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Thanks to some loyal followers of this blog, I was able to find this jewel in the depths of YouTube. Turns out Waka Waka is not only not exclusive of Shakira, nor Las Chicas del Can, but apparently it’s as popular in Africa as the Happy Birthday.
So…until I find a version that tops this one, meet my favorite Waka Waka performer… so far.
If you are remotely familiar with Univision and it’s exclusive Spanish-language rights to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, I’m certain you have heard the now ubiquitous Waka-Waka, a melody everybody wants us to believe was written from scratch by the super famous 33-year old Colombian singer Shakira.
Well… years before the hip-queen even reached puberty, the Waka-Waka was already a sensation, first performed live on Latin American television by the wonderful Las Chicas del Can, under the original title of Waka-Waka: El Negro no puede, freely translated by myself as: Waka-Waka The Black Guy Can’t Get it Up.
So, without further ado, here are both versions. Watch and judge for yourselves…
Which is your favorite Waka-Waka?
Hat tip: Carlitos [manito] Tropical
MTV doesn’t only know how to make funny commercials. They also know that Mexicans will be so absorbed by this year’s World Cup that they will even forget to feed their foul-mouthed pets.
This campaign was created by La Comunidad, and it includes other spots filmed in Russian and Korean.
I am not much of a Lady Gaga fan, but I have to admit this is the best rendition, ever, of her now famous Bad Romance. Watch as these two young girls take over ‘el metro’ in crowded, fast-paced Mexico City’s underground.
I have no idea what this CD is all about, except that “Mr. Lglesias” has recorded something with someone presumably called Sarah Connor.
Curious to learn more about this unconventional cover -and singing duo- I scourged the Internet for hours seconds, and found the following video which made everything so much clearer now. Danke schön!
I suppose my career counselor was right when he said advertising was not for me. Otherwise, how could I possibly explain my failure to conceive a creative piece like the one above? Showing mariachis and folkloric dancers to show your cellphone provider has coverage in Mexico??!
Shame on me.
Still, there are other creative pieces I like much better, at least in their use of the ubiquitous Mariachi, including French’s, Lucas and CNN Expansión. [Not to mention, of course, political campaigns like that of Miss Meg Whitman in California.]
Ajúa!
The future of the Latino National Museum -and of Afghanistan- might be in peril, but Thalia sure knows how to make our Nobel-prize winning president move his butt.
[Maybe the Nobel committe would like to consider Mrs. Mottola for next year’s laureate?]
In the latest riff between a dwindling black community and a growing Mexican population in Passeic, New Jersey, a group of residents are fuming over the placing of a statue of Los Temerarios in some housing complex.
According to The Record of Bergen County:
“Some members of Passaic’s dwindling black population see the statue of Los Temerarios as a cultural affront to non-Mexicans.”
I don’t know about the black community in Passaic, but this blogger is a non, non-Mexican who thinks Los Temerarios are a cultural affront to culture. In Passeic or else.
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From the same guy who brought us Barack Obama’s corrido (in English AND Spanish) now comes El Corrido de Michael Jackson.
Enjoy –and don’t mind the words if you don’t understand them. It pretty much says he was the King and all that… I just thought that the concept of a corrido tribute to the King of Pop is simply awesome!
Courtesy of Sinaloa 21.
Introducing the first Obama corrido, celebrating our new president, who has “skin of color” (tiene su piel de color.)
Courtesy of Sinaloa 21.
This blog is going on vacation (yes, again!) for a little while. But because these days are all about China, (and the Latino market) I am pleased to leave you with- Chung Li, a.k.a. El Chino Latino, who is -in his own words- más sexy que Bruce Lee and eats his mondongo with chopsticks. Papito!
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