Eraserheads "Alapaap" - Saan Hango Ang Pamagat?

The Eraserheads hit "Alapaap" written by Ely Buendia, the title being an allusion to Tata Esteban's feature film debut titled "ALAPAAP" that was an entry to the 1984 Metro Manila Film Festival.It stars Tanya Gomez, William Martinez and Mark Gil.

Alapaap was released as a cheap X-rated film in a sleazy theatre in Singapore, despite it is a production made in 1985.

It is a mixture of horror and sex, with poorly done technical effects (well, we can't expect the technical effects to be greatly done, as this is make 21 years ago.)which makes the movie laughable.

The story revolves Jake, a young movie maker who was hospitalized for drug overdose. He recovers and together with his good friend Dave and Donald (two brothers), who are also movie makers, they make their way to a hilly tribe to make a short film. Accompanied with them includes Dave and Donald's girlfriend.

They rented a house and the landlord told them not to enter his deceased daughter, Byens, bedroom. The night the lived in, they could sense something unusual is going on in the house. To be exact, it was Byen's spirit that came to them, where she was raped and murdered by 3 thugs 2 months ago.

Byen returned as human being and seduced Jake in the waterfall. Dave and Donald caught them and tape the process down. However, when they see the clip, they found out that Byen is not in the clip they taped it down. Never did they realized that Byen is seeking vengeance on them.

The plot is simple, just like the usual Asian horror film where a group of people meet a female ghost in rural areas. However, Alapaap delivers us with more than just the usual horror. Endless sex scenes make the whole movie look ridiculous, where it does not seems to go along with the flow of the film. Sex is the weapon used for vengeance, which makes the movie look like cheap X-rated film than a horror.

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The title is one of the Eheads ditties during their Pillbox Magazine creating era.You know that they've written two funtabulous magazines during their heyday right? Those two magazines are real collector's item now and are really super hard to find. Those are GEMS especially for an Eraserheads stalker.

Guys if you notice, there are new pages on the sidebar (right panel)of this little humble website of ours [hint]------> wink, wink. There is Ely Buendia's The Pillar which is a short story written by Ely that appeared on Rogue magazine (Rogue, March 2009).

Check out our
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Alapaap!

Hindi ako adik pero madalas noong highschool days ko, hindi ako agad nakakatulog. Yung speaker ng lumang stereo namin ung nakatutok sa tenga ko, habang ang kalahati ng mundo ay mahimbing na natutulog. Ang pinapakinggan ko? It goes a little something like this..."May isang umaga, na tayo'y magsasama...Haya at halina sa alapaap....O, anong sarap, haaaapppp..."

Ang laki ng kontrobersyal na nagawa ng kantang ALAPAAP. May mga Religious Groups pati na ang Citizen's Drug Watch ay tumutol dito dahil daw drug oriented ito or it somehow pertains to the effects of a high.

Dahil dito napilitan pati na ang Senado na kwestyunin ang Eraserheads sa pangunguna ni Senator Vicente "Tito" Sotto III, wanting to ban the song from radio airplay.

Eto ang reply ng grupo:


Dear Senator Sotto:

Greetings! We, the Eraserheads, are forwarding this letter in the hope that whatever misinterpretation of our song entitled “Alapaap” will soon be cleared up.

We have not forgotten, in fact we have taken to heart, our, responsibility to the public, especially the youth. Therefore, glorifying/promoting drug and substance abuse is not part of our goal, and is far from our imagination. We are 100% against it.

In the press release of the Junior Drug Watchers, it states that, “The song ‘Alapaap’ does not mention drugs but it describes the sensation of ‘trip’ felt by someone on drugs.” Words could mean anything and could be interpreted to mean everything, and people certainly definitely differ with one another in interpreation.

We are saddened by the fact that this song, “Alapaap”, which the band considers to be our “ode to freedom” as artists in our society, was dubbed as an “ode to drug abuse”, by the Junior Drug Watchers. But as artists we are willing subjects to different opinions of the public and our work subject to different interpretations.

We believe in your judgment and we are more that sure that whatever action is to be done by good office will be beneficial to the public in general, and the youth in particular. Rest be assured that we will always be supportive of the campaign against drug abuse.

Thank you very much for your time.

Sincerely,
Eraserheads

Marcus Adoro
Raymund Marasigan
Ely Buendia
Buddy Zabala

Ann Angala
Manager


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