"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).
| "Kaliwete" | ||||
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| Single by Eraserheads | ||||
| from the album Sticker Happy | ||||
| Released | August 1997 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 | |||
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| Length | 3:07 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ely Buendia | |||
| Producer(s) | Robin Rivera | |||
| Eraserheads singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Kaliwete" on YouTube | ||||
Composition
editThe 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
editThe 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
edit- Hilera covered the song for the first Eraserheads tribute album Ultraelectromagneticjam!: The Music of the Eraserheads, released in 2005.
References
edit- ^ a b "Soft of Hearing: The Sticker Happy Forum (Pillbox, page 7, 1998)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
- ^ Bautista, Mary Ann A. "Eraserheads give us something sticky (Philippine Daily Inquirer, October 11, 1997)". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ "Eraserheads - Videography". Schizo Archives. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
