Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

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Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby GoogaMooga » 13 Oct 2018, 16:07

I love Latin music. Pick it up whenever I come across it in thrift, without blinking. Today I found two contemporary-looking CDs, by Ricky Castro and Fuz-ion, respectively. Spinning now is the Ricky Castro, and it has got to be a joke, I mean, all the hallmarks of classic merengue are there, but the whole thing has been sped up and sounds frantic and maddening! Ricky Castro has been bitten by the BPM bug and has made a mockery of merengue. Is this where Latin music is at today?

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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby harvey k-tel » 13 Oct 2018, 16:32

I kinda like it. :oops:
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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby GoogaMooga » 13 Oct 2018, 16:36

Wally Bingbang wrote:I kinda like it. :oops:


Apparently it's known as hardcore merengue. Ricky Castro rose to prominence in the 90s. Could you stomach a whole album's worth, though.
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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby harvey k-tel » 13 Oct 2018, 16:44

No. I turned it off after about a minute because I was laughing so hard.
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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby GoogaMooga » 13 Oct 2018, 16:52

Wally Bingbang wrote:No. I turned it off after about a minute because I was laughing so hard.


:lol:
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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby Darkness_Fish » 13 Oct 2018, 17:18

Well, thanks for ruining my surprise pick in the merengue cup. I had a sneaking suspicion Moddie would vote it down for being pretentious, anyway.
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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby GoogaMooga » 13 Oct 2018, 17:36

Darkness_Fish wrote:Well, thanks for ruining my surprise pick in the merengue cup. I had a sneaking suspicion Moddie would vote it down for being pretentious, anyway.


There, there, have some pie...
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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby The Modernist » 13 Oct 2018, 17:38

Darkness_Fish wrote:Well, thanks for ruining my surprise pick in the merengue cup. I had a sneaking suspicion Moddie would vote it down for being pretentious, anyway.


:lol: I'm glad you did
, I can't stand pretentious merengue - I mean why use a golf club to whisk the egg white? For me it's unnecessary!

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Re: Ricky Castro has made a mockery of merengue

Postby never/ever » 13 Oct 2018, 20:58

It ain't no Guayacan, that's for sure.
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