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Bajaboy
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why do Mexicans.....
play their music so loud....my wife and I are sitting on our front porch enjoying a beverage....maybe 300 yards behind the stage for tonight's
band...they are doing a sound check and we can barely hear one another....ni modo.....
[Edited on 8-17-2012 by Bajaboy]
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Skipjack Joe
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Because ....
A. They're unrefined.
B. They believe in living life fully. Which is directly related to volume.
C. They're young and we're old. What is fatiguing to the old is often energizing to the young.
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(They didint name 'em "ghetto blasters" for nuthin') Not "Barrio Blasters".
Go to any shopping center in the USA. The intense chest thumping impulses you feel are thousand watt amplifiers trying their damndest to pop every
spot weld in those automobiles.
"Getouttheroadb-tch, getouttheroadb-tch"
Mexicanos can't hold a candle to that.
A Lot To See And A Lot To Do
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DENNIS
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"why do Mexicans.....play their music so loud"
Don't really know.Why do White people care?
The answer to your question is the opposite of the answer to mine.
Jes kiddin'. I hate loud music....even if it's good.
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[Edited on 8-18-2012 by DENNIS]
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Lee
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Mexicans don't have a sense of spatial correctness. Since most Mexicans like to party, they believe everyone likes to party -- and loud music is
shared music. Gringoes don't count.
Just my take on it.
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F*ck it.
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norte
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
Mexicans don't have a sense of spatial correctness. Since most Mexicans like to party, they believe everyone likes to party -- and loud music is
shared music. Gringoes don't count.
Just my take on it. |
You never know. Maybe they are correct...at least in their own country. Just my take on it.
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durrelllrobert
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because they can, even at the grocery stores, etc.
Bob Durrell
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desertcpl
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Bajaboy
I really understand what you are saying
OMG it can just get over the top, we have been in that situation before.
its just being Mexican,
along those lines , I have never understood , why when you hire a panga the only thing they will do is wide open throttle
and it beats you to death,
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willardguy
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drown out the barking dogs?
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jeans
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My parents went into a new restaurant a while back for lunch.. it was empty but the music was blaring. Since they were the only ones there, they
politely requested them to turn down the music. They refused, saying "How will people know we are open?
My parents..their only customers on a gorgeous afternoon...left
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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It should be "why do musicians play their music so loud?"
Because each musician thinks his music/instrument is the best and wants to be heard! It's hard to hear nice guitar over a blaring horn. It's a game
of one upmanship. LoL
[Edited on 8-18-2012 by mrfatboy]
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Cute story, Jeans.
Zac, I feel for you. One time our neighbors pulled into their place at 2am, fresh from driving in from Ensenada. They blasted their music till 9am
when they all passed out. I don't think it was so much a cultural thing as it was just plain rude.
They woke up later in the afternoon to find that they had pulled too far into their driveway and partially onto the beach. They were very stuck in the
sand and after many failed attempts they finally came over to ask for a tow.
At that point I had the upper hand. They were apologetic and very respectful with the level of their music after that.
When the town has dances we can hear the music from across the bay, 5 k from town.
I just hope it's Nortena if I have to hear it. The new wave thumping techno dub step stuff drives me nuts. (showing my age here)
P>*)))>{
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desertcpl
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Jeans
yes I know, its a Mexican thing
and why do they raise the prices on things when their business goes down, I have never understood that one
I know they are doing the math, but they think that they will make up for the short fall by charging more ??????
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Some folk in Mexico can't afford to buy a radio, CDs or whatever other music making devices are out there.
The ones that have a music making device play it loudly to share their stuff with those that don't have stuff.
Sort of like redistribution by the 1% to the 99%.
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EnsenadaDr
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Loud BANDA music
It's all a matter of consideration. My next door neighbor in my apartment complex blasts her banda channel on the radio. Several times I have gone
over to ask her if she is deaf, and to no avail. She gets highly insulted when I ask her to turn it down. The landlords have a house that is
adjacent to the apartment complex. Without warning, they will have a live band playing banda till 4 in the morning. And its like the drums and the
horns are right in my ear.
I do like loud music, especially if it's a rock band I like, but Banda gives me a slightly nauseated feeling and I think we do need to be considerate
of our neighbors as well.
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by norte
| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
Mexicans don't have a sense of spatial correctness. Since most Mexicans like to party, they believe everyone likes to party -- and loud music is
shared music. Gringoes don't count.
Just my take on it. |
You never know. Maybe they are correct...at least in their own country. Just my take on it. |
There are limited choices of words in this situation. ''Correct'' does not imply right or wrong.
On an empty beach, why does a MX family come up to where I'm sitting and make themselves at home? The spatial thing isn't there. Maybe
boundary is the word.
When the boom box comes on, I leave. Otherwise, it's party time.
Had friends I'd visit, they had 2 young children who'd play in a small LR area, screaming and fighting where I couldn't carry on a converation with my
friend -- I'd have to shout to be heard -- I'd look at the kids, and at him, and think: he doesn't hear the kids. He's use to the shouting and
this is normal to him.
If I grew up in MX with music blaring in the house, next door, I'd think this is normal.
Just my take on it.
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Lee
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| Quote: | Originally posted by EnsenadaDr
..... She gets highly insulted when I ask her to turn it down.....
..... I think we do need to be considerate of our neighbors as well. |
Maybe we read too much into blaring music. Why would a neighbor playing loud music be ''insulted'' when asked to turn it down? Does she think
it's you with the problem. Seems that way.
Is the landlord considering your feelings when his banda music cranks up? Is he purposely insulting you?
Don't think so.
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DENNIS
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Lee
On an empty beach, why does a MX family come up to where I'm sitting and make themselves at home? The spatial thing isn't there. Maybe
boundary is the word.
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Definitly a cultural difference with this issue.You can see it in the way they drive and moreso in the way they park their cars.
THE Mexican individual is the center of his universe and all else is on the outside and of little to no importance.
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When we lived in El Centro, I noticed that many Mexicanos that came up north to shop would park their cars right next to the supermarket in the
red-curb zone, something gringos would never even think of doing. We just sorta got use to it, and went about our business. Since it was on private
property, the police were helpless unless the land owner requested they do something------never happened as far as I know. It was no biggie, but
strange to us, and mildly annoying. It did give us a taste of how they may feel about us and our possibly strange gringo habits when down south.
I think that Dennis has hit the nail on the head------it is a "cultural thing".
Barry
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It's a cultural thing for Americans to flash their cash in Mexico and speak condescendingly to the street vendors as well, according to the Mexicans.
Is it polite? No, so maybe both sides should take some steps into curbing their rude behavior.
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