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calypsus_1
Posted: Oct 07, 2008 - 20:57
 

 

I would very like to hear this song on RP Station ...if possible still this year….- ** 7 **



bolanrint
Posted: Aug 20, 2007 - 20:19
 
Wow, I've never seen such ignorant comments on such an acclaimed piece of work by Panama's Minister of Arts and Culture. Don't mind the name-dropping, take it for what it's worth.

This album is highly acclaimed for its musicianship. Anyone who knows anything about rumba, conga, musica con fuerza, is not surprised to hear that on the first song of this recording, Ruben Blades creates a landscape of Puerto Rican/Cuban/Symphonic arrangement that has Martin Codax rolling in his tomb. If there's anything wrong with this album, it's Blades' deviance from traditional rhythm -- although Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays get an outstanding tribute, the song seems to push a different envelope.

On the contrary, I am ashamed for those of you who chose to dismiss this masterpiece due to your general lack of musical appreciation/knowledge.


Tsk, tsk. Suggestion: Next time, if you don't like something, learn to appreciate it before you lower yourself to mockery.
Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Aug 07, 2007 - 14:20
 
éste es mismo inspirational. la canción combina la influencia de los "Moors" de España antigua. Sí, tengo gusto de esto. Me recuerda vacaciones que gocé en Andalusia. Esta canción es igual que una mujer yo resolvió. Ella tenía ojos y pelo azules que era el color de las nubes.
rixtar99
(The O.C.)
Posted: Aug 07, 2007 - 14:17
 
TimeWaster wrote:
This is just unpleasant.



Yes, indeed.
Detlaps
(Littlerock, too close to Los Angeles)
Posted: Jun 05, 2007 - 17:56
 
I swear he sounds exactly like the singer in Gypsy Kings.
TimeWaster
Posted: Jun 05, 2007 - 17:55
 
This is just unpleasant.
Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Jun 05, 2007 - 17:55
 
This is good work. Sr Blades continues to expand his already great repertory.
Buzzardcheater
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Apr 03, 2007 - 18:21
 
Ruben! This is cool, he's branching out, adding in some interesting world-stuff to his usual killer salsa.

Damn good actor, too...

...and I woulda voted for him for El Presidente de Panama when he ran....
ThePoose
Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 09:44
 
Yo quiero Taco Bell.
Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 09:42
 
savoyard wrote:
Complete crap!! This just doesn't fit this format...




I guess you missed the word "eclectic" in the description of Radio Paradise....
UltraNurd
(Boston, MA)
Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 09:41
 
savoyard wrote:
Complete crap!! This just doesn't fit this format...


RP has a format? :oD
savoyard
(SB, Indiana)
Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 09:40
 
Complete crap!! This just doesn't fit this format...
dionysius
(The People's Republic of Austin)
Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 09:39
 
leonredcollar wrote:
Tengo gusto mucho, también.


I like it a lot, too.
leonredcollar
(Normal)
Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 07:18
 
Tengo gusto mucho, también.
boober
(KC,Mo)
Posted: Dec 19, 2006 - 07:16
 
Pyro wrote:
This sounds like JEWISH MEXICANO....sorry if that isn't politically correct!

Very unusual and likeable.

Yeah...kinda like Juan Goldstein!
Inamorato
Posted: Dec 04, 2006 - 17:34
 
This is hard to categorize except for an easy fit in the "I like it" category.

ndg
(Madrid Spain)
Posted: Nov 05, 2006 - 12:43
 
rollo_tomasi wrote:
uno


nueve
SinBlossom
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Sep 22, 2006 - 13:56
 
Jarring.
exciter76
(venice - la bella italia)
Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 07:30
 
Mari wrote:
... Love these guys, pretty exotic and mysterious yet up front and in ya face at the same time? ...


nice your way to feel that! I agree
liser
(hurricane alley)
Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 07:25
 


Pyro
(Lose E. Anna)
Posted: Aug 24, 2006 - 07:25
 
This sounds like JEWISH MEXICANO....sorry if that isn't politically correct!

Very unusual and likeable.
nampelkafe
(Argentina)
Posted: Aug 09, 2006 - 17:12
 
¡Bravo Rubén! Excellent mixture of salsa, flamenco, etc. The lyrics tell a story of slave Africans. There's a verse where he mentions San Martín de Porres, an Afro-Peruvian monk and Catholic saint venerated in Latin America.


MM13
(Garden with laptop)
Posted: Jul 26, 2006 - 01:14
 
Brilliant that you played something by Ruben. Even if you don't understand all the lyrics (like me), his music really grabs you. I saw him in concert years ago (in Utrecht, Holland of all places) and the hall was packed with a enormous variety of nationalities. He really brought everyone together that night. High on my list of magical events.
RichardPrins
Posted: Jul 11, 2006 - 09:12
 

somedude
(Somewhere between D.C. and Nashvegas)
Posted: Jun 26, 2006 - 17:25
 
awesome cut, one of the best on this CD.

argh, but it's pronounced BLAH-dez! como en panamá
rollo_tomasi
(Southern California)
Posted: Jun 26, 2006 - 17:14
 
uno
paloeguevo
(Venezuelan in Utrecht)
Posted: May 28, 2006 - 12:53
 
Ruben is just the best composer in latin american music. He mixes all types of styles but never loosing that salsa beat in the background. For those that don't speak spanish, sadly you are missing half of his magic, his lyrics. I'll try to translate the first part of this song.
By the way in the CD he translates himself some of the songs.

Mi madre no descansó y trabajó hasta preñada,/
My mother never rested and worked even pregnant/
Por eso, donde ella fuera yo adentro la acompañaba.
/That's why, where she went I followed.
Y mi abuelita decía "así nos salió la baraja!
/and my grandma said: that's how our hand comeout.
En la casa de los pobres hasta el feto trabaja!"
In the poor men house even the fetus works.
Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: May 28, 2006 - 12:50
 
Geez, I can hardly understand this guy. It's like he's speaking a foreign language or something.
xkolibuul
(Green Mountain state of mind)
Posted: May 13, 2006 - 23:03
 
This is from a very diverse CD by Ruben Blades, he borrows, mixes, and reinvents many different musical genres, most of it successfully. With, of course, a dollop of big-league salsa at the end. This is the only gitano-flavored tune on the album, and some of the rest are even more deserving of play on RP. Good stuff.
Mari
(Broome, WA)
Posted: Apr 29, 2006 - 09:29
 
... Love these guys, pretty exotic and mysterious yet up front and in ya face at the same time? ...
fantomas
(Colombia)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:49
 
se tarta basicamente de una bulla , bochinche o buleria, que importa el idioma se trata de buena musica... just listen!
Beastie
(Living with 22 million+, same city)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:48
 
Ruben started his career as musician, and then ventured into movies and TV acting. I like this facet of his career a lot more, although I don't think he's in the same league as Carlos Santana.
I have never heard middle eastern influences in his music before. I find the blend of tropical, middle eastern and gypsy music OK, but not great.
cattgirl813
(On the beaten path)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:48
 
Pantagruel wrote:
Progressive "Gipsy Kings"?


I like the sound of that...and this song.
higado
(españa)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:48
 
Ruben Blades is a very good composer but sometimes he travels to Morroco to get the high times to work. It seems this is one. Too Bad
tomcool
(Miami, Florida)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:47
 
"Bochinches" are items of gossip. A gossiper is "una bochinchosa".

This is a nice cut. Tried to upload "Camino Verde," my personal favorite of Rubencito, but it got voted down.

TC
Un Pano por casar
Kagin
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:47
 
Ole'!
master_betty
(Buena Park, CA)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:46
 
RationalB wrote:
Very Cool .Love the Middle Eastern influences. Watch out Carlos Santana!


Mid-East and Santana?
RationalB
(Brandon Manitoba)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:46
 
Very Cool .Love the Middle Eastern influences. Watch out Carlos Santana!
drekar
(Dallas.)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:45
 
I usually like different music. The more different the beter... But this one; his voice is just killing me. Everything else about it is so good!!
Pantagruel
(Kobaia Itah)
Posted: Mar 16, 2006 - 10:45
 
Progressive "Gipsy Kings"?