Havana Helluva Time: Fidel Castro Pays Musical Tribute to His Capitol City

#2 in this week's tribute to Cuba by Guest Blogger Fidel Castro

"Today's two tracks pay homage to my capital city of Havana. What a town! The plaintains are fresh, the rum is sweet, the music is lovely, the women are beautiful – all it needs is an Applebee's! Just kidding! Don’t pack your filthy capitalist bags yet, Americans! Anyway, here's what I spin on my 1957 Wurlitzer jukebox when I feel like “Havana” helluva good time.

Chuck Berry, “Havana Moon”
"“Johnny B. Goode,” “Sweet Little Sixteen,” “Roll Over Beethoven,” “Reelin’ and a Rockin’,” “Carol,”"Maybelline" … Mr. Berry wrote the same song about 200 different ways – but what a song it is! “Havana Moon” however, is completely different. It is slow and evocative… and takes me back to the early nights of my dictatorship… just me, the ocean, the endless sky and a freshly rolled Sancho Panza...Oh, and some bodyguards. And maybe a prostitute or two.
mp3: Chuck Berry, “Havana Moon,” The Definitive Collection

Urge Overkill, “Sister Havana”
"This hard rocking lead track from is from 1993’s Saturation, one of the most underrated albums of my tyrannical rule.
Judging by the lyrics, Sister Havana is either in love with me or wants to assassinate me – with women sometimes it’s hard to tell the difference! Am I right, gentlemen? No matter – the important thing is they have the decency to mention Fidel by name! Nash, Blackie and King Eddie: anytime you three boys want to get back together, you call me - Fidel will take care of the rest."
mp3: Urge Overkill, “Sister Havana,” Saturation

YouTube: Urge Overkill, “Sister Havana,”