What Are You Listening To?

[Music Head]

from my library (vinyl)



Very under rated performer based on the few I have. Afro-Rican artist born in Brooklyn that mixes many genres in his
work. This is his third album and maybe his best for me. Close call with the follow up, Escape Artist. Pals with Lou
Reed pre VU and frequented the same scene. Played on John Cales first solo album. A lot of racially conscious
subject matter along with the love stuff. His first single and probably best known song, Wild In The Streets
included here. One of my five love tracks. Didn't really think the album would come out that high. Spanish Town is
the favorite with a reggae/mexican feel. Nothing I don't like on this album. Had a new one just last year but not
familiar with it and the two before that were European releases only, so maybe he had a bigger following over there.
This one only reached #140 here.

I LOVE THIS ALBUM

Worst Track - I May Not Be Your Kind

Best Track - Spanish Town

Oh signorita
When the evening sun go down
I come to serenade you
From another part of town.

Rafaella is my mother's name.
She loves her Juan Jose
My mother is a matriarch
Oh what more can I say
Together they raised three children
Mario Carmen and Ray
They live near de Janeiro
on Mona da Vinci Bay

I'm gonna eat my rice and beans
I'm gonna suck on a chili dog
Way down in Spanish Town
In the Spanish fog

Oh I love you to meet my friend Don Juan
He loves to play the mandolin
Signoritas they gather 'round'
Cause they think that he's a Mexican
But I know so much better
I'm holding here the proof
Don Juan is a gringo boy
He's not telling us the truth

But he loves his rice and beans
He's gonna suck on a chili dog
Way down in SpanishTown
In a Spanish fog

I love you to meet Margarita

Margarita she is calling me
And I love to hear my name
Out the lights and bring on the wine
It's Fiesta time again
You know I love my Portugal
'cause she shows me what to do
All the roads lead to Mexico , Mexico, Mehico, Mexico, Mehico
but they bring me back to you

She's gonna eat her rice and beans
She's gonna suck on a chili dog
Way down in Spanish Town
In the Spanish fog

Revolution is in the street
I can feel it in my blood
I can see Allende still crying out
But they nip him at the bud
Oh they're talking in the alleys
of Old San Juan, Old San Juan
All the soldiers gonna walk the trail
Big sombreros see them everywhere
Zapata lands in jail

Ain't gonna eat no rice and beans
Ain't gonna suck on nobody's chili dog
Way down in SpanishTown
In a Spanish fog
Way down in Spanish Town

1) Rough And Ready **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzwT2mYvOuY
2) I May Not Be Your Kind **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VU5FO0xpjHY
3) New York Skyline **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psclxfm86rc
4) Cool Down Boy **
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lovUfnlBGPY
5) Ghost Writer ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_T-IaXQ0BU
6) Lift Me Up **
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIQ3L1pg0TM
7) Why-O ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjrNbtLCRIM
8) Wild In The Streets ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdYGRnM8JN4
9) 35 Millimeter Dreams ***
live - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7PJF46u8tho
10) Spanish Town ***
audio - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwPUvWUdBUs

3's - 5
2's - 5
1's - 0

Grade - 2.5

so many albums, so little time