Ultraelectromagneticjam

I’ve been hearing songs from this album everywhere! In school (lagi pinapatugtog sa ctc208), at home on the radio or sa mga mp3s namin (haha, shempre galing pirata para cool. Support OPM my ass!!!)… Pucha, me mga blog posts panga kong nakita na in some way connected sa album na to.

To those of you who’ve been living under a rock for the last month or so, Ultraelectromagneticjam is an album of various artist interpreting songs of the Eraserheads, a sort of tribute so to speak, a tribute to some of the greatest song writers of our generation, a tribute to a band that influenced Filipino pop culture of the mid 90s, a tribute to one of the greatest OPM bands of all time (yeah ryt! Malamang wala na pera E-heads so kelangan nila ng money making scheme!! Can you say “royalties”?!).

Anyhoo… regardless of the motives of its release, the album’s out and that’s that. Being the opinionated guy that I am, this post is about what I think of the album (like you haven’t figured that out already). Bottom line is, there were songs that I liked, songs that I didn’t like and songs that I wish were in the album but weren’t.

Stuff that I Liked
LIGAYA by Kitchie Nadal
“Ilang ahit pa ba ang aahitin? O giliw ko?” Nyahahaha! Ano kaya inaahit nya? Kitchie singing this line is hilarious (but in a good way). Astig din ung “’di namn ako manyakis tulad ng iba”. I guess there’s something about a girl singing “macho lyrics”

OVERDRIVE by Barbie Alamabis
If there’s something about a girl singing macho lyrics, there’s much more of that “something” when a PRETTY girl sings macho lyrics. Haha. Saw her perform the song sa MYX Mo concert on TV… Hay Barbie!!! Ang ganda mo! Kahit lesbo ka, ang ganda mo!!!

HWAG MO NANG ITANONG by MYMP
Even though they sometimes irritate the hell out of me (puro cover lng ginagawa nila e), I have to admit astig ung mga songs nila. Lamig kasi ng boses nung girl eh… Dun sa guy na member ng MYMP, wag mo hiwlayan yang chick na yan (kahit di mashado maganda) kasi sha meal ticket mo!!! Pag wala sha tapos ang career mo!!!

HULING EL BIMBO by Rico J. Puno
The Total Entertainer is in the House!!! Bagay na bagay ke Rico J. yung kanta! Weeeeeee!!! Matapos ko patugtugin ung Panakip Butas, sunod na Kaagad tong song na ‘to. (Seryoso ako ha. Gusto ko talaga tong cover na to)

MALING AKALA by Brownman Revival
Actually, di ko namn talaga gusto tong song na to e. But I don’t hate it; I just don’t like it either. Steady lang. Gusto ko lang sha dahil sobra asar si Tay sa Brownman Revival. Hihihi.

Eto naman ang “Songs I Didn’t Like”
PARE KO by Sponge Cola
Regardless of what other people may say about me, I really don’t like Sponge Cola… AT ALL!!! Tapos they go and do a cover of my fave Eheads song!! Shit.

MAGASIN by Paolo Santos
What business does Paolo Santos have singing Magasin!? He should stick to shit like Moonlight over Paris and Through the fire dammit!!! Paolo Santos…. Puh-lease!!!! If he had to be involved with the project, dapat nag “With a Smile” nalng sha. What next, some Diva wannabee like Sarah Geronimo sing a cover of Tuwing Umuulan at Kapiling Ka!? Wait… ginawa na pala un ni Regine Velasquez… buti nalng di kasama sa album.

Eto naman ang “Songs that I Wished were in the Album but Weren’t” segment
TINDAHAN NI ALING NENA by Parokya ni Edgar
Sobra trip ko rin tong song na to. Sobra nakakatawa, bagay na bagay sana sa Parokya ni Edgar.

JULIE TEAR JERKY by Rivermaya
Wala lang. Tingin ko lang bagay. XD

PARE KO by Barbie Almabis
Like I said, maganda ung cover nya ng Overdrive, pero sana eto nalang kinanta nya!!! Pero dapat di palitan yung lyrics! Yung “putang ina” dapat putang ina parin at ung “nabuburat na” dapat nabuburat parin. Saka syempre yung “in love ako, sa isang kolehiyala” wag din palitan!!! Ooohhh yeah!!! Magiging sobra lezzie ng dating pero sobra Hot un! Sobra Cool sana!

Yung mga ibang songs sa album, ok lang. I didn’t find anything wrong with them but nothing about them caught my attention either.

Another Day in the Life of Mike (as told by Dr. Seuss)

See this boy? His name is Mike
Mike studies in the Ateneo,
He has been studying there for 6 years
One, two, three, four, five, six years.

Yesterday, Mike went to the Ateneo to take an employment test
An employment test is a test to see if you have the chance to stop being a bum
Mike is a bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum.

A company called Canon gave the test
Canon makes printers, cameras, and other boring things
Make took an ojt exam for canon last year, they did not call him back
Mike hates canon
Hate, hate, hate, hate

Even though Mike hates canon, he still took the test
Mike does not want to be a bum when he graduates after six years
One, two, three, four, five, six years.
Bum, bum, bum, bum.

Mike took the employment test with other students who didn’t want to end up as bums
Mike was given a piece of paper and a questionnaire
The test was a multiple choice test
A multiple choice test is a test where you can guess if you don’t know the answer
Mike was happy
Happy, happy, happy, happy

Mike was not happy for long, the test was hard
Hard, hard, hard, hard
The test asked questions about things mike already forgot
Things taught to mike earlier in his six years in college
One, two, three, four, five, six years.
Mike was sad
Sad, sad, sad, sad

Mike had no choice
He had no choice because everyone was covering their papers
Mike could not copy their answers
So mike guessed
Mike answered a lot of questions with the letter “C”
C, C, C, C

After the test, mike felt depressed
He was still going to be a bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
Mike wanted to cry,
Cry, cry, cry, cry
But he did not because he was ashamed.
His friends might think he was gay
Being gay is when you like people with pee pees

So in the end, mike was mad at canon
Mad, mad, mad, mad
He convinced himself that he did not want to work in canon in the first place
Mike would rather be a bum
Bum, bum, bum, bum.
Mike thinks canon can shove its employment test up its ass
But shoving the employment test up canon’s ass is impossible
Because Canon is not a real person
And because shoving things up asses is a very rude thing to do

Harry Potter: The Cast that Should have Been

I watched the latest Harry Potter movie a while back (actually nung 1st day ng showing nya. Excited ako eh XD) and like the rest of my friends, I found the movie quite good. I was actually surprised that I enjoyed the movie. Lets face it, the last three movies were Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Crap, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Crap and Harry Potter and the Crap of Azkaban. I was expecting the 4th one to be Harry Potter and the Goblet of Crap. Good thing I was wrong.

Although I enjoyed the movie, I still have some beef with it, and no it’s not the fact that the main characters can’t act for shit, I accepted that horrid truth years ago. My beef is about some of their casting choices for some of the characters. For me, a good casting job for a movie based on a book is simply this; if the actor in the movie matches how I imagined the character would look like while reading the book, then the casting was great. Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson (tama ba?), terrible thespians they may be, but they match the characters in the book perfectly (ok, so Hermione is way prettier in the moives, I don’t mind, and I bet most of the viewers don’t mind either). The movie versions of snape, mcgonagall, draco and lucius malfoy were also great (plus these guys were WAY better actors).

But some actors in the movie didn’t quite do it for me. So its time for another casting call. Here are the characters I didn’t like in the movies and the actor/actress I think should have played him/her.

Albus Dumbledore
Lets face it. The Dumbledore in the movies is nothing like the Dumbledore in the books. He has none of the humor Dumbledore should have. The Dumbledore in the books often times acts like a senile old fool (of course he gets serious too when necessary, this change in temperament I think is what makes him cool). So I think he should be played by this guy:


The guy who played “Grandpa” in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (di ko alam pangalan nya eh).

Sirius Black
I actually thought casting Gary Oldman was great… until I saw his performance in the movie. He didn’t exude any Sirius Black qualities very well; mystery, insanity, etc. He wasn’t “dark” enough. I think Stewart Townsend will do better (Lestat from queen of the damned and Dorian Gray from LXG). The guy who plays scare crow in batman begins would be a good choice too.



Oh yeah… something should have be done about Sirius’ animagi form… the black mongrel was just a joke.

Mad Eye Moody
Moody in the movie was a damn fat ass! Jeremy Irons would have been better. ‘nuff said.



Cho Chang
Cho Chang in the Goblet of Fire movie was er… not pretty enough for me. Actually she wasn’t pretty at all. Harry Potter having a crush on her was thus hard to swallow. Like the rampant rumors before, they should have given the part to Heart Evangelista. She’s pretty enough, and since she doesn’t have much speaking lines, the fact that Heart can’t act won’t be a problem.



Fleur
Fleur in the movie was cute. But Fleur is supposed to be super mega beautiful. The guys behind the movie should have just randomly opened a Victoria’s Secret catalogue and pointed. Chances are the finger would have landed on some hot 15 year old European girl born to play the part of Fleur.

Ginny Weasly
I have no idea who should play Ginny Weasly, I just know it shouldn’t be the girl who is currently playing her (YUCK!!!). I can’t imagine her playing the Ginny in the 5th and Sixth installments of the Potter series where she gets more exposure and gets romantically linked to harry potter. They should find a replacement and fast dammit!!!