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  • Great cover! You guys killed it! Hands Down

  • Nakakamis naman ang putang inang bandang to. RIP bamboo band!

  • galing tlga ng bamboo band... pero angat n angat pa rin tlga c bamboo himself... talented tlga at professional magperform...

  • iluvu bamboo

  • this song is old but i like it,.....basta si bamboo kkanta gaganda ang music hnd gaya ni rico panis haha rico suck's

  • @TheBicolano15 songs dont have expiration dates,so there's no thing as "old" on music

  • namiss ko naman to!!!!

  • Love this

  • ok nang binagalan ng onti ni Bamboo ung tempo sa cover nila...bilis kasi pla maxado nung sa Dispatch.:D pinaulit ulit ku 2ng kanta n2 nung nilabas nila ung repack ng "as the music plays" :D

  • this ofsjason guy is a big fan of dispatch even though people think this version is better.. listen dude, don't bust people's balls just because they like this one better.. people have different taste.. there is no right or wrong in music..

  • i miss watching their gigs!

  • I like this better than dispatch.

  • ASTIG FOREVER

  • wuhuu! IDOL... lakas ng dating!

  • if you have no good words to say just keep it in yourself, we don't need your comments full of shit, go watch dispatch forever and stop watching bamboo , and stop comparing those two bands, fuck whats wrong with this world.

  • @darylrasco whats wrong with this world? it's you! this is better than dispatch. thay have no right to compose and sing this song. maybe they hire bamboo to write this song's lyrics.

  • like the patterns

  • ganda tlga ng musicality nla

  • its so awesome..............

    VIC lupet mo talaga hindi na kaka sawa....

  • damn this is better than dispatch:D however i like that dispatch intro though:D i think the adlib that Ira made was not complete:D

  • @ilmhazzz good? yes. Very good. Better than Dispatch? ARE YOU FRIGGIN NUTS????

  • yeah dispatch's better..but i like the bit

  • I like Dispatch's better. They did a good job though.

  • @joyful1029 damn. compare something which is comparable. maybe bamboo and god.

  • there's that darn wedding ring again!!! hmp!!! eniweiz, i heart you all the same bamboo!

  • idol kagaling tlg ng whole band na 2

  • what if dispatch and bamboo released this song for the first time at the same date, which will be a hit?

  • i'll go for bamboo theres this freakin beat! courtesy of kuya vic!

  • yeah this is a more talented band

  • @tambulan123 wtf are you talking about. This band is 4 people with 1 singer. Dispatch was a 3 person with 3 singers who made this song sound 1000 times better. You are crazy if you think this is more talented than Dispatch. No clue what the hell you are talking about. There is a reason Dispatch is the biggest independent band ever...

  • @ofsjason Wow bro. I feel sorry for you. You must be deaf. Just stop talking bro.

  • @jsproduce Fail

  • Bamboo rulez!!! Galing talaga...

  • bamboo no.1

  • GENIUS BAND!!! ng PINAS!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Your a fagbag

  • Check your spelling and grammar and then we'll talk.

  • grabe tlga ang bamboo...di n tlga ako mgtataka n idol ko sila...lupet mapacover or compo tlgang quality...

    dmi png idea n mkukuha...

  • wow i never knew bamboo covered this song by dispatch. sounds great! almost like the originial!! very very good job!

  • @ihatemrbean actually this is better than the original.

  • go now ur are FORGIVEN!

  • astig man... nice version... love the drummers take on it... the syncopated reggae chords in the verses drag a little because hes not too confident with it...

  • this dudes a pretty good singer - LOVE THE GENERAL!

  • This song gets me going. I'm a Filipino in the US Navy and its stuff like this that make me want to stay in the fight. Fighting for freedom is worth every drop of blood.

  • eternalelk, thank you for serving the country. I have to say though that the message of the song is anti-war. It's all about not sacrificing anymore blood/lives for other people's ideologies.

  • i think it promotes the opposite of losing blood.

  • is there anyway i can download the music of this video? i really like bamboo's version of this one help me how to Download this pls

  • u can dowload this video using "tubetv" its a application u can download for free off the internet

  • pare, why are you like arguing about those stuff? we just argue about those stuff. i think that's why there's hate cause of the little things like that. let's just enjoy listening to music. you can argue who's better somewhere else

  • I find it very ironic how the message of this song is about a general who thought that "this fight is not worth fighting" and yet here even on youtube people can't get along. Its not about who made a better version of this song or who was the better singer between this band and the original its about the music and I agree with blackmassgrave, just enjoy and appreciate the music. Try listening to the song, maybe some of you will learn a thing or two.

  • +1.

  • galing talaga! astig ng bagsakan... kakagulat si vic, hirap siprahan!

    rise and shine!

  • hey guys, im a filipino but i lived here in america,dont discriminate all americans coz they're not all like what you think. dont discriminate if you dont want to be discriminate. so if it is majority it means greater part of them not all of them. there still nice whites out there..bue i dont have any white friends coz im still new here in america..

  • @ilovepilipinas i hate america and you. heheheh

  • lolz ang kukulit nila.. tignan nyu sa pinaka una pinaulit na bamboo sa simula si aira wahaha 0:08 - 0:20

  • hndi nya pinaulit. ganun talaga ang sequence ng kanta, dalawang set ng chords ang ipplay. kaya napatingin c bamboo kay ira sa 0:12 - 0:13, ngmiss ng isang note c ira. napansin yon ni bamboo. parang, "ui, you missed that one".

    gnyan kagaling banda nila. allstars. lahat may idea sa musicality ng bawat instruments.

  • there's only few vocalist/singer can do that singing/poem thingy. must be proud of him.

  • soon americans will be the underdog hehehe after 9/11 their economy started to decline america cannot stand by its own they need asia because of oil and agriculture but asia can survive without america specialy the white ones!!!

  • wow! very interesting!

  • americans are pure racists.

    and that's the bottom line, because i say so.

  • That's not true. Let's be fair...saying Americans are racists make you a racist. You cannot generalize a whole country from the actions of a few.

  • kerrylee put it well i couldnt agree more

  • challiwell2112 why dont you upload youre own version of general 1st then lets see who really sucks????

  • challiwell2112 whuy dont you put youre own version of general then lets see who sucks??????

  • bamboo made me love this song!

  • alam nyo mga tol..

    astig nga ung areglo nila eh..

    ndi ko sinasabing pangit sa dispatch..

    im sure,kapag npkinggan ng dispatch yan areglo nila, mtu2wa ung mga un..hehehe,

    Godbless sa inyong lhat!!!

  • the singers a joke just stop trying to cover dispatch songs...

  • You're a joke. Comment on the merit of the performance, no ad hominem. You don't know him...you have no right to say that.

  • i dont have to know him all i know is that he sucks

  • as well as you

  • No he doesn't, you suck. Post one of your videos singing the damn song then you can judge how much he sucks. till then, shut your damn pie hole!

  • fuck you CHalliwell... fuck you.

  • i wasnt really serious about the first comment. lol! haha.. anyway man. if you got sumthing better.. im gonna shut up. if not. then stfu ok? :)

  • nkakatawa nmn kayu..kayu pag nagaaway-away.pakinggan nyo nlng ang magandang musika ng bamboo./:D

  • Much respect to Dispatch but while you're telling everyone else not to get carried why don't you take your advice and think about who's really getting carried away? You love Dispatch, good for you and obviously you don't know Bamboo, so how can you say that Bamboo is the only who can sing among them? (HE'S NOT) How can you say that all the others play only one instrument? (THEY DON'T) Everyone is entitled to their own opinions and preferences, some like this version better; leave it at that.

  • Guys, Im not saying that Dispatch is not good.. bamboo is one of there fans. but what im saying is bamboo's version, not better, but good as the original..

    i think, Bamboo's version of "alive" is the only one that i can say "the original is still the best".. pearl jam is the best!

  • its funny. that you say dispatch is unpopular. im pretty sure bamboo is covering them, not the other way around?

    you find me a band. asian or otherwise. that could even fathom having the instrumental ability dispatch has. and the success that they had. and we wont even say vocal ability, because god forbid you struggle that bad. how bout that can create harmonies = to brad corrigan. then we'll talk.

  • mga brad...kung hindi nyo kilala ang dispatch, hndi ibig sabhin nun ay hndi na sila sikat...tsk tsk...pinapakita nyo lang na hindi malawak ang range nyo sa music...

  • bamboo is the best here in the phil so dont compare them to your unpopular dispatch

  • hoooooooo!!!!! galing! this song rocks dude!

  • eric2739 is right...

    bamboo is not in the same level as dispatch...

    becoz bamboo is far more superior and better than dispatch!

    rock on pinoy!

  • are you fucking retarted?

    1. the IOR in superior implies the word more. so learn english.

    2. you're literally crazy for thinking that this version is better than any version dispatch has done. if not for the fact that the drummer here cannot drum. guitarist cant play without distortion and have it sound normal. and theres no harmony. this band, in general, is a joke to real music. im sure they'll make it on the radio, though.

  • The drummer cannot drum? wtf? ahaha its vic mercado.. one of the BEST drummer here in ASIA.. lol..

  • and also.. i know dispatch.. they are not good in performing live. try to watch there live videos.. and read some comments!

  • your an idiot irisFrance, dispatch, has made independant music history on more then one account, and their success is due entirely to their terriffic live act. they were fun to watch live, and they had fun, and they got the crowd involved. this is not a bad version of the general, but it does not beat the original. and id like to see this "band", hold a 110, 000 person concert, or sell out madison sqaure gardens for three nights in a row without a record label, i'd LOVE to see bamboo do that

  • 110,000? is this one close?

    watch?v=SwZ_zolASWk

    its bamboo singing "kisapmata" in qatar..

    is that close to 110,000?

    just tell me, and i'll try to show you more.

  • hahahaha, sorry buddy, but thats maybe 20, 000 max, which i'll admit i am impressed with, but it isnt even close.

  • yeah, ive got your back on that one. thats maybe 1/3 of ONE of the MSG nights. at the most.

    and, to give credit where its deserved, good for them, because thats tough to do. but irisfrance, your just foolish. dispatch was a live band. you went to see a NEW, live performance, not to see what had been laid down in a studio. peopl say a lot about dispatch, but not being good at playing live has never been and never will be one of them.

  • But you have to remember, this is in Qatar...not the Philippines. You have to be pretty damn special to play in front of that many people so far away from home. New York is not too far Boston. Dispatch were at home in Madison Square Garden. Would Dispatch have been able to gather that many people in Qatar? the Philippines? probably not. Not many people on our side of the world even knew of Dispatch before Bamboo covered the song. Don't get me wrong, I like Dispatch too but I like this version.

  • u dont know anything to this band...

    u might not know them but they are for real!!!

    and the drummer is one of the best!

  • mas maganda ang version ni bamboo kesa sa dispatch..

  • not bad, but not on the same level as dispatch. not even close actually.

  • Bamboo the "Rob Thomas of the Philippines"

  • stop saying that...you post it on all their vids..it's annoying. bamboo is bamboo. rob is is rob.

  • so tke ur shower, shine ur shoes,

    heheehee galing

  • i love this version but i would like to see "cover" somewhere in this video as this is not their song. in tags, in the title, or anywhere just out of respect because this song is by dispatch. Good cover though. I love bamboo. saw them in the PI at asap one year.

  • hahahhaha astig

  • yey bamboo!! da best.. khit na 60k kayo ibook.. amp.. masmahal p kyo sa parokya haha

  • Deservedly so. :)

  • 'gud work nath nd vic

  • vic mercado(drummer) is the best!!!

  • jacksparrow14 is right: "if you dont have anything good to say,juz shut your fucking mouth,kip it to urself".. ^_^

  • ahhh! the guitar is wrong! that is bothering me.

    the bass player is good, though~

  • Dispatch was better in playing this song... hahaha!

  • one thing i forgot, it feels kinda weird to hear this song played by a commercial band, when to me the general is probably one of independent music's most notable songs. i know dispatch albums were distributed by universal after their 2004 break-up, but they will always be independent at heart.

  • this is a very good cover of dispatch's greatest hit, but i have a few complaints:

    -braddigan always lays down the most incredible harmonies when dispatch performs it live, and they really make the song pop. don't really get that much harmony with this band.

    -i love chetro's vocals so much because he always sounds so pure and honest in his intonations. this singer is much more "breathy" and showy.

    that said this is a great band, and a lot of their other videos are pretty impressive.

  • I agree, maybe not so much harmony with this song but they have good harmony with their other songs. Check out their other vids. Breathy, yes. Showy? hmmm. That's interesting, he's actually laid back with this song, vocally and physically. Thank you for the comment, it's one of the more positive ones. I guess this vid has created a Dispatch vs Bamboo fans environment. It's nice to read something objective that lays down the positives of each band.

  • to ortoPilotSUCKS:

    so this is how a loser, dickheaded racist sounds like when he gets his mouth and brain stuffed with gas, ice, and methane and writes nonsense...

    is it that hard for you to realize you DON'T understand anything at all? Idiot! You're definitely one hell of a faggot! Racist asshole... Dispatch made a great song but, then again, NEVER say this band sucks! this is OURS! go get dispatch!

  • racist so you hate chinese..?hope you get stab by one..bwahahaha!

  • ortoPilotSUCKS..you butt head..eat shit..

  • I agree Dispatch owns this song because they are the original "BUT" Bamboo played a great version of the song. No.1 band here in the Philippines

  • thank you.. its rare to see pleasant youtube comments

  • well americans started to hate so everyone is hatin.. its just the bandwagon effect..

    btw,the vocalist Bamboo is an American Citizen..

  • why excactly is it our responsibility? hate is a choice that you make for yourself.. to say that america caused all that hate would imply that america has a much greater influence than it does dont blame all hate on america thats unfair

  • well, tell your fellow Americans that, here on youtube you can find the "americans" im talking about..

    full of hate.. all they know is hate, put nasty comments its disgusting

  • haha his not even chinese

  • Wow. Talk about a moron. This comment does not even deserve a response. (I guess I am insipid for even responding to it..it's not easy) :)

  • dispatch owns these guys

  • u know what's the best bout this band.. the spirit.. just look at their faces when they play.. aww.. man.. best filipino band indeed..

  • you should check out more dispatch for real if you like spirit.. they make this song come alive and give you chills everytime they perform it.. and they prove that their spirit is real with all the charity work they do no disrespect to bamboo but i dont think these guys get it quite like dispatch does

  • you should check out more dispatch for real if you like spirit.. they make this song come alive and give you chills everytime they perform it.. and they prove that their spirit is real with all the charity work they do no disrespect to bamboo but i dont think these guys get it quite like dispatch does

  • F U mattkoe1..can you do better?piss from my ass jerk 4 life u cow..

  • you say this is a rock cover, this is like emo pop, it sucks compared to Dispatch

  • sucks? i dont think so

  • WELL, TO ALL- dispatch's version is for the AMERICAN ears..

    we have different taste in music.. we like this version better so all you haters like mattkoe

    if you dont have anything good to say keep it to urself..

  • you should be keeping everything to yourself then because its seems like you dont have anything good to say

    seano122086 is pretty much right

    they took a great song and destroyed it

    im not saying theyre not talented, they are... i just think that they should choose their covers wisely

  • seems that you just can't understand what im saying..

    this is our kind of music.. so dont ever say it's trash.. and im referring to mattkoe FYI

    and its ok if you all dont like it.. where's ur RESPECT, they are icons here, so dont call their work trash.. you dont know them..

  • ITS NOT THEIR WORK, ITS DISPATCH'S

    and they have no respect for dispatch by recording this specially when dispatch was recent

  • are you blind? do you see the video above?

    who's singing? is it dispatch?

    dispatch is the original.. but we're talking about this version.. duh?!?

    tsk tsk tsk..

    dont you know that IMITATION is the best flattery?

    duh?!? ur talking nonsense..

    no respect for dispatch? and who are you to talk on behalf of dispatch? ur not even part of it..

  • the greatest form of flattery is imitation remember that

  • They destroyed it? How? Our preferences in music are subjective. There's no way it can't be. That being said, the band took the song and interpreted it in the way best way they know how. They covered it within the context of their musicality and their genre, and no it's not emo-pop. Some people like this version, I like this version...nothing wrong with that. We have different preferences; you may think they destroyed it, I don't. Am I wrong? No. Are you wrong? No. Leave it at that.

  • emo pop.. alright emo pop..

  • i agree with you man

    dispatch is great

    this crap is pretty bad

  • trash...

  • as if you can do better

  • OFF TOPIC

    the problem with AMERICA is they say they're nice and everything.. they're the ideal country.. good citizens of the world.. they pretend to be good people..

    but the truth is they're all a bunch of HATERS! they can't even appreciate other people but themselves..

  • your hating right now.. there are good and bad citizens everywhere but please dont stereotype all americans there are plenty of us who see past ourselves and strive to make the whole world a better place

  • your hating right now.. there are good and bad citizens everywhere but please dont stereotype all americans there are plenty of us who see past ourselves and strive to make the whole world a better place

  • you should eliminate you CULTURE of HATE if you want people to admire Americans again..

    Americans are full of hate and racism...

  • we do not have a culture of hate if an american hates that his bad not the whole culture or country just like you hating is on you not your whole country you have nothing to back up your generalizations we have problems just like every other country does

  • yah right.. americans talk about equality, justice, all the motherhood statements, but look into your backyard..

    look at racism there, the culture of hate.. it's so obvious

    Americans are arrogant.. though im not generalizing, well majority are.. well in the first place so called Americans are also immigrants

    only true Americans are the native indians.. then came the so called Americans they tried to do ethnic cleansing, then the blacks came, u know the story

    culture of hate eversince

  • thanks for the history lesson i know the indians were here first.. i didnt take their land and i'm not responsible for the acts of my ancestors from over 400 years ago and you are generalizing.. have you ever been to america? its funny that you base your judgement of a whole country by youtube comments i dont know anything about your country so i dont talk shit you know nothing of mine you should come over here and check it out you might enjoy certain areas

  • im not interested in going to America..

    but you cant deny you have a culture of hate there.. im just saying the truth.. im not generalizing..

  • well untill you are you shouldnt make accusations and assume that we all hate everyone because of a few youtube comments.. and i can deny that we have a culture of hate here i live here and i see the culture which is not a culture really but a large mixture of cultures.. i walk down the streets and people greet people they've never met and hold doors for people and such.. does that sound like a hateful culture to you? either come check it out or dont talk about it like you know it

  • @sloane

    uhmm.. cause you're a white american and you can;t be discriminated... of course they're gonna be nice to you..

  • so white americans dont get discriminated against? educate yourself...your an ignorant fool you shape your views by what people say.. someone told you to hate americans so you do

  • no cause white americans are Arrogant.. RACE is DIFFERENT FROM ATTITUDES

    and nobody told me to hate Americans, i do not hate them... i hate their attitudes...

    You are so hyprocrite to defend Americans, it is so prevalent there the culture of hate and racism UNTIL NOW,,

    go out sometimes okay? so you'll learn

  • O_O I'll go out and learn.. But you gotta promise me to get Grammar lessons 1st. @_@Your grammar can be bested by a 6th grader. O_o Honestly.. And seriously, just because a majority of them DOES or are Racists doesn't mean that they all are.@_@ Don't say THEIR CULTURE. Stop it w/ the spewing of random thoughts and words. Another thing PREVALENT doesn't really suit what you're trying to say. Savvy words doesn't project how smart you are or makes you look smart but still FAILs in the content. O_O

  • at ang talino di lang nakikita sa bokabolaryo.

  • Pretty much po. lol

  • You need grammar lessons too.

  • WHITE Americans HATE BLACKS because of their COLOR

    not of their Attitudes...

    WTF is that, CLEAR HATING, CULTURE of HATE..

    RACISM

  • I live in America. It is not fair to generalize and judge a whole country from the actions of a few people that live in that country. How would you feel if I said that all Filipinos are all terrorist based on what goes on in Mindanao. It is insipid to suggest that all Americans are racist and full of hate becasue of the actions of an administration/s (I am assuming the culture of hate you are reffering to is based on the wars that the country has waged).

  • in not talking about wars.. im talking about on the personal/societal level,between people.. there's too much hate..

    some dont want to understand, they just hate instantly..

    well, for example for their homegrown artists they put them up then they bring them down..

    ei Michael Jackson, Britney Spears etc.. etc.. and it's not right..

    and to other races, they are arrogant/racist..

    you can't deny that fact..

    and again Im not talking about wars..its on a personal/societal level

  • I don't agree. How can you say everybody hates when you have not been here to see it for yourself? I do not see it that way, it's not like I go out of my house and everybody just hates me for existing. If some hate other people, that is their choice as individuals. I do not believe the society teaches or encourages people to hate. The ignorant ones do, but you cannot generalize and say that everybody hates in America. There are ignorant people who discriminate in every country, not just here.

  • you know what American values people there uphold? that it is cool if you drink, do drugs, sex..

    they hate someone who is fat, hate someone who is ugly.. hate old people.. hate other races.. hate gays, hate lesbians, hate everything but themselves..

    full of hate.. well majority of Americans are like that.. they treat people like crap.. like they are arrogant, they treat people inferior, dont know how to respect..

    and that is the TRUTH!

  • I live in America, but I was born in the Philippines. And based on your comment, I can tell you have no idea what it's really like here. It seems like you're the individual full of hate.

    I love Bamboo!

  • im not full of hate. just stating what i see.

  • Maybe you 'hate' hate but you're views are rather cynical. I think it promotes hate. A lot of your views are simply prejudiced and that promotes hate and only helps racism. There's a lot good to be seen around here too. It's rather unfair for you to target America and say things as if the whole of America is homogeneous.

  • just bringing this issues to the attention of the Americans, cause i dont think they see their defects.

  • yah right..its as if filipinos see theirs... look in the mirror first bro..

  • you know why i point it all to the Americans?

    cause they have the most influence in the world

    they shape people's values in a way

    so it's only right to give attention to what thhey do

    unlike the Philippines, we dont influence anyone

    get my point?

    i cant even watch a decent movie without any content of violence and sex, even tv programs

  • yah yer right dawg!!! they dont know how is it to be here... peace out nigg..