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BUY THE CD
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Recently, I had one of those days. Really. It was bad. Some might say that just the fact that it was Monday would have been enough to ruin a perfectly good day –- but it was worse than that. It was a dark, misty Monday. I had a ton of work to do, so I started work early, only to discover that my computer wasn’t working, and I couldn’t get online (which is a bit of a problem when you edit a web site). And that was just the beginning of a long, headache-inducing Monday.
After I went out that afternoon and destroyed a cash register at a local department store with my bad karma, I came home and opened up a bag of Oreos. I looked for the perfect CD to listen to –- and I chose Havana 3 AM. In no time, I was smiling (just a bit, but smiling nonetheless) and dancing around in my chair. The silliness of it all -– especially “Peanut Vendor,” my favorite song on the album –- just made me feel better.
I first discovered Perez Prado on the Office Space soundtrack -– and I went right out and bought the CD. The music is just plain fun –- instrumental mambo music, filled with horns, drums, and random human sound effects (one of them sounds like a woman with a disturbing case of the hiccups). The album reminds me of the soundtrack to I Love Lucy (which makes sense, since they're from the same era) -– or perhaps the occasional Speedy Gonzales cartoon.
Admittedly, Perez Prado isn’t for everyone. I once gave the CD to a coworker, and he returned it in just a few minutes. When he handed it to me, he gave me a suspicious look and said something like, “Never make me listen to that again.” This music requires a certain personality -– a certain silly sense of humor –- and that’s precisely why I like it.
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