Aired (September 25, 2024): Hindi lamang si Gary Valenciano ang isa sa mga hinahangaan ng 80s dreamboy na si Raymond Lauchengco kundi pati na rin si Martin Nievera. Bakit kaya niya iniidolo ang dawang talentadong Filipino singers? Alamin ang kanyang kwento sa video.
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00:00I'm so happy to see you.
00:22Thank you so much for having me.
00:24Maraming maraming salamat din.
00:26I just met your wife, lovely lovely wife.
00:29Nag-u-umpisa pa lang kami magkakwintuhan.
00:31Nag-umpisa na po ang palabas.
00:33But okay, because we have like one hour to talk and then joke.
00:39Raymond, you're doing this concert.
00:41Fortieth anniversary.
00:42Forty.
00:43Forty.
00:44I can't believe it.
00:45Sabi ko Raymond, bago nagsimula po ang palabas.
00:47Raymond, para sa akin, you know, I saw him as a boy, okay?
00:51And you're still a boy to me.
00:53I don't know why things don't change.
00:54Anyway, forty years in the business and you're doing a concert.
00:57That's right.
00:58It's my way of saying thank you to all the audiences who have listened to me for the
01:01past forty years and continue to listen to me.
01:04And it's called Just Got Lucky, November 23 at the Theatre at Solaire.
01:10So I'll say that again, that's November 23 at the Theatre at Solaire, Just Got Lucky.
01:17That's right.
01:18How much of your life and career, I swear to you, and how much of that is hard work?
01:24Well, I mean, it balances out, I believe.
01:28It's just that for me, Just Got Lucky represents so many things in my career, boy, because
01:33you know, if you look at my hits, all of these great songs were given to me on a silver platter
01:38and they became hits.
01:40And then with all the starts and stops that I've had, every time I gravitate back towards
01:44singing, audiences still welcome me with open arms and without judgment.
01:48So feeling ko, I really just got lucky.
01:50Now, maybe the more appropriate term is, I've been extremely blessed.
01:55You are.
01:56But that's not the title of a catchy song from Baguettes, you know, because forty years
02:00of Raymond Alchenko also means forty years of Baguettes.
02:04So we kind of thought that title would work nicely.
02:07Ako naman, my perspective is that, pag sinasabi ka sang swerte, people say, naniniwala ka
02:11ba sa swerte?
02:12Oo.
02:14Because luck to me, ay teraterahan po, is the residue of hard work.
02:18Yes.
02:19Is a residue of design.
02:20Not my lines.
02:21Somebody else said that many, many years ago.
02:23That luck is the residue of design.
02:26You work hard, ang sobra po noon, ay swerte.
02:29You gotta put in the work.
02:31That's what I believe.
02:32You have to.
02:33You gotta put in the work.
02:34I was blessed with all these things, but I don't think I would have lasted this long
02:38if I didn't put in the work either.
02:39Tama.
02:40Diba?
02:41I remember the work, wow.
02:44Great times.
02:45Nung ika'y nag-uumpisa.
02:46Pumasok ka sa industriya, you had a film with Sharon, you're the leading man of Maricel
02:50Soriano, you have the hits, your songs are being composed by pinaka-mahuhusay ng mga
02:56kompositor dito sa Pilipinas.
02:58How can you be luckier?
03:00Diba?
03:01Oo, toto yan.
03:02Pero ano yung mahala?
03:03Sino yung mga kontemporaries na atin pinag-uusapan?
03:06Sa acting?
03:07O sa pagkanta?
03:08You know, I know in the theater, Sound of Music.
03:11I know Sound of Music, Kelly Asalongga, my sister Menchu, Senator Ontiveros, Monica Wilson.
03:20Anyway, so aside from the theater, pag sinasabing musical-contemporary, sino ang mga ito?
03:26Sino Martin.
03:27Martin started a few months ahead of me, and then I came into the picture, and then if
03:31I'm not mistaken, Gary a few months later.
03:33Tama.
03:34Pero aside from them, there were others, diba?
03:36Na mga sumudod din.
03:37And I'm talking about sila Gino.
03:39Oo, sina Gino.
03:41Sina Randy, Kino.
03:42Randy.
03:43Oo.
03:44That was, those were happy times.
03:45Those were.
03:46But since you mentioned Gary and Martin, when you were starting in the career of Raymond
03:51Blavchenko, the singer, pinanonood mo sila?
03:54Oo.
03:55They were some of the biggest names.
03:56Those are, some people would even say that, you know, Raymond is there, you know?
04:01You know, those two guys are my idols.
04:03Martin is the concert king, and Gary is, well, he's like the ultimate performer.
04:07I really look up to these guys very, very much.
04:10But you know, we're all different from each other.
04:13One of the things that I admire most about Martin and Gary is that they saw the goal,
04:17they saw the destination, and they went straight for it.
04:20Ako kasi, I had this creative restlessness in me na, I saw the destination, but the journey
04:26was just as important.
04:27So if I was going down the highway, I saw something, I'd see something interesting on
04:30the right, professional photography, I would stop.
04:33Yun ang ginawa mo.
04:35I saw directing.
04:36Pumunta ka dun.
04:37For years.
04:38Because it takes time to get good at these things.
04:40And then four stop talaga sa pandemic because everything stopped for all of us.
04:44So I went into visual art.
04:46So for me, the journey has been just as exciting as the destination.
04:50Wonderful.
04:51You know, and of course, in the industry, pag pinapanood mo naman yung journey, yung
04:55trajectory ng inyong mga paglalakbay, ika nga, your journey, Raymond was there, and
05:01then suddenly, he's not so active.
05:03Now that explains it.
05:04Kasi napunta ka sa pagdi-direct, napunta ka doon sa visual art.
05:08I directed over 500 events.
05:09Photography.
05:10I remember that.
05:11I had a studio.
05:12Correct.
05:13You know, I became a sculptor.
05:14Are you happy?
05:15Oh, yes.
05:16Ang danda, no?
05:17Yes, yes, yes, yes.
05:18Ako lang, I wish I had more time for all of my dreams, but you know, life is short, so
05:22you gotta choose the dreams.
05:23Ano pa yung mga dreams na hindi natutupad, Raymond?
05:25Well, now I'm pretty much satisfied.
05:27You are?
05:29I've achieved, or I've dabbled into the major dreams.
05:34I can't achieve them all because there's little time, so now parang I wanna concentrate na
05:38on singing.
05:39I think it's time to go back.
05:41Time to say thank you to the audiences who have, you know, supported me for the last
05:45four years.
05:46Ito yung pasasalamat na?
05:47Ito na, pasasalamat na.
05:48Okay.
05:49But, since you're going back to singing, are you gonna go back to what?
05:52Wala naman, you're gonna go into producing, you're gonna go into directing.
05:55No, I will leave that headache for others.
05:57My wife.
05:58My wife can produce.
05:59Me, I will sing.
06:00You just wanna sing.
06:01I just wanna sing.
06:02And, Just Got Lucky is also considered to be the song of your life.
06:07It is.
06:08Bakit?
06:09Kasi nga, I've been blessed.
06:10Correct.
06:11Using the word blessed.
06:12I've been blessed.
06:13Pero, it was a theme song of the movie Baguettes, kung saan nakasama mo si William Martinez,
06:17Agatha, JC, JC Bonnie, William, Herbert Bautista.
06:23Herbert Bautista.
06:25And, the girls, of course, in a yula, in a jumbo, in a chest.
06:28Paano nabago ang yung buhay ng Baguettes?
06:30Ay, nabago ng katakot-takot, boy.
06:32Because, after that movie, I was like, oh my God, anything else that I do will forever
06:37be second to being a Baguettes.
06:39You know?
06:40I go out, sometimes.
06:41Kahit ngayon, di ba?
06:42Oh, yeah.
06:43A few months ago, I was in Australia, nakikita ako sa mall.
06:45And, they go, uy, Raymond Larchenko, Baguettes, Baguettes.
06:48And, they do this.
06:49You know?
06:50And so, I do this also, you know, just to be polite.
06:53So, parang, yeah, yeah.
06:54Sa escalator.
06:55Kumusta ka, Raymond?
06:56How are you?
06:57Okay.
06:58So, parang, you know, it's, it's, for a while, for a while, I didn't know how to react to
07:04it because I was like, you know, I've done other things.
07:06But, now, you know, boy, it's really about gratitude.
07:09I've, I just embrace it.
07:11Using your hits.
07:12Yeah.
07:13Okay?
07:14I Need You Back.
07:15I Need You Back was my very first hit.
07:16It was an independent hit.
07:17It was.
07:18Hindi siya sumakay sa soundtrack.
07:19Hindi.
07:20Hindi siya sumakay sa anything, sa pelikula.
07:21Okay.
07:22When you were recording the song, did you have an idea na ito'y malaking, malaking hit,
07:27you know?
07:28My singers are ganun, eh.
07:29Alam ko na gusto ko siya.
07:30Well, at the time, wala naman akong karanasan.
07:31Hindi ko naman alam kung ano magiging hit.
07:32Kanta ka lang ng kanta.
07:33I had no experience.
07:34Kanta lang ako ng kanta.
07:35I just knew that.
07:36It was composed by?
07:37Odette Casada.
07:38Yeah.
07:39No less than Odette Casada.
07:40You just knew that?
07:41I liked it.
07:42The hair in my arms, nagsitayuan.
07:43Take me back to that moment when you were recording the song.
07:47Okay.
07:48How was that experience?
07:49Um, you know.
07:50Where did you record the song?
07:51Cinema audio.
07:52I recorded that in...
07:53Nakakamiss.
07:5480s na, 80s na.
07:55Okay.
07:56You know, the recording of it is a bit of a blur.
07:57All I remember was that it was my first time to record.
07:58I was in a studio.
07:59Hindi ako sanay kasi teatro ako, eh.
08:00I'm used to playing in front of a live audience.
08:01Ito wala kang audience.
08:02May mikropono lang na nakasabit dun.
08:03So, it was a bit, uh, it was a bit daunting for me.
08:04Pero, Raymond, pag nagre-record ka, even today, mas gusto mo yung madilim?
08:05Like, do you like to sing in the dark?
08:06Like, do you like to sing in the dark?
08:07Like, do you like to sing in the dark?
08:08Like, do you like to sing in the dark?
08:09Hindi naman because I close my eyes.
08:10Okay.
08:11But let's do fast talk.
08:12Sure.
08:13Oh!
08:14Okay.
08:15Fast talk.
08:16Okay.
08:17Okay.
08:18Let's do fast talk.
08:19Two minutes to do this and our time begins now.
08:20Raymond, baguettes forgets.
08:21Baguettes.
08:22Welcome, farewell.
08:23Oh.
08:24Baguettes forget.
08:25Baguettes forget.
08:26Baguettes forget.
08:27Baguettes forget.
08:28Baguettes forget.
08:29Baguettes forget.
08:30Baguettes forget.
08:31Baguettes forget.
08:32Baguettes forget.
08:33Baguettes forget.
08:34Baguettes forget.
08:35Baguettes forget.
08:36Baguettes forget.
08:37Baguettes forget.
08:38Welcome.
08:39Gwapo pa rin, magaling pa rin?
08:40Magaling pa rin.
08:41Maswerte o madiskarte?
08:42Madiskarte.
08:43Clean or rugged?
08:44Clean.
08:45Mas hot noon, mas hot ngayon?
08:46Always hot.
08:47I wasn't ready for that.
08:48Mia, singer or actor?
08:49Singer.
08:50Takot kay misis, takot sa munto?
08:51Takot kay misis.
08:52I need you or I want you?
08:53I want you.
08:54Dream boy or ideal man?
08:55Ideal man.
08:56Pinagagwapo sa baguette?
08:57Dream boy.
08:58Dream boy.
08:59Dream boy.
09:00Dream boy.
09:01Dream boy.
09:02Dream boy.
09:03Dream boy.
09:04Dream boy.
09:05Dream boy.
09:06Dream boy.
09:07Pinagagwapo sa baguette?
09:08No comments.
09:09Takakaya.
09:10Pinakapasayway sa baguette?
09:11Pasayway sa baguette?
09:12Ako?
09:13Naging crush mo sa baguette?
09:14Unang crush ko si Shishano.
09:15Wala naman siya sa baguette.
09:16Wala.
09:17O.
09:18Artisang, pero sa first film magkasama kayo.
09:19O.
09:20Artisang muntik mong maging girlfriend?
09:21This gets to be more interesting.
09:22Natulog.
09:23Wait, wait.
09:24Ano?
09:25Ano?
09:26Ano?
09:27Ano?
09:28Ano?
09:29Ano?
09:30Ano?
09:31Ano?
09:32Ano?
09:33Ano?
09:34Ano?
09:35Ano?
09:36Ano?
09:37Hindi si Sharon tingin sa akin baby brother.
09:41Atsaka magkapatid.
09:42Best part of the 80s?
09:43The 80s.
09:44The entire 80s.
09:45Best part of today?
09:46Being my version of myself now.
09:48Guilty or not guilty?
09:49Inumaga sa inuman?
09:50Inumaga.
09:51Inumaga?
09:52Inumaga din.
09:53Guilty or not guilty?
09:54Nakipag-date sa isang fan?
09:55No.
09:56Not guilty.
09:57Guilty or not guilty?
09:58Nagsakit-sakitan para di magtabaho?
09:59Oo naman.
10:00Oo naman.
10:01Guilty or not guilty?
10:02Nagtulog-tulogan para di utusan?
10:03Yes.
10:04Yes.
10:05Guilty or not guilty?
10:06Hindi nabayaran sa isang show?
10:07Ay, maraming beses po.
10:08Guilty or not guilty?
10:09Unang nangalabit kay misis?
10:10Guilty.
10:11One word.
10:12Describe yourself as a singer.
10:13As a singer?
10:14Yes.
10:15I'm a good singer.
10:16As a husband?
10:17As a husband, I'm a devoted husband.
10:18Father?
10:19I'm a loving father.
10:20Lights on or lights off?
10:21Off.
10:22Yes.
10:23Yes.
10:24Yes.
10:25Yes.
10:26Yes.
10:27Yes.
10:28Yes.
10:29Yes.
10:30Yes.
10:31Yes.
10:32Yes.
10:33Yes.
10:34So, beso, beso.
10:35Happyness or chocolate?
10:36Happiness.
10:37Happiness.
10:38Best time for happiness?
10:39What?
10:40Best time for happiness?
10:42All the time.
10:43Complete the sentence, I just got lucky because.
10:45Audiences continue to listen to me up to this day.
10:48You know, our conversation with Raymond continues, and we're going to talk about more songs.
10:56And Datin Ating Ang Umaga, and of course, Farewell.
10:59particular question. Alam mo ba kung ilang graduation na ang iyong napuntahan at ilang
11:05graduation na graduates or graduands ang talagang naging theme song itong farewell? Did you have an
11:12idea that this was going to be the soundtrack of many graduates? Ang kasagutan no at bakit sa
11:19magbabalik po ng Fast Talk with Boy Abunda. Back on the show kasama pa rin po natin sa Raymond
11:31Lauchenko. Raymond is doing a concert again at November 23, Theater at Solaire. Concert is Just
11:37Got Lucky and tickets are available at Ticket World. Alam mo gustong gusto ko na hindi ka nagpakulay
11:43You know, I like it. As a friend, as a fan, I love it. I like my hair. You know, natutuwa nga ako
11:51because I watch these really popular K-pop stars and they're so good looking. Ang babata, 20s, 30s
11:58and you look at their hair, platinum. And I'm like, guys, mahal yung ginagawa nyo. All you have to do
12:05is be patient and wait because one day it's going to be free. Now, let me put this out there. There's
12:11nothing wrong with guys coloring their hair. I just want to be the guy who says it's also okay
12:16not to color your hair because it's just hair. It has very little to do with who you are on the
12:21inside, which I think matters a little more. It's very telling sa mga kaibigan, sa tao, sa iyong
12:28audience as partly as to who you are. You know, you celebrate who you are and part of which is
12:34being comfortable with accepting it. Tsaka nung nagpandemic kasi, Boy, I thought my career was
12:39finished. All of us, Raymond. I thought I would never sing again. So I told myself, you know,
12:46if given opportunities again, if ever things get better, I would like to face these opportunities
12:52with gratitude, with grace, with truth and authenticity. May nagsabi nga noona. During
12:58the pandemic, we were all confronted by our finitude. You know, the other way of saying
13:05it is we were all told that we are all going to die. Yes. So we might as well be better.
13:12We might as well be better people, kinder, more compassionate. Toto'o. Diba? And some of us
13:19ask the question, saan darating ang umaga? One of your most beloved hits. You know,
13:26I saw that song being written. In fact, I only... Nakita mo si The Great Kanseko na sinusulat? Yes.
13:33I only found out the day before that I was going to record that song. Boss Vic told me,
13:36Raymond, nasa pelikula ka, ikaw na mag-record ng theme song. So paano sinulat ni George Kanseko?
13:43I asked, when is the recording? The next day. I was like, oh my God, the next day,
13:46how am I going to learn this? So I cut class, which is not advisable. I went to the studio early
13:53to try and learn it. And I introduced myself. I said, Mr. Kanseko, ako po si Raymond. I will
13:57be singing your song today. And he goes, ikaw ba si Raymond? Sige, maupo ka muna sa sofa dahil
14:02sinusulat ko pa. And then there's a song written again ng isa pang napakahusay na kompositor,
14:09The Great Cecil Azarcon. You also had no inkling at all that this was going to be a wedding song?
14:18No, no idea. Parang farewell. I had no idea that it would resonate so much and that every school
14:24would use it for graduation. Ito namang si So It's You. Ang maganda dito, boy, nag-evolve yung
14:29kanta. From something that talked about first love, I now sing it sa mga renewal of vows of people who
14:35have been married 20, 30 years or so. So, I mean, it tells a story of a love that evolves. That's
14:42what I love about it so much. Paano naman kayo nagkatagpuan ni Cecil Azarcon? Again, I just got
14:51lucky because the song was just given to me. Ikaw ba pag kumakanta sa kasal, sa graduation,
14:58affordable ka ba? Who manages this, Mia? I think so kasi maraming kumukuha sa akin.
15:08I mean, kung ako halimbawa gagraduate, that would be a dream. Raymond Lochenko doing farewell. Let's
15:16go to farewell. Yes. Farewell, oh my God, it resonated so deeply and so loudly. Alam mo, boy,
15:23one time I was promoting a show in Guam, and part of the promo was to visit a school, a local school,
15:28an international school in Guam. Hindi Pinoy. When I arrived, lo and behold, they were rehearsing
15:33their graduation. Ano yung kanta na gamit nila? Farewell. Few lines, please. Same thing in LA.
15:38An American school in LA, and they're using farewell. It turns out their teachers were
15:42Filipino. Raymond, maraming salamat. November 23 at the theater at Solaire,
15:50I just got lucky starring the one and the only Raymond Lochenko. Thank you.
15:56Naytay kapuso, maraming salamat po sa inyong pagpapatuloyin sa amin sa inyong mga tahanan
16:00at puso araw-araw, and be kind. Make your nana and taday proud, and say thank you.
16:05Do one good thing a day and make this world a better place. Goodbye for now. God bless.