MD on November 23, 2009, at 02:13PM – #1

Cafe Tacuba COntest: My favorite tune as of late is "Volver A Comenzar" off of SIno the latest album. Cafe Tacuva break gorund again. It has a great dance beat, harmonies and always with the clever wit and lyrics. And with the producing partnership of Gustavo Santaolla it makes for a tremendous effort again by a phenomenal group.

Richard on November 23, 2009, at 03:00PM – #3

Ingrata!

I love that song! Cafe Tacuba shows me that you can get funky in spanish!

Thanks!

jesus villa on November 23, 2009, at 03:00PM – #4

My favorite song is "desperte" because at the time, the song related to what I was going through. It made me realize that through music, one can have a piece of peace.

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Ty on November 23, 2009, at 03:04PM – #5

"Ingrata" is my favorite song by Cafe Tacuba. the blend of ska, banda & rock sounds make it a great party song despite the angry lyrics. It's no wonder that this is one of their most popular tracks. Well written. Good energy

andr̩s on November 23, 2009, at 04:23PM Р#7

It's their 20th anniversary tour! So I gotta give credit to the canciones that got them started... and el baile y el salon still gets me going. A romantic song you can dance too, gender-ambiguous enough so that everyone can groove to it and dream that the men of cafeta are serenading them...

And you can't go to a concert without hearing everyone and su madre blast these lyrics from the deepest corridors of their throat. Love it. I'm excited to go. I haven't been pushed around by a mosh of all-age, alt-dressed latinas in a while.

Xochitl Flores-Marcial on November 23, 2009, at 04:58PM – #8

A few years ago I had just seen them at the House of Blues on Sunset one week earlier, when I arrived in Oaxaca city by mere chance the day of their concert at the Guelaguetza auditorium. When they played 'Maria' my favorite song from their breakthough self titled album 'Cafe Tacuba', I made the 'LA' hand signs from my seat, which I had made at the HOB concert. They smiled big and made the LA signs too!!! I was sooo excited! they are seriously talented and so versatile!! my favorite band of all time!!! It would be so great to see them again :-)

Xóchitl

Ana Banana on November 23, 2009, at 05:10PM – #9

cero y uno...reminds me of love, longing, and good times.

Luis Dominguez on November 23, 2009, at 05:27PM – #10

I grew up in Mexico City, surrounded by the sounds that Café Tacvba uses in their music, for example, 'El Metro' from their 'Re' album which is one of my favorites, because they successfully convey the musicality of the ever adventurous D.F. metro rides. For 25 cents (USD) you can ride the entire city system whilst collecting the products sold by the random metro-sales-people. The song describes that feeling that you get when you're stuck in the middle of a metro wagon full of people, thinking that you may never get out- one of the ways to ease the ride is by thinking sweet thoughts, like your girlfriend for example! I've never seen them live, I only own all their albums!

Shawn Martinez on November 23, 2009, at 08:04PM – #11

Cafe Tacuba have a kind of childish mood that may bother some people. If there is a basic story in their lyrics is about the problem of love among younsters, the simple desire for dance, and the weird aspects of love and reality. However, their strength is their high quality as musicians. Mainly, what should be stressed is both their high capacity for styles mixture and their highly creative covers. They jump from "ranchera" to ska, or reagge , or trash , or disco. Their covers of "Ojalá que llueva café" (Juan Luis Guerra), "No controles" (Mecano) or "Cómo te extraño" (Leo Dan) demonstrate both their creativity and exploration over different kind of music. Tiempo transcurrido is probably the best example of all their "chamaleonistic" capacity. Undoubtely, one of the best recopilation in the rock en español era. Oh yeah, my favorite is Volver A Comenzar.

HC on November 23, 2009, at 08:50PM – #12

My favorite is the popular, Eres. While I appreciate the electronic sounds in their other songs, Eres has the cleanest, unfettered sound.