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top 5 eraserheads the final set experience

March 8, 2009 · 3 Comments

my recap – eraserheads the final set…

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1. the opening song was magasin! one of my favorites! the crowd wet wild, meron pang fire works sa stage! binago pa ni ely ang lyrics …. “pero pangit ka pa nun… hanggang ngayon…”, i was hoping they would start the concert with this song and they did! then after several songs… raimund handling over his drumsticks to jazz of itchyworms band to sang lead in insomya, alkohol and slo mo. he’s the one with the most energy among the four i would say during that night. he would ran from one end of the stage to the other and even sing very close to ely and they would share a mike! siguro nga talagang they have finally called truce and have set aside differences. they made a lot of fans happy with this :-D

2. kita sa concert that it was thoughtfully staged with great consideration for ely’s condition : they started the 2nd set lounging, they did accoustic versions fo julietearjerky and pare ko. para tuloy sobrang nostalgic ang dating when they sang pare ko that way. one time in the concert, ely shouted — okay lang ba kayo? crowd — OO! then some would shout back — ikaw ba okay lang??? hehehehe… mukha namang okay sya.

3. different renditions of their all time hits : kailan – with only the piano playing, kayang kaya pa rin ni ely even thought kitang kita na pagod na sya, minsan – nostalgic again when they sang this because this is one of my favorites again being a dorm girl myself, overdrive - meron fire works sa stage! (raimund smiled when the first spark happened, he was obviously pleased), alapaap - i have never heard it performed this good ever at syempre ang huling el bimbo – which was their finale (not!) and lasted for 6 minutes tops! they sang it like it will be the last time they will. 

4. the crowd is composed of a sea (yes dears, ganun kadami) of fanatics who sang together with the band song after song. ely need not say – sing! kanta! kayo naman! because almost everyone knew the song by heart. everyone knew and is waiting for superproxy but is not sure how they will considering they are planning to sing this with francis m (rip), so when they did, the crowd went wild and sang with them. ely and raimund did the rap part together. they even sang francis’ kaleidoscope world.

5. the best treat of all was when the final finale (oo meron nun). after huling el bimbo, when all the fireworks are done, ely had said thank you, we are the eraserheads! they gathered together akbay-akbay, tapos yung giant screens back to mtv promo videos na naman, we were on our way out bumili lang muna kami ng iinumin, biglang si raimund said — gusto nyo pa ba?, then andun na si buddy, mamya sabi ni raimund, tawagin nyo si ely then andun na si ely then sabi tawagin nyo si markus. the crowd went wild again! we see ely, raimund and buddy talking on what to play. finally sabi ni ely – three for the road. they performed with ely just singing nalang - ligaya, sembreak ang toyang. such a treat!

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more sad news

March 6, 2009 · 2 Comments

sad news came my way again kaninang lunch time habang malungkot ako dahil ang aking lunch period e nilamon na naman ng meeting.

according to my ate’s email, francis m died already :-(

kaya pala it’s been 6 weeks since his last blog entry sa blog nya.

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you continue to inspire me. you fought this one well. may you rest in peace…

read about the news in the philippine daily inquirer.

edit on 7 march 2009…

more news from the the pdi on francis m’s happy battle.

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francis m’s battle with C

October 26, 2008 · Leave a Comment

francis m is back! he’s been been back for some time now and fans like me are just proud and inspired on what he went through and is going through. francis m enjoyed the peek of his career when we were in high school, uso nun ang rap (rap era nga ata kaming children of the 90’s) and he is the true filipino master rapper.

my favorite song of francis is kaleidoscope world. a simple song about people being different and giving color to the world we share. deep ba? :-)

i learned of his battle with the big C in the blog community. upon reading it, nag-google agad ako ng new about it. he is right now going through chemotheraphy and has shown very good results in his first session. he documents this battle in this multiply site. basahin nyo, very, very inspiring.

http://francismagalona.multiply.com/

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i wrote him a message last night on how i feel inspired by his battle and how i admire his courage. i told him my personal experience with the big C, too. here’s his reply to me :

Thank you anne….this is a test, and pass or fail, I took the test.
thank you too francis, you continue to inspire us…

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