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Los Lobos — I Wanna Be Like You
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coccyx
Posted: May 15, 2013 - 15:10
 
 The_Enemy wrote:
I remember having the Jungle Book LP as a kid. This was a cool song even when Disney did it.

 
You mean 'this is a cool song even when Los Lobos does it'.

geez

{#Rolleyes}

Zonkers
(Cornfieldville, IL)
Posted: May 15, 2013 - 15:08
 
Great, quirky song from a phenomenal band

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Apr 14, 2013 - 08:01
 
This usually follow Lyle Lovett's Bears like it did here. No one likes Lyle's Bears everyone likes the Jungle book. Huh. I am the other way around. But the wonders of RP. PSD for me on this one.

tkosh
(Minnesota)
Posted: Feb 10, 2013 - 12:45
 
 Saire wrote:
Yay! Always liked this song in Disney's "Jungle Book" and love this version of it!
 
And why isn't that available anymore?  I wanted to buy it for my grand kids.  We wore out that old LP with the great pictures and narration.  I looked hard for a CD version with the same narration and pictures, but I don't think it exists—which is a shame!

Saire
Posted: Oct 04, 2012 - 16:55
 
Yay! Always liked this song in Disney's "Jungle Book" and love this version of it!

Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: Sep 06, 2012 - 12:25
 
Zany...made me look to the playlist, so that has to be good. 7.

ScottFromWyoming
(Powell)
Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 14:18
 
 zane9 wrote:
Wikipedia says this album was released on vinyl in 1978, and reissued in 2000.

I get some Joni Mitchell vibes in the song.

 
It's very difficult to keep track of. Their first indy record was called Just another band from East L.A., released in 78 and reissued in 2000, this best-of 2-cd set was released in 1993 with the same title.

The Los Lobos goes Disney CD (2009) is cool too if you like this... 

This track is on that CD but was originally on a various artists 1988 Disney tribute album. I'm pretty sure it's the same recording.

bluecshells
Posted: Jul 05, 2012 - 14:12
 
{#Daisy}

goandychurch
Posted: Jun 03, 2012 - 18:49
 
What a gem!!!

valeriogonzalez
(Quito, Ecuador)
Posted: Apr 29, 2012 - 14:43
 
I wanna dance in the middle of the office! {#Bananajam}

Johray63
(The Lowlands)
Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 08:05
 
I was wondering how a Tom Waits version would sound, it's the kind of song that suits him well, too, I think.

acupunk
(West Hartford)
Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 08:03
 
How can this song NOT make you smile???{#Dancingbanana} 

GuiltyFeat
(Ra'anana)
Posted: Apr 01, 2012 - 08:03
 
This lacks the verve of the original. Substituting a Latino vibe for the wild jungle boogie doesn't do it for me, I'm afraid.

The_Enemy
(...is within)
Posted: Feb 29, 2012 - 15:44
 
I remember having the Jungle Book LP as a kid. This was a cool song even when Disney did it.

zane9
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 11:50
 
Wikipedia says this album was released on vinyl in 1978, and reissued in 2000.

I get some Joni Mitchell vibes in the song.


stockvc
Posted: Jan 25, 2012 - 11:47
 
Haven't heard this version. Pretty cool.   

ziakut
(A place with air, water and chocolate.)
Posted: Oct 25, 2011 - 20:50
 
Cute song...well done! Agree with Snoopy2.

Snoopy2
(A Snoopy Sanctuary)
Posted: Oct 22, 2011 - 09:52
 
Awesome dance song!!!!!! I could listen to it all day!!!!!

michaelgmitchell
(Ontario, Canada)
Posted: Aug 23, 2011 - 19:41
 
Okay, THIS is the Radio Paradise I've come to love. Who knows what the hell Bill's going to spin next?

photolew
Posted: Aug 20, 2011 - 09:39
 
What a great change of pace!!!!!

lkovathana
Posted: Jun 21, 2011 - 20:53
 
do I detect a theme?  Keep it up — how far can you go with this one?

Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!)
Posted: Mar 15, 2011 - 17:21
 
Excellent!  And a great bari sax solo.  Always fun to hear.

TerryS
(The other SW)
Posted: Feb 15, 2011 - 18:22
 
To quote a frequent visitor to these pages....We be dancing..........

Aegean
(Earth)
Posted: Feb 12, 2011 - 08:56
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:
More a humorous comment on the recording used on the movie soundtrack being Louis Prima's, not Los Lobos - but I am tickled by your asking me to be less judgmental in such an evenhanded manner. Hey, I live on Earth as well. Maybe we could catch a beer sometime.

 
Done...  and it will be on me!  Least I can do for a fellow Gemini!  {#Biggrin}

When I'm in-country, my home base is diagonally opposite where you are.  I've toured as far as Albuquerque on my Honda Interceptor.  One of these days, I'll make it as far as the Keys!



Aegean
(Earth)
Posted: Jan 15, 2011 - 12:16
 
Sweet!  Go Lobos!  Nice homage to Louis Prima!   {#Roflol}


DavidS_UK
(Central England, UK)
Posted: Dec 15, 2010 - 01:55
 
Did this really need a cover version?

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 15:15
 
 jenakle wrote:
I see what you did there

Los Lobos - I Wanna Be Like You
Lyle Lovett - Bears
 

...except louie sung sung this one, the orangutan...

jenakle
(Tallahassee, FL)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 15:07
 
I see what you did there

Los Lobos - I Wanna Be Like You
Lyle Lovett - Bears

mandolin
(...drifting...)
Posted: Oct 12, 2010 - 15:06
 


Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: Oct 10, 2010 - 14:33
 
Aegean wrote:
...Oh, wait... you're a businessman. THAT explains it! {#Biggrin}
More a humorous comment on the recording used on the movie soundtrack being Louis Prima's, not Los Lobos - but I am tickled by your asking me to be less judgmental in such an evenhanded manner. Hey, I live on Earth as well. Maybe we could catch a beer sometime.


Aegean
(Earth)
Posted: Oct 09, 2010 - 08:59
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:
Agreed, but this isn't it. Louis Prima rules, Los Lobos drools.

 
I have always been a fan of Prima's version, but this one made me perk up, move and smile.  I'm willing to say that, though stylistically a tad different, they are equally good  You don't have to dump on the competition to protect your own favorite.

Oh, wait...  you're a businessman.  THAT explains it!  {#Biggrin}



pcicatar
(Portland, OR)
Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 09:33
 
 RabbitEars wrote:


 
This is such a great album!  Tom Waits absolutely kills "Hi Ho" and Bonnie Raitt's cover of "Baby Mine" is the best song of hers nobody's heard.


perikleshokie
(Raleigh,NC)
Posted: Sep 07, 2010 - 08:26
 
Squirrel Nut Zippers???

Netto
(Khimki, Russia)
Posted: Aug 06, 2010 - 08:03
 

Saxophone recalled this {#Smile}

NeverHood

 




RabbitEars
Posted: Jul 05, 2010 - 11:10
 



nigelr
(Coffs Harbour, Australia)
Posted: Jun 07, 2010 - 02:42
 
 akousa wrote:
A charming interpretation from one of the all-time great American bands.
 
Great call!


akousa
(Cleveland, OH)
Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 15:04
 
A charming interpretation from one of the all-time great American bands.

Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 09:36
 
gatorade wrote:
Good song from a GREAT movie.
Agreed, but this isn't it. Louis Prima rules, Los Lobos drools.


peacockangel
(Phoenix)
Posted: May 06, 2010 - 09:34
 
great tune ~ great band



Poacher
(Brighton, UK)
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:30
 
Anything Disney - automatic 1. 

tapatia1072
Posted: Apr 01, 2010 - 06:29
 
This is so much fun!

bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Mar 04, 2010 - 02:15
 
i like this monkey business!
{#Dancingbanana}


gatorade
(Ocean Park, WA)
Posted: Jan 31, 2010 - 14:26
 
Good song from a GREAT movie.

lophrequa
(the very edge of the land)
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 18:42
 
this makes me verah happah

plaice3
(Cape Cod)
Posted: Nov 29, 2009 - 18:41
 
HA!!  A good laugh ....

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 09:24
 
Is this for the babysitters out there?

RabbitEars
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 09:23
 
 crockydile wrote:
I learned this song from this album.


 
That's the first album I ever bought with my own money (25c a week allowance).  I loved that album and still have it, some 40 years later.  This is a great song, but the Louis Prima original is really the kicker. 


Marr
(Houston (dreaming of Austin))
Posted: Oct 29, 2009 - 09:23
 
Yippee! I love this!

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 08:41
 

How 'bout the David Lee Roth version?  Or did I just dream that?



crockydile
(I miss Excelsior!)
Posted: Sep 24, 2009 - 08:40
 
I learned this song from this album.