I've been heavily listening to KQUE, Doce Trenta Ah-Eme, Radio Ranchito, me gusta mas! I've decided that this blog will now have as its mission the spreading of great ranchera music discussion.

But before we make the format change, I'm watching Brasil play Argentina last night in the Confederations Cup (don't click if you don't want the score yet). By the way, this fact, that I'm one of about 5 native-born Anglos watching that match in Houston last night, makes me an Expert on soccer matters. So, concerning this, no. Sorry, try something else. I'll go see MLS matches in the Dome, but I'll whine about it the whole time. Soccer is supposed to be played outdoors. I don't want the taxpayers to shell out any money for it either.

Remember, I'm an Expert.

So, I'm watching the match and I find myself saying, "How can he play in that long hair? Doesn't he get hot? Doesn't it bounce into his eyes?"

I realize that I'm channeling my mother. That's kind of funny (hey, I'm a simple-minded guy) so I call sister Stacey to chuckle about it. I also want to see if the nieces are still cute (they are).

She informs me that in addition to becoming my mother, I'm also becoming my aunt. When Stacey e-mailed this picture out, Aunt Sue e-mailed her back and said that the ability to hold multiple children and a beer must run in the genes. Which is what I said.

So, since I'm apparently becoming a woman mentally, I've got to do something to break out of this funk. Hence the format change to ranchera music discussion. So, here's the first one we'll discuss, it's one of my favorite numbers as performed by Eydie Gorme y El Trio Los Panchos. It's the Song of the Day:

Sabor A Mi

Tanto tiempo disfrutamos de este amor
Nuestras almas se acercaron tanto asi
Que yo guardo tu sabor pero tu llevas tambien
Sabor a mi.

Sin negaras mi presencia en tu vivir
Bastaria con abrazarte y conversar.
Tanta vida yo te di que por fuerza tienes ya
Sabor a mi.

No pretendo ser tu dueno.
No soy nada, yo no tengo vanidad.
De mi vida, doy lo bueno
Soy tan pobre que otra cosa puedo dar?

Pasaran mas de mil anos, muchos mas.
Yo no se si tenga amor la eternidad.
Pero alla tal como aqui, en la boca llevaras
Sabor a mi.