Lou Bega covered Mambo #5, the OG was by Damaso Prado in 1940
Hooaaaaaa!!
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protist@retrofed.com 8 hours ago
Mushroomtoes@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 hour ago
It’s entirely possible that he had all one through 8 but just didn’t record them all as he apparently did a lot of live performances and could have only played 1,2,3 etc then
Stern@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
67 alert
also is there a 1-4?
frunch@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Damn, those horns are on fire! I don’t know why modern music evolved away from live horns, they are so powerful and expressive 📯
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 5 hours ago
$$$$$ is why
PenguinVII@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Wow I had no idea about this! That’s great info, thanks.
garbagebagel@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I hope he drops a mambo no.6 but its actually about men and is his coming out story.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 hours ago
A little bit of Rocco in my life,
A little bit of Eric by my side,
A little bit of Robert’s all I need,
A little bit of Tim is all I see,
A little bit of Samwise in the sun,
A little bit of Maury all night long,
A little bit of Jesse here I am,
A little bit of you and I’m your man
altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 hours ago
Sweeeeet.
Noite_Etion@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
A little bit of Sandra in the sun
A little bit of Mary in the sun
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
I was gonna say wasn’t Mumbo number 6 about Bill Clinton, apparently that was Bimbo number 5. I couldn’t remember the lyrics
Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 hours ago
God, America really did Monica Lewinsky dirty with how she was treated in popular culture for decades afterwards.
ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 10 hours ago
If I remember correctly, the names used in Mambo #5 were all the names of women Bill Clinton had affairs with.
Allegedly. Air quotes. Wink, wink.
SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
This is the only reference I can find to said connection anywhere, so I’d put this squarely in the rumor category.
web.archive.org/web/20000815061133/…/index.html
Tuning out Monica
Lyrics turned out to be a problem in choosing the convention theme song. Convention producers had selected Lou Bega’s “Mambo No. 5” because it was up-tempo and popular, like “The Macarena,” the Democrats’ convention theme in 1996.
But the chorus of “Mambo No. 5” refers to a girl named Monica.
Convention planners initially thought they could just rewrite the lyric, but late on the eve of the convention, they re-thought the whole idea.
“That’s out now,” said Wheeler, whose orchestra rehearsed the song. “That will not be played at all.”
Convention producers are now looking for another song - one just as catchy, but without a catch - that will rally the party faithful, inspire the crowd and get the campaign off on the right note.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
I remember that Flash animation.
tacosanonymous@mander.xyz 10 hours ago
I hope he skips six and goes straight to seven but with the same end result, obvs.
kamenlady@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
It will be “mambo no.6…7”
Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 8 hours ago
Hahahaha 6 7!
baronvonj@piefed.social 7 hours ago
I mean the nerve of that guy skipping over 2-4. Is this the Star Wars of Mambo‽
Snapz@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Was 2017 and dude already threw in the towel… That next decade is gonna be a do-hu-hooozieee!