World Cup World Tour #25: Spain
Los Brincos – Baila La Pulga.mp3
Los Salvajes – Las Ovejitas.mp3
These first two tracks are from Beat Espana, a compilation that a friend who used to live in Spain gave me. I’ve searched for information on this album, but come up absolutely nil. There are only three bands on the record– Los Brincos, Los Salvajes and Los Cheyennes — trading off tracks, one after the other. It sounds like 60s Merseybeat with the overriding problem that it’s pretty awful. I don’t mean Gerry-And-The-Pacemakers bad; I’m thinking more like Herman’s-Hermits bad.
No more proof of Beat Espana’s not-so-rightness is needed than this video of Los Brincos making a variety show lip-syncing appearance. The mop-topped band is performing a dull song called “Oh Mama.” Normally you’d think that a song called “Oh Mama” would be about some hot chick. (Think Prince singing “Hot Thing”; you need not actually hear the song to know what it sounds like.) No, “Oh Mama” is really about Mamas — thus, the band members are pushed around the set in baby carriages. By hot chicks. I’m not kidding. If you like a little Freudian conflict with your 60s pop, this is the video for you.
Mus – Al Debalu.mp3
Now this is more like it. Mus is another band about which I could find virtually nil. This track is taken from their second album El Naval. For those of you pining for another Mazzy Star album or the glory days of 4AD, this album is well worth your time to seek out. Understated and mysterious, you can check out more of their stuff at Epitonic.
