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I didn't do it on purpose, but a subtle smile appeared on my face the first time I played "Helldorado" by Negrita. An album I actually wore out between April and May, a bit late but hey, these things happen. Anyway, my (apparent) hilarity was born from references so blatant they almost seemed like teasing. It sounded like a Mano Negra album while I was thinking about the tens of listeners convinced of a new original turn by the Florentine group.
Quite different is this "Puta's Fever" - which in slang indicates a sexually transmittable disease - from 1989. I don't want to tell the same old story about Patchanka and how cool Oscar Tramor was before becoming Manu Chao, and how really cool Mano Negra were; also because here what's more worth attention is what you feel in these 40 minutes. The artistic pinnacle in my humble opinion, where all the elements - a characteristic never so spot-on when talking about this ensemble - surface perfectly from the sumptuous dish prepared by our maîtres. First and foremost punk, a third-world assault with edged weapons in Clash-like memory. And from here the streams that temper everything: echoes of Latin American, dub & reggae, psychedelic passages and landscapes. Pop inflections and blues phrasing. A hard rock affinity expressed right from the first beats (Rock n Roll Band). Even a little waltz at the end - El Sur. But above all, beyond the labels, there are great songs. The super famous King Kong Five first and foremost, driven by an epic video. Then Soledad, Peligro (magnificent!), The Devil's Call. But quoting some tracks is doing a disservice to the others, so much good stuff is here, so many tempo changes, so many strong-soft dynamic alternations dear to the Pixies. Each song flows into another and then another, and you always remain on the same track. Everything changes, everything revolves around Santiago Casiriego's incessant beat, a bit on the beat, a bit offbeat. Real tanks.
Expressive urgency running throughout the album, never an empty beat or a dull moment. A breathless race in search of the purest and most combative spirituality, best represented by the duo Sidi H' Bibi - The Rebel Spell. Here the soul of this great group comes out clear as day, once again stronger than ever.
They sound like monkeys!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
03 King Kong Five (01:55)
Now listen to the beat
Beat of the song song
Buzzin' in my head
My head like a bum-dum
Listen to the beat
Beat of the song
Buzzin' in my head
My head like a bum-dum
Twits and jerks they do the boogie
Like one big flop
They don't know about soul wine habit club
I sing my song and I'm a rocker
I'm burning up with the puta's fever
Beat beat beat of the song song
Buzzin' in my head head head
Like a bum-dum
Listen to the beat
Beat of the song song
Buzzin' in my head head
Like a bum-dum
Twits and Jerks
They do the boogie like
Twits and Jerks
They do the boogie like
KING KONG FIVE
Beat beat of the song song
Buzzin' in my head head head
Like a bum-dum
Listen to the beat
Beat of the song song
Buzzin' in my head
My head like a bum-dum
Stayin' alive
We're the King Kong Five
Doin' the King Kong Jive
On the Gabony boogie
Now what's the matter with me ?
What's the matter with me ?
I'm playing like shakin' under the coconut tree
Beat beat of the song song
Buzzin' in my head head head
Like a bum-dum
Listen to the beat beat beat
Of the song song
Buzzin' in my head
My head like a bum-dum
Twits and jerks they do the boogie
Like one big flop
They don't know about soul wine habit club
I sing my song and I'm a rocker
I'm burning up with the puta's fever
Listen to the beat
Beat of the song
Buzzin' in my head
My head like a bum-dum
Now we're stayin' alive
We're the King kong five
Doin' the King kong jive
On the Gabony boogie
I'm playin' like shakin' under the coconut tree
Now listen to the beat
04 Mala vida (02:52)
Tu me estas dando mala vida
Yo pronto me voy a escapar
Gitana mia por lo menos date cuenta
Gitana mia por favor
Tu no me dejas ni respirar
Tu me estas dando mala vida
Cada dia se la traga mi corazon
Dime tu porque te trato yo tan bien
Cuando tu me hablas como a on cabron
Gitana mia!
Mi corazoncito esta sufriendo
Gitana mia por for
Sufriendo malnutricion
Tu me estas dando mala vida
Cada dia se la traga mi corazon!
05 Indios de Barcelona (02:38)
Welcome anywhere you come from
You'll lose your life or find a home here
Cause some do it right some do it wrong
Some are talkin' wise some they're running their tongues
Lot of soul in my block
From St Pau to the dock
Are you ready to be hurt & shocked?
Barrio chino never fails to rock
LOS INDIOS DE BARCELONA
SON MAS INDIOS QUE LOS DE ARIZONA!
Drink wine, smoke pot, got through Jaco
Busca la fortuna, vende tabaco
Try your dirty tricks with no shame
You'll pay for them with blood & pain!
Hey gringo!
If you want some kicks tonight
Come on! See you down the bar at 9
(you too gabacho)
La PATCHANKA'S THE WILD SOUND
FOR PROUD SOULS & LONELY HOUNDS
Cherokees they are movin' on
Up to calle St Pau, mescaleros powhow
There's gonna be war in the streets
Gringo better take a TRIP TRIP TRIP
07 The Rebel Spell (02:00)
I want to be ready
I want to be ready
I want to be ready Lord
Walking to Babylon with my gun
(x3)
Brother Rasta is dead, listen everybody says
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!
Braggin Boys in blue they shot him through
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!
Tonight's the night we're gonna have a big fight
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!
They got the power, we got the right
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!
I want to be ready
I want to be ready
I want to be ready Lord
Walking to Babylon with my gun
(x2)
Now it's my turn I'm gonna take my gun
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!
And walk to Babylon just like a was a million
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!
"They gonna kill you, son!", "Don't worry Mom"
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!
Along my country way I'm gonna shout and say
"They shoot Brother Rasta Dead"
They shoot Brother Rasta Dead!(x2)
I want to be ready
I want to be ready
I want to be ready Lord
Walking to Babylon with my gun (x4)
(Spoken)
Rudy left for the City
But three days later
Washed back by the tide
Found his body on the Riverback ...
08 Peligro (02:54)
Vamo, que nos vamo a mojá
Cuidao en el barrio
Cuidao en la acera
Cuidao donde sea
Que te andan buscando
Los de la seguridad
Cuidao en el campo
Cuidao en la frontera
Cuidao donde sea
Que van complotando
Los de la C.I.A.
Peligroso esta el barrio de Guatemala
Peligroso esta el barrio de Nicaragua
Peligro! x4
10 Magic Dice (01:24)
La patchanka cause we got it!
The sticky sound the magic dice
But la patchanka thank you thank you
Can't be no rotten ound! Magic Dice!
La patchanka cause we got it!
The sticky sound the magic dice
But la patchanka thank you thank you
Can't be no rotten ound! Magic Dice!
One day I found me a Magic Dice
Magic Dice that always talkin twice
Roll Roll Roll the tumblin dice
Every thing you say is a good advice.
La patchanka cause we got it!
The sticky sound the magic dice
But la patchanka thank you thank you
Can't be no rotten ound! Magic Dice!
La patchanka cause we got it!
The sticky sound the magic dice
But la patchanka thank you thank you
Can't be no rotten ound! Magic Dice!
Nice Nice Nice the Tumblin Dice
Never leave me to my own, my own Device
He never Ever Ever Ever told me lies
Nice Nice Nice The Tumblin Dice.
La patchanka cause we got it!
The sticky sound the magic dice
But la patchanka thank you thank you
Can't be no rotten ound! Magic Dice!
La patchanka cause we got it!
The sticky sound the magic dice
But la patchanka thank you thank you
Can't be no rotten ound! Magic Dice!
12 Guayaquil City (03:02)
Guayaquil City va a reventar
Tanto calor no se puede aguantar
"Oyé pana ! que pasa por la calle ?"
-1-
Llorando va la Terremoto
Se mato su niño en moto
"Y su hombre que esta en el mar" ?!
Dime tu quien va a cobrar ?
"Oyé pana ! que pasa por la calle ?"
-2-
La huelga en el puerto
Ya se ha terminao
El del syndicato
Ya se lo han cargao
Guayaquil City gonna kill you Baby
-3-
Vendo sueño peruano
Venga hermano enrollaté !
Todo el dinero que yo gano
A Miami lo mandaré
"Y si te engana el Colombiano ?"
De un balazo lo mataré !
Que pasa por la calle ?
Nada ! No pasa nada !
Guayaquil City gonna kill you Baby
Guayaquil City
Guayaquil City va a reventar
Tanto calor no se puede aguantar
Ayer por el malecon
Al chino lo mataron
"Dicen que era un ladron"
Hoy salio su barco pa Canton
13 Voodoo (02:59)
Last night I saw you diggin
In my cemetery
Now
you'd betterwatch out Babe
Cause you can't
Get back from Voodoo!
She touched me! Just one time
Then she realized...
14 Patchanka (03:07)
No llores mi vida no llores
Mas lagrimas de colores
Llego el Tramor con su tumbao
La PATCHANKA nos espera
LA PATCHANKA is a wild sound
PATCHANKA is a wild sound
For proud souls
Antonio del Borño a la trompeta
Y Garbancito aprieta aprieta
La vasca grita : "Demasiao"
"No pegues tan fuerte, desgraciao"
No llores mi vida no llores
Mas lagrimas de colores
LA PATCHANKA is a wild sound
PATCHANKA is a wild sound
For proud souls and lonely hounds
PATCHANKA is a wild sound...
Vamonos por la luna en el cielo
Vamonos ya que la luna se va
Siguela, pa que no muera la noche
PATCHANKA is a wild sound...
For proud souls and lonely hounds
PATCHANKA is a wild sound...
For lonely hounds
16 The Devil's Call (01:42)
Your mind is Bold
Your soul is Rough
You can't get enouhg
But the Devil is Tough !
Here she comes the little whore
Pushin dope around your door
Come on Rudy take a Stroll
Be deaf to the sirens howl
When you hear the Devil's call
take stroll, save your soul
You think you are tough, you can't get enough
And you got the dough (for the Devil's stuff)
c'mon Rudy taka a stroll
If you wanna save your soul
When you hear the Devil's call
Take a stroll save yur soul
Here she comes you little friend
Trying to put you down again
C'mon Rudy taka a stroll
Try to save your heart of Gold
When you hear the Devil's call
My heart is cold to the Devil's call
Take a stroll to LA COSTA DEL SOL
With your body and soul.
17 El Sur (01:00)
Si yo algún día te pierdo
Contra el destino yo lucharé
Que no lo aguanta mi cuerpo
Lo frio de un mundo sin volverte a ver
Y como un pájaro muerto
Volando me iré para el infierno
Donde viven desconsolados
Los que de tí se han alejao
Y llórale al pajaro muerto
Y llórale al pajaro muerto
El que yo nunca seré
18 Patchuko Hop (02:28)
Echele, Echele a la noche
Echele, Echele Patchuko Hop
Echele, Echele a la noche
Echele because i wanna rock
Actually live down in San Antonio
Looking for Jose Cuervo
Que suerte, que suerte oir hablarte
Actually is a beautiful mujer
Echele, Echele a la noche
Echele, Echele Patchuko Hop
Echele, Echele a la noche
Echele because i wanna rock
Cuando me acuesto contigo
Encuentro el mundo vacio
Yo te quiero mucho, mucho
Te quiero con mi corazon
Echele, Echele a la noche
Echele, Echele Patchuko Hop
Echele, Echele a la noche
Echele because i wanna rock
Cuando me acuesto contigo
You make me feel so hot!!
yo te quiero mucho, mucho
Te quiero con el corazon
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