Since there is hardly ever any genuine Salsa music on SCD let me kick off with some of my favourite Salsa tracks

Los Titanes - Sobredosis (Sobredosis De Amor Y Salsa) 1989

Lalo Rodriguez - Devorame otra vez

Buena Vista Social Club - Candela - Live in Amsterdam

El cuarto de Tula -buena vista social club

Corazón espinado-Maná-Santana

OK let's include here favourite Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia and Mambo

Here's a Merengue / Mambo

Oro Solido - La Tanguita Roja

Merengue

La Bilirrubina. Juan Luis Guerra

Bachata

Prince Royce - Stand By Me

Cumbia

La Sonora Dinamita - Las Solteras

Your favourites?

Good God - how long have you got/ It would take me a week to research the list would go on for ever. So for speed and brevity I recently had to pick 3 tracks to take to a desert island for an appearance on a Latin American Music show - had to give reasons.

Went for (ignoring sub genres)

Celia Cruz - La vida es un carnival
Van Van -Te pone me cabeza mala
Marc Anthony - El Cantante ( equally happy with Lavoe but was a bit long for the radio show)


Bachata Ven Tu - Dominic Marte

This is a Cha-Cha (albeit a great one)!


One of my favourite Salsa would be Salsa Rai by Yuri Buenaventure feat. Faudel - would love to hear the singers tackle this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKrinL_xV-c

I would love to get all the couples to dance salsa to Aguanile

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3OGsqHRjxQ

That would separate the sheep from the goats - including the professionals!! Monton de Estrellas - Polo Martinez or Gilberto Santa -Rosa ( seem to remember one is faster than the other but forget which is which) might also be interesting because it sounds slower than it is, But I doubt the pro dancers wopuld be fooled by fast beat and slow melody

I just added the Santana to try to be inclusive. He's Mexican / American and does not have salsa roots in his music. Yes it is a cha-cha-cha though I just did a sitting down salsa to Corazon Espinado.

Interesting listening to Yuri Buenaventure blending in Arabic Rai music.

Here's Japanese Salsa. Great fun dancing to them. Full of life.

ORQUESTA DE LA LUZ - SALSA NO TIENE FRONTERA.

Were you sitting on a chair? You RINGAH!

Just heard a new ( to me) version of Chan Chan which was interesting. Band was Morena Son I would include a link but my lap top isn't behaving right now - seems to be in a huff with You tube this afternoon.

Surely a siting down version would have to be a chair chair chair
BOOm boom tish - sorry

( Brucie writes all my material)

Not too keen on this. Reminds me of the very Cartegena style of Totó la Momposina. Almost (Brazilian) Samba-like

Toto La Momposina "El Pescador"

Does it start of as a Cumbia?

Brilliant (and topical)




[pedant] Surely 'tis Ka-BOOM-Tishhh [/Pedant]

Hard for me to say. I hear most of my salsa music in clubs where they tend to cue in over the intros and start when the track become danceable. This is so fast that it doesn't often get played anyway. Its the speed of it that makes me want to see the SCD stars give it a shot.

I wish I could contribute but I'm more a Ballroom and Argentine Tango lady (and more Standard than Latin) .

So what are you looking for in a good Salsa, Bachata, Merengue, Cumbia or Mambo track? Presumably the resident Strictly band would not be the right composition and skillset?

And yes, when I listened to the music I related most to the Santana but that was because of the Cha Cha beat!

Here you are

Chan Chan (remix) - Morena Son (Santiago de Cuba)

I am just looking for real salsa music that I might not have heard of and might want to dance Salsa to . So not SCD related of course

Found some already here.

Set up threads for ballroom and tango. Go for it. I'll peer in if not contribute too much. Maybe a bit for the tango - but only AT

Maybe . Although we have more discussion in that area anyway in the general music threads, although not much proferred that is strict tempo. An AT one might be interesting. I'll think about it.

BACHATA ON THE HOTEL - VEN TU , Domenic Marte

Ha! I was a bit surprised when it started with Flamenco (not Flamingo as I have heard it referred to on SCD). Great stuff thanks.

I knew the others. Love them all.

I wish they had dancing in wearable clothes and shoes (see the youtube above) instead of all that poncey rubbish designed for mincing.

Don't try and be inclusive by adding pop chart music. Just music that could have been designed to dance to the selected dance style.

That is a bit naughty of you - seeing as it starts with a pure Cuban rumba!

But it is a beautiful track and reminds me of Santiago de Cuba and the dance company members who taught me - Ballet Folklorico Cutumba Apologies for quality of vid.

The SCD pros could never manage this rueda!

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Found this

Aguanile - Marc Anthony Jennifer Lopez

Great to watch you at it.

http://youtu.be/6j10-MVuRB0?t=2m21s

But I'll sit this one out and sip on a mojito.

Oh the youtube features Sheila E . Never heard of her but she is superb.

Here's another Chair Chair Chair

Gloria Estefan.Sheila E.Jose Feliciano.Don't Cry For Me(No Llores)

Hard to say Spin turn. The salsa genre is huge and is subdivided into many styles - timba, romantica, dura, guaguaco, son montuno etc and you are never going to believe this the salsa community is very partisan and debate can get heated ( bet you are gobsmacked by that) having said that most of us grumble but dance anyway and seem to enjoy it just the same.

I guess we need Henry Williams who know the music better thhan I do to come up with some classic 'floor fillers' to give you the flavour of what sells in the salsa club. Meanwhile I will look for a few well loved classics to tempt you.

PS Another thing you should know is that if you give a salsero a sniff of interest they will try to draw you in. It isn't as Macheivllian (SP?) as it sounds its just when you LOVE something you want others to enjoy it too.

I am nuts about Marc Antony. I like his version of all the Lavoe stuff and in the case of El Cantante prefer his cover.

He he I know! But i wouldn't make them use the beginning - a minute 40 seconds taken from the middle when it gets really fast will suffice. Oh I am wicked! I think you are right though the pros would tie them self in knots with their eghmmm "armography"

Sounds like AT aficionados. . Heated debate? Yes, you're right. I'm gobsmacked

I'm way out of touch with the current stuff. I haven't been to a salsa club for ages. Just after dinner; roll up the carpets and dance at my place and that of salsero friends. [Salseros often have parquet floors for a reason ]