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song: Chan Chan
artist: Macaco
album: Rumbo submarino
released: 2002length: 3:31
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De Alto Cedro voy para Macané
Luego a Cueto voy para Mayarí

El cariño que te tengo
Yo no lo puedo negar
Se me sale la babita
Yo no lo puedo evitar

Cuando Juanica y Chan Chan
En el mar cernían arena
Como sacudía el 'jibe'
A Chan Chan le daba pena

Limpia el camino de pajas
Que yo me quiero sentar
En aquel tronco que veo
Y así no puedo llegar

De Alto Cedro voy para Macané
Luego a Cueto voy para Mayarí
Macaco

Macaco (Vianey) is a musical band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 1997 by Dani Carbonell, who was also one of the original lead singers of the new flamenco group Ojos de Brujo. Carbonell left Ojos de Brujo after the debut album, Vengue in 2001, but has continued to make guest appearances on the group's later albums.

Prior to his singing career, Carbonell had dubbed over Sean Astin's character Mikey Walsh in the 1985 film The Goonies.

The members, from different countries such as Brazil, Cameroon, Sweden, Venezuela and Spain, give to its music a mixed colour, with electro accents of Latin music and rumba.

Carbonell sings in Spanish and Catalan, but also in Portuguese, French, English and Italian.

Many of their songs are played in the EA Sports video games FIFA : "Moving" (from his fifth album, Puerto Presente, released in 2009) appeared in FIFA 09, "Hacen Falta Dos" (released in an EP version of Puerto Presente) appeared in FIFA 10 and "Una Sola Voz" (from his latest album, 2012's El Murmullo del Fuego) appeared in FIFA 12.

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Comments ( 50 )
Posted 17 years ago by ce:
Aw come on, you bunch of sour face critics. A cover does not have to be better than the original at all, as long as it adds something different and interesting. This is quite an interesting cover, and one with a LOT of happy energy! I uploaded this ages ago, but it was rejected then. Glad that at least one other uploader agrees with me. RP ¡Emitiendo para toda la galaxia!
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Posted 4 years ago by dmcanany:
The Buena Vista Social Club version is a 10. However, this is silly and fun. 
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Posted 4 years ago by Grammarcop:
I love this tune -- just not this rendition. 
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Posted 16 years ago by markoirl:
I heard this while on holiday in Spain during the summer and it brought back such happy radioparadise memories from the office.

It was probably the Buena Vista Social Club version.

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Posted 16 years ago by nigelr:
Very nice, but personally I prefer the style of the original, which I rate a 10.

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Posted 1 year ago by joejennings:
 TheKing2 wrote:

The Buena Vista Social Club-version pales compared to this.




This version is GREAT!   But the BVSC version is really GREAT!!  Thanx RP!   
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Posted 3 years ago by POTTERYMONK:
It's different. It's also good.
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Posted 4 years ago by Felix_The_Cat:
Cringe
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Posted 15 years ago by Vinni_NL:
So underrated these guys... I should admit that BVSC does the song pretty good, but Macaco is so musically gifted and nobody sees it, too bad!
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Posted 16 years ago by gekkosan:
nigelr wrote:
Very nice, but personally I prefer the style of the original, which I rate a 10.

 
Agreed

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Posted 17 years ago by iTuner:
mrmojorisin wrote:
No no no. Version on the Buena Vista Social Club album is good, this is bad.
Have to agree, that version has power. This doesn't sound as good.
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Posted 17 years ago by mrmojorisin:
No no no. Version on the Buena Vista Social Club album is good, this is bad.
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Posted 17 years ago by gumby:
mute
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Posted 17 years ago by Beez:
Not liking this version at all.
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Posted 17 years ago by ThePoose:
out_to_lunch wrote:
nope, the original is better. This is a slow country song and this totally destroys all the tension between the notes that is integral to its romance. Its almost like a tango in that way...its like its painful to continue but -yet, you must. I love that about Spanish and Latino music. This is just stupid. Sorry boys, you're fired.
I have to agree. I vacationed in Cuba earlier this year (yes, I'm Canadian) in the province where this song came from. Every group of troubadors who played for us included this in their repertoire, and every group played this tune slowly and with the magic resident in this tune. The version here has none of that magic.
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Posted 17 years ago by cubaninlondon:
No, No, No and then again... NOOOOOOO! They have taken the spirit out of this sublime track and replaced it instead with an insipid, vacuous and disgusting re-mix of... what...??!!! Noise??!!! That would be like offending Mr Noise. www.cubaninlondon.blogspot.com
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Posted 17 years ago by out_to_lunch:
nope, the original is better. This is a slow country song and this totally destroys all the tension between the notes that is integral to its romance. Its almost like a tango in that way...its like its painful to continue but -yet, you must. I love that about Spanish and Latino music. This is just stupid. Sorry boys, you're fired.
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Posted 17 years ago by ejsamuel:
Pure blecchh - I couldn't give it a zero so it gets a 1.
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Posted 1 year ago by pnscott21121:
 TheKing2 wrote:

The Buena Vista Social Club-version pales compared to this.



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Posted 3 years ago by Jakethemuss:
Nice to hear such a contrasting approach - I don’t see why it should be sacrosanct.
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