De Guella

[MrOldschool416]

wow i dont know what you ppl say someone saying but this is the second time i herd this song it was played at the alamo slaughter and let me tell you something this is a great song if it is even a song just music i hear but it is done soooooo well you can almost just sit back and enjoy this tune and not letting it get you down as the cut throte song wow the mexcians can make music sound sooooo soothing you just want to relax to it thank you 4 post thing.....................

[DrBardo]

@MrOldschool416 Do you know if there is a particular genre name for this sort of Sombre, Horn based Mexican music?

Its form is hinted at in alot of Westerns, but to date no one has told me what its actually "called"?

[josephcantone]

this music has such a haunting quality to it. it draws you in.

[DrPoon]

The good the bad and the ugly is better.

[MrMikefairfield]

for fairies47... please note there is a "part 2" to the Mexicna massacre of the patriots at the Alamo.... it is called the Battle of San Jacinto AKA the batlle of Texas Indepdance

[fairies47]

I'm French so i'm not sure to understand what you mean... But I'm not crying because of the political issue of this song, just because of the music, its beauty, its melancholy...

[ccrich100]

@fairies47 Yes...there is the dark, sombre tones of the music in this piece...Strange how many shades comprises beauty...

[fairies47]

I cry each time I hear this melody....

[yepheth]

that's quite close to the "Rio Bravo" version that i'm looking for-especially the first part- i mean the version played by the mexican little band in the saloon in front of gunner Colorado. In my opinnion that's A half way between "Rio Bravo" and "The Alamo" version.

[TheTuneAce]

was this song part of the Mexican Revolution

[otissumnerbrown]

Reminder: These Mexicans/Texans swore to defend the 1824 constitution. The self-apointed dictator killed that constitution. People have a right to fight to defend their constitution. That is what the Alamo was all about. Peace!

[rotblade]

Rio Bravo : Dans le TOP 5 des meilleurs WESTERN !

ALAMO : Un peut trop propagandiste ...

[pqwilrj]

It certainly has some elements of exaggerated heroism to it, but that happens to almost any story like this, anywhere in the world. I wouldn't call it propaganda though.

[otissumnerbrown]

would be put to the death upon attack. It was supposed that the playing of this haunting bugle call would convey to the besieged that "all is lost, surrender" . Played by Santa Anna a few days prior to his final assault upon the Alamo.

==== Yes, and one month later over 300 surrendered -- and Santa Anna killed them all. This "practice" resulted in 1,000,000 Mexicans being killed between 1910 to 1920. Texas and free Mexicans were better off that Sam Huston won in 20 minutes.

[grannydyess]

fannin surrendered a week or two earlier than the the alamo fell. that is when he and his men were massacred although some did escape.

[grannydyess]

the mexicans told fannin that if he surrendered he and his men would be treated honorably as prisoners of war and ransomed. instead they were marched down a road by soldiers and ambushed ; massacred but some realized what was happening and managed to escape,.

[SONOFHERO52]

@grannydyess I like the story where one of the wives of a mexican officer realized that they were killing unarmed men after they surrendered honorably and saw two 15 year old texans they were going to shoot standing together...she stood in front of them and DARED the mexican soldiers to shoot...they didnt..the boys survived..and many claim the song "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" was about her

[grannydyess]

can you imagine how those volunteers both texans tenneeseans and mexicans who believed in freedom felt when they heard this song, day and night for 13 days and saw that red flag? they knew they were going to die but they did so with honor.

[chitlika]

True Granny but aint it a beautifull song If i had to hear one song over and over itd be this God Bless all them brave men and you too

[grannydyess]

it is a beautiful song. and historic as well

[kdk324]

cats kill for fun too

[vindicari]

why can't ya just say it's a nice tune, and mankind is the only animal on the planet that kills for fun.

[Rheynardt]

It means "No mercy"...When the mexican (or spanish) ancient army sings this song it means that all the captured enemies will be executed!

[outpostflags]

the term racist was invented by Leon Trotsky shortly after the communist revolution, when they realized that the majority of the rural population in Russia and in the united states and Europe would never adhere to their ideals. It was a concept that was created and pushed by the Marxists as a way to dupe addle indeed people to follow them in their mad drive to world domination.

[BiffTheUnderstudy]

Are you completely idiot or do you fake it?

[outpostflags]

seems like i might have had your help

[GaussTruth]

This is actually a redacted version of the original De Guella, played by the early Spanish and Mexican armies toward their besieged antagonists as a means of saying "we can resolve this conflict no farther, when we attack, you will all be put to death".

[GaussTruth]

It meant that the attacking army had exercised all options and the besieged would be put to the death upon attack. It was supposed that the playing of this haunting bugle call would convey to the besieged that "all is lost, surrender" . Played by Santa Anna a few days prior to his final assault upon the Alamo.

[outpostflags]

The Outlaw Josey wales was the best movie ever.

[SONOFHERO52]

BS ...OUTPOST...youve never seen HONDO or ESCAPE FROM FORT BRAVO have you....the indian fights in those are fantastic

[BackInBlack2003]

yeah very nice. thanx. love it!

[grannydyess]

he was also good in bandelero with james stewart and raquel welch

[crocketteer58]

Dean Martin's greatest performance, and the music is perfect for it.

[kronos251]

Amazing movie, Beautifully haunting tune

Thank you for posting this :)

[silviaoe1234]

everybody underneath should think about what he or she wrote. i am german and i am very shocked to read things like that

[vaahti]

You're right. Nobody wants to read that kind of shit. I removed the abusive comments.

[DerrickCole]

Great tune. It's haunting, but beautiful. Just as such music should be. :D

[mapkaz]

This tune is so haunting

[gearstick1955]

what a fantastic tune this takes me back many years watching films as a boy. and while i,m fighting my own battle against cancer i,ll keep trying to remember the good times like watching great films with my late father

[LadODell]

Deguello was a bugle call used by the Mexican Army during the battle of the Alamo in 1836.

[LadODell]

You need to get your eyes checked. There is a Mexican who owns and operates a hotel and a Chinaman who is the undertaker. Thats pretty good for that time in history. Go find something else to complain about. You must be one of those "good Old boys".

[ObamaRules4Ever]

The portrayal of the Mexican characters was EXTREMELY racist in this right-wing piece of crap.

[LadODell]

you and "shaneymac2" have some serious mental issues. You need to go somewhere and grow up.

The rest of humanity doesn't really need you.

[Classicguy66]

Los Hermanos del Hierro is the best western

[billeagle51]

You know this movie is up there! But you can't take away the "Magnificient Seven" and the "Searchers"

[teuvothebest]

Rio bravo is still the best western ever :D

[ipsolocatur12]

Definitely one of my all-time favorites, but I still love Shane the best. I must admit the singing and Angie in her prime aren't present in Shane.

[fekalfatal]

Thank you very much for posting this incredible song!

[andrs5]

what is name this song?

[Fraidnaught]

Cut Throat. El Deguello.

[doylie45]

No Mercy!

[apatientspider]

I first heard this the first time I ever saw Rio Bravo many years ago. Still gives me goosebumps to listen to it. Very beautiful, very moving piece.

[pfishy69]

Respect to "Rio Bravo" ..i saw it recently and then realised it was the Grand daddy of the Spaghetti Westerns that i love so much..Sergio and Clint...you ripped them off but i forgive you............

[violet2048]

sad,haunting and serious. Yet really beautiful.

[Rikki0]

If you want to hear the real Deguello, just look to the right and click on the icon for " EL DEGUELLO " posted by Krishanko.

[Rikki0]

Or for an even more original version check Veradadero Toque mexicano " A Deguello "

[NYDutch1968]

It's kind of ironic that such a beautiful song stands for "slit throat" or "no quarter" or "no mercy". I first heard this in the John Wayne version of "The Alamo". I believe the actual song played at The Alamo was not so beautiful.

[alamo1960]

This is the most haunting melody the defenders of "the Alamo" in Texas heard for about twelve hours before the were massacred. It means "no quarter", "Cut Throat" literally in Spanish, and the popular connotation would be "Take no prisoners", which is what "DEGUELLO" is.

Rob in San Antonio

[brizbi]

This is the most haunting melody I have ever heard.

[cambizes]

Lindo, maravilhoso, belo, magnifico.

Parabéns!!!!!

[opodeldog]

Hello Everybody,

is there please anyone, who knows the Chords of "de guella" to play on guitar? Thanks in advance.

[ronin99999]

simply beautiful

[asharon69]

this tune can stay with you for ever, hearing this everyday at the Alamo must have been a nightmare.

[witzmix]

that's the deguello (written by dimitri tiomkin)for rio bravo, a beautiful sound for a famues movie.

but by the way..it's not the real deguello, what the mexicans played by the alamo. the real deguello is more a signal wich means cut throats and soundet very differently.

[vaahti]

Oh, I see. Thanks for the clarification!

[VivaVaria]

Most interesting information about the Deguello music.

Thank you for sharing this information.

[joedubobeano]

great music every time I hear the horn