Ritchie Valens - La Bamba (Live)

[Ryan0253]

why'd you put the recording over the live audio? was the rest missing?

[eirbiz]

I lived in Vatican Occupied Ireland then. He was 20 years dead when we heard about him. I didn't see my first telephone until I was 16. I got a bike when I was 17 so that I could go to the movies to see guys the same age driving pickup trucks to school in the States. Now, Youtube is 'full' of redneck videos. Compared to those days in Ireland, today's American rednecks look like Einsteins.

[Burco1]

Hey, this kid was only 17! What a talent!

[lthce]

Я рыба,я рыба-I am fish in russia

[The15138]

I wish to go back in the time when the music was like water you can drink the sound

[MrSpartacus53]

As I see it, Ritchie Valens was a bit ahead of his times, but he did open the door for Carlos Santana to make Latin/rock fusion music happen!!!

[7522600]

just love it

[historiadorderock]

Ricardo Valenzuela wou;ld have been huge and he was a true genius for doing a Rock N' Roll version of this Mexican Marimba classic!

[calderons2009]

I wish he would've been filmed singing live.

[ringo27ful]

love this singer and this was his song! He was a shooting star and we didn't get to see him long. Thanks for the memory!

[cspace1234nz]

Jiggling still images up and down does not constitute a live bloody video !!!

[jersey08002fran]

I am 73 years young and I was 20, 53 years ago when "they" died. I had 2 children already but I loved Buddy, Ritchie, and Big Bopper so much. I remember sitting on the floor and playing the 45 records for my 2 babies. Lord, I miss "them". I love them. I could cry right now my heart aches for their young loss and makes me aware of how fragile life really is.

[jsmyers24151]

@jersey08002fran I was 1 when they died. I was born Jan 6, 1958. When I was 10, living in Pasadena, TX, I remember having a neighbor lady who played Buddy Holly records all the time. No doubt he was her favorite. It would have been interesting to see how their careers would have evolved, had they just stayed on the bus.

[vmoney831]

ritchie watsonville california misses you

[bluesatsunset]

Isn't this version from the lost tapes?

[loyboy1979]

11 dislikes are fans of rick astley

[jucameron]

Ztheha may be correct but I remember at the time as a 17 year old teenager in the UK that Valens and Holly had certainly as much impact on us as Elvis. Of course Elvis’s phenomenal range later dominated the scene for a time before the Beach Boys and the Beatles came along but Elvis never really had the whole stage to himself. It was however an absolutely mind-blowing time – and of course I was young with the whole of life before me.

[dfluker21]

David Marks and Carl Wilson both learned guitar from John Maus ( Walker Brothers) who was friends with Ritchie. David Marks is on record as stating that many early Beach Boys songs were influenced by and used Ritchie's guitar style (like Surfer Girl).

[gregorheinrich]

this was after all the inspiration for "twist and shout" - hardly changed compared to the original. so Mexico has had a strong hand in beatlemania, without knowing so

[MtDruittRocks]

Legends Rock On Forever.. thanks for the music Ritchie.. NSW Australia

[Atomicflash500]

this kid was great !!!

[dkfelix]

anyone got the live audio thath is propagated so relentless here.

[picksproductions6]

what a golden voice

Donna is my favorite song ever

[vinman4160]

More Cowbell!

[MilanTosev]

Ritchie Valens was a legend, I reviewed the film La Bamba, and I felt sad, Ritchie is the best!

Greetings from Serbia ^^

[lorraineted]

Loved it then & still Love it !!!!

[gusstavo21]

Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriba y arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrriba por ti seré Saludos desde Buenos Aires

[WallyColegroveMusic]

Why did you cut the actual live version?

[VIZIOE32]

this song has remained popular for over 50 years they still plaY IT on oldie stations because they get requests for ot so what does that say about music

[skipdow3]

I was 10 when he came out with the song. After all these years, about the best I can say is that the man, and the song had, or have class.

Class is something you can't buy. You either have it, or you don't.

I'm very glad to find it here.

[810joeb]

I have the entire Del Fi set. This is pieced together. Done well but pieced together. The ONLY known vid of Ritchie is OOh my head from a crappy movie.

[RollingOrmond]

La Bamba gave up the chords to the Isley Brothers' Twist and Shout, which made the Beatles famous, which also gave us the Stones Get Off Of My Cloud. That's alot of influence.

[SocalDNM]

@RollingOrmond These chords existed before this song.

[RollingOrmond]

@SocalDNM never used though

[castletriglav]

@Rolling Ormond The Beatles had a number of hits that pushed them to the top. "Twist and Shout" had nothing to do with it. "I Want To Hold Your Hand" was their biggest success world wide. I think you over-estimate Valens influence. He was a minor talent, at best. You must be related to the guy.

[RollingOrmond]

@castletriglav He had alot more soul in the few years he recorded than the castrated chipmunk whitebread Beatles, that's for sure. Have a nice day, dickless.

[powerdriller10]

@castletriglav

So, you say that Ritchie Valenz was a minor talent, nothing to compare to the Beatles.

But none of the Beatles died at age 17 in an accident. What kind of great work of art had been known of John Lennon had he been killed in 1957 ??

[castro5546]

the best



[NDAMIK]

Blessed he sang to an audience of Americans of all races and nations that embraced his music. It was played in every corner of the globe as well. His star has never faded or even dimmed it remains brighter and ever present, though his body was stolen away by a tragic death. The spirit lives on.and so will the music no matter what form, generation or time and place it appears.

[75smurfette]

Oh, man, it's so precious to hear Ritchie talking!

[BettieandDita]

o man ima go listen to some CCR

[MrRENNE21]

RITCHIE THE BEST

[eliasgamer]

Yo no soy marinero soy capitan

[AmazonArtCollector]

Ritchie tried to be a cross-over singer to introduce country Mexican music into a bigoted America. He died too young. Then we had Salena do the same only to end tragically. Santa Maria, watch over these two wonderful singers in Heaven as they tried hard to make the gringos understand Mexicans.

[imallpissedoff]

@AmazonArtCollector

And speaking of bigots...

[619badazz13]

IF RITCHE PLAYED LA BAMBA LIKE THAT IS WAS TRAIN WRECK!

[ferbert716]

has anyone ever translated the words into english?

[kabirtobon]

@ferbert716 i'm on it... although it's gonna be kind of hard.. but i'll try!!!

[kabirtobon]

@ferbert716 To dance “La Bamba”

To dance “La Bamba”

It takes a little grace

A little of grace, for you and me.

“Hay arriba y arriba” (used as an expression the translation would be: And up and up)

For you will be, for you will be, for you will be

I’m not a sailor. I’m not a sailor.

I’m captain. I’m captain. I‘m captain.

Bamba, bamba (continue)

[kabirtobon]

@ferbert716 To go up to heaven, to go up to heaven

you need a big ladder.

a big ladder and another little one

“hay arriba y arriba”

For you I will, for you will be, for you will be

I’m not a sailor. I’m not a sailor.

I’m captain. I’m captain. I‘m captain.

Bamba, bamba thtat's the whole song i hope it works!!!

[79walkabout]

@kabirtobon what shit are you smokin.....

[kabirtobon]

@79walkabout why's that?

[MrSIRDUKE13]

very nice to hear his voice

[MrTexas51]

Great Music :)

[cmlira13]

SIMPLY GREAT ;)

[belgianbeatarchive]

Why is the live sound cutoff when he starts playing????

[realbeautyness25]

I love it

[toasteroven427]

I only hit dislike because this is not live. It has a live intro and outro, but the actual song is the studio recording. I'm still a big fan of Ritchie and would like to hear a real live version of it.

[AtheistDaddy]

@toasteroven427 Just goes to show, democracy sucks.

[TheBurgooKing]

@toasteroven427 fuck you

[toasteroven427]

@TheBurgooKing

What an intelligent statement.

[mcslovenc]

and to think he never even spoke spanish :) i'm sorry he passed. as well as i'm sad for elvis and everyone else who were shining stars which faded. they'd rock our world still if they wouldnt pass on :(

RIP Richie Valenzuela

[miranda2621]

This Mexican American teenager introduced an old Mexican classic to white American teenagers and they loved it! Wow !

[ericasun13]

@miranda2621 and they still don't love us

[jessethegman]

I concur: A Mexican American teenager introduced an old Mexican classic to European American teenagers. Thank you, RIP Ritchie.

And thanks to Youtube....

[lthce]

@miranda2621 А я рыба,я-рыба(I am fish)

[beethovensbeloved]

@lthce hahaha tak pravda, ya riba ya riba.

[historiadorderock]

@miranda2621 Awesome comment and yes he was the very first Mexican American rOCK N' Roller and thsi song is virtually the very first Rock N' Espaniol song ever recorded!!. :)

[jago397]

dude wheres the rest of the live footage?

[zthetha]

I'm not sure that, had he lived, Ritchie would have been a substantial star like Chuck and Elvis and Buddy but I remember when this came out it was the hottest sound around. He weas essentially a young rocker like many others whose stars shone brightly for a while and then faded - but who knows - he could have had staying power and gone on rocking into old age like Jerry Lee. When he died it was like losing a close friend.

[toasteroven427]

@zthetha

I agree. It would have been tough for him to maintain his popularity after the British Invasion, just like all the rest. I think that one of the reasons he is so big and revered today is because he died at his peak, and same goes for Buddy too.

[criminal322]

@toasteroven427 It is fascinating to imagine what Buddy would have done had he lived. He was incredibly influential at the time and for a long time after his death but like other original rockers who either died, went mad to prison or the army he was a product of specific and fleeting moment in musical history.

[toasteroven427]

@criminal322

Couldn't agree more.

[rockinrobintweets]

@criminal322 Artist STILL record / cover Buddy Holly songs, play them at thier own concerts. Music shifs from one sound to another but eventualy it shifs back to Buddy every time major differance is Buddy like Richie and the Big Booper had REAL talent

[yogi919]

@zthetha the three songs that he had made went to the top, DONNA, COME ON LETS GO, and LA BAMBA, and he was only 17!!!!.... substantial star?.... WTF

[MrDavenn]

@zthetha Valens and Holly were leading music in a new direction when they died. It's too bad we didn't get to see it.

[dreemeagle]

timeless, priceless;

[efrain123]

Propia, made in Ritchie Valens!!

[thepunishertonki]

u want the live la bamba? go on spotify and look for live la bamba its on there

[cruising84]

this aint live, just the first 40 sec

[Schmidteren]

how great songs he could have made, he only got 17 years old, so many years for him to have made so many other classics... so sad

[pnemeckay1]

@ 0:33 it looks like Obama behind Ritchie Valens

[TheSomethingIsh]

@fishycanlive

you mean bambarolled?or larolled?

[hunkabuggy]

LIVE ????

[Frankeinstein127]

/watch?v=WKfNixHDBfQ&feature=B­Fa&list=FL0lul2s_W2bvx0cftF2Pk­Sw&lf=mh_lolz

this is the real labamba live

[sssalasmusic]

@deanlover133 I think a lot of young musical artists dying so young also matched the young population invoved with drinking and druging, of the time,,,,Even today just check out the stats; they are amazing,,,,, a lot of young people dying and or in prisons too,,,,,, I love this recording!!!!!

[ilovemyselfxoxoxox1]

he was such a great singer he is really good ! :DD<3

[deanlover133]

Yes!! I did see it at the Majestic in West Springfield! Why?

[sssalasmusic]

Ausome!!!!!!! Love it!!!!!! :)

[deanlover133]

@sssalasmusic  I just saw the Buddy Holly Story play last night and I heard a live version of this song! It was AMAZING:) Why is it that so many of the young stars died at such a young age?

[MrKnuckles8978]

@deanlover133 Did you see it at the Majestic Theater in West Sprinfield?

[MOONST0MP]

Why did it stop? I wanted to hear the live version.

[kikarocks100]

ritchie rocks but use him liv e when you say live please

[RATEDRKILLER14]

is that really real

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