Entry: Ang Huling El Bimbo; The Eraserheads Last Set Monday, March 23, 2009



I bought a 300 peso ticket meaning I have to be in the back, just to witness this historic moment.. I actually have a budget to score the Php 1,300 tickets but then again  I have to accompany a friend who was planning to buy the Php 300 but unfortunately he wasn't able to find a swap for a Saturday off, hence I'm in crappy place but that didn't stop me from enjoying the event..

The crowd is made up of professionals, students, some tambays, students, call centre agents, parents with their kids and of course a throng of celebrities like Ehra Madrigal, Wendell Ramos, Jericho Rosales, Joan Quintas, Buhawi of PNE, Karel Marquez, Anne Curtis, Kat Alano among others..

The rock show started between 815 or 830, the Heads pumped up the crowd with the song 'Magasin', which ironically the same song that made me attached to the band, that was around 1995, I was a graduating elementary student.. Hard to believe that it still sounded good after 14 years.. The crowd of course sang along through the stanzas and of course the chorus..

Being there among the crowd who is some older than I am made me travel in time, the time when I was in highschool where the Heads are in their prime and making records after records and hits after hits.. One memorable portion of the show was when Eli Buendia dedicated part of the show as tribute to their late friend Francis Magalona who died a day before the show(he was suppose to guest and sing the rap part of Super Proxy).. And oh the crowd went nuts when Eli uttered "Tang Ina" during Pare Ko..

Their supposedly last song Ang Huling El Bimbo was one of the best performance I've seen, and yes I've seen a lot of bands play but this tops them all.. Eli burning a replica of a piano remiscent of their Sticker Happy album.. After that the people thought the show was over, the heads came back and sang 3 more songs to the delight of the crowd..

All in all it was a great ending to one of the Greatest Band in OPM HIstory.. Thanks for the Memories Eraserheads..

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