Los Lobos goes, urmm, Disney

If long-respected Tex-Mex roots rockers LOS LOBOS and Orlando's own BIG MOUSEY BROTHER sound like weird-ass bedmates, that's because they are. Nevertheless, they've decided to keep the baby and released Los Lobos Goes Disney on Oct. 26.

If there's anyone who can bring some coolness and humanity to Disney songs, you'd think it'd be them. And they do their damnedest by painting the numbers with their gorgeously colorful Southwest palette, even daring to sully the wholesome establishment with their brown tongues on the Spanish version of "Heigh-Ho" (take that, Snow Whitey).

But complete transformation doesn't quite happen because, well, we're still dealing with STUPID KID'S SONGS here. Still, the border-town take on "Not in Nottingham (Robin Hood)," the scrappy rock & roll of "The Ugly Bug Ball (Summer Magic)," the Mexican swoon of "Bella Notte (Lady & the Tramp)" and the countrified "Oo-De-Lally (Robin Hood)" are all pretty digable.

LOCAL BONUS!!! Los Lobos will be performing November 6, 7 and 8 at Epcot's American Gardens Theatre, near the American Adventure Pavilion. Show times are 5:15 pm, 6:30 pm and 7:45 pm (three 30-minute sets per day). It's not a ticketed event, all guests with tickets to Epcot are welcome to attend.

A fifth of tequila fits in a standard baby bag, dudn't it?

Posted by Bao Le-Huu on 11/4/2009 2:43:48 PM Permalink | Comments: 2

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Anonymous said:
This is a brilliant win-win situation; Los Lobos gets more exposure & a client with deep pockets, Disney gets a band with a fairly benign reputation that they don't have pay much money and will appeal to the large latino population in Central Florida.
posted on: 11/4/2009 10:43:44 PM

Anonymous said:
Los Lobos aren't TEX-Mex. To quote the name of their box set - a reference to my favorite Frank Zappa record -- they're "Just Another Band from East L.A."
posted on: 11/5/2009 10:31:46 PM