Los Lobos and Mexican music

[Tom Wade]

Mas Y Mas -- Los Lobos

hey quick.... los lobos. love them...love love love.
ever hear HOUNDOG?


anyway. the song mas y mas. what movie is that in!? i know it, i can almost see it. it's on the tip of my mind's tongue.


i'm listening to shore leave - tom waits.... also

[duncan disorderly]

los lobos yeah they do a lot of soundtrack stuff ,the viking is one that springs to mind
can anyone reccomend a cd to purchase?
im listening to
the Shameless theme tune off the dvd menu and have been for about 4 hours
about time i turned it off really

[Tom Wade]

if you're looking for los lobos. i recommend Colossal head. of course....


if you can find this band called Deadweight. amazing. ummmm...

you're not going to look into any of these, so...

les claypool solo cd's
and any tom waits.

[DzM]

can anyone reccomend a [Los Lobos] cd to purchase?

Depends on what you're looking for. <i>How Will The Wolf Survive</i> is a classic. <i>Colossal Head</i> is good. Both are from different ends of a greater than 20 year career so together would give you a good idea of how their sound evolved.

Personally I enjoy their more experimental stuff a bit more. The Latin Playboys side project has produced some entertaining experimental stuff. Not nearly as wide an appeal as their Los Lobos offerings though.

[duncan disorderly]

cool .thanks for the tips lads .i ll probably go for both the main ones to start with.colossal head and the wolf one.then maybe tsate the experimentals after.
i remember la bamba but i guess thats the more commercial pap stuff though ,bit differnet from the viking

[DzM]

La Bamba is another song by Trad (in this case sometimes referred to as "Mexican Trad."). Los Lobos did a competant cover of it in the style of Richie Valens (appropriate since it was done for the movie La Bomba, a biography/fictional telling of Richie Valens' life).

On their discs you should expect a mix of styles - some pretty straight-up Mexican traditional music (very mariache in flavor), some radio friendly pop, and some good soul/blues influenced stuff. I favor their traditional and blues influenced stuff, but the traditional stuff is a bit of an acquired taste if you're not from an area where Mexican (or, I suppose, Spanish) music is played much.

[duncan disorderly]

On their discs you should expect a mix of styles - some pretty straight-up Mexican traditional music (very mariache in flavor), some radio friendly pop, and some good soul/blues influenced stuff. I favor their traditional and blues influenced stuff, but the traditional stuff is a bit of an acquired taste if you're not from an area where Mexican (or, I suppose, Spanish) music is played much.

only in restaurants round here but i have a pretty wide eclesctic taste for anything with a bit of fire
Along a similar vein(my missus thought some of his stuff sounded mexican)
Manu Chao is relatively unheard of in England but i understand massive in Europe .dont know about America .
i have a vcd of him live somewhere and he playing to a Massive crowd

[carmen]

lets not forget LOS LOBOS with the CHIEFTANS--an album titled SANTIAGO--so then you still get that irish sound from the celtic part of spain--but of course theyre from east L.A. . saw them play at guinness festival in san francisco many moons ago--shane there too with popes

and you might enjoy mexican music with accordion and the oom-pa-pa sounds-- i happen to dig the accordion very much--hence my devotion to james and the rest of the pogues.

[DzM]

and you might enjoy mexican music with accordion and the oom-pa-pa sounds-- i happen to dig the accordion very much--hence my devotion to james and the rest of the pogues.

Mariachi music has some incredible accordian music in it. Real astounding musicianship. Unfortunately I have little patience for the oompa quality of a lot of it, and not speaking the language really limits their lyrical appeal to me.

[carmen]

FYI :mexican music with accordion is referred to as 'banda' and another style is 'norteno'. a favorite is one called "tigeres del norte". mariachi mostly never has accordions. mariachi has alot of trumpets and guitars with very ornate costumes and big wide hats. all others wear cowboy hats. but alll wear matching outfits. many many different styles in mexican music. by the way, both my parents are from guadalajara--and go figure---i dig irish music.......

[Zuzana]

Thanks, Carmen - very interesting info!

[DzM]

FYI :mexican music with accordion is referred to as 'banda' and another style is 'norteno'. a favorite is one called "tigeres del norte". mariachi mostly never has accordions.

Neat! I learn something new every day.