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"Ely Buendia,

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you don't need to hide anymore."

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Fans are urging Ely
to make good on his promise

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to reunite with his Eraserheads bandmates

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if Leni Robredo
runs for president in 2022.

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Even if it was in jest,
they badly want it for the people.

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Okay.

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Rolling.

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You go through life
and then you make plans with people.

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And then,

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and then one of
those people changes their minds.

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It's like, "Oh, no, no, no.
You can't get to do that."

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I didn't want to play the shows anymore.

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Like I said, I'd rather be somewhere else.

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We're not friends?

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We're more than friends.

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We were married to each other.

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I would not wish that on anyone.

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It really,

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It really hits

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very hard.

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UP LOOP - UP CAMPUS - MRT PANTRANCO

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There was a brief flowering of local music

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in the wake
of the euphoria following EDSA 1986.

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The music scene was largely underground.

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The culture was waiting
for something to happen

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and that's what the Eraserheads were.

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When I first met them,

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I have to be honest,
I wasn't really impressed.

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I had a band when I was a freshman.

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Most of the band members
went to seriously studying music.

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And I was left with no band.

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I was forced to place an ad in the dorm.

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Raymund, being old bandmates
with Ely in Sunday School

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decided to answer that.
To answer the audition post.

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Ah, they were not the type of
musicians I was looking for.

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It also appeared that
even personality-wise,

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I didn't think I would gel with them.

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I knew he didn't want it.

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It was like,
after the College of Music guys,

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you get us? Right?

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But he's not so outgoing
so I guess he got stuck with us.

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Lucky for us, we were
the only ones who auditioned.

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Just the three of us. Nobody else came.

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When he was looking at us,
he was just shaking his head.

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But you know,
we share the same, similar tastes.

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My band left me
and their vocalist left them,

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Raymund, Buddy, and Marcus' band.

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So we decided to join forces.

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That's when Eraserheads came to be.

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This next song is all about love.

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PLEASE USE SMALL BILLS
OR COINS IN THE MORNING

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And I wrote it all by myself.

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They tried to tell us

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We're too young

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Too young

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To really be in love

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I think it all happened when we recorded

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a demo on cassette in Raymund's garage.

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And we shopped it around the campus

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and it somehow reached
organizers on campus

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and they started getting us for gigs.

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We just played every gig we could get.

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Personally, I first heard
of The Eraserheads in the 90s

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when I was a freshman in college.

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What fascinated me was that

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they were going
to same university as I was.

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The language was very lay person.

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It was the kind of language that
you would hear students use.

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And at that time it had only
been three years post-EDSA.

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That kind of creativity and sensibility,

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talking about the mundane things
of everyday life,

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it was on its way to maturing.

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So definitely post-EDSA,

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these kinds of music flourished
because artists didn't feel stifled.

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They weren't afraid anymore.

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The songs of The Eraserheads represented
really, the dreams, aspirations

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but also the realities
of Filipino youth of their generation.

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We all started going to bars.

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Of course, you're students.

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Then eventually,
"Why don't we play these bars?"

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We auditioned everywhere.
Mayric's, Anthem.

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We got turned down everywhere.

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I wasn't really surprised
that no one wanted us,

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'cause for one,
they were looking for show bands.

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We were walking to the record stations.

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They always said, "No."

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"You're not good-looking."

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"You're not pop enough."

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I was frustrated.

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It wasn't really like
an overnight thing, you know.

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It was a slow, slow crawl to the top.

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There was also a time when Buddy
semi-quit the band.

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I come from a generation
where we were told that

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you can do the music thing as a hobby

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but, you got to get a real job.

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There was an interesting moment
when we auditioned.

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We rode a tricycle going there,

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and it was raining.

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and then we were rejected.

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We were holding our guitars
in their hardcases.

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We were walking.

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And then a jeep drove past us.

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We all got wet!

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"Oh my god!"

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Of course, you were bummed out!

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And you know, you just became emo by then.

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Oddly enough, it spurred me on.

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I wasn't even fazed at all.

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I just had so much faith
in what we were doing that

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I was optimistic that
sooner or later, someone would

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like us and pay attention to us.

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And someone did.

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We didn't even attempt Dredd anymore.

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And then eventually,
we played our last show in UP

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at the College of Fine Arts with Lee.

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And then the Dredd people saw that,

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and sought us for two months.

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"Hey, the Dredd people
are looking for you."

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I said, "What do you mean?
We're there every night!"

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They came over. They auditioned.
And it was a bunch of amateurs

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with a really raw sound.

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If I recall,
their guitars were out of tune.

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Someone actually went up to me and said,
"Why do you have these guys on?"

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"They're terrible."

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He just delivers pizza

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He didn't see something on purpose

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Pizzas and bullets collided

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Dead hoodlums on the table

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Not knowing where to hide

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Grandfather visits in the dream

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There is no one to trust

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He tried all rackets

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Run Barbi Run

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Run Barbi Run

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Run Barbi Run…

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But we liked them
right away from the start.

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We saw the humor.

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I grew up in a town

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Where everybody tried to push me around

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The girls were alright

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But the guys were tough

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They're always buggin' me with macho stuff

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Well, I ain't no stupid fighter

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I go for flower power

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I've been running every race

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Just to save my face, yeah

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I saw it comin' around

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Well, humor is intrinsic
to the Filipino and Philippine culture.

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We don’t generally go for serious topics.

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I guess that sets The Eraserheads
apart because they

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were funny in a way the
other bands weren’t really.

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I was given a cassette…

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…by Raymund.

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"Sir, please listen to this," he said.

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And I listened to it

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and I was stunned by the originality.

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I brought the cassette
to my friend and colleague

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in the Art Studies Department,

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Professor Rivera, Robin Rivera.

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He listened to it
and he was even more stunned than I was.

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Well, Robin was one of our professors.

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Unwittingly, he was producing us already.

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"Cut the chorus."
Or "cut up-- that verse is too long."

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Or like,

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"That intro is unnecessary."

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'cause we're all over the place.

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He somehow made it work.

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He came after class and he asked me
if I wanted to hear a tape of

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his band's music whom I didn't know.

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"Okay, sure. Come to the office."

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So he came to the office.
And he had this one cassette

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and it was full of songs.

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It was all these witty,

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cute, interesting songs.

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He had a Super Betamax 8-track.

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He brought it to
the Faculty Center in UP Diliman.

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I remember it was a Holy Week.

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And there was absolutely no one else.

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So we would be free to bring in the drums,

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mic up the drums,
bring in a bass amp, the bass,

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and mic up and record.

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That's where we did "Pop U."

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Bro, I have a problem

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The demo that until now,
is still being passed along, I guess.

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The four of us went to Raon again
to get twenty cassettes

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because that's all we can afford,

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Sony C60 cassettes.

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And then this parrot was like…

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Huh! Oh my god!

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That bird was singing
the melody of "Pare Ko."

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So maybe that was a sign
that it was really,

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it was going to be massive
or something, right?

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It's just gonna add to
The headache and fat to the belly

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Yeah, I was working
as a copywriter at BMG Music.

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No one knew that
I had a band at the office,

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especially not my bosses.

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I have not heard of the band,
Eraserheads, before.

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VIC VALENCIANO
A AND R DIRECTOR - BMG RECORDS PHILIPPINES

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And Ely was, you know,

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not the usual

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ideal employee

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during that time because you know,

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he was always asleep
and hiding in the room.

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And

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when he started like
pushing the demo cassette

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you know, every now and then,
on my table to listen to it,

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I gave it a try.
My impression was "Oh my."

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It was really bad.

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It was awful.

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One day

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I went to Nena's store

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To buy vinegar

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When they say it sounds like a tin can,
it was like that.

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We had to
re-record everything from scratch.

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I first got to know Eheads
through Vic Valenciano

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of BMG Records.

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He had me listen to a demo tape of Eheads.

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I think the song was "Pare Ko."

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It was a great song.
But I had a problem with it.

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I was telling Vic, "Vic, it's a nice song.

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I can play it, but you need to do
something about the lyrics."

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Because it had "Isn't it--"

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So f**ked up!

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So he said, "Yeah, no problem."

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So a couple of days after,
he got back to me.

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They changed it.

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What the hell is this?

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Isn't it shameless?

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They were really surprised by

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the amount of
positive response they've been getting

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from the fans.

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Against all odds

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The Eraserheads managed
to produce a body of work

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that not only could be played,
but it resonated with their generation.

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Because Ely Buendia had his finger

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on the pulse
of the Filipino youth of that period.

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Then they thought,
"Why don't we come up with

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a warning sticker that says
'parental guidance.'"

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You know, some songs
may not be suitable for parents.

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Many were delighted by it
including ourselves.

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We laughed. We really liked
what they did there.

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Hearing your first single

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on the radio was massive for us.

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And I still get a kick out of it.

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VOX tape, take one.

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Two, three, four--

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Hi! We're The Eraserheads!

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And you're listening to your radio!

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Yeah!

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I'm so glad you could make it

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To our show for tonight

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I am such a big fan of Eraserheads

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because their music is,
you know it's different but

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even if it's unique,
it doesn't alienate you

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because it's not as if it's
from another planet. It's not like that.

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The thing is,
Ely and I were singing in front

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and I couldn't see the rest of the band.

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When the number was done,
that's when it was explained to me that

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they were fooling around,
they weren't acting right.

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So at first, I said, "Was I disrespected?"

00:17:29.590 --> 00:17:32.384 align:center
That's where you can see "we're artists,"

00:17:32.468 --> 00:17:36.221 align:center
showing off that we don't care
about showbiz.

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We just want to be artists
and we want to express ourselves.

00:17:40.142 --> 00:17:43.854 align:center
This song it says,
Did they feel like they were selling out?

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But I hope it's not that
'cause we didn't like you.

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Yeah they were punks.

00:17:49.443 --> 00:17:54.281 align:center
They weren't what
the industry was used to.

00:17:54.364 --> 00:17:58.535 align:center
The industry was used to polished stuff.

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The industry was used to sheen.

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Hey, I'm Punk Zappa and my hobbies are

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radio, reading the song hits
and eating the bloody fishball.

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Anything that rattles
that cage is threatening.

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So the Heads were threatening
to culture, really.

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Take a look at my eyes

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Don't you see?

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I am now flying

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And heaven's close by

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Do you want to come with me?

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There was a politician who caused
an uproar over the song "Alapaap"

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because he inferred
that it was about drugs.

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And… despite…

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despite the lyrics being oblique enough.

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It's understandable
because there are rules

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in mainstream media.

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I studied Mass Communications
and we're not allowed to say some things.

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There was a big Senate inquiry about it
and I was just bummed out

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because I was required to
attend one of the press conferences.

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It was early in the morning in a hotel.

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Lyrics in songs
are open to interpretation.

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And the senate inquiry
brought back that shadow of censorship

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during the Martial Law.

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And that was the fear back then,
that this kind of system could come back.

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Can you imagine if "Alapaap"
came out during the Duterte regime?

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To be summoned to the Senate
was a dream for the band.

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We really enjoyed it.

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We had a field trip and
mugged for the cameras.

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We were just playing along.
We knew it was a farce, anyway.

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And then
Senator Tito Sotto gave us each a cigar.

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And then he invited us to his office

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and then we smoked the cigar there.

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It was his birthday. Happy Birthday!

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What the--? What a circus!

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Any form of free expression
is immediately suspect.

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the forces of conservatism, religious
institutions and government institutions,

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people who have interests in things
remaining the way they were.

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They tend to resist any new
cultural developments, cultural phenomenon

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So…

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So The Eraserheads
remain relevant in that sense.

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I was very interested in the arts.

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Not just music.
So I go and watch movies a lot

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and read books a lot
when I'm writing new songs.

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I listen to a lot of music

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just to get in the zone.

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I just start out with an idea.

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An idea could be a melody
which is usually the case.

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Or a guitar riff

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or just a phrase that would
actually turn out to be a chorus

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that would anchor the whole song.

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You look like that actress

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Paraluman

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When we were young

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You know, Ely's lyrics were
studied in classes.

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I took a couple of classes
where lyrics to "Ang Huling El Bimbo"

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were in the reading list in UP Diliman.

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It has a very tragic storyline

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and you might say depressing altogether.

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So I did try to inject humor

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in one of the stanzas.

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I think it’s the bridge where it goes,
"nasagasaan sa eskinita",

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meaning she was run over in an alleyway.

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Absurd because no one
gets run over in an alleyway

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because as we all know
those things are tight.

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Well the cliche
is because our lives are so hard.

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We lean on humor
to get us through our daily lives.

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Even in the worst of times,

00:23:06.635 --> 00:23:11.640 align:center
people still find
something funny to laugh at.

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it’s a survival mechanism really.

00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:19.147 align:center
And that’s the sensibility that
The Eraserheads have.

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It’s Filipino.

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Let's take a look now at the nominees.

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The fans really came out.

00:23:35.372 --> 00:23:38.416 align:center
And it was funny because we couldn't
print ballots fast enough.

00:23:38.500 --> 00:23:41.920 align:center
And my fax machine at home
was like nonstop,

00:23:42.003 --> 00:23:44.047 align:center
like rolls and rolls and rolls

00:23:44.131 --> 00:23:46.216 align:center
of signatures coming through

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at like all hours of the day.

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So when I brought these back like this is,

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these are the fans speaking out
in support of The Eraserheads.

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-And here are the winners.
-Who won?

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-Australia
-Silverchair

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"Freak"

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-Europe
-Prodigy

00:24:01.648 --> 00:24:02.816 align:center
"Breathe"

00:24:05.152 --> 00:24:07.154 align:center
-Asia
-Eraserheads

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"Ang Huling El Bimbo"

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They wanted their boys
to stand in that spotlight,

00:24:11.783 --> 00:24:13.410 align:center
and say, "Hey, this is us."

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Thank you God.

00:24:14.578 --> 00:24:16.746 align:center
Thank you to all the
fans who voted for us.

00:24:16.830 --> 00:24:17.956 align:center
BMG Philippines,

00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:20.250 align:center
Auraeus, our director,

00:24:20.333 --> 00:24:21.668 align:center
Robin, our producer,

00:24:21.751 --> 00:24:25.046 align:center
our crew, MTV Asia,
our families and friends.

00:24:25.130 --> 00:24:26.506 align:center
Long live the Filipino!

00:24:26.590 --> 00:24:27.716 align:center
Bogchi!

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With our hands together

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I had no idea

00:24:38.310 --> 00:24:43.273 align:center
That you taught my heart

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To fall in love truly

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We shot a show in Hard Rock Cafe

00:24:54.409 --> 00:24:55.911 align:center
and I was at work that day

00:24:55.994 --> 00:24:59.706 align:center
and a lot of the younger executives,
the younger assistants,

00:24:59.789 --> 00:25:01.458 align:center
all Singaporean,

00:25:01.541 --> 00:25:02.792 align:center
they were so giddy with excitement!

00:25:02.876 --> 00:25:03.752 align:center
And I said,

00:25:05.086 --> 00:25:06.254 align:center
"This is a Filipino band."

00:25:06.338 --> 00:25:08.256 align:center
"Do you even understand what
their songs are saying?"

00:25:08.340 --> 00:25:10.634 align:center
They were on their chairs.

00:25:10.717 --> 00:25:12.677 align:center
They're cheering.
They were just so, so happy

00:25:12.761 --> 00:25:15.513 align:center
to be in the same room as The Eraserheads.
And so I said,

00:25:15.597 --> 00:25:17.474 align:center
"This is beyond language.

00:25:17.557 --> 00:25:21.353 align:center
It's beyond geographic boundaries."

00:25:21.436 --> 00:25:23.438 align:center
It was a really wonderful thing to see.

00:25:24.022 --> 00:25:25.899 align:center
Get to know Eraserheads all this month

00:25:25.982 --> 00:25:29.819 align:center
on MTV Land, MTV In Control,
MTV Most Wanted,

00:25:29.903 --> 00:25:31.363 align:center
and MTV Videography.

00:25:31.446 --> 00:25:34.157 align:center
-Check this out!
-Eraserheads in the Hot Seat!

00:25:34.241 --> 00:25:36.910 align:center
Right here on our most
wanted music channel,

00:25:36.993 --> 00:25:38.411 align:center
MTV.

00:25:39.287 --> 00:25:42.165 align:center
So you’re on a promotional tour here.

00:25:42.249 --> 00:25:44.626 align:center
-In Singapore.
-Yeah, Singapore.

00:25:44.709 --> 00:25:46.127 align:center
Anything anywhere else?

00:25:47.087 --> 00:25:48.797 align:center
-I think we're going to Malaysia.
-Um, yeah

00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:50.715 align:center
and Bangkok.

00:25:50.799 --> 00:25:52.801 align:center
-And Indonesia.
-Oh, really?

00:25:53.385 --> 00:25:54.636 align:center
Thank you very much!

00:25:56.263 --> 00:25:58.098 align:center
Welcome to Asia Live. Please have a seat.

00:25:58.181 --> 00:25:59.432 align:center
Thank you.

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Hello.

00:26:06.022 --> 00:26:08.233 align:center
Is this your first time
to perform in Japan?

00:26:08.316 --> 00:26:10.277 align:center
-Yes, it's our first time here in Japan.
-First time.

00:26:10.360 --> 00:26:12.404 align:center
-And we love it here.
-Hello!

00:26:12.487 --> 00:26:15.699 align:center
-Hi.
-Hello.

00:26:15.782 --> 00:26:16.992 align:center
Touring,

00:26:17.075 --> 00:26:18.076 align:center
touring everywhere,

00:26:19.160 --> 00:26:22.205 align:center
it was great. We really had a good time.

00:26:22.289 --> 00:26:23.707 align:center
I think it was the best of times.

00:26:38.054 --> 00:26:39.180 align:center
It's the beach.

00:26:40.640 --> 00:26:43.351 align:center
After this, it's been a year
and a half of touring.

00:26:43.435 --> 00:26:46.479 align:center
We're actually still giddy with
excitement because

00:26:46.563 --> 00:26:48.565 align:center
we've never ridden a helicopter.

00:26:48.648 --> 00:26:51.401 align:center
We went to so many places
which I never heard of,

00:26:51.484 --> 00:26:53.320 align:center
which I never thought I'd go to,

00:26:53.403 --> 00:26:55.864 align:center
much less perform to people.

00:26:55.947 --> 00:27:00.827 align:center
There was some alcohol and
drugs and other people around.

00:27:01.411 --> 00:27:04.372 align:center
So there's definitely
high jinks in the States

00:27:04.456 --> 00:27:08.793 align:center
where we would get almost arrested

00:27:08.877 --> 00:27:11.046 align:center
and I got back to the hotel

00:27:11.129 --> 00:27:12.672 align:center
and it’s like everybody’s high!

00:27:12.756 --> 00:27:16.801 align:center
Everybody's running around, running around
with half their clothes off,

00:27:16.885 --> 00:27:19.304 align:center
I'm splitting and I'm like--

00:27:19.387 --> 00:27:20.930 align:center
So you weren't involved in it?

00:27:21.014 --> 00:27:23.183 align:center
Because it's the story,
I'm not gonna be in it!

00:27:24.225 --> 00:27:26.895 align:center
I shall not incriminate myself!

00:27:28.021 --> 00:27:33.526 align:center
Fame during that time looked a lot like
the way it did in the movies.

00:27:33.610 --> 00:27:35.945 align:center
We had groupies. We had fans.

00:27:36.029 --> 00:27:39.949 align:center
There's many, many things
that's crazy about touring.

00:27:42.577 --> 00:27:45.038 align:center
During those times,
the mall shows were crazy.

00:27:45.121 --> 00:27:50.168 align:center
They would plan, like the malls,
where their escape route would be.

00:27:50.251 --> 00:27:56.257 align:center
Yeah, there were absolutely times
when you fear for your safety.

00:27:56.341 --> 00:27:59.886 align:center
Their fandom was a bit
different because it was,

00:27:59.969 --> 00:28:03.932 align:center
equally male and female,
if not, more male.

00:28:04.015 --> 00:28:07.310 align:center
And so it was very typical
for the men to go out of their minds.

00:28:07.394 --> 00:28:10.021 align:center
They just go completely
bonkers with The Eraserheads.

00:28:10.522 --> 00:28:14.109 align:center
The males in the audience
would like, throw stuff at us.

00:28:14.651 --> 00:28:18.113 align:center
Like, everything they could get
their hands on, you know.

00:28:18.863 --> 00:28:24.244 align:center
Bottles of piss and
rocks the size of boulders.

00:28:42.095 --> 00:28:45.098 align:center
There was a time in the province where

00:28:45.181 --> 00:28:48.351 align:center
I had to stop a show because
the people climbed up

00:28:48.435 --> 00:28:51.604 align:center
on the scaffolding

00:28:51.688 --> 00:28:53.481 align:center
to be able to see them.

00:28:53.565 --> 00:28:56.609 align:center
And then a scaffold fell.

00:28:56.693 --> 00:28:59.946 align:center
There was another time where
they climbed on top of the van

00:29:00.029 --> 00:29:02.282 align:center
just to be able to get to them.

00:29:02.365 --> 00:29:04.576 align:center
I mean it was on top of the van,

00:29:04.659 --> 00:29:06.035 align:center
couldn't even get out.

00:29:06.119 --> 00:29:09.831 align:center
The fame was really uh,

00:29:10.457 --> 00:29:14.794 align:center
kind of encroaching on my personal life.

00:29:14.878 --> 00:29:17.505 align:center
And nobody ever tells you this,

00:29:17.589 --> 00:29:22.218 align:center
I mean, they don't have,
you know, a course for this. But

00:29:22.886 --> 00:29:26.598 align:center
when you're in that stage of your career,

00:29:27.765 --> 00:29:33.521 align:center
you really just miss
your privacy, you know.

00:29:34.564 --> 00:29:38.943 align:center
And you miss the control you have

00:29:39.027 --> 00:29:40.570 align:center
over your life.

00:29:40.653 --> 00:29:42.489 align:center
There was no internet back then.

00:29:42.572 --> 00:29:44.574 align:center
"How to be a rockstar."

00:29:44.657 --> 00:29:45.533 align:center
Something like that.

00:29:45.617 --> 00:29:48.286 align:center
We were just trying to adjust to it.

00:29:48.369 --> 00:29:49.704 align:center
Like, Okay.

00:30:05.887 --> 00:30:09.516 align:center
Julie Tearjerky on the phone

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:13.144 align:center
She says that I can't be alone

00:30:13.228 --> 00:30:16.814 align:center
She was told that time was gold

00:30:18.525 --> 00:30:23.905 align:center
We need to dish out an album every year

00:30:23.988 --> 00:30:28.618 align:center
so it's gigs, it's rehearsals,
it's recording,

00:30:28.701 --> 00:30:33.456 align:center
it's promotions, it's TV, it's radio.

00:30:33.540 --> 00:30:34.666 align:center
Doesn't end.

00:30:35.291 --> 00:30:36.960 align:center
So this went on for like, four years.

00:30:38.253 --> 00:30:42.006 align:center
And we never took breaks.
We never took a vacation.

00:30:42.090 --> 00:30:45.218 align:center
Ha, it never occurred to us to say,

00:30:45.301 --> 00:30:47.387 align:center
"You know guys, I think we're tired."

00:30:47.887 --> 00:30:51.057 align:center
No one wanted to admit it.
Because we don't talk like that.

00:30:51.140 --> 00:30:52.851 align:center
We don't talk in those terms.

00:30:52.934 --> 00:30:54.519 align:center
I come from that generation.

00:30:55.728 --> 00:30:58.064 align:center
Hey, I mean, if it's not killing anyone,

00:30:58.147 --> 00:31:00.400 align:center
then it should be fine?

00:31:01.109 --> 00:31:03.236 align:center
We weren't ready for the backlash.

00:31:03.903 --> 00:31:05.071 align:center
We weren't prepared for it.

00:31:05.154 --> 00:31:09.492 align:center
We were kids.
We didn't know how to deal with

00:31:09.576 --> 00:31:11.578 align:center
that kind of attention.

00:31:12.328 --> 00:31:16.833 align:center
Meaning, suddenly
we were making movies, and commercials.

00:31:17.667 --> 00:31:19.544 align:center
To my mind, we also found it corny

00:31:19.627 --> 00:31:22.297 align:center
but management suggested it
and they said it was good.

00:31:22.380 --> 00:31:26.593 align:center
"You're gonna do this commercial
so you can do this tour."

00:31:29.888 --> 00:31:34.726 align:center
I guess when
something is there for a long time.

00:31:35.310 --> 00:31:38.438 align:center
People get tired of it,
people get sick of it.

00:31:38.521 --> 00:31:39.689 align:center
And…

00:31:40.690 --> 00:31:44.611 align:center
They want to tear it down or move it aside

00:31:44.694 --> 00:31:48.990 align:center
so that something new can come along.

00:31:49.824 --> 00:31:52.368 align:center
I've dared to be the
voice of my generation.

00:31:55.622 --> 00:31:57.248 align:center
Dare to start with zero.

00:31:57.332 --> 00:31:59.375 align:center
Even our, even the fans,

00:31:59.459 --> 00:32:02.295 align:center
the cooler fans were like,
"We don't want to do anything with you"

00:32:02.378 --> 00:32:04.255 align:center
because "you're the biggest thing."

00:32:04.339 --> 00:32:07.550 align:center
One of the Ramones
was playing in Hard Rock

00:32:07.634 --> 00:32:09.218 align:center
and being a fan,

00:32:09.302 --> 00:32:16.267 align:center
you know, I went there and the host
foolishly announced that I was

00:32:16.351 --> 00:32:17.477 align:center
in the audience.

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:20.438 align:center
I would've just appreciated if they just

00:32:20.521 --> 00:32:23.316 align:center
ignored it but they booed.

00:32:23.900 --> 00:32:25.151 align:center
And I was there right at the audience,

00:32:25.234 --> 00:32:27.612 align:center
in the middle and
people booing around you.

00:32:27.695 --> 00:32:29.864 align:center
Again, I would not wish that

00:32:29.947 --> 00:32:31.199 align:center
on anyone.

00:32:31.282 --> 00:32:33.159 align:center
It really,

00:32:33.242 --> 00:32:35.745 align:center
it really hits very hard.

00:32:37.038 --> 00:32:40.958 align:center
And that was when I realized that maybe

00:32:41.042 --> 00:32:44.253 align:center
it's time to throw in the towel, right?

00:32:44.337 --> 00:32:49.676 align:center
I mean I don't wanna be in
a place where I'm not wanted, right?

00:32:50.176 --> 00:32:52.345 align:center
Hey, let's keep doing stuff

00:32:53.346 --> 00:32:56.474 align:center
until we start turning people off.

00:32:57.141 --> 00:32:58.810 align:center
Let's see how far we can push this.

00:33:06.067 --> 00:33:09.696 align:center
The Eraserheads' growth
as persons were exponential at that time

00:33:09.779 --> 00:33:11.698 align:center
because we get to taste

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:15.410 align:center
that "success."

00:33:15.493 --> 00:33:18.037 align:center
That means also we had a little money.

00:33:18.121 --> 00:33:22.500 align:center
We had a little more money
to feed our brain more, right?

00:33:22.583 --> 00:33:26.337 align:center
We went to see other places.
We had a tour of the US

00:33:26.421 --> 00:33:28.256 align:center
and some parts of the world.

00:33:28.965 --> 00:33:32.093 align:center
So our experiences are bigger now.

00:33:32.176 --> 00:33:34.345 align:center
And then we put that into songs.

00:33:50.403 --> 00:33:51.696 align:center
Yeah, let’s start
with the album "Fruitcake."

00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:53.740 align:center
It was still the usual,
like typical bands.

00:33:53.823 --> 00:33:58.870 align:center
And then with "Stickerhappy,"
that's when we started using loops.

00:33:58.953 --> 00:34:03.708 align:center
And then "Natin99"
was when we used a 50-50 machine

00:34:03.791 --> 00:34:08.337 align:center
and then there was also live playing.

00:34:08.421 --> 00:34:09.756 align:center
Let's troll them.

00:34:10.298 --> 00:34:13.384 align:center
So instead of getting trolled,
we troll them back.

00:34:13.468 --> 00:34:16.220 align:center
Internally, we just out-weird everybody.

00:34:16.304 --> 00:34:18.848 align:center
And outwork everybody.

00:34:19.807 --> 00:34:21.768 align:center
During that time we were
having a difficult time

00:34:21.851 --> 00:34:24.270 align:center
to getting radio airplay

00:34:24.812 --> 00:34:25.772 align:center
for the singles.

00:34:26.731 --> 00:34:28.941 align:center
The reviews also weren't good.

00:34:29.025 --> 00:34:31.944 align:center
It got heavier and deeper.

00:34:32.653 --> 00:34:35.531 align:center
Of course, they were better
musicians during that time.

00:34:35.615 --> 00:34:38.409 align:center
They probably didn't know

00:34:38.910 --> 00:34:40.369 align:center
where to go.

00:34:40.453 --> 00:34:42.747 align:center
They were a bit lost. Very sad.

00:34:42.830 --> 00:34:46.000 align:center
We weren't leaving behind the old songs.

00:34:46.083 --> 00:34:47.960 align:center
We just wanted to present new ones.

00:34:48.044 --> 00:34:50.421 align:center
And the record companies,

00:34:50.505 --> 00:34:51.422 align:center
they didn't like that.

00:34:51.506 --> 00:34:54.926 align:center
They want you to keep doing
what made you money.

00:34:55.009 --> 00:34:56.636 align:center
What made them money.

00:34:56.719 --> 00:35:00.556 align:center
So when we did
"Pare Ko," they want "Pare Ko" Part Two.

00:35:00.640 --> 00:35:02.683 align:center
So we said, no, we did that already.

00:35:02.767 --> 00:35:05.394 align:center
"Make something for the masses."

00:35:05.478 --> 00:35:07.772 align:center
So Ely wrote "Para Sa Masa".

00:35:07.855 --> 00:35:13.236 align:center
To all who are into love songs and drama

00:35:13.319 --> 00:35:18.699 align:center
To all who can't read

00:35:18.783 --> 00:35:23.704 align:center
To all who have problems in school

00:35:23.788 --> 00:35:28.543 align:center
To all the fans of Sharon Cuneta

00:35:28.626 --> 00:35:34.132 align:center
To all who have money problems

00:35:34.215 --> 00:35:38.427 align:center
I always thought the masses

00:35:38.511 --> 00:35:42.765 align:center
would join us in our journey.

00:35:43.641 --> 00:35:46.769 align:center
I wanted the people
to evolve with the band

00:35:46.853 --> 00:35:50.106 align:center
with our songwriting

00:35:50.189 --> 00:35:54.652 align:center
and I was just sort of disappointed that

00:35:54.735 --> 00:35:59.240 align:center
it did not happen that way.

00:35:59.323 --> 00:36:04.579 align:center
So that was the theme of Para sa Masa.

00:36:04.662 --> 00:36:07.748 align:center
I was already feeling
sad during that time.

00:36:07.832 --> 00:36:13.212 align:center
It seemed like they're no longer the band
that they used to be.

00:36:13.880 --> 00:36:18.134 align:center
In the last album,
we finished the whole album

00:36:18.676 --> 00:36:22.471 align:center
with none of us
in the studio at the same time.

00:36:22.555 --> 00:36:23.848 align:center
I felt it.

00:36:24.390 --> 00:36:25.975 align:center
I knew it.

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:29.687 align:center
Oh, this is the last album.

00:36:38.029 --> 00:36:41.699 align:center
There was that space
that was growing between us

00:36:41.782 --> 00:36:43.951 align:center
and the audience.

00:36:44.035 --> 00:36:45.453 align:center
And you know…

00:36:45.536 --> 00:36:48.623 align:center
For ten years,
we've done nothing but that.

00:36:48.706 --> 00:36:52.919 align:center
Shit, I have to book six months ahead
just to be away from you.

00:36:54.253 --> 00:36:57.423 align:center
It was all the substances.

00:36:57.506 --> 00:37:00.051 align:center
There's like alcohol and drugs
and different people

00:37:00.134 --> 00:37:03.930 align:center
pulling us, you know,
everybody had a different crew.

00:37:04.513 --> 00:37:08.434 align:center
It was the professional stuff
that really got to me.

00:37:08.517 --> 00:37:13.356 align:center
Raymund would stick his nose
into pretty much everything.

00:37:13.439 --> 00:37:14.357 align:center
Anything and everything.

00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:16.108 align:center
He'd be everywhere

00:37:16.192 --> 00:37:17.944 align:center
every time, the whole time.

00:37:18.027 --> 00:37:20.112 align:center
There are two strong personalities there

00:37:20.196 --> 00:37:22.823 align:center
who were, so to speak,

00:37:24.659 --> 00:37:26.577 align:center
in charge of the direction.

00:37:26.661 --> 00:37:31.666 align:center
It's just the way he handled things
that sort of, I didn't agree with.

00:37:31.749 --> 00:37:34.377 align:center
Yes! I was difficult.

00:37:34.460 --> 00:37:35.670 align:center
I was a punk.

00:37:35.753 --> 00:37:38.172 align:center
Oh, you don't want it fast,
I'll play it faster.

00:37:38.256 --> 00:37:39.882 align:center
You don't want it loud,
I'll play it louder.

00:37:39.966 --> 00:37:42.426 align:center
Oh, you're late. I'll cut the set.

00:37:43.219 --> 00:37:47.890 align:center
I think I had a very strong personality

00:37:47.974 --> 00:37:50.476 align:center
and I didn't know how to
manage it at the time.

00:37:50.559 --> 00:37:53.896 align:center
I didn't realize
I was just throwing a tantrum, right?

00:37:53.980 --> 00:37:55.106 align:center
Basically on stage.

00:37:55.189 --> 00:38:01.153 align:center
I was very, very insecure of my ability,
musical abilities at that time.

00:38:01.237 --> 00:38:04.949 align:center
So I'm always paranoid
that maybe I'm not giving more.

00:38:05.032 --> 00:38:06.409 align:center
Am I pleasing Buddy?

00:38:06.492 --> 00:38:09.745 align:center
Is my guitar playing making Ely happy?

00:38:10.246 --> 00:38:13.958 align:center
I realize now that it's just in my head.

00:38:14.041 --> 00:38:15.793 align:center
Maybe they don't care.

00:38:16.377 --> 00:38:19.088 align:center
Marcus would take forever
to record guitars.

00:38:19.171 --> 00:38:22.675 align:center
So that started to
get to me to the point that

00:38:22.758 --> 00:38:25.094 align:center
I wouldn't hang around the studio.

00:38:25.177 --> 00:38:31.475 align:center
As for Buddy, I resented him
for being too impersonal.

00:38:32.101 --> 00:38:35.855 align:center
He seemed not to be really
in it, you know?

00:38:35.938 --> 00:38:39.525 align:center
Ely at that time just kept quiet.

00:38:39.608 --> 00:38:42.528 align:center
I mean he was a quiet person
really, to start with,

00:38:42.611 --> 00:38:44.947 align:center
but he just kept getting
quieter and quieter.

00:38:45.531 --> 00:38:47.950 align:center
I'd rather suffer, again, the consequences

00:38:48.034 --> 00:38:50.745 align:center
than to go through that s**t of

00:38:50.828 --> 00:38:52.455 align:center
like, talking.

00:38:52.538 --> 00:38:55.166 align:center
But I know that's foolish now

00:38:55.249 --> 00:38:58.377 align:center
and I regret not doing it.

00:38:58.961 --> 00:38:59.879 align:center
I don't think about it a lot.

00:38:59.962 --> 00:39:04.508 align:center
But looking back, I think we were,
we didn't take care of each other.

00:39:04.592 --> 00:39:06.677 align:center
Because we're starting to
get on each other's nerves.

00:39:06.761 --> 00:39:10.681 align:center
We actually needed
to talk about in the studio

00:39:10.765 --> 00:39:12.350 align:center
which was the most important thing.

00:39:12.433 --> 00:39:13.893 align:center
We never got around to doing.

00:39:13.976 --> 00:39:17.355 align:center
We just figured
ah, we come from that generation.

00:39:18.439 --> 00:39:19.774 align:center
We'll survive.

00:39:19.857 --> 00:39:22.359 align:center
We're grown men. We're big boys.

00:39:22.443 --> 00:39:25.738 align:center
This is something you just take in stride.

00:39:25.821 --> 00:39:30.326 align:center
Our generation
learned to internalize things

00:39:30.409 --> 00:39:34.872 align:center
and process things
on our own and not express it.

00:39:34.955 --> 00:39:37.792 align:center
I definitely grew up in a household

00:39:37.875 --> 00:39:42.254 align:center
where dissent is frowned upon

00:39:42.338 --> 00:39:45.424 align:center
and expressing one’s self,

00:39:45.508 --> 00:39:50.179 align:center
especially with authorities was a no-no

00:39:50.262 --> 00:39:53.599 align:center
and tantamount to treason.

00:39:53.682 --> 00:39:56.685 align:center
And then of course, like any relationship,

00:39:57.186 --> 00:39:59.271 align:center
there are fights.

00:39:59.772 --> 00:40:01.065 align:center
Nobody fixed it.

00:40:02.066 --> 00:40:06.821 align:center
It was all the pressure of touring
and the studio.

00:40:22.628 --> 00:40:26.632 align:center
I was driving in my Toyota Corolla.

00:40:26.715 --> 00:40:30.719 align:center
In my car, I had my wife

00:40:30.803 --> 00:40:32.430 align:center
then we had a six-month-old baby.

00:40:32.513 --> 00:40:36.016 align:center
The text from Ely saying,
"It's time to graduate."

00:40:37.226 --> 00:40:39.687 align:center
I moved the car to the side of the road.

00:40:41.230 --> 00:40:43.065 align:center
What does this mean?

00:40:43.149 --> 00:40:46.527 align:center
In my mind, of course, you're ahead of us.

00:40:46.610 --> 00:40:47.945 align:center
You graduate.

00:40:48.028 --> 00:40:50.865 align:center
You were a sophomore, we were freshmen.

00:40:50.948 --> 00:40:55.035 align:center
The band,
the four guys aren't really businessmen

00:40:55.119 --> 00:40:58.539 align:center
especially thirty years ago.

00:40:59.081 --> 00:41:01.208 align:center
We didn't know anything about money.

00:41:01.292 --> 00:41:07.548 align:center
And I think that was
one of the downfalls of the band.

00:41:07.631 --> 00:41:11.552 align:center
Because it was such
a f**ked up system that

00:41:13.053 --> 00:41:17.516 align:center
even though we were
supposed to be earning a lot,

00:41:17.600 --> 00:41:20.519 align:center
we didn't see anything at all.

00:41:20.603 --> 00:41:22.521 align:center
It was not an easy decision at all.

00:41:23.397 --> 00:41:24.440 align:center
It took him years.

00:41:24.523 --> 00:41:29.361 align:center
I know it could have been misconstrued
as selfish, that he wasn't considering

00:41:29.445 --> 00:41:30.779 align:center
the other families.

00:41:30.863 --> 00:41:35.534 align:center
But when you have your own family,
that takes precedence.

00:41:39.121 --> 00:41:45.377 align:center
I remember Raymund texting back.
I don't know, but I think he said,

00:41:45.461 --> 00:41:47.463 align:center
all he said was "I'm sorry."

00:41:47.546 --> 00:41:49.840 align:center
And then after a few days,

00:41:49.924 --> 00:41:53.928 align:center
Buddy called me saying,

00:41:54.011 --> 00:41:55.930 align:center
"Can we still use the name?"

00:41:56.013 --> 00:41:57.431 align:center
To his credit,

00:41:58.182 --> 00:42:00.142 align:center
he asked my permission.

00:42:00.226 --> 00:42:03.270 align:center
Of course I said yes, but I regretted it.

00:42:03.354 --> 00:42:04.772 align:center
I give you

00:42:04.855 --> 00:42:07.107 align:center
the one and only group that still rocks

00:42:07.191 --> 00:42:09.109 align:center
and yes, they're definitely still here.

00:42:09.193 --> 00:42:11.487 align:center
Ladies and gentlemen, The Eraserheads.

00:42:11.570 --> 00:42:17.701 align:center
You look like the actor George Estregan

00:42:19.495 --> 00:42:23.290 align:center
When we were young

00:42:25.000 --> 00:42:27.461 align:center
And you danced so well

00:42:27.545 --> 00:42:31.382 align:center
You don't need to continue
as the Eheads because you're broken up.

00:42:31.465 --> 00:42:33.717 align:center
The band is broken up.

00:42:33.801 --> 00:42:35.719 align:center
You don't have your singer with you.

00:42:36.595 --> 00:42:39.640 align:center
You know? Organizers will understand

00:42:40.182 --> 00:42:41.225 align:center
that…

00:42:42.101 --> 00:42:45.563 align:center
the Eheads are no more
and you don't have to use that name.

00:42:45.646 --> 00:42:47.189 align:center
It's really simple.

00:42:47.690 --> 00:42:49.650 align:center
Because I would have done the same.

00:42:50.150 --> 00:42:51.860 align:center
Which further, again,

00:42:51.944 --> 00:42:54.780 align:center
confirmed my suspicions that

00:42:54.863 --> 00:42:58.242 align:center
they never really
cared about me or the band.

00:42:58.325 --> 00:43:01.078 align:center
And they just want this as a cash cow.

00:43:01.161 --> 00:43:05.583 align:center
And that was my attitude
for like ten, twenty years.

00:43:05.666 --> 00:43:07.626 align:center
That's what I thought of them.

00:43:08.544 --> 00:43:12.798 align:center
You go through life
and then you make plans with people.

00:43:12.881 --> 00:43:13.924 align:center
And then

00:43:14.425 --> 00:43:16.302 align:center
one of those people changes their mind.

00:43:16.385 --> 00:43:18.887 align:center
Oh, no,no, no. You can't get to do that.

00:43:18.971 --> 00:43:21.724 align:center
Apparently, he could.

00:43:21.807 --> 00:43:22.808 align:center
And he did.

00:43:22.891 --> 00:43:24.727 align:center
What are we gonna do with our kids?

00:43:24.810 --> 00:43:28.397 align:center
How are we going to put up our own houses?

00:43:28.480 --> 00:43:32.568 align:center
I'm sorry that
they had to go through that.

00:43:35.070 --> 00:43:37.948 align:center
I don't know. It's not my fault.

00:43:39.450 --> 00:43:41.618 align:center
Resentment towards Ely?

00:43:41.702 --> 00:43:47.916 align:center
If resentment means
anger that you've never felt before,

00:43:48.000 --> 00:43:50.461 align:center
yeah, that's pretty much resentment.
That's how I felt.

00:43:57.593 --> 00:44:03.349 align:center
I just found a friend indeed

00:44:04.767 --> 00:44:06.852 align:center
Just hold it down

00:44:08.437 --> 00:44:11.148 align:center
You can leave

00:44:18.530 --> 00:44:22.910 align:center
If the fans were brutal
when I was still in the Heads,

00:44:22.993 --> 00:44:25.079 align:center
they were like

00:44:26.372 --> 00:44:29.708 align:center
evil when I quit the band.

00:44:30.417 --> 00:44:32.753 align:center
It's like they would turn up

00:44:34.046 --> 00:44:36.507 align:center
at your shows just to heckle you.

00:44:36.590 --> 00:44:38.842 align:center
Like what kind of commitment is that?

00:44:39.426 --> 00:44:41.637 align:center
It's so f**ked up.

00:44:42.304 --> 00:44:46.100 align:center
And it wasn't really enjoyable.

00:44:46.183 --> 00:44:50.020 align:center
Like I have to prove myself
after the Eheads that

00:44:50.104 --> 00:44:53.857 align:center
I can write even
more culturally impactful songs.

00:44:54.358 --> 00:44:58.445 align:center
Like twice in my lifetime is stupid.

00:45:00.197 --> 00:45:02.866 align:center
I mean that's the criteria.
That's their standard.

00:45:02.950 --> 00:45:09.873 align:center
Why am I held on such a high standard
when other people are celebrated

00:45:09.957 --> 00:45:13.544 align:center
for writing crappy songs?

00:45:13.627 --> 00:45:15.003 align:center
Words were said.

00:45:15.504 --> 00:45:17.840 align:center
Magazine articles came out.

00:45:17.923 --> 00:45:20.134 align:center
Probably totally unnecessary

00:45:20.217 --> 00:45:22.177 align:center
but it was still done.

00:45:22.719 --> 00:45:25.347 align:center
It was allowed to be aired.

00:45:36.066 --> 00:45:39.987 align:center
Maybe I contributed to the polarization

00:45:40.070 --> 00:45:44.575 align:center
by not being a better influence
but I was young

00:45:44.658 --> 00:45:48.120 align:center
and I didn't know any better
and Ely was family.

00:45:52.791 --> 00:45:54.626 align:center
If I was able to go back,

00:45:54.710 --> 00:45:58.172 align:center
of course I would change a lot of things.

00:45:58.255 --> 00:46:04.303 align:center
And I would change the way I dealt

00:46:04.386 --> 00:46:09.766 align:center
with that isolation
and with that alienation.

00:46:10.934 --> 00:46:12.561 align:center
So it was like,

00:46:12.644 --> 00:46:14.646 align:center
"Woah, what to do now?"

00:46:15.647 --> 00:46:17.566 align:center
I surfed!

00:46:17.649 --> 00:46:23.989 align:center
For me then, the myth of the surfer for me
was the counterculture.

00:46:24.072 --> 00:46:27.034 align:center
Being there, away on the beach.

00:46:27.534 --> 00:46:28.368 align:center
It was freeing.

00:46:29.411 --> 00:46:31.288 align:center
And then a few weeks later, I was broke.

00:46:33.540 --> 00:46:35.834 align:center
I had a baby.
I had a baby and then I realized

00:46:35.918 --> 00:46:38.587 align:center
I'm broke. And then, "I can't be broke."

00:46:39.296 --> 00:46:40.923 align:center
I worked in Liquid Post.

00:46:41.006 --> 00:46:42.633 align:center
Music for advertising.

00:46:42.716 --> 00:46:44.134 align:center
It was difficult

00:46:44.635 --> 00:46:46.637 align:center
to have a day job.

00:46:47.137 --> 00:46:49.556 align:center
Ah, we should've just fixed the Heads.

00:46:49.640 --> 00:46:52.518 align:center
It was-- we had it easy.

00:46:52.601 --> 00:46:53.644 align:center
But you don't realize that

00:46:53.727 --> 00:46:56.146 align:center
until you go through
something more difficult.

00:47:18.794 --> 00:47:20.420 align:center
They wouldn’t stop.

00:47:20.504 --> 00:47:22.089 align:center
The fans wouldn’t stop

00:47:23.340 --> 00:47:26.927 align:center
badgering me and the offers didn’t stop.

00:47:27.427 --> 00:47:33.600 align:center
And you kind of just
throw your hands in the air

00:47:33.684 --> 00:47:36.937 align:center
and just say, "Fuck it!"

00:47:37.020 --> 00:47:38.063 align:center
Let’s do it.

00:47:48.949 --> 00:47:52.119 align:center
Big Dipper north of nowhere

00:47:52.202 --> 00:47:56.540 align:center
Outside the room, inside my mind

00:48:01.962 --> 00:48:05.090 align:center
Look forward to tomorrow

00:48:05.173 --> 00:48:09.886 align:center
But can I leave yesterday behind?

00:48:10.512 --> 00:48:13.724 align:center
How it feels so strange

00:48:15.225 --> 00:48:18.979 align:center
To have grown and change

00:48:20.272 --> 00:48:23.650 align:center
Now, it's not the same

00:48:25.152 --> 00:48:29.323 align:center
'Cause time slips and slides

00:48:29.406 --> 00:48:33.952 align:center
Into another place and try

00:48:34.828 --> 00:48:38.332 align:center
As we might to understand each other

00:48:38.415 --> 00:48:42.586 align:center
Doesn't really matter where you are

00:48:42.669 --> 00:48:45.922 align:center
It always seems so very far

00:48:47.549 --> 00:48:51.345 align:center
'Cause you're lightyears away

00:48:51.428 --> 00:48:53.889 align:center
You're lightyears away

00:48:53.972 --> 00:48:56.516 align:center
From me

00:49:00.187 --> 00:49:01.647 align:center
I was gonna throw up.

00:49:02.648 --> 00:49:04.900 align:center
Ah, which is normal.

00:49:05.734 --> 00:49:12.407 align:center
But I was so excited and sad
because Tita Lisette passed.

00:49:20.832 --> 00:49:24.836 align:center
The only thing I remembered from
the first reunion was that

00:49:24.920 --> 00:49:27.839 align:center
you know, my mom died. And that uh…

00:49:28.548 --> 00:49:31.343 align:center
so whatever enjoyment

00:49:31.426 --> 00:49:37.265 align:center
I would have had
by being together again with the guys

00:49:37.349 --> 00:49:39.851 align:center
was not there.

00:49:40.352 --> 00:49:46.024 align:center
If I remember right, I saw him
have like, a banana or two?

00:49:46.525 --> 00:49:47.943 align:center
And a glass of wine.

00:49:48.443 --> 00:49:50.487 align:center
No sleep, no food.

00:49:50.570 --> 00:49:54.449 align:center
Does Ely know
what he's setting himself up for?

00:49:55.117 --> 00:49:58.412 align:center
I totally understood
why Ely wanted to play.

00:49:58.495 --> 00:50:02.374 align:center
And I would have totally understood
if he didn't want to play.

00:50:07.671 --> 00:50:10.507 align:center
But it was his call. It wasn't ours.

00:50:11.007 --> 00:50:14.344 align:center
We told him. It was like,
"Up to you. It doesn't matter."

00:50:15.262 --> 00:50:21.893 align:center
The soundcheck was
like three a.m. and you know

00:50:22.394 --> 00:50:27.816 align:center
Ely, if you put yourself in his shoes,

00:50:27.899 --> 00:50:31.069 align:center
you can just imagine how stressful
it is for him.

00:50:31.153 --> 00:50:35.365 align:center
How could you go in front of people
and make them happy

00:50:35.449 --> 00:50:38.326 align:center
when you're so heartbroken?

00:50:39.745 --> 00:50:42.581 align:center
Ely's the kind of man

00:50:44.249 --> 00:50:48.962 align:center
that prioritizes others' needs
before his own.

00:50:51.256 --> 00:50:53.800 align:center
I remember during the wake,

00:50:54.926 --> 00:50:58.972 align:center
even though he was exhausted

00:50:59.055 --> 00:51:03.685 align:center
and was going through immense grief,

00:51:03.769 --> 00:51:06.855 align:center
the first thing he asked
me when I arrived was,

00:51:06.938 --> 00:51:10.317 align:center
"Have you eaten?" and "Are you Okay?"

00:51:10.400 --> 00:51:12.235 align:center
Which was actually

00:51:13.278 --> 00:51:15.781 align:center
something I should have asked him.

00:51:17.115 --> 00:51:20.619 align:center
And yeah, I never forgot that.

00:51:22.329 --> 00:51:23.747 align:center
Okay.

00:51:40.305 --> 00:51:43.809 align:center
There was so much riding on the concert

00:51:43.892 --> 00:51:48.188 align:center
that I had to do it. I had to show up.

00:52:05.205 --> 00:52:07.374 align:center
And just right after the first set,

00:52:07.457 --> 00:52:10.710 align:center
somebody came up to me.
"Sir, sir, sir. We need you backstage."

00:52:11.294 --> 00:52:13.755 align:center
I didn't know how to get backstage.

00:52:13.839 --> 00:52:15.924 align:center
And then someone just told me that

00:52:16.007 --> 00:52:18.260 align:center
my brother had a heart attack.

00:52:20.262 --> 00:52:24.015 align:center
I didn’t want to think about it.
I didn’t want to think about losing him.

00:52:29.896 --> 00:52:33.400 align:center
If I remember correctly,
Day went to our tent and said,

00:52:33.483 --> 00:52:36.069 align:center
"Ely's getting rushed to the hospital."

00:52:37.904 --> 00:52:40.031 align:center
And I didn't know what to do.

00:52:40.115 --> 00:52:43.326 align:center
We're not gonna--
Who's gonna tell the crowd?

00:52:44.411 --> 00:52:47.080 align:center
We, however, regret to inform you that

00:52:47.163 --> 00:52:49.291 align:center
due to my brother's poor health,

00:52:49.374 --> 00:52:52.586 align:center
because of the emotional
and physical stress

00:52:52.669 --> 00:52:54.296 align:center
that he's been experiencing,

00:52:54.379 --> 00:52:55.213 align:center
ERASERHEADS' REUNION CONCERT WAS CUT SHORT
AFTER ELY BUENDIA WAS HOSPITALIZED

00:52:55.297 --> 00:52:58.925 align:center
we apologize for
cutting the concert short.

00:53:05.265 --> 00:53:08.977 align:center
I've never seen a crowd so compassionate.

00:53:09.060 --> 00:53:11.229 align:center
Some were crying because

00:53:12.230 --> 00:53:14.816 align:center
their idol, Ely,
was rushed to the hospital.

00:53:14.900 --> 00:53:16.568 align:center
It was a good first set.

00:53:16.651 --> 00:53:19.779 align:center
And we're always gonna be
supportive of The Eraserheads.

00:53:19.863 --> 00:53:23.867 align:center
It's sad because I waited so long
for this concert and

00:53:24.367 --> 00:53:25.827 align:center
I mean, what are the chances?

00:53:25.911 --> 00:53:27.954 align:center
It seems so cruel.

00:53:28.038 --> 00:53:30.665 align:center
For Ely to get sick
when his mom just died.

00:53:30.749 --> 00:53:31.958 align:center
It's just so sad that this happened.

00:53:32.542 --> 00:53:34.169 align:center
I, I don't know if,

00:53:34.252 --> 00:53:39.883 align:center
I mean I don't how I would have
dealt with it if he didn't

00:53:39.966 --> 00:53:41.092 align:center
pull through.

00:53:41.176 --> 00:53:44.429 align:center
That would have been like unimaginable.

00:53:44.512 --> 00:53:47.098 align:center
Like a huge f**king
joke from the universe!

00:53:47.182 --> 00:53:48.516 align:center
Like, what?!

00:53:50.560 --> 00:53:52.771 align:center
I don't know. I didn't know what to think

00:53:52.854 --> 00:53:54.314 align:center
'cause it's like,

00:53:54.814 --> 00:53:56.816 align:center
"Were we gonna lose him?"

00:53:56.900 --> 00:53:58.401 align:center
Right? It's like,

00:53:58.902 --> 00:54:01.029 align:center
I didn't even have words for it anymore.

00:54:03.281 --> 00:54:05.325 align:center
Your smile is different

00:54:05.408 --> 00:54:07.494 align:center
Your look is different

00:54:07.577 --> 00:54:11.081 align:center
Everything's changed about you

00:54:12.165 --> 00:54:14.084 align:center
I wish I hadn't seen

00:54:14.167 --> 00:54:16.169 align:center
I wish I didn't have this problem

00:54:16.252 --> 00:54:22.801 align:center
Because I don't have enough cash

00:54:23.802 --> 00:54:30.642 align:center
To buy your pretty face

00:54:31.893 --> 00:54:35.230 align:center
I didn't even go home.
I said, "I wanna finish the show."

00:54:35.730 --> 00:54:37.315 align:center
You don't wanna think about anything.

00:54:37.399 --> 00:54:40.652 align:center
No flashbacks.
No, I don't even want to think about him.

00:54:41.277 --> 00:54:44.197 align:center
So we all went. I called Buddy.

00:54:44.280 --> 00:54:46.157 align:center
"We're going to Saguijo.
We're gonna finish the show."

00:54:46.241 --> 00:54:49.077 align:center
I don't wanna cry.
I just want to finish the show.

00:54:50.412 --> 00:54:56.459 align:center
Raymund had this idea
to congregate in Saguijo Bar.

00:54:58.169 --> 00:54:59.045 align:center
For me, it was like

00:54:59.129 --> 00:55:01.214 align:center
"Is it a good idea to be there?"

00:55:01.297 --> 00:55:04.509 align:center
It was like "No, no, he would've
wanted us to finish it."

00:55:04.592 --> 00:55:06.219 align:center
Which kind of backfired, I think.

00:55:07.137 --> 00:55:08.847 align:center
F**k, man. Why?

00:55:08.930 --> 00:55:13.893 align:center
So that added again
to the resentment that I felt

00:55:13.977 --> 00:55:16.771 align:center
with these guys, that, you know…

00:55:18.064 --> 00:55:23.445 align:center
I mean, I'm in the f**king hospital
and you're out there,

00:55:24.654 --> 00:55:26.281 align:center
performing?

00:55:26.364 --> 00:55:30.410 align:center
That's what I did when my dad
passed a few years ago before that.

00:55:32.871 --> 00:55:36.166 align:center
It would've saved us a lot of suffering

00:55:36.249 --> 00:55:39.294 align:center
if I had known that.

00:55:39.377 --> 00:55:44.924 align:center
It all seems very silly now

00:55:45.008 --> 00:55:47.469 align:center
when you look at it from that perspective.

00:55:48.428 --> 00:55:50.930 align:center
But I was coming from

00:55:51.014 --> 00:55:56.478 align:center
a frame of reality

00:55:56.561 --> 00:55:57.937 align:center
that was different.

00:56:01.149 --> 00:56:02.859 align:center
Why not have a reunion of the Heads?

00:56:02.942 --> 00:56:04.194 align:center
There's a lot of baggage

00:56:04.277 --> 00:56:09.032 align:center
and it's one of those things
that's not happening at the moment.

00:56:09.115 --> 00:56:10.366 align:center
Right?

00:56:10.450 --> 00:56:11.951 align:center
We disagree a lot on many things.

00:56:12.035 --> 00:56:14.079 align:center
So it's not worth it to just
put the band together,

00:56:14.162 --> 00:56:16.039 align:center
-Right.
-for whatever reason

00:56:16.122 --> 00:56:17.957 align:center
when everybody's doing their thing.

00:56:18.041 --> 00:56:20.168 align:center
Ely's doing his thing.
Marcus is doing his thing.

00:56:20.251 --> 00:56:23.171 align:center
With you

00:56:25.090 --> 00:56:30.887 align:center
Uncertain when you'll come back for me

00:56:51.157 --> 00:56:54.953 align:center
Where do I fit in your life?

00:56:56.246 --> 00:56:57.205 align:center
Lightheaded

00:57:12.720 --> 00:57:17.308 align:center
If you look at the history
from the 60s to the present day.

00:57:17.392 --> 00:57:21.437 align:center
You can really divide it
into two large categories.

00:57:21.938 --> 00:57:25.191 align:center
Before The Eraserheads
and After the Eraserheads.

00:57:26.151 --> 00:57:28.319 align:center
Really, The Eraserheads
changed everything.

00:57:28.403 --> 00:57:32.323 align:center
The ‘heads were part of
a global phenomenon that was not planned

00:57:32.407 --> 00:57:36.995 align:center
and i think music in general
was looking for something else.

00:57:37.078 --> 00:57:40.665 align:center
We still hear them today,

00:57:40.748 --> 00:57:43.251 align:center
even the young people love their music.

00:57:43.334 --> 00:57:44.919 align:center
There’s something about The Eraserheads,

00:57:45.003 --> 00:57:47.255 align:center
something about
their devil may care attitude,

00:57:47.338 --> 00:57:51.009 align:center
their audacity, that resonated with me.

00:57:51.092 --> 00:57:57.682 align:center
I can go beyond my own limits

00:57:57.765 --> 00:58:02.520 align:center
in the same way that
they went beyond their own parameters.

00:58:02.604 --> 00:58:05.815 align:center
Rock bands,
or any kind of band for that matter,

00:58:05.899 --> 00:58:07.317 align:center
usually sing about love.

00:58:07.400 --> 00:58:09.903 align:center
But they also touch
on themes like friendship

00:58:09.986 --> 00:58:13.156 align:center
and the struggles of being a student,
which I can relate to.

00:58:13.239 --> 00:58:15.700 align:center
They don’t write for a return.

00:58:15.783 --> 00:58:19.913 align:center
They don’t write to make sure they can hit
a certain position in the hit parade

00:58:19.996 --> 00:58:21.122 align:center
or they can sell.

00:58:21.206 --> 00:58:23.082 align:center
They write what’s in their heart.

00:58:23.166 --> 00:58:27.629 align:center
The music of The Eraserheads
isn’t just music to me.

00:58:27.712 --> 00:58:29.839 align:center
It taught me about being Filipino,

00:58:29.923 --> 00:58:33.051 align:center
it taught me that there are people
like me in the Philippines,

00:58:33.134 --> 00:58:35.345 align:center
and the Philippines
is in everyone’s heart.

00:58:35.929 --> 00:58:41.309 align:center
Each of the songs really represents
a journey in someone’s life like mine.

00:58:41.893 --> 00:58:43.686 align:center
And that’s the beauty
of The Eraserheads’ songs

00:58:43.770 --> 00:58:47.398 align:center
because it speaks to you no matter
what social class you are,

00:58:47.482 --> 00:58:50.276 align:center
what kind of upbringing you had,
what kind of life you’re having.

00:58:50.360 --> 00:58:51.361 align:center
It’s very universal.

00:58:51.444 --> 00:58:53.988 align:center
It speaks a certain truth.

00:58:54.072 --> 00:58:55.865 align:center
If you listen to their music,

00:58:56.866 --> 00:58:59.160 align:center
it gives you hope.

00:58:59.869 --> 00:59:02.163 align:center
If you’re sad,
their music can make you happy.

00:59:08.253 --> 00:59:13.299 align:center
Hi, Sir Ely! IS THERE HOPE
OF AN ERASERHEADS REUNION?

00:59:18.555 --> 00:59:23.726 align:center
IF LENI RUNS.

00:59:50.253 --> 00:59:55.842 align:center
With my whole heart,
I believe we can triumph.

00:59:57.010 --> 01:00:03.016 align:center
It wasn't really to confirm
that the band was getting back together.

01:00:03.516 --> 01:00:07.729 align:center
But it was sort of
a calculated tweet also.

01:00:08.229 --> 01:00:14.736 align:center
It was more for people to
actually go out there and register

01:00:14.819 --> 01:00:17.280 align:center
because I've never voted.

01:00:17.363 --> 01:00:20.992 align:center
I’ve never been registered so…

01:00:22.368 --> 01:00:25.830 align:center
to say that I would
go out and actually vote

01:00:25.913 --> 01:00:27.332 align:center
meant a lot to me.

01:00:30.335 --> 01:00:31.377 align:center
As an artist,

01:00:33.046 --> 01:00:34.839 align:center
Just trying to

01:00:36.591 --> 01:00:42.305 align:center
make some use of whatever

01:00:42.388 --> 01:00:45.475 align:center
influence I thought I had.

01:00:45.558 --> 01:00:49.437 align:center
I had never put myself on the line

01:00:50.104 --> 01:00:55.485 align:center
as much as I did when I supported Leni.

01:00:55.568 --> 01:01:00.198 align:center
Take a look at my eyes, Don't you see?

01:01:01.074 --> 01:01:06.913 align:center
I am now flying, and heaven's close by

01:01:06.996 --> 01:01:08.206 align:center
Do you want to come with me?

01:01:08.289 --> 01:01:10.124 align:center
LET US WIN THIS - RAISING FILIPINO LIVES

01:01:10.208 --> 01:01:12.585 align:center
Do you want to…

01:01:13.461 --> 01:01:15.797 align:center
Do you want to…

01:01:16.756 --> 01:01:19.384 align:center
Do you want to…

01:01:19.467 --> 01:01:22.053 align:center
…Come with me?

01:01:32.021 --> 01:01:35.858 align:center
Ladies and gentlemen of the 18th Congress,

01:01:35.942 --> 01:01:39.612 align:center
Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.,

01:01:39.696 --> 01:01:44.075 align:center
the duly elected President of
the Republic of the Philippines.

01:01:44.951 --> 01:01:49.956 align:center
BBM!

01:02:02.927 --> 01:02:05.763 align:center
I guess, we needed, you know,

01:02:06.264 --> 01:02:11.394 align:center
we needed something
that would lift our spirits up.

01:02:12.311 --> 01:02:16.983 align:center
The reemergence of The Eraserheads
in 2022 was a pleasant surprise

01:02:17.066 --> 01:02:23.573 align:center
to people just coming out
of the pandemic isolation

01:02:24.866 --> 01:02:28.828 align:center
and reeling from the political divisions

01:02:29.412 --> 01:02:33.416 align:center
generated by
the presidential elections of that year.

01:02:34.459 --> 01:02:38.671 align:center
By golly, our country needs
those kinds of songs

01:02:39.547 --> 01:02:40.715 align:center
that bring us together.

01:02:40.798 --> 01:02:42.884 align:center
Especially in times when

01:02:43.885 --> 01:02:46.387 align:center
we have political conflicts.

01:02:46.471 --> 01:02:49.974 align:center
It's like saying
here we are again as a people

01:02:50.057 --> 01:02:51.309 align:center
in one big area

01:02:52.059 --> 01:02:54.479 align:center
singing the songs that we all love.

01:02:54.562 --> 01:02:56.147 align:center
Untainted by politics.

01:02:56.230 --> 01:02:57.940 align:center
That's the power of art.

01:02:59.150 --> 01:03:02.528 align:center
They were a unique phenomenon
whose cultural impact

01:03:02.612 --> 01:03:07.533 align:center
and significance has never had a rival.

01:03:08.284 --> 01:03:09.285 align:center
No worries.

01:03:09.368 --> 01:03:11.537 align:center
-Sir.
-Marcus.

01:03:13.414 --> 01:03:16.292 align:center
-Hi, everyone.
-Hello.

01:03:16.375 --> 01:03:18.836 align:center
-Hello.
-Hi.

01:03:18.920 --> 01:03:21.047 align:center
Okay, guys.

01:03:21.130 --> 01:03:23.966 align:center
-Right here.
-Okay.

01:03:24.050 --> 01:03:27.220 align:center
Oily Buendia.

01:03:28.596 --> 01:03:34.185 align:center
-I'll change my name in Instagram.
-Oh. Can I change my seat? This one is…

01:03:34.268 --> 01:03:36.646 align:center
I'm just kidding.

01:03:37.313 --> 01:03:38.856 align:center
But seriously, this is wiggling.

01:03:38.940 --> 01:03:40.858 align:center
It's okay. I can do this.

01:03:49.283 --> 01:03:52.954 align:center
What do you think is and you
can take this in any way you want to,

01:03:53.037 --> 01:03:55.832 align:center
what's the most difficult thing
that you had to overcome

01:03:55.915 --> 01:03:58.251 align:center
for this to happen?

01:03:59.085 --> 01:04:01.045 align:center
That's a good question.

01:04:01.879 --> 01:04:03.005 align:center
Tough, tough question.

01:04:03.089 --> 01:04:04.966 align:center
We've never been asked that question.

01:04:06.384 --> 01:04:07.718 align:center
Can we get back to you on that?

01:04:20.982 --> 01:04:23.317 align:center
So that's why I sort of

01:04:23.401 --> 01:04:29.073 align:center
wasn't keen on working with Marcus at all.

01:04:29.156 --> 01:04:30.324 align:center
As a matter of fact,

01:04:30.408 --> 01:04:33.786 align:center
I talked to my manager about it

01:04:33.870 --> 01:04:35.997 align:center
lots of times saying

01:04:36.497 --> 01:04:40.209 align:center
I'd rather just continue what I'm doing

01:04:40.293 --> 01:04:42.545 align:center
than go through all that s**t.

01:04:42.628 --> 01:04:45.881 align:center
Once in Kalayaan

01:04:45.965 --> 01:04:49.176 align:center
We met

01:04:49.260 --> 01:04:51.554 align:center
Each one with their own

01:04:51.637 --> 01:04:56.684 align:center
hopes and dreams

01:04:57.685 --> 01:04:59.854 align:center
That song is actually about

01:04:59.937 --> 01:05:02.231 align:center
my actual friends.

01:05:02.315 --> 01:05:04.567 align:center
So it wasn't about The Eraserheads.

01:05:04.650 --> 01:05:07.612 align:center
Okay, I don't wanna break
any hearts again but

01:05:07.695 --> 01:05:08.863 align:center
we were never close.

01:05:08.946 --> 01:05:10.615 align:center
We were never friends.

01:05:12.116 --> 01:05:16.579 align:center
That was a very, very conscious

01:05:16.662 --> 01:05:19.749 align:center
effort to distance myself

01:05:20.249 --> 01:05:23.002 align:center
from the band.

01:05:24.086 --> 01:05:26.923 align:center
And the number one reason is

01:05:27.006 --> 01:05:31.719 align:center
because of Marcus’ controversy.

01:05:32.386 --> 01:05:36.807 align:center
I really resented him for that,

01:05:36.891 --> 01:05:39.852 align:center
for dragging me into that

01:05:39.935 --> 01:05:43.105 align:center
and dragging the Eheads’ name into that.

01:05:48.861 --> 01:05:52.615 align:center
It's always been treated
like a private matter.

01:05:53.282 --> 01:05:56.160 align:center
And so to protect my family

01:05:56.243 --> 01:05:57.912 align:center
and everyone else involved,

01:06:01.207 --> 01:06:03.209 align:center
I'm keeping it private.

01:06:03.292 --> 01:06:05.962 align:center
'Cause Marcus will keep saying
that it is a private matter.

01:06:06.045 --> 01:06:07.254 align:center
And I agree.

01:06:07.338 --> 01:06:08.964 align:center
Family stuff,

01:06:09.048 --> 01:06:11.050 align:center
family matters are always private.

01:06:11.550 --> 01:06:14.679 align:center
They're meant to be dealt with privately

01:06:14.762 --> 01:06:17.223 align:center
because that's the forum for it.

01:06:17.306 --> 01:06:20.851 align:center
Once it becomes public,
it's just open to conjecture for everyone

01:06:20.935 --> 01:06:23.229 align:center
and a lot of things get lost.

01:06:26.482 --> 01:06:29.276 align:center
I don't know if Marcus made any headway

01:06:29.360 --> 01:06:31.195 align:center
with regards to dealing with it

01:06:31.821 --> 01:06:33.864 align:center
because we hadn't been in touch.

01:07:08.065 --> 01:07:11.277 align:center
When it was happening three years ago,

01:07:11.360 --> 01:07:16.449 align:center
I gave my advice privately
to the people involved,

01:07:16.532 --> 01:07:18.409 align:center
I gave my advice to Marcus.

01:07:19.076 --> 01:07:20.286 align:center
I told him,

01:07:21.162 --> 01:07:23.831 align:center
"You need to seek help."

01:07:24.331 --> 01:07:26.250 align:center
"You need to ask for forgiveness."

01:07:26.333 --> 01:07:29.211 align:center
"You need to talk
to your friends and family."

01:07:29.295 --> 01:07:31.505 align:center
And then he showed me.

01:07:31.589 --> 01:07:34.425 align:center
"Over the years,
I sought help with a therapist."

01:07:34.508 --> 01:07:36.385 align:center
And everything among other things.

01:07:36.469 --> 01:07:37.970 align:center
To me,

01:07:38.053 --> 01:07:41.682 align:center
what changed my mind about it

01:07:41.766 --> 01:07:43.851 align:center
was the fact that

01:07:45.311 --> 01:07:52.276 align:center
I saw that Marcus was really
humbled by that experience.

01:07:52.902 --> 01:07:57.490 align:center
And I saw that
he wanted to make things right.

01:08:03.037 --> 01:08:05.539 align:center
-Try this.
-It's good.

01:08:07.374 --> 01:08:10.711 align:center
It's still weird. Just like the first day.

01:08:11.504 --> 01:08:14.048 align:center
-'Cause you were late.
-Yeah.

01:08:14.131 --> 01:08:17.343 align:center
But on stage, it just feels right.

01:08:17.426 --> 01:08:22.014 align:center
It's always the music
that glues us together.

01:08:22.515 --> 01:08:24.016 align:center
It was never easy.

01:08:24.099 --> 01:08:26.602 align:center
Like thinking back all those years,

01:08:26.685 --> 01:08:28.813 align:center
it was never easy hanging out

01:08:28.896 --> 01:08:32.066 align:center
but playing music was always easy.

01:08:36.654 --> 01:08:39.949 align:center
Please, please come back to me

01:08:40.032 --> 01:08:43.494 align:center
Let's give our love another chance

01:08:45.037 --> 01:08:48.457 align:center
Wish you were in my arms

01:08:48.541 --> 01:08:52.419 align:center
And you're whispering your love me too

01:09:06.225 --> 01:09:09.270 align:center
On the second rehearsal,
I was approached by

01:09:09.770 --> 01:09:12.940 align:center
Buddy, Raymund, Ely. And they said,

01:09:13.023 --> 01:09:17.361 align:center
"Mr. Lumen, Marcus is
not playing up to par."

01:09:18.362 --> 01:09:20.948 align:center
Buddy actually said that if

01:09:21.448 --> 01:09:23.450 align:center
he cannot play at par, we can replace him.

01:09:23.951 --> 01:09:28.414 align:center
And replacing Marcus is a big no-no for us

01:09:28.497 --> 01:09:30.124 align:center
because it's not gonna be Eheads anymore.

01:09:31.000 --> 01:09:32.626 align:center
There are four members of Eheads.

01:09:32.710 --> 01:09:33.752 align:center
They have to be there.

01:09:33.836 --> 01:09:35.921 align:center
If you replace one, it's not
gonna be Eheads anymore.

01:09:46.056 --> 01:09:50.561 align:center
Come, have a taste of heaven

01:09:52.730 --> 01:09:57.067 align:center
Come, have a taste of heaven

01:09:57.151 --> 01:09:58.736 align:center
Back to G.

01:09:59.653 --> 01:10:04.241 align:center
Come, have a taste of heaven

01:10:06.535 --> 01:10:11.790 align:center
Ely, being the leader of the band,
helped Marcus rehearse.

01:10:11.874 --> 01:10:15.961 align:center
So when I asked Raymund and Buddy,
"How did he do? Did he improve?"

01:10:16.045 --> 01:10:19.381 align:center
And they said, "He improved.
He can stay on."

01:10:20.424 --> 01:10:24.011 align:center
Just today, just a few hours ago,

01:10:24.094 --> 01:10:29.808 align:center
I learned that all my kids

01:10:29.892 --> 01:10:32.353 align:center
will be there.

01:10:32.436 --> 01:10:35.022 align:center
To me, this is not just a reunion

01:10:35.105 --> 01:10:38.567 align:center
but a family reunion.

01:10:38.651 --> 01:10:41.111 align:center
So I'm happy

01:10:41.904 --> 01:10:45.658 align:center
and there is a chance for

01:10:45.741 --> 01:10:50.329 align:center
healing and forgiveness to happen.

01:10:52.665 --> 01:10:54.875 align:center
Now, it's much lighter.

01:10:54.959 --> 01:10:58.254 align:center
Everything we just-- we're just happy.

01:10:58.337 --> 01:11:00.381 align:center
We can speak more freely

01:11:00.464 --> 01:11:01.757 align:center
because we realize that we're old

01:11:01.840 --> 01:11:04.134 align:center
and maybe we will
die soon anytime, you know.

01:11:06.136 --> 01:11:07.096 align:center
Cut the s**t, dude!

01:11:12.268 --> 01:11:15.980 align:center
What do you think things
would be like had you carried on?

01:11:16.063 --> 01:11:18.232 align:center
I feel that Buddy and Marcus
would end up together.

01:11:18.315 --> 01:11:19.650 align:center
There.

01:11:19.733 --> 01:11:21.402 align:center
I like Marcus' answer.

01:11:22.569 --> 01:11:23.487 align:center
Yeah.

01:11:24.488 --> 01:11:28.450 align:center
If we continued on,
then there won't be a reunion.

01:11:51.056 --> 01:11:52.599 align:center
And take one.

01:11:52.683 --> 01:11:53.767 align:center
Action!

01:11:53.851 --> 01:11:55.602 align:center
See you on December 2020--

01:11:56.603 --> 01:12:00.524 align:center
See you on December 22, 2022 at--

01:12:01.817 --> 01:12:04.236 align:center
See you on December 22--

01:12:04.903 --> 01:12:06.613 align:center
See you on--

01:12:06.697 --> 01:12:09.783 align:center
at the SM City-- SMDC, again.

01:12:09.867 --> 01:12:13.829 align:center
At the SMDC Festival Grounds
for our concert.

01:12:14.330 --> 01:12:15.205 align:center
Our concert!

01:12:15.289 --> 01:12:16.290 align:center
Action!

01:12:16.373 --> 01:12:18.000 align:center
See you on December 22

01:12:18.083 --> 01:12:19.168 align:center
202

01:12:19.251 --> 01:12:21.295 align:center
at the SMDC Festival Grounds

01:12:21.378 --> 01:12:22.588 align:center
for our concert!

01:12:23.339 --> 01:12:24.673 align:center
Okay.

01:12:25.299 --> 01:12:26.342 align:center
-We're done.
-Done.

01:12:33.891 --> 01:12:37.227 align:center
It's a nice stretch of years

01:12:37.311 --> 01:12:39.646 align:center
to finally say,

01:12:39.730 --> 01:12:43.317 align:center
"Yeah, I'm ready to go on
this ride again."

01:13:19.061 --> 01:13:23.732 align:center
One, two, three.

01:13:27.152 --> 01:13:28.695 align:center
That won't start anymore.

01:13:46.046 --> 01:13:50.926 align:center
I didn't even consider what it meant until

01:13:51.009 --> 01:13:53.262 align:center
we were about to do the rehearsals.

01:13:53.345 --> 01:13:56.140 align:center
And then that's when I started to

01:13:56.223 --> 01:13:57.975 align:center
process everything,

01:13:58.058 --> 01:14:00.936 align:center
ten years and the events
that led up to it.

01:14:07.443 --> 01:14:13.824 align:center
People can forgive
and music can bring people together again.

01:14:20.539 --> 01:14:23.750 align:center
We've always functioned
as not perfect people.

01:14:23.834 --> 01:14:27.504 align:center
We've always functioned
as a not perfect band

01:14:27.588 --> 01:14:29.256 align:center
with non-perfect songs.

01:14:29.339 --> 01:14:32.342 align:center
We make mistakes and then we just move on.

01:14:37.890 --> 01:14:43.145 align:center
I think we are more relaxed as people.
I think age has a lot to do with it.

01:14:43.228 --> 01:14:45.772 align:center
The pandemic has a lot to do with it.

01:14:46.482 --> 01:14:48.692 align:center
Our kids has a lot to do with it.

01:14:48.775 --> 01:14:51.820 align:center
I think about our friendship
like an ex-girlfriend.

01:14:53.322 --> 01:14:55.157 align:center
You're just glad you're not fighting.

01:15:07.294 --> 01:15:09.796 align:center
Two, one!

01:15:52.422 --> 01:15:58.762 align:center
Are you sick and tired of
The hassles of life?

01:15:59.763 --> 01:16:04.685 align:center
Do you want to stop thinking for yourself?

01:16:06.311 --> 01:16:09.439 align:center
Don't feel like traveling?

01:16:10.274 --> 01:16:13.610 align:center
Do you just want to lay down all day?

01:16:13.694 --> 01:16:19.616 align:center
Are you tired of hugging your wife?

01:16:21.743 --> 01:16:26.581 align:center
I'm exactly what you need

01:16:29.459 --> 01:16:34.339 align:center
Just dial my number on the phone

01:16:37.384 --> 01:16:39.428 align:center
Connect me to a scanner

01:16:39.511 --> 01:16:42.389 align:center
Who's in charge of this Sci-Fi nightmare?

01:16:42.472 --> 01:16:44.641 align:center
Tomato One, callin' starship crew

01:16:44.725 --> 01:16:47.477 align:center
Ground patrol Tomato Two

01:16:47.561 --> 01:16:49.479 align:center
Bouncin' on a cellulite doorbell

01:16:49.563 --> 01:16:52.566 align:center
Another planet, another hotel, oh well

01:16:52.649 --> 01:16:54.526 align:center
Snack food shooting marathon

01:16:54.610 --> 01:16:56.945 align:center
Hypnotized by your own Playstation

01:16:57.029 --> 01:16:59.531 align:center
I'm a toy with a dream to redeem

01:16:59.615 --> 01:17:02.326 align:center
Try to change some rules in the mainstream

01:17:02.409 --> 01:17:03.952 align:center
Mayday! Mayday!

01:17:04.036 --> 01:17:05.037 align:center
Outta control rocket

01:17:05.120 --> 01:17:07.831 align:center
I think we just hit a nasty air-pocket

01:17:07.914 --> 01:17:10.167 align:center
I'm gettin dizzy like a drunken bee

01:17:10.250 --> 01:17:12.461 align:center
Buzzin' around in the galaxy

01:17:12.544 --> 01:17:15.088 align:center
Nevertheless, guess who's comin' here

01:17:15.172 --> 01:17:16.923 align:center
When Saturn flies by?

01:17:17.007 --> 01:17:21.595 align:center
In a hostile takeover bid

01:17:22.137 --> 01:17:26.224 align:center
For the clouds

01:17:26.808 --> 01:17:31.146 align:center
Clouds in the sky, sky, sky

01:17:31.855 --> 01:17:37.277 align:center
All the lawyers pray to God

01:17:37.361 --> 01:17:42.115 align:center
In a hostile takeover bid

01:17:42.199 --> 01:17:45.285 align:center
For the mind

01:18:11.228 --> 01:18:14.314 align:center
You don't need to leave

01:18:16.108 --> 01:18:19.111 align:center
It seems a bit naive

01:18:21.446 --> 01:18:24.783 align:center
No need to disagree

01:18:26.952 --> 01:18:30.706 align:center
Or seek my history

01:18:32.082 --> 01:18:35.627 align:center
You're starin' at my soul

01:18:36.795 --> 01:18:40.757 align:center
My sanity you stole

01:18:42.801 --> 01:18:46.304 align:center
But then I knew all along

01:18:47.431 --> 01:18:51.435 align:center
My mother always told me
that I was a natural singer.

01:18:51.518 --> 01:18:54.104 align:center
Instead of her singing me to sleep,

01:18:54.187 --> 01:18:56.857 align:center
it was me that was singing her to sleep

01:18:56.940 --> 01:18:58.817 align:center
when I was a young child.

01:18:59.317 --> 01:19:03.029 align:center
You opened my door

01:19:03.864 --> 01:19:08.577 align:center
When I get near, all my fears disappear

01:19:08.660 --> 01:19:14.541 align:center
And I won't be alone anymore

01:19:15.584 --> 01:19:20.380 align:center
How am I around the three other guys?

01:19:20.464 --> 01:19:21.757 align:center
Around Ely.

01:19:23.967 --> 01:19:26.011 align:center
You might say that

01:19:29.389 --> 01:19:32.100 align:center
there's resentment.

01:19:32.184 --> 01:19:34.019 align:center
Nah, resentments for the past.

01:19:34.102 --> 01:19:37.314 align:center
When you keep on holding
on to that resentment,

01:19:37.397 --> 01:19:39.900 align:center
it doesn't do anything for you.

01:19:39.983 --> 01:19:41.651 align:center
It doesn't do anything for me.

01:19:42.235 --> 01:19:44.488 align:center
In my head, I think everybody just agreed.

01:19:44.571 --> 01:19:49.951 align:center
And it's one of those waves
and cycles that I,

01:19:50.035 --> 01:19:53.872 align:center
you know, some years it happens,
some years, it doesn't happen.

01:19:53.955 --> 01:19:56.458 align:center
So it's like
"Oh, it's one of those years!"

01:19:56.541 --> 01:19:58.335 align:center
That just aligned.

01:19:58.418 --> 01:19:59.419 align:center
Yeah.

01:20:09.596 --> 01:20:11.640 align:center
You have all inspired us

01:20:11.723 --> 01:20:14.601 align:center
during the darkest times in the pandemic.

01:20:16.311 --> 01:20:18.939 align:center
And we're very honored
that this song was chosen

01:20:19.022 --> 01:20:23.235 align:center
as an inspiration for everyone

01:20:24.653 --> 01:20:27.030 align:center
like you have inspired us to come back.

01:20:33.370 --> 01:20:35.038 align:center
So this is for all of you guys.

01:20:35.121 --> 01:20:36.331 align:center
We love you.

01:20:38.917 --> 01:20:41.211 align:center
Lift your head

01:20:42.379 --> 01:20:45.340 align:center
Baby don't be scared

01:20:46.007 --> 01:20:52.347 align:center
Of the things that could go
Wrong along the way

01:20:52.931 --> 01:20:58.937 align:center
You'll get by with a smile

01:21:00.188 --> 01:21:06.611 align:center
You can't win at everything
But you can try

01:21:07.696 --> 01:21:11.408 align:center
Baby you don't have to worry

01:21:11.491 --> 01:21:15.036 align:center
'Cause there ain't no need to hurry

01:21:15.120 --> 01:21:20.667 align:center
No one ever said that there's an easy way

01:21:21.710 --> 01:21:25.046 align:center
When they're closing all their doors

01:21:25.130 --> 01:21:28.508 align:center
They don't want you anymore

01:21:28.592 --> 01:21:34.347 align:center
This sounds funny but I'll say it anyway

01:21:35.473 --> 01:21:40.687 align:center
Girl, I'll stay through the bad times

01:21:42.606 --> 01:21:48.111 align:center
Even if I have to fetch you everyday

01:21:48.904 --> 01:21:54.701 align:center
We'll get by with a smile

01:21:55.827 --> 01:22:02.667 align:center
Now it's time to kiss away
Those tears goodbye

01:22:04.794 --> 01:22:07.589 align:center
I knew someday that

01:22:08.882 --> 01:22:12.093 align:center
something would bring us back together.

01:22:14.095 --> 01:22:19.434 align:center
And I'm very proud that
we set aside our differences.

01:22:20.518 --> 01:22:21.853 align:center
For the fans.

01:22:25.482 --> 01:22:27.943 align:center
They're basically superheroes to people.

01:22:28.026 --> 01:22:32.656 align:center
People see a lot of themselves
in The Eraserheads but also,

01:22:33.156 --> 01:22:36.326 align:center
paradoxically, they are also deified.

01:22:36.910 --> 01:22:41.623 align:center
And I think
specifically for Huling El Bimbo in 2022,

01:22:43.375 --> 01:22:49.089 align:center
it has the ring of something much bigger
than the previous shows.

01:22:53.593 --> 01:22:56.388 align:center
I think it has to do with
the fact that it was

01:22:57.931 --> 01:23:00.976 align:center
a really messed up time
for Philippine society

01:23:01.059 --> 01:23:05.021 align:center
and a band could not possibly
solve a country's problems

01:23:05.105 --> 01:23:07.774 align:center
but what it can do

01:23:08.274 --> 01:23:10.652 align:center
especially if it's a well-loved band

01:23:10.735 --> 01:23:12.070 align:center
like The Eraserheads,

01:23:12.153 --> 01:23:16.116 align:center
is to offer a momentary
reprieve from all that craziness.

01:23:16.199 --> 01:23:19.577 align:center
And for two to three hours that night,

01:23:19.661 --> 01:23:24.124 align:center
they served that purpose.

01:23:25.542 --> 01:23:29.295 align:center
And they were
transcendent that way, I feel.

01:23:32.841 --> 01:23:34.634 align:center
When you have huge political upheavals

01:23:34.718 --> 01:23:36.845 align:center
that's when nostalgia emerges.

01:23:37.345 --> 01:23:40.765 align:center
You want to go back to something
that's stable again.

01:23:41.766 --> 01:23:44.060 align:center
That's the power of nostalgia.

01:23:44.144 --> 01:23:47.063 align:center
You cling to it in moments of uncertainty.

01:23:47.564 --> 01:23:51.234 align:center
Nostalgia also allows us
an opportunity to reflect.

01:23:51.317 --> 01:23:53.611 align:center
I think we as a nation are still learning.

01:23:53.695 --> 01:23:57.157 align:center
I'm of the mind that we haven't
told enough stories about the past

01:23:57.240 --> 01:23:59.701 align:center
and we need to tell
and remember those stories.

01:24:00.702 --> 01:24:03.830 align:center
We have to take accountability
for the things that happened in the past

01:24:03.913 --> 01:24:08.752 align:center
so that we can even begin to imagine
a future for the country.

01:24:10.336 --> 01:24:12.088 align:center
It's time to look at the future.

01:24:13.840 --> 01:24:15.300 align:center
And honor the past.

01:24:18.636 --> 01:24:20.722 align:center
We were never not friends.

01:24:21.222 --> 01:24:22.515 align:center
We just had a falling out.

01:24:32.984 --> 01:24:34.944 align:center
The personal healing,

01:24:35.028 --> 01:24:38.364 align:center
of course, manifests itself
in the performance.

01:24:38.865 --> 01:24:42.452 align:center
I always said, "I wish
we had more chemistry."

01:24:42.535 --> 01:24:45.413 align:center
Now, we actually have chemistry.

01:24:49.626 --> 01:24:53.713 align:center
It brings me so much joy.

01:25:15.693 --> 01:25:21.116 align:center
You look like that actress Paraluman

01:25:23.827 --> 01:25:28.039 align:center
When we were young

01:25:29.833 --> 01:25:33.670 align:center
And you danced so well

01:25:34.796 --> 01:25:39.008 align:center
Be it boogie or cha-cha

01:25:39.092 --> 01:25:40.301 align:center
Sing!

01:25:40.385 --> 01:25:46.099 align:center
But my favorite

01:25:46.182 --> 01:25:51.437 align:center
Is when you do the El Bimbo

01:25:52.021 --> 01:25:56.484 align:center
It makes me want to move, it's thrilling

01:25:57.902 --> 01:26:03.157 align:center
It makes my hair stand on end

01:26:05.243 --> 01:26:10.039 align:center
After school

01:26:10.123 --> 01:26:13.585 align:center
I'll go straight to your place

01:26:16.754 --> 01:26:19.090 align:center
And the whole afternoon…

01:26:19.174 --> 01:26:23.094 align:center
It's something that I was afraid

01:26:23.178 --> 01:26:25.722 align:center
to do but

01:26:27.223 --> 01:26:29.392 align:center
I knew I had to do it

01:26:29.893 --> 01:26:33.062 align:center
not just for the fans, of course,

01:26:33.146 --> 01:26:35.940 align:center
but for myself, really.

01:26:36.774 --> 01:26:41.321 align:center
It's about time that I own up

01:26:43.239 --> 01:26:49.913 align:center
to my faults and
I wanted the band to have a second chance

01:26:50.413 --> 01:26:51.623 align:center
at also redemption.

01:26:53.666 --> 01:26:54.500 align:center
You're so great!

01:26:54.584 --> 01:26:58.421 align:center
I’ll go back to learning from the past

01:26:58.922 --> 01:27:04.844 align:center
and internalizing it so you could not
commit the same mistakes.

01:27:04.928 --> 01:27:09.432 align:center
That you taught my heart

01:27:09.515 --> 01:27:14.979 align:center
To fall in love truly

01:27:39.045 --> 01:27:40.463 align:center
We're civil.

01:27:41.255 --> 01:27:43.716 align:center
And that's a start.

01:27:44.634 --> 01:27:47.595 align:center
That's a huge leap from where we were.

01:27:48.554 --> 01:27:54.519 align:center
Of course, we’re not gonna
go skydiving anytime soon

01:27:54.602 --> 01:27:56.813 align:center
or go to the beach

01:27:57.480 --> 01:27:59.899 align:center
and drink beer,

01:28:00.650 --> 01:28:01.859 align:center
but you know, who knows?

01:28:01.943 --> 01:28:04.070 align:center
It could go there.

01:28:04.570 --> 01:28:06.990 align:center
I wouldn't mind, you know.

01:28:07.073 --> 01:28:11.661 align:center
Because this is the first time
I think that we’ve actually

01:28:12.662 --> 01:28:14.497 align:center
known one another.

01:28:16.749 --> 01:28:19.502 align:center
Raymund has his own set of friends.

01:28:19.585 --> 01:28:22.755 align:center
Ely has his own set of friends.

01:28:22.839 --> 01:28:26.342 align:center
Because we're always together.
F**k, it's us again?!

01:28:26.426 --> 01:28:27.176 align:center
Then back, back, back.

01:28:27.260 --> 01:28:29.304 align:center
We were never close that way.

01:28:29.387 --> 01:28:32.098 align:center
His bunch of friends will not
be my bunch of friends.

01:28:33.016 --> 01:28:34.142 align:center
One more.

01:28:36.644 --> 01:28:40.106 align:center
And looking back, we never had like
"Hey, let's have dinner."

01:28:40.189 --> 01:28:41.190 align:center
Ever.

01:28:42.317 --> 01:28:46.571 align:center
Since '89, I never called,
"Hey, let's have dinner."

01:28:46.654 --> 01:28:49.824 align:center
In your eyes…

01:28:51.075 --> 01:28:55.204 align:center
It's like making up for lost dinners

01:28:55.288 --> 01:28:56.497 align:center
or lost times.

01:28:58.124 --> 01:29:01.252 align:center
This is where I cry.

01:29:03.087 --> 01:29:07.842 align:center
I'm doing things
that I said I'd never think about.

01:29:07.925 --> 01:29:10.094 align:center
Or even last night, there was a joke,

01:29:10.178 --> 01:29:12.722 align:center
"let's record a song." And it was a joke.

01:29:12.805 --> 01:29:15.767 align:center
I never thought we would
say that ever again.

01:29:15.850 --> 01:29:18.436 align:center
But that's possible right now.

01:29:32.241 --> 01:29:34.369 align:center
If you look around when you're older,

01:29:34.452 --> 01:29:37.371 align:center
you will see fewer and
fewer people who get you.

01:29:37.455 --> 01:29:39.499 align:center
When I'm up on stage, I look around.

01:29:39.582 --> 01:29:42.502 align:center
And I see Marcus, Raymund and Ely,

01:29:42.585 --> 01:29:44.504 align:center
Oh, I think they get me.

01:29:44.587 --> 01:29:45.755 align:center
I get them.

01:29:47.048 --> 01:29:48.257 align:center
I'm so lucky.

01:29:49.926 --> 01:29:51.969 align:center
So, it doesn't really matter

01:29:52.512 --> 01:29:55.681 align:center
what happened before or
what happened after.

01:29:56.891 --> 01:30:00.436 align:center
You plug in your guitar
and you play the songs.

01:30:00.520 --> 01:30:02.980 align:center
It’s like…

01:30:06.859 --> 01:30:08.236 align:center
It's home.

01:33:18.092 --> 01:33:24.181 align:center
Laughter and glee

01:33:24.265 --> 01:33:31.230 align:center
Fill my homecoming souvenir box

01:33:32.064 --> 01:33:37.653 align:center
Decals, clothes and toys

01:33:37.737 --> 01:33:39.238 align:center
Spray, spray!

01:33:39.322 --> 01:33:44.118 align:center
No space left for a poster

01:33:44.201 --> 01:33:46.495 align:center
You're laughing now. Wait 'til nightfall.

01:33:46.579 --> 01:33:50.374 align:center
-Oh my.
-Hey.

01:33:51.167 --> 01:33:54.003 align:center
Marcus, what tribe are we?

01:34:02.678 --> 01:34:06.432 align:center
My paycheck’s all spent

01:34:06.515 --> 01:34:08.642 align:center
Ely, please explain what happened.

01:34:08.726 --> 01:34:11.937 align:center
Just in one week

01:34:12.021 --> 01:34:15.191 align:center
Ah, Francis's blood boiled over.

01:34:16.108 --> 01:34:22.740 align:center
How sweet is Ceasar’s sugar

01:34:23.574 --> 01:34:30.289 align:center
The demon cook won't give me a break

01:34:32.291 --> 01:34:36.128 align:center
Let’s go home

01:34:36.212 --> 01:34:39.673 align:center
Hey let’s please head home

01:34:39.757 --> 01:34:41.717 align:center
Let’s go home

01:34:41.801 --> 01:34:48.182 align:center
Because the world makes no sense anymore

01:34:51.769 --> 01:34:56.148 align:center
We pray for the safety of
everyone and the safety of the audience.

01:34:58.109 --> 01:34:59.819 align:center
In Jesus' name, we pray.

01:34:59.902 --> 01:35:00.820 align:center
Amen.

01:35:00.903 --> 01:35:01.737 align:center
Let's go, guys.

01:35:01.821 --> 01:35:07.576 align:center
Everything in life

01:35:07.660 --> 01:35:09.703 align:center
I need to pee. That's my problem.

01:35:09.787 --> 01:35:12.123 align:center
Has lost its meaning

01:35:12.206 --> 01:35:14.500 align:center
-I've been drinking a lot of water.
-Did you pee?

01:35:15.084 --> 01:35:21.882 align:center
Where are the souvenirs

01:35:22.508 --> 01:35:29.181 align:center
Who’s going to bring them home

01:35:31.517 --> 01:35:34.353 align:center
Let’s go home

01:35:35.146 --> 01:35:38.732 align:center
Hey let’s please head home

01:35:38.816 --> 01:35:41.193 align:center
Let’s go home

01:35:41.277 --> 01:35:47.741 align:center
Because our world makes no sense anymore

01:35:53.497 --> 01:35:55.124 align:center
Guys, I love you all.

01:35:55.666 --> 01:35:58.043 align:center
Oh my god…

01:36:00.296 --> 01:36:06.677 align:center
Can’t understand anything

01:36:06.760 --> 01:36:08.262 align:center
Guys does he know where we’re going?

01:36:08.345 --> 01:36:09.555 align:center
No!

01:36:09.638 --> 01:36:11.932 align:center
Ely, you are so outrageously
popular, you and your band

01:36:12.016 --> 01:36:13.684 align:center
that it seems we already
have a question here.

01:36:13.767 --> 01:36:14.852 align:center
We have that question?

01:36:15.895 --> 01:36:19.482 align:center
Hello I’m a big fan
calling from the Philippines.

01:36:19.565 --> 01:36:22.276 align:center
Yes, we have lots of questions for Ely.

01:36:22.359 --> 01:36:26.113 align:center
First off, make some noise Eheads fans!

01:36:30.326 --> 01:36:33.913 align:center
Let’s go home

01:36:33.996 --> 01:36:38.000 align:center
Hey let’s please head home

01:36:38.083 --> 01:36:39.752 align:center
Let’s go home

01:36:39.835 --> 01:36:46.550 align:center
Because the world makes no sense anymore

01:36:47.468 --> 01:36:50.638 align:center
The world…

01:36:51.514 --> 01:36:57.311 align:center
The world…

01:36:58.145 --> 01:37:01.524 align:center
Homecoming

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Homecoming

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Homecoming