Songs that take you back to a special place in Colombia

elmodefoque says on Jul 7, 2008, 05:15:

thank you!

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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kat1 (Moderator) says on Jul 7, 2008, 05:35:

i have to think.. there are quite few.

engage brain before opening mouth

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MitchAlvarez says on Jul 7, 2008, 06:29:

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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elmodefoque says on Jul 7, 2008, 06:50:

chit MA, that song takes me back to curramba 1979 i was there to forget my first Dominicana wify, mother of my kids
I just ralize, in 1979 my present number one girl friend in barranquilla was not even born yet, that's fokin SICK

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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elmodefoque says on Jul 7, 2008, 06:55:

another song playing all over barranquilla in september of 1979
it took me a long time to forget my ex, 2 lonnnnggg fokin days

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 7, 2008, 07:40:

Elmo's future fling isn't born yet - JAJAJAJAJAA

--"I believe in making the world safe for our children. But not for our children's children, because I don't think that children should be having sex." - Jack Handy

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Mononoke28 says on Jul 7, 2008, 08:47:

elmodefoque I like this version better, notice the arepa bling, bling:

El Perrito de Vitor - Los Cantores de Chipuco:

Diana

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Mononoke28 says on Jul 7, 2008, 08:52:

Juepucha, I'm with Mitch, anything from the original Binomio takes me back in a heartbeat.

These two really take me back when I went to Colombia in 1994.

Tarde lo Conocí - Patricia Teherán:



El Santo Cachón - Los Embajadores Vallenatos:

Diana

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elmodefoque says on Jul 21, 2008, 10:39:

PA UNA PERRA QUE ME SIGUE TORMENTANDO LA FOKIN VIDA, NI CAGA EN PAZ PUEDO

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 21, 2008, 10:48:

Needs no presentation, really.....this is "mi" Valle del Cauca

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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elmodefoque says on Jul 21, 2008, 10:59:

great lyrics
i could get kick in the balls by a burra and not even flinch , but play a sentimental pwerful song y se me aguan los fokin ojos.

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 21, 2008, 11:10:

Coming down from the mountains cold, shrouded in the late afternoon mists, the clammy chill still embracing your skin and deep in your bones, the roadside barbecue fires burning amidst the lush tropical greenery, descending from Km18 to Cali, into the deepening, violet dusk of the valley of the Cauca River, with the lights
of the city starting to twinkle down below.....and "Mi Pueblo Natal" playing in the car stereo...a moment of magic.

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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ColombianoGringo says on Jul 21, 2008, 11:26:

Anything by Jorge Villamil makes me think of Neiva.

This is the best rendition I could find on Youtube.


Me llevarás en ti como las sombras que tienen en las tardes los ocasos, como llevan las rosas sus espinas
Como los sufrimientos llevan llanto
Me llevarás en ti aunque no quieras aunque pasen los dias y los años, aunque para olvidarme me maldigas nunca podrás negar que me has querido
Tampoco has de negar que te hago falta jamás podrás borrarme de tu vida porque me llevarás unido a tu recuerdo como la luz del sol
Como el agua y el viento
Porque me llevarás
Porque me llevarás
Unido a tu recuerdo
Me llevaras en ti...


There is a monument to this song in Neiva. This song and these pics make me very nostalgic. Me dan guayabo.











Speaking of which, here is a pic my dad recently found of little CG in Neiva. How do you like my 1970s plaid pants?

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elmodefoque says on Jul 21, 2008, 11:45:

running accross all sweaty shirtless and barefooted with a dead lizard (lobito) in my pocket from the mestizo'/injun side of el barrio abajo in barranquilla to the black side, i ran as fast as i could , before them modefques got up from their afternoon siesta.
If they saw me, rocks would be flying on me from every fokin direction.
why would i put myself in such danger?
el rio magdalena was on their side and I was into collection litte fish for my little home made aquarium.
my grandfather had no idea where i disappered to everyday for a couple hours and if he knew i would get a beatin. I was only 6 years old.
At around 8 pm my grandad was already passed out drunk at bar acrros where la 54 SAO is now located.
Vallenato was not around yet, but this song takes me back to those days

thank you !

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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elmodefoque says on Jul 21, 2008, 12:05:

GB that is some heavy chit.
the kind of song best heard with a loaded gun and a bottle of ron on the table

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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ColombianoGringo says on Jul 21, 2008, 12:10:

Hey man. That's what you get for making my Opita ass all nostalgic. Ha Ha.

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ColombianoGringo says on Jul 21, 2008, 12:22:

Here's another classic that we can probably all relate to.

Yo También Tuve Veinte Años
Jose A. Morales



Yo también tuve 20 años
y un corazón vagabundo,
yo también tuve alegrías
y profundos desengaños.

Yo también tuve 20 años
que en mi vida florecieron
20 años que a mí llegaron
se fueron y no volvieron.

Por eso desde la cima
de mis ardorosos años,
miro pasar hoy la vida
sin que me haga bien ni daño,
porque tuve la fortuna
de vivirla sin engaños,
para contar sin nostalgia
que también tuve 20 años.

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elmodefoque says on Jul 24, 2008, 04:07:

had this merengue on my mind all night long

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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El Polo says on Jul 24, 2008, 06:49:

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Cerealkiller says on Jul 24, 2008, 07:23:

This one always makes me feel a bit mellow:
Poligamia (Andres Cepeda): Mi Generacion

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives -John Stuart Mill

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Monpirri says on Jul 24, 2008, 18:50:

AMANECIENDO en Colombia

Amaneciendo a lo colombiano Papa!

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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MaFe says on Jul 24, 2008, 19:07:

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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MaFe says on Jul 24, 2008, 19:25:

I can't find the video- BUt one of my favorite songs....

LA CUMBIA

Me inspiré con amor
Me inspiré con amor
Para cantarle a Colombia y a Nueva York
Después de Venezuela, después de Venezuela
Es Colombia querida mi segunda tierra
Es Colombia querida mi segunda tierra.
El Chibcha y Añoranzas, son dos sitios muy finos
Donde comparten la cumbia
Bailan los latinos
Donde al compás de la cumbia
Bailan los latinos.
Vamos colombianos
Levanten las manos
Al sonar esta cumbia
Que les canta un hermano
Al sonar esta cumbia
Que les canta un hermano.
(Baila esta cumbia sabrosa
Goza la cumbia mi hermano
Tiene sabor a langosta
La canta un venezolano).
(Baila esta cumbia sabrosa...)
Goza Cali, Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena
Medellín y la Guajira, baila mi Colombia entera.
Vamos colombianos
Levanten...
(Baila esta cumbia sabrosa...)
(Baila esta cumbia sabrosa...)
Goza Cali, Barranquilla...

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. "-Aristotle

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tampavallenato says on Jul 24, 2008, 19:34:

Elmo I like the way your mind works.

Ay Hombe!!!

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romy says on Jul 24, 2008, 21:35:

'Mi Valle del Cauca' almost brings tears to my eyes as I sit here far away from a land that I feel so attached to...

'Oiga Mire Vea' makes me think of Cali and La Feria, probably the best time to be in the city


'Esta Vida' is more recent but already causes nostalgia as it's guaranteed to be heard at any good Colombian party


'Desvancer' makes me think of a very special girl in my life...Colombiana


And it goes on and on... I listen to a lot of music and relate it to my life

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 25, 2008, 04:03:

For all of you vallunos and cale~nos extraviados en el ancho mundo:

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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Desideria (Moderator) says on Jul 25, 2008, 04:17:

"I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them."-President George W. Bush

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Monpirri says on Jul 25, 2008, 05:35:

Uy a bailar todo el mundo!...Ay que rico mi "Mi Buenaventura, Mi Buenaventura es La Ley".
AJA a bailar todo el mundo!

Annette Taddeo for US Congress 2008

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MitchAlvarez says on Jul 28, 2008, 12:34:

la de buenaventura es una chimba de cancion

"Ingrid callate la jeta!! Stay in France"

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Lcacique says on Jul 28, 2008, 15:38:

La Fiesta en Corraleja
Cali Pachanguero
Canasta de Ensueños
Tierra de Cantores
Noche Sin Lucero
Soy Colombiano de Silva y Villalba
Cenizas al Viento
Cumbia Sol Marina

And many many more...

Hoy se nota en la floresta un ambiente de alegría. ¡Y el rumor de ranchería es mas dulce y sabe a fiesta!

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elmodefoque says on Aug 15, 2008, 17:16:

song takes me back to sanandresito en barranquilla
play video and watch chicken dance

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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poco says on Aug 15, 2008, 17:25:

Quote: song takes me back to sanandresito en barranquilla
play video and watch chicken dance

Wrong song,, daddy don't get no rest,,

"When you men get home and face an anti-war protester, look him in the eyes and shake his hand. Then, wink at his girlfriend, because she knows she's dating a pussy." Quote - General Tommy Franks

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elmodefoque says on Aug 15, 2008, 17:38:

that's good,
this chicken can dance to anything

over 5 million colombianos in USA and only 27 barranquilleros, i'm one. CURRAMBA, EL MEJOR VIVIDERO DEL MUNDO!

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adrimm says on Aug 15, 2008, 21:53:

Hadaway "What is Love" - instant memories of being squished & jostled into a buseta going somewhere in Bogota. It wasn't particularly special, but it stuck and comes back everytime I hear the song.

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