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00:00Welcome to Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
00:07To all of our Facebook and YouTube followers, to all of our listeners in the Philippines,
00:24welcome to the program.
00:31Exciting po ang ating hapon.
00:36Alam ho ng lahat na ako'y masugid na tagahanga na nag-iisang superstar na si Nora Honor.
00:43Alam din ng sambayanan that I am a rabid, insane, crazy, devoted fan of our guest today.
00:52The one and only concert king, the king forever, Naytay Capuso, please welcome the one and the only, Martin Rivera.
01:10I'm here.
01:12I know.
01:16I love you, boy.
01:17I love you, Martin.
01:19I have missed you so much.
01:21Sobra. Maraming maraming salamat.
01:23Oh my gosh.
01:24Maraming maraming salamat.
01:25So 20 minutes per gap?
01:26I know.
01:27Ganon?
01:28Alam mo, when we were talking about the show, listen to this.
01:31When we were talking about the show, sabi ko, what?
01:33How much time do we have?
01:34We have 19 minutes, Martin.
01:36Oh no!
01:37So we might as well start.
01:38You are doing, and I'm so excited, the king forever.
01:43Ako nang magpla-pla.
01:44You shut up.
01:45This is my job.
01:47On September, October, September, September 27th, that's this coming Friday, at the Smart Araneta Coliseum,
01:55the king forever will sing on stage again.
02:02Thank you for the plug.
02:03That's all the time we've got.
02:04Thank you so much.
02:05Yeah.
02:06See you next week.
02:07I love you.
02:08And I love you because you're doing this concert.
02:10And I love you for having me here.
02:12I cannot promote this show without doing your show.
02:14Salamat.
02:15It's impossible because in my 42 years, you were the most instrumental, the most important magic in all of my 42 years.
02:24Alam mo to this day, every time I'm in your presence, ganito ako, every time I'm in the presence of Martin Rivera,
02:31ganito akong kumilos, this is Gigi, Marts, remember her?
02:37This is Ardy.
02:38To this day.
02:39Because I want to make sure that he doesn't miss out on any names.
02:44One time he said to me, Mart, this is your mother.
02:46He's always introducing me.
02:50Remember Ange?
02:51You sleep with her.
02:52He always makes sure.
02:53Hi, Ange.
02:54I missed you.
02:55Hi, Joey.
02:56Always, always introduce.
02:57Because he was my official publicist.
03:00I was your official publicist from day one, Martin Rivera.
03:03But since life, you've been guiding me to the right choices.
03:05No, you've been guiding me because I was lost.
03:07Listen, ano ang aasahan ng iyong mga tagahanga dito sa The King Forever?
03:12That happens again September 27 at the Araneta Coliseum.
03:16Well, sana mag-e-expect sila ng nostalgia.
03:20Ibabalik tayo sa dati.
03:22Sa mga songs ko, all the songs I've done in the last 42 years.
03:25Hindi naman sa lahat yung mga songs.
03:27But sa mga, sana, the songs I hope that they've been waiting to hear.
03:32Even the way we're doing the concert, yung parang concerts before.
03:35The 80s and 90s, hindi masyadong high-tech.
03:38Yung old-school na style.
03:40Very small band.
03:42Not a huge band to overpower the singer.
03:45I'm gonna try and sing again for more than two hours,
03:47which I've not done in a long, long time.
03:49Actually, with Sila Oggy and Regine, even Gary,
03:53everyone got involved and wanted me to be back on the big stage.
03:57They're guesting.
03:58They all volunteered.
03:59Pops will be there.
04:01Even the company.
04:02And when they found out I was doing a big show,
04:04they all said we want to be in the show.
04:06So, all my friends.
04:07I had a conversation with Oggy.
04:09I'm sorry, Oggy, I will have to tell Martin on air.
04:11Inis na inis ako sayo.
04:13Because you were saying, you know, can I still do it?
04:15I am nervous.
04:17Sabi ni Oggy sakin, can you call him?
04:19I said, I don't want to call him.
04:21I want him to be on the show.
04:23Do you have that episode?
04:25I mean, for all your talent.
04:27I mean, I'm talking as a fan, as a friend, and as a music lover.
04:32May dumadaan ka talaga sa pagkakataon na you still doubt, Martin?
04:36Well, siyempre, after all these years, 42 years in the business,
04:39tapos nanonoodo ko sa mga ibang artists ngayon,
04:42music has changed, yung style ng direction has changed.
04:46That's why I have Paolo Valenciano to kind of show me how
04:49yung itura ng mga concerts ngayon,
04:52siyempre, nakaka-tense yun.
04:55I'll go to your quote.
04:57You know, you would say, you know, they're getting better,
04:59and they're getting younger.
05:01I'm just going to tell you something,
05:03and this is coming from my heart,
05:05but there will always be, and there will only be,
05:09one Martin Nivera.
05:12Siyempre, you and I know this.
05:16I mean, we will go.
05:17The one immutable law in the business is that no one lasts forever.
05:20Alam natin niyo, but there will always be just one Martin Nivera.
05:25And I say it straight to your face,
05:27and I say it straight to the faces of the public.
05:30That's why everybody is so excited.
05:32We are so excited.
05:33Antonio Ibarra is here.
05:34We are so excited because we're coming back to the big stage,
05:37which you started.
05:39Well, not too many of the kids watching know that.
05:42You started it.
05:44We needed a guinea pig to go to the big stage
05:46to see kung kaya talaga ng isang artist.
05:48I remember. What was that?
05:49Many years ago.
05:5083.
05:51Martin wanted, you were the first one to go to Ultra,
05:54and many other things.
05:55I'm talking like a publicist.
05:56But anyway, para namang magkaroon ng ideya,
05:59lalo ng mga bata, on how you started.
06:02I'm sure a lot of your fans.
06:04Tell me about a story of the song Feelings.
06:08Feelings?
06:09Yes.
06:10Well, I was singing Feelings.
06:11Galing mo ah.
06:12Ano ka ba?
06:13I was singing Feelings.
06:14That's where I was discovered, in the locker room after a basketball game.
06:16Shower?
06:17Hindi ako naglaro, so kunyari naglaro ako,
06:19so antagal ko sa shower.
06:20Habang nung nagsishower, nage-enjoy ko sa reverbed echo.
06:25Right.
06:26May dumaan ng isang lalaki.
06:28Wrestling coach.
06:29Wrestling coach.
06:30Hindi naman nanood.
06:31Nakikinig siya sa akin.
06:33Sabi niya sa akin,
06:34Hey, I want you to audition tomorrow for the choir.
06:37So I joined the choir.
06:38I became part of the choir.
06:40Which did backup vocals.
06:41For Barry Manilow.
06:42See, we're telling the story together.
06:44Even before that.
06:45Siguro kasabayan ng mga panahon ito.
06:47He makes the best burgers.
06:49I do.
06:50That one I will accept.
06:51Yes.
06:52You do talaga.
06:53My kids love it.
06:54I love it.
06:55I slap it on with lots of barbecue sauce.
06:56Because they had a restaurant.
06:57Tell us a short story.
06:58In California, we had a burger place right by the BART station,
07:01which no longer exists.
07:02It's a parking lot.
07:03But back then,
07:04we used to make burgers sa mga dumadaan diyan after they get home from work.
07:08Right.
07:09We would make burgers, adobo sandwiches, lumpia.
07:11Who knows that?
07:13It's called the Roadrunner Burgers Conquered California.
07:16Okay.
07:17Do you also know that Martin Rivera won a California-wide talent search
07:25sometime, I mean, just before you started.
07:29I think it was...
07:3081.
07:3181.
07:32Just before you came back to the Philippines.
07:34And tinalo niya po over 4,000 contestants in that contest.
07:40Palagpakan hoon natin.
07:41Back in the day, boy.
07:44That was big before.
07:45Wala pa yung mga musical reality shows na mga idol and all of that.
07:49But that was huge.
07:50That was huge.
07:51Because that was big before.
07:52It was four days long.
07:54Deka, itong kwento noon.
07:56Pagayaw ako sa kwento.
07:57Why did you even guess?
07:58Isang araw.
07:59You don't need me here.
08:00Listen, one day, you had to be a winner.
08:02And then you proceed if you win.
08:04And then if you win, you go to the next day.
08:06So it was tough.
08:08And you did greatest love of all.
08:10And then you came back to the Philippines.
08:12And that's when I knew this is what I want to do.
08:14I want to follow my father's footsteps.
08:15So sabi ko sa daddy at sa mommy ko,
08:17please, samahin mo ako sa Philippines para I can live my dream.
08:22And that's what I've been doing for 40 years.
08:23Before that, Martin's father, Tito Bert Rivera,
08:26used to sing with the Society of Seven at the Outrigger Hotel.
08:30On Olulufo.
08:31Your story also says that at about 14, you actually sang with the group.
08:36I did.
08:37You did?
08:38I did. For fun.
08:39Do you remember the kind of songs that your dad and the band and you would do?
08:43Well, the Society, back when I was 14, it was just for fun.
08:46But after so many years, when I became a singer, I actually joined them in Las Vegas.
08:51I became one of the members.
08:52It was like a dream come true watching them as a child.
08:55Nakasama mo na sila.
08:56Kasama ko sila sa mga…
08:58Even in my dreams, I was dreaming to be one of the members of the Society of Seven.
09:02Even to this day, everyone in Hawaii wants to be a member of the Society of Seven.
09:07And I became one of them back when they were still at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas.
09:13So all my dreams as a kid have been realized.
09:17Okay. And then we moved on.
09:20Be My Lady happened.
09:22Yes.
09:23At pagkatapos po noon, nagtrabaho kami dito sa GMA7 because we did Penthouse Live with Pops Fernandez.
09:30Yes, we did. Thank you, Pops. Thank you.
09:32Of course.
09:33Listen, listen. Pero, you know, nabago rin ang buhay, diba, when you did television?
09:38Because, you know, a series of television shows happened in your career.
09:42Yes. All happened right here in GMA7.
09:45When you didn't have 17 floors. Wala pang elevator.
09:50Naalala mo, you know. Naalala mo.
09:52Oh, yes. People used to watch Penthouse Live through the feet of other people.
09:56That's how low our studio was.
09:59And that's when I met Pops and we did Penthouse Live for about five or six years.
10:03Yes.
10:04And we did it right here.
10:05How was it coming home today?
10:07It was weird. First of all, no one met me.
10:10Having said that, walang red carpet. Having said that also, no, it was great.
10:16I knew the way. I knew the way, but I didn't recognize the building.
10:20And those two people dancing in the front, they haven't moved.
10:23I'll tell you something, but it's in the heart. Look at these guys here.
10:26It's in the heart. You're so loved.
10:27I just saw my very first ever makeup artist.
10:31I remembered him, his mother, and his sister.
10:34Wow. Talaga.
10:36Anthony.
10:37You know, and the best thing about you, and I will say this again, you remember.
10:42You know?
10:44There's this Indian poet whose poem is, you remember.
10:48You remember everything. You remember everything. It's in your heart.
10:51Oh, important people in my life like you, boy.
10:54Like you, Martin.
10:55I will never forget you.
10:56I will never forget you, too.
10:57I will never forget you.
10:58I'm so part of your life.
10:59I will never forget you.
11:00I knew everything that happened. Lahat, lahat.
11:03This is a fast talk.
11:06That's September 27 at the Aranera Coliseum.
11:10The King Forever starring the one and the only Martin Nivera.
11:16We have two minutes to do this and our time begins now.
11:1842 or 62?
11:2042.
11:21Foggy or funny?
11:22Foggy.
11:23King of hearts or king of songs?
11:24King of songs.
11:25Cover or original?
11:26Original.
11:27My forever, walang forever?
11:29My forever.
11:30Bad or mad?
11:31Mad.
11:32Bulol or bukol?
11:33You can't have a bulol without a bukol.
11:35Okay. Martin after dark or Martin after shower?
11:38Martin after dark.
11:39Among your hits, ano ang pinaka-favorito mo?
11:42You are my song.
11:43Pinaka-mahirap kantahin?
11:45You are my song.
11:46Pinaka-ayaw mong kantahin?
11:48You are my song.
11:49Pinaka-nakakaiyak kantahin?
11:51Kahit isang saglit.
11:52Guilty or not guilty? Nag-perform ng lasing?
11:55I don't drink.
11:56You don't drink?
11:57Not guilty.
11:58Guilty or not guilty? Pumiyok sa concert?
12:00Guilty.
12:01No, but even when you make piyok, you're still the best.
12:03Guilty or not guilty? Pinangarap magka-acting award?
12:06You did 11 movies?
12:08Guilty.
12:09Guilty or not guilty? Sinunda ng fans sa bahay?
12:12Guilty.
12:13Guilty or not guilty? Nakipag-date sa mas bata?
12:16Guilty.
12:17Guilty or not guilty? May pinagsabay na girlfriends?
12:19Guilty.
12:20Guilty or not guilty? Kinonsider magpa-cosmetic surgery?
12:24Guilty.
12:25Guilty or not guilty? Natatakot tumanda?
12:27Guilty.
12:28Noon o ngayon?
12:29Ngayon.
12:30Love first or respect first?
12:32Respect.
12:33You have both. Lights on or lights off?
12:35You can't have the lights off without the lights on.
12:37Happiness or chocolate?
12:39Happiness.
12:40Best time for happiness?
12:41With chocolate.
12:42Complete this sentence.
12:44At 62, I am still...
12:48At 62, I am still interesting.
12:52Yeah. You know why?
12:55You're still interesting because...
12:57Martin Rivera has not stopped to be interested.
13:01That's you.
13:03Okay.
13:04Sana kahit isang saglit,
13:06ay hindi naman ako papayag na hindi man lamang makanta
13:08ang ilang linya po mula sa awiting ito.
13:10But, Martz,
13:12nasaan tayo
13:14pagdating sa global music scene?
13:17Where is the Filipino artist
13:20in the context of the global scene?
13:22You're a father, you're a partner,
13:24you're a son.
13:26Can you rank the three?
13:28One being the most important.
13:31At sabihin mo sa amin kung bakit
13:33ang kasagutan sa pagbabalik po
13:35ng Fast Talk with Boy Abunda.
13:45Back on the show
13:47with the one and only Martin Rivera.
13:48The concert is going Friday,
13:50that's September 27 at the Araneta Coliseum.
13:53He has about 2,000 guests.
13:55So, no, no, no.
13:57Pipa will be there, Regine, Gary,
13:59who else?
14:01Oggy will be there.
14:03So, come and watch the show.
14:05Kanina, Martz,
14:07Ia Villana signed her contract.
14:09It's a renewal contract for
14:1124 hours.
14:13And, maraming salamat,
14:15G.G. Lara was there, Olly was there,
14:17our boss in the news.
14:19Maraming salamat, GMA7, for the support you've given
14:21to us and to Ia Arellano.
14:23I didn't know that one of Ia's
14:25best friends is Sam.
14:27Yes.
14:29Who is married to your director.
14:31Yes, Paolo Balintyano.
14:33Sam po ay anak ng kapatid ni Martin
14:35and Paolo is married to Sam Godinez.
14:37Yes, so I am now a Balintyano.
14:39Sabi ko, what, Ia?
14:41Me too.
14:43What a small world.
14:45Nasaan tayo, Martin, pag pinag-uusapan
14:47the global music scene?
14:49I think
14:51we're in a very good place.
14:53Filipino music, as we know it,
14:55original Filipino music, it's really so nice.
14:57It's really so
14:59accepted.
15:01Even songs that you think would not
15:03make it before,
15:05they're so welcome right now in the music industry.
15:07The sound that we're making today,
15:09we don't really, it's hard to define
15:11kung anong ibig sabihin ng opera.
15:13Anong tunog Filipino?
15:15What you're hearing today from the young composers
15:17and the young songwriters,
15:19that's the sound.
15:21Sila TJ Monterde,
15:23si KZ Tandingan.
15:25Many, many singers.
15:27Just to name a few. Ben and Ben.
15:29Ben and Ben.
15:31These are the songs that are going to be
15:33the soundtrack of our lives of tomorrow.
15:35And we're in a very good place.
15:37Martin, you're a son, you're a partner,
15:39you're a father.
15:41I'll rephrase my question.
15:43Who are you first?
15:45Son, father, or partner?
15:47I think it's important
15:49to be a partner.
15:51I think as a partner,
15:53knowing how to be, having a partnership,
15:55I think teaches you
15:57the good traits of how to be a father
15:59or a grandfather, now that I'm a grandfather.
16:01I think I want to be friends,
16:03a partner with my children,
16:05a partner with my partner.
16:07A partner with mom, a partner with,
16:09you know.
16:11Life is now all about teamwork.
16:13The world is different now.
16:15We're stronger when we are together.
16:17But you were telling us off-cam,
16:19you discovered that in the past
16:2142 years, you were breathing
16:23wrong.
16:25According to my vocal therapist,
16:27Kichi Molina.
16:29Molina, okay.
16:31There's a method that she's teaching me
16:33that's telling me.
16:35I used to breathe going up
16:37with my shoulders.
16:39Is your stomach supposed to go up?
16:41Your abs are supposed to push?
16:43I can't find my abs. I think that's what it is.
16:45Listen, Mark.
16:47You do not stop
16:49learning.
16:51September 27, Friday,
16:53Aranera College, the one and the only
16:55Martin Rivera in the king
16:57forever. Thank you, Mark!
16:59I love you, boy!
17:03Naytay Kapuso, maraming salamat po
17:05sa inyong pagpapatuloy
17:07sa inyong mga tahanan at puso araw-araw.
17:11And say thank you.
17:13And do one good thing a day
17:15and make this world a better place.
17:17Goodbye for now and God bless.