Born Edgardo Jose Martin Santiago Valenciano, he is better known as Gary V, Mr. Pure Energy. Eleven times he got the Best Male Performer of Awit Awards which he really deserves. He has twenty-six albums to his name.
He is a contract artist of ABS-CBN. Some of his songs are theme songs of soap operas and mostly box-office hit movies of Star Cinema.
His first television appearance was in “The Pilita and Jackie show” sometime 1982, followed by Germspesyal then Penthouse Live. His first solo performance was at the Araneta Coliseum in the year 1984.
He is also an actor who was nominated as “Best Single Performer by an Actor” in the PMPC Star Awards for TV for his role in the Maalaala Mo Kaya episode where he played a prisoner who did an about face and turned back to Christ. He is always in the Holy Week drama special, Gulong, produced by GMA 7.
He just released his new album Replay last year with “Did It Ever” as carrier single.
If you have seen him on stage, and for sure you have, you would know in an instant why he is called Mr. Pure Energy. He gyrates, dances and does body maneuvers while singing. How he sings! He can be seen every Sunday noon at ASAP. When he is the one singing, you can feel the audience listening. Even his colleagues in the industry sit up and listen to him. You can also see how they respect him.
What I also like about him is that he does not exaggerate his facial expressions like somebody in his genre. It looks as if he is a very decent fellow who expects respect and gets it.
One of his songs that I like is “How did you Know”. It is all about meeting someone when you needed someone to have a positive effect on your life. It is a rather common idea for a song but the way it was sung and the melody gave it a new poignant twist.
Have you heard of Gary V’s “Take Me Out of the Dark”? I am sure you have. Who have not? It is a very beautiful ecumenical spiritual song.
Ecumenical in the sense that I can relate to it as we have the same God although different ways of showing our love and adoration for Him. I know he is Born-Again and I am Roman Catholic but nevertheless, it does not stop me from appreciating the song, singing along with him, and being touched by the lyrics. The wordings of the lyrics are the same things I ask God about.
It speaks of God’s love for us even if we hurt him by sinning again and again. The song is also asking us to trust in God wholeheartedly. Oftentimes, hearing this words does not fail to prick my conscience because I am guilty of not putting my trust in God.
I always wanted to know the what and the why and the how of every thing especially if something is not good or if something has disappointed me. It sometimes gives me goosebumps particularly if I am on an “emo” mood, as adolescents say nowadays.
Everybody should listen to spiritual songs now and then but most specifically in the morning to start our day right, especially if it is sung by Gary V.
“You’ve never left my side, You gave Your hand to me to hold, Oh Jesus, I’m no longer in the cold” Nice, isn’t it?
On the lighter side, I love his song “Di Bale na Lang”. It is a dance-y song, all about a suitor who is waiting a long time for a girl who cannot decide whether she loves him or not. He is ready to give up but then he is not moving on because he really loves the girl. Poor boy. Also, poor girl.
“Natutulog ba ang Diyos” is another song of Gary V. I like. It is all about a person who thinks that since she is lonely, God is sleeping. She is waiting for God to show her the way not knowing that the way to her happiness is already there just waiting for her to act on it. O ye of little faith.
“Sikapin mo, pilitin mong tibayan ang iyong puso, tanging ikaw ang huhubog sa yong bukas…”. It applies to everybody. No one can make us happy but ourselves.
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