Nothing silent about Orange and Lemons these days though. From being just another one of those rock groups filling up the scenery these days, it has become one of the hottest sellers. In fact, it has turned out that there are no lemons as far as songs by this group are concerned. All that it has been turning out are gold and juicy oranges that turn platinum. Like Hanggang Kailan (Umuwi Ka Na Baby) and Heaven Knows (This Angel Has Flown), the first two singles from Strike Whilst the Iron is Hot and of course the overly ubiquitous Pinoy Ako.
Thanks to those hits, Orange and Lemons now do shampoo commercials like Abot Kamay and movie themes like Blue Moon. The latter is no ordinary movie theme. It is the old song composed by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, which will be used in the upcoming local movie of the same title. This means that Orange and Lemons has been given the chance to do its take on a well-loved standard. Great. It was daring of the boys to do the song and I hope that it woke them up to new possibilities in the future.
These songs make up the bonus AVCD that now comes with every copy of Strike. This contains the videos for Hanggang Kailan (Umuwi Ka Na Baby) and Heaven Knows (This Angel Has Flown) plus audios of Pinoy Ako, Abot Kamay and Blue Moon, plus what they call the Naked Versions of Hanggang Kailan and Heaven Knows and a radio edit of Blue Moon. The main album stands as is with the title cut, Hanggang Kailan, Cycle of Love, Rock-A-Bye, Pabango ng ‘yong Mata, Heaven Knows, Yer So Special, The Nerve, Caught in a Line, Lihim, Chatter’s Tale and Tomorrow.
Orange and Lemons is made up of Clem Castro on electric guitar and vocals, McCoy Fundales on acoustic guitar and vocals, JM Del Mundo on bass guitar and Ace Del Mundo on drums. Clem and McCoy are the main songwriters. They all come from Bulacan and say that they are here to provide the right sort of musical nourishment to today’s listeners. They still have to tell though who among them is the Orange and who are the Lemons.