Do you like their music? Tell me your thoughts! =)
2007-12-16 15:51:38 · 9 answers · asked by Anna Banana :] 3 in Travel ➔ Asia Pacific ➔ Philippines
Thanks a lot to everyone who answered! The thing is, my uncle is Pendong Aban and I wanted to see people's reaction to them. Thanks a lot! I'm a total Asin lover myself! =)
2007-12-20 08:30:09 · update #1
they're okay...if you like their genre.
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2007-12-16 15:59:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 6⤋
Yes
If you have not heard any of their songs, go ahead and purchase one.
This is truly one of the best rock/alternative bands the Philippines has produced. ASIN has been one of the bands to create the ROCK OF MANILA sound, with the OLD DZRJ station, ROCK of Manila became an icon during the days of martial law.
ASIN, together with Juan de La Cruz band, Freddie Aguilar, became the beat that was ethnic, PILIPINO and makabayan.
When the airwaves then was full of english and american bands, only a few like DZRJ played the true Rock of Manila songs. This was prior to having the KBP go for a one Filipino song per hour, and there was no true OPM in the airwaves. This genre paved the way for NU 107 to flourish together with the bands it created. Later on you have the DAWN, and now a hell o a lot of local bands!
ASIN, ka Freddie, Joey Pepe Smith, Mike Hanopol, then you have VST, Hotdogs and POP bands too.
2007-12-17 07:27:45 · answer #2 · answered by looking 4 a summer job 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I like them a lot. They were a favorite in those days, especially their songs on the environment and on children.
My personal favorites are "Itanong Mo sa Mga Bata" (Ask the Children), "Masdan Ang Kapaligiran" (Watch the Environment) which even asks whether the future generation will even have trees to climb, air to breathe. Loaded lyrics, intelligent, and really makes you stop and think.
The song "Itanong Mo Sa Mga Bata" is so moving, and presented the truth as seen by kid's eyes, long beofre manufacturers used this insight for their advocacy advertising.
I also like an I locano song called "Dungdunguwen Canto", a lullaby. I learned this song from an Asin album long before the advent of CDs. I have this on their long-playing vinyl record. I like this song so much I sing it on videoke.
Then there are the songs about the wars between Filipinos in Mindanao.
This group is so great I would rate them among the top 5 groups in the Philippines, past and present.
And by the way, I even used to watch them play at the Hobbit House in Mabini.
2007-12-17 00:16:13 · answer #3 · answered by boyplakwatsa.com 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
After fronting rock and roll bands during her teens, Lolita Carbon met Cesar "Saro" Bañares, Mike Pillora, and Pendong Aban in Kola House, a folk rock club, and then decided to form their own musical group, naming it Salt of the Earth.
They had signed a major record label and renamed their band to Asin after a record producer was searching for a "female" Freddie Aguilar, taking advantage of the Filipino folk rock boom during the late 1970s. Their eponymous 1978 debut album includes a cover of Freddie Aguilar's "Anak" and the rest are all original works.
Some of their popular songs include the environmental song "Masdan Mo Ang Kapaligiran" (See the Environment), "Ang Bayan Kong Sinilangan" (The Land Where I Was Born), "Pagbabalik" (Comeback) and "Balita" (News). According to Pendong Aban who grew up in Agusan del Norte, most of their songs were based on the experiences in Mindanao. Because of too much illegal logging and violence in their homeland, they wrote lyrics that hoped for peace and a better environment in Mindanao. They sometimes use kulintang and other traditional instruments of the southern Philippines to give their music a more indigenous spirit.
In 1993, Saro Bañares was murdered in a bar brawl in Cotabato, causing the group's members to part ways. Aban had his band Ang Grupong Pendong, while Carbon went solo. Later in 2000, they decided to reunite but Pillora backed out later, although Pillora gave his blessings to the new album that Carbon and Aban would release. The record album Pag-ibig, Pagbabago, Pagpapatuloy, the first Asin album after 12 years, features unreleased materials of the late Bañares.***
ASIN was the contemporary of my elder cousins and being exposed to their music at a young age, I was inspired to learn to play the guitar and later on to carry their advocacy for social change.
2007-12-17 03:22:07 · answer #4 · answered by shirley g 6 · 6⤊ 2⤋
love them
2007-12-17 00:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by Angel-ene 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
They should be national artists.
2007-12-17 16:28:00 · answer #6 · answered by Aref H4 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
they are cool...original and lyrics are heartfelt...genuine talent..very very unique...
2007-12-17 22:20:19 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Too salty for my taste...
2007-12-17 16:24:55 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 5⤋
i don't hate them but im not obsessed with their music either!!!
2007-12-17 01:17:41 · answer #9 · answered by ericka 5 · 1⤊ 6⤋