Mambo Confusion - Yma Sumac

Yma Sumac's last recording.

For what I know, "Mambo Confusion" was released as a single in 1991 in a very limited edition and only in Germany.

It is a mix (or remix) version of her Gopher Mambo, Chicken Talk, and a few other of Yma's songs (I would say Chuncho - The Forest Creatures is also present between 3:20 - 3:30). Yma, however, recorded some new vocals especifically for this song.

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[sbergman27]

Who's the hot guy with the hairy chest, BTW?

[jcbisso]

@sbergman27 it's Charlton Heston (in 1:12).

[macondori]

love yma sumaq!!! proud she is peruvian!

[lalox3001]

amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!



[freddyanc1]

WOOOOOOOOOO BELLO BELLO BELLO ...MADE IN PERU

[lalox3001]

exelente canion lo MAXIMO,,,,,,,,, DE OTRO MUNDO

[trancis36]

there was another song she did in the 90s... techno... I'm not kidding... I heard it at a rave... Not a sample neither... They talk about it in the best of album...

[sbergman27]

@madsketcher : I agree that it *should* be about doing what you love. But in most all her post 1950's interviews she exudes defensiveness. The fact is, she was forgotten between about 1960 and 1990. She was happy to play along with Capitol Records marketing deceptions in the '50s. But despite her remarkable voice, I think she always considered herself to be a bit of a fake, in her heart of hearts. Hey, I liked Yma, too. But I also know overly-defensive behavior when I see it.

[madsketcher]

@sbergman27 Come again? If she didn't have faith in herself, she would have never done anything with her life. She knew she awesome; it's not about becoming popular. It's about doing what you love, and she did it. She has tons of fans and will always be loved. I don't know what lenses you are looking at her life through, but there is no tragedy here. Why is someone's life always a tragedy once they die? I'm not buying it. Viva Yma!

[sbergman27]

@SVHome: Artists should retain expanded fair use rights to their own works by law. Just because a multinational corp makes you famous doesn't mean they deserve to completely control your work for the next 300 years, or wherever the law currently sets the mark. Human artists should be protected from the decades-long consequences of having made "Deals with the Devil", out of desperation, when they were young. After all, it was *their* tallent, and not that of the long dead Capitol execs.

[sbergman27]

@madsketcher : The Yma story is sad. I love Yma. Lot's of people do. But Yma was such a classic case of someone who didn't have faith in herself. And I'm not one to criticize. I don't have the kind of faith in myself that could stand up to the trials Yma faced. Then again, Yma put herself up to it. She, herself, and later Capitol Records, marketed her as the Incan Wonder-Princess from the Peruvian Andes. In later years, she became chronically defensive. And it pains me to watch those interviews.