Buena Vista Social Club
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Free Music Review: What Ever
Hit: 2 Stars
You know what,get over it,if a dedicated cubafile like me is sick of seeing this album since it's concept still here,you need a life,Cuban music has nothing to do with these,be it as it may good preforms,live life Go on ex4plore,grow,if you realy try life outside,even if Castro falls down in national papers ,a list is much more refreashing!!!!Free Music Review: Es bueno, pero no para tanto
Hit: 3 Stars
Pasada ya la ola euf?rica de BVSC podemos decir que este disco es bueno pero no excelente. Si analizamos las canciones hay varias que son imprescindibles como "El cuarto de Tula", "Candela", "Dos Gardenias", "Veinte A?os", "Chan Chan" y paramos de contar. El resto son absolutamente descartables. En cuanto a los arreglos, hay algunos que son meritorios gracias a la genialidad de Juan de Marcos (ex-Sierra Maestra) y la participaci?n de cantantes y m?sicos de renombre. Pero no son todos los que debieron estar. Se dice mucho que BVSC fue un busqueda de las leyendas de la musica cubana para demostrar al mundo que seguia vigente. Bien, pero debieron buscar a los que si eran leyendas vigentes. Compay Segundo es historia milenaria de la musica; Pio Leyva hartamente conocido; Ruben Gonzales igual, Barbarito Torres, joven pero un musico excepcional. El resto hay que dudar. Puntillita Licea es uno m?s. Quien pudo estar facilmente en su lugar fue el inmortal "Laito" Sureda, musicalmente cien veces mejor que Puntillita (RIP)Laito murio el 2001, tras grabar un disco lamentablemente desconcoido pero con unos boleros terribles. Vamos, Ibrahim Ferrer ser? bueno pero mejores son dos tipos que siguen vigentes y haciendo bailar al mundo: Reynaldo Creagh y Reynaldo Hierrezuelo ambos en la Vieja Trova Santiaguera, proyecto musical valido y mas sincero que BVSC. Omara Portuondo, buena voz pero sin compararse con la impresionate Graciela Grillo (voz de la orquesta de Machito, al estilo de Olga Guillot y La Lupe), aun vigente a los 80 a?os. Estos si son leyendas de la musica cubana. Y que diablos hace tocando esa guitarra horrible Ry Cooder? Debio quedarse solo como productor.
BVSC es un negocio, muy bueno, si no veamos como cada vocalista saco su propio disco y ninguno de ellos alcanza las 4 estrellas, regulares e incluso algunos son mediocres. Ya pues los viejitos hicieron plata y pueden descansar en paz, dejennos con los viejos temas y las leyendas cubanas de verdad.
Free Music Review: I'd give Five Stars if Ry Cooder were not in the CD
Hit: 4 Stars
I don't need to listen the intromissions of that Ry Cooder in the CD, the best part of the album are the astounding cuban musicians. I'd surely give Five Stars to this CD if that Ry Cooder were not in here.
I just can't bear how the Amazon site states that this album is by that Ry Cooder and a band called Buena Vista Social Club, please, be fair, be smart, this album is by Buena Vista Social Club and some guy whose name (Ry Cooder) people barely knew until he "teamed up" (yeah right...) with the Buena Vista veterans.
Free Music Review: A Real Treasure
Hit: 5 Stars
Wow wow wow - I've not seen the movie, but I can't get enough of this music. From the first time I heard this, it was like an old friend. Something I've known all my life and could connect with, requiring no effort at all. Each time I listen to this it seems to reach a little deeper and connect even more than the time before. I'm so glad this got captured for the world to enjoy and savor, and wasn't lost like so much other music has been. A real treasure!Free Music Review: Aesome Latin music, but Cooder is not on...
Hit: 4 Stars
Let me start of by saying that once we take away Ry Cooder's guitar playing on this, we have very authentic Cuban music. Ibrahim Ferrer, Campay Segundo, Eliades Ochoa (El Carretero is by far my favorite song), and especially Rueben Gonzalez are all fantastic musicians who make this CD. Ry Cooder on the other hand, with his twangy 'slide' guitar is awful. As musicians, especially ones who play in music with room for improvisation, we are taught that there is no worse crime than being insensitive to what the people you are playing with are doing. You have to fit in with what their doing, and they have to fit with what your doing. Cooder does not fit with the people he is playing with. He would be well-advised to merely produce this record and lay out on ALL the tracks. But looking past him, you find a CD that is a great intro to authentic Cuban that is a must for all CD collectors.