Uploaded by nikon005 on Dec 29, 2009
They became popular with their self-titled first album, Gipsy Kings, which included the songs "Djobi Djoba" , "Bamboleo" and the romantic ballad "Un Amor". The song "Volare" on their fourth album Mosaïque is a rumba version of Domenico Modugno's Italian hit "Nel Blu Dipinto Di Blu". The Gipsy Kings were enormously popular in France and throughout Europe, as well as in the Middle East. In 1989, Gipsy Kings was released in the United States and it spent 40 weeks on the charts, one of very few Spanish language albums to do so. Their cover version of "Hotel California" is an excellent example of fast flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic strumming (this version was featured in the Coen Brothers' movie The Big Lebowski as well on the HBO series Entourage).
In 1991 the Gipsy Kings provided flamenco guitar and backing vocals on Bananarama's version of "Long Train Running", using the pseudonym "Alma de Noche" ("Soul of the Night"). Also in 1991, for a multi-artist project called "Simply Mad About the Mouse" — a compilation of new versions of songs from Disney films — the Kings contributed an annaly-crafted, fast-paced rumba flamenca version of "I've Got No Strings" from "Pinocchio", replete with feverish flamenco guitar leads and rhythmic hand-claps (palmas). The lyrics' enthusiasm for freedom, not being tied down, fit the gypsy creed perfectly.
Their 1993 album Love & Liberté won the Latin Grammy Award for "Best Pop Album of the Year," and contained the enduring song "Montana," an emotional account of Romanis chased from their birthplace by prejudice and persecution.
The 1995 compilation The Best of the Gipsy Kings went platinum, staying on the charts more than one year. Albums Mosaïque, Allegria, Este Mundo, Gipsy Kings Live, Love & Liberté, Tierra Gitana, Cantos de Amor, and ¡Volaré! - the Very Best of the Gipsy Kings went gold.
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I don't understand a damn, but this song is just gr8.
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this song, in it's essence, is very very sad actually.
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es una bonita canción!
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smoking weed to this song..im in heaven
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1 dislikes (N) !!!
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makes me wanna book a trip to Spain ..Madrid and Barcelona were amazing
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es lo más, la canción y la imagen de la playa Benirrás !!!!
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@malg131274 DITTO
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@amadisonbridge ROMA
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ay amor!
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spice girls - viva forever ? complete copy of this song
eldadmi 10 months ago 5
@eldadmi That's right ! they sampled it in viva forever
nikon005 9 months ago 2
@nikon005
did they ask permission from the kings ?
eldadmi 9 months ago
@eldadmi I think they're manger's or whoever asked permission otherwise they'd be sued .
nikon005 9 months ago