Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
Fruitcake
Fruitcake is the fourth commercial album of the Eraserheads, released in 1996 by BMG Records (Pilipinas). It is also the official Christmas album and accompanied by a separate storybook, also called Fruitcake, and can be categorized as a musical itself, although no stage plays have been made based on it to date.
The release of Fruitcake is preceded by the release of a limited cassette/ cd single version, also called Fruitcake. The cassette/cd single version contains three songs, including a different version of the song Fruitcake and another song called Christmas Alphabet which is not found in the official Fruitcake album.
Ang Huling El Bimbo
"Ang Huling El Bimbo" (literally Filipino for The Last El Bimbo) is a rock ballad by Pinoy rock group The Eraserheads from their 1995 album Cutterpillow as well as their international album Aloha Milkyway. It was written by the band's vocalist-guitarist Ely Buendia. Aside from the usual band instruments the group used, the song features a synthesizer along with a piano. 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.
The song won the MTV Asian Viewer's Choice Award in 1997, making the Eraserheads the first and only Filipino artists to have ever won the award (Parokya ni Edgar won a similar award in 2001, but only for Southeast Asia).
There are two known versions of the song. The first one has the singer continuing to chant the chorus until the song fades. The second version replaces the monotonous chant with a guitar solo and an orchestra ensemble playing the chorus. The music video uses the second version.
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