Ando Peda: 10 Tracks About Boozing

08.08.11 at 12:03

“Ando Peda” is the theme of this article. Not because I’m a lush and rarely say no to a drink when offered. Not because our office is stashed with full cases of Heineken. Not because last Friday was International Beer Day and I got ‘kinda’ typsy to complete this post. No. None of those reasons — at least not 100%. It’s because I’m actually still peda from this crazy weekend which began with the Remezcla dudes pulling me out of my chair to celebrate the Friday festivity. Thanks guys. So, to make your Monday a little brighter, and as a follow up to our “Happy Friday‘s,” we have compiled a ten-track compilation list that’ll aim to inspire y’all and help you Mon-Fri folks get through the week, positively.

The following ten songs all regard the act of drinking. Either the title of the track states it, or somewhere the lyrics do. You’ll hear some singing about agua ardiente, tequila, jerez, cerveza, wine and so on. Of course, there are also specific genres that we can almost say were invented to drink along to like rancheras, norteñas, and balladas, and many honorable mentions to lis like Chente, Ramón Ayala, and many more, but there are too many to chose one. Peru also has some silly tributes to drinking like THIS ONE and THAT ONE. The following ten songs are around the late ’80s to mid ’90s. Of course there are tons more tracks, but we picked our favorite. Happy listening. Salud!

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by Los Lobos ft. Antonio Banderas
[USA/Mexico/Spain]

“Me gusta tomar mis copas, aguardientes lo mejor, también el tequila blanco con su sal de la sabor.” “Canción del Mariachi” makes our list at number 10. Stereotypically in Anglo culture, mariachis are represented as sombrero-wearing, drunken short dudes with big bellies. In Jalisciense culture, the mariachi is an iconic musician who represents masculine Mexican identity and chronicles the sentiments, traditions, and romanticism experienced in everyday life around the ’50s, commonly documented during Mexico’s golden age of cinema. Reflecting that spirit, this track composed by legendary LA-based, Chicano-rockers Los Lobos featuring Spanish actor Antonio Banderas, became a sensation when it was featured in the 1995 action thriller Desperado. Just check out the sensationalized-badassness in Antonio Bandera’s performance. His singing was pretty good too.