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Ay candela, candela, candela, me quemo aé.
Puso un baile un jutía, para una gran diversión.
De timbalero un ratón, que alegraba el
campo un día.
Un gato también venía, elegante y placentero,
'Buenas noches, compañero'
siempre dijo así el timbal
'Para alguien aquí poder tocar,
para descansar un poco'.
Salió el ratón medio loco,
'también voy a descansar'.
Y el gato en su buen bailar, bailaba un
danzón liviano.
El ratón se subió al guano, y dice
bien placentero:
¡Y ahora si quieren bailar, búsquense
otro timbalero!
Ay candela, candela, candela, me quemó aé.
Oye, Faustino Orama' y sus compañeros,
necesito que me apaguen el fuego.
Margarita llama pronto a los bomberos para
que vengan a apagar el fuego.
Oye, si estás perdida llama a los siete ceros,
y asi vendrán más pronto los bomberos.
Ay candela, candela, candela, me quemo aé,
mama ¡Aaaay!
Tilán tilán
Didilán didilán
Margarita que me quemo
Yo quiero seguir gozando
La candelame está llevando
Me gusta seguir guarachando
Esta tarde venimo' acabando
Como quiera venimo' tocando
La mujer cuando se agacha
Se le abre el entendimiento
La mujer cuando se agacha
Se le abre el entendimiento
Y el hombre cuando la mira
Se le para el pensamiento
De tí me gusta una cosa
Sin que me cueste trabajo
De tí me gusta una cosa
Sin que me cueste trabajo
De la barriga pa'rriba, de la cintura pa'bajo
Mira se quema, se quema, mama
Mira se quema, se quema, oye
Mira mama que me quemo
Mira llama pronto a los bomberos, para que
vengan a apagar el fuego
Mira que el fuego me está quemando
Y yo quiero seguir guarachando
Mira se quema Báyamo, mira que Songo
está que arde
Mira se quema La Maya, mira ese pito
que suena.
Malaguën está que corta mama
Santiago de Cuba está que te mete en llamas
Se quema, se quema, se quema, oye, mira
me quemo, me quemo.
Mira que me quemo, oye, yo quiero
seguir guarachando.
Mira mama que yo vengo quemando.
Faustino Orama' tú está acabando
Mira se quema, se quema
Pero mira mi mami se quema
Oye se quema, se quema
I love Cuba: I have been there 6 times.
It is so non-materialistic and non-commercial.
No billboards or advertising of any kind.
If you want to find a restaurant in a town,
don't look for a sign, ask a local.
I was in the bar that created the mojito in the town of
Trinidad. I pity Americans, most of whom cannot go there.
Cuba is a paradise.
If "nobody has anything" is non-materialistic, then yeah. Wonder why every Cuban (aside from those at the top) wants to get out of "paradise."
Took my 88 year old dad to a clinic appointment and he came out talking about how the place was full of "old people". I pointed out that at 88 he qualifies as an old person and he was probably a decade older than most people at the clinic. "Yeah, but they act old!" was his response.
My 84 year old mom joined a dating site and complained that it kept matching her with "old men." She finally found a 50-year-old man, no thanks to the site. (She told him she's 64.)
This is now officially in my best classics folder.
do we have a boogaloo expert somewhere in the world to answer this question?
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This is how you cowbell.
Yes!! Cowbell with sophistication & style!!
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It practically shimmers, but so much life and grit and texture and soul. So so good.
Took my 88 year old dad to a clinic appointment and he came out talking about how the place was full of "old people". I pointed out that at 88 he qualifies as an old person and he was probably a decade older than most people at the clinic. "Yeah, but they act old!" was his response.
Too funny! And, Too true!
The move is 'Buena Vista Social Club'.
I love the line where they're driving around looking for where the club was, Compay in the back seat, and Compay, 80-some years old then, says "We need to find an old person, they'll remember. Where are the old people?" Never occurred to him that HE was an old person!
I was fortunate enough to see them on one of their first tours. Just incredible.
c.
Took my 88 year old dad to a clinic appointment and he came out talking about how the place was full of "old people". I pointed out that at 88 he qualifies as an old person and he was probably a decade older than most people at the clinic. "Yeah, but they act old!" was his response.
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I hear some kind of an accent in your post
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The move is 'Buena Vista Social Club'.
I love the line where they're driving around looking for where the club was, Compay in the back seat, and Compay, 80-some years old then, says "We need to find an old person, they'll remember. Where are the old people?" Never occurred to him that HE was an old person!
I was fortunate enough to see them on one of their first tours. Just incredible.
c.
He was saying it tongue in cheek, fully aware.
S T A W W W W P .
No.
It is so non-materialistic and non-commercial.
No billboards or advertising of any kind.
If you want to find a restaurant in a town,
don't look for a sign, ask a local.
I was in the bar that created the mojito in the town of
Trinidad. I pity Americans, most of whom cannot go there.
Cuba is a paradise.
Yeah, we should have never relaxed the restrictions so that Cuba could remain the worker's paradise that it is.
Workers' paradise? We (USA) don't offer one either. But don't get me started.
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Back to the music!
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The move is 'Buena Vista Social Club'.
I love the line where they're driving around looking for where the club was, Compay in the back seat, and Compay, 80-some years old then, says "We need to find an old person, they'll remember. Where are the old people?" Never occurred to him that HE was an old person!
I was fortunate enough to see them on one of their first tours. Just incredible.
c.
its still on Amazon Prime.Good doc
Yep! Love this album.
S T A W W W W P .
Hell Yes!!
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Yes!
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Cooder went to Cuba and gathered all these old Cuban Jazz musicians to jam
with, eventually putting them on tour in the US (including Carnegie Hall) leading to this album and fame. Buena Vista Social Club was the place where they met to Jam while in Cuba, eventually becoming the band's name.
A very nice documentary.
The move is 'Buena Vista Social Club'.
I love the line where they're driving around looking for where the club was, Compay in the back seat, and Compay, 80-some years old then, says "We need to find an old person, they'll remember. Where are the old people?" Never occurred to him that HE was an old person!
I was fortunate enough to see them on one of their first tours. Just incredible.
c.
Cooder went to Cuba and gathered all these old Cuban Jazz musicians to jam
with, eventually putting them on tour in the US (including Carnegie Hall) leading to this album and fame. Buena Vista Social Club was the place where they met to Jam while in Cuba, eventually becoming the band's name.
A very nice documentary.
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All of a sudden, I want to go to Cuba !!!!
In 1998 I went exclusively because of this album. Best trip of my life, and the music is even better there!
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All of a sudden, I want to go to Cuba !!!!
Snake hips. HA HA HA :)
Yeah, we should have never relaxed the restrictions so that Cuba could remain the worker's paradise that it is.
nice feel
that's all i need
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You sure managed to type a lot of whine while your brain was melting down. Check out that PSD button on the homepage some time.
Well spoken. A solid 9 from here.
Hmmm. That or the vagaries of taste. Depending on how inflated one's own ego might be.
Yeah, you see so much here the attitude "you don't like the music I do, ergo you must suck."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buena_Vista_Social_Club_(film)
Hence, my "3" rating. I like it at first, but as you observed…
Sorry, nothing cheesy about this for me.
same thing here)))
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Hmmm. That or the vagaries of taste. Depending on how inflated one's own ego might be.
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Heard this many times on Radio Paradise and have always loved it.
Hadn't realised the lyrics were so raunchy - first half is all metaphors, 2nd half well watch the subtitles from 4.33 ...
Put out the fire! This song is hot, hot, hot!!!!!!
Ditto, not a bad track in the whole thing
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Copied off of a lyrics Website—no idea how accurate this is.
Puso un baile un jutia, para una gran diversion.
De timbalero un ratón, que alegraba el campo un dia.
Un gato tambien venia, elegante y plancentero,
"Buena noches, compaÅero"
siempre dijo asi el timbale
"Para alguien aqui poder tocar,
para descansar un poco".
Salio el raton medio loco
Tambien volvio a descansar
Y el gato en su buen bailar,
bailaba un danzón liviano.
El ratón se subió al guano,
y dice bien placentero:
"¡Y ahora si quieren bailar,
búsquense otro timbalero!"
Ay candela, candela, candela me quemo aé (x2)
Oye, Faustino Orama y sus compaÅeros,
necesito que me apaguen el fuego.
Ay candela, candela, candela me quemo aé
Margarita llama pronto a los bomberos para
que vengan a apagar el fuego.
Ay candela, candela, candela me quemo aé
Oye, si está perdida llama a los siete ceros,
y asi vendrán más pronto los bomberos.
Ay candela, candela, candela me quemo aé
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finoufk wrote:
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A good attitude to take.
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Yeah usually it's the musically illiterate that can't get the complexity and value of music like this.
It really is.
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To somewhere I can't hear this....
Which is something you would want when you are dancing it with a hottie...
excellent point
Not while Peter Gabriel's alive, he's not.
Whether you like Gabriel or not and admittedly I don't, I have never heard anyone ever claim something like that. I know it is just my opinion, but eclectic is not what comes in mind when I hear Gabriel. He fits is little slow, ambient adult contemporary niche which is fine but not particularly adventurous.
The Musical produced by Atlantic Theater in NYC this year was
fantastic! I'm reasonably certain it will transfer to Broadway soon.
Seeing the music performed live was worth the ticket alone, but it's so
much more. I work in the theatre industry and this is a must see. It
closes at the end of January '24 and is totally sold out. but keep your
eyes open for the transfer.