Very popular salsa song: I'm stuck!

[Twilight_Elena]

Okay peeps, this will be a piece of cake for you. There's this amazing, energetic song that goes "Salsa, Salsa!" in the beginning. I'd guess towards colombian salsa.
Help?

Twilight Elena

[HothouseSalsero]

Yuri Buenaventura: "Salsa"?

Okay peeps, this will be a piece of cake for you. There's this amazing, energetic song that goes "Salsa, Salsa!" in the beginning. I'd guess towards colombian salsa.
Help?

Twilight Elena

[starry]

Hmmm. The only one I can think of that sound similar to what you are saying is "I love salsa!" By N,Klabe. It starts with "I love salsa!" which is repeated through out the song and ends the song as well. Could that be it?

[Twilight_Elena]

Yuri Buenaventura: "Salsa"?

That's the one! Thanks!
I knew this would only take a few posts...

Twilight Elena

[Lucretia]

You find it here at Yahoo music videos. (quote is from SF)

It is called "I Love Salsa" by N'Klabe and is found at Yahoo music videos.
I found the video at http://launch.yahoo.com/video/default.asp?vid=20815177
But I know there are regional differences in whats available and not and where to find it. Perhaps you need to search for the link yourselves.

This is a live version of "Pobre Diabla" with Don Omar.
http://launch.yahoo.com/video/default.asp?vid=21274023


/luc

[borikensalsero]

You find it here at Yahoo music videos. (quote is from SF)
Wow, Loved the song! I didn't even know N'Klave was a group.

[HothouseSalsero]

Wow, Loved the song! I didn't even know N'Klave was a group.

You like an N'Klabe song! You have no idea how happy that makes me. A lot of hardcore salseros are down on them. I understand why, and that song is a bit corny, but, you know what? Every time it comes on in a club, it makes me move.

(It's one of the worst music videos I think I've ever seen, however. It looks like a commercial for a hamburger joint.)

[borikensalsero]

You like an N'Klabe song! You have no idea how happy that makes me. A lot of hardcore salseros are down on them. I understand why, and that song is a bit corny, but, you know what? Every time it comes on in a club, it makes me move.

(It's one of the worst music videos I think I've ever seen, however. It looks like a commercial for a hamburger joint.)

Yes, I loved it. The message is too good to not love it.

The video is very nostalgic for me, as it shows an deep understanding of the history of Salsa. A number of scenes are in La Perla and Loiza Aldea. La Perla is a Ghetto in Puerto Rico where jibaros (Hill-billies) ended up when the United States gave them fake hopes and tried to destroy their "lively-hood", forcing them to live in a place where it was crime infested and poor as can be. Ismael Rivera is the Joy and Pride of La Perla. I get blurry with history, but I believe ismael lived there as well.

Loiza Aldea is where Ismael Rivera (Maelo) and Cortijo grew up eventually joining to create Cortijo Y Su combo. A group that was most popular for singing Puerto Rican folk songs (bomba y plena). It too is the origins of El Gran Combo as well as the Roberto Roena band. The drumming sessions you see with the black ladies dancing are steps to Bomba and what you'll see if you take a drive by Loiza Aldea. BTW, Loiza aldea is a slave community built by the Spaniards. They were placed there as Africans were afraid of the sea, in turn, its location created a natural prison.

Well, in all, I really think the dudes did their research in video. It was a wel portrayed homage to Puerto Rican salsa history. Though, I can understand why it looks like a hamburger joint, as if you go there, it does look that way.

HotHouse, a lot of hardcore salseros only hear 1,2,3,4. I don't particularly pay attention to anything they say. They truly believe that for a salsa song to be good it must be between '64 and '78 and made by Fania. Keep paying attention to your feelings that you really do get this hole salsa thing!

[HothouseSalsero]

The video is very nostalgic for me, as it shows an deep understanding of the history of Salsa. A number of scenes are in La Perla and Loiza Aldea. La Perla is a Ghetto in Puerto Rico where jibaros (Hill-billies) ended up when the United States gave them fake hopes and tried to destroy their "lively-hood", forcing them to live in a place where it was crime infested and poor as can be. Ismael Rivera is the Joy and Pride of La Perla. I get blurry with history, but I believe ismael lived there as well.

Loiza Aldea is where Ismael Rivera (Maelo) and Cortijo grew up eventually joining to create Cortijo Y Su combo. A group that was most popular for singing Puerto Rican folk songs (bomba y plena). It too is the origins of El Gran Combo as well as the Roberto Roena band. The drumming sessions you see with the black ladies dancing are steps to Bomba and what you'll see if you take a drive by Loiza Aldea. BTW, Loiza aldea is a slave community built by the Spaniards. They were placed there as Africans were afraid of the sea, in turn, its location created a natural prison.

Well, in all, I really think the dudes did their research in video. It was a wel portrayed homage to Puerto Rican salsa history. Though, I can understand why it looks like a hamburger joint, as if you go there, it does look that way.

Ah, okay. I knew they were dealing with the history of salsa a little, but I didn't realize the specific location had that much significance. (I did roughly get the significance of salsa's African roots being highlighted in that one shot.) It all seemed slapdash to me, but now I see that is actually because of the limitations in my own familiarity with the culture. (I still don't think it's particularly well-done visually, but that's a separate issue.)

HotHouse, a lot of hardcore salseros only hear 1,2,3,4. I don't particularly pay attention to anything they say. They truly believe that for a salsa song to be good it must be between '64 and '78 and made by Fania. Keep paying attention to your feelings that you really do get this hole salsa thing!

Actually I was just complaining to a Puerto Rican friend that my salsa teacher keeps playing the same Marc Anthony songs in class, after I've gotten psyched up for class by listening to Marvin Santiago and EGC and the like. She said something like, "See, you're going to come over to the hardcore salsero side yet." (We go back and forth about this, me sometimes defending music that she thinks isn't good to dance to, etc. She's actually pretty open-minded.)

[borikensalsero]

Actually I was just complaining to a Puerto Rican friend that my salsa teacher keeps playing the same Marc Anthony songs in class, after I've gotten psyched up for class by listening to Marvin Santiago and EGC and the like. She said something like, "See, you're going to come over to the hardcore salsero side yet." (We go back and forth about this, me sometimes defending music that she thinks isn't good to dance to, etc. She's actually pretty open-minded.)

LOL... Doesn't that suck! You get pumpped with Marvin's voice and likely Boby Valentin's bass, then bang. She gives you marc anthony. LOL... I would go nuts as well. When I go out dancing I make sure to get a good pump with my own cds in the ride to the venue, as I know that I'll be let down by the djs more nights than not.

I'm not a huge fan of Marc. I roughly do like a few of his early songs though. However, I went to one of his concerts by way of my sisters gratitude and I was blown away. He sang like I've never heard any of his Albums sound, and his band played as if about to explode. Amazing. At one point he simply sat down on the stage and watched the band in owe. Those guys rocked my soul that day.

[Josh]

While we're on the subject of songs, I have been looking for a particular version of "Lluvia con Nieve" and can't seem to find a sample online that matches the one I hear all the time. Does anyone know "THE" version that is most popular? All I know is it's not the version by Plena Libre that I found on cduniverse.com ...

[HothouseSalsero]

While we're on the subject of songs, I have been looking for a particular version of "Lluvia con Nieve" and can't seem to find a sample online that matches the one I hear all the time. Does anyone know "THE" version that is most popular? All I know is it's not the version by Plena Libre that I found on cduniverse.com ...

My favorite version is by Mon Rivera, but I don't know if that's the most popular. It's kind of old. It's on Mon y Sus Trombones (1976).

[Josh]

My favorite version is by Mon Rivera, but I don't know if that's the most popular. It's kind of old. It's on Mon y Sus Trombones (1976).

Thanks for the info--you don't have a 30 sec clip (or full song) mp3 or other that I could listen to do you? I definitely want the song/CD but don't want to buy the album without knowing if this is the version I want. I can't find this clip on any online music sites ... :-\

[HothouseSalsero]

A quick search of descarga.com turns up some covers of it by: La Charanga New York (from 2005), Kike Harvey (1995), Bobby Matos (2004--but this is probably Latin jazz), and others. It looks like Mon Rivera recorded at least two versions.

[HothouseSalsero]

I sent you a PM.

[mayanempire]

Thanks for the info--you don't have a 30 sec clip (or full song) mp3 or other that I could listen to do you? I definitely want the song/CD but don't want to buy the album without knowing if this is the version I want. I can't find this clip on any online music sites ... :-\

Josh,

I'm almost positive you want the Mon Rivera version--I don't think I've heard any other versions played in the local Atlanta clubs.