I agree with Gordon that, as a visitor, I want to hear a country's "traditional" music, or at least something a little more old school, and if not that, then yes, just the sound of the waves, etc. But El Grad's point makes a lot of sense. When I'm in Florida I feel a little guilty that the workers have to suffer all day through endless Jimmy Buffett. I love Jimmy, and to me and apparently a lot of other old farts, that is simply the wonderfully corny soundtrack of a Floribbean vacation.
I kind of wish I understood more about the range of "Mexican" music. In Mexico City, there was a Mexican pop station I recall listening to. I sometimes listen to a Mexican music station on the radio at home, but I believe the genre is norteno or ranchera--nobody plays Mexican pop here. (No, I don't have satellite radio.) I suspect there are Mexican hip hop bands, too. And what is "Caribbean" music these days? That racket called Reggaeton? I realize that what I think of as traditional Mexican music is a small slice of Mexican music.
By the way, is there a thread on best places for visitors to go to listen to more traditional Mexican music?
I kind of wish I understood more about the range of "Mexican" music. In Mexico City, there was a Mexican pop station I recall listening to. I sometimes listen to a Mexican music station on the radio at home, but I believe the genre is norteno or ranchera--nobody plays Mexican pop here. (No, I don't have satellite radio.) I suspect there are Mexican hip hop bands, too. And what is "Caribbean" music these days? That racket called Reggaeton? I realize that what I think of as traditional Mexican music is a small slice of Mexican music.
By the way, is there a thread on best places for visitors to go to listen to more traditional Mexican music?
