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To think there are many, many millions of youth spending their lives trying to get out of the ghetto to make a better life for themselves and families, but, in the other hand, expats breaking their necks to get in!
Ok boomer. Anyway, if you hear of any good deals on la 42 let me know, I'm looking to move there.
 

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Edilio Paredes is known for being the best "Requinto" ever in the history of Bachata music Dominican Republic.
In this clip is performing one of the many musical hits of Ramon Cordero RIP who in life was his best friend and Compadre.

Enjoy!

JJ
 

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Edilio Paredes is known for being the best "Requinto" ever in the history of Bachata music Dominican Republic.
In this clip is performing one of the many musical hits of Ramon Cordero RIP who in life was his best friend and Compadre.

Enjoy!

JJ
Best "Sitting on the beach on a Sunday afternoon" ever.
 
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Elpidio Mejia official guitar player "Requinto" of Leonardo Paniagua since 1973 to current days.
Elpidio also have played the guitar in Los Estudios de Grabaciones de Radio Guarachita for most popular Bachata singers like Luis Segura, Eladio Romero Santos etc...
Old school Bachata singers.

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That could lead us down another rabbit hole...popular songs here that are essentially covers of old rock songs. I'll start with Ruben Blades "Pedro Navaja", his adaptation of "Mack the Knife."
 
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That could lead us down another rabbit hole...popular songs here that are essentially covers of old rock songs. I'll start with Ruben Blades "Pedro Navaja", his adaptation of "Mack the Knife."
Bobby Darin's version is really good, but I like Ruben Blades version more.
 
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Bobby Darin's version is really good, but I like Ruben Blades version more.
Same. Pedro Navaja and El Cantante are two of my favorites by far. I've had more than a few beers listening to El Cantante and still remember the first time I heard it.
 
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This one is a stretch if we are trying to stick to songs popular here in the DR, but any Led Zeppelin fan has to appreciate "Tonto en la Lluvia" by Mana.
 
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Same. Pedro Navaja and El Cantante are two of my favorites by far. I've had more than a few beers listening to El Cantante and still remember the first time I heard it.
They're somewhat similar, but the lyrics in Pedro Nevaja are very different than Bobby's Darin's version and they're not just different due to translation. The "story" itself is different, also. Here's Perdro Navaja with the lyrics:
 

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Same. Pedro Navaja and El Cantante are two of my favorites by far. I've had more than a few beers listening to El Cantante and still remember the first time I heard it.
When Rubén Blades was asked if he was pressured into letting Héctor Lavoe record "El Cantante," he said he was skeptical at first, but then realized that Lavoe's situation at the time resembled or identified with the lyrics.
Others still maintain that Fania Records and Willie Colón pressured Blades.
 
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When Rubén Blades was asked if he was pressured into letting Héctor Lavoe record "El Cantante," he said he was skeptical at first, but then realized that Lavoe's situation at the time resembled or identified with the lyrics.
Others still maintain that Fania Records and Willie Colón pressured Blades.
For those not in the know, Ruben Blades wrote El Cantante, Hector Lavoe made it famous.
 
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For those not in the know, Ruben Blades wrote El Cantante, Hector Lavoe made it famous.
And it represented somewhat of a comeback for Lavoe.

I was Lavoe when Lavoe wasn't cool (with permission from Barbara Mandrell).
After his death and the subsequent documentaries, he became everyone's favorite Salsa singer.
 
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