“This night, I have been in Spain.” (Henry VIII’s bro)

Where do the rains in Spain fall?

Youtube have just decided to put up the old song by Mink de Ville:

Willie de Ville had a unique sound (AI overview):

“Mink DeVille’s sound is a rich, cinematic blend of early rock and roll, Latin-infused rhythms, 1960s R&B, and Cajun roots music. Led by frontman Willy DeVille’s signature gravelly vocals, the band successfully transitioned from the gritty CBGB punk scene into a timeless, genre-spanning musical style.”

There’s a fair bit of 50’s big city Hispanic street gang (West Side Story) in the song, the toughness of the street. Melodic for all that. Willie de Ville himself was quite asocial (a bit like me at times). Not antisocial but certainly not the social animal. Probably liked small cohorts of friends … around the west. Human foibles plus. He wrote the book on that.

The performance above was in 1989 in Bonn, near the end of his life. MdeV always appealed more to European sensibilities … not so much to Americans, except with cult fans. The Brits? Hmmmm, not sure if they liked or not.