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Los Incas — El Cóndor Pasa
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Chi_Guy
(Chicago)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:16
 
Flashbacks  to Peru? Yes!
 AND every other other subway underpass and plaza in the Western(and sometimes Eastern) world.
 Please refer to South Park and the peruvian flute band debacle. {#Neutral}

Huey
(Netherlands)
Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:14
 
 dkliger wrote:
I think I saw them playing in the New York subway system the other day; yñou never know what you will find down there. 

Seriously though, I enjoy the authenticity they bring to this classic Peruvian song. 

 
{#Roflol}

CopyrightX
Posted: Apr 06, 2013 - 09:22
 
Enchanting.
Mystery Guest
(somewhere else)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 13:49
 
 TeoUCSB82 wrote:

The opening notes are sampled by DJ Shadow's "You Can't Go Home Again," which is what perked my ears up...


 




Thank you! That wad going to drive me nuts not knowing where I heard that opening..

Mystery Guest
(somewhere else)
Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 13:49
 
 TeoUCSB82 wrote:

The opening notes are sampled by DJ Shadow's "You Can't Go Home Again," which is what perked my ears up...


 




Thank you! That wad going to drive me nuts not knowing where I heard that opening..

dkliger
(Brooklyn, NY)
Posted: Jan 02, 2013 - 13:46
 
I think I saw them playing in the New York subway system the other day; yñou never know what you will find down there. 

Seriously though, I enjoy the authenticity they bring to this classic Peruvian song. 

TerryS
(Another SW)
Posted: May 26, 2012 - 19:21
 
Me too,but not this version. Some years ago, I was on the Inca Trail just above  Warmi Wañuska Pass (dead woman Pass) when a guide pulled out his flute and played this. Fitting, especially since a bespectacled bear made an appearance not 10 minutes later.

FrankThuis
Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 08:31
 
Stop it! This gives me nightmares!

liteon1
(West Coast (of Lake Michigan))
Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 08:25
 
 cosmiclint wrote:

D'oh! (LOL)
 
Well played, sir!

cosmiclint
(Vancouver BC)
Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 08:24
 
 liteon1 wrote:
I kept waiting for Simon & Garfunkel to chime in.  I'm glad they didn't. {#Jump}
 
D'oh! (LOL)

liteon1
(West Coast (of Lake Michigan))
Posted: Mar 24, 2012 - 08:23
 

I kept waiting for Simon & Garfunkel to chime in.  I'm glad they didn't. {#Jump}

 

But the jump to "The Sound of Silence" by S&G was awesome!



The_Meddler
(Maritime Republic of Eastport)
Posted: Jan 20, 2012 - 22:21
 
Reminds me of the South Park when the boys try their hand at Peruvian flutes. Thanks
for the giggle.

FrankThuis
Posted: Dec 20, 2011 - 04:51
 
S T O P   T H I S ! ! !

michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA)
Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 10:56
 
I have this is my dust bin. 
at first it's interesting and refreshing, that don't last 

FrankThuis
Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 06:33
 
Please! This is horrific.

NickDanger
(in absentia)
Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 12:58
 
 Businessgypsy wrote:

 
{#Lol}


Businessgypsy
(Deepest, Darkest Florida)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 06:16
 


Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC)
Posted: May 13, 2011 - 06:14
 
 treatment_bound wrote:


I'll take over for Paul:

"I'd rather be a forest than a street."

WTF is that supposed to mean?????????????????????
 
"I'd rather be a bucket than a pail..."


TeoUCSB82
(Los Angeles)
Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 15:51
 
 cohifi wrote:

is there a cover to this?

 
The opening notes are sampled by DJ Shadow's "You Can't Go Home Again," which is what perked my ears up...


cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Feb 07, 2011 - 19:37
 
 jagdriver wrote:
I don't ever need to hear this again, by Los Incas or anyone else.
 
is there a cover to this?


jagdriver
(Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 12:37
 
I don't ever need to hear this again, by Los Incas or anyone else.

Painted_Turtle
(Land of Laughing Waters)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 12:33
 
I love this.  I actually have it on one of my old tapes.  Great to hear it again.  Thnx B & R.

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 12:32
 
 Randomax wrote:
keep waiting for Paul Simon to chime in
 

I'll take over for Paul:

"I'd rather be a forest than a street."

WTF is that supposed to mean?????????????????????

blackfly
Posted: Dec 06, 2010 - 21:43
 
Why do I feel like I'm at Granville Island in Vancouver?  Could it be the pan flute?

zenmumu
(Barcelona - Spain)
Posted: Nov 05, 2010 - 04:41
 
uau!! I remember I had this album!! was my first music cassette and I bought when I had 12 years old!! I bought in Asturias when I'm with my parents in holly summer days and the band was playing in live in the square of the town.

Nice memories!!

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 14:38
 
I really love this original version better than Simon and Garfunkel's knock-off - it has more "soul" and feeling. And when it cuts loose in the middle, it certainly demonstrates Los Incas' talent!  Wonderful stuff. {#Dancingbanana}

4merdj
(donde el viento se devuelve)
Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 14:38
 
Wow! I have the original Los Incas' LP. A friend of mine brought it for me from Perú. Very beautiful, introspective, and spiritual music.



loungelizard48
(Pemberton Valley, B.C., Canada)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 17:33
 
Ditto! They finally released it on CD! {#Clap} Jeff09 wrote:
Instant recollection of Urubamba, an album I *wore out* over the course of a year or two.
 



Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida USA)
Posted: Jun 30, 2010 - 17:29
 
Instant recollection of Urubamba, an album I *wore out* over the course of a year or two.

Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast)
Posted: Mar 27, 2010 - 13:46
 
Beautiful hearing this—i kept thinking (someone put words to this back in the 60's) okay...then you play S and G; I get it now!

CamLwalk
(Albany NY)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 07:05
 
Very strange coincidence.  My buddy Pat was over just last night playing Madden w/me.  We were listening to music as we played and talking about Paul Simon for some reason.  He said he thought someone should cover El Condor Pasa.  What are the odds? 

finkle007
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 06:57
 
 salide wrote:

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/189010

 
Does this mean SP was 20 years behind?

suebee3
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 06:57
 
 SirLars wrote:
Phew! Saved from the giant guinea pigs for another day!
 
hee hee {#Roflol}


natalita
(Philadelphia, PA)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 06:56
 
countyman...i'm embarrassed for you reading that comment.

 countyman wrote:

Yeah, seeing as the S & G version is the original.  {#Ask}
 



Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 06:56
 
how 'bout some zamfir?

SirLars
(London, ON)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 06:56
 
Phew! Saved from the giant guinea pigs for another day!

Randomax
(Wimberley, TX)
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 06:55
 
keep waiting for Paul Simon to chime in

unclelonghair
Posted: Oct 21, 2009 - 06:55
 
One of the things I love about RP is songs like this in the mix.  More world music!

freeone1
(naru island, nagasaki, japan)
Posted: Sep 19, 2009 - 17:16
 
whatever could this madness be????   I LOVE IT!

oscar_driver
(Planet Earth)
Posted: Sep 19, 2009 - 17:14
 
Que Viva Bolivia, and Peru and the Andes! :D


salide
Posted: Aug 19, 2009 - 05:38
 

http://www.southparkstudios.com/episodes/189010



sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Jul 02, 2009 - 15:46
 

I have always love this song! I can see myself sacrificing and drinking the blood of our vanquished adversaries as the band plays!{#Skull}




matiaspolanco
Posted: Jun 16, 2009 - 19:25
 
Cordillera de Los Andes... Andino music always take me up there. If you really want to hear nice andino modern music, listen to "Los Jaivas" Chilean Andino Cosmic Rock, in between zampoñas and moogs.
MaTías

dedawson
(Thousand Oaks, CA (You never know where you're going til you get there))
Posted: May 31, 2009 - 20:04
 
 ceviche wrote:
I've just heard this too often on street corners in the U.S., Europe, even in downtown Bangkok I once saw a group of Andean pan pipers busking. It's like  a curse. And now, I live in Peru. I love the place, but I could do without this hackneyed tune.
 
No kiddin!  There's tons of Andean music that puts this to shame.  Guess we need to upload some so Bill can give this the burial it deserves.


fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Apr 30, 2009 - 03:43
 
So ho-hum for the first half, then it all goes loco and zippy and much more interesting. Reminds me a little of the intro to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (no grail here) - we just need a llama advert :*)

Pan pipes can be much more than muzak, and can have a musical and political edge. A shame we never usually get to hear the real thing on mainstream radio. This is a better version than the mulched Paul Simon effort, right enough.

ceviche
(Lima, Peru)
Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 10:32
 
I've just heard this too often on street corners in the U.S., Europe, even in downtown Bangkok I once saw a group of Andean pan pipers busking. It's like  a curse. And now, I live in Peru. I love the place, but I could do without this hackneyed tune.

MaryM
(WeHo CA)
Posted: Apr 14, 2009 - 10:29
 
 countyman wrote:

Yeah, seeing as the S & G version is the original.  {#Ask}

 
Only original with those lyrics...
 In 1913 Alomía Robles composed "El cóndor pasa" and the song was first performed publicly at the Teatro Mazzi in Lima.<2>

In the 1960's the musical group, "Los Incas" performed the song in Paris where it was heard by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel.<2> "Los Incas" told Simon, perhaps through ignorance, that the song was a 19th century musical composition by an anonymous composer.<2> Simon became interested in the song and composed new lyrics for the melody.<2> The song appeared on Simon and Garfunkel's 1970 album Bridge over Troubled Water.

In 1970 Alomía Robles' son, Armando Robles Godoy, filed a copyright lawsuit against Simon and demonstrated that the song had been composed by his father and that his father had copyrighted the song in the United States in 1933.<2> Robles Godoy said that the lawsuit was almost friendly and that he bears no ill will towards Simon for what he considers a misunderstanding.<3> "It was an almost friendly court case, because Paul Simon, besides being a genius, was a great culture-loving guy. It was not carelessness on his part," says Robles Godoy.<3> "He happened to hear the song in Paris from a vernacular group. He liked it, he went to ask them and they gave him the wrong information. They told him it was a popular tune from the 18th Century and not my father's composition. It was a court case without further complications."<3>

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_C%C3%B3ndor_Pasa_(song)




rtrudeau
(Bay Area, California)
Posted: Mar 13, 2009 - 21:51
 
 beelzebubba wrote:
Much nicer and organic than the Simon and Garfunkle bastardized version.
 
You're probably right, but I still love the Simon & Garfunkel version more.


countyman
(sixburgh)
Posted: Mar 13, 2009 - 21:50
 
 beelzebubba wrote:
Much nicer and organic than the Simon and Garfunkle bastardized version.
 
Yeah, seeing as the S & G version is the original.  {#Ask}


bobcat1963
(the netherlands)
Posted: Feb 26, 2009 - 02:30
 
my very first record!
.... i don't feel ashamed.....