[HN Gopher] The brusque Mr. Fix-It for Mexico City's accordions
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       The brusque Mr. Fix-It for Mexico City's accordions
        
       Author : pseudolus
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2021-11-24 19:39 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | gfaure wrote:
       | A curious fact mentioned in the article: the popularity of the
       | accordion in norteno music is apparently ultimately thanks to the
       | presence in Texas of German immigrants.
        
       | UncleOxidant wrote:
       | Before I clicked I was wondering if that nation was Italy or
       | Mexico? It was Mexico in this case. But Italy also loves
       | accordions. When I was there in 2005 they had a TV station that
       | seemed to be 24/7 accordion playing.
        
         | domador wrote:
         | I also wondered which nation it would be, and guessed
         | Argentina. But I guess a bandoneon isn't an accordion,
         | technically speaking.
        
       | chasingthewind wrote:
       | Irish Traditional music makes amazing use of the accordion!
       | 
       | Some quick examples:
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       | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SSKwQbgZZS8
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       | https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=62C6TngDeXI
        
       | nightvoomer wrote:
       | I grew up in Louisiana were the accordion player is usually the
       | frontman for a Zydeco band, and Zydeco is more popular than ever
       | there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3L2fCgK1OGU
       | 
       | I had no idea accordions had any stigmas until moving away.
        
       | nwatson wrote:
       | Accordion was very popular in Brazil and Uruguay when I was
       | growing up. This deceptively cheerful song, "Asa Branca" [0]
       | (four accordions in the lineup) is about the persistent drought
       | in Brazil's Nordeste (Northeast) and the resulting diaspora ...
       | millions left to go to Sao Paulo and other cities/regions in the
       | 80s and 90s.
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       | [0] https://youtu.be/zsFSHg2hxbc
        
       | gjfxdfyu wrote:
       | Oh. You're gonna love this: Marko Brdnik
       | https://youtu.be/O8wdFySW6mg Marko Hatlak
       | https://youtu.be/XDqurD7WdIg
        
       | tjr wrote:
       | _"Agh," one of the boys in the back whispered to another. "It's
       | beautiful."_
       | 
       | I played accordion as a teenager. I doubt that many of my peers
       | would have deemed the sound (even expertly played on an exquisite
       | accordion) as "beautiful". It was more of something to be mocked.
       | 
       | For that matter, as an adult, my peers still tend to mock
       | accordions.
       | 
       | What a difference being a single country away makes!
        
         | drewzero1 wrote:
         | I don't know, I've heard some accordion playing that really
         | took my breath away: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rD8XO9XRoo8
         | 
         | Does it sound like that when I play? Absolutely not, but I can
         | dream.
        
       | samstave wrote:
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTvORn_2B7I
        
       | neonate wrote:
       | https://archive.md/rIpnA
        
       | skybrian wrote:
       | Since people seem to be sharing accordion links, here is a
       | YouTube playlist with my favorites:
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       | https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh3uFNEuRe5FEkhtQ5rxJevID...
        
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