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Arles and Montpellier, France (1987 – present)
Gipsy Kings is a music group from Arles and Montpellier, France. They explained the evolution of their sound in the 1996 PBS documentary of their lives and music “Tierra Gitana (Gipsy Land)”. Young brothers Nicolas, Canut and Paul Reyes accompanied their father, famed flamenco singer Jose Reyes, who started out singing “cante jondo” (deep chant), traditional flamenco with long-running themes of passion, love, death, etc. But they began playing rumba flamenca because “we liked to watch pretty girls dance,” said Nicolas.
Latin American beats had been joined with flamenco by gitanos since at least the 1950s, mixing complex strumming with rhythmic, percussive tapping on their guitars’ tops. The new Reyes generation — soon to meet and join up with three guitar-playing brothers from the Baliardo family — began creating more pop-oriented songs. They played at roma parties and at street corners until they got their chance to record under the group’s new name, Gipsy Kings.
Sharp-eyed individuals might have noted that all the left-handed members of the group play guitars strung upside-down; this is usually as a result of the individuals’ not having their own guitars when growing-up. Borrowing and playing a right-hander’s the wrong way up was the only way to learn.
Band’s story
They became popular with their self-titled first album, Gipsy Kings, which included the songs “Djobi Djoba [1]”, “Bamboleo [2]” and the romantic ballad “Un Amor”.
Latin American beats had been joined with flamenco by gitanos since at least the 1950s, mixing complex strumming with rhythmic, percussive tapping on their guitars’ tops. The new Reyes generation — soon to meet and join up with three guitar-playing brothers from the Baliardo family — began creating more pop-oriented songs. They played at roma parties and at street corners until they got their chance to record under the group’s new name, Gipsy Kings.
Sharp-eyed individuals might have noted that all the left-handed members of the group play guitars strung upside-down; this is usually as a result of the individuals’ not having their own guitars when growing-up. Borrowing and playing a right-hander’s the wrong way up was the only way to learn.
Band’s story
They became popular with their self-titled first album, Gipsy Kings, which included the songs “Djobi Djoba [1]”, “Bamboleo [2]” and the romantic ballad “Un Amor”.
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kerubim wrote:
bueno, no tanto...
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kerubim wrote:
oye, me gustn!!!!
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GremlinDG wrote:
О,они из лучших
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bezimienna1 wrote:
Bamboleo
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milenaksw wrote:
Funsão perfeita de ritmos, a música que eles fazem é FORTE and HOT :-)
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NuTa__ wrote:
Почему цыганские короли?
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Gaston89 wrote:
kraljevi ;D
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RoomForSymmetry wrote:
@Juanmy...that's because it's a regional dialect isn't it?! So while it's not a good idea to learn Spanish from their songs, you don't have to really knock them...
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Funeraliaa wrote:
king ...
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JovanaJoxy wrote:
amazing music <3
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Kawww wrote:
Fantastic band.
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Basia1980 wrote:
Rewelacja. Ostatnio bawiłam się przy ich muzyce na imprezie firmowej. Wtedy wykonywał ją Rico Sanchez.
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eMarc37 wrote:
Good to know their Spanish isn't any good. Moorea is my favourite song!
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CaCoffiny wrote:
so? they still very good
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juanmy90 wrote:
DON'T EVER TRY TO LEARN SPANISH WITH THEIR LYRICS, PLEASE xDDD Their Spanish is awful!
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NariiEffBaybee wrote:
Mj listened to them before he died.
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atpoy wrote:
ЖОСТЬ !!!
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StoneDedge wrote:
Saw you guys at the Pala Casino and Spa. You guys ROCK. That was definately the highlight of our "SoCal" vacation. Thanx for so many years of GREAT musica
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