Joan Baez - La Bamba [HD]
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Joan Baez sings the Richie Valens song 'La Bamba'. This was first on the 1964 Fantasy album 'Joan Baez In San Francisco' which was a demo album recorded in June 1958 when Baez was a seventeen-year-old. [CD/15-Images] La Bamba Singer - Joan Baez Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Para bailar la bamba Para bailar la bamba Se necesita una poca de gracia Una poca de gracia y otra cosita Y arriba y arriba Y arriba y arriba y arriba ire Yo no soy marinero Yo no soy marinero Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Para . . . Para . . . Y arriba y arriba Y arriba y arriba y arriba ire Yo no soy marinero Yo no soy marinero Por ti sere, por ti sere, por ti sere Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Songwriter: Ritchie Valens © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc. [Data from LyricFind] [English Translation] Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba To dance the Bamba To dance the Bamba Needs a little elegance A little elegance and another little thing Faster and faster Faster and faster and faster I'll go I'm not a sailor I'm not a sailor For you I will be, for you I will be, for you I will be Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba To , , , To , , , Faster and faster Faster and faster and faster I'll go I'm not a sailor I'm not a sailor For you I will be, for you I will be, for you I will be Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Bam, bam, bamba Wikipedia states: "La Bamba" is a Mexican folk song, originally from the state of Veracruz, best known from a 1958 adaptation by Ritchie Valens, a top 40 hit in the U.S. charts and one of early rock and roll's best-known songs. Valens' version of "La Bamba" is ranked number 354 on Rolling Stone magazine′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is the only song on the list sung in a language other than English. "La Bamba" is a classic example of the son jarocho musical style, which originated in the Mexican state of Veracruz and combines Spanish, indigenous, and African musical elements. The name of the dance, which has no direct English translation, is presumably connected with the Spanish verb bambolear, meaning "to shake" or perhaps "to stomp". A traditional huapango song, "La Bamba" is often played during weddings in Veracruz, where the bride and groom perform the accompanying dance. Today this wedding tradition is observed less often than in the past, but the dance is still popular, perhaps through the popularity of ballet folklórico. The dance is performed displaying the newly wed couple's unity through the performance of complicated, delicate steps in unison as well as through creation of a bow from a listón, a long red ribbon, using only their feet. The "arriba" (literally "up") part of the song suggests the nature of the dance, in which the footwork, called "zapateado", is done faster and faster as the music tempo accelerates. A repeated lyric is "Yo no soy marinero, soy capitán", meaning "I am not a sailor, I am a captain"; Veracruz is a maritime locale.
