China Crisis Live In Manila

Got home after watching the part deux of the Manila Tour of China Crisis. Good thing I did. It was a lot better than the first one last night, even though the last gig was already very good, only dampened probably, by the heavy rain.

This time, it was staged at the Venice Piazza inside the sprawling McKinley Hill. Though McKinley Hill is the poor cousin of Forbes Park, it is the richer brother of Eastwood City, nonetheless. With the crowd about 90% on the affluent level, I am on other side of the spectrum, the remaining 10%.

But surprisingly, the crowd was a lot looser than those of yesterday. And with GARY DALY in his more “cheerful” elements, whatever that means, plus the fact that the weather was terrifically cool, everybody is in their happiest circumstances.

The concert was longer this time, with 2 additional songs not played last night, Diary Of A Hollow Horse and the other one I forgot. And with Gary talking and laughing and dancing all the time, the crowd got even more animated. He must be in high spirits as I saw Eddie Lundon holding a can San Miguel Pale Pilsen, just like they loved it back in 2002, with the booze helping them carry on with what they call stifling heat, believe it or not, our cool holiday weather. They had to change clothes right before the encore.

To sum it all up, it is a wonderful New Wave/80’s weekend. Though combined, it is still a little short on the meter compared to when TFF drop by and dropped a bomb at Araneta, making everybody inside stoned and shocked, seeing their New Wave legends churn out wonderful music only us, our generation, can truly understand and love. Those were nonetheless, wonderful and brilliant evenings.

If only somebody can bring in U2. Now that’s a different story, altogether. But until then, let’s keep rocking!