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By: Lotería Chicana » Blog Archive » This Day in Chicano History: The Day the Music Died

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 00:14:54 +0000

[...] different for Chicanos as there were few of us out in the mainstream. We’ve all seen La Bamba and know the story of Ritchie Valens’ short-live music [...]

By: latinamericanprincesa

latinamericanprincesa — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:21:08 +0000

I was totally in love with Lou Diamond Philips! Seeing this movie was the highlight of my 12th birthday. Oh the memories!! Lou might have been born in the Philippines but it was on a naval base and he is of Scotch-Irish, Hawaiian, Cherokee, Spanish, Chinese and Japanese descent. Long live the gorgeous mutts! And hoorah for Latino rockers.

By: DCNats

DCNats — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:35:11 +0000

yeah I should have known that the Rosie part wasn’t true… There is no way The Lou could have even entertained the thought of hooking up with Esai’s girl.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:41:03 +0000

For better or for worse, this movie also helped Los Lobos gain greater publicity. In fact, if you watch closely, there is a scene in the movie where the band playing “La Bamba” is actually Los Lobos. They are a great band, worth checking out. Though don’t expect them to play anything off the La Bamba soundtrack!

By: Julio

Julio — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 19:58:47 +0000

I’ve seen this movie so much, since it was not too long ago played-out on day time television in LA.

Everytime I hear Bob scream “Richie!!!” I get shivers down my spine and feel the tears coming.

By: Rio

Rio — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:31:59 +0000

Ah yes, this brings me back to the good old days when Filipino actors played Latinos instead of Antonio Banderas.

My friends and I have always loved screaming “Richie” at the top of our lungs like at the end of the film. For that reason La Bamba has survived the tests of time for me.

Can you imagine a film like this getting made today? I’m sure it would be directed by Gregory Nava and starring Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, and Penelope Cruz. And yes, I’m hatin’ on Nava.

By: Denise C.

Denise C. — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:24:26 +0000

Oh. That was such a powerful movie to see. I believe I was fifteen at the time. My family came out to see it in masses because it was a big deal. I wrote something on my blog about it last year. My absolute favorite parts of the movie is family. When they are togetherr, singing around the fire, when the women are making tortillas, during christmas when they are having menudo!! WOW, it was awesome to see that, to see a reflection of self up on the screen for the first time. Thanks for posting this. Oh, and I loooove Esai Morales. He's still hot!

By: pedro

pedro — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 20:28:41 +0000

It’s been 20 years(!) since I last saw the film. I’ve seen snippets of it when it gets played on TV these days. It’s okay.

Made me think of the film ‘Boulevard Nights’(1979) for some reason. Have you seen that?

I remember seeing that as a kid at the Boulevard Theatre on Whittier Blvd. when it came out. I remember seeing it filmed. It was filmed around the same area where that arch is, between Ford and Arizona, on Whittier Blvd.

Don’t really remember much of the film (I was an 8-year old at the time; I haven’t seen it since), except it had violence and an unhappy ending.

There was a lot of low riders cruising at the time. I kind of found it scary. I was kind of relieved when it was finally shut down.

http://www.amazon.com/Boulevard-Nights-Richard-Yniguez/dp/630103581X

There’s even a Roger Ebert review:

http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19790507/REVIEWS/905070301/1023

(Hope the links work. If not, well, you can always google for it, if interested.)