Jet picked me up at home at around 6:30pm and we went straight to Gateway to buy another copy of P.O.T.'s remastered CD kasi he forgot his at home and he wanted pa naman his CD signed. But when we got to Odyssey they said out of stock na daw.. Bummer… Sayang! After that nag take-out nalang me ng food sa KFC and told Jet we should go there na kasi mahirap mag-park and I wanted to have a good seat. I ate along the way.
As he drove, we even argued kung saan ang 70’s Bistro. Haller! Makipagtalo ba sa taga Q.C. Of course I knew where it is; he on the other hand kept his mouth shut nalang because it was his first time to go there pala. Kaya medyo haller talaga noh! Hehehe!
When we arrived we saw Vic Facultad. His former band – Indio I, will open for P.O.T. He’s still cute! Then we saw Ian Umali, followed by Mally who waved at Jet. Friends na daw sila… Hehehe!!! Okay… Had a few beers and pulutan.
The place is a little bit small but a lot bigger than Chakik’s pero okay naman. We were seated at the left side of the stage, a couple of tables away. So kitang kita naman sila. Galing nga eh. Maski corner kami okay parin kasi nobody stood in front of us. Mabait ang crowd. Indio I did a great job opening for the show. The people enjoyed every song they did. Sayang nga we didn’t take pictures.. Medyo na engross sa sounds… Grabe! You should hear Vic sing Funk/RnB (Wunjo) then do Reggae (Indio I). Wow! Nice voice talaga. Kakainlove! Lalo na yung Sister Sinister na original song nila that has a female and male voice, Vic did both. Grabe! So, after the number all the people are pretty hyper for P.O.T. to start. Dumadami narin ang crowd maski nakatayo okay lang. It really pays to be early in gigs. Hehehe! Or else hindi ako magtatagal dun kung wala kaming pwesto kasi bukod sa mainit e super crowded talaga…
Anyway, after a few minutes nag sound check na ang P.O.T. and when Karl Roy went up the stage and begun talking to the crowd… Puro sigawan nalang maririnig mo, kaaliw nga eh… Kasi parang nakikipag usap lang sya sa kabarkada nya… party nga lang daw ang tawag nya sa gig na yun eh. Walang showbiz ek ek. Umiinom nagyoyosi sila. Okay lang.. Cool cool talaga… Jet disappeared in the crowd, he wanted to take pictures and be close to his idols. Kaya hinayaan ko nalang. Jai followed a few hours we got there. So I have her with me. The band started with “Hindi Nyo Alam”. Grabe! People were shouting and jumping around the place… Imagine kasing tatanda ko na ang crowd ha. Kasi naman mga early 90’s na rock band sila so yung mga followers nila e matatanda na ngayon… Siraulo daw magperform si Karl Roy and he was! Praning! Nakakaaliw! First time ko kasing mapanood siyang live. Sa Fete kasi hindi na ako tumayo so I didn’t see him and only heard him sing. Pero last night was really great. After a few songs Jai went out to meet a friend and I was left alone in our table almost throughout the performance. Pero okay lang. Nag enjoy ako talaga! Familiar naman ako sa mga songs nila kasi after being with Jet for more than 2 years now, especially nung 1st year namin… Naku.. lagi ko nalang naririnig eh tugtog ng P.O.T. o kaya Kapatid na front man ngayon si Karl Roy. Kaya medyo nakakasabay naman ako sa tugtog nila. Plus hindi ka rin ma out-of-place sa crowd kasi iba talaga. Iba sila. I love 70’s Bistro! Bait pa mga waiters. Errr.. Back sa gig, the band performed all their songs from their one CD. Tuloy-tuloy. Walang break break. Grabe! Naubos na nga ang beer and people were still trying to get in maski close na ang gate. Yung mga hindi nakapasok were contented to just listen outside.
The performance lasted for like an hour and a half. He finished with “Ulitin” much to everybody’s delight. Jet was enjoying every song. I could see him from afar. Singing with Karl. He knows every lyrics of every song of the band. He told me, yung katabi nga daw nya napaptingin sa kanya dahil lahat ng kanta memorized nya.
Grabe! What a night! The reunion gig was worth it talaga! Ang saya saya. I told Jet we should do it again. Watch more gigs of his favorite bands. Carry ko naman ang sound.. especially pag Wunjo! Hehehe! We went to Que Rico for a midnight snack at konting kwentuhan. We dropped Jai at her place then Jet and I went home. He slept over again kasi medyo late narin. We slept not before talking about what happened that night. When we looked at the clock almost 4am na.. Eh he still has basketball practice at around 12 noon kaya medyo 8 hours nalang yun. We forced ourselves to sleep…
Another nice weekend for us!
All of the original band members were present.
Karl Roy on Vox, Ian Umali on Guitar, Mally Paraguya on Bass
and Harley Alarcon on Drums
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