Friday morning, I'm taking this party to Mexico for a little bit of that summer vacation. How do I get into the mood for such a trip? First, I drink a fair amount of Tecate. Second, I crank up the Juan Gabriel. (In glacing at Juan's wikipedia page, I couldn't help but find the following tremendous quote: "If you are handsome, young-hearted, and inspired, there will always be someone to call you gay." Dude, I KNOW.)
When I was growing up, my sister and I used to go on these tubing trips with my dad, my uncle, and some of their friends. We'd stay at my dad's friend's house in San Antonio, and every morning, he'd crank up this live Juan Gabriel album. It was deafening and, compounding the problem, the album was approximately 16 hours long. It just went on and on, and after a couple of years of this, I had a near-encyclopedic knowledge of Juan's live catalogue. Recently, I've been trying to find this one particular song off of there, both for old time's sake and because, well, it's really catchy.
After an unhealthy amount of time spent on YouTube with Mr. Gabriel, I am proud to announce that I found that damn song. Ladies and gentlemen, experience Hasta Que Te Conoci.
In case you're doubting the 16 hour performance I mentioned earlier, notice that this particular rendition is 9 minutes and 28 seconds, and I'm pretty sure it's the abbreviated version.
The Mexico spirit is now at an all-time high.
Posted by Cody at June 9, 2008 9:21 PM