El Bimbo Dance History
"El Bimbo," like the tango, refers to both a dance and a song. As the song and the dance have evolved through the last few decades, the nature of them has remained intact as a tune for lovers and as a dance for romantics all over the world.
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History
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El Bimbo would most likely be categorized as Tango Nuevo, a distinction among various forms of the tango popularized in more recent years by a younger generation of dancers who enjoy dancing to jazz and electronic-influenced music with traditional tango compositions. The tango itself is both a music and style of dance developed from Spanish and African influences that migrated to Argentina's lower-class districts of Buenos Aires in the late 1800s and continues to evolve today.
Identification
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The tune to "El Bimbo," a song first internationally popularized by the French disco group Bimbo Jet in 1975, is based on a song called "Tanha Shudham Tanha," composed by Afghan musician/singer Ahmad Zahir. The song has since become popular not only with street musicians around the world, but with orchestral composers alike. The music is distinguished by its orchestral arrangement with an acoustic guitar as the most notable feature.
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Types
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There are several different dancing styles for the tango, including Tango Argentino, Tango Uruguayo, Tango Liso and Tango Salon, to name a few. El Bimbo was popularized in Europe in the mid-1970s and has spread across the globe through a broad array of artists renditions.
Significance
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The 1975 international hit "El Bimbo" by Bimbo Jet became a fixture of the "Police Academy" film series as part of an on-going gag in the first through the fourth films. The French group's version of the song is featured in the movie's Blue Oyster Bar scenes.
Popular Culture
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An updated version of the song can also be heard as the soundtrack for a recent McDonald's commercial entitled "First Love." The song came from the influential Filipino rock band The Eraserheads 1995 album titled "Cutterpillow."
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