Flashback muna tayo! Balikan natin ang mga OG diva ng OPM na sina Sylvia La Torre at Elizabeth Ramsey! Alamin ang kanilang musical journey dito sa video!
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00:00We walk hand in hand, we dream together. We giggle and laugh like kids forever.
00:12We're two different people, but we're having fun. We talk about anything under the sun.
00:19We are sisters, we are friends. We've got magic that never ends.
00:27I got you sis, you got me. The best of friends we'll always, always be.
00:39We always have fun, being together. You know me the best, we're friends forever.
00:46Through good times and bad, I'm here for you sis, right by your side.
00:52Hit or miss, we are sisters, we are friends. We've got magic that never ends.
01:01I got you sis, you got me. The best of friends, the best of friends.
01:09The best of friends we'll always, always be. We are sisters, we are sisters.
01:23Good morning everybody!
01:26Good morning!
01:27Sis, our guests today are the divas.
01:31Really? Wait a minute. Let's ask our guests who their favorite divas are.
01:39Yes.
01:40Let's start with you two.
01:43Jane.
01:44Jane, come here.
01:46Jane, I'm embarrassed.
01:48We're not a match. We have a song number.
01:52Come here.
01:53Why are you in the middle?
01:54Jane's eyebrows are still new. Come here.
01:57Jane, tell us. Who's your favorite diva?
02:02Jaya.
02:03Jaya.
02:04Jaya. What's Jaya's favorite song?
02:07What's your favorite song by Jaya?
02:10Ah.
02:12What's that?
02:13Mark, don't do that.
02:14Ah.
02:16Ah.
02:18Come on.
02:21That's right.
02:22Your hair is layered. You should do it like that.
02:25Come on, just a little bit.
02:36Thank you, Jane.
02:38Next is Janice. You can do this.
02:40Yes, Janice. How are you, Janice?
02:44What's up, Janice?
02:46Who's your favorite diva?
02:48Eugene Velasquez.
02:49What's your favorite song by him?
02:51Kailangan Ko Ikaw.
02:52Go ahead.
02:54Kailangan ko ikaw.
02:59You're nervous because you're listening.
03:02Thank you, Janice.
03:05Our guests today, sis, are original divas.
03:10Hey.
03:11It's obvious that the divas of today are the ones that stand out.
03:15They are their favorite divas.
03:17Yes. One of them, for sure.
03:19One of them, for sure.
03:21For sure, it's Kailangan.
03:22For sure, it's Kailangan.
03:23Yes.
03:24If not, she's dead.
03:25She's also the First Lady of Philippine Television and Queen of Kundiman,
03:29Ms. Silvia Latore.
03:31And the Queen of Rock and Roll,
03:34Ms. Elizabeth Ramsey.
03:38Mia.
03:46Mia.
03:52Hey.
03:53What is it?
03:54I'm leaving. I'm coming with you.
03:57It's hard.
03:58It's small.
04:01Mia.
04:08It's just a sample.
04:10Promise.
04:11You won't break the mirrors.
04:12It's hard.
04:13It's for fun.
04:14Together, the divas who don't wear a bra,
04:16here on
04:17SIS!
04:31To the best of friends.
04:32To the best of friends.
04:34Who hit all this?
04:38We are sisters.
04:40We are fearless.
04:42And just admit.
04:45Where did it start?
04:48When did our original divas start?
04:51Ms. Silvia.
04:53Yes, Iha.
04:54How did your career start?
04:57My mom taught me how to sing.
05:01She's a teacher of voice and piano.
05:04When I was small, she saw that I like it too.
05:07Of course, it's Mana.
05:08And so, she taught me at an early age.
05:11I was only like 3 years old when she taught me.
05:133?
05:143 years old?
05:15When I became 5, I learned a lot of Kundiman songs.
05:18Which she sings during that time.
05:23How do you teach a child at 3 how to sing?
05:26I like it.
05:27But you like it?
05:28Yes.
05:29So, she puts me on top of the piano.
05:31Back then, the piano was tall.
05:35She plays it like that and I sing.
05:38On top of the piano?
05:39I'm sitting.
05:40She plays it on top of the piano?
05:41The piano was tall back then.
05:45She taught me Babalikari, Kundiman songs.
05:50When I was 5, she battled me in a contest.
05:54I won.
05:55My opponents were adults.
05:58At 5?
05:59At 5, I won the first prize.
06:01What did you sing back then?
06:03That was Ako Ay Bulaklak ng Kawangis.
06:07One of the old songs.
06:09How does it go?
06:11Ako Ay Bulaklak ng Kawangis.
06:16My voice back then was still natural.
06:18Of course.
06:19Natural voice.
06:20My voice was very clear.
06:24This time, you really dreamed of becoming a singer.
06:27And then, I was 9 years old.
06:29It was Japanese time.
06:31Don't count, Elizabeth.
06:33You're older than me.
06:36I joined the live theater.
06:38I went out as a singer and an actress.
06:41I was 9.
06:42I was with Rogelio de la Rosa, Norma Blanca Flor, Katie de la Cruz, Leroy Salvador, Pugue and Togo.
06:48And I learned a lot when I appeared on stage.
06:51On stage.
06:52Of course, I was with a veteran.
06:54Yes, on stage.
06:55But you were only 9.
06:56I was only 9.
06:57But that was the best training, just like me and Tita Beth.
07:00Who came from the stage.
07:02You were also on stage, right?
07:03I didn't have any training.
07:04I just sang.
07:08How did you start singing and performing, Tita Elizabeth?
07:12It's not like that.
07:14Maybe, Jesus of Nazareth pitied me.
07:17Because I always asked Him to win over the amateurs.
07:20Before, I always asked Jesus to win over me.
07:24But I never won.
07:25Because I always lost.
07:27I sang Granada.
07:28Granada, I'm falling under your spell.
07:31Ting!
07:32But if you could speak with a positive intellectual tale.
07:34Ting!
07:35I thought I was part of a band.
07:37So, you were part of a band.
07:38No, Ma.
07:42Granada, today.
07:43Tang, tang, tang, tang, tang.
07:44Like that.
07:45But when I looked, there was no sound.
07:46The announcer told me,
07:48Hilonggo, in Negros, in Bacolod.
07:50Dai, it's over.
07:52I said, I'm still in the chorus.
07:54No, it's not over.
07:55It's still going on.
07:56It was over a while ago.
07:57Now, look at my face.
07:59Jesus Christ.
08:01It's true.
08:02The amateurs are full of misfortune.
08:04Up to there.
08:05How did you go to the theater?
08:08Of course, I went away from us.
08:10The gay helped us again.
08:12So we could see the registration.
08:15Up to there.
08:17It's true.
08:19I registered when I was 18 years old.
08:21I was lucky.
08:23How old were you then?
08:24I was 25 years old.
08:27You were lucky.
08:28You were 18.
08:2918.
08:30I was really young.
08:31Even my voice was young.
08:32Then, I won the Undefeated Champion.
08:34I was given Dari Gold before I was even born.
08:37Did you have a child when you won?
08:39Of course!
08:40Of course, I did.
08:41Then, here's the thing.
08:44When I won Dari Gold, of course, I didn't have money.
08:47Thank God.
08:48This and that.
08:49I was lucky.
08:50It's not good if my child drinks.
08:52Then, something happened.
08:53I told them.
08:54Then, something happened.
08:55They found out that I had a child.
08:57They didn't recognize me.
08:59I was the Undefeated Champion.
09:00But deep inside, they told me not to be recognized
09:03because I only had money.
09:05They didn't recognize me as a champion because I had a child.
09:08Because of the milk.
09:09She was a student.
09:10She said she was 18.
09:12She was 25.
09:13She had a child.
09:14She had a child.
09:17How did you get to the stage?
09:19Mangrini took me.
09:21Kito's brother.
09:23How did he see you?
09:25He heard me in the restaurant.
09:27He dropped his rice.
09:28I told him.
09:33He was eating.
09:34He dropped his spoon.
09:36He took it right away.
09:37It wasn't until I finished singing.
09:39Because I already sang 6 songs.
09:41I was just a contestant.
09:42I sang 6 songs.
09:43The students were celebrating.
09:45I didn't want to leave.
09:47I threw away my chairs.
09:48It was a riot.
09:49It was a history.
09:51I only sang 1 song.
09:52I sang 6 songs.
09:53The practice was over.
09:566 songs?
09:57Didn't they make you leave the stage?
09:58No.
09:59Then, I tricked Amado Pascual.
10:01I told him.
10:02You're a hypocrite.
10:03We have a child.
10:04You don't feed our child.
10:06I don't want to know you anymore.
10:08You're a hypocrite.
10:09He ran away.
10:10I tricked him.
10:11It was a riot.
10:13It started.
10:14Now, Amado thinks that I have a child.
10:18That's not true.
10:19That's not true.
10:20Now, I'll make it clear.
10:21I'll make it clear.
10:23Because God doesn't allow people to look alike.
10:28What does it mean to look alike?
10:30Kito Silvia.
10:31From stage.
10:32Did you go on stage first or did you go on TV first?
10:35Of course, I went on stage first.
10:37I was 9 when I started on stage.
10:39It continued.
10:42When the liberation came,
10:44I joined the USO,
10:47United States Organization.
10:49And I sang for the American soldiers
10:51in the concentration camps and hospitals,
10:54the wounded soldiers.
10:56It continued.
10:57And then, after that,
10:58after the liberation,
10:59I joined the Manila Grand Opera House.
11:02I was invited there.
11:03How did you start on TV?
11:05They said that you're pioneers.
11:07From the radio.
11:08Because after that,
11:09we did radio.
11:10There's radio now.
11:11Radio.
11:12It's a drama.
11:13It's a comedy.
11:14Comedy skits on the radio.
11:17That's where my voices came out.
11:20Old voices,
11:21young voices.
11:22Can you sing a sample?
11:24What do you want to know?
11:27Oh, my tongue hurts.
11:29It's hurting me now.
11:32The kid will answer.
11:34Oh, mommy, I don't want that.
11:36I want the other one.
11:37It's more delicious.
11:39That's where I discovered my talent.
11:42And then,
11:43the strict Spanish aunt came.
11:47What?
11:48Why?
11:49Where will you use that?
11:50No.
11:51That's not possible.
11:52No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
11:53That's it.
11:54The voices on the radio are different.
11:56Of course, people's imagination is moving, right?
11:58Yes.
11:59It's like there are a lot of people.
12:00But actually, only one person is doing it.
12:02That's where I discovered my different voices.
12:07And then came TV?
12:08I also sang there,
12:09during the intermission.
12:11Lanida Blanca and I,
12:13together with Leroy Salvador,
12:15Oscar Obligación on the radio,
12:17musical varieties.
12:19Do you remember Comang?
12:21I was also there.
12:23And then,
12:24TV wasn't popular yet.
12:26When television became popular,
12:28we, from the radio,
12:30the veteran actors and actresses,
12:33we were brought from the radio to the TV.
12:36That was in the late 50s.
12:38And then, until the early 60s.
12:40That's how I became the first lady of Philippine television.
12:43What was your TV show back then?
12:45The one that started,
12:46The Big Show.
12:47I was with Oscar,
12:49Chris Devera,
12:50from the radio.
12:51We were all from the radio first.
12:53Then, the TV.
12:54After television,
12:56it was a variety show.
12:58Variety show.
13:00It was also a time of joy.
13:02Was Oscar Obligación your love team?
13:04Was he your love team?
13:06Yes, always.
13:07When we get married,
13:08if there's a skit on TV,
13:10he's my love team.
13:12Sometimes, he's my uncle.
13:13The roles were different.
13:15So, they went to the showbiz.
13:18We'll talk about that.
13:20But, let's first listen to the queen of rock and roll.
13:24Yes!
13:25Take it away!
13:26Yes!
13:27Take it away, Ramsey!
13:32We're back, of course,
13:33with the original divas.
13:35Hello!
13:36Hello!
13:38See?
13:39It's like she's contacting me on the phone.
13:41I called her.
13:42I said,
13:43I have to go out.
13:44I have to go to SIS.
13:46I think you lost your hair a while ago.
13:49No,
13:50they didn't cut it.
13:52They cut it here.
13:54Okay.
13:55When you were on stage,
13:57when did you feel like,
13:59Oh, I'm famous.
14:01Yes, I'm famous.
14:02I'm a star.
14:04Even when...
14:05Auntie, I heard you were telling a story
14:07about the gunman
14:09inside the theater.
14:11No,
14:12the gunman
14:13stabbed Clover.
14:16Why were you there?
14:19How did you...
14:20I was there.
14:21And the one who ran to the QI
14:23to watch me,
14:24he also ran there.
14:26It was over.
14:27There's a TV?
14:29No,
14:30he was wearing pants
14:31because he was wearing uniforms.
14:33He really wanted to watch Clover
14:35because he wanted to watch me.
14:37He wasn't supposed to go out.
14:39That's a true story.
14:40Then,
14:41he ran there.
14:42Of course, he ran.
14:43He got an ambulance there.
14:45It was over.
14:47It's true.
14:48A lot of things happen.
14:49Yes.
14:50So,
14:51somebody ran
14:52to the hospital
14:53just to watch you.
14:54Exactly.
14:58That's why he ran away.
14:59He really ran away.
15:02Auntie Sylvia,
15:03Yes?
15:04When did you realize
15:05that you've arrived?
15:07That you're successful?
15:10When I was on television.
15:12It's like...
15:13That's it.
15:14You recognized yourself.
15:16No, no.
15:17I never waited for Elizabeth.
15:19Your mouth is always like this.
15:25You should always be humble
15:27when you reach the peak of your success.
15:29Always humble.
15:32Your styles are different.
15:34Yours are operatic.
15:36Classical.
15:37Condiment.
15:38Condiment.
15:39It's like formal.
15:40Auntie Sylvia needs to sing.
15:42She needs to wear a barrette.
15:44She needs to wear a gown.
15:46What's that?
15:48What's that?
15:52But at that time,
15:53Auntie Elizabeth,
15:54rock and roll,
15:55it's like she's different.
15:57Sequins.
15:58My child,
15:59if you reached me
16:00at that time,
16:01I'll tell you.
16:02You're really different.
16:03Until now,
16:04no one has replaced me.
16:05No one.
16:06That's true.
16:08Auntie Elizabeth,
16:09what are you wearing?
16:10What?
16:11I'm wearing a bra,
16:12but I'm wearing shoes.
16:13You're wearing shoes?
16:14I don't have shoes.
16:15That's how she sings.
16:16I wear shoes.
16:18Because I open sweet music.
16:20For example,
16:21Portrait of My Love,
16:22You Mean Everything to Me,
16:24Story of Starry Night.
16:26Those are the openings.
16:28After that,
16:29I'll throw it away.
16:30It's a war.
16:31It's a war.
16:32Like now,
16:33there's a war.
16:34Now, there's really a war.
16:35Auntie,
16:36what songs do you sing?
16:38Aside from...
16:39Like Little Richard,
16:41Jackie Wilson.
16:42Hey, you don't want me.
16:43It's so crazy.
16:45Things like that.
16:46And also,
16:47To the flurry.
16:48Flurry.
16:49To the flurry.
16:50It's really a war.
16:51You have a lot of enemies.
16:53After radio,
16:54after TV,
16:55of course,
16:56you also did movies.
16:58Yes.
16:59Because I was a teenager,
17:00I already did movies.
17:01My father was connected
17:02with the Paguita Pictures.
17:03Was TV first in movies
17:05or movies first?
17:06Movies were first.
17:07I was only in my teens.
17:09I was still a teenager,
17:10around 15, 16.
17:12I made around 14 movies
17:14with the Paguita Pictures.
17:16My daddy was a director then.
17:18So, I didn't have a hard time
17:20joining the showbiz
17:21because of my dad.
17:22He was already connected
17:24in the movies.
17:25Yes.
17:26My daddy was a director.
17:27Of course, Auntie Sylvia,
17:28when you were a teenager,
17:29of course,
17:30you already had boys.
17:31There!
17:32Not yet.
17:33I didn't have a lot of boys yet.
17:34Are you quiet, auntie?
17:35Because, you know,
17:36I was spoiled when I was young.
17:38Spoiled.
17:40Yes,
17:41when I was already studying
17:42in UST,
17:43and in UST Conservatory of Music.
17:45But my husband,
17:46I met him
17:48in our place
17:49because our neighbor,
17:51the Spaniards,
17:52Sepulveda,
17:53my husband,
17:54but he's Tagalog.
17:56So, they have a teacher
17:57who speaks Sepulveda?
17:59Yes,
18:00they became friends,
18:01our neighbor.
18:02By the way,
18:03he was looking at me.
18:04So, we met there,
18:06in our neighbor's house.
18:08My neighbor introduced me
18:10to my friend,
18:11Celso,
18:12and me to Sylvia.
18:13Hello,
18:14just like that,
18:15I was spoiled.
18:16Spoiled.
18:17Then, he was following me
18:18to school.
18:19I said,
18:20why are you following me?
18:21Why?
18:22Why are you following me?
18:23So spoiled.
18:24Come to our house
18:25if you want to court me.
18:26There.
18:27He's still following me.
18:28So, you didn't have a boyfriend
18:29in showbiz?
18:30None.
18:31What about you,
18:32auntie Elizabeth?
18:33None.
18:34I'm full of disgrace.
18:36What?
18:37No, no.
18:38I'm married.
18:39I'm married to my husband.
18:41I'm full of disgrace.
18:43You know,
18:44the other day,
18:45our neighbors were very polite.
18:47I didn't tell them that.
18:48We didn't do anything wrong.
18:49None.
18:50You know,
18:51we don't make fun
18:52of other people.
18:53I respect them,
18:54so they respect me too.
18:56Uncle Leroy
18:57didn't make fun of other people.
18:58Yes,
18:59he became my compadre.
19:00He became my compadre.
19:01This is a big factor
19:03in your becoming a soprano
19:05and entering comedy.
19:07It's far, right?
19:09Because it's far.
19:10After comedy,
19:11I got my comedy
19:13from my dad.
19:15Because my dad
19:16was a very humorous person.
19:18So, he was always
19:19the life of the party.
19:21That's what I inherited
19:22from my dad.
19:23As for the voice,
19:24it's from my mom
19:25because she's a soprano.
19:26My mom.
19:28That's what happened.
19:30For my dad,
19:31his comedy,
19:32his humor
19:33was from my mom
19:34because she's a soprano.
19:35Plus,
19:36you're in the video
19:37because of the different voices.
19:38Yes.
19:39So, that's it.
19:40It's different.
19:41Silvia is beautiful.
19:42Aunt Beth,
19:43how did you...
19:44Elizabeth is beautiful too.
19:45How did you end up
19:46in the movie,
19:47Aunt Beth?
19:48It was all an accident.
19:50Why is it like that?
19:51We just thought,
19:52Director,
19:53let's put her
19:54in this movie
19:55so that she'll have
19:56a good reaction.
19:57I was extra in Sampaguita.
19:59It was cheap.
20:00I was extra that day.
20:01Oh my God.
20:02That's true.
20:03Pesos 65,
20:04Pesos 75.
20:05It's like...
20:08Look at this, Elizabeth.
20:09Is this centavos?
20:10Look at this.
20:11Is this centavos or pesos?
20:12Pesos.
20:13It's not centavos.
20:14This is really
20:15God's work.
20:16God's kindness.
20:17And God
20:18really does that.
20:20Thank God.
20:21It's just a number.
20:26Why?
20:27It's just a number.
20:28It's just a number.
20:29Why is it just a number?
20:32Elizabeth,
20:33I have a question for you.
20:34I've been watching you
20:35on TV.
20:36You're so pale.
20:37Your pancreas is thick.
20:39No,
20:40I'm using bad colors
20:41now.
20:43It's like I'm
20:44denying myself.
20:45My life is full of darkness.
20:47It's beautiful.
20:48It's beautiful, Ethic.
20:49It's beautiful.
20:50It's beautiful.
20:51Isn't it like I have a cut there?
20:52No.
20:53My eyes are black.
20:54My body is black.
20:55We'll find out
20:56later.
20:57For the first time,
20:58we're together with Elizabeth.
20:59That's true.
21:00We'll sing later.
21:01Really?
21:02For the first time.
21:03But before we listen
21:04to your song,
21:05we should listen to
21:06the Queen of Condiment,
21:07Aunt Sylvia.
21:08Yes.
21:09Don't cut me off
21:10because you cut me off.
21:11Cut me off.
21:17After all the success,
21:18all the shows you did,
21:21you stopped
21:22for a while,
21:23a little bit, right?
21:24What did you do
21:25when you stopped?
21:26When you stopped
21:27in terms of beauty,
21:28in terms of shows,
21:29what did you do?
21:30Not really stop.
21:31Because for me,
21:32my children are already
21:33in America.
21:34My two daughters,
21:35when they're already
21:36pregnant,
21:37they will call me.
21:38Ma, I need you here.
21:39I'm going to give birth now.
21:40So I said,
21:41I'm going to leave
21:42my TV show.
21:45I'm running there.
21:47I'm pregnant.
21:48It's hard
21:49when you have
21:50a pregnant child, right?
21:51You're doing rosary
21:52in the back.
21:53You're praying.
21:54You can hear
21:55the baby crying.
21:56You can't go inside
21:57there, right?
21:58You're doing labor.
21:59Everything.
22:00The baby's coming out.
22:01Wow.
22:02There.
22:03I'm already there.
22:04Just two days.
22:05Sometimes,
22:06just one day,
22:07they'll come out
22:08of the hospital.
22:09Oh, you're taking a bath,
22:10mom?
22:11Yes, I told my daughter,
22:12don't take a bath.
22:13Oh, I can't.
22:14For example,
22:15you took a bath.
22:16No, don't take a bath
22:17right away.
22:18For example,
22:19you took a bath,
22:20you're going to
22:21wrap yourself in a towel.
22:22Did you take a shower?
22:23The American will say,
22:24you took a shower.
22:25Because we're used to
22:26after a few days,
22:27the leaves of the garden.
22:28Then,
22:29you're rolling it.
22:30The leaves of the garden.
22:31You're smoking.
22:32You're smoking.
22:33I'm doing that.
22:34And also,
22:35I'm the one
22:36taking care of my grandchildren.
22:37They can't take a bath.
22:38They're not used to it.
22:39So,
22:40I bathe the baby.
22:41I stay there
22:42for how many months?
22:43There.
22:44So,
22:45you stay there
22:46for months?
22:47Yes.
22:48Sometimes,
22:49for years.
22:50But,
22:51in between,
22:52on weekends,
22:53there's a casting.
22:54There.
22:55There's someone
22:56who gets us there.
22:57Oscar is there.
22:58So,
22:59there's a sidelight.
23:00There's a sidelight.
23:01So,
23:02you're not left alone.
23:03They say,
23:04there's a producer
23:05called Silvia.
23:06There are Filipino communities there
23:07for a good show,
23:08fundraising,
23:09for the church.
23:10So,
23:11I sing.
23:12So,
23:13it's practice
23:14while I bathe the baby.
23:15You know,
23:16my grandchildren
23:17also sing.
23:18Wow.
23:19Yes.
23:20It's really in the blood.
23:21It's in your nose.
23:22You hear it.
23:23So,
23:24when you left here,
23:25what did you do?
23:26Nothing.
23:27I just left.
23:28I was there.
23:31You said
23:32you helped.
23:33Yes.
23:34It's like,
23:35when I went to America,
23:36I thought
23:37I was happy.
23:38I said,
23:39thank you.
23:40In the Philippines,
23:41I can rest.
23:42I can rest.
23:43But,
23:44when I got there,
23:45there was no help.
23:46I cooked.
23:47I cleaned.
23:48I did everything.
23:49I was made in America,
23:50not made in the Philippines.
23:52That's what's hard in America.
23:53You have everything,
23:55but you have to do it all
23:56by yourself.
23:57You have to cook.
23:58You have to wash.
23:59In the washing machine,
24:00everything.
24:01You have to carry
24:02a lot of leaves.
24:03If you don't,
24:04you'll be kicked out
24:05of the house
24:06if there's a lot of dirt there.
24:07For those who don't know,
24:08Aunt Sylvia's son,
24:09one of her sons,
24:10is Cheche.
24:11Yes.
24:12You're with him.
24:13I was with him
24:14in the movie,
24:15Cheche.
24:16In their blockbuster movies,
24:17right?
24:18In the 80s.
24:19Early 80s.
24:20Since I mentioned Cheche,
24:21he's on the phone right now.
24:23Che!
24:24Huh?
24:25Hello!
24:26Che!
24:27How are you?
24:28I'm good!
24:30Che!
24:31You're going to have kids too?
24:32When are we going to do
24:33Basang Sisiu 2?
24:35Oh my God!
24:36I don't think it's possible.
24:37Don't be like that.
24:38Don't be like that.
24:39You already have five kids.
24:40She doesn't know
24:41how many kids you have.
24:42Okay,
24:43you two can talk.
24:44Five.
24:45How many kids do you have, Che?
24:47Just two.
24:48That's enough.
24:49We're bored.
24:50We're on the air.
24:51Wait a minute.
24:52Wait a minute, Che!
24:53Your mom's good
24:54at singing.
24:55That's just a sample.
24:56Again?
24:57Your mom's good
24:58at singing.
24:59Can we be a sample?
25:00Sample?
25:01Sample?
25:02Wait a minute.
25:03Ho ho ho ho ho ho ho!
25:05How about
25:06Waray Waray?
25:07Are you curious?
25:08How about
25:09Waray Waray?
25:10She's thinking about
25:11singing!
25:12That's right.
25:13I don't recall
25:14her doing
25:15this type of singing.
25:16I remember
25:17singing
25:18I remember when we were shooting,
25:20sometimes, what he would do is
25:22he would imitate Tito Silvia,
25:24he would imitate his mom.
25:26Even the laugh of his mom.
25:30Of course, he would imitate his mom.
25:32Hurry up!
25:34Long distance is expensive.
25:38He still remembers that day.
25:40I even brought the movie there.
25:42Yes, we even went to Barbie Dolls.
25:44Wait, let's talk about it.
25:46What is your message
25:48to your mom?
25:50My message to my mom?
25:52You know,
25:54my mom is
25:56a very wonderful woman.
25:58She's the best mom in the world.
26:00You know,
26:02I am thankful to her
26:04because she has taught all of us,
26:06her children and her grandchildren,
26:08all of us well.
26:10She has taught us
26:12to fear God,
26:14to respect others,
26:16to have self-respect,
26:18and to sing!
26:20You know,
26:22she wants us to be honest, loving,
26:24and pure for our spouses.
26:26That's why,
26:28all of us, her three children,
26:30my brother and my sister,
26:32they've been married for 22 years.
26:34I've been married for 14 years.
26:38We've been married for 48 years.
26:40Two more years, we'll be 50.
26:42That's right.
26:44So you should come home for the Golden Anniversary.
26:46Golden Wedding Anniversary!
26:48You know,
26:50my mom is a very beautiful person
26:52inside and out.
26:54In spite of her popularity,
26:56she's very humble.
26:58You know,
27:00if there's one word to describe her,
27:02selfless,
27:04which is the opposite of selfish.
27:06My mom doesn't think
27:08of herself.
27:10Everyone needs first before her.
27:12She's a virtuous woman.
27:14Just describe this in
27:16Proverbs 31 in the Bible.
27:18My mom is a God-fearing woman
27:20who loves the Lord.
27:22She's a prayerful person,
27:24and she does everything for her love for Jesus Christ.
27:26She's the best mom,
27:28wonderful wife,
27:30best friend, great actress,
27:32performer, singer,
27:34and she loves to make people happy!
27:36Oh, Auntie Silvia, perfect!
27:38Thank you, Auntie Silvia!
27:40I love you!
27:42I miss you a lot, Che!
27:44I love you, Ma!
27:46Oh, you made me cry again!
27:48I love you!
27:50Don't cry, Julia!
27:52Okay, Che! Let's talk!
27:54Thank you!
27:56Kisses to my grandchild!
27:58I love you!
28:00You're sleepy! Go to sleep!
28:02Wow!
28:04That was a good day!
28:06At that time, you were also very popular.
28:10Did that become a problem for you?
28:12Did that become an issue within yourself?
28:14Thank you!
28:16Of course, you were already a family,
28:18and you really had to involve yourself in your family.
28:20Did that become difficult for you?
28:22No, it didn't.
28:24I was able to divide my time.
28:26Before I left home,
28:28I already cooked and bathed my children.
28:30Nobody knew about that.
28:32They thought I was a lady,
28:34but I love to cook.
28:36That is my hobby.
28:38So when I went to America,
28:40I had to fight with my three children
28:42because of my cooking.
28:44They really miss my cooking.
28:46How about you, Tita Elizabeth?
28:48Do you feel that your children,
28:50like Jaya, are also good singers?
28:52You know, I brought up my children differently.
28:54I trained them that we are friends.
28:56No matter what happens to me,
28:58they will not look for me.
29:00If I see them, it's okay.
29:02If I don't see them, it's alright.
29:04Don't look for me.
29:06That's how I brought up my children.
29:08Even if they are not around,
29:10they go on with their lives.
29:12To be independent.
29:14What are your happiest days
29:16in show business?
29:18In show business?
29:20Yes.
29:22For me, it was when I won an award.
29:24That was my fulfillment.
29:26When I won
29:28the CAT Awards,
29:30I got two awards.
29:32For the plaque,
29:34I also got several awards.
29:36Being a Queen of Condiman
29:38with the Villa Recording Company.
29:40It's good
29:42when you get awards.
29:44But you won't feel proud
29:46when you do well.
29:48It's an inspiration.
29:50You shouldn't
29:52think about it.
29:54How about you, Tita?
29:56Every day, I'm happy.
29:58My happiness
30:00is every day.
30:02There's money, there's show business.
30:04In show business,
30:06I can't be happy.
30:08I sing 16 shows.
30:10You'll get it if you laugh.
30:12I already took a bath.
30:14That's how my face is.
30:16That's how it is.
30:18That's how it is.
30:20Ramsey,
30:22I can't move my mouth.
30:24I'm tired of singing.
30:26It's true.
30:28In show business,
30:30even if you lose,
30:32you'll get it back.
30:34So, don't move
30:36because you'll get it back.
30:57Earlier, we talked to Cheche,
30:59Tita Silvia's daughter.
31:01Now, on the phone,
31:03we have Jaya.
31:05Hello, Jaya.
31:07Hello, good morning to all of you.
31:09Hello, we're with your mom.
31:11Hi, Jelly.
31:13Your mom said that you didn't
31:15dress her up with sequins today.
31:17She said
31:19I always have a stage show.
31:21My mom always has an opening number.
31:23She always has a production number.
31:25So, I told her to tone down
31:27her outfits.
31:29Especially in the sun.
31:31She needs less sequins.
31:33Do you agree?
31:35Of course, I agree.
31:37It's a synchro.
31:39That's why you're so thin.
31:41You're wearing a towel.
31:43You look like a grandma.
31:45Hi, Tita Silvia.
31:47Jaya, earlier, your mom said
31:49that she raised you to be independent.
31:51That's true.
31:53So that you're not
31:55depending on her all the time
31:57when she can't be with you.
31:59Yes, that's true.
32:01As a matter of fact,
32:03I learned how to wash
32:05at the age of 6 or 7.
32:07Because she always says
32:09when you come to America,
32:11there's no one to help you.
32:13You'll learn how to cook, wash,
32:15organize your clothes, plant.
32:17So, when I was in Grade 1,
32:19I used to jeep alone.
32:21I used to wash my clothes.
32:23Which is, you know,
32:25most of the kids,
32:27of course,
32:29I see in my classmates,
32:31they have drivers,
32:33they have nannies.
32:35When I was young,
32:37I learned how to be independent
32:39at a very young age.
32:41Because of her.
32:43It's her fault.
32:45How much of
32:47Elizabeth Ramsey
32:49is Jaya?
32:51How much?
32:53If you compare me to her,
32:55almost...
32:57You know what's weird?
32:59Her birthday is December 3rd.
33:01So that's 1, 2, 3.
33:03I'm March 21st.
33:053, 2, 1.
33:07Our birthdays
33:09are so strange.
33:11But I can compare myself
33:13to her.
33:15In a sense that
33:17I'm alone in my life.
33:19I'm alone.
33:21We don't have
33:23a lot of partners.
33:25You know what I mean, Janice, right?
33:31In our work,
33:33we're both workers.
33:35We're both soloists.
33:37In a sense that we're solo singers.
33:39We don't have a partner.
33:41We realize
33:43only ourselves.
33:45In our work,
33:47it's almost the same.
33:49Elizabeth Ramsey is
33:51almost 80% like me.
33:53The only thing I can't
33:55be like her is her
33:57outfit.
33:59And the fact that she put on
34:01her makeup at 8 in the morning.
34:03Because when she goes out,
34:05she should look like
34:07Elizabeth Ramsey.
34:09I don't think I can do that.
34:11It's too early.
34:13And my daughter
34:15is pitiful.
34:17I forced you to sing
34:19because I can't
34:21afford $50.
34:23So I forced you to sing
34:25early in the morning.
34:27I put on heavy clothes.
34:29She was crying.
34:31I want to finish my studies.
34:33I want to be a doctor
34:35so that when I'm sick,
34:37I can sing.
34:39But I can't.
34:41Do you know that
34:43when I was young, she brainwashed me
34:45that she's going to die.
34:47That's why I can't understand
34:49what I'm going to do with my life.
34:51She's going to die
34:53because she's old.
34:55So she said,
34:57I'm going to die.
34:59I cried.
35:01The whole way through.
35:03If there's one thing you want to say to your mom,
35:05what is it?
35:07She always talks to you.
35:09Without her,
35:11I'm nothing.
35:13That's the first and foremost fact.
35:15If she's not there,
35:17I'm nothing.
35:19Secondly,
35:21if it's not because of her advice
35:23on work,
35:25life,
35:27I'm nothing.
35:29Because
35:31most of the time,
35:33my mom,
35:35her advice,
35:37to be honest,
35:39she doesn't have a shortcut
35:41when it comes to love, sex,
35:43money, career.
35:45She's very straight up.
35:47That's why I learned at a very young age
35:49that I really have
35:51to be independent
35:53because at any time, she can go away.
35:55But fortunately, we still have her.
35:57All of us.
35:59I'm very proud of her.
36:01Mom, we're proud of you.
36:03You know that.
36:05I can't do anything anymore.
36:07I'm the mother, she's the daughter.
36:11Someone's laughing.
36:13That's it.
36:15It's the other way around.
36:17I'm tired of being a mother.
36:19That's why I told you, you're the mother,
36:21I'm the daughter.
36:23Cheating.
36:25To all of the people,
36:27if you see us cheating,
36:29it's natural for us to shout
36:31sometimes.
36:33For the two of us,
36:35it's not good if we don't raise our voices.
36:37We're really singers.
36:39We need to talk a lot.
36:41The volume is high.
36:43But if there's one person
36:45that I respect
36:47and admire
36:49and who inspires me,
36:51there's only one, that's my mom.
36:53No one can compare to her.
36:55Her beauty, the way she exudes
36:57confidence.
36:59Beauty, right?
37:01Thank you, Jaya.
37:03Thank you very much.
37:05Did your mom die?
37:07Yes, your mom died.
37:09Thank you very much, Denise.
37:11Thank you, mom!
37:15I think Jaya had a hard time.
37:17Raising a mother.
37:19And she can't say
37:21that I'm ugly,
37:23I'll kill her.
37:25That's why,
37:27in the end, my mom is beautiful.
37:29Be careful,
37:31if you make a mistake.
37:33You need to live for yourself
37:35and your family.
37:37Just like that day in Clover,
37:39every minute,
37:41you're ugly, you're black.
37:43So, if I don't do that,
37:45I'll shout here,
37:47I'll shout here,
37:49I'll shout here,
37:51I'll shout here,
37:53I'll shout here,
37:55I'll shout here,
37:57I'll shout here,
37:59I'll shout here.
38:03How can you compare
38:05previous performers with today's performers?
38:07That's different, right?
38:09The rhythms in the old times were different from the dangerous ones now.
38:11In the dangerous times,
38:13no one wears clothes anymore.
38:15The day before, we wore the same clothes.
38:19In the old days, you're wearing less clothes.
38:21What do you mean?
38:23You're wearing sexy clothes.
38:25Because I'm a rock n' roll artist, I do that kind of stuff.
38:28I've seen a lot of people doing concerts.
38:31The other day, we were always dressed in gowns.
38:34Yes, we had to wear gowns.
38:37Now, the audience has accepted it.
38:40The other day, you didn't have enough gowns, the producer didn't accept you.
38:44It's really expensive to buy gowns.
38:47Not necessarily.
38:49No, I'm just kidding.
38:51Who's going to do a vlog with a gown?
38:53We never go on stage dressed casually.
38:57When you go on stage, you're a star.
39:01You're bright. You have brilliance.
39:04I'm like that. I used to be dark.
39:08But when they turned off the lights, I was gone.
39:15What are the differences here?
39:18Do you change?
39:20For example, when you're a guest on a show,
39:23do you change?
39:25It's so different.
39:27It's a different theme.
39:29It's different.
39:31Of course, what we did that day is different from what we do now.
39:34But we accepted it because it's a modern time.
39:37But, Dai, the songs of that day are still not dead.
39:40They're still the same.
39:42Now, if you make a rap,
39:44it's like you wrapped all the songs.
39:46It's gone.
39:48You threw it in the trash.
39:50But until now, Frank Sinatra's songs…
39:51It stays forever.
39:53The songs last.
39:55Now, sometimes the songs become popular,
39:58but after a few months, it's gone.
40:00It's gone. It's trash.
40:02Well, what if Queen of Rock and Roll and Queen of Kondiman are together?
40:08Let's listen to Elizabeth Ramsey.
40:10That's where you'll find out.
40:12That's where we'll find out.
40:14Elizabeth Ramsey and Cyril de la Torre.
41:20for our vertical blinds,
41:22Grand Flora,
41:23The Barnyard,
41:24Wade Shoes,
41:25Janeline Shoes,
41:26Cal Computer School,
41:2759 Glowmen,
41:29and Union Square.
41:32It's fun.
41:34First of all, we would like to thank Mr. Butch Bitaflor for once again
41:39joining us today.
41:41He's really super super.
41:43Yes, resident music man.
41:46Resident music man.
41:48But it's great because
41:50Original Divas
41:52has changed.
41:53The music has evolved.
41:54It has changed.
41:55But
41:56they're still there.
41:57When you listen to their songs,
41:58it's different.
41:59When you listen to their songs now,
42:01when you listen to their songs now,
42:03they sang their old songs.
42:05It's different.
42:06It's still fun.
42:08It's still fun to watch.
42:10And what's more fun is
42:12you can see their love for their work,
42:15for what they did.
42:16It's still there.
42:17They're still there.
42:18Exactly.
42:19Ms. Bita Beth is a rocker.
42:21And Ms. Sylvia is a classical singer.
42:24When you listen to their songs,
42:25it's the same.
42:26The kind of entertainment
42:27that they give their public
42:29is the same.
42:30It's the same.
42:31It's the same.
42:32Even if they're different.
42:33Their devotion
42:34is unparalleled.
42:35It's unparalleled.
42:37Well, thank you so much
42:38for joining us today.
42:41See you again tomorrow.
42:43Bye.