BsAs syndrome

[chanchan]

I think you mean Adios Nonino

I mentioned Adios Muchachos because it is perfectly danceable. If one is not interested to follow argentine superstitions, there is no reason to avoid it. Let's say it is like number 13 in North-America.

Adios Nonino is objectively difficult to dance, no matter what is was intended for.

 

[bordertangoman]

I mentioned Adios Muchachos because it is perfectly danceable. If one is not interested to follow argentine superstitions, there is no reason to avoid it. Let's say it is like number 13 in North-America.

Adios Nonino is objectively difficult to dance, no matter what is was intended for.

"For example, one doesn't dance to the well known tango "Adios Muchachos" as it is (falsely)[citation needed] believed the last one sung by Carlos Gardel before his untimely accident leading to his death."

wiki

 

[opendoor]

...it is (falsely)[citation needed] believed the last one sung by Carlos Gardel before his untimely accident leading to his death.

wiki

ah, Wiki lost touch with the tango afficionados. It is not danced for another reason. It was regarded a presentiment, as a farewell note in advance. The order of the last recorded pieces got no relevance. Adiós Muchachos was written in 1927, Gardel died in 1935.

Goodbye boys, fellows of my life,
Loved bar from those times.
It’s my turn, today, to commence the retreat
I have to move away from my good group of young people

Goodbye boys, i go now and i resign,
Nobody beats the destiny.
All the parties/ mockeries are over, for me,
My ill body doesn’t resist anymore.

In my mind come memories from other times,
Of the beautiful moments that i have long ago enjoyed,
Close to my mother, old saint,
And to my beloved one, whom i have so much idolatrised.

They remember that she was beautiful, prettier than a Goddess,
And what a full of verve love, did my heart gave her.
But, God, jealous of her charm,
Took her away, sinking me in cry.

God is the supreme judge, nobody resists in front of Him,
I am now accustomed, to respect His law,
Well, my life ended with His orders
Taking away my mother and my beloved one, also.

Two sincere tears cried at my depart
For the loved bar that never forgot me,
And giving to my friends, my last goodbye
I give them, my blessing, with all my heart.

Goodbye boys, fellows of my life,
Loved bar from those times.
It’s my turn, today, to commence the retreat
I have to move away from my good group of young people

Goodbye boys, i go now and i resign,
Nobody beats the destiny.
All the parties/ mockeries are over for me,
My ill body doesn’t resist anymore

If Mark Knopfler would die to morrow the same would happen to Brothers in Arms.

 

[UKDancer]

I'm including it (Adiós Muchachos) in my next playlist. It'll be the first song in a Canaro/Maida tanda. Apart from anything else, if Roberto Maida is about to drop dead, he sounds remarkably cheerful about it.

The question is, who will be the predictable bore who ostentatiously sits it out, or even comes and tells me off? I'll offer him/her a couple of harmless Asprin, and say they are the cure for BsAs Syndrome.

 

[AndaBien]

I'm including it (Adiós Muchachos) in my next playlist...

I've never heard of this superstition. I always assumed it was not played because it's more of a song than a dance tune. It would be like playing Por Una Cabesa.

 

[Lilly_of_the_valley]

I'm including it (Adiós Muchachos) in my next playlist. It'll be the first song in a Canaro/Maida tanda. Apart from anything else, if Roberto Maida is about to drop dead, he sounds remarkably cheerful about it.

The question is, who will be the predictable bore who ostentatiously sits it out, or even comes and tells me off? I'll offer him/her a couple of harmless Asprin, and say they are the cure for BsAs Syndrome.

I grew up in a very superstitious culture. I am somewhat superstitious (not nearly as much as my grandparents' generation, though ). Personally, I don't believe teasing people about their superstitions is especially good taste.

However, you won't be the first to challenge that particular tango superstition:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp1-amjSOro

Note that it was not done it in the traditional venue full of old people, quite the contrary.

 

[Steve Pastor]

I've never heard of this superstition.

If you get a chance, you might watch Robert Duvall's "Assasination Tango". I seem to remember that there is a scene where this superstition is the topic of discussion. As I remember it, even mentioning the song should involve a grasping of a certain part of the male anatomy to ward off the bad luck involved. (I have the dvd at home, and may review it.)

I should add, for those of you who aren't aware of it, that Duvall's wife is an Argentina, and he (Duvall) is very much into the tango, even dancing at the White House for some function or other..

 

[opendoor]

..grapsing a a certain part..

Almost: it´s not a counter-magic. Only dancing would be bad luck, yeta. To grab once groin is the gesture that expresses the deep consternation. Women slip into their bra in that situation.

 

[opendoor]

Think a lot of forum readers already know that jantango has offered guidance in and for BsAs several times. http://jantango.wordpress.com

Recently also another friend wrote on her blog:

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