Down in Mexico, The Coasters
--
Continuing the topic of countries, after the USA, I chose a song for Mexico. “Down in Mexico” was the first single of the band The Coasters. The band formed in 1855 when two members of The Robins moved from the West Coast to the East Coast, this is why they picked the name “The Coasters.” The song “Down in Mexico” was an R&B hit in 1956, written by the songwriting team Leiber and Stoller. The Coasters were the first group to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Leon Hughes is the last member alive of the original line-up. The group had several configurations through the years, but several members suffered tragic deaths. King Curtis was stabbed to death by two junkies outside his apartment building in 1971, Cornelius Gunter was shot at a Las Vegas parking garage in 1990, and Nate Wilson was shot and his body dismembered in 1980. Well, let’s listen to the song then:
Down in the Mexicali
There’s a crazy little place that I know
Where the drinks are hotter than the chili sauce
And the boss is a cat named Joe
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna
In a honky-tonk down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk down in Mexico
Well, the first time that I saw him
He was a-sittin’ on a piano stool
I said a-tell me dad, when does the fun begin?
He just winked his eye and said man, be cool
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna
In a honky-tonk down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash and a black moustache
In a honky-tonk down in Mexico
All of a sudden in walks this chick
(In Mexico)
Joe starts playing on a Latin kick
(In Mexico)
Around her waist she wore three fishnets
(In Mexico)
She started dancin’ with the castanets
(In Mexico)
I didn’t know just what to expect
(In Mexico)
She threw her arms around my neck
(In Mexico)
We started dancin’ all around the floor
And then she did a dance I never saw before
So if you’re south of the border
I mean down in Mexico
And you wanna get straight
Man, don’t hesitate
Just look up a cat named Joe
He wears a red bandana, plays a blues pianna
In a honky-tonk down in Mexico
He wears a purple sash, and a black mustache
In a honky-tonk down in Mexico
Yeah, como esta usted senorita? Ha-ha-ha
Hey, come with me to the border, south of the border, that is
In the Mexico, yeah in Mexico
Yeah, you can get your kicks in Mexico
Come with me baby, come with me
Come with me, yeah, crazy, ha-ha-ha
Yeah
