Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III recently made the suggestion that the last two lines of “Lupang Hinirang” be changed. Sotto referred last Sept. 18 to the lines “Aming ligaya na ‘pag may mang-aapi, ang mamatay nang dahil sa’yo” as having a defeatist attitude.
Sotto then offered an alternative to the last lines: “‘Aming ligaya na ‘pag may nang-aapi, ang ipaglaban kalayaan mo.'”
Sotto might be channeling his musician’s past. Before embarking on his political career, he rose to fame as a member of the ’70s Manila Sound disco group “VST & Co.” He also composed the song “Magkaisa” with Homer Flores and Ernie de la Peña back in the ’80s in honor of the People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos regime.
Reaction to Sotto’s suggestion may be mixed, but for comedian-talent manager Ogie Diaz, he didn’t seem to see the point of such. Diaz took to his Facebook last Sept. 19 to give his own take on the matter.
“Pag pinalitan na po ba ang linyang yon sa ‘Lupang Hinirang’, bababa na po ang inflation?” Diaz wrote. “Mababawasan na ba ang lumalagong bilang ng corrupt officials? Magkakaisa na ba ang DDS, Dilawan at yung mga worried at concerned lang naman?”
For Diaz, it seems that there are just other things to worry about. He, however, suggested that “Ama Namin” and “Hail Mary” be changed as well if the things he mentioned above would happen.
“Kung mangyayari po ito, nako, kahit po ‘Ama Namin’ at ‘Hail Mary’ palitan nyo na rin po ang mga linya.”
But while Diaz wasn’t so keen on Sotto’s suggestion, composer-conductor Chino Toledo suggested something else entirely.
Toledo took to Facebook on Sept. 20 to share the sheet music he worked on. The sheet music changed the last line of “Lupang Hinirang” with the last line of “Eat Bulaga’s” theme song.
“Ang mama-tay ng da-hil sa Eat Bu-la-ga! Pwede nga!” wrote Toledo in jest.
Sotto then offered an alternative to the last lines: “‘Aming ligaya na ‘pag may nang-aapi, ang ipaglaban kalayaan mo.'”
Sotto might be channeling his musician’s past. Before embarking on his political career, he rose to fame as a member of the ’70s Manila Sound disco group “VST & Co.” He also composed the song “Magkaisa” with Homer Flores and Ernie de la Peña back in the ’80s in honor of the People Power Revolution that toppled the Marcos regime.
Reaction to Sotto’s suggestion may be mixed, but for comedian-talent manager Ogie Diaz, he didn’t seem to see the point of such. Diaz took to his Facebook last Sept. 19 to give his own take on the matter.
“Pag pinalitan na po ba ang linyang yon sa ‘Lupang Hinirang’, bababa na po ang inflation?” Diaz wrote. “Mababawasan na ba ang lumalagong bilang ng corrupt officials? Magkakaisa na ba ang DDS, Dilawan at yung mga worried at concerned lang naman?”
For Diaz, it seems that there are just other things to worry about. He, however, suggested that “Ama Namin” and “Hail Mary” be changed as well if the things he mentioned above would happen.
“Kung mangyayari po ito, nako, kahit po ‘Ama Namin’ at ‘Hail Mary’ palitan nyo na rin po ang mga linya.”
But while Diaz wasn’t so keen on Sotto’s suggestion, composer-conductor Chino Toledo suggested something else entirely.
Toledo took to Facebook on Sept. 20 to share the sheet music he worked on. The sheet music changed the last line of “Lupang Hinirang” with the last line of “Eat Bulaga’s” theme song.
“Ang mama-tay ng da-hil sa Eat Bu-la-ga! Pwede nga!” wrote Toledo in jest.
