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Yo‐Yo Ma — Libertango
Album: Soul of the Tango - The Music of Astor Piazzolla
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Released: 1997
Length: 3:03
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So excellent! Always makes me stop and listen... Always makes me want to see the fantastic, surreal movie "Waking Life" again, too... This song, I believe, is what the gals in the live orchestra heard jamming in the basement below the street are playing as the omniscient, roving point-of-view takes its first big panning swoon around at the undeniably living, breathing freaking reality that the film wants us looking through for awhile... In any case, I feel sure it's a Piazzola piece -- and it fits and transcends so perfectly on so many levels; yes! I simply MUST watch that again... I'm forever grateful for the celebration and expression of genius, Mr. Ma, RP, Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and all involved in that seminal, prophetic, and unforgettable film!
Posted 1 year ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
16 years on the Playlist, Brilliant still and always a very pleasant surprise!
Posted 2 years ago by Diamond_Dog    [ Reply ]
You know how you sometimes read something that isn't there?
At first glance it looked like "You Mama's Soul" - what an odd title for a cello track, lol
Posted 2 years ago by maxvonevil    [ Reply ]
Could you call this waltzy-peppy?

Can you be peppy and dancing a waltz? 

Tango? Of course. I'm no fool. I'm an Idiot Wind.

Ha!
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Bleyfusz wrote:

Only, it's no such. It's called bandoneon.

Just among the plethora of things I discover on RP.
On the edge of increasing my rating on this fantastic performance.

Not than anyone gives a bandoneon.
Posted 2 years ago by the_jake    [ Reply ]
I should get this CD.
Posted 2 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
First I've heard Yo-Yo Ma on this channel.  But the comments have been here for over 11 years.  

RP never ceases to amaze me.
Posted 2 years ago by bayarea747    [ Reply ]
Belmondo movie.
Posted 2 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
VOLUME UP!
Posted 3 years ago by Grammarcop    [ Reply ]
 bankofandygray wrote:
Is it just me or does this music remind anyone else of the desert theme from Wonder Boy III - The Dragon's Trap?
 
Nope, just you.
Posted 5 years ago by Nippur    [ Reply ]
Is it just me or does this music remind anyone else of the desert theme from Wonder Boy III - The Dragon's Trap?
Posted 5 years ago by bankofandygray    [ Reply ]
One of my musical guilty pleasures.  Grace Jones' version of this.  
Posted 6 years ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
wheeeeeeeeeee!
Posted 7 years ago by DocStrangelove    [ Reply ]
Astor Piazzola , genio bonaerense con raices en nueva york
Posted 8 years ago by Panchoalico    [ Reply ]
Wow, Led Zep and Tango in the same afternoon - only on RP {#Roflol}
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
beautiful
Posted 8 years ago by Bert7    [ Reply ]
 Krakus wrote:
I love the accordion in this piece.

 
Only, it's no such. It's called bandoneon.
Posted 8 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 Elcoco wrote:
El Libertango es del maestro Astor Piazzola. Compositor argentino.

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor_Piazzolla

Radio Paradise, cada día mejor.

 
Sí...!
Posted 9 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I love the accordion in this piece.
Posted 10 years ago by Krakus    [ Reply ]
This song makes me crave a bottle of Bordeaux, a wheel of chabrion , and a loaf of French bread. 
Posted 10 years ago by GarageDragon    [ Reply ]
 MsJudi wrote:
Damn, Bill, I'm having one of the worst nights of my life, after one of the worst weeks of my life, and you have me dancing in my chair. How you do dat, big boy? How? How?

 
Put the lamp shade back when you are done!
{#Sunny} 
Posted 10 years ago by pdjpirate    [ Reply ]
Damn, Bill, I'm having one of the worst nights of my life, after one of the worst weeks of my life, and you have me dancing in my chair. How you do dat, big boy? How? How?
Posted 11 years ago by MsJudi    [ Reply ]
 mauflex wrote:
This song makes me cry... Godlike.
 
This song makes me cry... Painful.
Posted 11 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
The one and only Astor Piazzolla
Posted 12 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]

Posted 12 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Simply superb.
Posted 13 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
Take your time and learn about Piazzolla! You'll see, that Yo Yo's interpretation is a very good one!
Posted 13 years ago by eltom    [ Reply ]
Mama's got a squeezebox, she wears on her chest
When daddy gets home, he gets no rest...
Posted 13 years ago by Walrus_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
This song makes me cry... Godlike.
Posted 13 years ago by mauflex    [ Reply ]
Make it stop... I like Yo Yo... but not this
Posted 13 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
 EnglishRob wrote:
Ahhhh i knew i'd heard this one before - its used on Tower of Goo!
 
I love the Tower of Goo! - and feel bad for everyone who is missing out.  Hours of frustrating fun!
Posted 13 years ago by cvandoren    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of 12 Monkeys.
Posted 14 years ago by sadjester    [ Reply ]

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Posted 14 years ago by calypsus_1    [ Reply ]
Dante_Angelo wrote:
The soundtrack of "12..." has 'Suite Mar del Plata' (another Piazzolla's composition) as the one that opens the titles in the movie.
 
Sorry to correct you, but it is 'Suite Punta del Este', not 'Mar del Plata'. As Uruguayan, I feel in the obligation to correct this little confusion of "balneario".

Posted 14 years ago by fede550    [ Reply ]
 Stefen wrote:
Kinda different — even for RP.
 
I love the variety of RP

Posted 14 years ago by pcarew    [ Reply ]
I mean... Bill!
Posted 14 years ago by alisavox    [ Reply ]
Kinda different — even for RP.
Posted 14 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
How about the Grace Jones version of this song, Dave?
Posted 14 years ago by alisavox    [ Reply ]
a faster copy!
 diegotz wrote:
Vamos Astor

Gotan Project is, let's say... a copy to this...
 


Posted 14 years ago by tunstene    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh i knew i'd heard this one before - its used on Tower of Goo!
Posted 14 years ago by EnglishRob    [ Reply ]
WTF is this? Blech!
Posted 14 years ago by jhorton    [ Reply ]
It started, and I was expecting Kirsty MacColl.
Posted 14 years ago by catsoup    [ Reply ]
Strange - I think I've heard that tune before :-)
Posted 14 years ago by michael_a_k    [ Reply ]
Vamos Astor

Gotan Project is, let's say... a copy to this...
Posted 14 years ago by diegotz    [ Reply ]
 psycholynx wrote:
Everytime I hear the squeezebox played like this I think of the movie "12 Monkeys"
 
I just recently saw that movie after not having seen it since it came out.  It's better than I remember.  Maybe seeing it more than once takes some of the initial confusion out of the story, since it's not straightforward.

But I get it confused with "The Fifth Element", which wasn't so good then and still isn't.

Posted 15 years ago by rascal420    [ Reply ]
Easy to call this being eclectic,
but hard to call it RUBBISH,
when played on RP.

Posted 15 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
See the movie "The Tango Lesson" if you like this music.  This is part of the sound track.  A great movie, imo.
Posted 15 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
Great performance by Yo-Yo. I was very lucky to see Piazzolla live in the late 80's, shortly before the stroke that ended his career. It was one of those concerts where you walk out afterwards feeling like a changed person - it was music and a type of performance I'd never seen before.
Posted 15 years ago by mnmrosen    [ Reply ]
 electronicshaman wrote:

You read my mind. I was also thinking Gotan Project, either way, I like it!

 
That's what I heard in the first few lines....couldn't put my finger on it.

Gotan meets Copland....

Posted 15 years ago by Pyro    [ Reply ]
I get it from Cream to ELO to Yo yo man next weird Al on accordian doing led zep solos. 
 
Posted 15 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]
Yo Mama.  Where I come from that is an insult.
Posted 15 years ago by stewliscious    [ Reply ]
Wow! Yo-yo on RP....now THAT'S eclectic!
Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]

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Posted 16 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
I like the spoken version better.
Posted 16 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
Everytime I hear the squeezebox played like this I think of the movie "12 Monkeys"
The soundtrack of "12..." has 'Suite Mar del Plata' (another Piazzolla's composition) as the one that opens the titles in the movie.
Posted 16 years ago by Dante_Angelo    [ Reply ]
Deadwing wrote:
This piece reminds me of the music from 12 Monkeys
There's a different version by Grace Jones in the movie "Frantic" called "I've Seen That Face Before (Libertango)"
Posted 16 years ago by bokey    [ Reply ]
This piece reminds me of the music from 12 Monkeys
Posted 17 years ago by Deadwing    [ Reply ]
You can never get too much Yo-Yo.
Posted 17 years ago by ranwulf    [ Reply ]
I have been a long time admirer of Ma but only became familiar with Piazzola through RP. What a happy convergence this is.
Posted 17 years ago by Inamorato    [ Reply ]
That is so good! It lets me crave for a milonga evening.
Posted 17 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
Love this piece! I once used it for a presentation on Latin-American music styles back in college.
Posted 17 years ago by wedgetable    [ Reply ]
RP needs more Yo-Yo Ma!!! emoticon is as close as I could get.
Posted 17 years ago by skdenfeld    [ Reply ]
Piazolla!!! I'm happy again :)
Posted 17 years ago by pearmax    [ Reply ]
This arrangement puts so much urgency into this song....and that's good!
Posted 17 years ago by rluss    [ Reply ]
I have this CD, it is wonderful. Yo Yo Ma plays the marvelous Astor Piazzolla.
Posted 17 years ago by PurplePrincess    [ Reply ]
SigmaBetaTooth wrote:
This sounds like the soundtrack for Waking Life.
You read my mind. I was also thinking Gotan Project, either way, I like it!
Posted 17 years ago by electronicshaman    [ Reply ]
...images of smokin hot women in dresses slit to the thigh, badass guys lighting cigarettes...
Posted 17 years ago by pdhski    [ Reply ]
Hello cheap italian restaraunt.
Posted 17 years ago by bkrontz    [ Reply ]
This sounds like the soundtrack for Waking Life.
Posted 17 years ago by SigmaBetaTooth    [ Reply ]
Muy buena versión.
Posted 18 years ago by pearmax    [ Reply ]
First a mambo, now a tango. How I wish I were able to do some of those hot latin dances....
Posted 18 years ago by cattgirl813    [ Reply ]
That's libertango, liberty + tango Superb!
Posted 18 years ago by nampelkafe    [ Reply ]
I enjoy this quite thoroughly, although in my mind it takes me towards the music I hear in Cirque du Soleil productions like Quidam or Varekai. Love it, love it, I'm just imagining a trapeze up in the high ceiling of our office with performers just putting on a show. Just my overactive imagination again!
Posted 18 years ago by davyjrshort    [ Reply ]
ARGH! Why truncate Libertango!? The horror...
Posted 18 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
Play the original version
Posted 18 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
Everytime I hear the squeezebox played like this I think of the movie "12 Monkeys"
Same here =) Then again it was Piazzolla penning the main theme to the movie. A 9 track by the way, I got the rest of this album.
Posted 18 years ago by Frater_Kork    [ Reply ]
the tango and cello are both inherently sexy. good combination - but the chest piano steals the show on this one.
Posted 18 years ago by slartibart_O    [ Reply ]
grassfolk420 wrote:
Reminds me of the Tosca Tango Orchestra from Austin.
I agree with you completely. I thought this track was part of the soundtrack to the movie "Waking Life." That whole soundtrack was done by the Tosca Tango Orchestra and the movie was shot in Austin. I love how "on the same page" we were there.
Posted 18 years ago by BradAl    [ Reply ]
rah wrote:
I believe Kirsty MacColl has a song that is sung to the same melody as this...anyone know the one I mean? It's a song about being depressed or something I think...
Yes, it's even here at RP.
Posted 18 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
Thank you, Bill, for playing this! And thank you to the uploader, too.
Posted 18 years ago by rklein    [ Reply ]
I believe Kirsty MacColl has a song that is sung to the same melody as this...anyone know the one I mean? It's a song about being depressed or something I think...
Posted 18 years ago by rah    [ Reply ]
Not knocking the song or his talents, but doesn't the name "Yo-Yo Ma" sound gangsta to you?
Posted 18 years ago by Gish05    [ Reply ]
:sunny.gif:
Posted 18 years ago by R_P    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of the Tosca Tango Orchestra from Austin.
Posted 18 years ago by grassfolk420    [ Reply ]
psycholynx wrote:
Everytime I hear the squeezebox played like this I think of the movie "12 Monkeys"
Glad it's not just me then. Good scary movie.
Posted 18 years ago by quesarah    [ Reply ]
Dante_Angelo wrote:
ahhhh... Piazzolla... a genius...
I agree with you!
Posted 18 years ago by grace_blaum    [ Reply ]
"Strange, I have seen that face before..."
Posted 18 years ago by Darkmatter    [ Reply ]
Everytime I hear the squeezebox played like this I think of the movie "12 Monkeys"
Posted 18 years ago by psycholynx    [ Reply ]
Wow...another minute of this and I'll be packing my bags for Argentina. Yo-yo is right up there with Lebowski.
Posted 18 years ago by HomeGreauxn    [ Reply ]
hobbitt wrote:
Full props to Ma, but who's the dude(?) on the accordian? Or is it a concertina?
Nestor Marconi on the bandoneon...
Posted 18 years ago by kaupmees    [ Reply ]
Ahhhh -- TANGO!
Posted 18 years ago by Kagin    [ Reply ]
Full props to Ma, but who's the dude(?) on the accordian? Or is it a concertina?
Posted 18 years ago by hobbitt    [ Reply ]
Well, here is an Asian who can sensitively and affectionately render homage to the tango. Go figure! I see the connection to the David Byrne attempt to do Latin American, but this succeeds where that didn't. Of course it might also have to do with the fact that this has nary a horn.
Posted 19 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
excellent track! the background music reminds me a lot of mr bungle's 'violenzia domestica.'
Posted 19 years ago by PattonFever    [ Reply ]
ahhhh... Piazzolla... a genius...
Posted 19 years ago by Dante_Angelo    [ Reply ]