45 Seconds (In July 16) - Bagiw

One of my most favorite Filipino rock songs which incorporates native Filipino instruments into hard driving rock and roll.

"45 Seconds (in July 16)" is composed by Reuel Carantes and performed by Bagiw. It is a song that was written in the aftermath of the cataclysmic Luzon earthquake of July 16, 1990 which devastated Baguio City, Cabanatuan City, Dagupan City, La Union and many other areas of Luzon.

Like a cloak of death
Dark clouds hovering above
As silver streaks of lightning
Ripping it apart
The air seemed filled
With an eerie golden brightness
As hail, like a million diamonds
Come rushing to the ground

Inayan, inayan pay sa
And thunder like an echo
of deep murmurings from the ground

Can you hear me
Someone help me
Can't you hear the cries beneath these walls
As I lie here
Praying you would hear my last tap on the wall.

Like endless minutes
in total blackness
Suddenly I fear the end is near
As I lie here
Hoping you would hear my last tap on the wall.

Where once a mighty tower proudly stood
and shone amidst the trees
A cloud of dust rises as it crumbles to the ground
And gazing far beyond where mountainsides
Were once clothed in green
Like a shattered wall
Strips of cream earth suddenly appear

Inayan, inayan pay sa
And thunder like an echo
Of deep murmurings from the ground.

Bagiw are:

Reuel Carantes: vocals, 12 string guitar, blues harp, drum synthesizer, gong and tambi
Bobby Carantes: vocals, lead guitar, guitars, keyboards, kulibao, gongs and karton
Adon Carantes: vocals, guitars, gongs pakkong
Joseph Balinong: bass guitar, gongs, keyboards

Session musicians
Anselmo Bendaen: solibao, pinsac, kimbal, tihtik, gangsa
Ricky Salvador: keyboards

Photos courtesy of:
http://www.cityofpines.com/baguioquake/quake.html

Category:

Music

Tags:

• opm
• pinoy
• filipino
• philippine
• music
• baguio
• reuel
• carantes
• bagiw
• alternative

[anaknidorobo]

nakakatakut sa diplomat kasi di pa naii demolish ang ibang parte nito

[JeJeSlimShadyRap90]

what's the name of this song??



[b0b314]

taga saan po kayo kuya? baguio???

[020890mark]

ganito pALA ang nangyari nun what ahbig tragedy

[MrNurdee]

i like it



[MrKadangyan]

@jCrox1014 BAG-IW is the old name of baguio

[facelessaphrodisiac]

That's a beautiful song, many thanks for sharing it with us. :)

[303Jafar303]

It sounds pretty good :D

[Nemesis093781]

When the Earth shakes humanity is humbled. Said to see, and know we are all living on a shifting planet.

[skybite95]

why didnt this appear in my Sub BOX??!!! T.T luckily i checked ur account. ahha!