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No Siesta Won't Save You! (live)

from In Concert And Intoxicated! by Danny Ramirez

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'This is Ramirez goes Mexico and it’s always well received at my gigs, though the brilliant trumpets that introduce the song and return later on are absent in live situations. While writing the song I had some trouble writing the lyrics but it’s all right as it is, and in the final verse I even included a reference to the 1986 western comedy ¡Three Amigos! (in which Steve Martin played Lucky Day). No Siesta! is about poisoning a Mexican with tortillas. His favourite meal. And speaking of it I also am a great Mexican Food addict. When I recorded this song for Reload Your Gun! I slightly changed the arrangement. For some reason I’m not able to sing the original 1998 vocal melody of the refrain as it was recorded for the second Danny Ramirez tape any longer, so I had to use a different guitar chord. Frankly there hasn’t really changed much, just half a note. No Siesta! was first heard live at Danny's first gig (April 2, 1999), and -- except for December 24, 1999 -- was done at every show until December 22, 2022, but gets played less often nowadays'

lyrics

I drug you with tequilas so you won't realize
That I poisoned your tortillas and you're about to die
Death needs no invitation, he comes 'round without warning
And when he knocks on your door, I'll gladly let him in

Chorus:
No siesta won't save you
In fact, it's the last nap you will do
You're dying by the food
Exclusively cooked for you
No siesta won't save you
In fact, it's the last nap you will do
You're dying at my feet
Full of poisoned meat

“Riva riva andale” is what you were used to say
But since you don't say nothing, this ain't your Lucky Day
You're coming to an end, just like this ditty does
So for the sake of sing alongs, the refrain is coming up

Chorus


'This is Ramirez goes Mexico and it’s always well received at my gigs, though the brilliant trumpets that introduce the song and return later on are absent in live situations. While writing the song I had some trouble writing the lyrics but it’s all right as it is, and in the final verse I even included a reference to the 1986 western comedy ¡Three Amigos! (in which Steve Martin played Lucky Day). No Siesta! is about poisoning a Mexican with tortillas. His favourite meal. And speaking of it I also am a great Mexican Food addict. When I recorded this song for Reload Your Gun! I slightly changed the arrangement. For some reason I’m not able to sing the original 1998 vocal melody of the refrain as it was recorded for the second Danny Ramirez tape any longer, so I had to use a different guitar chord. Frankly there hasn’t really changed much, just half a note. No Siesta! was first heard live at Danny's first gig (April 2, 1999), and -- except for December 24, 1999 -- was done at every show until December 22, 2022, but gets played less often nowadays'

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from In Concert And Intoxicated!, released August 8, 2009
Recorded April 19, 2008, at and by Generation X radio show, RTV Katwijk (Netherlands).

Danny Ramirez - acoustic guitar, vocals

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Danny Ramirez Leiden, Netherlands

Danny Ramirez is a singer-songwriter from the Netherlands and the guitar player for stonerdoom band Toner Low! Besides playing morbid folk he has some one-man bands as well, but most of his releases are Ramirez EPs! Danny did solo gigs in the Netherlands, Finland, France and Germany, and played with a.o. Amigo The Devil, Bob Wayne, Joe Buck Yourself (Hank III) and The Goddamn Gallows! ... more

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