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Para bailar la bamba
Para bailar la bamba se necesita una poca de gracia
Una poca de gracia y otra cosita
Arriba y arriba
Ay, arriba y arriba, y arriba iré
Así se canta La Bamba
Así se canta La Bamba
En East LA, en East LA, en East LA
Lyric excerpts from Musixmatch.
A few months ago, we replaced our 24-year-old daily driver. Truthfully, trading that car saddened me. It served us faithfully, but small things started to fail. We may endure the idiosyncrasies or pay to get them addressed. Each such issue became a debate and a compromise. We leaped and got a new daily driver. The new wheels were similar, but different. New features included a backup camera, side mirrors with blind spot detection, heated seats, and an entertainment system with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.
With the integration of this new technology, I created an online playlist for music to play in our new car. First, I seeded that playlist with a modest set of songs that I thought we’d both enjoy. Next, I opened that playlist so that she may also add songs. Finally, we’d just play songs from that online as we zipped around town. After years of tolerating the radio or looking at the labels on the cassette tapes in the car, this felt transformative. That’s right, I said cassette tapes.