On the topic of music...

We've been talking a lot about favorite music lately, and DRtechie had a great idea when he posted his favorites (well, bachatas, anyways). (See below)

1. Aventura - Alexandra
2. Fray Martinez - Aunque me llores
3. Zacarias Ferreira - Adios
4. Aventura - Cosas del Amor
5. Aventura - Este amor
6. Joan Pe~na - Jamas
7. Marino Castellano - Me pagaste Mal
8. Antony Santos - Me quiero morir
9. Marco Antonio Solis - O te vas o me voy
10. Joe Veras - Por tu amor -------the best!
11. Alex Bueno - Tiera mala
12. Aventura - Si un dia te olvidas
13. Monchi y Alex - Te quiero igual que ayer
14. Alex Rosario
15. Elvis Martes - Tu sabes bien
16. Fray Martinez - Vamos a olvidarla
17. Joe Vera y Alex Bueno - Viejo Amigo



The following are mine (merengue, bachata, and Latino):
1. Ramon Orlando - El Venao (I love this song)
2. Los Bukis - Navidad Sin Ti
3. Los Hermanos Rosarios - Moviendo La Cadera
4. Fernando Villalona - Te amo solo
5. Fernando Villalona - Me muero por ti
6. Rubby Perez - Tu Vas a Volar (or pretty much anything from Vuelve el Merengue...takes me back to a spontaneous road trip we took to Barahona, this cassette blasting the whole way from Sosua)
7. Antony Santos - No te Puedo Olvidar
8. Juan Luis Guerra - El Costo de la Vida (All Dominicans can relate)
9. Zacharias Ferreira - Adios
10. Antony Santos - Enamorado
11. Marco Antonio Solis - pretty much anything that comes out of his mouth (faves - Te Amo Mama, Amor en Silencio, Quiereme, Mi Linda Esposa)
12. Los Hermanos Rosarios - Morena Ven
13. Frank Reyes - Ya no Te Creo Nada
14. Zacharias Ferreira - Te Quiero a Ti
15. Zacharias Ferreira - Dame un Beso

It amazes me how these Latino singers pour their hearts out into a song. American musicians have nothing on them.

As I am always wanting to expand my music collection, I would love to hear everyone else's favorites, as well. This will also help the newcomers to the DR looking for good music to listen to.

Thanks!

Hello

Wow, that's a tough one. I really like El Venao, but it's kind of old. That's a merengue, a really fun song. If you want, e-mail me at tburgos@ryanenergy.com and I will send it to you so you can listen to it.

If you wanted to buy a merengue CD, I would choose Rubby Perez, Vuelve El Merengue. Tu Vas a Volare is probably my favorite "newer" song - even though that's a couple of years old now.
There's also Moviendo la Cadera by Los Hermanos Rosario, I can't choose only one!

For bachata, I love Frank Reyes too, and Ya no Creo Nada is really good. But there's also a handful by Zacharias Ferreira, I guess my favorite would be Te quiero a Ti, it's really pretty. And of course, Fernando Villalona's Me muero por ti.

I've got all these songs in my music folder, so if your e-mail can hold a big file, I can send you whatever songs you want as a preview, or download them from www.winMX.com.

My pleasure. BTW, I really enjoyed your post on the economic situation of the DR, just haven't gotten my thoughts together enough to reply.

Have a good trip!

Not only in the colmados and discos, what about in the cars when they are driving? No wonder they drive like crazy people, they can't hear themselves think! But must admit, I love it, too. It wouldn't be the same if it weren't that loud.

And what about the trucks going around at 7:00 in the morning with a loudspeaker selling fruits and vegetables? I lived in a guest house, and when I first moved there, I didn't know any Spanish. These jerks (in my mind at the time) would come around, and talk in their loudspeaker and never shut up, you could hear them for miles. I was too lazy to get up and look who it was, besides, since you could hear them forever, you never knew at what point they were actually the closest to you. Anyways, it was during the time of the election, and I thought it was Hipolito's crew, campaigning for President. Every morning, I thought, "yeah, that's a good way to get votes, you idiot." A month later I saw the truck at 3 in the afternoon and clued in that it wasn't the campaigners!

I know there is a song called Tomando Mamajuana, and the group that sings it is called Mamajuana. I can't find it on the web to download, though. My husband will be back from Sosua on Thursday, and I may have more answers for you by then on these songs.