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Fine Time: The Eraserheads Live! The Final Set

08 Mar 2009 Leave a Comment

by Charlie in events, music, opm Tags: eraserheads, fine time, the final set

There’s no better way to describe last night than to do it using one of eheads’ songs: I hope we could spend more time together, a few hours is better than never. If we could only make it longer, a whole day would be fine, a whole day would be fine, a whole day would be fine, a whole day would be fine…

The Eresareheads Live! The Final Set was indeed a fine, fine time for me and I’m sure for everyone else who was there as well. It was one of the best nights of my life. Of course Ely still somehow sucked as a host at the beginning, talking very little to the audience, but he became better because he communicated with us through their music anyway, AND HE CAME DOWN FROM THE STAGE AND WENT TO THE AUDIENCE at the end so everything was compensated.

On the other hand, Raimund and Marcus (the very pogi Marcus Adoro wuhoo!) were awesome performers throughout. I’ve always been amused of Raimund’s dancing, his energy, and how he owns the stage and really sees the audience as part of the song, so seeing him perform was awesome. Marcus was awesome in a different way. He was the one who sang Huwag Mo Nang Itanong, with his signature Marcus-sense-of-humor way.

One of the best things is that I love most of the songs they played. I don’t like Julie Tearjerky and Insomya that much and would have them played Kahit Ano and Balikbayan Box instead, but oh well, it was only one night.

At the end, I think it was at the end of Huling El Bimbo, Ely approached the (same?) piano from the cover of their Sticker Happy album, poured gas over it and set it on fire. So for those who are still hoping there would still be another concert, I doubt it. It looked to me like it really was the final set, and that the concert is the last best shot of Eraserheads before they leave gracefully. And then when everyone thought it was the end of the concert, because confetti were already falling when they were playing Huling El Bimbo, and there were fireworks already, and after the song the camera even followed the band exiting to the back. But as the crowd was already leaving (and some already managed to go out) the band came back and played three more songs! Haha! Good thing no stampede happened, but everyone ran back, shouted once more, and jumped up and down again. I tell you, it was one hell of a concert.

Other highlights of the concert are: they dedicated Superproxy to Francis M of course, and they played a chorus of Kaleidoscope World for him too. Ely threw his shoes to the audience at the end.

And also the concert proved that their best album is still Cutterpillow because most of the songs they played came from that album, and it really is lol. Anyway, here are the songs they played in the concert.

Set 1:
Magasin
Walang nagbago
Maling akala
Maskara
Poorman’s grave
Waiting for the bus
Huwag mo nang itanong
Slo mo
Alkohol
Insomya
Torpedo

Set 2:
Julie tearjerky
Tikman
Wishing wells
Fine time
Pare ko
Kailan
Back2me
Trip to Jerusalem
Spoliarium
Overdrive

Set 3:
Superproxy
Minsan
Alapaap
Kaleidoscope world
Huling El Bimbo

Encore songs:
Ligaya
Sembreak
Toyang