Mexican Tuesdays

[Lat-Literal]

I don't know what to do because you have all done much better than me and I am running out of ideas.

I so want it to be South American Tuesdays but that seems a bit feeble.

Lira Soler - Mexico de Mis Recuerdos/Vals Olimpica via Salterio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnCDw-Slb-g

[johncorrigan]

I don't know what to do because you have all done much better than me and I am running out of ideas.

I so want it to be South American Tuesdays but that seems a bit feeble.

Lira Soler - Mexico de Mis Recuerdos/Vals Olimpica via Salterio - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnCDw-Slb-g

It's a big continent, Lat...Chicano music's getting a bit coverage lately and this got a review in 'Songlines', though I feel it's the more 70s Californian sound of Mexico...reminds me a bit of Santana, actually.
Quetzal - Barrio Healer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or5deF6Vzdo

[Lat-Literal]

It's a big continent, Lat...Chicano music's getting a bit coverage lately and this got a review in 'Songlines', though I feel it's the more 70s Californian sound of Mexico...reminds me a bit of Santana, actually.
Quetzal - Barrio Healer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=or5deF6Vzdo

Interesting, JC......I find Santana so difficult to place from a British perspective. My Tony Brown book "The Complete Book of the British Charts" informs me that they had eleven there between 1970 and 1978 but I can honestly say I never met a white British man - I use this term advisedly and a tad ironically in view of the environments in which we were brought up - who was an enthusiast. Fast forward to 2017 and as I mentioned before my early 60-something African-Indian neighbour mentioned them alongside among others Cat Stevens in a difficult conversation (that is often the case with the first) about music. Like removing clothes (if such things matter). Yep, it made sense. The global dimension and fascinating to me in that it contextualized her way back. "Samba Pa Ti" I said tentatively. She helped me out with the stumbling pronunciation. We became closer but more distant because we had come closer in that conversation. What I really aligned with was the cultural context. It categorized Santana in some way to my satisfaction but I'm still not sure I really get it. It's nebulous. She's a good neighbour and on occasion interesting - "love and sex earlier; other stuff later" she said. My father chuckled boyishly, wholly oblivious to the cute but determined audacity.

[johncorrigan]

I've been re-listening again to 'History of the World in 100 Objects' this last few weeks. There was an Olmec face mask yesterday; though Neil McGregor never mentioned anything about Olmec music fragments having survived from 500bc...unbelievable that he doesn't know everything, just most stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2dZYBu72Iw

[Globaltruth]

..unbelievable that he doesn't know everything, just most stuff.

Now there's a good idea for a thread - music Neil McGregor might not know.

For example...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oG4x2Y_HE

Now, you may be wondering what on Earth Cambodia has to do with Mexico; well....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN7eNZlA7cw

[johncorrigan]

Now there's a good idea for a thread - music Neil McGregor might not know.

For example...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1oG4x2Y_HE

Now, you may be wondering what on Earth Cambodia has to do with Mexico; well....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN7eNZlA7cw

I thought it was the appearance of one of those Mexican wrestlers near the end of the video, Global. Since we lost Mark Coles we don't get nearly enough Cambodian stuff. Fab. Haven't seen the doc...might have to wait till after tea.

In the meantime and still on an Olmec theme - by the way, did you know that the Aztecs called them Olmecs because they came from Rubber Country, which is what Olmeca means in Aztec...Neil McGregor knows that. Anyway here's a fab wee vid of Olmec related stuff. At least I assume it is as I don't understand Aztec. Better give Neil a call.
Huehuecuicatl OLMECA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H1ZgFJS-bg

[johncorrigan]

I found out this isn't Mexican...it's Rio Mira from the Colombian/ Ecuadorian border which is a wee bit away, but they kept singing about sombreros and I was convinced they were Mexican...silly me. :esmg: Crackin' tune for an Ecuadorian Tuesday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfNSAS4jnec

[Globaltruth]

Lend your ears to Lydia Mendoza....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpejsYhqN7M

[johncorrigan]

Lend your ears to Lydia Mendoza....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpejsYhqN7M

I loaned them, I loaned them! And I found it most enjoyable, GT.
Now some Juan Charrasqueado with 'Viva Mexico y Óle' para un mexicano martes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IX5AGqCIkTI

[Pianorak]

Lila Downs - Paloma Negra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQVJaZPdofA

[Globaltruth]

With winter coming practising the hip and shoulder rotations shown could serve you in good stead when conditions underfoot are slippy

https://youtu.be/6YqZpSDhu-g

( a WM forum public service initiative)

[Globaltruth]

An orderly cross-cultural mix which, it is hoped, may be of passing interest to certain forum members.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsdNnPHqGug

What's not to like?

[johncorrigan]

Nice one, GT. They're all getting into Mexican Tuesday, even Radio 4 extra this evening with a programme aptly called 'Ay Mariachi'...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xmv28

...R3 even joined in this morning with a spot of Aaron Copland's 'El Salon Mexico'. Keep it coming.

[Globaltruth]

https://youtu.be/uv-gT9lNa1g

just your standard 7 mins 7 secs Mexican dirge about murder, revenge, sadness and poisoned chicken.
Happy Mexican Tuesday.

[Pianorak]

EL JAZZ MEXICANO DE TINO CONTRERAS - latin jazz 2011

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PomI-pSaD1s