a Cinco de Mayo set on the Triple Nickel (5/5/05)

[urth]

Viva El Vez!
(too bad we won't hear him today)

Likewise for something from David Lee Roth's spanish version of Eat 'Em and Smile.

[Gazoo]

I think what bothers me about War's "Cinco de Mayo" is that the refrain consists solely of the title phrase.  It's like writing a Christmas carol in which the refrain is just someone yelling, "Christmas! Christmas!" over and over.  Bleah.

[mshray]

Too bad Dave is trying to kill two birds with one stone here.  He should have played the original Ritchie Valens & then something else from Los Lobos.

[Beej]

It's like writing a Christmas carol in which the refrain is just someone yelling, "Christmas! Christmas!" over and over.

See? That's why I hate McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime".

OK. It's not really the sme thing- but I do like to remind everyone how much I hate McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime".

Feliz Navidad!

[mshray]

It's like writing a Christmas carol in which the refrain is just someone yelling, "Christmas! Christmas!" over and over.

See? That's why I hate McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime".

OK. It's not really the sme thing- but I do like to remind everyone how much I hate McCartney's "Wonderful Christmastime".

Feliz Navidad!

So what must you think of Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad"?

[urth]

Too bad Dave is trying to kill two birds with one stone here.  He should have played the original Ritchie Valens & then something else from Los Lobos.

I was relieved he wasn't playing the Lobes version of La Bamba.

[Beej]

So what must you think of Jose Feliciano's "Feliz Navidad"?

The melody is better than the McCartney song- which has no melody. Just Paul spitting out phrases.

[RGMike]

and the cover of "Alone Again Or" was by...

BOS for novelty alone (again or).

[urth]

Now that was weird. Two white guys from Tucson covering a psychedelic band from LA, and it gets played in a set commemorating Cinco de Mayo. The arrangement certainly borrows from Latin music, but I'm just sayin'....

[urth]

and the cover of "Alone Again Or" was by...

BOS for novelty alone (again or).

Calexico. (See post above.)

[RGMike]

"we don't want no water
and we don't need any Jews"

Guess we won't be hearing Kinky Friedman, then...

[Gazoo]

Now that was weird. Two white guys from Tucson covering a psychedelic band from LA, and it gets played in a set commemorating Cinco de Mayo. The arrangement certainly borrows from Latin music, but I'm just sayin'....

Either Dave takes the latter half of the phrase "Calexico" literally here, or he's giving a pass to anything with mariachi horns (in which case he might as well close with "The Tide Is High" or Robbie Williams's "Me and My Monkey").

[Beej]

So, this is the day the Mexicans drove the French out of Mexico or something, right?

Fuckin' French.

[mshray]

Now that was weird. Two white guys from Tucson covering a psychedelic band from LA, and it gets played in a set commemorating Cinco de Mayo. The arrangement certainly borrows from Latin music, but I'm just sayin'....

But see, that's actually very appropriate for Cinco De Mayo.  I heard someone (who was clearly from Mexico) on KUFX explaining to Greg Kihn why we gringos celebrate 5/5 instead of Mexican independence day which is 9/16.  Her theory:  we could never pronounce "Diez y Seis de Septiembre", so we just go with a different day altogether.

ETA: Sept 16 is a wild party day all over Mexico.  May 5 is only a big party in Veracruz.

[Gazoo]

So, this is the day the Mexicans drove the French out of Mexico or something, right?

Fuckin' French.

In fact, I was invited this week to a Cinco de Mayo party on Saturday, and the hosts specifically played up the "they beat the FRENCH! FUCK YEAH!" angle.  I was so repulsed by their attitude that I can't bring myself to attend even though friends of mine will be there.