themesongs track 2

"masamang damo"

this gaddi-penned masterpiece is all at once the new wave-y post-punky song from the 80's showing jing's age (haha) and the funkiest cut on the album, c/o atty gaddi's groovin' bass parts. i remember playing this for the first time at the UP fair a couple of years back, jing just busting out the song at one of the shirley practices and all of us just falling in love with it. I remember it reminding me of the strokes' someday, i love that song. haha.

fun fact! i wasn't supposed to be the one singing this song, mr. gaddi was supposed to be the one on the mic, and we were maybe toying around with the idea of having joe sing the song. but then this opportunity came knocking, when we entered the world battle of the bands (upon the real christian bautista's suggestion) for the song to be on the radio. we hadn't finished the vocal recording yet, and i think jing couldn't make it, so it was me and selena doing all the singing. i think i did a good job though (hahaha)

the last verse (without lyric) was supposed to contain a jing monologue, some diatribe about how it isn't cool to steal other people's things or some other "crime doesn't pay" thing haha. but again, we were rushing the song, so in place of that i just started grunting, and i remember the loa guys enjoying that. it was a fun bit of cathartic screaming. i was going for a homer simpson on one of the screams haha. fun stuff. and then i dunno, we just decided that the screaming would be a better fit for the song, making it more of a universal "ANGST" song instead of a specific "DO NOT STEAL MY IPOD - jing" song haha.

i super super super love jing's lyric here, the wording is brilliant, and the song is APT haha.

the synths are bastardized from depeche mode (HAHA) for the verses and then we tried to put in some beatlesque organ to cover up jing's rip-off of another shirley song ("i can name that tune in 2 notes..") hahaha. but i swear i swear, the pièce de résistance for masamang damo has to be that killer drum + bass break into the harmonized guitar solo i love that i love that whole thing, i mean wow, we recorded that! it was perfect! haha

starting off with the decay of the chorus organ part, leaving zig and jing and then the "scary keyboard sound" and the big muffed solo guitar, then the "supot" harmony guitar, and it's over like that, and man i wanna hear the song again so i can get to that part again hahaha

sorry that i'm raving about a song on the album we just released but i didn't write it so it's not being boastful, i guess. haha.

BILI NA KAYO NG THEMESONGS!!!!

-owel

Gaddi-likeness, Endo, Sa Madaling Salita, Myx and Gigs

Dear blog, 

First of all, SA AMING RUROK NG TAGUMPAY, HALIGI NG TAHANAN, EVER SMILING BIG BROTHER, ATTORNEY, ULTIMATE LOVER AND ROCKING BASSIST---JING GADDI.... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! we love you! we are not worthy so we all wish to be Gaddi-like :D haha!

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Last monday, the luvley people of UFO pictures asked the band to play at the premiere night of ENDO and so the band did! (Nervously though) they played themesong, larong kalye and the movie's themesong "sa madaling salita" to an almost filled Cinema 4 of Megamall. It was one our best sets parang recital yung itsura ang astig! Afterwhich was the screening proper and we all then cried to Endo. haha.

The next day i woke up to an early text from our Shirley friend Kai telling me that they saw our "Sa Madaling Salita" music video on MYX! haha. yehey!

Please please if any of you have seen it as well tell us kase medyo magulo basta. haha.

and let's make some noise! 

MYX[SPACE]VOTE[SPACE]SA MADALING SALITA SEND TO 2366.

tulungan nyo kami magpapansin sa MYX! at manood ng ENDO still showing!

yun lang! kitakita sa mga gigs!

FEB 16 SATURDAY - Attraction! Reaction! @ Mag:net Highstreet w Marty Mcfly, Soft Pillow Kisses, Purplechickens, Sleepwalk Circus and Candy Audioline

FEB 20 WEDNESDAY - Admit One @ Saguijo 

love, kathy g.