The song is a traditional Mexican folk song. Richie Valens, who grew up in East LA and was of Mexican heritage, didn't actually know Spanish, but he learned the song phonetically and it became a huge hit. Arguably, he's the first Mexican-American rock star and the first to bring a Mexican influence into rock. He had a few hit singles before he died at age 17 in the plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. The movie La Bamba was the story of Valens' life, Lou Diamond Phillips played the lead role, and Los Lobos (an LA band of Chicano heritage that was very big in the 80s) covered Valens' music for the film. This video contrasts scenes from the film with a performance by Los Lobos in which Phillips joins them halfway through, and the end part shows the band playing La Bamba in traditional Mexican style.
From the underrated 80s movie "La Bamba", about the life of teenaged rockstar Ritchie Valens, who had a big hit with the song in the 50s (La Bamba is a Mexican folk song that's been around for about 100 years) and died in a plane crash at 17.
I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid back in '87. Crying my eyeballs out at the end. The song is a very old Mexican folk song. Richie Valens made it into a rock hit in the 1950s, and then died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper (The Day the Music Died). Then in '87 "La Bamba" came out, and Los Lobos redid the song for the movie along with the other Richie songs in the film. (My grade 7 music teacher taught us to sing the words because she was sick of everyone walking around going Lalalalalal Bamba and other gibberish. We're in Canada - Spanish wasn't normally taught.)
Los Lobos are one of the greatest American bands of the last 45 years. Incredible in concert, so many fantastic albums. I've probably seen them close to a dozen times. Often with X headlining, and they're always better than X. Listen to something original by them. They sing in English and Spanish, wonderful musicianship. The "Will the Wolf Survive?" album supplies plenty.
Just saw them Wednesday Opening for the Tedeshi Trucks Band they are always amazing and quite diverse musically. This song hit for them but it doesn't represent their main sound, though they touch on Tejano and other traditional Mexican music, but they really are more of bluesy jazz rock progressive kinda thing.
Gonna have to strongly disagree with them being better than X. Los Lobos are great but I've seen X like 8 times and they've been fucking incredible every time.
@@chriswhinery925 I wondered if X was in reference to that band, or meant as a place keeper for other unnamed bands. X came out of the 80's punk scene in L.A., and are a truly original creation. I wish that I could have gotten the chance to see them in their original incarnation. Magical records though.
It's from a movie about Ritchie Valens, the guy who made the song popular in the 50s. I think the song was older than Valens, but he made it popular in the mainstream, even though most people couldn't understand what he was saying. It sounded good, and that's what matters most in music.
Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper, known as "The Day The Music Died". Forever immortalized in Don MacLean's song "American Pie".
The name of the movie is the same as the song, "La Bamba." It's the true story of the singer Richie Valens, played by Lou Diamond Phillips. It's a great movie. This song was one of Richie Valens' big hits and was re-recorded by Los Lobos for this film and their cover version was also a big hit.
Lou Diamond Phillips played the part of Richie Valens in the movie (La Bamba) & I think he NAILED it! Los Lobos did the title track which as you can see has clips from the movie
Also a very great cover and performance from that movie was Marshall Crenshaw as Buddy Holly. Honestly guys you really need to discover Marshall Crenshaw he was criminally underrated during the 80s. And absolutely fantastic performer and songwriter I'll repeat it again check out Marshall Crenshaw
You should check out 'The Buddy Holly Story" with Gary Busey. He sang all the songs in the movie and played all the music, alongside the other actors Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith...who played his band "The Crickets".
@C Summers unfortunately they will never listen to him because all they listen to is what people vote in their live streams. So basically it's got to be a major hit for them to listen to. I feel that sad because they're missing out on so much great music
@@Tbass-yy8uc That's not entirely true. If you request it...they will play it. The more requests they receive, the greater the odds they will play it that much sooner. Give it a try. I'm not even a subscriber and they've played numerous songs that I had requested. 🤔
The song 'Will the Wolf Survive?' is how most folks my age were introduced to Los Lobos. The album 'How Will the Wolf Survive?' is excellent and a great representation (then already nostalgic) of Los Angeles Chicano culture before it turned; and I'll leave the turn open to inference.
Los Lobos is a group i swear i was going to recommend to you an hour before you posted this cover song. They have an extensive body of work and where nominated to be inducted into rock hall of fame. not in yet. The following album is recommended, Kiko, 1992. A very laid back album, every song is good. Listen to "saint behind the glass" and "kiko and the lavender moon" j curtiss
“I wonder what movie that was?” Lol. I love lex. She’s so spot on with the most appropriate questions with the answers that we old folks know like the backs of our hands. I guess that’s why I love this channel.
LOVE this song & movie!!! What a tearjerker. La Bamba is basically about the rise & fall of Ritchie Valens(Valenzuela), the first Hispanic rock star!!! His story goes along with Don McClean’s song “American Pie”, about the “Day the Music Died”, when Ritchie, Buddy Holly & the Big Bopper died in a plane crash during their tour…very sad day….at least he ended on top 🤘🏽😨🤘🏽
Don McLean's song, American Pie, is a dedication to Richtie Valens, Buddy Holley & The Big Bopper that all died in the plane crash. Please do a reaction to that song!
This is the best version of this song. Ritchie Valens was no question important to music, but these guys have the "beer drinking tough guy" vibe this arrangement of this song really needs.
This song was a #1 hit on the pop charts for Los Lobos, an excellent rock band - often falling under "indie" rock, but tackled a lot of genres like tex-mex, folk, cumbia and turned it into something all their own. I'm surprised they haven't been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame yet...
Much respect to Mr. Lou Diamond Phillips. He carried the film and with los lobos' music... A masterpiece. Mr. Phillips always stayed close to the good Spanish community and the good music. Never sold out or denounced the movie or the impact and meaning the role and music had on him and what it meant to him and the people! And for those reasons he will always be remembered and loved and cherished by everyone who grew up on this movie both film and music lovers alike! Love you Lou Diamond, los lobos and Mr. Valens!
Los Lobos is actually one of my favorite bands - consummate musicians, wonderful people, spiritual songs of every day life, they love their fans and interact with them... their body of music spans 5 decades now and they're still one of the best live bands around! A long time ago I was searching for some kind of music that was deep and had some impact and I found Los Lobos! I'd suggest 'Someday', 'The Neighborhood', cover of GD 'Bertha' (David Hidalgo was one of the people talked about to replace Jerry Garcia when he passed...), 'Kiko and the Lavender Moon', 'Angel Dance' (which was covered by Robert Plant), 'Luz de Mi Vida', 'Mas y Mas!' and many more!
Gotta love ya Lex, u gotta beautiful smile & u always seem so happy that u can't help smile along with u along with ur perky & fun personality. Then we have u Brad mate that is concentrating so hard u look like ur study for an exam. U compliment each other so well & are such a gorgeous couple. Sending love to u both ❤️
Saw them in concert at a bar here in St Louis called Mississippi Nights. My date and I were first in line waiting outside in a light rain. They came out after their sound check and were nice enough to stop and talk a few minutes. They played Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl and the Grateful Dead's Bertha as encores - Bertha in tribute for Gerry Garcia who had passed away that year. These guys can play anything. Check out their album " How Will The Wolf Survive". In your vid at 2:25 is Brian Setzer of The Stay Cats followed by Marshall Crenshaw (with glasses) who I believe played Buddy Holly in the movie. He has some great albums including his self titled debut album and Field Day with Whenever You're On My Mind.
I've seen Los Lobos 6x and going again at end of July 2022 Fabulous Musicians and just won a Grammy for best Americana Album for 2022. Rock N Roll at it's very Best. Master Musicians🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
This is the title song from the movie, "La Bamba." I went to see "Beverly Hills Cop II" in the theater, and saw this as the first part of a double feature. Best $3.75 I ever spent. 😁
R.I.P. Ritchie Valens. I bawled my eyes out every single time I watched the movie La Bamba, based on Ritchie Valens' life. Such a talent and taken at such a tender young age.
Hey! I'm going to watch Los Lobos tomorrow night with Tedeschi Trucks Band in Saratoga Springs, NY.... (not Florida, sorry). This is some kind of synchronicity! Maybe you all should check out Tedeshi Trucks Band, I recommend "Bound for Glory". What a great TOURING blues/rock/soul fusion band out there.... one of the best yet!
I'm sure people have already told you about this movie. Ritchie Valens took that Mexican folk song and with his hot guitar licks transformed it. Here is a translation of the lyrics. Some of it (according to the translator) is a bit ambiguous. Close as they could come I suppose. Enjoy. To dance the Bamba, to dance the Bamba, one needs a bit of grace. A bit of grace for me, for you, now come on, come on, now come on, come on, for you I'll be, for you I'll be, for you I'll be. I'm not a sailor, I'm not a sailor, I'm a captain. I'm a captain, I'm a captain. Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba, bam... To dance the Bamba, to dance the Bamba, one needs a bit of grace. A bit of grace for me, for you, now come on, come on. Rrrraa-ha-haa... To dance the Bamba, to dance the Bamba, one needs a bit of grace. A bit of grace for me, for you, now come on, come on, now come on, come on, for you I'll be, for you I'll be, for you I'll be. Bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba, bamba... lyricstranslate.com/en/la-bamba-bamba.html-1
Just came from our local Walmart here in Sebring Florida,. I was wearing my Metallica shirt (I'm 65 this year) and was in the same isle with a mother and daughter,. when the daughter said "Cool shirt,. I love Metallica". Mom said she was proud of her for loving the old school bands that we knew starting back in the 80's and I told them about my pirate FM metal radio station that I ran for a couple of decades and then we got to talking about watching reaction videos and how much of a joy it was to see metal being introduced to those who normally would have never really given it a listen before and then the daughter says "Yea we watch one couple Brad and Lex". I was like YES! I watch them all the time too! We talked about loving your metal reactions and how LEX was the metal head of the couple,. lolol. But that we enjoyed your reaction videos. This is coming from two families that just ran into each other in the little farm town of Sebring Florida,. and both loved watching YOUR metal reactions. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A METAL REACTION VIDEO but I wanted to leave this comment on it since it is your latest reaction vid and say HI to the mom and daughter couple that I met in Walmart if they are watching! :) SMALL WORLD! And you guys,. BRAD AND LEX are rock stars even in the smallest towns across the USA.
I had this movie soundtrack album on cassette when it came out in 1987. I was 9 years old at the time. The movie and the soundtrack were HUGE at the time.
It's fun watching actor Lou Diamond Phillips don on a guitar and join the band at the end of the video. The rare instances when singers and actors interacted.
Los Lobos, out of East Los Angeles, is still playing and playing well. . Currently on tour with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Saw them in July in New Hampshire.
The original song was by Ritchie Valens in the 1950s. He is one of the 3 that died in the plane crash on a small plane, following a "Rock and Roll show" as they were called in those days. Remember the great Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper died on the same plane. There was a movie made in the mid 80s, called "La Bamba" as a tribute to Ritchie Valens, as well as the others.
4:08 If you haven't figured it out, that's Brian Setzer from the Stray Cats. As in Jump Jive an' Wail, Stray Cat Strut, etc. Killer guitar player, and a whole hell of a lot of fun to watch.
@Lex: Assuming the guitarist is right handed, finger picking is done with the right hand, the strumming hand, and uses multiple fingers to pick the individual strings. What he is doing in tremolo picking which is a very fast back and forth picking on one string. When I was trying to learn to play I could do some finger picking but I couldn't tremolo pick. It takes a very light touch to tremolo pick. Tremolo picking makes it sound like a mandolin, if you know what that instrument is.
This was a cover of the song made popular by Ritchie Valens and of course was featured in the movie that was based around his life. Great original song. Great cover. Los Lobos did an amazing job with this one.
Lou diamond Phillips played Ritchie Valens to a T in this movie, it's worth a watch, taken too soon with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the day the music died ( American Pie)...
That movie was La Bamba, with Lou Diamond Phillips playing Richie Valenz, an up and coming mega star who sang this song and Oh Donna, he was killed in a plane crash when he was very young, he was bad ass as you can hear on this song as he was able to flush all the hispanic guitar influences into a rock song, this is one of my all time favorite covers by a band, I think Los Lobos not only did a great service to this remake but perhaps did it even a little better then the original, that dont happen much
Title song of the movie La Bamba which was the story of singer Richie Valens who was killed in a 1959 plane crash along with fellow singers Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. This has been referred to as the day the music died. This was one of Richie's hits. He was only 17 and on his way to being a superstar.
Ritchie was only 17 when he tragically died along with the others, aka the day music day. He was born and grew up working in the fields with his parents in the central valley of California.
Named, Richard Steven Valenzuela, he was born on May 13,1941 in Pacoima, CA in the San Fernando Valley, not East L.A. his record producer changed his stage name to Richie Valens. He was still in San Fernando high school when he recorded his first record in May of 1958 called “come on let’s go” for Del-Fi records in L.A. CA. He was dubbed the forefather of the California Chicano Rock Movement. His successful career was cut short when he died in a plane crash in February 1959 at the age of 17. 🎶🎸💕
La Bamba is a traditional Mexican folk song, there are literally hundreds of covers of it with recorded versions dating back to the 1920's. This Los Lobos cover is variation on Richie Valen's 1958 version, which is rock and roll version. There's not a Mariachi band in 2 continents who don't have a version ready to go.
This song & video is from the 1987 movie "La Bamba" about 1950's singer & musician Ritchie Valens who recorded/covered this old Mexican folk song and played in a rock n'roll style, he had some other big hits like "Donna" and "Come on, Let's Go". At 17 years old, he died in a plane crash in 1959 along with singer songwriter & musician Buddy Holly and singer the Big Bopper.
The outro is what the Original Mexican Folk song sounds like from the Veracruz region of Mx which is seaport which is why her references that "he is not a Sailor he is a Captain"
The movie is LaBamba and it’s based on a true story about the singer Richie Valens Lex ur adorable, love the way u bopped around the whole song, another really fun song is “Lost in emotions” by Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam
this is a folk song from Veracruz, Mexico where I was born and grew up and is considered a hymn for the people of Veracruz, the last part where they play acoustic is how it originally sounds and is called Son jarocho
More Los Lobos please. They have a deep and varied catalog. I recommend something from Kiko, maybe "Saint Behind the Glass" or "Angels with Dirty Faces."
Oh yes y'all need to watch the movie with Lou Diamond Phillips playing Ritchie Valens who passed in plane crash with Big Bopper and Buddy Holly. All three have great reactionary songs 💗🕊️
Los Lobos are fabulous! They've got a big catalog of original work that you may want to take a look at. I'd recommend, just to start, The Breakdown, Will the Wolf Survive?, Jenny's Got a Pony, Saint Behind the Glass, That Train Don't Stop Here, Wake Up Dolores, Kiko, and Mas y Mas. They also do good covers of Bertha by the Grateful Dead and Not in Nottingham from Disney's Robin Hood.
fantastic cover by los lobos of ritchie valens' classic for the 1987 film of his life LA BAMBA. los lobos is a phenominal band with many wonderful songs and their version of this is the ONLY non-english song in ROLLING STONE'S TOP 500 rock songs of all time
This was the movie about Richie Valens who was one of the rock n roll artists along with Buddy Holly and JP Richardson (The Big Bopper) were killed in a plane crash in February 1959 during a concert tour
I've also heard that this song has some African roots, at least in the beats. The lyrics seem to change and I think they've even changed from the original folk song.
Brad & Lex - don't forget you did a reaction to Don McLean's 'American Pie' - which memorialized the deaths of Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper in a plane crash. Thanks for posting this one. Great reaction.
My parents dragged me, a sullen tween, to a Los Lobos concert in Berkeley, CA decades ago. I did not want to be there. Then... the band played. When I tell you I broke out of my angsty character and enjoyed the hell out the show. Their album Kiko is fantastic!
Los Lobos were a fantastic group. They did songs in both English and Spanish. They had a unique sound. Lou Diamond Phillips is a good actor but they had Los Lobos sing the songs in the movie about Ritchie Havens.
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The song is a traditional Mexican folk song. Richie Valens, who grew up in East LA and was of Mexican heritage, didn't actually know Spanish, but he learned the song phonetically and it became a huge hit. Arguably, he's the first Mexican-American rock star and the first to bring a Mexican influence into rock. He had a few hit singles before he died at age 17 in the plane crash that also killed Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper. The movie La Bamba was the story of Valens' life, Lou Diamond Phillips played the lead role, and Los Lobos (an LA band of Chicano heritage that was very big in the 80s) covered Valens' music for the film. This video contrasts scenes from the film with a performance by Los Lobos in which Phillips joins them halfway through, and the end part shows the band playing La Bamba in traditional Mexican style.
He grew up in Pacoima which is in the valley, not east LA
And Lou Diamond Phillips mother was Filipino and his father was Scots-Irish and Cherokee, so absolutely no Mexican at all in his blood.
a very young Lou Diamond Phillips lol
Massive crush on Lou Diamond Philips as Chavez y Chavez in Young Guns. 🤦♀️😁
Nice recap :)
This was originally from Richie Valens,he died in 1958 along with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper...also known as the day the music died!
La Bamba is a Mexican folk song. It is a slower tempo. Ritchie Valens decided to turn it into a rock and roll song.
Richie Valens died in February 1959.
@@rogerthomas169 really? All I saw were the actors from the movie plus Los lobos.
@@paulfrombrooklyn5409 he didn't decide. The record label did
Day music died? That’s stupid
From the underrated 80s movie "La Bamba", about the life of teenaged rockstar Ritchie Valens, who had a big hit with the song in the 50s (La Bamba is a Mexican folk song that's been around for about 100 years) and died in a plane crash at 17.
Brad & Lex, you’ll love Ritchie Valens originals “Come On, Go Let’s Go”, “Donna” and “La Bamba”!!
Ritchie Valens- Your Mine
Ritchie Valens popularized La Bamba in the 1950’s by adding a rock beat. His real name was Valenzuela.
La Bamba was around long before Ritchie Valens recorded it. Definitely not an original from him.
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I like the remake of La Bamba performed by the Mexican girl group Sparx.
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I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid back in '87. Crying my eyeballs out at the end. The song is a very old Mexican folk song. Richie Valens made it into a rock hit in the 1950s, and then died in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper (The Day the Music Died). Then in '87 "La Bamba" came out, and Los Lobos redid the song for the movie along with the other Richie songs in the film. (My grade 7 music teacher taught us to sing the words because she was sick of everyone walking around going Lalalalalal Bamba and other gibberish. We're in Canada - Spanish wasn't normally taught.)
I saw it at a Drive in Theater in San Antonio, TX in 1987. I was 9 years old.
Los Lobos are one of the greatest American bands of the last 45 years. Incredible in concert, so many fantastic albums. I've probably seen them close to a dozen times. Often with X headlining, and they're always better than X. Listen to something original by them. They sing in English and Spanish, wonderful musicianship. The "Will the Wolf Survive?" album supplies plenty.
Just saw them Wednesday Opening for the Tedeshi Trucks Band they are always amazing and quite diverse musically. This song hit for them but it doesn't represent their main sound, though they touch on Tejano and other traditional Mexican music, but they really are more of bluesy jazz rock progressive kinda thing.
Gonna have to strongly disagree with them being better than X. Los Lobos are great but I've seen X like 8 times and they've been fucking incredible every time.
Currently My Favorite Live Band to see. Red Rocks Colorado 7-30-22. 🎼🎼🎼
@@ericmclaughlin73 I get to see them at Red Rocks Colorado 7-30-22. They gonna Shred it 🎸🎸🎸
@@chriswhinery925 I wondered if X was in reference to that band, or meant as a place keeper for other unnamed bands. X came out of the 80's punk scene in L.A., and are a truly original creation. I wish that I could have gotten the chance to see them in their original incarnation. Magical records though.
It's from a movie about Ritchie Valens, the guy who made the song popular in the 50s. I think the song was older than Valens, but he made it popular in the mainstream, even though most people couldn't understand what he was saying. It sounded good, and that's what matters most in music.
Ritchie Valens was only 17 when he died in a plane crash along with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper, known as "The Day The Music Died". Forever immortalized in Don MacLean's song "American Pie".
The name of the movie is the same as the song, "La Bamba." It's the true story of the singer Richie Valens, played by Lou Diamond Phillips. It's a great movie. This song was one of Richie Valens' big hits and was re-recorded by Los Lobos for this film and their cover version was also a big hit.
Every time I listen to this song I cry all over again about the fact that Richie was taken so soon.
I saw them in London in the mid 80s. A really great live band. This is, of course, a cover. But a truly fantastic one.
This is great remake of Ritchie Valens remake of an old Mexican folk song. I like the way they finish the song with the original instruments.
Lou Diamond Phillips played the part of Richie Valens in the movie (La Bamba) & I think he NAILED it!
Los Lobos did the title track which as you can see has clips from the movie
Lou Diamond Phillips: definitely 80's heart-throb 💞💞💞
So handsome 😍 💜 💕
Also a very great cover and performance from that movie was Marshall Crenshaw as Buddy Holly. Honestly guys you really need to discover Marshall Crenshaw he was criminally underrated during the 80s. And absolutely fantastic performer and songwriter I'll repeat it again check out Marshall Crenshaw
You should check out 'The Buddy Holly Story" with Gary Busey. He sang all the songs in the movie and played all the music, alongside the other actors Don Stroud and Charles Martin Smith...who played his band "The Crickets".
@@anthonyhedberg6471 seen it many times
@C Summers unfortunately they will never listen to him because all they listen to is what people vote in their live streams. So basically it's got to be a major hit for them to listen to. I feel that sad because they're missing out on so much great music
@@Tbass-yy8uc That's not entirely true. If you request it...they will play it. The more requests they receive, the greater the odds they will play it that much sooner. Give it a try. I'm not even a subscriber and they've played numerous songs that I had requested. 🤔
Absolutely! I bought everything as a young soldier by Marshall Crenshaw. His music was 80s with a 50s flare to me.
The song 'Will the Wolf Survive?' is how most folks my age were introduced to Los Lobos. The album 'How Will the Wolf Survive?' is excellent and a great representation (then already nostalgic) of Los Angeles Chicano culture before it turned; and I'll leave the turn open to inference.
Los Lobos is a group i swear i was going to recommend to you an hour before you posted this cover song.
They have an extensive body of work and where nominated to be inducted into rock hall of fame. not in yet.
The following album is recommended, Kiko, 1992. A very laid back album, every song is good. Listen to "saint behind the glass" and "kiko and the lavender moon"
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That they're not in speaks to what a joke the RnR HOF is. Great museum, though.
They do a killer cover of The Dead's "Bertha".
Thanks, Mike, for Bertha tip.
“I wonder what movie that was?”
Lol. I love lex. She’s so spot on with the most appropriate questions with the answers that we old folks know like the backs of our hands. I guess that’s why I love this channel.
It's La Bamba. The same as the song. 🙂
I was dying when she said, I wonder what that movie was. Lol, Lex, if y'all haven't seen La Bamba yet, you need to. ❤️
I've been fortunate to meet all the bands members. They really are truly gracious with their time and never disappoint when you see them live. 🎵🎼🎶
LOVE this song & movie!!! What a tearjerker. La Bamba is basically about the rise & fall of Ritchie Valens(Valenzuela), the first Hispanic rock star!!! His story goes along with Don McClean’s song “American Pie”, about the “Day the Music Died”, when Ritchie, Buddy Holly & the Big Bopper died in a plane crash during their tour…very sad day….at least he ended on top
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Don McLean's song, American Pie, is a dedication to Richtie Valens, Buddy Holley & The Big Bopper that all died in the plane crash. Please do a reaction to that song!
They already have.
True, but mostly to Buddy. The reference to "the day the music died" is a reference to "That'll Be The Day".
This is the best version of this song. Ritchie Valens was no question important to music, but these guys have the "beer drinking tough guy" vibe this arrangement of this song really needs.
This song was a #1 hit on the pop charts for Los Lobos, an excellent rock band - often falling under "indie" rock, but tackled a lot of genres like tex-mex, folk, cumbia and turned it into something all their own. I'm surprised they haven't been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame yet...
Lex has such a beautiful smile! The main reason I watch these :)
Los Lobos really breathed life into this old classic. "Don't get on the plane, Richie."
Much respect to Mr. Lou Diamond Phillips. He carried the film and with los lobos' music... A masterpiece. Mr. Phillips always stayed close to the good Spanish community and the good music. Never sold out or denounced the movie or the impact and meaning the role and music had on him and what it meant to him and the people! And for those reasons he will always be remembered and loved and cherished by everyone who grew up on this movie both film and music lovers alike! Love you Lou Diamond, los lobos and Mr. Valens!
I grew up watching a couple movies ALL the time and they were "La Bamba" and "young guns"
Los Lobos is actually one of my favorite bands - consummate musicians, wonderful people, spiritual songs of every day life, they love their fans and interact with them... their body of music spans 5 decades now and they're still one of the best live bands around! A long time ago I was searching for some kind of music that was deep and had some impact and I found Los Lobos! I'd suggest 'Someday', 'The Neighborhood', cover of GD 'Bertha' (David Hidalgo was one of the people talked about to replace Jerry Garcia when he passed...), 'Kiko and the Lavender Moon', 'Angel Dance' (which was covered by Robert Plant), 'Luz de Mi Vida', 'Mas y Mas!' and many more!
See my comment above Jeff
Gotta love ya Lex, u gotta beautiful smile & u always seem so happy that u can't help smile along with u along with ur perky & fun personality. Then we have u Brad mate that is concentrating so hard u look like ur study for an exam. U compliment each other so well & are such a gorgeous couple. Sending love to u both ❤️
La Bamba 🔥 🎬
Ritchie Valens 🔥🎶
Los Lobos 🔥🎶
Gotta love it! 💯💯
Saw them in concert at a bar here in St Louis called Mississippi Nights. My date and I were first in line waiting outside in a light rain. They came out after their sound check and were nice enough to stop and talk a few minutes. They played Neil Young's Cinnamon Girl and the Grateful Dead's Bertha as encores - Bertha in tribute for Gerry Garcia who had passed away that year. These guys can play anything. Check out their album " How Will The Wolf Survive". In your vid at 2:25 is Brian Setzer of The Stay Cats followed by Marshall Crenshaw (with glasses) who I believe played Buddy Holly in the movie. He has some great albums including his self titled debut album and Field Day with Whenever You're On My Mind.
A movie and a song that run concurrent like a poem and a painting dedicated to each other .Y’all truly must watch that movie “ La Bamba” .
Good movie. Great cover done by a phenomenally talented band. They’re also responsible for the Desperado soundtrack that is super dope!
I've seen Los Lobos 6x and going again at end of July 2022 Fabulous Musicians and just won a Grammy for best Americana Album for 2022. Rock N Roll at it's very Best.
Master Musicians🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼
I saw Los Lobos in concert, on the 4th of July none the less. Thanks for the memories.
Lexi, you just seem so happy listening to great music. I love it!
Very proud to see nothing but great comments on this
I enjoyed the songs you reacted today. Thanks for exploring the music I grew up with.
I love this movie, La Bamba. Los Lobos did such a great job on the songs and Lou Diamond Phillips is so good playing Richie Valens
This is the title song from the movie, "La Bamba." I went to see "Beverly Hills Cop II" in the theater, and saw this as the first part of a double feature. Best $3.75 I ever spent. 😁
Absolutely adore how Los Lobos reignighted the traditional song which Ritchie Valen's cover soared to the top back in the day! 😻
Very under rated movie...well worth a watch...the brother is so well acted...and the mom...just terrific filmmaking
R.I.P. Ritchie Valens. I bawled my eyes out every single time I watched the movie La Bamba, based on Ritchie Valens' life. Such a talent and taken at such a tender young age.
Ritchie had so much potential and taken too soon. ❤❤❤❤❤
Hey! I'm going to watch Los Lobos tomorrow night with Tedeschi Trucks Band in Saratoga Springs, NY.... (not Florida, sorry). This is some kind of synchronicity! Maybe you all should check out Tedeshi Trucks Band, I recommend "Bound for Glory". What a great TOURING blues/rock/soul fusion band out there.... one of the best yet!
I always loved that some comedian sang “I don’t know the words to La Bamba!”
I'm sure people have already told you about this movie. Ritchie Valens took that Mexican folk song and with his hot guitar licks transformed it. Here is a translation of the lyrics. Some of it (according to the translator) is a bit ambiguous. Close as they could come I suppose. Enjoy. To dance the Bamba,
to dance the Bamba,
one needs a bit of grace.
A bit of grace for me, for you,
now come on, come on,
now come on, come on,
for you I'll be, for you I'll be, for you I'll be.
I'm not a sailor,
I'm not a sailor, I'm a captain.
I'm a captain, I'm a captain.
Bamba, bamba,
bamba, bamba,
bamba, bamba, bam...
To dance the Bamba,
to dance the Bamba,
one needs a bit of grace.
A bit of grace for me, for you,
now come on, come on.
Rrrraa-ha-haa...
To dance the Bamba,
to dance the Bamba,
one needs a bit of grace.
A bit of grace for me, for you,
now come on, come on,
now come on, come on,
for you I'll be, for you I'll be, for you I'll be.
Bamba, bamba,
bamba, bamba,
bamba, bamba...
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Just came from our local Walmart here in Sebring Florida,. I was wearing my Metallica shirt (I'm 65 this year) and was in the same isle with a mother and daughter,. when the daughter said "Cool shirt,. I love Metallica". Mom said she was proud of her for loving the old school bands that we knew starting back in the 80's and I told them about my pirate FM metal radio station that I ran for a couple of decades and then we got to talking about watching reaction videos and how much of a joy it was to see metal being introduced to those who normally would have never really given it a listen before and then the daughter says "Yea we watch one couple Brad and Lex". I was like YES! I watch them all the time too! We talked about loving your metal reactions and how LEX was the metal head of the couple,. lolol. But that we enjoyed your reaction videos. This is coming from two families that just ran into each other in the little farm town of Sebring Florida,. and both loved watching YOUR metal reactions. I KNOW THIS IS NOT A METAL REACTION VIDEO but I wanted to leave this comment on it since it is your latest reaction vid and say HI to the mom and daughter couple that I met in Walmart if they are watching! :) SMALL WORLD! And you guys,. BRAD AND LEX are rock stars even in the smallest towns across the USA.
wow, that was totally gay.
Bob: "Ritchieeeeeeee!!!!!
Lol
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always loved this song, cheery as heck.....lol
Los Lobos is pretty awesome. “One time one night” is great track from the movie Colors. Another 80s classic.
I had this movie soundtrack album on cassette when it came out in 1987. I was 9 years old at the time. The movie and the soundtrack were HUGE at the time.
It's fun watching actor Lou Diamond Phillips don on a guitar and join the band at the end of the video. The rare instances when singers and actors interacted.
Los Lobos, out of East Los Angeles, is still playing and playing well. . Currently on tour with the Tedeschi Trucks Band. Saw them in July in New Hampshire.
Brian Setzer playing Eddie Cochran in this movie, is the Rockabilly we never even asked for, but was delivered just the same.
Great memories! This song was everywhere the summer this movie came out.
This was a big hit at school dances in the 80's 💃 🕺 💕💕💕
Saw Los Lobos when they came to Sydney on the back of this hit. very good band, had a great time and i cant speak a word of Spanish.
I saw Los Lobos live in San Antonio Tx. just as the pandemic was about to take over the country. It was a great show.
After all these years, this is still always an instant happy!
Another good one from Los Lobos is "Will the wolf survive.". You also need to watch their love performance of this song.
The original song was by Ritchie Valens in the 1950s. He is one of the 3 that died in the plane crash on a small plane, following a "Rock and Roll show" as they were called in those days. Remember the great Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper died on the same plane. There was a movie made in the mid 80s, called "La Bamba" as a tribute to Ritchie Valens, as well as the others.
4:08 If you haven't figured it out, that's Brian Setzer from the Stray Cats. As in Jump Jive an' Wail, Stray Cat Strut, etc. Killer guitar player, and a whole hell of a lot of fun to watch.
i can play and sing this song. i learned the words the same way Ritchie Valens did: phonetically
Iconic song within an iconic part of rock & roll history. Sad that that memory is being lost from the younger generations.
@Lex: Assuming the guitarist is right handed, finger picking is done with the right hand, the strumming hand, and uses multiple fingers to pick the individual strings. What he is doing in tremolo picking which is a very fast back and forth picking on one string. When I was trying to learn to play I could do some finger picking but I couldn't tremolo pick. It takes a very light touch to tremolo pick. Tremolo picking makes it sound like a mandolin, if you know what that instrument is.
The movie is also called "La Bamba". It's a biopic of Ritchie Valens, who turned a folk song into a rock hit.
Sung to the tune, "What are the words to La Bamba!"
One of my favorite bands… A lot of great and different music with this band from East LA… Don’t Worry Baby and Will The Wolf Survive?
This was a cover of the song made popular by Ritchie Valens and of course was featured in the movie that was based around his life. Great original song. Great cover. Los Lobos did an amazing job with this one.
Lou diamond Phillips played Ritchie Valens to a T in this movie, it's worth a watch, taken too soon with Buddy Holly and the Big Bopper, the day the music died ( American Pie)...
That movie was La Bamba, with Lou Diamond Phillips playing Richie Valenz, an up and coming mega star who sang this song and Oh Donna, he was killed in a plane crash when he was very young, he was bad ass as you can hear on this song as he was able to flush all the hispanic guitar influences into a rock song, this is one of my all time favorite covers by a band, I think Los Lobos not only did a great service to this remake but perhaps did it even a little better then the original, that dont happen much
La Pistola El Corazon is my favorite songs by Los Lobos. Haven't heard this song in awhile
Title song of the movie La Bamba which was the story of singer Richie Valens who was killed in a 1959 plane crash along with fellow singers Buddy Holly and J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson. This has been referred to as the day the music died. This was one of Richie's hits. He was only 17 and on his way to being a superstar.
always really loved the guitar solo on this. Tone and playing is fantastic.
Ritchie was only 17 when he tragically died along with the others, aka the day music day. He was born and grew up working in the fields with his parents in the central valley of California.
Named, Richard Steven Valenzuela, he was born on May 13,1941 in Pacoima, CA in the San Fernando Valley, not East L.A. his record producer changed his stage name to Richie Valens. He was still in San Fernando high school when he recorded his first record in May of 1958 called “come on let’s go” for Del-Fi records in L.A. CA. He was dubbed the forefather of the California Chicano Rock Movement. His successful career was cut short when he died in a plane crash in February 1959 at the age of 17. 🎶🎸💕
La Bamba is a traditional Mexican folk song, there are literally hundreds of covers of it with recorded versions dating back to the 1920's. This Los Lobos cover is variation on Richie Valen's 1958 version, which is rock and roll version. There's not a Mariachi band in 2 continents who don't have a version ready to go.
Three continents. You can find mariachi in Germany, where its related to Blasmusic, or what we would call oom-pah.
This song & video is from the 1987 movie "La Bamba" about 1950's singer & musician Ritchie Valens who recorded/covered this old Mexican folk song and played in a rock n'roll style, he had some other big hits like "Donna" and "Come on, Let's Go". At 17 years old, he died in a plane crash in 1959 along with singer songwriter & musician Buddy Holly and singer the Big Bopper.
The outro is what the Original Mexican Folk song sounds like from the Veracruz region of Mx which is seaport which is why her references that "he is not a Sailor he is a Captain"
Lex is adorable. 😍 Brad is incredibly likable. Together they're awesome.
The movie is LaBamba and it’s based on a true story about the singer Richie Valens
Lex ur adorable, love the way u bopped around the whole song, another really fun song is “Lost in emotions” by Lisa Lisa & the Cult Jam
Great, underrated movie in my opinion
I think you’d guys would like Los Lonely Boys. They had a big hit called Heaven in 2003 or so.
Yup, I keep putting it n2 my comments. Hopefully one day.
Wow, the guy playing the orange Gretsch is Brian Setzer of the Stray Cats! I didn't know he wa sin the movie. Cool.
Love rock n roll Latin style!!! GREAT REACTION!!! 💃🎸🕺🎵
this is a folk song from Veracruz, Mexico where I was born and grew up and is considered a hymn for the people of Veracruz, the last part where they play acoustic is how it originally sounds and is called Son jarocho
Millions of people love this song without understanding one word. :)
Peace, Love, from the Southwest US!! Lost him and others too soon!!
So SoCal. They just played a Sold Out Fund Raiser in town for “The Cheech” recently. Always a good LIVE Show.
More Los Lobos please. They have a deep and varied catalog. I recommend something from Kiko, maybe "Saint Behind the Glass" or "Angels with Dirty Faces."
My favorite part is the throwback to original folk style played by Los Lobos as the mariachi band (they were also the mariachi band in the movie)
Oh yes y'all need to watch the movie with Lou Diamond Phillips playing Ritchie Valens who passed in plane crash with Big Bopper and Buddy Holly. All three have great reactionary songs 💗🕊️
Los Lobos are fabulous! They've got a big catalog of original work that you may want to take a look at. I'd recommend, just to start, The Breakdown, Will the Wolf Survive?, Jenny's Got a Pony, Saint Behind the Glass, That Train Don't Stop Here, Wake Up Dolores, Kiko, and Mas y Mas. They also do good covers of Bertha by the Grateful Dead and Not in Nottingham from Disney's Robin Hood.
fantastic cover by los lobos of ritchie valens' classic for the 1987 film of his life LA BAMBA.
los lobos is a phenominal band with many wonderful songs and their version of this is the ONLY non-english song in ROLLING STONE'S TOP 500 rock songs of all time
This was the movie about Richie Valens who was one of the rock n roll artists along with Buddy Holly and JP Richardson (The Big Bopper) were killed in a plane crash in February 1959 during a concert tour
I've also heard that this song has some African roots, at least in the beats. The lyrics seem to change and I think they've even changed from the original folk song.
Again lexi's spanish pronunciation is perfect!
Brad & Lex - don't forget you did a reaction to Don McLean's 'American Pie' - which memorialized the deaths of Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly & The Big Bopper in a plane crash. Thanks for posting this one. Great reaction.
This brings me back to memories of my childhood
My parents dragged me, a sullen tween, to a Los Lobos concert in Berkeley, CA decades ago. I did not want to be there. Then... the band played. When I tell you I broke out of my angsty character and enjoyed the hell out the show. Their album Kiko is fantastic!
Los Lobos were a fantastic group. They did songs in both English and Spanish. They had a unique sound. Lou Diamond Phillips is a good actor but they had Los Lobos sing the songs in the movie about Ritchie Havens.