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His hit, & Grammy-nominated, 1999 party/dance song "Mambo No. 5"
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on December 26, 2019 at 6:14 AM
I've always been a huge fan of Lou Bega's very enjoyable version of "Mambo No. 5". It's completely infectious: You can't help but feel good anytime listening to it! It just so happens, also, to have a terrific music video. The interspersed vintage dance clips are the perfect extra touch!
In the video, I really like the featured main girl who's at and around the 57-seconds point and in several other parts. She looks so downright happy, and with so much personality!
Anyways, with this being a celebratory holiday week, I thought this song's video would be fun to post here.
Enjoy!
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Reply by bratface
on December 26, 2019 at 4:55 PM
Here is the original by Dámaso Pérez Prado (only the music with some vintage photos):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKuvJ7zG9LI
There also was a copyright fight with Prados estate that lasted 7 years:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mambo_No._5#Lou_Bega_version
Here is an interview of Bega from July 2019 (20th anniversary) in Vanity Fair:
https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2019/07/lou-bega-mambo-no-5-history
And thanks, that song will be in my head all day!
Reply by tmdb53400018
on December 27, 2019 at 3:10 AM
Thanks, plant. I used to dig that woman back when the vid was in rotation on TV....
Reply by genplant29
on December 28, 2019 at 10:31 PM
I like the sound of that instrumental original version of "Mambo No. 5", brat. I don't believe I'd ever heard it before you shared the link. I've always enjoyed '30s and '40s Big Band music, plus Latin dance rhythms.
Regarding Lou Bega, I hadn't realized how young he is (currently only 44), as I took him to be probably somewhere around 35-ish back when his version of "Mambo No. 5" came out - yet I now realize he was just 24 back then!
Reply by bratface
on December 29, 2019 at 12:56 AM
I too love Latin music.
Reply by genplant29
on December 29, 2019 at 2:21 AM
Here's another of my favourite dance songs of back then, Kaoma's "Lambada" (1989). I have fond memories of it abroad, as I was in the former Yugoslavia at the time it was out, had just arrived to my Dubrovnik hotel, turned on the t.v., selected MTV, and that song's video (which was a fave of mine from when home) was playing. I stood out on my suite's terrace and enjoyed soaking in the view of the Adriatic Sea while hearing that song play and sipping a drink.
Sadly, the hotel in question, The Belvedere (which my visit to was in late 1989), got destroyed via bombing during an extended seige by Serbian forces in 1991. Here's a video of the result. Here's another, that shows additional views.