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- The song "Magasin" was written by Ely Buendia, the guitarist and lead singer of the Filipino rock band Eraserheads. - The song tells the story of a young man who is heartbroken after his childhood sweetheart becomes a model for an adult magazine. - According to Buendia, the song was based on a real-life experience he had where a girl he knew from childhood became a model for an adult magazine, which deeply affected him as a young person.

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Magasin

- The song "Magasin" was written by Ely Buendia, the guitarist and lead singer of the Filipino rock band Eraserheads. - The song tells the story of a young man who is heartbroken after his childhood sweetheart becomes a model for an adult magazine. - According to Buendia, the song was based on a real-life experience he had where a girl he knew from childhood became a model for an adult magazine, which deeply affected him as a young person.

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Magasin

What's the story behind "Magasin?"

1994 Eraserheads
It offers a uniform way to understand all
types of modern communication

Semiotic (pictures, digital media, song, film,


poetry) based on their characteristics in
common.

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Magasin
is a song by the Pinoy alternative rock
band, Eraserheads, from their 1994 album
Circus. It was the band's second hit single
from the album. No music video was made
for the song.

“Magasin” is a song that everyone can relate


to. The song, which was written by
Eraserheads frontman Ely Buendia, tells the
story of a young man who is heartbroken
after his childhood sweetheart becomes a
model for an adult magazine.
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Ely Buendia Who wrote "Magasin" Eraserheads?

Ely Eleandre Basiño Buendia, popularly


known as Ely Buendia, is a Filipino
musician, singer, songwriter, author
and film director who gained fame as
the guitarist, lead vocalist and
principal songwriter of the famed
Filipino rock band, the Eraserheads
and also the lead vocalist/rhythm
guitarist of Pupil.
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Shirley Tesoro What is the background


story of Magasin?

"Magasin" was based on Ely's cousin who dated


Shirley Tesoro, a famous bold star who gained
popularity for her roles in movies such as "Eye of the
Eagle 2: Inside the Enemy" (1989) and "Maricris
Sioson Story: Japayuki" (1993). The song's chorus
was also inspired by Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing".

But what’s the real story behind “Magasin”? According


to Buendia, the song was based by a real-life
experience he had when he was young. In an interview
with ABS-CBN News, he revealed that the song was
based on a girl he knew who had become a model for
an adult magazine.
“I had a childhood sweetheart who became a model
for an adult magazine,” Buendia said. “I was really
young then, and I was really affected by it. So I wrote
the song about it.”
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