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Help me find a country song (maybe actually Tejano instead?)
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Commander ShepardThe likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
Commander ShepardThe likes of which even GAWD has never seenRegistered User regular
So this one should be way easier than my past requests, because I know exactly what the song is a cover of.
About 15 - 20 years ago, while listening to country radio in Texas, I heard a song with lyrics similar to this (I don't speak Spanish so I know I will have gotten the Spanish lyrics wrong):
Goodbye Joe, I gotta go si esta nueva(?)
I gotta go see my amor down in a barrio
Name is Juan, sweetest one, ay que muchacho
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun in a barrio
The song had a female singer an an uptempo beat. Now that I've gone looking for it, I know it's a cover of the song Jambalaya (On the Bayou). I've listened to the versions of this song by Hank Williams, The Carpenters, John Fogerty, Jo Stafford, and K-Paz De La Sierra, and none of them are the version I remember. I've made all sorts of googling attempts to find the version I remember and had no luck. Searching the lyrics outright gives no returns, and searching for a Spanish version of Jambalaya returns actual fully-translated lyrics instead of the mix of Spanish and English that I've heard.
Though I heard the song on Country radio, it's also possible this is a Tejano song, which might explain why it's harder to find.
About 15 - 20 years ago, while listening to country radio in Texas, I heard a song with lyrics similar to this (I don't speak Spanish so I know I will have gotten the Spanish lyrics wrong):
Goodbye Joe, I gotta go si esta nueva(?)
I gotta go see my amor down in a barrio
Name is Juan, sweetest one, ay que muchacho
Son of a gun, we're gonna have big fun in a barrio
The song had a female singer an an uptempo beat. Now that I've gone looking for it, I know it's a cover of the song Jambalaya (On the Bayou). I've listened to the versions of this song by Hank Williams, The Carpenters, John Fogerty, Jo Stafford, and K-Paz De La Sierra, and none of them are the version I remember. I've made all sorts of googling attempts to find the version I remember and had no luck. Searching the lyrics outright gives no returns, and searching for a Spanish version of Jambalaya returns actual fully-translated lyrics instead of the mix of Spanish and English that I've heard.
Though I heard the song on Country radio, it's also possible this is a Tejano song, which might explain why it's harder to find.
"excuse my French
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
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But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
I thought maybe it was Lucinda Williams but as far as I can tell she never sang it in anything but English.
Sorry. However my new Spotify mix because of this is fire
If you want to hear it:
I can find literally nothing about who Sister, Sister is. It's a wonder that this got so much play on my local country radio. I still prefer it over the original version of the song, but that's probably because this one is engraved on my brain from my teen years.
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
Very happy you found it!
They're still around: https://www.gigroster.com/listings/sister-sister.amp
That is rad, but I'm honestly disappointed your link didn't include a stream of their latest songs.
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"