The king of ranchera, a living god, needn't sweat not having an ilm thread but he does cause he's a pro. His star ceremony on the Hollywood walk of fame was the largest attended ever (5000 people) and he is going to build a mariachi themed vegas casino. He sings. I'm watching an awards show called Premio lo Nuestro and on his last song he put down his microphone and filled the auditorium with his voice at age 67. He also made a bunch of silly movies in the 70's and 80's which look really entertaining. I don't know the names of his songs but i can sing the melodies to his biggest ones and sometimes the words. I'll post some of the comps i've enjoyed later. I imagine rockist scientist might have something to say maybe? You can talk about his sons too. Vicente jr. sounds like a sucky, colorless version of his father, haven't heard anything from Alejandro that i know of.
― tremendoid, Friday, 22 February 2008 06:40 (sixteen years ago) link
He also made a bunch of silly movies in the 70's and 80's which look really entertaining.
Oh, they rule. I remember one where he was pretending he was blind for most of it and when his secret was discovered he (over)reacts by going around saying "MILAGRO! MILAGRO!"
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2008 06:46 (sixteen years ago) link
haha ned do you speak spanish? i don't think i ever asked you
― tremendoid, Friday, 22 February 2008 06:50 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh, totally rusty. When I was in Venezuela I had to pause and think a LOT.
Vicente's known there, of course. He's just the Man, period.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 22 February 2008 06:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Jamming "Hijo del pueblo" tonight:
"porque no tengo dinero tengo mucho corazón."
Followed by my favourite:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rF1K5j2eCbA
― jim, Friday, 4 July 2008 22:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Man, I was totally worried this was revived because he'd passed on or something!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 4 July 2008 22:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Haha, sorry for the scare.
― jim, Friday, 4 July 2008 22:09 (fifteen years ago) link
All I have by Fernandez is that 3CD compilation that came out a few years ago. I had a copy of his newest album floating around my office, but can't find it now.
― unperson, Friday, 4 July 2008 22:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Saw him at Madison Square Garden last night. It was fucking awesome. He did that thing mentioned upthread, where he comes to the end of a song, drops the microphone down to his side and just blasts out the final note. Also, he does shots all night and performs for three hours - 8:45 to 11:45. There's a guy whose whole job is to make sure there's a shot waiting for him on a little table, next to which his gigantic sombrero is hanging on a mic stand. Amazing. I took my mom.
― Born In A Test Tube, Raised In A Cage (unperson), Sunday, 17 October 2010 15:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Awesome. Then again, he is just that awesome.
― Ned Raggett, Sunday, 17 October 2010 15:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Here's my full review, plus photos (also by me)...
― Born In A Test Tube, Raised In A Cage (unperson), Monday, 18 October 2010 17:13 (thirteen years ago) link
wow! thanks for the review, looks like i got a month to "budget" for his l.a. visit. actually wish my mother-in-law was in town (!) she would just about die. ha fwiw last time we took moms-in-law to Vegas we bumped into Paquita la del Barrio @ pf changs lol. she was cool, they chatted over rum, and moms just about died. shame on Paquita
― shecky naw (tremendoid), Monday, 18 October 2010 18:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Now that is a perfect summary post. (Cause yeah, major shame, but rum with her at PF Chang's in Vegas is something so incredibly 21st century somehow.)
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 October 2010 18:46 (thirteen years ago) link
So apparently he has been in a hospital after a fall on his ranch over the summer. He also was diagnosed with Guillian-Barré syndrome. He got out of the ICU at the end of October at any rate.I thought of Chente while watching the recent documentary on Chavela Vargas, which I enjoyed, because there is a lot about her friend and creative collaborator José Alfredo Jiménez, who wrote and sang the original version of “El Rey.”I also came to this thread because I had a friend from Mexico who would always tell me that “Rata de dos patas” was by Chavela Vargas and I always would think “are you sure?” and then reconfirm for myself at least that the relevant artist was Paquita la del Barrio.
― Sporting with the Fbclid (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 23 November 2021 19:30 (two years ago) link
https://www.npr.org/2021/12/12/1063497595/vicente-fernandez-obituaryRIP
― Raw Like Siouxsie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 December 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
Univision has been airing live coverage all day (it’s still going if you want to tune in)
― katebishopfan616 (morrisp), Sunday, 12 December 2021 21:32 (two years ago) link
Thanks. Times obit is out. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/12/arts/music/vicente-fernandez-dead.html?referringSource=articleShare
― Raw Like Siouxsie (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 December 2021 23:29 (two years ago) link
Was just reading Unperson's 2010 V Voice review of Fernandez' 2010 Madison Square Garden gig .
― curmudgeon, Monday, 13 December 2021 13:56 (two years ago) link
Yes, we should relink it here.
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 December 2021 14:10 (two years ago) link
Here we go.
― Santa’s Got a Brand New Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 December 2021 14:12 (two years ago) link
Hell of a great obit from Gustavo Arellano
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-12/vicente-fernandez-death-el-rey-mexicans-california
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 December 2021 21:07 (two years ago) link
George Strait was apparently a big fan
― Heez, Tuesday, 14 December 2021 00:50 (two years ago) link