Lazarus (Bethany) | | Posted: Feb 24, 2013 - 22:04 | |
Cynaera wrote:My very first guitar was a wide-necked behemoth with thick nylon strings. I got it for five bucks at a yard sale, because I wanted to be John Denver. Those strings ripped my fingers to bloody shreds, and I could never seem to do bar-chords because the neck was so much wider than my hand-span. I later learned that to play Flamenco guitar (such as in this song) takes incredible talent, more-than-the-usual callouses on the fingertips, and the manual dexterity of a super-species. No wonder I almost gave up guitar before I even started. Which is why I completely love this song. Yeah, the guy looks like Orlando Bloom, but I bet Bloom can't make a classical, nylon-stringed guitar sound like this. I bow down. Incredible, awesome talent here.  Miss you so much, Cynaera... this music is cool... |
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unclehud (now 50 feet above the planet in Boston) | | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 14:45 | |
Mayasha wrote:Am I the only one who sees a Pixar movie for this song? Or a quasi-comedy about a Mexican assassin starring Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, and Johnny Depp. Edit: Cynaera comment 6 spots below. Insightful and warmly amusing, like most of them were. |
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Brooklyn99 (Tampa,FL) | | Posted: Jan 24, 2013 - 14:43 | |
Perfect timing my wife just started making a new Spanish recipe using something she has never heard of before today - Sofrita
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Gary_T (Arcadia, CA) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 13:56 | |
Interesting tune ..& the disk is seriously out of print. Where the hell do you find these things??
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Mayasha (The other north pole) | | Posted: Aug 20, 2012 - 13:49 | |
Am I the only one who sees a Pixar movie for this song?
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Byronape ("post-capitalist wreckageville") | | Posted: Dec 11, 2011 - 02:03 | |
stewliscious wrote:Looks like a Hispanic N Sync.
I've never been so embarrassed about laughing my head off at a comment. Racist? Kinda. Accurate? Very. |
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jablan (Belgrade, Serbia) | | Posted: Oct 27, 2010 - 08:46 | |
That_SOB wrote:When I hear songs like this and the guy on the album cover looks like he is 16, I want to turn my guitar into toothpicks. Actually, seems that he was 16 at the time the album was recorded. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Rosenberg :/ |
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Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2010 - 16:52 | |
My very first guitar was a wide-necked behemoth with thick nylon strings. I got it for five bucks at a yard sale, because I wanted to be John Denver. Those strings ripped my fingers to bloody shreds, and I could never seem to do bar-chords because the neck was so much wider than my hand-span. I later learned that to play Flamenco guitar (such as in this song) takes incredible talent, more-than-the-usual callouses on the fingertips, and the manual dexterity of a super-species. No wonder I almost gave up guitar before I even started. Which is why I completely love this song. Yeah, the guy looks like Orlando Bloom, but I bet Bloom can't make a classical, nylon-stringed guitar sound like this. I bow down. Incredible, awesome talent here.  |
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Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Jul 23, 2010 - 16:47 | |
That_SOB wrote:When I hear songs like this and the guy on the album cover looks like he is 16, I want to turn my guitar into toothpicks. Something functional, a canoe paddle, a cane, water witch, wooden spoons, wooden snow shovel ? PPFFFFFTTTTTTT, and I was thinking I could take the training wheels off of it .... I know what you mean but you shouldn't feel that way. All guitars can be functional. |
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That_SOB (The Dark Side of the Tune) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 05:59 | |
When I hear songs like this and the guy on the album cover looks like he is 16, I want to turn my guitar into toothpicks. Something functional, a canoe paddle, a cane, water witch, wooden spoons, wooden snow shovel ? PPFFFFFTTTTTTT, and I was thinking I could take the training wheels off of it .... |
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fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2009 - 05:49 | |
Great guitar playing, well worth a 7 from the Nottingham jury, shame about the bumfluff caterpillars above the boys' lips....
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(former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Nov 12, 2009 - 20:12 | |
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Limpopoking (The Parish of St. Alfonzo) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 07:11 | |
I thought this was Paco de Lucia to begin with... nice, although speed alone doesn't do it, the artistry lies in timing and hesitation (Jeff Beck is a master at that) but I'll certainly be looking out for more of Sinti (and Jimmy R)
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WayUpNorth (Down on the Farm) | | Posted: Aug 10, 2009 - 07:10 | |
By the way, whatever happened to the Gypsy Kings? This reminds me of them ...
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cattail321
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 sure fer sure fer sure..and u can do better?? |
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lawman (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK) | | Posted: May 07, 2009 - 03:11 | |
Pffffff! Calls himself a guitarist? He fluffed at least two of those notes!
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Dude (Los Gatos, CA) | | Posted: Apr 05, 2009 - 13:51 | |
Love it. The acoustic bass is as awesome as the guitar.
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(former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 18:14 | |
This guitarist is fast, fast on the draw...
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Geecheeboy (under a crescent moon and palmetto tree) | | Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 16:54 | |
I hear a little Django in there too.
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stewliscious (northGA) | | Posted: Aug 27, 2008 - 11:19 | |
Looks like a Hispanic N Sync.
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flegen (machu picchu) | | Posted: Jul 26, 2008 - 19:05 | |
i need more chips n salsa...
great music!
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Ntropy (Cleveland, OH) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2008 - 07:41 | |
Did my ears ever perk up when this came on! I've been listening to this for 10+ years. Love this!! |
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DoctorHooey (/etc) | | Posted: Feb 20, 2008 - 08:09 | |
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25demayo (dreaming of an asado) | | Posted: Feb 20, 2008 - 08:09 | |
Shouln'd this have been played yesterday February 19th? |
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strange_brew00 (houston, tx) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2008 - 21:48 | |
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joshfm (Laramie) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2007 - 10:54 | |
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mongoose01ca (Terminal City, BC) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2007 - 10:54 | |
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AvoidingWork (Home of Big Boy #4004) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2007 - 10:52 | |
Man I love how you can hear the best guitar on RP. |
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ejsamuel (great white north) | | Posted: Dec 19, 2007 - 10:52 | |
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