ONE HIT WONDERLAND: "Rico Suave" by Gerardo

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  • @haveapotato691
    @haveapotato691 5 ปีที่แล้ว +842

    The high point of his career was when SNL Update reported that Puerto Rico was changing its name to Puerto Rico Suave.

    • @veronicacampbell183
      @veronicacampbell183 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yes sir!

    • @boredandgeneric3638
      @boredandgeneric3638 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      O so that’s why that joke is so unfunny

    • @RocketRoketto
      @RocketRoketto 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not funny, especially since He's not even PR he's ecuadorian who was born there yet he speaks no spanish.,

    • @TotoDG
      @TotoDG 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@boredandgeneric3638.
      If it’s not funny, it’s probably because it was an SNL sketch.

    • @Tsukuyomi28
      @Tsukuyomi28 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@RocketRoketto the joke is just the name. Nothing to do with where he's from

  • @sugarfrosted2005
    @sugarfrosted2005 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1339

    Rico Sauve sounds really disturbing on piano.

    • @Dalejr88rox
      @Dalejr88rox 7 ปีที่แล้ว +33

      Well when he did his Break Up review, he just winged it when it came to piano. It's vaguely Break Up, but the resolve is different at the end

    • @browncoat697
      @browncoat697 7 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      It's that bizarre diminished (I think, I'm really bad at augmented vs. diminished) chord in there. makes it sound really scary.

    • @peelslowly28
      @peelslowly28 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@ordinarychef some chords just sound scarier on piano cuz they are mostly sung in the song and not on any instruments

    • @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep
      @BonJoviBeatlesLedZep 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@browncoat697 That's exactly what it is. Using that diminished chord is the most logical way of interpreting that brass sting, but it makes it straight up scary.

    • @evapalma9899
      @evapalma9899 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      In his Baby Got Back video, his interpretation is even more creepy

  • @Gigas0101
    @Gigas0101 6 ปีที่แล้ว +741

    Gerardo, the Latin Vanilla Ice.

    • @BiggieTrismegistus
      @BiggieTrismegistus 5 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      Gerardo has referred to himself as the "Latin Elvis" and the "Latin Frank Sinatra". Your's is a helluva lot more accurate comparison than his.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Rico should have went with the name "El Pito Grande" lol

    • @jorgesoler7753
      @jorgesoler7753 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      so like guacamole ice?

    • @EliseOfTheValley
      @EliseOfTheValley 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@play-s-_______-osu so like Latin in the Roman sense

    • @DariatheDaring
      @DariatheDaring 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Caramel ice

  • @TheJenSolo
    @TheJenSolo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +803

    I still have this album on CD, with my stripper name written on it in sharpie & which songs for the DJ. I used Gerardo's songs onstage in 1991 to get better tips from Latino construction workers. The side effect is that I still remember every word of these ho-hum tracks.

    • @Flowtail
      @Flowtail 5 ปีที่แล้ว +122

      I can see how one would dance in a sexy way to the "Riiiiico *rest* Suave" bit, but how'd you pull that off during the rapping?

    • @akillen77
      @akillen77 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      r/thathappened

    • @Punttipate62
      @Punttipate62 4 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@akillen77 whats unrealistic about it

    • @OpreRoma
      @OpreRoma 4 ปีที่แล้ว +160

      @@akillen77 dunno about you, but I'm pretty sure strippers dancing to well known songs about sex is... y'know... a thing
      Also, sex work is real work ✊

    • @akillen77
      @akillen77 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@OpreRoma lol you bored or what

  • @someguy3752
    @someguy3752 2 ปีที่แล้ว +245

    Fun fact: Rico Suave was the first thing ever released by Interscope Records.

    • @Thomasmemoryscentral
      @Thomasmemoryscentral ปีที่แล้ว +31

      A one hit wonder being a major label's release? Whoa

    • @HolyGoddessMotherAnne
      @HolyGoddessMotherAnne ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Thomasmemoryscentral lmao.

    • @misunderstood781981
      @misunderstood781981 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@Thomasmemoryscentral🤣🤣🤣

    • @ArchangelThunderbird
      @ArchangelThunderbird 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +28

      another fun fact to add to yours: primus signed for interscope because they thought it was funny to be on the same label as gerardo.

    • @someguy3752
      @someguy3752 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@ArchangelThunderbird Yeah, that sounds about right.

  • @corvus1374
    @corvus1374 7 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    Hey, his daughter and his wife were both contestants for Miss Universe.
    He also got Enrique Iglesias his American record deal.
    And now ... he's a minister.

  • @cirrustate8674
    @cirrustate8674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +266

    Best thing to come from Gerardo's Rico Suave was Weird Al's Taco Grande.

    • @Drogon7102
      @Drogon7102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      And thats just a relatively mediocre weird al song.

    • @HolyGoddessMotherAnne
      @HolyGoddessMotherAnne ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Drogon7102 i actually like that parody tbh.

    • @billbombshiggy9254
      @billbombshiggy9254 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My husband pointed out that it's almost racist that a Latino man puts out a rap, and weird Al writes a parody that's essentially called "big taco"

    • @kidwaryodproduction
      @kidwaryodproduction 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wrestler Mando Guerrero using this version as an entrance theme in UWF Blackjack Brawl 😆

    • @tafua_a
      @tafua_a 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@kidwaryodproduction I wonder what he thought of that. Probably "who cares, I'm getting my money tonight" or something.

  • @Mournforthelost96
    @Mournforthelost96 7 ปีที่แล้ว +353

    i died when angry joe's picture came up.

    • @tobiasbanks3743
      @tobiasbanks3743 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I shouldn't scroll down to comments when the ads are playing, because you just ruined that for me.

    • @shakobenmyerz
      @shakobenmyerz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@take5transfat not even CLOSE to Latino, I had to stop the video and go back to make sure I saw that right. Laughed so hard I was in tears haha

    • @sodaandcookies1
      @sodaandcookies1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i had to stop the video and laugh when i seen angry joe lol

  • @Atomic_Mousetrap
    @Atomic_Mousetrap 6 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    Todd reducing the tunes to piano songs usually makes them sound really good. This one sounded awful.

  • @theneonchimpchannel9095
    @theneonchimpchannel9095 5 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Listening with my eyes closed, I could visualize Steve Urkel singing this.

  • @thelastmotel
    @thelastmotel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    The track he lifted from PM Dawn used "True" by Spandau Ballet, so Gerardo's Love was a lift of a lift lol

  • @kevinbowen6182
    @kevinbowen6182 4 ปีที่แล้ว +576

    The real mystery: Why didn't he just use Rico Suave as his stage name?

    • @theantithesis1
      @theantithesis1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      Because it's not a name. It's a list of adjectives. That would be like John Lennon going by "violent-tempered asshole"

    • @patavinity1262
      @patavinity1262 3 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      @@theantithesis1 I really can't understand the sort of person who will force out such a lame comment just for the sake of a virtue-signalling put-down and somehow believes it's witty and clever.

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 3 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      @@theantithesis1 but gerardo isn't his name either

    • @technounionrepresentative4274
      @technounionrepresentative4274 3 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      @@theantithesis1 rico is verry much a name

    • @oriwindsor4195
      @oriwindsor4195 3 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      @@theantithesis1 Rico is a name lmao. "Smooth Rich" isn't a bad name

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    No, rico also means delicious, yummy. It literally means "rich", but in Spanish it's also used to describe food, as in "¡Que rico!" In the song it's supposed to mean both, that he's rich and yummy. Suave literally means soft, but can also mean smooth depending on the context. In this case, of course, it means smooth.

    • @tafua_a
      @tafua_a 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      So Gerardo is just like Skippy Peanut Butter.

  • @Drauph
    @Drauph 8 ปีที่แล้ว +109

    Todd: proof that almost anything will sound fancy when played on piano.

  • @lifeatpaddyspub
    @lifeatpaddyspub 8 ปีที่แล้ว +81

    the glendale bit gets me everytime like i'm going to laugh forever at how todd used an outback steakhouse to represent glendale

    • @BillAbendroth
      @BillAbendroth ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ....Having grown up in SoCal, and worked in Orange County for awhile, I also laughed out loud about the mean streets of Glendale.....

  • @PineappleLiar
    @PineappleLiar 8 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    2:50 Wait a minute... Is that 'Living in a Box' playing in the background? Todd your subtle foreshadowing is impeccable!

    • @Flowtail
      @Flowtail 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Drogon ...would you call that observation? Not being condescending, I'm genuinely not sure...

    • @Drogon7102
      @Drogon7102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Flowtail yes.... because they observed something about the video. Yes I am the same person, my old account was just deleted, so the comment was. Im honestly shocked I found this lol.

  • @MetalSandman999
    @MetalSandman999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    So, Gerardo ripped off "Set Adrift on Memory Bliss," which itself is just Spandau Ballet's "True" set to 90's R&B. That's so meta lol

    • @Djarra
      @Djarra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Not to mention 'True' was sampled into the best OHW of the 90s 'Drinking in LA' by Bram van 3k who like a few other OHWs had a member who went on to become a lawyer. A lawyer who lodged an appeal against using a state of emergency to build a boarder wall to in the words of Trump "Stop Rico Suave's coming in and taking our jobs" yes he actually said that 2016.

    • @inferiorinferno8859
      @inferiorinferno8859 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Djarra No way!

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The real stars of the video are Gerardo's backup dancers and their epic Mexi-mullets. They definitely deserved better.

  • @fangsabre
    @fangsabre 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Theres only a select few who can pull off the "criminal mexican" stereotype without it coming off as completely offensive. And those few are Eddie Guerrero( he made the "I lie, I cheat, I steal" persona a GOOD GUY), Danny Trejo (who actually does have some history, seriously he did time in San Quentin), and that one guy who always plays a character named Hector in every movie.

    • @troyschulz2318
      @troyschulz2318 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I choose to believe that Noel Gugliemi isn't actually playing different characters named Hector, but the same Hector over and over, in a myriad of insane and varied situations.

    • @fangsabre
      @fangsabre 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@troyschulz2318 the Hectorverse

    • @KrisRN23935
      @KrisRN23935 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      RIP Eddie

  • @Hrothmeir
    @Hrothmeir 8 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    It's always so jarring hearing about the embarrassing musical past of Academy Award nominated actor Mark Wahlberg....

    • @fhb3
      @fhb3 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      I remember MTV putting out a charity basketball game, where Marky Mark came out with his pants down his ankles, showing off his Calvin Kleins...
      HILARIOUS!!!

    • @JudasPriest9878
      @JudasPriest9878 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +Hezekiah Bennetts FEEL IT FEEL IT

    • @CNWhatImSaiyan
      @CNWhatImSaiyan 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +Mychael Darklighter "What? No..."

    • @Wicked_Dreamer
      @Wicked_Dreamer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      he was still better than Vanilla Ice and Gerardo tho...

    • @riddypr
      @riddypr 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Good Vibrations is a JAM.

  • @taraholroyd2031
    @taraholroyd2031 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    My daughter at 14 was suitably offended by me educating her to this amazing song. When Rico Suave came out I loved it! Thank you for the nostalgia

  • @retrozaid1600
    @retrozaid1600 8 ปีที่แล้ว +181

    Taco grande

    • @thirteenfury
      @thirteenfury 8 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Nacho Libre

    • @Kylora2112
      @Kylora2112 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Oh boy! Pico de gallo! They sure don't make it like this in Ohio!

    • @SDWNJ
      @SDWNJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was expecting a mention of Weird Al somewhere in there. It was interesting that he used the original video footage in his parody. I wonder what deal was made for him to get the rights for that.

  • @erickt1974
    @erickt1974 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    8:20
    "Rice Suavo"
    Nice.

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Gangsta rap was already around. Straight Outta Compton came out in '88. Ice T's first album came out in '86. Cypress Hill also came out at the same time as Gerardo and their debut album sold 2 million copies, so he didn't really blaze any trails in terms of Latino rap either.

    • @oximofo9
      @oximofo9 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When they say Gangsta Rap/Grunge killed X dying genre they mean the Chronic/Nevermind or The Black Album(depends on how into Metal you were) for rock radio saturated by sell out Chicago, to cheese Starship, Hair Metal Ballads, and the LAST gasp of New Wave, Nevermind killed that crap dead, for concert goers, metal/arena rock/Van Halen/GNR/Motley Crue fans, The Black Album killed that shit dead. Honorable Mentions for The Cure Disintegration and Out of Time by REM for killing all college rock and birthing 90s Alt Rock, which was NOT a by product of Nirvana.

  • @googlybuttful
    @googlybuttful 8 ปีที่แล้ว +129

    angry Joe lolol

  • @NinjaVampireCyborg
    @NinjaVampireCyborg 7 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    It's a good thing George Clinton more than made up for his involvement with Gerardo by doing some great work with OutKast.

    • @lordofgiovanni
      @lordofgiovanni 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Freddy Takenoko and redman

    • @AM-bo2ns
      @AM-bo2ns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      he was working with Ice Cube a few years after Rico Suave, so he's always been pretty good at finding talented guys to hang out with

  • @SpyHunter89
    @SpyHunter89 8 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    Michael Sembello, Neneh Cherry, PM Dawn, Bubba Sparxxx, Mellow Man Ace... Man, this episode is a fountain of other potential One Hit Wonderlands. Heck, he even did one of those already!

    • @Wicked_Dreamer
      @Wicked_Dreamer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      PM Dawn weren't one hit wonders, they had 3 top 10 hits.

    • @canadmexi
      @canadmexi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Living in a box!

    • @fangal12
      @fangal12 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@theblackscythe13 My favorite PM Dawn song was Die Without You

    • @chdreturns
      @chdreturns 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Neneh Cherry is fucking dope, I do know why she didn't catch on in the US though. She is very talented, but her style (at the time) wasn't really popular in the US, Buffalo Stance really never should have been a hit.

    • @starfishplectrumelectrumge8013
      @starfishplectrumelectrumge8013 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@chdreturns Raw Like Sushi is probably one of the greatest debut albums in modern R&B. She had another hit (if you're thinking of "Buffalo Stance"). What was that one? Oh yeah, "Manchild", but I think it was even bigger in the UK. Her stepbrother is in fact, Eagle Eye Cherry, who was definitely a one-hit wonder, if you're discounting the Santana duet, in which I am. She's put out consistently good albums as well as lead-off singles to the present day. Raw Like Sushi was a mark of what was to come with Angie Stone, Macy Gray, Erykah Badu, (to an extent) Lauryn Hill and Martina Topley-Bird ushering in the more prominent and acclaimed alternative R&B and avant-pop of the mid-90's to early '00's.

  • @YokiDokiPanic
    @YokiDokiPanic 8 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    2:47 SEE TODD? You *did* hear 'living in a box' before!!

    • @gracecarpinter8623
      @gracecarpinter8623 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      At 2:50, 'Living In A Box' by the synonymous band was playing in the background. I can't blame Todd for not remembering, though, it's kinda hard to remember a song you only heard once in passing without knowing it.

  • @HeavenlyKaori014
    @HeavenlyKaori014 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Todd speaking spanish... I can't even xD

  • @crashunderride
    @crashunderride 8 ปีที่แล้ว +90

    "Rice Suavo" lol

    • @kobalt_ren01
      @kobalt_ren01 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      +crashunderride Suave Rice? Egg fried or long grain?

    • @kimifw58
      @kimifw58 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      rique* Short for Enrique, possibly.

  • @RBS_
    @RBS_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    ....Todd, you. are. the. MAN! I was screaming at my screen, thinking you were gonna forget Mellow Man Ace, the REAL latin / rap / pop crossover hybrid, and you mentioned him the LAST TEN SECONDS!! ....nuthin' gets by YOU, does it!? ...ha-HAA! ...You're good, kid, REAL good!!

  • @josueamericanistarv
    @josueamericanistarv 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Rico means tasty in the context of the song. It is an adjective with a sexual connotation in latin spanish.

    • @SlapstickGenius23
      @SlapstickGenius23 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Many kinds of Latin American Spanish are closely related but only partially mutually intelligible with each other.

  • @StarlynMorel
    @StarlynMorel 8 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    I actually got to know Gerardo's music with his christian songs in spanish. They are very good.

  • @Fixxer315
    @Fixxer315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Seeing the closing reminds me of how many of the songs you've covered have become Weird Al parodies--or at least part of the polka medley he includes on his albums. Inddition to Rico Suave (Taco Grande), there was Riding (White and Nerdy). Micky (Ricky) and Achy Breaky Heart (Achy Breaking Song).

  • @darganx
    @darganx 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    6:10 - Neneh Cherry got the phrase 'Raw Like Sushi' from Big Daddy Kane's tune 'Raw'..
    'I'm genuine like Gucci
    Raw like sushi'

  • @mjolden
    @mjolden 3 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    On the subject of Latinos in rap, how is it everyone overlooks Kid Frost? "La Raza" was a big deal in that it was the first Latin gangsta rap single, and to the best of my knowledge even he predates Gerardo.

    • @EddieJrReid
      @EddieJrReid ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Correct. Kid Frost debuted a year prior.

    • @dma69nyc
      @dma69nyc ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember the song but struggled with who the rapper was. Thank you.

  • @ChannelMan434
    @ChannelMan434 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love that you included the small snippet of “Taco Grande” because that’s the only way I knew this song for most of my life

  • @Yup712
    @Yup712 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I can’t listen to this episode without remembering “Beavis & Butthead” and hearing the chorus in Beavis’ voice! LOL!

    • @plawson8577
      @plawson8577 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      “It’s Spanish for. I Suck. I totally Suck”.

  • @misseli1
    @misseli1 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Rico can mean either rich or delicious

  • @GD1082
    @GD1082 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I am both embarrassed and proud to have "Rico Suave" and "Mentirosa" on 12" Vinyl.

  • @lilyofthevalley2048
    @lilyofthevalley2048 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I don’t know who I was expecting to thank for bringing “Rico Suave” into the world, but it was definitely not Michael “Maniac” Sembello. What the f*ck!? 🤣

  • @lucyskyler21
    @lucyskyler21 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    i lost it when you said he put out five more albums

    • @EclecticoIconoclasta
      @EclecticoIconoclasta 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Later he became an evangelical after he supposedely got "tired" of all his previous sex and drugs filled life

  • @scottiejordan1064
    @scottiejordan1064 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How have I been living w/out this channel. What else am I missing in life??

    • @mccallosone4903
      @mccallosone4903 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      secret galaxy youtube channel

  • @lancemiller8428
    @lancemiller8428 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    He’s a preacher in my hometown of Ashland, KY now. He’s a really nice dude.

  • @sirgemini5743
    @sirgemini5743 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    this is what i'm talking about hip hop fans who considered the 90s as the golden age of hip hop. like let's not pretend the 90s had hot garbage like gerardo, vanilla ice, mc hammer, sir mix a lot, marky mark, will smith, silkk the shocker, master p and ja rule

  • @gdragon42069
    @gdragon42069 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    coming back here after todds tweet

    • @richardsmailes3695
      @richardsmailes3695 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      coming back here just because it’s Tuesday

  • @cremetangerine82
    @cremetangerine82 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    At 2:48, you can hear in the background the song “Living In A Box” by the band...Living In A Box. Todd would do an episode on this OHW!

  • @jacob4560
    @jacob4560 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Todd musical intros > Fantano's bass intros
    Had to say it!!

    • @JennaLeigh
      @JennaLeigh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      As soon as I see Fantano holding the bass, I immediately skip forward 20 seconds! I often replay Todd's intros.

  • @BillAbendroth
    @BillAbendroth ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As my Mexican friends would say: ni rico, ni suave.

  • @klankorbus7874
    @klankorbus7874 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Gerardo didn't even figuratively discover Enrique Iglesias either. Enrique already had a huge multi-million selling career in Spanish and had Billboard Hot 100 #1 with Bailamos by the time he met him. Gerardo was just the guy that convinced him to sign to Interscope to publish his English language albums.

  • @adamf1980
    @adamf1980 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Taco..........Grande.

  • @b.w.22
    @b.w.22 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    YESSS! I was just thinking earlier today about Rico Suave, then that it’d be a great song for this series and lo, here it is! Great moves, Todd - it’s the price you pay for being a gigolo!

  • @FrenchCelt
    @FrenchCelt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    All throughout, I kept thinking "Mellow Man Ace" did Spanish rap lyrics a couple years before Gerardo with Mentirosa. Then you circled back to it at the end for the epic win.

  • @HeightofMediocrity
    @HeightofMediocrity 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    Based on his pronunciations of Spanish words I'm wondering if Todd might be Hispanic. If so, that's pretty cool.

    • @MelvinDukowski
      @MelvinDukowski 5 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @Alis Fatimah Lim-Sayyid ☆ Let's meet in the middle and say he's Phillipino

    • @damienthonk1506
      @damienthonk1506 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Him being Hispanic makes him pretty cool...? l don't see it but okay.

    • @coconutshampoo9025
      @coconutshampoo9025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      I think at some point he did say he was biracial, so it's completely on the table.

    • @ombrenightcores4153
      @ombrenightcores4153 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I’ve seen pictures of him without the hood and he definitely looks a little Filipino

    • @Drogon7102
      @Drogon7102 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He did say in the video he took spanish in high school. Idk if thats a joke though.

  • @chebochevato8336
    @chebochevato8336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Taco
    Grande
    Taco
    Grande
    Yo quiero chimichangas y chile colorado
    Yo tengo el dinero para un steak picado
    Las flautas y tamales, siempre muy bueno
    Y el chile relleno
    You see, I just gotta have a tostada, carne asada
    That's right, I want the whole enchilada
    My only addiction has to do with a flour tortilla
    I need a quesadilla
    I love to stuff my face with tacos al carbón
    With my friends, or when I'm all alone
    Yo tengo mucho hambre y ahora lo quiero
    Un burrito ranchero
    So give me something spicy and hot, now
    Break out the menu, what you got, now?
    Oh, would you tell the waiter I'd like to have sour cream on the side
    You better make sure the beans are refried
    Taco
    Grande
    Taco
    Grande
    Well, there's not a taco big enough for a man like me
    That's why I order two or three
    Let me give you a tip, just try a nacho chip
    It's really good with bean dip
    I eat uno, dos, tres, cuatro burritos
    Pretty soon I can't fit in my Speedos
    Well, I hope they feed us lots of chicken fajitas
    And a pitcher of margaritas
    Well, the combination plates all come with beans and rice
    The taquitos here are very nice
    Now I'm down on my knees, we need some extra tomatoes and cheese
    And could you make that separate checks, please?
    Taco
    Grande
    Taco
    Grande
    "Buenos noches, señor. bienvenido a Enrico's Casa de Salsa
    Tenemos muchos platos muy sabrosos si puedo recomendar el ardiente pollo al infierno muy delicioso
    Sus ojos se quemarán, su estomago estará en fuego
    Se quedarán en el baño por una semana, entiendes lo que digo gringo estúpido tonto?"
    Well, the food is coming, I can hardly wait
    Now watch your fingers, careful hot plate!
    What you think you're doing with my chile con queso?
    Well, if you want some, just say so
    Oh boy, pico de gallo
    They sure don't make it like this in Ohio
    No gracias, yo quiero jalepeños, nada más
    You can toss away the hot sauce
    ¿Dónde están los nachos? Holy frijole!
    You better get me a bowl of guacamole
    ¿Y usted, Eugene? Why's your face turning green?
    Don't you like pinto bean?
    You want some more cinnamon crispas?
    If you don't, hasta la vista
    Just take the rest home in a doggie bag if you wanna
    You can finish it mañana
    Well, it's been a pleasure, I can't eat no more
    Señor, la cuenta, por favor
    If you ain't tried real Mexican cooking, well, you oughta
    Just don't drink the water
    Taco
    Grande
    Taco
    Grande
    Taco
    Grande

    • @Rob_Thorsman
      @Rob_Thorsman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Why does Weird Al write so many songs about food?

    • @librasky
      @librasky 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That's dedication !!!
      You have my respect sir 🧐

  • @thelastmotel
    @thelastmotel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He looks like the result of a teleporter accident involving The Green Goblin and Menudo.

  • @dfm6868
    @dfm6868 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Now George Clinton is working with Kendrick Lamar to "get in good with the critics"

    • @neilyringworm
      @neilyringworm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      .....George clinton doesn't need to get in good with the critics. He's a legend who almost every rapper ever has sampled

  • @jonothanthrace1530
    @jonothanthrace1530 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm the exact right age to have heard this when it originally came out and yet I somehow avoided it until now.

  • @airporttrucker8529
    @airporttrucker8529 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Booty booty booty rockin everwhere" Thanks, now that song is stuck in my head.

    • @missgigip
      @missgigip 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @Pensfan5919
      @Pensfan5919 ปีที่แล้ว

      Surprised we didn't get a WCW clip. "BOOTY BOOTY BOOTY BOOTY MAN" lol

  • @topo8444
    @topo8444 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    2:28 Hm, that's Kraftwerk's Tour de France (1983). Perhaps the only time Todd will mention Kraftwerk?

  • @tammyr.5203
    @tammyr.5203 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Idk if anybody caught that "sample" from Miria Elisa but that was obviously "Aint Gonna Hurt Nobody" by Hip Hop duo, Kid N Play which came out 3 or 4 years prior to this one.

  • @botanicus2921
    @botanicus2921 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Who wants Todd to do:
    Dog Police
    Centerfold
    And/or a video of you talking about your favorite/least favorite records

    • @moragmacgregor6792
      @moragmacgregor6792 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dog Police : YESSSS
      Centerfold : noooooooo

    • @Digglesisdead
      @Digglesisdead 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Love Dog Police! It has a young Peter Dinklage in it.

    • @rpgaholic8202
      @rpgaholic8202 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Centerfold... the song by J. Geils Band? They had another hit off that same album. The title track "Freeze Frame" hit number 4 on the charts.

    • @e11aguru
      @e11aguru 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      J Geils actually had a bunch of top 40 hits, not even close to being a one hit wonder.

  • @World0fWowcraft
    @World0fWowcraft 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    You should have included Other Joe also in there.

  • @jacobbennett4736
    @jacobbennett4736 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Todd did lead me to one of my favorite songs ever with Set adrift on memory bliss so ill always be indebted to him lol

  • @quentinparhiala9415
    @quentinparhiala9415 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Why didn't he use Rico Suave as his stage nam and thank you for uploading this video Todd in the Shadows

  • @Joshua99v
    @Joshua99v ปีที่แล้ว

    I know him from his song “seuña” I which means dream. It’s a very inspirational song about not giving up. I heard it in Ecuador. He was born in the same city and county as me.

  • @Sam_on_YouTube
    @Sam_on_YouTube 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love the random picture of Cenk Uygur. Did you know who he is or did you just type "quien es mas macho" into google images and that's what came up. Either way, I love it.

  • @mekinot
    @mekinot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    As a latina... I've never heard of this guy. But his spanish sounds kinda awkward, at least to me.

    • @Aley51102
      @Aley51102 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      it all depends. there are different forms or slangs and accents of Spanish especially if your parents or guardians that raised you are from different regions then your Spanish may sound a bit different. I only speak a little but I've heard different types. some speak really fast, some kind of mumbled, some clearly, some you can tell learned in school, it just all depends

    • @mekinot
      @mekinot 8 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      +Ashley Lopez ...Right, I think because English isn't my first language I've explained myself badly: I'm from Latin America (from Argentina, actually). I've spoken with people from different Spanish-speaking countries, and yes it is true that there are TONS of different accents. In fact, in Argentina we have a very particular way of speaking because we don't use "tú" but "vos" instead and we change aaall the verbs accordingly. I'm used to hearing different accents or ways of speaking Spanish, and usually the Spanish shown in american mass media sounds clearly off (and I'm sure you could say the same about English portrayed in other countries). This isn't the case, but it does sound a bit off? It's not entirely wrong, it just sounds unnatural to me.

    • @Aley51102
      @Aley51102 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Entropy Curse i dont know much about rico suave so no clue lol only that he is Ecuadorian and moved to California when he was young.

    • @Aley51102
      @Aley51102 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Entropy Curse im from the states and ive heard this song so many times i am surprised i cant do the rap lol

    • @browncoat697
      @browncoat697 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      If I had to guess it's because he's Ecuadorian. Not to mention Argentinian Spanish is quite divergent from much of Latin America.

  • @noemistephanie93
    @noemistephanie93 7 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    can you do a one hit wonderland on Martika's Toy Soldier? it was 1# in Aug 1989

    • @Dragonatrix
      @Dragonatrix 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Tornado1994 Okay, but that's irrelevant

    • @shakobenmyerz
      @shakobenmyerz 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      No Todd, not THAT song! Don't make us relive that trash!

  • @Ganmorg
    @Ganmorg ปีที่แล้ว

    As someone from Glendale I love that photo you used. Tragically that Outback no longer exists, it got replaced with a home goods store

  • @TheBigHerman007
    @TheBigHerman007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I've heard the Wierd Al Parody dozens of times. But I honestly think this is the first I ever heard the original. And I grew up in the 90s haha

  • @mrchiselstick
    @mrchiselstick 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A one man Menudo that avoided being rich and smooth

  • @ksplatypus
    @ksplatypus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    So I'm a native Spanish speaker. and his accent in Spanish sounds kind offf... not Hispanic.

  • @sargonsblackgrandfather2072
    @sargonsblackgrandfather2072 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I don’t care what anyone says Rico Suave was an absolute banger back in the day.

  • @TheBalthassar
    @TheBalthassar 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am so glad you ended this with Taco Grande. I had it in my head the entire time.

  • @macsnafu
    @macsnafu 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    '...menial, degrading work: accounting!"
    LOL

  • @ChrisMeerkat
    @ChrisMeerkat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kid Frost- 'La Raza' can't be overlooked if you're talking about the history of latin Hip-Hop.

    • @ChrisMeerkat
      @ChrisMeerkat 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      th-cam.com/video/-7aG5nLcDug/w-d-xo.html

  • @jarland80
    @jarland80 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best line ever, he is perpetuating negative stereotypes, that their lazy and they steal

  • @Lynxan
    @Lynxan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for ending on Taco Granda, I've heard that one far more... I love Al

  • @PepePupas
    @PepePupas ปีที่แล้ว

    "Quien es mas macho?" Love it!!!!!!

  • @lilturk726
    @lilturk726 7 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    How are you going to mention Joe but not Pun?

    • @Amateur0Visionary
      @Amateur0Visionary 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed.
      I'm sure it was simply an oversight. But it still hurts.

  • @JohnGotts
    @JohnGotts ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for playing Taco Grande at the end.

  • @everetth-top4760
    @everetth-top4760 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Taco Grande! Weird Al and Cheech Marin make for a great rap.

  • @DreFromMaine8472
    @DreFromMaine8472 ปีที่แล้ว

    I still like this one, and it's follow up "We Want The Funk". Gerardo's success was short-lived but he was all right with me!

  • @Ratt2004
    @Ratt2004 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You gotta cover Mellow Man Ace next! Heck, looking at the obscure ones or artists that even had a Hot 100 hit only once, Nolan Thomas...so many one hit artists to choose from

  • @MeMyselfAndEye650
    @MeMyselfAndEye650 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    FunFact : He was a hardcore gangster in the movie “COLORS”

    • @buckodonnghaile4309
      @buckodonnghaile4309 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Really? Havent seen the movie in decades but soundtrack was really popular in my part of Canada. Still, holds up well.

  • @valmarsiglia
    @valmarsiglia 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Those two backup dancers with the Mexi-mullets make up for all the rest of it.

  • @josephtelegen8754
    @josephtelegen8754 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I gotta stand up for the artistic choice to rhyme cooking and puking. And literally nothing else RE this song.

  • @transfan681
    @transfan681 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Story Time: I'm currently my name is Rigo im 27, and ever since the eighth grade I've always gotten the nickname Rico Suave, After getting the nickname for so many years, I finally looked up the music video recently and i'm proud to say that I do not regret 😂

  • @9124Nove
    @9124Nove 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    The music itself and the background dancers dancing on the edge of the building are the only things I like about the song. Lol

  • @jeremyfincham1422
    @jeremyfincham1422 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    You know what else is rich and smooth (Rico Suave)? A good bowel movement.

  • @mamawray
    @mamawray 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @ 7:33: that's it! Speedy Gonzalez + Pepe LePew + motorcycle jacket = Rico Suave

  • @soldier4242
    @soldier4242 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "I hate this moron." Todd in the Shadows
    I was drinking Pepsi when you said this and the out of nowhere comment made me laugh and spit up some of the Pepsi. Very well done.
    Also when you get a chance of course you now owe me a Pepsi.

  • @Dezmo888
    @Dezmo888 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You should do a video about "Turn Up The Radio" by Autograph. Classic 80s hair metal one hit wonder

  • @philduprey7226
    @philduprey7226 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    When Todd says to close my eyes, I close my eyes

  • @inferiorinferno8859
    @inferiorinferno8859 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh Todd, I was already singing 'Baby you send me' before you even showed the fragment for the comparison. I can barely speak Spanish.

  • @JB-mw9pj
    @JB-mw9pj 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Si si awevo en todo estamos

  • @NPGLAMB
    @NPGLAMB 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This song sounds so early 90s.

  • @oakgmail
    @oakgmail 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for giving Bubba Sparxxx props he deserved before BOOOTY BOOOTY EVERYHEAHWHEAR!!!

  • @cpmcguire
    @cpmcguire 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    The can’t buy me love scene has “Living in a Box” playing in the background.