Lou Bega - A Little Bit of Mambo
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Free Music Review: Fun & Original, but he's very full of himself!
Hit: 3 Stars
Lou Bega sings pretty good, and every one of these songs has a creative, different, easy-to-dance-to beat. But listen to the lyrics and you'll hear one conceited guy! I mean, he thinks he's got "a girlfriend everywhere," which I seriously doubt, and then there's the other song that makes him sound like a total two-timer when it names all those girls he apparently dates (Erica, Rita, Tina, Sandra, Jessica, YOU! It's like, oh pleeeze! Come ON!) There's another song, too, where he says something like "the fans are all around me." Is Lou Bega really obsessed with himself or what? Still, I recommend it because the songs really are fun and original. It's the lyrics that leave something to be desired.Free Music Review: Gets your feet tapping
Hit: 4 Stars
Lou Bega really knows how to get the crowd kicking. Though it's true that all the songs have almost the same beat, it's refreshing & one doesn't get tired of listening to them. It's got a pleasant beat & none of the songs are ballads.(that's what i like most about this album)'I got a girl' is a kind of continuation of Mambo no.5. while mambo no.5 starts off like '1..2..3..4..5', I gotta gal goes like '6..7..8..9..10' Can I tico tico you was good too, but as they say they all had almost the same beat. The trumpet was different. It was totally cool. I usually don't like listening just to music, I need lyrics too. But the trumpet was really good. Icecream, was not upto the mark. The others were ok. Not bad. All in all it was a good album. Prospective buyers won't be disappointed.Free Music Review: Great CD
Hit: 4 Stars
This is a great CD. I love the Mambo-sound. Its got a great beat. My favs are Mambo#5, I got a Girl, and 1+1=2. If the whole CD were like those three songs, it would be the best CD I have in my set.Free Music Review: Great, fun music!
Hit: 5 Stars
I got this CD a few days ago along with several others and this is the one I've listened to the most! Yes, the sound is fairly similar in all the songs, but I like the sound so it doesn't get old. My favorites on this CD are "Baby Keep Smiling", "I Got a Girl", and "Tricky Tricky". I put it on first thing in the morning and it really gets me going! The quality of the music is consistent throughout the recording, so if you like "Mambo No. 5" you'll like this CD. (If you don't like "Mambo No. 5"...don't buy it!)Free Music Review: My Late Afternoon at Work Guilty Pleasure CD of the Month
Hit: 4 Stars
I received this CD last Christmas from an office mate as something of a joke gift. But I am forced to admit "A little bit of Mambo" has become something of a guilty pleasure. Along with "The Best of Blondie" this album by Lou Bega has become one of my "late afternoon get me through the end of the work day" CDs. This is mambo with a techno twist and the rhythms can get your toes taping."Mambo N. 5" is certainly becoming old (I don't know if I ever heard a song get exploited by the artist for so many different television commercials so quickly) but there are several other songs on which you can become hooked. My favorite parts musically are usually when the horn section kicks in (e.g., "The Tumpet Part II" and "Mambo Mambo") and I especially like the steel drums on "The Most Expensive Girl In The World." These are not classic songs, but they sure are catchy little tunes.
The hyperbolic lyrics are such that you can not take them seriously enough to consider them sexist (My favorite: "I got a girl in Paris, I got a girl in Rome, I even got a girl in the Vatican Dome"). Lou Bega is one of those classic lounge performers where you look at his vocal talent and you know there is not much there but you have a fun time being in the room when he performs. I do not expect to own another Lou Bega album or even another Mambo album, but I do expect to be listening to this one for some time to come, especially when the clock hands at work are moving too darn slow.