Comments on: MANU CHAO WITH AN AUSTRALIAN ACCENT http://dublinopinion.com/2008/12/22/manu-chao-with-an-australian-accent/ It's a group blog. What more do you need to know? Tue, 22 May 2012 22:30:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Seán Báite http://dublinopinion.com/2008/12/22/manu-chao-with-an-australian-accent/#comment-69097 Seán Báite Fri, 26 Dec 2008 11:25:01 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2008/12/22/manu-chao-with-an-australian-accent/#comment-69097 Alright John - so he played the Point before it became the B.O. Arena or wotever the fork they call it now?? S'pose that means he's as big as Bjorn Again :-> Not too sure about the Chiapas link - I got the impression he was living in Mexico for a while. As to his being in the Camp Nuo VIP section, your mate is on the same wavelength as Mano Negra's contemporaries - The Wampas - who had a big hit in France with this one : <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/97AxSaW6t5U&hl=fr&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/97AxSaW6t5U&hl=fr&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Chorus : 'If I had the wallet of Manu Chao....' Sour grapes lads. And here's the very Monkee-esque video for 'Mala Vida' - great song alright : <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qWV2kM1laIc&hl=fr&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qWV2kM1laIc&hl=fr&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object> Alright John - so he played the Point before it became the B.O. Arena or wotever the fork they call it now?? S’pose that means he’s as big as Bjorn Again :->
Not too sure about the Chiapas link - I got the impression he was living in Mexico for a while. As to his being in the Camp Nuo VIP section, your mate is on the same wavelength as Mano Negra’s contemporaries - The Wampas - who had a big hit in France with this one :

Chorus : ‘If I had the wallet of Manu Chao….’
Sour grapes lads.
And here’s the very Monkee-esque video for ‘Mala Vida’ - great song alright :

]]> By: John http://dublinopinion.com/2008/12/22/manu-chao-with-an-australian-accent/#comment-69092 John Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:35:24 +0000 http://dublinopinion.com/2008/12/22/manu-chao-with-an-australian-accent/#comment-69092 Hi Sean-- Manu performed at the Point a couple of years ago to a massive crowd, although what percentage were non-Irish Europeans was difficult to say. It was excellent, of course, but not as good as the Mano Negra gig I went to in Manchester years ago, which was up there as one of the best gigs I ever went to. Rivalling that gig, though, was Gogol Bordello in the Ambassador on last Saturday. They covered a Mano Negra song, "Mala Vida" in their encore. Incidentally, I also heard that Manu Chao now gives he royalties from his records to the Zapatistas. I know he went to perform for them in Chiapas a while back, but whether or not that's true I don't know. My mate Jordi has never seen him in Camp Nou, but that's because he's probably in the VIP section. ;-) Hi Sean–

Manu performed at the Point a couple of years ago to a massive crowd, although what percentage were non-Irish Europeans was difficult to say. It was excellent, of course, but not as good as the Mano Negra gig I went to in Manchester years ago, which was up there as one of the best gigs I ever went to. Rivalling that gig, though, was Gogol Bordello in the Ambassador on last Saturday. They covered a Mano Negra song, “Mala Vida” in their encore.

Incidentally, I also heard that Manu Chao now gives he royalties from his records to the Zapatistas. I know he went to perform for them in Chiapas a while back, but whether or not that’s true I don’t know.

My mate Jordi has never seen him in Camp Nou, but that’s because he’s probably in the VIP section. ;-)

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