"THRILLER" at The Bandstand (by JOINT)

Here's another performance from The Bandstand, last August 14, 2009. This is my favorite among all our performances in this battle of the bands at The Manila Ocean Park. Of course, "Phobia" is a different story, that is an exception 'coz it's my original creation!

I just love the arrangement. I love the adlib part, where the 'scary' spoken part of the original version is changed to a melodic one...I think we looked good on stage with the costumes we wore! I love my crew's effort to pimp themselves up =)

Confession: Yes, I sorta messed up with the lyrics as they got mixed up inside my head! It's quite a long song and so difficult to memorize! I was having jitters because of that! I felt like..."ooh...the top 5 bands..." and talk about top 5?! Idol sorta haunted me that moment! I was booted out during the final 5 contestants night and I performed a song that was also giving me jitters because of its lyrics! Good thing, they weren't asking me to wear a dress!

But the stigma's gone as our band survived the final 5, ranking 2nd among the bands that night! Special mention to the effort of our family/loved ones and friends who went to see us and give full support most especially with the voting! Thank you so much! We love you all! We earned a sure 25% that night because of you! The cheers gave me extra confidence 'coz I knew these people would never doubt me (as well as the band).

This night gave me a realization about the song, "Thriller". Aside from it being a 'long song', I never realized that it was THAT beautiful. Good lyrics, a different story narrated (a horror love song? Who's crazy enough to write something like that?!!), a crazy music video in the form of a mini movie...and do I need to mention that it was performed by my idol? Well honestly, this wasn't one of my favorites among Michael Jackson's songs, but it is now, as I've absorbed the entirety of the song into my system from listening to it over and over. Just when I did that was the time I was able to reflect and analyze how the songs goes. Talk about the SCIENCE of this song! Wonderful! David Foster is CRAZY!!! Insanely great!