The Eraserheads concert pushed through at the Fort Open Field this Saturday Aug 30 2008 but was cut short which left 2 more sets and more fun songs unsung.I,too,am requested for a deep good bed rest,left at home, while family and friends still headed to see the one time big time Pinoy concert of the Year. As what they've experienced,aside from loosing the Vans wallet thick chain,confidently left to the MEANEST and POOR APS Security Team of the event,almost 60,000 fans gathered ,some also lost a lot of items supposedly deposited to that APS plastic bag care,even colognes and lotions were confiscated. But almost everybody of that 60,000 fans gathered, was just there in the NOW and listened to the songs down memory lane.
Video walls and white screens at the field allowed fans to see close ups and be part of the countdown.
It begun to flash the pictures of the band way back the 90's. "Alapaap",with the bass intro mode raised the platform where Ely,Markus,Buddy and Raimund had their grand entrance. Fireworks were from the front then from above which worried people if it was good for Ely's health.
At the kick off,Only Markus was wearing his plaid well known Eheads japorms!
Buddy was in white, as Ely was, but he ended just in a red shirt.Although Raimund was in Black and wearing a wig,he,too,eventually, settled for his do,gothic eyelines,and was in a Nike shirt.
Ely remained in white with an aviator shades until he shook his head to sing "Shake yer head".Or was it the first sign of stress?
All throughout the singing ,with no shades in his eyes,you would witness his innocence,gentleness or maybe he was indeed already feeling weak .
But that did not caught the attention of the crowd.
What then did? The aerial camera caught on screen pretty girls banging their heads for every song they sing or in Dianne's case, Ely's partner,close ups for raising her arms while in her red dress and pearls. Hmmm come to think about it,Ely even changed the first line of Toyang's Too Young" to "They tried,they really tried to tell us we're too old.Too old to really be Bold."But later still went on singing "Mahal ko si Toyang pagkat siya'y simple lamang..."
Intrigued? Lips are sealed if Toyang did watch the concert. Moving forward,the VIP section had fellow musicians,artists and even showbiz personalities.The Patron,as well as those in General Admission wanted to push down the bars that divided the field but to no avail. It was from the Patron group where the "group hug" cheering started which made Ely grin as a "ngising aso" before singing Light Years. Then,Elly may he've lost his balance,went down,half kneeling ,embracing his guitar. Some thought it was emotional tears from the passing away of his mother just this Thursday.
Then the lights went out of the stage and the watch begun to tick for BREAK!
Close to a 30 minute break,Buddy,Markus and Raimund introduced, Ely's sister, Lally, by saying, "Kasama namin si Lally ang kapatid ni Ely.Makinig kayong mabuti.Alam naming makakaintindi kayong lahat." And so the physical and emotional stress Ely is going through has been understood. No more Details ,which was supposed to be mentioned by the Promoter,as what Raimund said,was heard. But a request to pray for Ely's recovery was the most important thing that came out from the organizers.
Will there be a part two of the reunion?
For the Eheads much probably. Check out the posts and video c/o Mark Escueta and Quark Henares in Philmusic.com for their Saguijo jamming. But for the stage, that should be, again,included in our prayers.
