When the supposed second act began with the sad news that (then) Eraserheads’ Ely Buendia had to be rushed to the hospital, I didn’t know how to react. I wanted more music but incidents like this can happen. Ely finished the first set like a seasoned trooper. Those in front would recount his eyes doing weird movements during the last (two?) song(s). As of the time of this writing, news had it that Ely’s condition is now stable and he’s recuperating well. EDIT: we must still continue praying for Ely’s condition :(
The crowd got their fix of nostalgia, them singing along with a vengeance as one by one Eheads songs played with numbing familiarity. The Eraserheads played 15 songs in all and the crowd loved every bit of it (except maybe for Light Years but, hey, we’ll take anything we can). The now-ex band members incorporated improvements into some of their original material via musical arrangement tweakings and added guitar effects. I haven’t seen a local band perform on a stage THAT grand! And the audience could well be the most peaceful and well mannered crowd in the collective span of Eraserheads concert history. I’m blabbering incoherently, sorry.
Watch out for more great photos from JayDJ because he and Aileen got dibs on proximity to the stage with their VIP passes. [EDIT: and here are his photos! w00t!] Whodathunk that Patrons (bearer of the P1,300 tickets) are to be lumped WAY TOO FAR away from the stage, huh?! THEY HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME, RIGHT?! I wouldn’t have seen anything if it weren’t for those big-ass screens! FUCKED UP I WAS, I TELL YOU.
I congratulate Philip Morris for coming up with a great program because, come on, new organizers can’t do that shit in a span of three days! You should be proud of yourselves, PM guys! Kudos to Radiohead Media Solutions, too, for carrying out the task with minimal glitch. With that much people in the audience, I think it’s safe to assume that the show was a huge hit.
The most exciting/nervewrecking part of the program was what I’d call the “countdown to showtime.” See video below to know what I mean (for those who didn’t get to watch the concert first hand). Pardon the distance because that’s the only size my P1,300 can afford to take from where we were. Those textual effects I’ve incorporated in the video are all “home made” using Adobe After Effects. Why the effort? Because I can. LOL.
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Jayvee, has a more complete footage, down to Alapaap. Watchit, watchit!
So that’s done. I got my fix. In closing, to the band, dudes, THANK YOU for taking us down memory lane. Good times!
I WORE A STINK WITH PRIDE DURING THE CONCERT BECAUSE THAT’S HOW REAL ROCKSTARS ROLL! (g_rock_n_roll) LOL
With what we saw from the screens, the DVD of the concert will be worth waiting for fo sho! This wraps up my series of Eheads Concert related posts (1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in all and this is the 6th). Thanks for visiting!
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Interesting links about the concert elsewhere:
- Karla Redor plurked that this site by Jorem Catilo probably has the best Eraserheads photos she had seen so far. I concur!
- Karla’s just about the best resource there is right now for news and developments on everything Eraserheads related. She shared another set of photos from an album set by Mari Arquiza, rock photographer, from the rehearsals down to the concert proper.
- Gang Badoy interviews Marcus Adoro, Raimund Marasigan, and Buddy Zabala in three separate articles for inquirer.net’s “YOU: For The Interactive Youth” section, 09.05.08. Thanks, Gang, you rockstar you!
- K of Ideography shares a long-ish post that tells all and more with, “No stilettos for backstage pass: 083008, the Reunion Concert“
- RockersWorld shares a repost of an now-made-private, multiply hosted entry entitled, “Eraserheads Reunion Concert: What we could have seen.” EDIT: The original entry is now once again live. You may see it through here and here in a post entitled “Now It Can Be Told”.
- From the Inquirer’s Soundtrip Blog, Erwin Oliva shares three separate videos showing three whole songs performed during the concert with “An Eraserheads reunion repeat? Watch their video from The Fort.”
- Gibbs Cadiz shares the link (third bullet point in this post) plus a video of the Philippine Philharmonic Orchestra playing Eraserheads songs in a medley: “An exclusive interview with the Eraserheads”
- Ilaya Ilaya made a post that made me cry. Twice. At work. SRSLY. Read it here: Eraserheads Reunion.
- Another very emotional personal account from plurk’s missyosigirl: “Legen – wait for it – dary: Eraserheads Reunion Concert“
- AJ of baklaako.com shares a video interview he did a few minutes after the concert ended in a post entitled “Bakla Goes To The Eraserheads Reunion Concert”
- Faith renders a longer video spanning the entire concert, in chops, at tanggera.com.
- Markku shares his concert experience with Hana is this post.
- Arbet updated the entire plurk community with songs as they were played. Read about account here.
- Binggoy shares his in this heartfelt blog entry.
- Photos I took before and during the concert sans the Eraserheads LOL.
EDITED: March 2, 2009
Twitter Updates
31 August 2008 at 9:29 am
nostalgic… i know and i can sense that ely is in bad condition since the very first part of the concert… how sad.. ganyan talaga…haayy… bitin e…sana when ely got fully recovered may part 2 pa…dba?!
31 August 2008 at 10:45 am
weird. i may not have been that perceptive. i did see him sit down after light years and hug his guitar. i knew something was up then. SO SAD yet no one can rant, right? coz it wasn’t a waste of money at all. but now i really get what high and dry means. eraserheads continues to be the BEST BAND IN THE PINAS y’all. ya better recognize.
*prayers for ely*
31 August 2008 at 1:37 pm
salamat sa red horse.
sapagkat si ely ay nasa Tshirt.
31 August 2008 at 1:39 pm
my take ..
di ko lang alam kung lasing ako dahil sa 2 bottles of red horse and 2 bottles of SML.. i just wrote this..
dude frits halos nasa same vantage point lang tayo hehehe
31 August 2008 at 1:39 pm
http://binggoy.blogspot.com/2008/08/eraserheads-reunion-concert.html
31 August 2008 at 3:44 pm
dear rockstar fritz,
sorry we couldn’t stay. we were both coughing and sneezing on the way home. we only heard about Ely’s situation afterwards. Sayang hindi kami nakajoin sa inyo for the post gimik!
31 August 2008 at 3:50 pm
Got your message nga eh. You missed the mass-exit lang naman. I felt very dehydrated after and my feet and legs still hurt. You guys be well now!
31 August 2008 at 3:52 pm
Wish nating lahat yan, walang duda. XD
31 August 2008 at 3:58 pm
Now that you mentioned it, ngayon ko lang rin naintindihan ang high and dry na yan. Pwede na! That was one momentous event and I’m glad we’re in it. I still shake my head in amazement every time I remember.
31 August 2008 at 3:59 pm
LOL must be your head blocking the cam’s view there! :D
1 September 2008 at 12:59 pm
I wanna post my vids, pero masyadong Blair Witch dating XD
1 September 2008 at 6:48 pm
That’s because we’re so darn far from the akshunn. LOL I saw this one guy’s footage from the foot of the stage. He just totally gayed when the Heads came out. He like “came out,” too. So footage PHAIL for him, too LOL
1 September 2008 at 7:43 pm
“Like, OMG, Ely pare, pakasalan moko!”
1 September 2008 at 7:53 pm
I sent you a provate plurk with the link HUHLOLOLOLOLOLOLZ!
3 September 2008 at 8:20 am
first of all, thank you for the blog and plurk updates regarding the concert. sobrang taas na ata ng phone bill ko — i would access plurk using my phone (because office internats are fail like that) just to get updates from you (and karla redor hehe).
if ever there is going to be a part 2, dapat nasa VIP na tayo! hindi nako papayag na ganon kalayo kay Ely!!!
3 September 2008 at 5:21 pm
Pwede paki-email nung link kasi my privates are missing kamusta naman yon diba!!!!
3 September 2008 at 8:29 pm
correction, SVIP dapat or its equivalent. PUTANGINA PARING LAYO TALAGA NG HINAYUPAK NA PATRON AREA NA YAN NA PARANG ANUBA. MAGBENTA KAYO NG MAS MAHAL AT BIBILHIN KO! BWAKANGINANG SHIT NA YAN!
More calmer and back to Zen now, I’m glad we’ve seen it kung sinu-sino pa man ang iba nating kasama dun sa lugar natin. Masaya na rin. Walang gulo. For the record, the people in the patron area rocked the hardest in that shindig. I mean listen to the background audio and compare the noise in the footage from the posh front area and those taken from ours. Get what I mean? Yeah, we still rocked that joint YES! XD
3 September 2008 at 8:42 pm
Emailed you the video cap of LULZ
3 September 2008 at 9:24 pm
“The crowd got their fix of nostalgia, them singing along with a vengeance as one by one Eheads songs played with numbing familiarity.”
CAN’T HELP BUT AGREE. Even if I’m not really familiar with the songs (I was around 5-8 years old when Eheads was rampant) – I still got my own nostalgic feeling about it. It was my first, and yet the best, concert I’ve ever got into.
Too bad Ely was hospitalized. But still, it’s the best! (C’mon, either way, it’s still the best).
And it’s FREE! HAHA. :D
3 September 2008 at 10:45 pm
Wow! Lucky you na yung first mo is this grand! And we’re aged not that far apart naman LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
4 September 2008 at 6:20 am
salamat sa pagbanggit! mabuhay si ely, ang eheads, at sa lahat ng naiiyak dahil sa kanila kahit pa tirik pa ang araw :D
5 September 2008 at 12:23 pm
I love you,, ERASERHEADS….the best talaga kayo….thank you kasi pinagbigyan niyo kaming mga milyun-milyong fans niyo na makita ulit kayo na magperform ng live as one…..thank you talaga Master Ely, Raimund, Marcus and Buddy…..
Sana maging maayos na ang condition ni Ely,,,and sana magkaroon ulit ng Eraserheads Reunion Concert the 2,,Ituloy ang Rock n’ Roll!!,,,:)….
26 December 2009 at 4:48 pm
ang gwapo mU tLga eLy!!!!!!!!!!!nKaKalOka unG kA gwApuHaN muH!!!!!!