“When the music’s over
Turn out the lights
For the music is your special friend
Dance on fire as it intends
Music is your only friend
Until the end” — so goes the song by Jim Morrison titled When The Music is Over. Yes, but for the group that calls itself, the Bloomfields, music will never be over. One of the members, Reginaldo Pascual, is now listening to the music of Jim, one of the greatest music icons of the ’60s. Jim died young but his music lives on. That’s what the Bloomfields hopes to achieve, for music to live on and on. The group members sing the music of the ’60s, long before they were even born, but are rabid fans of the Beatles, The Beachboys, The Shadows, The Ventures, Dave Clark 5, Cliff Richard, etc. The Bloomfields takes seriously the songs of the ’60s, which have become a staple in Bloomfields performances. However, it has its own hits with Ale, a revival of the late Bodjie Dasig’s hit composition, and Express Hiway, an original song. The Bloomfields headlines a show at the Metrobar on March 28. Let’s get to know them better. Read on.
If you were to have the body of someone whose body would it be?
Louie Poco (LP), bassist and vocalist: Mark Zuckerberg (does that include his brain?).
Lakan Hila (LH), lead guitarist and keyboardist: Jason Statham.
Reginaldo Domingo Pascual (RP), guitarist and vocalist: Bruce Lee.
Rocky (R), drummer: Hugh Jackman.
The first song you learned?
LP: Harana by Parokya ni Edgar.
LH: What’s Up by 4 Non Blondes.
RP: The Mission Impossible theme song.
R: Line to Heaven by The Introvoys.
What is your fetish?
LP: Geeky girls.
LH: Singkits.
RP: It’s too bad to say.
R: Really nice scent.
Describe your first kiss?
LP: Sloppy.
LH: Awesome!
RP: Terrible.
R: Awkward, slightly drunken.
The best book you’ve read?
LP: The Chronicles of Narnia.
LH: Jonathan Livingston Seagull.
RP: The Giver.
R: Blink by Malcolm Gladwell.
The music/song that you play over and over again?
LP: Kula Shaker songs.
LH: Parklife by Blur.
RP: I do that to all the songs I like. Right now they’re songs from Jim Morrison.
R: Roll With It by Oasis.
Complete the sentence, Music is ______________.
LP: Colorful.
LH: Music is love.
RP: There… take it! It’s yours!!!!!
R: Unnecessary but impossible to live without.
Beatles, Jim Morrison or Mick Jagger? Why?
LP: The Beatles, though I’m a fan of the other two... Beatles can do happy, cheesy songs and they can do the dark and heavy songs that the other two legends can do.
LH: Beatles. They are the best, collectively.
RP: Beatles. Why? Are you kidding me?
R: Beatles for talent, Jagger for swag.
The most beautiful name of a woman?
LP: Mama.
LH: Karen.
RP: Catherine! (I should get plus points for this honey.)
R: Laviet.
Why do roses have thorns?
LP: ’Coz beauty can hurt you sometimes.
LH: I really don’t know.
RP: Because violets are blue.
R: So people would stop picking them!
You are at the entrance of heaven, what do you think God will say to you?
LP: You’re a lucky man! Good Job!
LH: Good job!
RP: Go on in my son… wait! Where’s that foreskin I gave you?!?!
R: Well this is unexpected.
If you were a song what would you be?
LP: I’d be a rare track.
LH: Xtc — The Mayor of Simpleton.
RP: Downloadable.
R: Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen.
What song would you not sing?
LP: I Just Need You Now. I’ve been hearing the song all the time.
LH: Mambo Magsaysay.
RP: The Friday song, actually I would for a price.
R: Army of Me by Bjork. It’s not that I won’t sing it but it’s just that I can’t.
If you were to confess only one sin to God, what would it be?
LP: I cheated my third year high school Filipino exam.
LH: Gluttony
RP: Yes, I admit it. I did get the cookies from the cookie jar.
R: That I can’t help but think having a Pope with a golden throne is ridiculous.
You are doing time travel, which period would you visit? Why?
LP: Go back to the time just right before high school because I made a lot of mistakes during that time. And maybe I can have a really exciting high school! And maybe invent Facebook!LH: The ’60s. I want to see the Beatles live.
RP: 1950’s so I could buy all the guitars that cost millions now.
R: Age of Dinosaurs because dinosaurs are awesome.
Are you afraid of old age?
LP: Before, yes... now, no.
LH: Nope.
RP: Nope, old age is afraid of me!
R: No. I’m afraid of losing the kid in me.
If you can change one part of your body what would it be?
LP: Love handles.
LH: Nothing.
RP: My left shoulder bone because it’s hurting like a b*tch.
R: My face.
If I open your heart, what do I see?
LP: According to my doctor, I have a big heart. I mean that’s a medical fact. I can even show you my records. My heart beats slower than the normal.
LH: Nothing.
RP: Damn… uhh butt loads of blood and some other stuff you and I could not name.
R: Blood and arteries I would imagine.
What is your idea of perfect relaxation?
LP: A shower... A nice long shower.
LH: Sleeping on the beachfront.
RP: Being asleep for 16 hours.
R: Video games.
If you were a musical instrument, what would you be?
LP: Egg shaker.
LH: Saxophone.
RP: The trombone… if you know what I’m saying (wink).
R: The drums.