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The Iguanas — Para Donde Vas
Album: The Iguanas
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Released: 1993
Length: 3:15
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Para donde vas
Para donde vas
Para donde vas, donde vas

[repeat chorus]

Si vas al baile, baila conmigo
Si vas al carnaval quiero ir contigo
Si vas a donde quiera
No me quedo atrás
Porque quiero amarte
Más y más

Para donde vas
Para donde vas
Para donde vas, donde vas

[repeat verse]

Para donde vas
Para donde vas
Para donde vas, donde vas

[repeat chorus]
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I really like their song, "9-Volt Heart," but THIS gets me up and dancing! I love the wildly infectious rhythms, fun lyrics, and brilliant style!
Posted 5 days ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
makes me recall all those 8x11 paper pages stapled to the phone and power poles in NOLA and all the great bands contained therein.
Posted 5 days ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
I have loved this song since it came out. And it's the only song I can sing in Spanish!!

And the album has a killer version of "Late At Night" (also done by the Subdudes). Hey, we need more of them on RP too!
Posted 5 days ago by awhfman    [ Reply ]
Oh, I feel like this hasn't been played in a long time! And I'm happy to hear it today!
Thanks William
Posted 5 days ago by zapeta    [ Reply ]
This seems to be a good page for the band; the one above takes you to the lizard. https://www.iguanas.com/about....
Posted 6 months ago by thundrpants    [ Reply ]
I had an Iguana once, it lived in a big igloo outside
Posted 5 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

.......and again, listening to  “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello! right now

 
c'mon, he can't be a live DJ 24 hours a day
give him a break
Posted 6 years ago by LaurieinTucson    [ Reply ]
So I clicked on the Amazon MP3 link over in the sidebar to get this, and it took me to a page for:

Best For My Pets Best Natural Tripe Sticks Chews, USDA/FDA-Approved (6 Oz Bag)

Posted 6 years ago by smackiepipe    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

.......and again, listening to  “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello! right now

 
Bump it up !!!
 
Posted 7 years ago by ODAD    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:

.......and again, listening to  “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello! right now

 
RIGHT! :)
Posted 7 years ago by CoYoT51    [ Reply ]
 justin4kick wrote:
FrankRizzo wrote:
 SoundThinker wrote:
SoundThinker wrote:
Of course the next song will be “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello!
 

  
And it will be again!

And again. {#Wink}


 gmichaelt wrote:

"Oh, Boy! Right, again!" — Laurie Anderson

 
And much to my surprise, again!

 
.......and again, listening to  “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello! right now
Posted 7 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
and the dancing begins....
Posted 7 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
para donde vas, donde vas. #cha-chas away#
Posted 8 years ago by CrispyDruid    [ Reply ]
This is one of those songs that makes me tap my feet… {#Dance}
Posted 8 years ago by tfioreze    [ Reply ]
In a Combi-van

{#Daisy}
Posted 8 years ago by madjalapeno    [ Reply ]
FrankRizzo wrote:
 SoundThinker wrote:
SoundThinker wrote:
Of course the next song will be “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello!
 

  
And it will be again!

And again. {#Wink}


 gmichaelt wrote:

"Oh, Boy! Right, again!" — Laurie Anderson

 
And much to my surprise, again!
Posted 8 years ago by justin4kick    [ Reply ]
 FrankRizzo wrote:
 SoundThinker wrote:
SoundThinker wrote:
Of course the next song will be “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello!
 

 
And it will be again!

And again. {#Wink}



 
"Oh, Boy! Right, again!" — Laurie Anderson
Posted 8 years ago by gmichaelt    [ Reply ]
 SoundThinker wrote:
SoundThinker wrote:
Of course the next song will be “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello!
 

 
And it will be again!

And again. {#Wink}


Posted 9 years ago by FrankRizzo    [ Reply ]
SoundThinker wrote:
Of course the next song will be “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello!
 

 
And it will be again! 
Posted 9 years ago by SoundThinker    [ Reply ]
Of course the next song will be “Pump It Up” by Elvis Costello!
 
Posted 9 years ago by SoundThinker    [ Reply ]
Salsa dancing with a broom in the kitchen!
Posted 9 years ago by fitmartin    [ Reply ]
 SoundThinker wrote:
The next song will be Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up”!!!

 
I do love this sequence: it leaves me with visions of the opening credits of PCU in my head, but I don't mind that either.
Posted 9 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
The next song will be Elvis Costello’s “Pump It Up”!!!
Posted 10 years ago by SoundThinker    [ Reply ]
 cathiedee1 wrote:

Hmmmm...I bet any money the next song is Elvis Costello....



 
i will see your costello and raise you an escovedo
Posted 10 years ago by averybadcat    [ Reply ]

Hmmmm...I bet any money the next song is Elvis Costello....


Posted 10 years ago by cathiedee1    [ Reply ]
Can't help but sing along with that chorus! 
Posted 10 years ago by Clarentine    [ Reply ]
Catchy tune, even if I can't understand what they're saying.  The same can be said of a lot of Talking Heads songs, too. {#Lol}
Posted 11 years ago by liteon1    [ Reply ]
 TerryS wrote:

Yup, sure is.

 

indeed......{#Cowboy}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
these guys kik butt.....{#Dance}{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 Businessgypsy wrote:
 jpfueler wrote:
I remember when they were just a paper ad on the phone poles in N.O. playing Tips or The Howling Wolf or one of the smaller joints that infested the area(Jimmy's Cooter's). . .
"It's time for the WWOZ Live Wire, at the top of each odd hour. Appearing live tonight is ... {insert a huge list of incredible acts appearing in a venue the size of a large closet during a weekday} ...go see some LIVE local music!"


 
Tower of Power at Tips uptown (the old original at the end of Napoleon) ... A jazz player I knew asked "Where'd they fit the people? The band fills the joint to over capacity!".
When I rode by on my bmx bike the sounds from the opening door about knocked me over.
Posted 11 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
 d-don wrote:
What great Friday afternoon music! Come on, people...6.1?!! You gotta be kidding me.

 
Agreed.  Clearly worth of an average of at least 7.5 (only to account for those people who are unable to move their hips).
Posted 11 years ago by Middleton    [ Reply ]
Ah, dangerous music...I once had "Oye, Isabel" in my head for a couple of days. Earworm-torture, yes, but at least the song is a great one.
Posted 11 years ago by jmkate    [ Reply ]
What great Friday afternoon music! Come on, people...6.1?!! You gotta be kidding me.
Posted 12 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
Really love the EQ on the bass guitar in this song.
Posted 12 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
 unclehud wrote:
So ... is that timbales and cowbell in the background, or the clicking sound of Iguana claws on saxophone keys?

 
Yup, sure is.
Posted 12 years ago by TerryS    [ Reply ]
So ... is that timbales and cowbell in the background, or the clicking sound of Iguana claws on saxophone keys?

Posted 13 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
"Para Donde Vas" does not appear on this CD. As mentioned in an earlier post, it does appear on the "Phenomenon" soundtrack.
Posted 13 years ago by Exhack    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:
I remember when they were just a paper ad on the phone poles in N.O. playing Tips or The Howling Wolf or one of the smaller joints that infested the area(Jimmy's Cooter's). . .
"It's time for the WWOZ Live Wire, at the top of each odd hour. Appearing live tonight is ... {insert a huge list of incredible acts appearing in a venue the size of a large closet during a weekday} ...go see some LIVE local music!"

Posted 13 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
 jpfueler wrote:
I remember when they were just a paper ad on the phone poles in N.O. playing Tips or The Howling Wolf or one of the smaller joints that infested the area(Jimmy's Cooter's). . .
 

New Year's Eve at Rock 'n Bowl - the old one on top of the bowling alley.  The whole floor would shake from everyone dancing.
Posted 13 years ago by noladq    [ Reply ]
Smokin'...{#Fire}
Posted 13 years ago by d-don    [ Reply ]
 ce wrote:
 Misterfixit wrote:
And if you really have some lungs, try this baby on for size. My dad played one when he was with Spike Jones.
https://www.contrabass.com/pages/sarrus.html

Cool!

I just discovered that the sax family is a lot bigger than I realised:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Saxophones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopranissimo_saxophone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopranino_saxophone
And my new favourite at 190cm: {#Wink}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrabass_saxophone
(BTW also more saxy weirdness, including sarrussophones, on this page)
Just look at the size of that stand, you could mount a small cannon on that.
 
There's a guy who does a whole show based on all these different saxophones


Posted 14 years ago by ScottFromWyoming    [ Reply ]
Music from New Orleans comes in many wonderful flavors. ¡Muy Bueno!

Posted 14 years ago by Businessgypsy    [ Reply ]
Mucho gusto!!
Posted 14 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
WooHoo!
Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
Oh man, this is good stuff!!!{#Bananapiano}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
Mas y mas!
Posted 14 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
 ce wrote:



Just look at the size of that stand, you could mount a small cannon on that.
 

Wow!! Look out folks...it's the sax that ate Cleveland!

{#Notworthy}
Posted 14 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}
Posted 14 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
A decent band but this song isn't the best sampling of their music. Better representations of their music might be "Fortune Teller" or "Benny's Cadillac". The former being on the slower/darker side and the latter being a fun party song showing the band's potential. Just my $.02 though.


Posted 15 years ago by scocam    [ Reply ]
 Misterfixit wrote:
And if you really have some lungs, try this baby on for size. My dad played one when he was with Spike Jones.
https://www.contrabass.com/pages/sarrus.html

Cool!

I just discovered that the sax family is a lot bigger than I realised:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Saxophones
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopranissimo_saxophone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sopranino_saxophone
And my new favourite at 190cm: {#Wink}
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contrabass_saxophone
(BTW also more saxy weirdness, including sarrussophones, on this page)


Just look at the size of that stand, you could mount a small cannon on that.


Posted 15 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Now, I know this song isn't on RP too frequently — but it feels like it is to me. I wonder why that is? Perhaps it's played on the radio here in the Bay Area.

Posted 15 years ago by rtrudeau    [ Reply ]
Maybe if I liked Spanish. Or FAT. . . .
Posted 15 years ago by paulpaar    [ Reply ]
OOOKKAAYYYYY having some fun now!
Posted 15 years ago by dBdwg    [ Reply ]
LOVE this song!
Posted 15 years ago by LastChance    [ Reply ]
 ce wrote:

Yes, it was in "Fools rush in" with Salma Hayek and that bloke from "Friends".
 
It is also on the Phenomenon soundtrack (1996 movie with John Travolta. Kyra Sedgwick, Forest Whitaker, and Robert Duvall).

I actually have the cd and listen to it fairly frequently. It also has songs by J.J. Cale, Jewel, Bryan Ferry, Peter Gabriel, Eric Clapton, Taj Mahal, Marvin Gaye, and others.


Posted 15 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
 Dr_SAS wrote:
Was this song in a movie or commercial or something? It sounds very familiar. Me likey.
 
Yes, it was in "Fools rush in" with Salma Hayek and that bloke from "Friends".
Posted 15 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Fun! {#Bananasplit}
Posted 15 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
 Baby_M wrote:
¡Viva Iguanas!
 

Si!

Really glad to hear the Iguanas here again after a L-O-N-G absence!

Posted 15 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
 olsaltybastard wrote:
Nice horns!!
 
Definitely.

Posted 15 years ago by TravelRat    [ Reply ]
Hah, I haven't heard this song in like a decade! ^_^
Posted 16 years ago by chirpie    [ Reply ]
 panoskatos wrote:
Not a "paradise" song, for sure. Cheap latin music...
 
?
You must not know a whole lot about "Latin Music".
The idea, generally speaking, is to have fun and dance - for which this song is very well suited indeed!

I wasn't aware that there was a "cost" factor involved in the quality and enjoyment of RP music.


Posted 16 years ago by gekkosan    [ Reply ]
{#Puke}Bill
Posted 16 years ago by marmoteenha    [ Reply ]
Not a "paradise" song, for sure. Cheap latin music...
Posted 16 years ago by panoskatos    [ Reply ]
si
Posted 16 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
Nice horns!!
Posted 16 years ago by olsaltybastard    [ Reply ]
Can't say I've ever heard this song on the radio before...It's one of my favorites on the Tin Cup sound track. No joking. The golf movie with Kevin Costner and Cheech Marin.
Posted 16 years ago by scraig    [ Reply ]
¡Viva Iguanas!
Posted 16 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
struts wrote:
metoo
usually stapled over Shot Down In Ecuador Jr.'s ads.
Posted 16 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
jpfueler wrote:
I remember when they were just a paper ad on the phone poles in N.O. playing Tips or The Howling Wolf or one of the smaller joints that infested the area(Jimmy's Cooter's). . .
metoo
Posted 17 years ago by struts    [ Reply ]
I remember when they were just a paper ad on the phone poles in N.O. playing Tips or The Howling Wolf or one of the smaller joints that infested the area(Jimmy's Cooter's). . .
Posted 17 years ago by jpfueler    [ Reply ]
Was this song in a movie or commercial or something? It sounds very familiar. Me likey.
Posted 17 years ago by Dr_SAS    [ Reply ]
And if you really have some lungs, try this baby on for size. My dad played one when he was with Spike Jones. "> " ...Both Milt Hinton and Sidney Bechet played sarousaphone in addition to their other instruments. Bechet takes a bass sarousaphone solo on "Mandy Make Up Your Mind" with Clarence Williams, Louis Armstrong,, and Eva Taylor circa November 11, 1924 with Louis playing a delightful obbligato to Bechet's low note foray. (Okeh label) I believe this is the only recording of jazz sarousaphone. Cheers, Steve Barbone ..." You can also find the Double B Flat Contrabase Sarousphone in museums. It could hit the lowest possible audible base note -- about 32 cycles per second. Made people lose control of their bowels, it did. https://www.contrabass.com/pages/sarrus.html
Posted 17 years ago by Misterfixit    [ Reply ]
stickers11 wrote:
There's one larger still....Bass Sax. Someone please upload a picture.
Baritone sax on the left, bass sax on the right. That's BIG. And rare. Take a deeeep breath: Here's one complete with a saxophone player attached, and the same player with a soprano sax (James Carter, found (click here))
Posted 17 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
Thank god I'm allowed to travel to....
Posted 17 years ago by prickelpit96    [ Reply ]
Hmm... A man called adam, and then the Iguanas. Today is May 11 revisited?
Posted 17 years ago by grusso    [ Reply ]
strick wrote:
Posted: Oct 27, 2005 - 07:53 Jesus, for everyone's sake, don't sick George on anybody else!!!!!
Alas, Al Quaida was operating under Hussein's direct collaboration and building Weapons of Mass Destruction. Thus we HAD to invade Iraq. It's all in the security briefings, haven't you heard? Great follow to A Man Called Adam and quite the infectious tune. Likeable, certainly.
Posted 17 years ago by Roverfish    [ Reply ]
srbarry wrote:
I thought it was "gonna bomb de bus" Probably some darn Al Qiada plot.
That is really funny. And this is another one of these gems that Bill pulls out that just gets me up dancing around the office...
Posted 17 years ago by keller1    [ Reply ]
*sigh* New Orleans JazzFest starts this weekend and this song REALLY makes me want to be there!!
Posted 17 years ago by DoctorHooey    [ Reply ]
bobrk wrote:
Tenor or Bari for me, please. ¡CHA CHA!
There's one larger still....Bass Sax. Someone please upload a picture.
Posted 17 years ago by stickers11    [ Reply ]
The United Colours of Bananatton! (Where DID you get those?)
Posted 17 years ago by QualityPie    [ Reply ]
most enjoyable! everybody - salsa! aha!
Posted 17 years ago by Alifreckles50    [ Reply ]
I'm having a horrible day at work and I actually found myself 'lightening up' as this song went on. Thanks, Bill!
Posted 17 years ago by raven121x    [ Reply ]
dionysius wrote:
Shall we chip in to buy you a saxophone? Soprano, alto, tenor or bari?
Tenor or Bari for me, please. ¡CHA CHA!
Posted 17 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
I'm luvin it
Posted 18 years ago by strikke    [ Reply ]
This calls for a dancing banana ...
Posted 18 years ago by volvo245    [ Reply ]
very high level! keep it up, bill!
Posted 18 years ago by ulibcn    [ Reply ]
catmaven wrote:
(I will try to ignore the vexatious and needless brass intrusions.)
Shall we chip in to buy you a saxophone? Soprano, alto, tenor or bari?
Posted 18 years ago by dionysius    [ Reply ]
I'll have that tall fruity drink shaken, not stirred. and by the pool james.
Posted 18 years ago by wintercove    [ Reply ]
sutcliff wrote:
feliz cinco de mayo
Feliz diez y siete de julio! Now where are we going?
Posted 18 years ago by bobrk    [ Reply ]
feliz cinco de mayo
Posted 18 years ago by sutcliff    [ Reply ]
hcaudill wrote:
Pendejo.
Posted 18 years ago by Happygirl    [ Reply ]
I wasn't sure until that horn kicked in, but that made me happy
Posted 18 years ago by th3boon    [ Reply ]
As soon as it started playing, I added to my I-like-a-lot lst. :D
Posted 18 years ago by Birchleaf    [ Reply ]
Deja de pensar en los subtitulos y baila. Es buena.
Posted 18 years ago by algrif    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
Too many subtitle songs.
Pendejo.
Posted 18 years ago by hcaudill    [ Reply ]
BluEyes wrote:
¡Bailamos!
Of course, bella muchacha!
Posted 18 years ago by Danny_G    [ Reply ]
Muy divertido
Posted 18 years ago by SCprof    [ Reply ]
Let's get up and dance! Failing that, let's bop up and down while seated in chairs! Work out those shoulder muscles so strained from computer slavery! (I will try to ignore the vexatious and needless brass intrusions.)
Posted 18 years ago by rKokon    [ Reply ]
Posted 18 years ago by iMacomania    [ Reply ]
Not bad, but where was he going (translation roughly of "Donde Vas?")
Posted 19 years ago by plutodazed    [ Reply ]
srbarry wrote:
I thought it was "gonna bomb de bus" Probably some darn Al Qiada plot. George! Get em!
Jesus, for everyone's sake, don't sick George on anybody else!!!!!
Posted 19 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
ahhh i thought of Drake and Zeke as soon as I heard this!! I used to live in Memphis and loooved that show. very sad that they got booted. i remember that usually the Spanish quote always ended with "whore".
Posted 19 years ago by jxngrl    [ Reply ]
Chips! Salsa! Margaritas!
Posted 19 years ago by Baby_M    [ Reply ]
me gusta mucho
Posted 19 years ago by strick    [ Reply ]
maLeFunKtion wrote:
"para donde vas" hehe... I thought they were saying "gonna boom da bass"
I thought it was "gonna bomb de bus" Probably some darn Al Qiada plot. George! Get em!
Posted 19 years ago by srbarry    [ Reply ]
triviagal wrote:
I liked this when I heard it on the Phenomenon soundtrack.
I liked this when I heard it on the Fools rush in soundtrack. Matthew Perry following Salma Hayek: "Where are you going?" :-)
Posted 19 years ago by ce    [ Reply ]
BluEyes wrote:
¡Bailamos!
Posted 19 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
"para donde vas" hehe... I thought they were saying "gonna boom da bass"
Posted 19 years ago by maLeFunKtion    [ Reply ]
There used to be an afternoon radio show here in Memphis and the hosts would do "Time out for Spanish," where they would generally say something terribly offensive in Spanish. The evil empire (Clear Channel) bought out the station and sent the guys packing. This song reminds me of that because they would always play this as the opening to that segment of their show...
Posted 19 years ago by southern_duality    [ Reply ]
hmmm.....
Posted 19 years ago by Solid_Master    [ Reply ]
these guys were pretty much discovered by Jimmy Buffett, I first saw them when they played in the parking lot preshow for buffett around 93, or 94. They have better songs than this, but still a keeper.
Posted 19 years ago by cptbuz    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
"Pair of dandy vases??" Wha? Too many subtitle songs. A 2.
Solo 2? Oye buey, no hagas pendejadas... Better get used to it. Its a big world out there. A 10.
Posted 19 years ago by xkolibuul    [ Reply ]
awsome song!!!!! yeeeeeeeaaaahhhhh
Posted 19 years ago by mtngoatonwheels    [ Reply ]
trekhead wrote:
"Pair of dandy vases??" Wha? Too many subtitle songs. A 2.
Shhhhhh! Nice little groove.
Posted 19 years ago by redeyespy    [ Reply ]
Posted 19 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
triviagal wrote:
I liked this when I heard it on the Phenomenon soundtrack.
Oh, yeah... :nodhead:
Posted 19 years ago by BluEyes    [ Reply ]
edechewe wrote:
me voy para blah blah blah
cierre la puerta quando usted se va! - Riff
Posted 19 years ago by riffster    [ Reply ]
me voy para vomit
Posted 20 years ago by edechewe    [ Reply ]
Horns are great.That's all.
Posted 20 years ago by katzendogs    [ Reply ]
Oh yeaaaa these guys are great in a small club atmosphere. You can catch them quite often at Mid City Lanes bowling alley in the Big Easy! Yeaaaa party on!!!!
Posted 20 years ago by sndsgd    [ Reply ]