Pop U!
Pop-U! is the second demo tape produced by the Eraserheads after their first self-produced demo (GeneRally called the "GarJam" or "Garage Jam Demo") was rejected by various radio stations and record labels.
History
The band first recorded a nine-song demo tape in the garage of Raimund Marasigan's provincial home (in Candelaria, Quezon) on January 6, 1991. They then shopped the demo cassette around record labels, clubs and radio stations, hoping to have their songs reach the public. However, the demo was rejected at every turn, with RJ Recording Studios deeming that their demo was "not pop enough".
In March 1991, a professor-friend teaching Humanities, Robin Rivera, helped them re-record and mix better versions of the demo songs on a four-track DAT recorder.The new demo was named Pop-U!, an irreverent response to those who turned them down.
Track List
- Amen
- Sorry
- Wishing Wells
- Scorpio Rising
- Dying Slow
- One Last Angry Look
- Milk and Money
- Tindahan ni Aling Nena
- Venus in the Country
- Pare Ko
- So Right
- Toyang
Future Appearances
Some of the songs included in the demo tape were re-released in other Eraserheads albums.
- "Tindahan ni Aling Nena", "Pare Ko" and "Toyang" is included in the debut album, "Ultraelectromagneticpop!" in 1993.
- "Wishing Wells" is included in the second studio album, "Circus", released in 1994.
- "Milk and Money" is included in the fifth studio album, "Sticker Happy", released in 1997. The album features the reggae version of the song.
- "Scorpio Rising" is included in the compilation album "Aloha Milkyway", released in 1998.