Eraserheads

[atomic_punk]

I met Ely while studying at the University of the Philippines.  There were several of us who hung around together.  Ely, Manok (Ely's roommate), Irl, Tano, Redel, Ogie, Chappy or Paeng (depending on who you were talking to at the time), Efren, Luci (short for Lucifer because we all thought he was the nth coming of the anti-Christ), Mondski and myself.  We all lived in Kalayaan Residence Hall, the freshmen dormitory at UP.  Everyone of us in the group, except Luci and Ogie, lived on the 3rd floor.  Yeah, we did a lot of drinking then and every night was isaw night because all they served at Kalayaan was tinolang itlog.  The isaw vendor across the street, wedged between the Coop and, I think, the street entrance to Area 1, let us drink liquor by his stand, mostly bilogs and flats because we did not have enough money for beer. We'd stay there until Kalayaan curfew (kind of an oxymoron isn't it, Kalayaan and curfew) then I'd shove all of our leftover libations into my gym bag.  Ely, Tano and Paeng would distract Ate Elves ( the security guard ) while I passed through the main door so she would not notice the clanking sounds inside my bag.  Ely and the other guys would stick around the lobby cavorting with the females and generally making, pa-cute, until last bell rang and it was really time to retire for the night. 

 

In truth the night, for us, was just beginning.  After bed check, we would all make our way towards Ely's and Manok's room towards the end of the hallway.  We drank whatever liquor we had left while listening to Ely and Luci play the guitar and sing songs by the Cure, U2, REM, Siouxsie and the Banshees and the like.  We engaged in useless banter and, sometimes, worthwhile discussions confronting the "Isko ng Bayan."  For example, thoughful advocacy of how a big boob girl really was more appealing than a cute perky butt girl or vice versa; philosophical, if we thought that one person was an ahole, in all probability that person was an ahole;  physics, how the hell does one particular big boob girl keep from falling forward dragged by all that weight; literature, critiques of Cactus Jack's vandal wars against NDF (we all thought that CJ was Ely), written and posted behind almost every bathroom stall door on the 3rd floor, etc. When we were bored, we simply pointed Efren's binoculars towards the Yakal's girls' wing, the upperclassmen dormitory right across us, and were treated to shows quite like no other.  We stayed up all night most of the time.  Those nights are still vivid in my mind.    I left UP at the end of my sophomore year, 1989. As children, we were carefree and saw nothing as it really was.

 

Years later, I heard from Irl, he became a UP Concert Chorus member and toured the States with them, that Ely had made it big with a band.  Ely and I met in Chicago, where I lived, around 1998 when the Eraserheads toured the US.  I went to one of their scheduled autograph signings. We both had so much stories to tell. He had kept in touch with most of the guys.  I knew Ely as a friend and I was so happy for him. 

 

As I left that meeting to pick up my then girlfriend from work, I turned my radio to the National Public Radio station.  I caught the last verses of a poetry reading which, looking back, I think reflects the times that the Eraserheads sang in their songs:

 

  "I learned about life from life itself.

  Love, I learned in a single kiss,

  And could teach no one nothing.

  Except that I have lived

  With something in common among men,

  In fighting with them

  And in saying all their say in their songs."

 

It seems that my friend has said what he's had to say in songs and it has brought you all far more riches in life than troves of treasure.  For their songs remain in your heart and though they may be significant to each of us for different reasons, their significance derives from each of the lives that we have led and in each of its part that we have met. 

 

 

My apologies for quite a lengthy post.  Be well.

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Cool! Who would have thought right?

 

Some people just have a gift and probably some luck too. One of the best pinoy bands ever.

[newbie182]

yeah men eheads..rule....!!!!!!!!!!!

[ayatolah]

mga tol napakingga mo ba yung nasaan ka ng pupils?kakatuwa marinig feeling ko me eheads pa rin.... :boo:

[pogingpogi2x]

Question: Sino ang original na Manager ng Eraserheads?

[ayatolah]

NASAAN KA?

Pupil

[D]kaninang umaga nag[F#m]ising ako

may bak[A]as ng ngiti sa mukha

[D]kasama kita sa aki[F#m]ng panaginip

sasab[A]ihin ko dapat sa'yo

 

pero wal[D]a ka n[bm]a

wal[D]a ka n[bm]a pal[A]a

wal[D]a ka n[bm]a aah[A]h...

 

[D]nanlilisik, na[F#m]mimilipit sa ga[A]lit

um[D]iikot ang aki[F#m]ng paningin

sa [A]mga tanong na di kayang sagutin

di [D]na makikita di [F#m]na mahawakan ang maga[A]nda mong mukha pagkat

 

[D]wala ka [bm]na

[D]wala ka [bm]na pa[A]la

[D]wala ka [bm]na aa[A]hh...

 

[Gm-Em] nasaan [D]ka,[Gm-Em] nasaan [D]ka

Gm Em D(PAUSE)

nawala nang parang bula

 

[D]wala ka [bm]na

[D]wala ka [bm]na pal[A]a

[D]wala ka [bm]na aah[A]h...

 

[D] mahah[Em]anap din k[Gm]ita

[D] [Em] [Gm]

mahahanap din kita

[D] mahah[Em]anap din k[Gm]ita(kung may langit nga ba)

[D] mahah[Em]anap din k[Gm]ita

 

[D] mahah[Em]anap din k[Gm]ita

[D] mahah[Em]anap din k[Gm]ita aahh...

 

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[magnus]

Natutuwa ako kay Punk Zappa (Circus).

 

Yeah Eheads rock!!! Watched their concert sa Bacolod. People went wild and the concert was stopped. But I didn't mind... I had lots of fun already!!!

[Guest rotc1990]

Bakit kaya sila naghiwahiwalay? Ano ba talaga ang dahilan?

[xycho_g]

Bakit kaya sila naghiwahiwalay? Ano ba talaga ang dahilan?

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ang alam ko..they are still good friends but everybody agreed that they had to move on...

[Kurtsky Keigee]

kala ko tuloy ung planong reunion concert nila pero rumour lang pala

[pepe_man]

galing talaga nila!

[depository]

idol talga e-heads.. ewan ko bat nawala sila..

 

may pinagawayan daw sila..

 

e mukhang ayaw na ni eli sa e-heads.. sayang..

[redmagnumdevil357]

how erasearheads made history not just simply because they are great bands back in the 90's.

but they made history because they create music in different ways.

 

is there any bands wins the MTV AWARDS even though the listening public does'nt know what they

are singing coz they understand chinese at that time by the song " ANG HULING EL BIMBO"

 

in every gig they went too the crowd expected to be wild when they here there music.

 

what album i like the most.. CUTTERPILLOW

 

 

 

to bad they disbanded.... in memory of the band as the sing

 

ito na ang " HULING EL BIMBO"

[mustang_ride]

Yesterday, they were a band

Now, they are a classic

Tomorrow, they will be legends

 

E-heads simply rocked the 90s world. As for me, they pioneered in what have been seen as the Rennaissance of Rock and OPM. The band is just as good as its gets and they're daym the finest. They have influenced a lot of people, mostly the bands of today. Kumbaga, they were like The Beatles, only in street clothes and muzzled hair (and no moptops).

[Firewolf9]

ang galing ng ultraelectromagneticjam...astig

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I think it is ultraelectromagneticPOP! :cool:

[_Steroid_]

at times, i cant help to question ely in my head why he had to let go of the band. for me their the best opm band ever. it felt like every song depicts the natural occurences and events of a "common tao's" daily life, emotions felt, wat goes in his mind everyday..

 

the messages enclosed in every simple words are very much felt by heart and always remembered by mind..

 

nothing beats Minsan, With a Smile, Alapaap and Magasin of their second album Circus; Poorman's Grave and Fill her from their third album Cutterpillow and Hard to believe from their album sticker happy.