PREMONITIONS
LAST JUNE 12,2008 WHILE I WAS TINKERING WITH MY LAPTOP (OR ITUNES TO BE SPECIFIC ),PLAYING MY BEATLES PLAYLIST AND DOWNLOADING DELARA’S NEW ALBUM,A THOUGHT CROSSED MY MIND,”WHAT IF I PUT THE SONGS OF PUPIL/MONGOLS,SANDWICH,AND MARKUS HIGHWAY TOGETHER IN ONE FOLDER?”
HMMM,WHY NOT?
I REMEMBER READING IN ONE OF GEORGE HARRISON’S INTERVIEW (POST -BEATLES THAT IS),HE WAS ASKED WHAT WOULD THE BEATLES SOUND LIKE ? AND HE REPLIED THAT THEIR INDIVIDUAL EFFORTS WOULD SOUND LIKE THE BEATLES OF OLD ( JOHN LENNON AND THE PLASTIC ONO BAND,PAUL MCCARTNEY AND THE WINGS,GEORGE HARRISON AND THE TRAVELING WILBURY’S AND RINGO STARR).
WITH THE POPULARITY OF SANDWICH AT IT’S PEAK,AND PUPIL NOT FAR BEHIND PLUS MARKUS HIGHWAY’S BIG SPLASH ON THE MUSIC SCENE,IT WAS THE PERFECT TIMING FOR ME TO RECONNECT WITH THE HEADS.
SO I COMPILED THEIR SONGS,CHOOSE WHICH SONG SOUNDS CLOSEST TO THE HEADS LAST ALBUM (CARBONSTEREOXIDE).WHAT CAME OF THAT EXPERIMENT IS A 15-TRACK COMPILATION.
SANDWICH’S MANILA,SUNBURN,SELOS,PHOTOCOPY,BETAMAX;PUPIL’S KALAWAKAN,NASAAN KA?,MATADOR,GAMU-GAMO,SHE TALKS TO TREES,ANIMAL LOVER,TEACHER’S PET;MONGOLS’ BULAKBOL AND MARKUS HIGHWAY’S DRIVETHRU AND RAKENROL ALL MADE THE LIST.
SO,WHERE THE HELL IS BUDDY’S CONTRIBUTION.WELL,YES THAT’S MY DILEMMA.SINCE I DON’T CONSIDER CAMBIO’S VOCALIST KRIS GORRA-DANCEL AS PART OF THE E-HEADS (ACTUALLY SHE WAS THE ONE WHO REPLACED ELY-PLEASE TRANSPOSE EP ),ME,BEING A PURIST,I JUST DROPPED CAMBIO’S SONG’S.WHO KNOWS BUD’S MIGHT FORM A BAND LATER ON WITH HIM AS THE FRONTMAN/VOCALIST.BUT FOR NOW,I’LL STICK WITH PUPIL/MONGOLS,SANDWICH,AND MARKUS HIGHWAY.
MY NEXT AGENDA WAS THE TITLE OF MY SO-CALLED “NEW” E-HEADS ALBUM.DIFFERENT TITLES LIKE “E-HEADS2.0,KALAYAAN,VOLT IN, AND PAST MASTERS” ALL CAME TO MIND BUT IN THE END,I CHOSE “BWELTA”,WHICH MEANS WERE IN FOR A PAYBACK FROM THE HEADS.ISANG MATINDING HAGUPIT/BANAT MULA KINA ELY,LEMONS,BUDS AT MARKUS!
LO AND BEHOLD,AFTER A MONTH CAME THE NEWS THAT THE ERASERHEADS ARE BACK.
