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In the big podcast today, Lili and Leo give Esti a clinic on the rich, romantic traditions of serenatas and mariachi music in Mexico. Beware, gentlemen, this podcast may give the lady in your life ideas about how you should be expressing your love to her! Next thing you know, you're in Plaza Garibaldi, trying to decide if she likes horns or guitars... better hire them all, just to be safe!

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cobre says

Aye,  Aye, aye, aye, no time for sorrow,

for with music sweet for her dancing feet she will gladden hearts for the 'morrow.

"ya tum da di dum, ya tum da di dum, oh my darling "celito lindo".....*"

No me Recuerdo,   muchas es falta. hace 46 años

7th grade, I remembered this silly bit a week ago...

¿Porque no es Celita linda?

September 12, 2008 from the Web.
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donperigo says

cobre

AY ay ay ay, sing do not sorrow, the sky above is your true love cielito lindo,  sing caballero ...as i recall from junior school( whatever that is in grades.

porque es cielo  imagino que cielito = lovely little piece of heaven?

spodistas

muy divertido

el canto es mucho mejor ahora. Habéis sido practicar :-)

como puede saber si el canto es para ti si no enciende la luz? es possible que se cantan por tu vecina? tendré que escuchar de nuevo ..

September 13, 2008 from the Web.
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cobre says

Perdido en las nieblas de la guerra.
Gracias por su respuesta, Donperigo.
Yo veo ahora he hacido el mismo error por esto como quando oí Leo, qué dijo "ahorita vengo"
no me reconocí las palabras ahora o cielo quando los vestían  por "-ita"

Claro, el ceilo es lindo. 

Back in the day, we read it as the chicks name.

When I realized that lindo/a meant pretty, and not recognizing ceilo (misspelled) I figured that a girl ought to be Linda.

 

September 13, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

Etymology

Musicologists and folklorists have argued for years over the origin of mariachi.

Standard Spanish dictionaries and encyclopedias name the French word mariage (meaning wedding or marriage) as a possible origin, and date it back to the 1860s, when Maximillian of Habsburg was Emperor of Mexico. This theory was probably first put forward by Alfonso Reyes.

Another probable theory of the origin of the word mariachi is that it originated in the language of the Cora, an indigenous people of Nayarit (not Jalisco where the band originated). It may refer to the wood used to make the instruments


September 13, 2008 from the Web.
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September 13, 2008 from the Web.
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leoguerrero says

You are right Don Perigo, Cielito Lindo stands for "little piece of heaven".

Thanks Kikuyu por el video. You can maybe notice that there are some "Trios" on the video too. Those are the ones that are dressed more in a cowboy stile.

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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keshav97 says

all indians join indio group

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

Este video es de una de mis películas favoritas. Se llama los Tres García, son hermanos y le llevan serenata a la misma mujer!

Disfruten!

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

Esta canción es muy famosa se llama Cucurrucucu Paloma. Aqui Pedro Infante la lleva de serenata.

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

Liliana, me encantan los videos. They were really cute! ¿ Puede decir: Eran lindos?

 Los pobres mariachis no recibieron el reconocimiento que esperaban. Sólo un pequeña vieja salió en el balcón para responder a ellos.  

 

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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alma says

One of my favorite contemporary movies is 'The Milagro Beanfield War,' directed by Robert Redford and featuring, among others, the great Panamanian Ruben Blades.  At the end of the film there's a nice little rendition of 'Cielito Lindo.'  I've always loved that song . . .

And in Pedro Almodovar's film 'Habla con ella' Caetano Veloso covers Cucurrucucu Paloma beautifully. If I knew how to embed videos, I'd pass it along . . . (hint).

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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donperigo says

alma es facil. use the filmstrip icon on the far right of the editor and paste in the url of the page where you found the video

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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alma says

Gracias donperigo!

September 15, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

Alma

Muchas gracias por compartir este video. Me gustó mucho.

Kikuyu

Puedes decir. Son muy lindos.

September 16, 2008 from the Web.
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fabrizio says

Liliana, ¿cual de los Tres García fue el afortunado...?

September 16, 2008 from the Web.
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kikuyu says

Alma, esa es una hermosa versión de la canción “La Palomita”.

Me alegro de que me recordara de la película   “Milagro Beanfield War”.  Hace muchos años desde que la he visto. Voy a alquilar la de nuevo.

September 16, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

Fabrizio:

Luis Antonio, José Luis y Luis Manuel García son tres primos peleoneros. La llegada de Lupita Smith, prima de los muchachos nacida en los Estados Unidos, desata la competencia entre ellos por conquistar a su rubia pariente.

El que conquista a Lupita es José Luis, el mas pobre y orgulloso de los primos.

 

 

September 16, 2008 from the Web.
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fabrizio says

Gracias Liliana,

creo que es lo que estaba en el medio, ¿no?

September 17, 2008 from the Web.
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lilianamata says

No el que esta en medio es Pedro Infante, es el que esta a su derecha, el mas alto.

 

September 17, 2008 from the Web.
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anthonyaferrara says

Amigos y amigas:

 

there is also a vey beautiful recording of Cielito Lindo by the Colombian singer Marta Gómez..she has a very beautiful voice..

Antonio

El Gringo Latino

September 18, 2008 from the Web.
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fabrizio says

Gracias Liliana. Pero, estaba mas guapo el tercero...

:-)

Pues, me di cuenta que su YouTube hay la entera película...

September 18, 2008 from the Web.

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