"Mexico" is a song written by James Taylor that first appeared as the opening track of his 1975 album Gorilla. It was released as a single, with the album's title track as the B-side, and reached No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100, but performed much better on the Adult Contemporary chart, reaching No. 5. "Mexico" has appeared on many of Taylor's live and compilation albums. It has been covered by Jimmy Buffett, Alex de Grassi and Lauren Laverne.
The lyrics of "Mexico" describe a dream of enjoying a night in a Mexican border town.[1] It seems to describe the singer's first-hand experiences in Mexico but has a twist near the end where the singer acknowledges that he has never been to Mexico, turning the song into a "fantasy about escaping to an exotic land."[2] It is one of several songs on Gorilla that uses a stream of consciousness technique to describe the singer's fantasy. Others include "Music" and "You Make It Easy."[1] Ultimate Classic Rock critic Dave Lifton sees it as a reflection of the lighter tone Taylor brought to the Gorilla album compared to his earlier brooding lyrics.[3]
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"Mexico" is a happy song that contrasts Taylor's sad, sensitive image.[4] "Mexico" has a medium tempo, a Latin music-influenced style and a "buoyant" rhythm.[2][5] Its music incorporates features of country rock music.[6] Musicologist James Perone points out that an unusual feature of the song is an abrupt key change from E major at the end of the verses to F-sharp major to begin the refrain, which Perone interprets as corresponding to the shift between describing how the singer imagines Mexico to be and his declaration that he needs to go there.[2]
"Mexico" peaked at only #49 on the Billboard Hot 100 but achieved substantial radio play and reached #5 on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.[1][9] Its performance in Canada was similar. It only reached #83 on the singles chart but made it to #8 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[10][11]
Billboard described the song as an "easy, mid-tempo cut" with smooth vocals with the instrumentation dominated by percussion and steel drums.[12] Cash Box called it "a bright change of pace in the form of a bubbling Latin beat dressed in la ropa de conga, vibraphone, and acoustic guitar."[13] Rolling Stone Critic Bud Scoppa describes the song as "delightful."[6] Music critic Robert Christgau rates "Mexico" and its B-side "Gorilla" as the two songs on Gorilla that he likes.[14] Music critic Martin Smith regarded "Mexico" as his favorite song from Gorilla.[15] Author Martin Charles Strong describes it as "demonstrating what Taylor was capable of when he decided to step up a gear."[5] Rolling Stone Album Guide critic Mark Coleman appreciates the song's sense of humor.[16] In 2003, Allmusic Critic Thom Jurek wrote that the song hasn't aged, and that it still seems "as immediate and relevant in the 21st century as [it] did in the 1970s."[17]
"Mexico" has appeared on a number of James Taylor compilation albums. It was included on the 1976 album Greatest Hits.[18] It later appeared on the 1990 album Classic Songs, the 2003 album The Best of James Taylor and the 2013 album The Essential James Taylor.[17][19][20] Live versions of "Mexico" have been included on several live albums, including the 1991 album Live in Rio, all versions of the 1993 album Live and the 1998 album Live at the Beacon Theatre.[21][22][23]
Jimmy Buffett covered "Mexico" on his 1995 album Barometer Soup.[24] Allmusic critic William Ruhlmann regarded the cover as appropriate, since the song was "consistent with Buffett's philosophy."[24] Alex de Grassi covered "Mexico" on his 1999 album Alex de Grassi's Interpretation of James Taylor.[25] Lauren Laverne covered the song on a BBC Radio 1 Evening Session in August 2000. The John Tesh Project released an instrumental version of the song on the 1997 album Sax All Night.[26]
A couple of days ago I shared a video on the Mexico Retold Facebook page. It was the Playing for Change version of Mexico Lindo y Querido (Beautiful and Beloved Mexico) that was made by bringing together Mexican musicians from all over the country to sing this iconic song, which some call the second national anthem of Mexico.
I personally cannot listen to it without crying; it brings up such feelings of patriotism and pride, even though by birth I am not Mexican. This particular version is extra special because so many forms of Mexican music are shown and it truly highlights the beauty and diversity in Mexico making the pride even greater.
I wanted to find out a little more about the song and its history, so I did a little digging. The song was written by a songwriter and poet, Chucho (the nickname used for people called Jesus) Monge. Described as a pale-faced man from Morelia, Monge was the author of over 600 compositions. The song was made famous however, by the iconic singer and actor Jorge Negrete, from Guanajuato, who sings it like a serenade to his beloved country. Mexico is famous for its nighttime serenades from men to women. The women traditionally would just peep from behind the curtain to watch the scene. Nowadays they still exist and recently whilst in Mexico City I heard a neighbour receive an hour-long serenade of pop classics at 4am, whilst she danced at the window! It seems fitting then that one of the most iconic songs takes this form.
Susannah Rigg is a freelance writer and Mexico specialist. Her work has been featured in BBC Travel, CNN Travel, Conde Nast Traveler, AFAR and The Independent among others . Check out her portfolio here. Contact Susannah by email, info [at] mexicoretold [dot] com and join her on Instagram and Twitter.
oh my! you are definitively a Mexican at heart!
This song makes me cry EVERY time I listen to it! It makes my heart vibrate.
Back in 2008 before moving to Canada, I went with my parents and brothers to Xcaret. They sang this song at their night show and tears started coming out when I realized that it was leaving my country soon.
It was there our pleasures ended and our troubles they began
Well, a lightning storm did hit us and made our cattle run
And we all got full of stickers from the cactus that did grow
And the outlaws they did rob us in those hills of Mexico.
Well I went up to that cowboy, and I gave to him my hand
And he gave me a string of horses, so old they could not stand
And I nearly starved to death there, and I mean to let you know
That I never saved a dollar in those hills of Mexico.
Oh they put me on a steamboat and back to home did go
Well the bells they did ring, and the whistle it did blow
Well the bells they did ring, and the whistle it did blow
Far from the God-forsaken country that they call Old Mexico.
Sara Grey is a fine American singer, banjo player and song collector, who is immersed in the song traditions of both sides of the Atlantic. Her love affair with traditional songs for over 60 years has given her an incomparable knowledge of songs and ballads and how they have moved and evolved. She wants to gather the songs and pass them on to future generations so that they will have the pleasure of hearing and singing them just as she has. After living and singing in Britain for more than 45 years, Sara has returned to her native New England and is living in Maine with her husband Dave. She continues to tour actively, mostly with her son Kieron Means. See more about Sara at her website.
On March 12, Chihuahua city issued an indefinite ban on norteo group Los Tigres del Norte playing concerts in the city. The local government said the band violated a city statute which forbids songs that glamorize drug trafficking.
Often described as the first narcocorrido, the song was popularized when Los Tigres del Norte recorded a version in 1974. The lyrics tell the story of a woman, Carmelia, who smuggles drugs into the US and then kills her lover. Gonzalez has said that Carmelia is fictional, which has not prevented some women from claiming to be the original inspiration. As the genre developed, many narcocorridos began paying homage to real life traffickers. (See video, below).
A cowboy variant on "The Buffalo Song", which was written by one John B. Freeman during a season of buffalo hunting in 1877. That song was in turn patterned on an 1850s Canadian lumberjack song called "Canaday-I-O", which itself was based on an earlier English sea ballad.[1] A fragment of a similar "cowboy" version was first published in 1923 under the title "Boggus Creek"; a full version followed in 1927, collected from a cowboy named James "Honey Jim" Mullens, who recalled learning it on a cattle drive during the 1880s. For an extensively researched dive into the evolution of this family of songs, click here.
When I's in old Fort Worth in eighteen and eighty three
Some old Mexican cowboy come stepping up to me
Saying "How are you young fella, how would you like to go
And to spend another season 'neath them hills of Mexico?"
Well, I had no employment, and back to him did say
"It's according to your wages, according to your pay"
He said "I'll pay to you good wages, and often too, you know
If you'll spend another season 'neath them hills of Mexico"
Well I went up to that cowboy and I offered him my hand
And he gave a string of horses so old they couldn't stand
And I nearly starved to death boys, and I mean to let you know
That I never saved a dollar 'neath them hills of Mexico
I sent up for my wages, on a steamboat I did go
How them bells they did ring and them whistles they did blow
How them bells they did ring and them whistles they did blow
On that godforsaken fortune 'neath them hills of Mexico
Music is and will be the best possible company to go through our existence in the world. It is that art that allows us to dialogue with our emotions. Melodies turn landscapes into stories and stories into memories. These affrimations are even more genuine when we embark on a journey. The songs that appear on a journey allow us to make time memorable, almost to stop it. 152ee80cbc
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