{"id":9421,"date":"2015-02-25T06:14:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T06:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teampcheng.wordpress.com\/2015\/02\/25\/tayo-nalang-dalawa-album-review"},"modified":"2015-02-25T06:14:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T06:14:00","slug":"tayo-nalang-dalawa-album-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.teampcheng.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/tayo-nalang-dalawa-album-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Tayo Nalang Dalawa Album Review"},"content":{"rendered":"
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For me a traditionally good album is one that has songs that can make you feel different emotions – from happy and dancing to one song to a bit sentimental and reflective to the next. Another criteria of a good album (for me at least) is when the artists bring in other techniques, uses other instruments and features other artists and all of this is in Mayonnaise’s Tayo Nalang Dalawa album.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>With 10 diverse tracks, Tayo Nalang Dalawa <\/i>(or TNLD) is my favorite album of 2014. I know that this review is super late already, especially considering that we go to Mayonnaise gigs (Yellow Room Nights and Mismo Prosuction events whenever we can) I say whenever we can because of our unconventional and ugly schedules (night shift and working on weekends).\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Even before the album was released we already got to hear a few of the songs from the album. When we first heard “Parang” <\/i>and “Tayo Nalang Dalawa” <\/i>being performed in live gigs we were immediately hung up on the songs, they were up-beat and catchy and the memorable and playful lyrics will make sure of your LSS.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/div>\n

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Speaking of lyrics- let’s talk about that for a while. I have heard some songwriters say that it’s hard to write in Tagalog <\/i>since it comes out as “too cheesy” <\/i>or too dramatic. This is not the case though for Mayonnaise front man Monty Macalino who also pens the lyrics in their songs, his use of the vernacular in the lyrics have made the songs current, relatable and memorable to the listeners. Even without the use of fancy words, their well known colloquial charm <\/i>has endeared them to fans ever since their break through in the OPM Scene after winning the Red Horse Muziklaban in 2004 (more than 10 years ago!).\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Allow me to take a different course in this album review as I will also be writing about the music videos that came with each single as well as some elements in the songs which I think are worth noting.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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