Generation Eraserheads

Tonight, Ely, Raymund, Marcus, and Buddy will be performing in front of thousands of Eraserheads fans. I am one of your die-hard fans. I am not happy with how other NGOs and the DOH itself handled this. This is supposedly a free concert sponsored by Philip Morris. Anyway, I don’t care if this is not free. I’d pay even if it costs me a month-worth of moolah for the Eraserheads.They have been my inspiration since high school. And nothing changed a bit up to now.

1. I was able to convince my mom to buy me a guitar when  I was in junior high by singing Pare Ko and Magasin. That guitar is now with mordsith — we’ve planned a perfect demolition for it but we are still waiting for the perfect time.
2. My attempt to be a writer was inspired by With a Smile. You know that writing style where you take a couple of lines at a time from a song then write something about it? Well, I know how old-school that was but it worked for me… still does.
3. raserheads is the reason why I only have 3 close friends in high school. The rest are just acquaintances. We are only 4 in the group because we wanted to imitate the group. And modesty aside (yeah, right!), we were THE group back then in high school. Haha.
4. The high school graduation song was supposed to be Minsan, a song I personally suggested to the teachers looking over the graduation program. But because they thought it was too loud, they changed it to Next in Line. &*%&*%! But because I have a little influence with our Yearbook people, I managed to insert a short article (sort of With a Smile in #2 above)… Minsan. It’s just couple of page of text… and almost 10 pages of pictures which I selected myself!!! Ha! That was even better. (And Minsan was played after the valedictorian [*cough* yours *cough* truly *cough*] delivered his speech.)
5. When I was in college, I had a crush with a classmate, but the semester ended and I was not able to ask for her number. Torpedo gave me the assurance that I am not alone in the universe who’s like that. I felt normal — yeah, back then — because of that song.
6. Some firsts:
• first paid concert I attended was when these guys visited Pampanga (1997);
• first music video that I really liked so much: Trip to Jerusalem;
• first original audio tape (yeah! hehehe) I bought is Cutterpillow;
• first song I played using an electric guitar is Poorman’s Grave;

Eraserheads is not just a band. It is an icon of our generation. To quote an article I read from the Internet:

The Eraserheads have gone from being the biggest “flukes” to being the biggest thing ever to happen to the Philippine music industry.

And tonight’s concert will be the biggest concert of all time — at least in this present generation. My mom and dad had Beatles, Rico J Puno, and VST back then. This is the Eraserheads generation.

But I cannot watch you live in this concert. I cannot go there at The Fort tonight. I am sorry guys: I have to go see about a girl.