Buena Vista Social Club (Ruben Gonzalez)

[edwardoalvarez22]

Ruben Gonzalez is one of the Best Piano Player of all time. He is true Cuban legend.I wish he was still live today.

[Taimoe]

epic ! BUT PLEASE why do you cut the video at 1:22 ....that's a shame

[hisvorpalsword]

Thank you Ry!

[paulostroff99]

Awesome!

[teresaguerrasalazar]

I played this melody to my 85 year old mother in mexico a year before she passed, she stopped what she was doing, raised her eyes to heaven and tears began to stream down her eyes, whispering,she said ,I remember holding my mothers hand as a little girl, walking the streets of Mexico city at the turn of the century, you could hear this melody blaring out of the local bars.

[roos08824]

i want to hear the rest......beautiful.

[joaotezinho]

haber,,, esta cancion se llama siboney es el track 3 del segundo cd, claro en vivo desde el carnegie hall, pero.. alli falta esta cortada es como para darle todo el merito a Ruben gonzales notable pianista, gracias por tan buena musica, gracias de verdad saludos desde Honduras

[tracala]

SIBONEY,,,CAGANTìSIMOOOOO!

[kidler151]

How is title this song? :) amazing

[minkalina]

I was in the front row for this performance (at the Beacon Theater in NYC), right in front of the piano--it was brilliant and a night I will never forget. Ruben was absolutely amazing <3

[tialeetull]

.............. i am sooooooooo jealous. i absolutely love ruben. i was sick when he passed. ibrahim was also amazing. it is a good thing they recorded a few sessions/albums before they left. i really love afro-cuban music. long live BVSC.

[pantomicino]

Recomiendo escucharlo en sus discos, es tan sutil y melódico que acaricia al oyente.

[waniacris]

Que pena não chegar ao fim. É sem duvida a melhor versão.

[latino7630]

Ruben !!! ... te extranamo tanto.... !

[EdgardoJustice]

Nice work. keep it up.  bgcv

[sidhartha673]

Sencillamente: Un genio!!!

[fabinhogmori]

Esses velhinhos aí é o que restou de Cuba. Hoje Cuba é uma verdadeira BOSTA. Fidel conseguiu transformar o país que em 1.960 era pior que a Guatemala em um país pior que a Nicarágua.

[bonesplitter1337]

gotta love it!

and I think that this isn't a good place to discuss the stupid embargo (which I dislike as well, but nvm). first try to copy him ;)

[bonesplitter1337]

oh sry lads, wrong video. if you search youtube for more videos including r.g., you'll come across several discussions...

[thirlestanelodge2]

what a shame it is cut short. Does no one have the entire song. Que lastima esta cortada, la concion. Ninguna persona tienela entera?

[VitorVitoriaBaia]

Now you can have it...World Circuit released a new album: "Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall"...and it's a live recording of this concert that happened 10 years ago...;)

It's a great album...Ruben Gonzalez is the maestro!

[nevilleprinsloo]

simply superb. THIS is real music. not the shite today.

[lughnut]

Amen brother, amen.

[londonscot1]

A brilliant musician, sadly no longer with us.

It's worth noting that Ry Cooder, the US producer, was recently fined $100,000 and banned from working in Cuba, thanks to the US embargo.

Apparently elderly Cuban musicians are a threat to US national security.

[myoeman]

Fuck America

[catman351]

Remember 1959

[paulostroff99]

@londonscot1 -It would be a ridiculous joke were it not so stupid and sad.

[londonscot1]

@paulostroff99 - Agreed. The US embargo of Cuba is an outrage, an anachronistic throwback to the Cold War era and hugely hypocritical.

Great music like Ruben Gonzalez's is just the tip of the iceberg. Cubans are immensely resourceful and hardworking people who don't deserve to be caught in the middle of a political feud. Cuba as a whole deserves the right, same as any other country, to form its own sort of government and to establish trading relations with whoever it likes.

[paulostroff99]

@londonscot1 -I have been going to Cuba since Dec.'57. Cuba has been governed by Castro since Jan.'59. They are the brighest people that I know,and deserve a far better fate than they have gotten. They are also as nice a people as one wants to know. Better days are ahead for these multi talented people-at long last.

[londonscot1]

@paulostroff99 - Thanks for your feedback. I too hope that better days are ahead for Cuba but its true potential will always be limited as long as the US trade embargo remains in place. I fear a US / Cuba stand-off for the foreseeable future.

Can I assume, from the fact that you've been visiting Cuba regularly since 1957, that you are not a US citizen?!

[newgatito2007]

gonzalez is simple the best, a beast of the keys

thanks for every single note.

your memory will last forever.

[psiconauta21]

MAESTRO gozaste un poco de la fama que te merecias por tu virtud. Gracias por tu legado

[paulostroff99]

Siboney aong with quisaz, quisaz, quisaz are 2 of his best played.Why did this one have to be cut so short.The recording has awesome playing by Ruben throughout.

[sebatrupa]

the name of the song is "siboney"

El nombre de la canción es "Siboney"

[moodwafta]

OMG i have to know the name of this song!!! CAN ANY1 TELL ME!?

OYE como quiero saber el nombre de esta cancion!! ALGIEN PUEDE DECIRME!!??

[goldeneye00756]

I dunno the name of it but there's a full video of him playing it on YouTube as well.

[moodwafta]

yeh but whichone apart from this one? wots the link?? i couldnt c anthing else apart from this one which isnt the full version

[goldeneye00756]

Youtube won't let you post links in comments anymore. Did you even try looking? When you search Ruben Gonzalez on here it's the FIRST result. Him on a British talk show.

[Mamasan41]

Where is the rest of it!! Lovely!

[soneroperuano]

siboney debemos darle gracia sa lecuona por esta cancion y a ruben por habet tocado asi the master ruben gonzalez por siempre el mejor

[acedrinker]

Fantastic!