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El Kiko
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From: The South Ireland
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A few days ago there was an international food festival near me , food, drink and music from a whole wealth of world countries
Its an interesting time, with a positively babels tower of languages .. . from the far east to Africa and a lot of Europe etc ..
I also did my bit, A time of fun flamenco , carefully chosen not to get to serious .,or annoy people too much , keep it light you know,
A few Sevillanas , a bit of rumba , a fairly dramatic Bulerias (many a falseta stolen from John Hadad there, quite pleased with it actually) and a Solea played a little fastish to keep it turning over .
Well , as good as i could do . not too bad ..if i do say so myself
Afterward , I was talking to some of the other musicians about their instruments and things when a group of people approached , I think I recognized one of the guys from somewhere , but anyway..
'' Wow , '' this guy said ' '' your really good at playing the guitar ... and that music you
played sounded kind of Spanishy''
Thanks ........
''yeah . like, you should learn to play spanish guitar , you'd be really good it ''
Spanish guitar eh ?.. , well I might know a bit of that...
'' Great ...so , like , can you play BAMBOLERO ?
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Date Nov. 6 2014 19:52:32
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: What can you do ? (in reply to El Kiko)
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'' Great ...so , like , can you play BAMBOLERO ?
That does not just occur with "know-nothings" off the street, El Kiko. A few years ago the Gypsy Kings performed at Wolf Trap, a music venue in a Virginia suberb of Washington, DC. I kid you not, the advertisement for their performance stated that they would be playing "fiery flamenco numbers like Bamboleo."
Bill
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Date Nov. 6 2014 20:33:38
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El Kiko
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Joined: Jun. 7 2010
From: The South Ireland
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RE: What can you do ? (in reply to tele)
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i agree with your thoughts tele ..
and for the others theres no nasty attitude ... none at all .
on the contrary I think its funny ...it makes me smile .. not the same for you ? ah well .....
it also makes me realize how great this site is .. due to the age of tech that we live in now ...
here am I ... alone ,... and yet surrounded by friends , who live nowhere near me , and who i will never meet ...and yet still friends , joined by a like-minded common thread of a certain , small , and misunderstood at times ,, genre of music ...
I think its great , .. and if one day i meet someone else that likes it or knows anything about it ... then yess
until then ... i am happy to be here ...
(edit , yes of course its BAMBOLEO , i dint know why i have an R in it , i didnt notice, maybe cos its next to the E on the keyboard .. sorry anyway ..)
Bamboleo bambolea
Porque mi vida yo la prefiero vivir as......
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Date Nov. 7 2014 17:44:22
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BarkellWH
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From: Washington, DC
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RE: What can you do ? (in reply to El Kiko)
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they might have been badly using the word instead of Hispanic , specific application to Spanish-speaking parts of the New World from 1889,... meaning that you (possibly ) are descended from Spanish of the Iberian Peninsula
but maybe not ....
In the United States over the past 30 years "identity" politics has taken over everything from university dorms set aside for certain ethnic groups to election campaigns catering to varous groups on the basis of their ethnic identity. One of the more amusing debates has taken place among the various Spanish-speaking communities over what to call themselves: "Hispanic" or "Latino." The debate usually revolves around ethnic pride and emphasis on the indigenous elements of their identity (i.e. the Indian component of their identity, particularly among ethnic Mexicans and Central Americans, but others as well).
They find themselves in a linguistic bind because neither "Hispanic" nor "Latino" has any application to the indigenous ethnic pride they are attempting to encompass with a catchall term. The term "Hispanic" refers to origins in Spain and has no relevance if one is attempting to emphasize indigenous "New World" roots. The term "Latino" has nothing to do with either the New Word or Spain; it harks back to the language of Rome, which is even less relevant to their goal than the term "Hispanic." Of the two, "Hispanic" is useful if one is emphasizing one's roots in Spain. But neither is really appropriate to the issue they are trying to resolve, although one finds both terms used among groups who think it does.
Far better (and certainly more accurate) if various Spanish-speaking groups were to refer to themselves by their nationalities, e.g., Mexican, Cuban, Chilean, Honduran, etc. The Spanish-speaking world, with it's New World indigenous elements, is too large and diverse to be accurately summed up in one all-encompassing, catchall term.
Bill
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