Cuban Cowboys release Diablo Mambo today
November 9, 2010 § 2 Comments
The Cuban Cowboys are muy interesante and I have no objections to their self-propagated origin being described as the “bastard love-child of Ricky Ricardo and Tom Waits.” Their new album, Diablo Mambo, encompasses all from storytelling to danceable rhythms to punk-influenced guitar to comedy. Hialeah Jorge, vocalist and guitarist, delivers tales about abuse and castration in the song “Cajones” all while keeping a delightful smile on his face. Whereas “Liberace Afternoon” is a deliriously pleasing tune with the catchiest chorus I’ve heard in a while. If only I knew what he was saying…
Liberace Afternoon by user3318062
GypsySphere 
Liberace afternoon
Yeah daddy used to like Mambo, she used to play a Sarzuela
Walking around in her dressing-gown, her lonliness behind the piano
Tabacco is smoked in Cuba, but not in this house.
Papi did not like her, behind the piano, with her sassy self
Liberace afternoon, I remember watching you
Liberace afternoon, play the piano in your room
Liberace afternoon, candelabra, fancy suit
Liberace afernoon, I find myself still missing you
The fury of an old, beat-down slipper teaches a child to keep a distance
As a child, I did not understand her, she always said I had the Devil in me
The neighbors never complained because the sound was so beautiful
It was the only mouth she could not feed – the hunger of her memory
Liberace afternoon, I remember watching you
Liberace afternoon, play the piano in your room
Liberace afternoon, I threw tantrums you threw brooms
Liberace afternoon, I find myself still missing you
(*) A Spanish traditional song
Hey thanks for this Pastafari. “I remember watching you…I find myself still missing you.” Wonderful.