing on stage. Martin has fabricated every concert space his own playground, his ain home, and his own condolement zone, and became ours as well, even if only for a dark.
"I knew music even before I was born."
Source: https://www.asianjournal.com/entertainment/events/martin-nievera-and-pops-fernandez-twogether-again-at-the-palace-theatre-in-los-angeles/
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