Friday, 19 July 2019

Juan Formell Y Los Van Van – Me Mantengo

Juan Formell Y Los Van Van – Me Mantengo




Hey Juan!
Dice mi amigo Cucurucho que seguimos poniéndola,
Dando, pegándola y ahora... ahora...
Que no nos cambien la emisora!
Desde tiempos de antaño surgieron ritmos
Que ya causaron gran sensación.
Como fueron el Mambo, el Son, la Cumbia,
El Danzonete y el Charlestón.
Y así la gente se contagiaba con una música singular
Que con buen gusto, a todos llegaba,
Incitándolos a bailar.
Pero al pasar el tiempo todo fue cambiando y en la actualidad
Ay! Ay! Ay!
Ahora es mejor ni hablar!
Ahora es mejor... quedarse tranquilo
Por eso ahora con este Songo a todo el mundo quiero expresar
Que si! Que si! Que si!
Que si se puede bailar de todo sin ser tan burdo ni chabacán.
Que la alegría y la picardía
No se confundan en tu cantar
Con todo aquello que nada aporte
A nuestra música popular.
Ahora defiende todas tus tradiciones
No las traiciones, porque así...
Ya no podrán hablar.
Ya no, ya no, ya no
Ya no podrán hablar.
Tendrán que confiar, te van a respetar
Ya no podrán hablar.
Y ahora vengo como vengo,
Sigo ahí! Por eso me mantengo.
Y ahora vengo como vengo,
Tengo lo que tengo,
Sigo ahí! Por eso me mantengo.
Si a la gente le gusta
Si a la gente le encanta mi salsa!
Suave!
Mi música linda a la mamita y a toas las señoritas, si si
Ta buena pa bailar
Sigo ahí, sigo ahí, con mi música elegante,
Un poquitico picante
Y al final... no hay quien la aguante!
A todos mis amigos les digo:
Ay Dios! Por eso me mantengo
A mis hermanos, los que crecieron conmigo
El pueblo de Cuba ha sido testigo
De las tristezas y alegrías que he vivido.
Tu que no creías ay no...
Y ahora te veo rezando, pidiéndole a Dios!
Yo siempre estaba en tu preferencia y ahora
Que no me cambie la emisora.

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Don't Take My Coconuts

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Don't Take My Coconuts



Doris, You can take my Frosted Flakes
Doris, You can take my Shake 'N' Bake
Doris, You can take my Burger king
Doris, You can take my Ring Ding / Even take my...Ring Ding

But Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts

Doris, you can take my Shrimp Fried Rice
Doris, you can take my Italian Ice
Doris, you can take my Chocolate Mousse
Doris, you can take my Cous-Cous

But Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts

Doris, you can take my Marmalade
Doris, you can take my Sugar Cane
Doris, you can take my Baby Ruth
Doris, you can take my Sweet Tooth

But Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts
Don't don't don't Don't take my Coconuts

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen

Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen


Come on Eileen
Come on Eileen

Poor old Johnny Ray
Sounded sad upon the radio
Moved a million hearts in mono
Our mothers cried
Sang along, who'd blame them

You're grown, so grown
Now I must say more than ever
(Come on Aileen)
Toora loora toora loo rye ay
And we can sing just like our fathers

Come on Eileen, oh I swear what he means
At this moment, you mean everything
You in that dress, my thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty, ah come on Eileen

Come on Eileen


These people round here
Wear beaten down eyes sunk in smoke dried faces
So resigned to what their fate is
But not us (no never), no not us (no never)
We are far too young and clever

(Remember) Toora loora toora loo rye ay
Eileen I'll hum this tune forever

Come on Eileen, oh I swear what he means
Ah come on let's, take off everything
Pretty red dress, Eileen tell him yes
Ah come on let's, ah come on Eileen
That pretty red dress, Eileen tell him yes
Ah come on let's, ah come on Eileen, please

Come on Eileen, too loo rye ay
Come on Eileen, too loo rye ay
Now you have grown, now you have shown
Oh, Eileen

Said-
Come on Eileen, too loo rye ay
Come on Eileen, too loo rye ay
Now I must say more than ever
Things round here change
I said toora loora, toora loo rye ay

Come on Eileen, oh I swear what he means
At this moment, you mean everything
You in that dress, my thoughts I confess
Verge on dirty, ah come on Eileen

Come on Eileen, oh I swear what he means
At this moment, you mean everything
In that dress, oh my thoughts I confess
Well, they're dirty, on Eileen

Come on Eileen, whoa what he means
Oh oh oh
Ah come on, (Everything) ah, come on, ah, come on
In that dress, oh oh oh, I confess...

Oh, believe me, if all those endearing young charms
That I gaze on so fondly today
Were to suddenly leave you upflight in the night
Just like fairy gifts up in the sky

Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Stool Pigeon



Kid Creole & the Coconuts - Stool Pigeon



There's a gentleman that's going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
He's an old ex-con that's been away
Now he's back, no one's safe
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
If you wanna squeal, said the FBI
We can make a deal, make it worth your while
So he told it all and in return
He got a credit card and a Thunderbird
And the maximum security
Even after plastic surgery
So go on and squeal, said the FBI
We can make a deal, make it worth your while
There's a gentleman that's going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
He's an old ex-con that's been away
Now he's back, no one's safe
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
After all the talk then they wired him
And he took a walk with his crooked friends
And they joked about the good old days
And he recorded it on a reel of tape
He caught the mug who did in the forgery
And the babe in charge of larceny
So the FBI they rewarded him
Because they like a guy who will stab a friend
There's a gentleman that's going round
Turning the joint upside down
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
He's an old ex-con that's been away
Now he's back, no one's safe
Stool Pigeon - ha-cha-cha-cha
There's a gentleman that's going round ....
If you wanna squeal, said the FBI
We can make a deal, make it worth your while
So he told it all and in return
He got a credit card and a Thunderbird
He got a spanking new identity
And a condo down in Miami
He bought a plane, a boat and jewelry
But he couldn't buy any company
There's a gentleman that's going round ....
There's a gentleman that's going round ....

Saturday, 13 July 2019

Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful

Fatman Scoop - Be Faithful




Engine, engine number 9
On the new york transit line
If my train goes off the track
Pick it up, pick it up
Pick it up


Sunday, 27 January 2019

Classic Experience

This boxset of classical music contributed in defining my taste in music and who I am today. When in periods of poor health or bad mood, these songs give me strength and remind me of my past and my values. God bless the curator of these melodies and God bless my father who bought me "Classic Experience I" record. I was always very excited whenever I got hold of each new part of this collection.

Classic Experience I


Handel - Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba
Sibelius - Intermezzo From "Karelia Suite"
Ravel - Bolero
J. S. Bach - Air
Kachaturian - Adagio From Spartacus
Gershwin - Rhapsody In Blue
Tchaikovsky - Dance Of The Reed Flutes
Tchaikovsky - Sugar Plum Fairy, Coda & Pas De Deux
Grieg - Morning, From "Peer Gynt"
Vivaldi - Spring
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini
Dvořák - Largo, From "The New World"
Elgar - Nimrod, From "Enigma Variations"
Massenet - Meditation, From "Thaos"
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On "Greensleeves"
Pachelbel - Canon
Copland - Fanfare For The Common Man
Rossini - William Tell Overture
Wagner - Ride Of The Valkyries
Prokofiev - Montagues And Capulets
Mussorgsky - Night On The Bare Mountain
Holst - Mars From "The Planets", Op.32
Strauss - Radetzky March, Op.228
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture, Op.49
Prokofiev - Symphonic Suite, Op.60 From 'Lieutenant Kije'
Strauss - The Blue Danube Waltz, Op.314
Boccherini - Minuet From String Quintet In E Major, Op.13 No.5
Mozart - Piano Sonata No.11 In A Major, K.331
Offenbach - Barcarolle From 'The Tales Of Hoffmann'
Tchaikovsky - Sleeping Beauty Ballet, Op.66 - Waltz
Mascagni - Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana'
Tchaikovsky - Swan Lake Ballet, Op.20 - Dance Of The Little Swans
Elgar - Pomp & Circumstance March In D Major, Op.39 No.1


Classic Experience II


Orff - O Fortuna From "Carmina Burana"
Tchaikovsky - Scène From "Swan Lake"
Delibes - Flower Duet From "Lakmé"
Grieg - In The Hall Of The Mountain King From "Peer Gynt"
Bizet - Overture From "Carmen"
Bizet - Chanson Bohéme From "Carmen"
Mozart - Rondo From "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik"
Rossini - Largo Al Factotum From "The Barber Of Seville"
Mozart - Rondo From Horn Concerto No.4
Albinoni - Adagio
Tchaikovsky - Waltz Of The Flowers From "The Nutcracker"
Beethoven - Für Elise
Elgar - Cello Concerto First Movement
Fauré - Pavane
Delibes - Pizzicati From "Sylvia"
Satie - Gymnopédie No.3
Puccini - Nessun Dorma From "Turandot"
Barber - Adagio For Strings
Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro From "Gianni Schicchi"
Handel - Alla Hornpipe From The "Water Music"
Vivaldi - Summer From "The Four Seasons"
Bach - Sleepers 'Wake
Beethoven - Shepherds Hymn From The Pastoral Symphony
Waldteufel - "The Skaters' Waltz"
Bach - Badinerie From Suite No.2
Verdi - La Donna È Mobile From "Rigoletto"
Mozart - Rondo From "A Musical Joke"
Ravel - Daybreak From "Daphnis And Chloe"
Vaughan Williams - Symphony No.6 First Movement
Strauss - Sunrise From "Also Sprach Zarathustra"
Wagner - Prelude To Act III Of "Lohengrin"
Holst - Jupiter From "The Planets"
Tchaikovsky - Romeo And Juliet
Rossini - The Thieving Magpie
Tchaikovsky - Pathétique And Manfred Symphonies (Excerpts)
Sibelius - Finlandia


Classic Experience III


Dvorak - New World Symphony
Smetana - Vitava
Rossini - The Barber Of Seville
Verdi - Brindisi
Strauss - Overture From Die Fledermaus
Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony
Tchaikovsky - Chinese Dance
Chopin - Minute Waltz
Mozart - Symphony No. 40
Elgar - Chanson De Matin
Rodrigo - Concierto De Aranjuez
Elgar - Symphony No. 1
Villa-Lobos - Cantilena From Bachianas Brasileiras
Bizet - In The Depth Of The Temple From The Pearl Fishers
Debussy - Clair De Lune
Leoncavallo - Vesti La Giubba From Pagliacci
Verdi - Slaves Chorus From Nabucco
Bach - Sheep May Safely Graze
Beethoven - Emperor Concerto
Mendelssohn - The Hebrides
Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
Prokofiev - Peter And The Wolf
Bizet - Farandole From L'Ariesienne
Tchaikovsky - Russian Dance
Luigini - Ballet Egyptian
Rimsky-Korsakov - The Flight Of The Bumble Bee
Ponchielli - Dance Of The Hours
Khachaturian - Sabre Dance
Dukas - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Stravinsky - The Rite Of Spring
Chabrier - Espana
Tchaikovsky - Italian Caprice
Beethoven - Choral Symphony

Classic Experience IV


Glinka - Russlan And Ludmilla
Grieg - Holberg Suite - Prelude
Di Capua - O Sole Mio
Saint-Saëns - The Aquarium From 'Carnival Of The Animals'
Saint-Saëns - Danse Macabre
Verdi - Triumphal March From 'Aida'
Fauré - Lullaby (Berceuse) From 'Dolly'
Vaughan Williams - Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Suppé - Light Cavalry - Overture
Saint-Saëns - The Swan From 'Carnival Of The Animals'
Borodin - Nocturne From 'String Quartet No. 2'
Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata
Canteloube - Bailero (Lullaby) From 'Songs Of The Auvergne'
Puccini - The Stars Shone Brightly (E Lucevan Le Stelle) From 'Tosca (Act III)'
Tárrega - Recuerdos De La Alhambra (Memories Of The Alhambra)
Ravel - String Quartet
Puccini - Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen) From 'La Boheme (Act One)'
Holst - Neptune, The Mystic From 'The Planets'
Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto
Sibelius - March (Alla Marcia) From 'Karelia Suite'
Verdi - Anvil Chorus
Berlioz - Hungarian March From 'The Damnation Of Faust'
Prokofiev - Classical Symphony - Finale
Delibes - Waltz From 'Coppelia'
Catalani - Ebben? Ne Andro Lantano (I Shall Go Far Away) From 'La Wally (Act One)'
Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
Grieg - Piano Concerto
Beethoven - Turkish March From 'The Ruins Of Athens'
Wagner - The Flying Dutchman (Overture)
Smetana - Dance Of The Comedians From 'The Bartered Bride'
Verdi - Force Of Destiny
Britten - Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra
Mussorgsky - Promenade And The Great Gate Of Kiev From 'Pictures At An Exhibition'