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Sunday, August 31, 2008

Eraserheads Reunion Concert


I've been a fan of the Eraserheads since college, but I never did get the privilege of seeing them live in concert during the height of their popularity. Imagine me hyperventilating in the board room when Ely Buendia showed up during a pow-wow to do a sample of the jingle of a brand I used to handle. I was literally jumping in my seat even before he started to sing the jingle. I had to contain myself though since it was a meeting. That surprise of the ad agency was the turn-key of the campaign. Check out how that fared here.

Fast-forward to 2008, rumors of an Eraserheads reunion have been floating around for years and I'm probably one of the millions of fans of the E-heads who wished for it. I was ecstatic when it was finally announced and my first worry back then was it coincided with the PBA! Nooooo! Good thing the organizers moved it to September 21 (be there!).

I must say that the reunion felt surreal. I was teary eyed when Ely started to sing since I never thought it possible that I would be able to watch them together. The first set went well and I was very happy that two of my favorite E-heads songs was played ("Fruitcake" and "Huwag Mong Itanong"), it was really a shock though when Ely's sister announced that they were cutting the concert short since Ely was rushed to the hospital. A short prayer was said and everyone then left the venue quietly. I hope and pray that Ely gets well soon.

Here a video blog about the concert, it has snippets from all the songs (save for one) and the announcement:



Thank you Sweetie for working hard to get us to watch the concert.

For more news about the concert please visit:
Inquirer.net
Philippine Entertainment Portal

10 comments:

  1. it must have been really nice to watch them in concert live. my daughter just came back from serendra, and it seemed that they were not able to complete the show? i just hope that eli buendia is all right.

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  2. Hey guys!

    Some pictures of the event can be seen here:
http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/shared/27556/3hc1rsq86z5yepm

    And a video of the intro here:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPx1p952kKo

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  3. This is a good video recap of the concert. :)

    -Joni

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  4. WAAAAhhhh!! I love this! XD

    I can say this is probably one of the immortal bands in the Philippine music industry.

    E-heads rule! :)

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  5. Hi Aileen. I stumbled upon the edited video of the Eheads reunion concert which you uploaded on YouTube. I posted it in my multiply site credited to aileenapolo. Thanks so much for your video!

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  6. great video blog!!! thanks!

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  7. Wow Aileen. Great coverage. At least you can say, you were there! Didn't know Ely was the one who worked on the Luk4 thingy.

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  8. I guess Ely is fine by now. Much thanks to the video as i get no chance to see them live!

    -Obnoxiousqueer.com

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  9. Anonymous10:38 AM

    i wish i could have seen this, i saw some of the videos and the energy levels were amazing ;-)

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