9/7/2014
This will be a short post, but it seems to be a relevant one if one of the goals of this blog is to share some of the cultural differences we’ve been experiencing.
Ecuador LOVES the 80’s. For real. Unironically. It’s great! The first time we noticed, we were in a taxi and a cab driver was playing Love Shack. I started cracking up and assumed perhaps he just wanted to appease his gringo customers with some English music. Wrong! Every taxi, supermarket, and restaurant we go to is a mix of music from the early 80’s to the early 90’s. I don’t know if it’s a matter of the popular culture taking longer to travel or not but EVERYONE is rocking old school Michael Jackson, Ace of Base, Def Leopard, Poison, Guns N Roses, and the Eurythmics.
It was a little bizarre to go to a fancy restaurant overlooking the city. I’m talking about white tablecloth, forty different spoons and forks; that kind of fancy. In the background the whole time, when you’d be expecting a light jazz or some kind of subtle blues, instead they’re rocking some “Hungry Like the Wolf.”
They don’t wear the legwarmers or acid washed jeans but I’m not sure if that’s a trend that will be coming or one that they just finished. Either way, one thing is for sure, in Ecuador, the 80’s influence is certainly “In the Air Tonight.”
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