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Blanquito Man, Control Machete & Celso Piña — Cumbia Sobre El Rio
Album: Babel Original Soundtrack
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Released: 2006
Length: 4:41
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Y en el nuevo milenio, sigue cabalgando triunfante
El rebelde del acordeon, celso piña y su ronda bogota

Y desde monterrey, una cumbia colombiana
Para todo el mundo...

Mira emociona y suena,
Si ya agua ritmo lleva
Ella como gira y vuela
Mientras aquel se menea
Aquel se menea

Y un saludo para todos mis seguidores

My much respect to la campana
Celso piña yessh yes in a the area
Cummbiaa sonidero sonidero sonidero nacional...

Sonidero nacional tarareando el compas
Salido del barrio vallenato freestyle
Sonidero nacional tarareando el compas
Salido del barrio meca mexican, meca mexican...

El rio y la cadencia buena
Sobre melodia sueña
Ella como gira y vuela
Mientras, aquel se menea
Aquel se menea, aquel se menea...

Y para mi buen hermano lalo y sus cuatro cuerdas magicas
Y el blue de piña, el quique y el celso piña
Aqui presente compa... suena, suena y emociona
Nuestra, nuestra acordeona

Cumbia by de river
Sweet bless this you're the leader
Right no fighters
Word of jah believe it
Columbia te canto con la mano arriba
Cumbia reggae-sound alegrandote la vida
Chilling en la cima, suena nueva rima
Bailando en la campana con mi pana celso piña
Rubahada, cumbia fina
Bailando en la campana con mi pana celso piña

Voy a aprovechar para mandar saludar
A quien comenzo a bailar
Zarandeando el compas
Aprieto y sintonizar
Cuando comienza a soñar
Desde el rio en la ciudad
Nunca deja de soñar

Suena, suena y emociona
Nuestra, nuestra acordeona

Que pasa nelly santana?, baila con el rebelde
Y al buen paso, un gran saludo
Y al blanquito man de venezuela nueva york
De nueva york a monterrey... miren como la goza
Suena, suena y emociona
Nuestra, nuestra acordeona
Suena nuestra acordeona
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Posted 2 months ago by Ihatethissong    [ Reply ]
la cumbia che cambia
Posted 7 months ago by SSALUTATI    [ Reply ]
Cumbia is one of the more interesting stories in the pantheon of music in the Americas. ¡¡Huepa!!
Posted 8 months ago by johnnycache    [ Reply ]
Whoever it is, it's a great track. Nice 
Posted 10 months ago by TonyM    [ Reply ]
 willmcnaught wrote:

Must be a Trump backer, I'll try to imagine you are just a ignorant individual. RP plays a wild range of music from many cultures, and is one of the reasons I support them. Go climb back in your hole. 


Your assumption that the commenter is a supporter of The Donald marks you as the ignorant fool. 
Posted 1 year ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]
i'd like to hear toxygene after this one someday.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
This song is not from Control Machete. It´s name is Cumbia Sobre el Rio (Suena) and Celso Piña is the autor, and Pato Machete participates. A great song played by a great regiomontan music composer.  His music was very special and this piece a model of a this  kind of rhythm called Cumbia sonidera
Posted 1 year ago by soygemela    [ Reply ]
 TheKing2 wrote:

What is "Babel"? Never heard of it.



Cool movie from 2006. Great soundtrack. Brad Pitt. Cate Blanchette. The scene where this song appears is pretty compelling. 
Posted 1 year ago by roadie    [ Reply ]
What is "Babel"? Never heard of it.
Posted 1 year ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 Panchoalico wrote:

solo los américanos sabemos bailr la cumbia, por eso los gringos la odian



No es cierto.Es  super popular aqui en el EEUU con TODOS !
Posted 1 year ago by blanco    [ Reply ]
 verbius wrote:

Me gusta cumbia!
(I liked the movie as well)

Muchas gracias RP!



This song is 99% Celso Pina and is from his album "Barrio Bravo" not Control Machete's.Celso is featured on the  wacky movie "Cumbia Callera",
Posted 1 year ago by blanco    [ Reply ]
Great song but mislabeled.The song is by Celso Pina.Control Machete is just doing some guest vocals.I t may be  on The Babel soundtrack but if you like this it is on Celso's best classic album "Barrio Bravo".He is featured on the unusual movie "Cumbia Callera" set in Monterey where he  was from."Ya No Estoy Aqui" (on Netflix)  is  a story about some young cumbia freaks  there .I played him on my World Beat radio show on NPR.
Posted 1 year ago by blanco    [ Reply ]
 Algis wrote:

The beginning reminds me of David Byrne and Brian Eno's "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)

Youtube video of "Help Me Somebody" from the album



Interesting take! The beginning made me think it was Wall of Voodoo's "Border Radio"...
Posted 1 year ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Great rhythm that demands movement. If you would prefer a little tighter arrangement check out Los Corraleros de Majagual on the various artists compilation Colombia Alegre y Romantica.
Posted 2 years ago by Philipirata    [ Reply ]
I have to say I do get looks when people see a 66-year-old anglo driving along, windows down, blasting cumbia. 
Posted 2 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
 mread wrote:

Wow.  No likey ethnic music equals Trump backer?  I'll try to imagine you are not also just an (not "a") ignorant individual.


^calls non-Anglo music "Ethnic" while attempting to seem openminded... smh
Posted 2 years ago by sjccroquet    [ Reply ]
 mread wrote:

Wow.  No likey ethnic music equals Trump backer?  I'll try to imagine you are not also just an (not "a") ignorant individual.



Play nice. This is a fun, festive song for celebrations. Don't taint it with American politics. We are not the center of the world. Just let the music support your weight.
Posted 2 years ago by itsme_bygolly    [ Reply ]
Me gusta cumbia!
(I liked the movie as well)

Muchas gracias RP!
Posted 2 years ago by verbius    [ Reply ]
 mikegrinker wrote:

Dig this! 

How's the movie?


Artsy.  Tedious.
Posted 2 years ago by obispo    [ Reply ]
 willmcnaught wrote:

Must be a Trump backer, I'll try to imagine you are just a ignorant individual. RP plays a wild range of music from many cultures, and is one of the reasons I support them. Go climb back in your hole. 

Wow.  No likey ethnic music equals Trump backer?  I'll try to imagine you are not also just an (not "a") ignorant individual.
Posted 2 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
this rocks

its peppy
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 mikegrinker wrote:

Dig this! 

How's the movie?


FWIW I hated it.  Kind of went nowhere.
Posted 2 years ago by Bakaretsu    [ Reply ]
This is drawing too much of my brain's focus....   
Posted 2 years ago by Queue    [ Reply ]
RIP Blanquito Man and Celso Piña
Posted 2 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
Dig this! 

How's the movie?
Posted 2 years ago by mikegrinker    [ Reply ]
GREAT! I never heard of them before. Thanx RP! ...I don't speak Spanish, but that doesn't sop me from chair dancing to this!
Posted 3 years ago by joejennings    [ Reply ]
scocam wrote:
Sounds like a Mexican restaurant.
 
Which?  If this is what they're playing, I want to check out their menu.
Posted 3 years ago by mread    [ Reply ]
 runawayradio wrote:

Is there any place to hide from folks so shallow they have to turn every breath into a racial confrontation? Honestly. Relax man. You can have your soapbox another day... I promise. sheesh

Ignoring is tantamount to condoning.
Posted 3 years ago by Jakethemuss    [ Reply ]
 runawayradio wrote:
Is there any place to hide from folks so shallow they have to turn every breath into a racial confrontation? Honestly. Relax man. You can have your soapbox another day... I promise. sheesh


 

Posted 4 years ago by runawayradio    [ Reply ]
I was thinking Manu Chao - and you can never have enough of that.
Posted 4 years ago by ApricotHurlforth    [ Reply ]
Sadly Both Blanquito Man and Celso passed away. You can check out Blanquitos'band, King Chango, amazing reggue/ska/tropical band from Venezuela/Ny.
Posted 4 years ago by paloeguevo    [ Reply ]
This gets me chair-dancing every time. Is there any other cumbia on RP?
Posted 4 years ago by birdman42    [ Reply ]
Colombia, Venezuela y México unidos! Que Viva Radio Paradise!
Posted 4 years ago by Mpayan    [ Reply ]
Posted 4 years ago by Spalted    [ Reply ]
Reminds me of Ozomatli. A very good thing indeed.
c.
Posted 4 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
{#Drummer} La Cumbia es para nosotros el pleno ejemplo de lo que la sociedad colombiana es en su esencia, el resultado de la fusión de tres culturas.
Posted 7 years ago by ortega1    [ Reply ]
 Kaw wrote:
{#Dancingbanana_2}Like it!

 
Dance with me.{#Bananasplit}
Posted 7 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
 fredriley wrote:
"the ethnics"?!? You're on dangerous ground with that phrase, mate. Over in the UK "ethnics" is recognised code used by racists to refer to anyone dark-skinned and/or foreign. Assuming that you're using the phrase innocently, then you still want to bear in mind that anglosaxons are a very distinct minority across the world, and are "the ethnics" for most of the world's populations.

A big plus of RP is its eclecticism, sampling across musical traditions and countries, and constantly coming up with new and fresh and refreshing music. I listen to RP to be surprised by music like this.
 
Well done Fred. Unless people are given some response to their limited views on this matter, there is the risk they think it is fine to do so. It is therefore worth every second of time to keep responses like this flowing when necessary. 

:)
Posted 7 years ago by SquiddlyDiddly    [ Reply ]
Mas cumbia, por favor! con mucho gusto. muy excelente.
Posted 8 years ago by Segue    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}Like it!
Posted 8 years ago by Kaw    [ Reply ]
Loving this beat, before I head to Ibiza tomorrow - thanks again Bill!
Posted 8 years ago by Richman    [ Reply ]
solo los américanos sabemos bailr la cumbia, por eso los gringos la odian
Posted 8 years ago by Panchoalico    [ Reply ]
 dragon1952 wrote:
I'll change channels for a bit while the ethnics jam out.

 
Must be a Trump backer, I'll try to imagine you are just a ignorant individual. RP plays a wild range of music from many cultures, and is one of the reasons I support them. Go climb back in your hole. 
Posted 8 years ago by willmcnaught    [ Reply ]
Mero Mero!
 
Posted 8 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Manu Chao meets Fatboy Slim. Cute avocado taste.
Posted 8 years ago by eveliko    [ Reply ]
Now, this is very close to a traditional cumbia/vallenato! A pulir la hebilla! {#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 8 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
Wow, hard to imagine jamming more annoying things into one "song".
Posted 8 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
Not worth it to even just lower the volume on this song. Have to click off and wait for the next one.
Posted 8 years ago by MJMJ    [ Reply ]
 dragon1952 wrote:
I'll change channels for a bit while the ethnics jam out.

 
"the ethnics"?!? You're on dangerous ground with that phrase, mate. Over in the UK "ethnics" is recognised code used by racists to refer to anyone dark-skinned and/or foreign. Assuming that you're using the phrase innocently, then you still want to bear in mind that anglosaxons are a very distinct minority across the world, and are "the ethnics" for most of the world's populations.

A big plus of RP is its eclecticism, sampling across musical traditions and countries, and constantly coming up with new and fresh and refreshing music. I listen to RP to be surprised by music like this.
Posted 9 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
This is bad. PSD it. 
Posted 9 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Wow. Really hard to work to. Not enjoyable enough to listen to. Just annoying enough to vote down.
Posted 9 years ago by passsion8    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}Cool! 
Posted 9 years ago by physastro2050    [ Reply ]
{#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajam}
Posted 9 years ago by einsteinstoe    [ Reply ]
I'll change channels for a bit while the ethnics jam out.
Posted 9 years ago by dragon1952    [ Reply ]
Should be "Babble"
Posted 9 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
Thanks Bill, we're still dancing 'porro' here in Medellin.... and I'm going to donate now!
Posted 10 years ago by viajeros    [ Reply ]
 MilesW wrote:
It's songs like this that influenced my decision to stop donating...

 
Ooops - wrong song.  Sorry, I meant "This Summer" from Maps.  Horrid.
Posted 10 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
It's songs like this that influenced my decision to stop donating...
Posted 10 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
a mi me encanta esta canción.... estamos bailando el porro aca!
Posted 10 years ago by viajeros    [ Reply ]
I didn't think it would ever end.
Annoying. 
Posted 10 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
Lots of fun...great to hear to help melt the deep winter freeze!
Posted 11 years ago by FluorideFreeMN    [ Reply ]
 Kilroy wrote:
Ranchero music is horrendous.

 
That is ranchero? Oh I've lived in a lie all my life.
Posted 11 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
ajúa... cumbia poder, loveee it, i just feel the rhythm from inside (not "mexican reggae", not "ranchera"...) god people, just open your mindd
-____-
Posted 11 years ago by danucita    [ Reply ]
Ranchero music is horrendous.
Posted 11 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
On dirait Manu Chao.
C'est du bon ...
Posted 11 years ago by fioh    [ Reply ]
The beginning reminds me of David Byrne and Brian Eno's "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)

Youtube video of "Help Me Somebody" from the album
Posted 11 years ago by Algis    [ Reply ]
I share here a guilty pleasure of cumbia, Mexican made


Posted 11 years ago by Euskadita    [ Reply ]
I totally dig this song! Super fun, great beat, cool accordion. I just bought it on Google Play. I wish more music like this (edge of hip-hop...or further, aka macklemore, rooted in good music) made it on here. But Bill knows BEST!

Thanks for the discovery RP
Posted 11 years ago by einsteinstoe    [ Reply ]
Mexican reggae!
Posted 11 years ago by Shesdifferent    [ Reply ]
cool sound 
Posted 11 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
What the hell is this and what's it doing in my paradise?
Posted 11 years ago by kojiroh    [ Reply ]
a freakin awesome cumbia song, and i don't particularly like cumbia. Mexican power
Posted 11 years ago by amanzanom    [ Reply ]
A little too close to ranchero music for me.... and I hate ranchero music.
Posted 12 years ago by Ipse_Dixit    [ Reply ]
LOVE this song!!! WOOO! lol reminds me of the Quinceaneras we use to go to. My mom and dad would always dance this song. =) good times... lol Ya'll are just HATERS!! {#Nyah}
Posted 12 years ago by cutiepie_jessy    [ Reply ]
Uh Oh...not good...at all!  And the other track played from this is so blissful....?!
Posted 12 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo
Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo
Scooby Doo, Scooby Doo
Posted 12 years ago by Imkirok    [ Reply ]
Awful!!
Posted 12 years ago by fitzworld    [ Reply ]
 4merdj wrote:
Puliendo la hebilla!!
 
¿Eso es un eufemismo?
Posted 12 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Rap music?

Idiot....wind
Posted 12 years ago by dingleberry    [ Reply ]
 Here I sit tapping my toes to this and reading comments.  I stumble across this and had to laugh.  I really do like this song, but I love the distressed bee-man!!!

CamLwalk wrote:
Bumblebee man
 


Posted 12 years ago by Laurelai    [ Reply ]
Love it. Wish King Chango would do another album.
Posted 12 years ago by finsterboy    [ Reply ]
Oh no...Rap music.

I'm gone.
Posted 12 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Hip as hell. Also rather annoying, but in a hip way.
Posted 12 years ago by stevendejong    [ Reply ]
{#Bananasplit}{#Bananajam}{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Dancingbanana}{#Bananapiano}{#Bananajumprope}{#Bananasplit}


Posted 12 years ago by rpdevotee    [ Reply ]
 DavidS_UK wrote:
And this still deserves maybe a 5 or 6 whilst Basement Jaxx a 7 or 8.  But seems proximity to Monterrey maybe is the key, or maybe 'safe and comfortable' world music are the keywords, we can pretend it's world music when it's nice and safely just down the road in CA for those in the big continent.

 
Erm, for those of us in the Midlands Sprawl, anything from North of Sheffield counts as 'world music'. I figure that this counts as 'world music' on account of it not being anglo-saxon, and coming from Mexico, which is rather a long way away from us.

I wish Bill or Becky would sort out the diacritics in this song title...


Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
New to me.
Love it!!!! 
Posted 13 years ago by jocelynsart    [ Reply ]
 DavidS_UK wrote:
So this follows two records after Basement Jaxx (Scars?) and they rate a 2 and this a 7 to 8?  What's happening here, everyone getting so chintzy and careful in their old age?
Not that this bad, it's catchy, but it's ever so safe and comfortable...

 
So what do you want on RP - Einsturzende Neubaten? Harrison Birtwhistle?

Posted 13 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
I've always been a sucker for an accordion, so this gets the nod from me.

Dig the glyphs in the title as well - guess Chrome/Mac needs a new font pack. 
Posted 13 years ago by nagsheadlocal    [ Reply ]
Buenísimo, vamos todos a bailar...{#Bananasplit}.
Posted 13 years ago by camisaldanha    [ Reply ]
Buenisimo Celso y la cumbia sobre el rio!!! CONTROL MACHETE !!!
 
Posted 13 years ago by cristiangumo    [ Reply ]
Maybe the best single song ever played on RP - a rare 10+
Posted 13 years ago by Foot    [ Reply ]
Cuuuuumbia Colombiana! Puliendo la hebilla!! {#Cheers}
Posted 13 years ago by 4merdj    [ Reply ]
I LLIIIKKE it!  Good job, Bill!
Posted 13 years ago by shorty    [ Reply ]
1 of 2 songs I enjoy from the Babel soundtrack — gets a 7 from me
Posted 13 years ago by socalhol    [ Reply ]
this is badazz!
Posted 13 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
wow... this kind of reminds me of Dirty Dancing 2.
Posted 13 years ago by mem_313    [ Reply ]
Stars
Posted 14 years ago by WayUpNorth    [ Reply ]
This is the definition of repetition. {#Guitarist}
Posted 14 years ago by kentbigdog    [ Reply ]

Sounds like a Mexican restaurant.


Posted 14 years ago by scocam    [ Reply ]
Wow. 3 1's in a row for me. Interesting. It can only go up from here, right?{#Pray}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Come on Bill, that computer of yours is just repeating playlists now.  I see my current comments follow the same pattern as last time thses here played.

And this still deserves maybe a 5 or 6 whilst Basement Jaxx a 7 or 8.  But seems proximity to Monterrey maybe is the key, or maybe 'safe and comfortable' world music are the keywords, we can pretend it's world music when it's nice and safely just down the road in CA for those in the big continent.

Posted 14 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
Celso Piña lives in one of the neighborhoods (Independencia) here in Monterrey, this neighborhood has a very long history of loving colombian music (cumbia) and have a lot of performers, being Celso one of them, I like this song because celebrates that and also one of the landmarks of this city, a dry river.

I remember also that Celso got real angry when a guy named Carlos Vives made it here through a song called "la gota fria", but eventually helped him to breaktrough to a wide audience, before this his music was only followed by the people familiar with the Independencia or other places slum like.

Miguel
Posted 14 years ago by migueljurado    [ Reply ]
So this follows two records after Basement Jaxx (Scars?) and they rate a 2 and this a 7 to 8?  What's happening here, everyone getting so chintzy and careful in their old age?
Not that this bad, it's catchy, but it's ever so safe and comfortable...

Posted 14 years ago by DavidS_UK    [ Reply ]
oh puhlease - this rocks compared to the florence and the machine!
Posted 15 years ago by moonsaura    [ Reply ]
The hit before didn't hurt this.
Posted 15 years ago by Jazbo    [ Reply ]
Bumblebee man
Posted 15 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
Flush it please!
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
Not into it.
Posted 15 years ago by Dahlia_Gumbo    [ Reply ]
I like this, especially since it doesn't have that idiotic police siren that Manu Chao can't seem to do without.

Posted 15 years ago by Hannio    [ Reply ]
Oh I looove the accordion riff! But I'm biased, as you can tell by my name...
Posted 15 years ago by accordionista    [ Reply ]
Bring it on.

Misterfixit wrote:
Well let's see now .. you all know, of course, that this is actually a clandestine call for revolution, right?

See: Blanquito = "The White Oppressor Man"

"Controle el Machetaros = "Put the "Macheteros" (Puerto Rican Terrorist Group) to work, on El Blanquitos, of course.

Oh well, we could go on with the numeric significance of the accordion beat, and how translated into secret Short Wave Numbers Station Code, but we shan't.

Prepare for the end, Blancos!

Viva La Raza!



Posted 15 years ago by FallOutOfWindow    [ Reply ]
Well let's see now .. you all know, of course, that this is actually a clandestine call for revolution, right?

See:  Blanquito = "The White Oppressor Man"

"Controle el Machetaros = "Put the "Macheteros" (Puerto Rican Terrorist Group) to work, on El Blanquitos, of course.

Oh well, we could go on with the numeric significance of the accordion beat, and how translated into secret Short Wave Numbers Station Code, but we shan't.

Prepare for the end, Blancos!

Viva La Raza!


Posted 15 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
Please make it stop!!
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
{#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by jkhandy    [ Reply ]
Pura cumbia colombiana, para todo el mundo!
Posted 15 years ago by belalugosi    [ Reply ]
 bobringer wrote:

The problem isn't Latin music. I tend to like most of what gets played here... even have some Manu Chao on my iPod. The problem is... this. is just really bad...
 
Ditto here. The suckageness reaches beyond political, cultural, or language barriers. This could be sung in by Princess Diana in English with perfect diction, and it would still blow. Interesting concept...the spoken parts are cool but something ain't right with the basic song itself.

Posted 15 years ago by tg3k    [ Reply ]
Suena y emociona ...
y alegra  {#Dancingbanana} {#Bananasplit}{#Dancingbanana}

Posted 15 years ago by ndg    [ Reply ]
 lwilkinson wrote:

More like a drunken cross between standard Conjunto with a tad' of Ranchero thrown.

Having grown up in far S. Texas where you get confused as to what country you're in this is very reminding of a drunk night in Matamoros at the Drive In.

{#Drunk}

 
Yeah, or a drive down Telephone Road in Houston. Good times! {#Cowboy}{#Drunk}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 15 years ago by toterola    [ Reply ]
These bananas are candy-flipping BIG TIME!

 nicolaluna wrote:
my goodness danny.  how did you get your bananas to do that?

 Danny_G wrote:

 
 

Posted 15 years ago by gregler    [ Reply ]
YEAH! For you all blanquitos men out there! Shake your booty. Cumbia! {#Cowboy}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by frankp74    [ Reply ]