Flashbacks to Little Feet

Sorry I haven´t written more lately...the comps are being a little screwy here, but I was able to spend last weekend at a beautiful resort in San Juan del Sur with Elena and her fam (pics to come on Facebook).

I thought I would write today about something I´ve secretly enjoyed here in Nica...the popularity of 80´s and early 90´s love ballads, dance jams and other ¨what were we thinking?¨ songs from the U.S. (Little Feet, from the title of this post, was the dance class I attended in elementary school that involved the running man, the grape vine, and lots of other too-cool-for-school moves.) You can find these songs on most radio stations here, and once you are spotted as a chela (pale skinned one) in a bus or restaurant, these songs and sometimes even music videos (some buses have tvs!) are sure to follow. So here is my David Letterman Top 10 Gringotastic and Currently Popular in Nicaragua Songs that I have been blessed to hear frequently during my time here:

Top 10 Songs

10. The Greatest Love of All—Whitney Houston
9. Come Baby Come—k7
8. Remember the Time—Michael Jackson
7. My Heart Will Go On—Celine Dion
6. Man I Feel Like a Woman—Shania Twain (The Brazilian dancers two-stepped to this at Noche de las Damas! hah)
5. End of the Road—Boyz II Men
4. Total Eclipse of the Heart—Bonnie Tyler
3. The Search is Over—Survivor
2. Ice, Ice Baby—Vanilla Ice

And drumroll, please............

1. Ebony and Ivory—Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder...Yes, this little gem of a song is a frequent hit on local Managua stations. Though I can´t for the life of me figure out why, it also happens that BBC 6 Music listeners named it the worst duet in history in October 2007.

Hope you enjoyed the list and the totally rad videos from Youtube! lol

On a side note, one of the translators here, Julieta, gave me her extra cell phone to use while I am here, and Ana just sent me my first text message lol, so I am feeling very cool right now. Also, I am now taking salsa and meringue classes with Elena and Ana, so hopefully I´ll have some fun moves to bring back to the 889 Fam...

Also, please leave in the comments section which 80´s-early 90´s song you hope I hear while I´m down here =) I´m going now, because I´ve spent entirely too much time on this post, but I just couldn´t resist the opportunity to ¨pump up the jams¨ and put up visuals for these songs, so you can get the full effect of the glory of a bumpin´ Nicaraguan bus... =)