Ang Huling El Bimbo

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"Ang Huling El BImbo"
Song by The Eraserheads
from the album Cutterpillow
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	4:17
Label	BMG Records (thorugh their Musiko label)
Writer(s)	Ely Buendia
Producer(s)	Robin Rivera
Cutterpillow track listing
Fill Her (14)	"Ang Huling El BImbo" (15)	Cutterpilow (bonus Track) (16)

Ang Huling El Bimbo is a rock ballad by Pinoy rock group "The Eraserheads." It appears in their 1995 album "Cutterpillow". It is written by the band's vocalist/guitarist Ely Buendia. Aside from the usual band instruments the group used, this features a synthesizer along with a piano. The song won the MTV Asian Viewer's Choice Award in 1996, making the Eraserhads the first and only Filipino artists to have ever won the award. The song, narrated in the first person, tells the story of a man's unrequited feelings for his childhood friend, whose life came to a tragic end.

[edit] Synopsis

The first and second verse tells about the narrator's youth, when he would frequently visit his childhood friend, a girl, by hanging around in her huge house after school. The girl was a good dancer, but she was at her best when she dances the el bimbo. The boy would go often visit the girl after school to be taught the dance, and always feels awkward doing it. It was at this point when the boy realizes he is in love with the girl.

The third verse fast-forwards to the present, after the narrator and his childhood friend has not met for a long time. The girl, according to gossip, became an unwed single mother and apparently earns a living as a dishwasher in the then-seedy district of Ermita, Manila. Finally, the narrator reveals that his childhood friend died after being hit and run by an unnamed vehicle.

At this point, the narrator regrets not being open with his feelngs and ultimately realizes that his feelings will remain forever unrequited.