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03/07/2006 Archived Entry: "Solo en Mexico - "El Mariachi""
Some things only happen in Mexico… I’m innocently sitting in a taxi heading back home after my usual 14-hour day of work when the driver, without preamble, asks me if I like mariachi songs. I immediately become suspicious of some dirty trick and reply that mariachis tend to block my digestive process (which is a polite and subtle way to say that… well, I let you guess) and I prefer salsa, merengue or even reggaeton (not to say complete silence to relax a little bit).
A long pause ensues, until the taxi driver finds a suitable merengue tune on the radio. I utter a sigh of relief – after all my devious mind imagined a non-existent plot. I return to my apathy, watching the car lights disappear in the night.
“You know, I asked you that question because foreigners are known to love mariachis”, indicates the cab driver, continuing with was going to pave the way to my worst nightmare turned reality “You know, I’m actually a mariachi singer” (at that stage you can imagine my entire universe collapsing around me) “and I would like to interpret a few songs for you”.
For a few seconds I was torn between an irrepressible desire to laugh and an urgent need to find an emergency exit somehow hidden in the bottom of the car! Then he began to sing… quite well actually, going from one tune to another for a solid 15 minutes of auditory torture! Arriving at my doorstep, I felt obliged to compliment him on his talent, at which point he said he would like to produce a CD with a compilation of mariachi songs…
… I requested he sent me a copy whenever the CD was available…!
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What? You have a problem with mariachi music?? Hehe!! I think all are great - salsa, merengue and mariachi (even love the cumbias)!!! I could leave off the raggaeton and go for that complete silence to relax a bit!!
PS - How can you say he sang "quite well actually" and then say it was auditory torture?? Hmmm!!!!
Posted by Catiana @ 03/08/2006 01:09 PM MEX
