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Kaliwete (Eraserheads song)

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"Kaliwete"
Single by Eraserheads
from the album Sticker Happy
ReleasedAugust 1997
Recorded1997
Genre
Length3:07
Label
Songwriter(s)Ely Buendia
Producer(s)Robin Rivera
Eraserheads singles chronology
"Harana"
(1997)
"Kaliwete"
(1997)
"Hard to Believe"
(1998)
Music video
"Kaliwete" on YouTube

"Kaliwete" (English: "Left-Handed") is a song by the Philippine alternative rock band Eraserheads. It was released in August 1997 as the first promotional single from their fifth studio album Sticker Happy (1997).

Composition

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The song is part of a trilogy of tracks from Sticker Happy written by Ely Buendia that are centered on handedness, which include “Kananete” ("right-handed") and “Ambi Dextrose” (a pun on "ambidextrous"). In a track-by-track article for the band's official magazine Pillbox in 1998, Buendia recounted how the songs were written:

I was at this birthday party in Kamuning and I was a bit drunk. I think some people started talking about lefties and righties, and so just to keep things interesting, I announced that I had already written songs about it, even though I hadn't. And would you believe I also told them I had another one coming called "Ambidextrous" to make the trilogy complete?

A week after, I knew I was in trouble because my friends were expecting these songs on the new album. Luckily, a lot of funny things happened that were funny enough to write about.[1]

The song mentions Filipino singer Rico J. Puno, a "childhood idol" of Buendia. "He was really nice and funny and he gave me a little piece of advice that I'll never forget," he continued. "It's in the song."[1]

Music video

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The music video for “Kaliwete” was directed by Matthew Rosen. It features the band performing with "quirky props" such as light bulbs used as microphones, a toilet bowl with a speaker inside, and a dentist's chair.[2][3]

Cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Soft of Hearing: The Sticker Happy Forum (Pillbox, page 7, 1998)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
  2. ^ Bautista, Mary Ann A. "Eraserheads give us something sticky (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 11, 1997)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Eraserheads - Videography". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 15 August 2024.