Post by phlmhunter on Jul 5, 2018 10:42:39 GMT
EDIT (28 June 2020): The full music video is on Vimeo. vimeo.com/293877633
Hello. There seems to be no dedicated Filipino/Philippine forum for Filipino lost media, so I am posting here (since I assume this community welcomes international lost media). I recently gained an interest in lost media in general, and discovered that the full music video for the Eraserheads' popular song "Ang Huling El Bimbo" (The last El Bimbo) is not in the Internet. A five-minute version is in YouTube, uploaded by the EraserheadsVEVO account. However, the song is eight minutes long, and it appears that something was cut from the video currently available.
Here is a Wikipedia article for the song. It states, "The instrumental part of the music video was omitted during its broadcast on MTV Pinoy," but does not cite any source.
Curiously, the article does not describe the lyrics and the plot of the available music video, which corresponds to the lyrics. The song is essentially a tragedy, with the singer reminiscing about a friend from his youth who he danced the El Bimbo with. He tries to reconcile with the friend years later, hoping to dance with her again. Unfortunately, he finds out that his friend had already been killed by a car crash.
I found, oddly enough, a video on the making of the music video for the song, which may contain scenes which could have been cut from the music video currently on YouTube.
Already did a search of the video through Google, but came up empty handed. Here's hoping that the full video, if indeed there is, will be found.
Hello. There seems to be no dedicated Filipino/Philippine forum for Filipino lost media, so I am posting here (since I assume this community welcomes international lost media). I recently gained an interest in lost media in general, and discovered that the full music video for the Eraserheads' popular song "Ang Huling El Bimbo" (The last El Bimbo) is not in the Internet. A five-minute version is in YouTube, uploaded by the EraserheadsVEVO account. However, the song is eight minutes long, and it appears that something was cut from the video currently available.
Here is a Wikipedia article for the song. It states, "The instrumental part of the music video was omitted during its broadcast on MTV Pinoy," but does not cite any source.
Curiously, the article does not describe the lyrics and the plot of the available music video, which corresponds to the lyrics. The song is essentially a tragedy, with the singer reminiscing about a friend from his youth who he danced the El Bimbo with. He tries to reconcile with the friend years later, hoping to dance with her again. Unfortunately, he finds out that his friend had already been killed by a car crash.
I found, oddly enough, a video on the making of the music video for the song, which may contain scenes which could have been cut from the music video currently on YouTube.
Already did a search of the video through Google, but came up empty handed. Here's hoping that the full video, if indeed there is, will be found.
