After 40,000 years, men still haven't learned to avoid that most venerable of professions (No, farming is next week.).
It's the same pattern: Men see a beautiful woman on the street (or on the internet):
Bossa Cubana
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Irakere has been an assemblage of the most talented Cuban musicians (not too hard when everybody has the same boss) at any time during its existence. Notable members have included flutist José Luis Cortés who later founded NG La Banda, percussionist Anga Díaz, who later went to France; percussionist Fran Padilla, who later moved to Spain; saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera, who left Irakere and Cuba in 1980 during a tour in Spain before moving to the United States; and Trumpeter Arturo Sandoval, who went to the US in 1990 (it's hard to keep these guys together- maybe they need one of those "kid cords" you see parents using at Disneyland).
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OK, I was thinking about this whole Police-BUCL thing and I thought I'd dig around for a few minutes and find some Cuban songs that mention law enforcement. Here's what I came up with (mind you this is short notice):
Orquesta Aragon offers us this one called Senor Juez. I shouldn't have to tell you this by now, but it's a Cha Cha Cha. Apparently, during the height of the great Cha Cha Cha persecution of the fifties, people would just get pulled off the street and into the station for dancing. Enlightened judges, however, like the one in the song, often let first-time offenders go free. Luckily for the offender, mandatory sentencing laws weren't in effect, although they did have a three-strikes law, which is why people limited their dancing to a modified step called the Cha Cha.
Listen to Senor Juez
More Aragon
That Cuban Cha-Cha-Cha
I love Rita Montaner, but I realize she's an acquired taste, kind of like the Cuban drink Malta that seems to gross out everybody not raised on
Happy Father's Day
I thought I'd pay a Cuban music tribute to fathers. Not as numerous as tributes to mothers (such is a father's lot in life), Cuban songs dedicated to fathers exist.
This first one is only one that can be considered a proper tribute to fatherhood. It's Beny More singing to his father. Beny's father deserves some kind of recognition for fathering Beny and Beny's 17 siblings. You have to buy the Beny box if you want to own it.
Grabaciones Completas 1953-1960
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The next two songs have "papa" in them, but they don't refer to any Earthly father, but a "Papa Boco" some kind of Santeria god that I couldn't find reference to at the time of writing. One is by some guy I don't know, but is on the same album as Celia Cruz. The other is by the great guajiro duo Celina y Reutilio. You must own both albums.
Listen to Celina
Listen to "Celia"
Cantos de Cuba
La Irresistible: 15 Top Hits 1946-1950
Introducing, for the first time of Cubanocast, El Gran Combo.
What follows is my roundabout way to back up the claim I’ve made before that Cuban music of the pre-revolutionary period is qualitatively comparable to the best non-Cuban music from the same era (post-revolutionary Cuban music is good too, but I'd have to advance a different argument).
In order to back up such a claim, I'd have to use more than my opinion. I would first need to establish an objective criteria and then show that Cuban music would rate as high according to that criteria as music contemporary to it. One possible way to rate music is through units sold. I think this is generally reliable, as many of the best artists also happened to be very popular. I'm thinking of the Beatles, Elvis, Prince, among many chart toppers. Of course, the issue with the units sold criteria is that the music expert gets as many votes as the 13 year old girl with a crush on Leif Garrett*(do girls still like him? My sister did). And, this method would rate Brittney Spears over just about
