# Original Release Date: November 14, 2006
# Original Release Date: November 14, 2006
# Number of Discs: 1
# Label: Hip-O Records
# ASIN: B000J23416
#Producer(s):Kenny Young, the Berman Brothers
Rhythms del Mundo is a nonprofit collaborative album, which fuses an all-star cast of Cuban muscians including Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo of the the Buena Vista Social Club with tracks from US, UK and Irish artists such as U2, Coldplay, Sting, Jack Johnson and Maroon 5 , Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs and many others.
Background
Kenny Young, Founder and Trustee of APE, explains how the project emerged: "The project was sparked off by the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake. The idea came in to do a project with The Buena Vista Social Club to fuse their Latin sounds with Western artists and their familiar popular songs. The project evolved when more environmental disasters struck -- the Asian Earthquakes and Hurricane Katrina. But the big picture was climate change. You can call these natural disasters but after all the research and scientific data, we know that we're at least partly to blame for some of these disasters. Global warming is now in the news daily. If we don't act in the time frame our experts give us, our grandchildren will curse us eternally."
Thom Yorke comments, "We need a law, we need to have the Government put climate change in its place. If you leave industry to sort it out on a voluntary basis that's never going to happen. So everybody, if they've got any concerns about climate, change has to register that concern with their Government officials because it's the only way to go."[1]
Charity
Album proceeds will benefit the environmental nonprofit organization Artists' Project Earth (APE), which raises funds for disaster relief efforts and climate change awareness. The artists on this album fully support the record as a show of commitment to the music and to the cause that it endorses.
Music
The main recording sessions took place in Havana at Abdala Studios from April 2005 to June 2006. While the majority of the vocals remain the same, the musicans of the Buena Vista Social Club took the original orchestration from each song and created something utterly unique, casting their trademark mastery over each track. "Rhythms Del Mundo" includes reworked tracks such as "Clocks" by Coldplay, "Better Together" by Jack Johnson, "She Will be Loved" by Maroon 5, "High and Dry" by Radiohead and "Dancing Shoes" by Arctic Monkeys.
"Rhythms Del Mundo" also includes music by famed Cuban singers Omara Portuondo and the last vocal recording of Afro-Cuban bolero singer, Ibrahim Ferrer, who passed away in 2005. The other Cuban musicians from The Buena Vista Social Club who perform on this album are as follows: Barbarito Torres, Amandito Valdes, Virgilio Valdes, Angel Terri Domech, Manuel 'Guajiro' Mirabal, Orlando Lopez 'Cachaito' and Demetrio Muniz. This project is the brainchild and concept of Kenny Young and the Berman Brothers. The trio also produced the 16 new original recordings on the CD.
Track Listing
1. Clocks - Coldplay - 5:01
2. Better Together - Jack Johnson - 3:27
3. Dancing Shoes - Arctic Monkeys - 2:29
4. One Step Too Far - Dido & Faithless - 3:17
5. As Time Goes By - Ibrahim Ferrer - 3:10
6. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 & Coco Freeman - 4:53
7. She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 - 4:05
8. Fragilidad - Sting - 4:17
9. Killing Me Softly - Omara Portuondo (cover song of Roberta Flack) - 4:27
10. Ai No Corrida - Vania Borges feat. Quincy Jones - 4:30
11. Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs - 3:58
12. Don’t Know Why - Vania Borges (cover song of Norah Jones) - 3:10
13. Hotel Buena Vista - Aquila Rose & Idania Valdez - 3:27
14. The Dark of the Matinee - Coco Freeman feat. Franz Ferdinand - 3:58
15. High and Dry - El Lele de Los Van Van feat. Radiohead (samples) - 5:14
16. Bonus Track. Casablanca (As time goes by) - Ibrahim Ferrer & Omara Portuondo - 3:10
Reviews
AMG rates Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba with 4.5 out of 5 stars and goes on to praise the flawless musicianship, the inspired arrangements and also the timeless quality of some of the tracks [2].
Clocks by RHYTHMS DEL MUNDO feat. COLDPLAY, reached the first place in TUS ELEGIDOS the weekly ranking of the radio station TELESTEREO 88 FM - Lima, Peru.
External links
For more information on the charities that will benefit from this album go to
http://www.apeuk.org/music.htm
http://www.rhythmsdelmundo.com
http://www.myspace.com/rhythmsdelmundo
I Fought The Law
Rhythms Del Mundo Lyrics
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I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I needed money 'cause I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I guess my race is run
Like she's the best girl I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the ...
Robbin' people with a six-gun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I miss my baby and I miss my friends
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I miss my baby and I feel so sad
I guess my race is run
Like she's the best girl I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the ...
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the
law won
The song "I Fought The Law" by The Bobby Fuller Four was originally released in 1965 and later covered by Green Day as part of the Rhythms del Mundo charity album, which fused popular music with traditional Cuban rhythms. The lyrics describe a man who breaks the law, gets caught and faces the consequences. He sings about his regrets and his longing for his loved ones, but ultimately acknowledges that he made the wrong choice and had to face the consequences.
The phrase "I fought the law and the law won" is repeated several times throughout the song, emphasising the idea that regardless of our intentions, we must be held accountable for our actions. The opening line "breakin' rocks in the hot sun" is a reference to the practice of putting prisoners to work in chain gangs, which was common in the United States until the mid-20th century.
The song's powerful message about the consequences of breaking the law has made it a popular anthem of rebellion and counter-culture. It has been covered by numerous artists over the years, including The Clash, Dead Kennedys and Bruce Springsteen. The song's popularity even led to the creation of a movie with the same name in 1999.
Line by Line Meaning
Breakin' rocks in the hot sun
Doing hard labor in the sun
I fought the law and the law won
I tried to break the law and suffered the consequences
I needed money 'cause I had none
I committed a crime because I was in desperate need of funds
I miss my baby and I feel so sad
I am emotionally distraught because I am separated from my loved one
I guess my race is run
I have likely come to the end of the road and have no more options left
Like she's the best girl I ever had
I loved my partner deeply and was very attached to them
Robbin' people with a six-gun
Using a firearm to steal from others
I miss my baby and I miss my friends
I am homesick for both my loved ones and my companions
I fought the law and the ...
Repeating the previous line's sentiment of facing legal consequences
I fought the law and the law won
Continuing to acknowledge the repercussions of breaking the law
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: SONNY CURTIS
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Insomniac1984
@franklynton87 Es Billie Joe. Sólo que es otra mezcla de fondo. Ahora, si Green Day tocó los instrumentos en esta versión, no lo sé Saludos
Luca Cadeddu Palmas
Green day??? weeeeelllllllllllllllllllllllllll my fucking live