Buena Vista Social Club – the show

Buena Vista Social club was in town, so we went to see the show. Us geex know our culture, sometimes. But anyway, we were there, on the 7th of February 2009, we were in Bucharest, Romania, at Sala Palatului to see a great show and listen to some very good Cuban music. It was with intention that I used show instead of concert, because before anything, Buena Vista Social Club puts on a show like no other.

The tickets sold out 2 weeks before the show, the hall was packed. I’ve never seen Sala Palatului so packed before. This alone created a great deal of anticipations.

And the lights are off and the music starts. They opened with Chan Chan, which is probably their best known song. This gave a big boost to everybody and the show was on. 15 minutes in, people were on their feet, dancing and clapping like crazy and enjoying every moment.

What I liked most, though, was an 12-13 minutes instrumental piece done by the two guitarists (one electric and once classical guitar) and the rest of the orchestra. Everything had to have a story, so the story was that one of the guys (the electric guitar) was said. Why? I have no clue. My Spanish skills stop at “magnana”. The other guitarist was trying to cheer him up. Excellent musicians, all of them, and what a show they know how to put on!

For encore they played Guantanamera.

All in all, great show, great audience, great concert! In that order. It’s something to see, if you have the opportunity, even if you’re not too much into Cuban music. I’m not either, but I enjoyed every bit of it.

NOTE: I will most likely update this post, so stay tuned if you’re interested.For now, just I’ve updated the post with links to the clips and thank;s to Grooveshark with an widget for one of Buena Vista Social Club’s albums For all the clips take a look at our geeky Youtube channel for some bad quality clips from the show. Please leave a comment :) !