As you may have read in the title, I'm gonna talk about concerts.
But here's the thing -- I only have been to two concerts ever in my life. The first one was back when I was in Grade One, and the second was when I was in fourth year college.
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| According to the photo source, it's hard to come across a photo of the original Rivermaya with Perf de Castro (leftmost) in it, and he has it. *yay!* |
Back when I was in Grade One, all students in our school were 'required' to buy tickets for a fundraising concert to be held in our school grounds, with Rivermaya frontlining the event. If you're a Filipino who spent grade school and high school in nearly any school in the Philippines, you know why I put the emphasis on the word 'required' here.
Yes guys, we're talking about Rivermaya with Bamboo Manalac as the lead vocalist and Rico Blanco as its keyboardist and backup vocalist. And this is Rivermaya in its 'Kisapmata' and 'Elesi' days.
Anyway, since we (me and my brother who is also studying in the same school as I am) already bought the tickets, it would be too much of a waste if we would not attend it. But because we were too young to attend any event that is held in the evenings, Mom joined us.
Maybe I was too young to appreciate concerts like this but you know what? To this day, I could still remember standing on a chair few meters from the stage, with Mom on my side and my brother on the other side also standing on a chair to get a better view of the band. I could still remember singing to their songs even though I could not pronounce most of the lyrics save for the catchy last part of 'Elesi.' And to this day, whenever you say 'last concert I attended,' that event will always be on top of my mind.
The second concert that I have attended when you click 'Read More.'
